Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06
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Oar Democratic contemporary OF
Portland, the Standard, like Democratic
journals in our own Territory, II dec'o-
sdly opposed, for political reasons >"
the admission Of Washington TO STATE
hood. Il 10 not, hovsveo, exactly 1su
IN fts handling Of the szbiecf, ~ witness
tbs foIozine from recent issue:
Tho Democrats. however, are no:
rssoongibie for the non-edfnissaon OF
Washingto, Territory. For the past
three sessions has that Territory Knocked
n fhs door for admission. The Lower
House and the Senate have been Eep1o-
lion an that time. Why the ball has
not passed for her Admission il mat
ter for the Republicans 70 answer, no.
the Democrats. II would hsve taken
but a majority vote, in the regular Or
der Of business, - have passed the bill
Of Admission, hence !. II not q Demo
cratic sin tia. Wa shingt0n Territory II
not today STATE"
It is quite tr 70 tina. majority vote.
in the regular order of business, was
all that was necessary, but the bill, In
the regular order Of business. was not
reached, and would not have besn bad
the session lasted hundred years. To
get q bin 0ut Of its regular order re-
quirss tws-thirds vote. and no such
bare majority as the Republicans had
was able TO effect this. They tried 1t
With Dakota, and failed, the vote being
l51 to 10, the Democrats voting against
II soIidly. This two thirds rue couid
not bs changed either, for tho Demo
GRATIS minority would not consent, and
they, az In the admission cases, could
easily block the game.
Oar contemporary also blames the
Republicans for not admitting Utah
and New Mexico, both said 70 be Deuo-
cratic Territories. Utah Would have
boon admitted long ago, had 1t not been
for polygamy, the perpstuasion Of which
would have been made possible under
State government. New Mexico has
not been admitted for several reasons,
chief of which IL that she never applied
for admission. Our neighbor says:
democrats, by the ad mission Of Col
Orado, made IL possible for the ItSPubli-
cans 70 steal the Presidency In 1876,
and they made one Of the plumbers TO
which our Republican friends constant
~ refer. and they certainly should learn
something by years Of sad experience
The admission Of Colorado then was
Just ssch blunder a. the admission Of
Washington would be at this time.
Colorado had between two and three
times a. many inhabitants At the date
Of her admission a. Oregon had when
admitted. and has today probably ono
half more than Oregon, the vote Of Or
sgon last year being II ,idO, against 81
40 in Colorado. II will DO bad day
for this country when politics are
placed before justice and against the
people in such matters. This aeems to
be the Democratic position, end II Ia
we'll the people should know it.
The Standard repeats . suggestion
already made in these columns, to the
effect that the people Of the Territory
proceed at an early day to inauRurate a
State Government. We have framed
and adopted a Constitution. Let the
next Legislature elect two Senators,
and, with Mr.. Brents a. Representative.
let Thorn proceed 10 Washington and
ask of the next Congress seats on the
floors Of their respective branches.