Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-01
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n WE WEES 4 STATE
n tbs Tsreitory OF washingson sess
admitted into the IA ally of States sew
eral inPor;au; results would follow.
We should bs represented IL both
branches Of The nstiouL lRislsi
We should lie entitled to cast three
Y ,te, 10 the Electoral College for FRESH
dent. We should e!-ct or ,ppoiis, a.
our organic law provided. onr judges OF
supreme aud county VI dasrc. coarts.
We shoujd select from our citizens .
ohisf sxsout,vS and al administrative
officers. la briet-uot - FEC ,p'taiats
the varied Ga Auges saicu scaid follow
we should in theory and practice gov
srn ourselves. Bat ihss il not all. we
should be OF s1fiicien. cIasequ nee,
ovir2 TO onr representation III Con-
gress, 70 b recognized AZ part OF the
Union. when our Representatives do
mandsd that new post routes be esssb-
lished 4 would be done. When they
ssksd that better post Offices be fur
sished, and more money b sst apart
for their support, prompt attention
would b paid 10 ths request. Whsn
thsy repvssented that one or two hrst-
olass custou-houss buildings were need
ed within the limits Of the new State,
investigated would result in their
speedy ereetion, and II they called at
tsntion to the insuficiency Of the polics
force 70 guard our northwestern bound
AIRY from Chinese invasion it would re-
oeive more than passing notice. When
they put in o claim for an equitable
share OF the vast sums annually ex-
pended in Improvement OF the rivers
sud haSboss Of the United States. sucb
claim would be onsidsrsd and allowed.
And eli this would follow, not because
our peopls would Be more equitabIy
entitled 70 thsse several things than be-
fose admission, but because We had
three votes in Congress, three votes in
the Electoral College, and six votes in
each oonvsutioo which dominates q
President.
These thoughts OCCUR while looking
over statement Of expenditures by the
geverpmens ON account of improve
ments Of rivers and hsrbors during the
past thsss years, just sent 10 the Houss
Of Representatives by the Secretary Of
War. A single instance will illustrate
the point. The little State of Delaware,
With population Of only 10000 at the
last census, receives and expended from
March I, 1879, TO June 20, 1882. the snug
sum Of t3O42, 6a6, for improvement Of
the rivers and harbors of that State, an
average per year Of $936, 600. During
the Same period tho rivers and hsrbors
Of Washington Territory have been i'm
proved b., the stupsndOus expenditure
Of tedoQ, - svsrsas q tl692 per N.
mum. Our population today is not less
than that Of Delaware IN 1880. and prob
ably not 10000 lsas than Of that State
ct the present. tine. II any stronger
arguments Gsiot in favor II our speedy
admission We do not know them.
Wsshineson Territory needs money for
many public improvements. We need
some government buildings, post Offices
and . custom house. The Suaks and
appee Columbia rivers should be- made
navigsble AZ far up thoas great water
Ways - possible. Ths channel ct the
entrance Of Gray's Harbor should bs
dsspsned, widsnsd and kept spsn. The
uany navixable rivers smptying into
Puget Sound should be cleared Of snags
and other ohstruotions TO safe naviea.
ton. These and other like necessities
& srcwth demand recognition. A gov
erament snag boat kss idle At our wharf
bseauss there il no money 70 utilize
her. Meanwhile frsqusnt accidents 70
river sesemsfs oeour, and navigation Of
many deep streams d unsafe because Of
hidden rootas trsss, logs And other OBJ
struotioas. There probably 10 little uss
in 9rumblinG. Our nsiahbor Oregon,
with population Of Ia. 900 in 1880, has
had oxnau1and nv Dovsrnmant In IN.