Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-03-30
THE OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.

committee for not including North
Idaho in the State of Washington is
that "Washington would be too large
and uns'ately," Washington has now
69,994 square miles. If that rart OF
Idaho north of the summit of the Salm-
on River mountains, which would be
the same MS embraced in Brcnts' bill
were added, then she would have about
100000 square miles. If simply that
mart were added north of Salmon river,
she would have about 10000 square
miles, about six scvenths of which adj
dition would be rugged Il mountainous
with but little land susceptible of hab-
station and cultivation, save the small
districts inhabited by miners. Now
Of the States now admitted on the Pa
ciic Slope, California has lSs,9sl
square miles, Nevada has l04,l25
square miles, Oregon has 1924 square
miles, and Of the States east of these
mountains Texas has 274,356 square
miles and Colorado Id, 1900 square
miles, while of the other Territories
seeking admission hereafter, New Mex
leo has l2l,20l square miles, Arizona
1896 square miles and Wyoming
$3.50 square miles and Dakota l50,'
932 square miles But it may not be
proper to include Dakota, as the people
there are seeking division of their
Territory. In view of these facts we
are unable to see how Washington with
10000 or even 100000 square miles
Of territory would be too large or any
more unstately than the States and
Territories referred to, against which
no objection has been urged. The next
objection is that it would despoil, dis
integrate and tend to Mormonise Idaho.
It is admitted that it would reduce the
present area Of Idaho to about $4,000
or 10000 square miles, but it only cuts
Of = portion that is separated from her
BY an almost impossible chain of noun
tains, with not road connecting the
two. and with no prospects of one save
At very great expense and if one be
built it cannot be used for travel more
than two or three months in each year
and then never for hauling merchan-
disc or produce for exchange between
the two sections. The portion to be
surrendered to Washington is narrow
strip extending north to the British
possessions and mostly rugged and
mountainous, which when cut loose
would leave the balance of the Terri
tory compact and Of much better shape,
and by adding that part of Wyoming
which projects west, say about $4,000
square miles and which is more natur
ally allied to Idaho than is North Ida
no, would give to her an area of IS,
900 or $4,000 square miles, and ulti
mately form on inland State of soot
proportions. As to disintegration there
is no argument in it, for in the forma
ton OF more than half the States adj
nitted since the original thirteen, Ter
ritories have been disintegrated to form
th,se admitted. Now as to Mormon
king Idaho by letting North Idaho 60
Il is al bosh and clap trap. Take GU
tho population Of North Idaho, and no
more than one tenth Of the remainde
has Mormon tendencies, unless all thcs
who vote the Democratic ticket are t
be considered Mormons. which is b.
no means the truth. The Democrat
party Of the Territory are not Mormon
nor is it an adjunct of Mormcnisn,
Mormonism is simply hangeron t
tho skirts Of the Democratic party, i
hopes Of gaining its protection in tn
halls of Congress, and it is as loath,
some to Democrats as Republicans,
black scab. which the party would /
glad to be Invested of at the earlies
possible moment, and would have bee
long ago but for the individual amb
ton Of such men as Ainslie, who woul
covet the favor and support of any d.
formity in morals or religion tina. woul
swell his vote for position. But sine
Congress has passed the bill and it b,
become law DISTINGUISHING all plurali:
wife men, this Mormon argument h,
no longer any force in the mind Of Il
weakest tending to the belief tn,
Idaho is to become Mormonizcd in ca.
North Idaho goes to Washington eve