Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-10

Lrfofn our Own Cofre9pono0o4.
OLYnPIA. Oct. 8. 1883.
How is it that Q people with sufioisu
energy TO rise mp IN thsir might and ri
the earth Of three murderess can quietl
: submit 20 the terrible, not to say Out
rage0uss mail and postofice faciiitie
now afforded them. The writer re
ceived two letters from Seattle today
one Of them dated aud mailed Octobe
I'd, and the other the Ssh. The Post
master here stated 70 me that matte
mailed before o'clock in the mornin,
would get of in time 20 reach Seattl
the same eyeninR. Not one Of my let
ters has ever been mailed after tina
hour, and still they have:been three, ant
even four. days reaching their destins-
ton There must be some remedy 70
this state Of things. Let the prope
showing be made to the postal agent
and then, il he fails in his duty, catcl
him and hang him, or turn him over 4
Justioe Cam, or do something else ter
r1ble 70 him. Serioualy, this is q matte
that demands immediate attention. an(
the sooner that united effort il mads
the sooner the desired result will b
brought about.
On the arrival of the Posr- INrRLLr-
GKNcER yesterday il was learned thai
Willard had been reelected President
OF the Northern Pacific Railroad Com.
peny, and the announcement seemed r
give general satisfaction.
DoISos N THE COUNCIL.
Cation introduced Council Bill No. 2
TO incorporate the City of Walia WaIIa
Ordered printed.
Cation introduced Council Bill No. 8
to amend Section 50 Of the Code, amend
ing Civil Practice Act. Read first time
eaton introduced Council Bill No. 4
to repeal section 2367 of the Code. Re
fsrred.
Burke introduced Council Bill No. s
to amend Section 1892 Of the Code. Re
ferred.
Council Bill No. 6, by Edmiston-Tc
amend Section 347 of the Code.
Council Bill No. Z, by Edmiston-TC
amend Chapter Ills Of the Code, relative
to habitual drunkards. Referred TO ia
dietary Committee.
House bill relative to county seat OF
Garfield county. Referred to delegation
from Garfield county.
House joint resolution relative to inci.
dental public printing. Adopted.
Power presented o petition for q
division Of Whatcom county. the new
counties to be named Whatcom and
Skagit. Referred TO Committee on
Counties.
Council Bill No. 8, by Power, to or
ganize county Of Skagit. Ordered
printed and referred to Committee on
Counties.
This bill was accompanied by petit
ton which was signed by over 400 resi-
dents of Whatoom county, and set
forth that the county was now over 30
by 100 miles in size. and the routes of
travel were such that it was q great
source Of bother and expense for many
Of the people to reach the county seat
to transact their business; also that the
county 10 out OF debt, has taxable prop
erty to the amount Of about 81 600, O0O,
and population Of 5000. The petition
asks that the dividing line be drawn be
tween sections IS and 81, or, In other
words, that the Chuckanot range Of
mountains be the dividing line. This
bill pr0misesSO bring on q lively fight;
but as there seems 70 be justice in the
request for division, and e large peti-
ti0ns are daily arriving asking for it,
and a. both members from that county
favor division, It looks very strongly a.
though the divisi N would be made.
This fight has been going on for ten
years, and 10 an outsider il would look
a. though two harmonious counties are
much better than one in which there is
constant dissension and strife. The
good book admonishes us that "a house
divided against itself shall surely fall,n
and the Same rule applies to munici.
palities. Better have two small, bar
moni0us families than ono large, un-
calmly, disc0rdant household. Laconner
10 designated a. the county seat Of Ska
git county, In the bill creating the said
county, until suoh tune az the people of
the new county see ct to locate IL else
where.
Mr.. Martin, Of King, introduced the
following resolution. which was adopt
ed:
Resolped-That the Speaker send con-
gratulations to the American Woman's
Suffrage Association, now In session in
Brooklyn, New York.
Mr.. Joseph Foster introduced House
Bill No. Z, entitled An Act 10 amend
certain sections Of she Code 90 a. TO
make the Territory bear the expenses
Of taking care Of all the insane. Bill
referred and ordered printed.
Tbs object Of the bill in something
like this. Under the old Law, the rela-
tives, parents or friends are liable for
the support Of the insane, bat owing to
the inability Of the authorities 10 reach
these relatives, parents or friends, ex-
cept In . very few cases, the burden me-
cessarily falls upen the Territory, any