Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-16


, OF testimony. have few voucher.
mean to take this one holding M
souvenir :. which shows vour woods.
friend has been kind enough In max
tne collection of ores. Thew Ar- uats
witnesses which speak for the-uselye-
However much they NAV doubt what
say, think these will convince them
went down u your wharf this moraIn,
and thought would take home that III,
log But | fouud il too long and tt,,
heavy for Pullman car: br, / remen,
Der, Mr.. Chairman, a good MANY wear,
ago meeting a man whose name la,
NOS been mentioned today. but who j,
entitled 70 the highest regard fror1 TIM.
I Community aud this country. the nan
who, next To Gen. Grant. did more thar
any man living - pgt down the rebel
/ hon, and was practically the found,,
of the Northern Pteitio Railroad.
mean Mr.. jaw Cooke. met Jaw Cooke
ieS years ago. AMI he : Ia me some.
I thing about Puget Sound ard the
( Northern Pacific Railroad. and thu
story was 50 inviting became one o.
/ those who s1h .oribed 10 its stock. and
70 some extent | am one OF the original
! stockholders, In the course of time the
/ 49, -k'sA@sHNA WIN AakiAEC. hllA a
/ grave question arose through the coon-
/ try = Ia the truth of these stories by
| Mr.. Cooke, and published in regard 10
/ TINS great Northeast. | went up into
the lied River with some persons.
| found that the stories were not only
/ true. bat that the truth was not ha,f
/ told when | came 10 Puget SQUAD. Ii
| reminds NE of a story heard the other
? ~ ts1rn - l.
some land ont West, A great MANY
years ago. They tried hard to get rid
| If It. and told \ great MANY plausible
stories abont If. Finally one went ont
/ To examine It. and be found that two
railroads had been built through il, aud
that towns We're sprinqlng up around II,
and II lad become extremely valuable.
de Immediately posted himself back,
and found his partner. and said "Jim,
ali the lies We have told about that
property have come true" So. find
that all the representations of jaw
Cooke, or any one as to this country.
are true, or more than true. | know
my time Is limited. | have three rea
sons for not making a speech. First, |
have not time: senoud, | don't know
what to say; and third, am not going
to make a speech. tppi !lse.l
Honorable C. NJ B4.salw was in ro
duoed, and spoke IS follows:
Mr. President. and ltd.es and GEN
tiemen:-l had hoped that my name
would be overlooked upon that list. |
woHid have enjoyed the very eloquent
addresses to which yol have listened
mad | not feared that the centlem an
who introduced me would manage to
see my Il ,me. The immense audience
whicI | see before me reminds me of
my first visit to the present town of SEE
attic; II was thirty years ago. See be-
fore the the same general outlines of
the face of the country; the same har-
Dor. the same placid waters living at our
feet. | see the same river emptyinc
into the head of the bay. see the same
mountain sentinel standing ami keep
ing guard over rs here. But in all else
how changed Is the scene Instead of
;he hut Of the Indian, YOU have the evil
dences of civilization; in fact. the lux
uriant M tnsions of an intelligent and
eHterprising people. You have here. iu-
stead of the tangled forest, the graded
street and beautiful, improved townsite.
The completion of the railroad carries
me..hack also to more than thirty years
ago, when | commenced the tedious pas
sage across the plains. climbed
upon the main peak near where Nebras-
ka City now stands, and gave one long,
longing look toward clylllZi-
ton, and Turned my face west
ward, and for SIX months saw nothing
of civilization except VIII 1t We had along
with Us. and our OK teams, aud We old
pioneers who crossed the plains, who
took that long and weary journey, know
what the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company means. was here for sixteen
months before Irecslvsd a scratch Of
pen or word from any rel alive or
friends h I'd left behind. Now We may,
before the setting suu. speak to any of
our relatives IN any portion of this un-
ion and get reply. We can in six days
reach any part of the union, and that
We can do because of the Northern Pa
cfic Railroad. We have many points
contending for supremacy on Puget
Sound. Seattle does not stand alone:
We have Tacoma, Whatcom and may
even say Port Townsend. They all ex-
peot u be-the te-mluu of railroads after
a while. tell you we will have rail
roads wherever We nave anything to
transport. We wont have railroads
DrlbEt ~ l6itit- lou ItbNtt
ten years ago expected 10 b come the
terminus of the Northern P4G;fic Rail
road. tell yo1 IN nv in isnaut You
are FIR more wealthy and far
more prosperous haa Won wonld
Save been hid yoa bren selected a. the
terminus. IA it IL il las osen bene it,
You have nos mo- tga ged Sour property,
you have eBg iged in commerce and to-
Il, 4 L.. q L.
get Sound Yon built yDur steamooats
aud went down SQUAD and took away
our tr ,de, and broa ght 1t up here 10 Sc
attic, and built up your town.
You reached out IN every, directions: you
bnllt wharves and manufacturers: you
employed men; opaned coal mines;
you are twice what you would have
been had yoa depended upon being the
terminus uf the railroad. There nee Is
&c be generous rivalry between you
and ali the points on the Sound. There
is room for three or four towns on
Puget Sound. People are going to work
In other places as we'll rs here. might
sly Que word III regard TO tbs President
OF the y. L. T. X. CO. AZ he is not
here il would not be regarded as ''taffy."
Yoa will never know what II Is u have 4
DEppFE ttlfu al kAtt fltAI VI u Eti tf3tt-
ton until Won get an incompetent man
there. When Won get a man VINO vii
use the corporation to build up one en-
tarprise while he breaks q iwn another.
you will appreciate the difference. But
now We have a man vt the head 1T this
corporation VINO IL above such purposes.
You have man as the President of the
Nrthern Pacific Railroad Company
with mind and en- rev 20 know III 1t
when be luilds up ths interests OF all
the people he bald, up bis o sn inter
ests. and that whsn hs tears doEn tbs
people he tears dow. himself. ~
plause.l | thank yoa for your siten
ton.
Mr.. C. George, NJ. c. from Oregon,
was next introduced. when he said:
Mr.. President and ladies and gentle
men: certainly did not suppose was
u be cslle upon today, 70; vefy good
reasons: in the first place so far as oar
guests are concerned, / hal An oppor
tani.y "a get my auger into ttesn ~ an
exhanstlsss depth over in Portland. So
far as Won are concerned. am one Of
you. .IApplau lctme along merely
as sort of ess1rs to posut Gus the Wv
"a il were, 10 lead thsm aai - TAX
care of them. There ara f.E IN this
partv who belong u a prosecuted Zee
and r4tiuuaiity | refer IN the tnefub r.