Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-30
oAllY Posi- IHTELLIeEN



f1oxa.
The discossior Of tbs bin 70 admit
pskoea a q stass Of the American
TJniou has given riss 70 varied com
menss By the prsss Of the country upon
~ general proposition Of the sdmis-
ion Of several great Tsrriteriss- Ds-
kota has population Of folly 4O.m.
Eiehty-hvs thonssnd votes vess cssf ~
her citixsus at the late election. Asfar -
pcpuiasion and wealth 70 70 make up ?
e&ets-snd these two are, and shouid o.
sioht be. cousidered the main essentials
--Dskots has enough OF both 70 maze
go Aourishine States. The only rss~
an Why an enabling act for nsf "a
ruseuiou rossts With Opposition 70 Co..
80 d the fscs that her population =
strongly Republican, and that me swo
eensson and three Ccnersasnsn 70
vbieh-if admitted - . vho'e-sns
vouId be entitled, would, wifnoos
doubt, be Rspsbiicans. For this reason
- inaubiiAble right Of the cstizsns On
pskots 10 institute State fovsfnnsn'
ana assume the full funcsions O ss'I-
oovsrnmsnt 10 denied b. the Demo
cratic party nov holdins sonsfos % sss
lower House Of Congress
Washington Territory. although boast
sre much less population, b tn &C.
sordsnoe With every consideration Of
-, dealing alss entitled 70 admission
= ! ststs. with the annexation Of .
strip Of Idaho, which. for topoerspni-
esl ana commercial reasons, shoaid
bs incorporated with this Territory oar
ooUulafion viii not fall short of i6s'oU.
The Territory b prosperous, stable. oof
Of dsbs, with q surplus In the treasury
Il i increasing In wealth and popoia-
sion With phenomenal celebrity, and NOT
improbabIy the next United States osi'-
sus will show q population OF fully hall
. million people. The objection 70 the
Admission of Washington Territory AZ
a State is identical With that raised
saainst Dakota. 10 Wit The majority OF
its people are Republicans. and iss adj
missicp woald add two Senators and Q
Representative 70 the strength Of that
psrty In Congress.
There is q limit 10 good nature. d
we'll a 10 endurance. There Ia under.
living the great body Of the American
people q sentiment Of fair play, which
win mauifest itself even against tbs
power Of partisan influence and In op
position 70 party diotation. Unless
stsps are soon taken 70 accord justice
70 Territories which In wealth and pop
ulasion are fully entitled 70 admission
into the sisssrhood Of States. the quss-
ton will be lifted from the narrow
groove Of partisan politics by the
American people into Q great National
issus. No party ever gained any per-
maneut success BY o denial Of fund
amental rights. nor by continuing a
systsm opposed TO the best interests Of
any considerable number Of citizens
against thsir united protest and de.
msnd Tor relief.
The great Territorial divisions Of the
country shodld DO rearranged. Lines
Of dsmarkation should be changed 10
meet present needs and exiRencies
new States should DO admitted when
ever properly qualified. There 10 No
dsubt that population sufficient under
the systsm Of Congressional apportion.
msnt 10 entitls n State 10 member OF
Congress, shoaid. other things being
equal. entitIs q Territory to admission
Much hue and cry IL made over the
msager population Of Nevada and its
disproportionase representation In Con-
gross. There 10 some justice In the OBJ
jsction whom applied 10 that State. Bat
10 Our mind II goes only 10 the fact that
Nevada has not, nor had when ed.
United a. State. sufficient population
70 entiils her 10 q single member Of
Congress. The disproportion between
Nsvada's Senatorial representation and
that Of other States 10 not valid arau-
ment either against her status nor
against the admission of other Terrific.
ries 40 StAtss. This disproportion 10 an
incident Of the theory upon which the
upper branch Of the American Con.
grsss II founded. ID exists in greater OF
isss degree between all the States. No
two have equal population, but each has
equal representation In she Senate.
That body 10 fundamentally and essen.
tally the representative of States, not
Of the people In either their individual
or collective capacity az people. Its
members are elected by States, and are
primarily State agents. Instead Of
being representatives Of . constit-
uency BY whose direct vote they
have been selected. their direct respon-
sibility is 10 the Legislature by whom
elected, and through Il 10 the State. one
Of the coordinate branches Of which ID
such Legislature. Hence comes the
custom, in passing Legislative memo
rails 10 Congress, OF instsvctiag Scna,
tors and requesting Representatives q
vote for or against the subject Of the
memorial.
Utah should be dismembered and di
vided among the adjacent States and
Territories. II properly parceled on,
TO Idaho. Colorado and Nevada, shs
Mormon problem would be solved
There would then be no danger OF sh,
admission Of Mormon State, nor OF
The other hand. that the two State,
would by reason OF the addition Of {
Mormon element TO their population. .
change their State Consultations as 3,
permit the practice Of polygamy. I
the western third of Utah were adde's
10 Nevada the increase Of population
would perhaps be 1900, and Of taxabl
property possibly 100000. Thi
would materially aid the sorely burden
ed taxpayers Of the battle-born State.
IL vsonla x,r,,kaf,fw nlara Nsxada ,..sss,