Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-30


citizens Las: night 20 hear the report OF
the cornrnit.ee appointed At previous
meeting 20 select some suitable person
70 rsprssen. Western Washington AZ toe
national capital. The nesting vas
called 70 order By the Chairman. Mayor
H.G. StrGv.. The com niisee no. oe
ing quite ready 10 report. speeehEaAkins
vas IL order, and
DR. TgEE
Was called upon He said: dad not
come mere 70 make speech. came BE-
cause am u sympathy With the move
rneut. | Al always With tie p@ppl@
uh n ful them struggling az ala-t
railroad oppression In CAtiforul ih@r-
has Jus. been special se--ion o. ''-
I,eQ1slstnre He'd - make tbs ter ~
Pacific Railroad Co-lp1ny IN ttlaS - -
nav It's tax. which three ys2f- IL
arrears II road sse great oies- 2 =,
and pre4. eiyiliz4r-. Dat they -!lp1ls D.
the servants. and npf lbs n s-ter- OF t-r
people. When the corporations -
come 80 independent and arrogant tnHi
they DEFY the Govern reat- then Il .
mean sneak who xIll not fight II Be or
his nights are being ;rEup pied u > u Siy
hsart tnrobbed la, evening, ~ listen
"a 10 those fearless, o1tspJken words u
yonr orators and / felt tnat the p-o Die
were Just s.rong enough 10 take this
| railroad bull by the horns aud shake the
wrinkles out of him. | arm sure rail-
road through the Cascade mountains
| would be paying Investment, aud am
sure that you people Of Seattle, 10y put
ting your shoulders u the wheel, can
| build, own and operate snch road
| yourselves. Ii there ever Wis an ac-
| cursed practice, 1t WAS the giving away
| of the public lands to railroad corpor
ati0ns. II always results III making mil
| iionaires of a few, At the expense OF the
| masses. Railroads can be built by en-
,erprise and industry, without the CIV
inc away Of these lands. ! have hold
| here, and may come here 10 stay, o that
| | feel an interest IN common with ypu.
| look upon Seattle as the future great
city Of the Northwest, and when look
about me on these hills and ace the large
and costly improvements going ane III
| on every hand. know that toe citizens
themselves have every confidence IN the
ultimate greatness OF the State of Wash
inpton in general, and the city Of Seattle
| in particular. ! hope the committee
will, in its W siorn, select an interrupt
ible man to represent this peo Die In
Washington. What are $4,000 to
railroad Company, to buy your repre-
sentative off. aud get him TO eat dirt for
them. / hope that the wra Of God, or
a streak OF lightning. will strike the man
who gees down on his XII IS and eats
dirt for this raiIi Dad company.
As the committee had finished its
business, through It's Chairman, J1dge
x. Lewis, 1t submitted the following
gKpoaT.
To the Hon. Chairman aud members
OF the mestins having under oon-idera-
ton the questions tou3hiag the forfeit
IRE of the land grant t. the \ rthern
Pacific Railroad Company in Wa-aing
ton Territory: Your committee beg
leave t. submit the following report.
We have made hAsty aud partial can
vass Of the CITY and secured the sam of
x7y3 20 toward defraying the expenses
of a delegate t. Washington to repre-
sent the Territory and King county
touching the matters under eDusiderA-
ton. We found our peopie ready and
willing to contribute literally FOX such
purpose, and have no dJubt til II The
balace OF the sum proposed
5000 can bs speedily secured We
have selected AZ suitable persou to
represen. us at Washington. the Hon
W. ii. White. u man long a resident of
, the Territory, wall acqu united with the
whole situation. and h1vIng abundant
qualification to fairly represent us AMI
the energy and industry TO I 4ke care OF
, our interests. We recommend that
the amount Of finances be- increa sed 20
$1,000, and that our delegate at once
pro :. ed To Washington.
j. X. LEWIS, Chairman.
ii. l.. YKsLKK,
GEoRGF kisSEAg.
e On motion, the report WAS adopted
, by the meeting.
wM. ~. WHITE
, Was loudly called for. He took the
stand and raid: Ny fellow citizens
] thank you from the bottom of my
hsart for this marx If On fidence which
yon have shown me bv your action tn.
. evening. But let me say Ia you. aud Say
II now. that !. you h:ak there ar ether
who will represent vou better th1n
can, and who will do 1t. | nov resign
the honor you have conferred upon me
We must he united, for III union there
is strength. This il one of the mos.
important matters We have been called
upon to con ider for IN nv years am
indeed weak II stand alone, but If
have the hearts of this great people
these hardy pioneers. who came here
, and hewed their homes out of the for
ests. and built up and peopled this great
empire, then am indeed strong. | am
III favor Of the entire and absolute for
feiture of every Are of this uncarued
J land grant, and | say II in all cAndor
, that II the railroad company would de
clare tomorrow that they would build
the railroad through the Snoqualmit
, Pass to Elliott's BAY, would suli work
for the forfeiture Of this unearnei grant
a This ~ no local fight, aud those who
make that assertion are enemies - tse
best interests OF Washington lie ritory
; Applause. You are inviting people
here from every corner of the globe, and
they are coming III great numbers u
make their homes IN our midst but on
! their arrival they find every odd section
of land held by the Northern P.citi,
Railroad Company, Rraspipg and
greedy corporation. who refuse eth r to
dispose of or improve the land they So
, wrongfully hold. | carried musket
under the glorious Stars and Stripes. tor
thr,e long. weary years IN the defense
of my country. and | consider that there
never WAS greater menace To this eoun-
try than the greed and oppression Of
monopolies. ! accept this trust that
you have imposed on ms. and | make
, you solem pledge that you shall never
have cause TO blush for the manner in
which shall have carried out that sa-
cred and important trust. Applause,
JCpos LEWIS
Was called for. He said; Fellow
, Citizens A hasty canvass of the town
| yesterday demonstrates that our folks
are willing to contribute literally to de-
fray the expenses of delegate to Con
T gress to represent: you in this Important
; matter. We have csnvassed the matter
, tn roughly IN the committee, and in
selecting Mr.. White for that important
mission We secured man who vii! rep.
resent you wV.l. You will he fairly
represented and need have no fears bu,
what his acts viii ne IN accord ,uce wi,h
your views.
l ~ has been said that We Ware in the
- clutches OF the Northern PacIlie Raj
road tpmp2nv and eaui.i NOT balm an,