Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-30
A Division Demanded.
MEMORIAL

MEMORIAL
For the Division OF Washington T.yr,-
tory, and ~ e Formation ola
New Republic, dc.
Mr.. Smiths resolution to dismem
Der the Territory not sui,ins the
House, Col. Shaw, last Saturday, in
trodnced the following, which seems
to suit popular sentiment better, as
l 900 copies were ordered p,intei
l,y the Third House.:
WHEREAS, The Territory of Wash.
ington contairs Co., 1874 square miles.
is divided into two nearly equal east
and west parts. by range of lofty
and nearly impossible mountains:
and
WHERE'S, The Eastern por' ion
consists almost entirely of prairie
land, sage brush. grasshoppers and
statesmen, whilst the Western por-
ton is covered with a dense growth
OF fir: cedar, vine maple, devils
club, and other underbrush, sur.
rounding great inland sea, filled
with clans and other bivalves; and
WHEREAS, The habits and pursuits
OF the two sections are yearly as dis
similar as the topography and pro-
auctions of the two regions, the
great mass of the population of the
Eastern portion being engaged in
wheat raising, horse stealing and
other kindred pursuits, whilst the
population of the Western portion
is engaged almost exclusively in
stealing timber from the Govern
ment, digging clans, beach-combing
and other maritime pursuits; and
WHEREAS, Very many of the laws
necessary for the government of one
section are totally unfit for the GOV
eminent of the other; and
WHEREAS, The social and business
relations of the two sections have
been, and must ever continue to be,
OF the most limited character, con-
fined almost exclusively to the swan :
ping of lies and interchange Of few
bushels of clans and grasshoppers
among members of the Biennial ses-
sioDs of the Legislative Assembly
and Territorial Conventions and the
annual sessions of the grand lodge
OF the various benevolent societies ;
and
WHEREAS. 1t is now, ever has been
and ever will be, necessary for the
residents of one section desirin. to
visit residents of the other to travel
hundreds of miles through the Safe
OF Oregon before they can get there,
and
WHEREAS. Oregon, Idaho and
British Columbia are pretty much in
the same nix, and
WHEREAS, There are not sufficient
Offices to supply the demand; there
fore,
BE ii resolved, That each of these
municipalities be and the same are
hereby divided into two iudepen-
dent States to be known and STYLED
respectively, as Eastern and West
ern Washington, Eastern and West
err Idaho, Eastern and Western
Oregon, and Eastern and Western
British Columbia, and that said
States are hereby created into an in
dependent Republic, under the name
and style of The United States of
Northwestern America, and
BE ii further Resoi,ed. That P. B.
j. bs and he ia hereby declared
Provisional President of said Re.
public, with instructions to select
the Vice Presiden: from Walla Wal
Ia or some other county.
p. S. Be ii further Rcsolred. That
the President be aud he is hereby
empowered and authorized to make
any further subdivisions of those
several States that may be necessary
to secure positions to the leaders
OF this great movement and estab-
lish harmony in cur new Republic;
Prorided, That not more than four
new States shall be made out of any
one county under the present or
ganization.