Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-19

Thomas Raftery. Of the Ulster Acad-
envy OF Kingston. New York. on the goth
of March. wrote the enthusiastic letter
following TO our Delegate in-Congress,
Hon. Thos. H. Brents. which that gen
t!srnan has furnished FOX the purpose OF
showing rs what il thought of our Terri
tory in the Empire State,
II will be only filing great desire Of
my own to give to the people OF this
section better idea than taey nov
have of your glorious Territory, soon to
be the Youngest, the most robust and
the mos. promising of the great sister
hood of States. The interest Is bscotn-
ing general. Some already within the
last few months have reached there,
and written from Seattle in the most
fiattering manner. O.her citizens here,
in respectable professional standing.
are contemplating an early start.
Farmers IN our neighboring county.
Delaware, are, according to the AIDES
Recorder, Offering their farms for sale,
..in order TO move to Washington Ter
ritory." / know Of men with capital.
that are giving the future of your Ter
r.torv serious consideration, and read
with interes. the accounts which,
| through your kindness, WAS able TO
put in their hands. For my own part
| had determined to go to San Diego
| Southern California, and with view ~
| that purchased ths site OF residence
| there. but since the information which
| | received from you and friends who
have gone to Seattle, 1 have entirely
changed nv mind. and feel. that, for
| tts future, my lot is cast with the peo-
| Ole of Washington Territory.
The man must be blind indeed who
does not SOS the brightes. and most
! glorious future for the great State.
/ In day or two "a sooa as the term
of examinations lin the midst of willcn
We are now is over, propose writing
| a communication for the press, when
| will embody ths result of my inquiries
respecting the Territory, which must
confess has greatly anrpri.ed me. 1
| don't care how well informed people are
| on general matters, II requires special
looking into to get the true and present
| condition Of remote countries ana DIS
tricts. am contiden. the mass of our
people here will he astonished at the
present development and the future
prospects of Washington State-espccl
ally the region of Puget Sound. II IS
now time that should thank you for
tho papers and documents which you
! so kindly sent me. and several friends
enjoyed the reading of them very much.
l think that report OF the committee.
recommending the admission of WASH
| ingtOn az State, is an admirable docu-
| Inent--strong, forcible and logical. Il
! it be yours, you may be proud of 1t. /
l - ... t,av, 4n> Houuo IL, fntu ~ al
| Of the Whole can possibly postpone the
admission. read it over at least three
times. thank you for the compliment
ton with your views III the Washington
paper. think you will find that Your
conclusions regarding the influx of en-
igration and capital as soon AZ Wash
ington il admitted as State, were emf
nently just.
don't dare mention names in high
standing in this community, who are
really thinking seriously of moving out
there on the completion of the North
ern Pacific Railroad. They are not
willing as yet to make it known. There
are some of my friends who have fallen
in love with the beautiful climate OF
Southern California, who are sorry that
/ have decided on Washington. I do
80 because see an unparalleled career Of
wealth, greatness and prosperity in
store for that new Empire State Of the
West in the near future. l feol that
there is more room for development for
person there than in the south. A
letter from Seattle, however, startles
them, by the writer saying that he found
it colder in jackson, Florida, III winter
than he did in Seattle. will speak
about the mildness of the climate in
my communication to the press.
would like to soc the bill III. II.
1920 which this report accompanies.
Should you remember it sopetime, one
Of the pages would fetch it to you from
the document room, and then, if it
would not bs presuming too much, l
would feel grateful for your sending it
to me.
Any information about tho Sound or
Territory will gresdily devour. i'll
tend to take the Seattle PosT-INTELLI-
0ENcER rs soon rs find time to write
TO the editors. think it il an excellent
paper, and credit to tho Sound.