Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-22
SEATTLE. ". T.. WEDNESDAY, MORNING. OCTOBER q. 1884

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HI san b sprodnssd, written undsr sue,
o1reumuf4nnsa - 70 remove svsry -
t1ee of q impufafin = su1f-asskine
- Nu1ld challenoo - ndni4nsiou q
IeyWy fs1nnd of foGfeituDD and euua
ukne4 e1wy lower of Hbor<y. lav an
nankeod throuRhoui this Territory ana
fne whete ooontry. The people havl
resnon % feel proud Of their young an(
s.tsnssd standard bearer, Charles 8
Fooshsss.
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nsp&lns.
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EDrron Pssr-Ixrn110ucns
In yoor daily sf the ssh read viii
some iussrest, with some surprise. and
also with some amnsemeut, . ooaxinc
letter In suppsFs OF esndidats Arm
struuG, signed by Mr.. Hop ins Of the
Paiouae Gaseffe. This letter faferesfs mt
beesuss 10 touches . subjscs In uhIch /
an Interested Is saupvts<s ne beoauss
4 b eouohsd In more humble and plain.
tive language than that enpIoyed by
MR. Hopkins In his own papeF concern
| iu9 the friends Of absolute foFfeiturs
viii whom be nov seeks 70 establish q
bond Of fellowship. Is amases me be-
caaos Is b % fraught With childliks sim.
pl1eity and brissling absurdity. Bot,
had this antsrestinR. surpEisin9 and
amazing missivs from Mr.. Hopkins
made no aiIusion - nayself, should not
crave, - ] do, yoar indulgence for this
Thsrs usrs IN the recent Territorial
Cosvsntion, says the vritsr, three fac
tiona One favored absolute forfeiture,
ous ahsolutely oopossd forfeiture, and
one opposed forfeiture q the present
time and forever u tho road shall be
built within specified time. M. Hop
kins Argues that there Is os ought 70 b
greater sympashy between the absolute
forfeiture fection and Ne uo-oallsd con-
ditionAi forfsisnre faction than bstwsen
tho oonditi0nals and thcse Who oppose
forfeiture Altogether. This Il 3 Iittls
cifhcult TO perceive. Here ID q convict
ed criminal, whose very existenos on
earth 10 admitted 10 have been . ourss
- society from the beginning. One
faction e0ntends that this convicted
criminal shall die. A second fantion
ooutsnds that he shall live. A third
factien also contends that ho shall live
and be given chance 70 reform. Nov
whsre II the chord Of sympashy between
ths first faction and The thirdf
But this 10 NOS The full gist Of the
matter. after ell. Mr.. Hopkins CON-
tsnds that the forfeiture and conditional
forfeiture factions should units. Unite
for vhatf Unite In eieetinQ man Who
belongs TO neithsr os these factions, bat
10 the third7 man Who, IN his letter ~
Congress. has argued that "this grant
10 not subject 70 forfeiture" either In
whole or 10 part;" that Congress has no
right to resume possession Of the land,
either at present or IN the future? In
tho Iettss TO which ! refer Mr.. Armstrong
urRsa upon Congress that, in his opin-
ion, u would not only be unwise but
illegal 90 declare forfeiture of any
part of the Northern Pacific land grant.
In defsnse Of this position Of Me-. Arm
strong his apologist says that one sitting
~ judge must make his decisions ac-
sordlnR to lag and net according to his
private visvs Of what 10 right or wrong"
TIE same might haye bean said concern
ing the author Of the Dred Scott deci-
sion, bat 10 would have been prsposter-
ous 10 expect the Abolitionists or Re-
publicans Of the North to select the
author Of that decision 10 represent
their views in Congress. Whatever
declarations may be found in the plat
form, no voter who favors forfeiture,
either absolute or conditional, can con-
sistently vote for man who believes
that Congress has no right TO declare
such forfeiture, and this, too, In the face
Of an express provision in the granting
ACT itssif, which declares that Congress
may at any time add to, alter, amend
or repeal this act" The declaration of
Mr.. Hopkins, that his friend Armssrong
is an honest man, II ever there was
one," may be freely admitted, bat for
all that bis views are not sound on the
question OF vital importance In this
ferrit9ry. ner are they in accord with
the platform on which he stands.
There il QUE other matter which I
may be pardoned for mentioning. !
notice that in writing 70 the Pcsr INTEL
LIoxxcER Mr.. Hopkins employs language
very different from that used In his own
paper when writing about the PosT-
fHrxLIf0xNCxh For instance, in his
paper Of the ID inst. he says: sss
aWhat faction 10 this Territory more
than the one represented by that paper
has cracked the whip in the faces Of
Rspublicansy What faction In this
Territory has said: II the Republican
party don't come TO our terms, 70 will
make IL suffer? And what faction 10 at
the present time lashing the cir With
the whip because the entire Territory
would not knuckle 10 its demands more
than the faction represented by the In
TRLLIoKNcKRF
In the same paper from which l clip
the above l tiud Mr.. Hopkins referring
most freely 70 " adams, the solter," and
to what he Is pleased 10 call the foolish
vaporings of this poor crank" Who, ~
he says, "was In the Republican party
ON probation only" .
Nov. Why should | be called By this
Mr.. Hopkins q boltsr2 Whea and where
aid bo:.g II u NOS . fact, rAshsf, that
he and his friends bolted myself and
other delegates out Of convention 70
which ws had been as fairly elected as
any delegation comprising that bodyF
Why shouid he nov tfy 10 COAX into the
party thoss whom be and others ruled
eutf viii any one doubt that It Q ooges
k8tifU4u 4cIcE8ttuu uoA bfc9oasoa hsooah
for sdmission from King county, the
regular delegates from that county
would have Jared precisely ~ We fareds
And why should vhat have written IN
favor Of the forfeiture OF this unearned
land grant be regarded bs Mr. Hopkins
a. the a foolish vaporinRs OF crank z
Have not many columns OF these fool
lsh vaporings" found their way into the
paees of your excellent ioufnalr And
have they mot found ruspsnsive echo
in the hearts OF q large percentages Of
sour peoplef II ! and others in this
county have been takes INTO the party
on probation only, aad are nov turned
ous and refused permission TO partici-
pate in the party eoaneils simply besAnss
we believe In the forfeiture Of unearned
land grants, u thers any reason vhy
this stern edict should not apply 20 every
other voter Who entcrtains similar BE-
lieff And. by the way, permit me 20
remark thai this word :" crank" which
Mr.. Hopkins makes such free use OF. 10
not entirely new. On the cars loading
/ 10 seattle. and ON the streets Of Seattle
during the sssaion Of the convention,
one couId scarcely bear any other word.
| II was then used ~ q sort al Reneric
term descriptive Of the people OF kina
county. Thess King county ssank1