Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-27
4 FEW QUESTIONS E0R THE OlVM.
PA "sVANDaRN."

FEW QUESTIONS FOR JHE 0lSM.
PA "svANDsRR."
i there anv moro ressJn for giving
tie Northern Pacific Company gran;
Of land for b9ilding line of r-ilruad
from kal.na to Tacoma than there IS
for giving the Olympia Company =
grant Of land for building = road from
Olympia To Tenino : Is there any lsx
for such grant aud If our contempt
rsry b.Iieves there is. will IT rsci,s the
same?
Why should a grant Of public land be
given for the building Of coal road up
the Puyallup Valley and not for tie
building OF coal roads 10 Newcastle or
Cedar river We believe there is neither
law nor equity for either road 10 re-
ceive grant. and We should a. warmly
contest |. III the case of the one As the
other.
Oar capital neish5or has a good deal
TO say about the vested rights Of the
sDmpauy, but nothing whatever about
the rights of the Government and the
people. Why - this : Are its sym
patnies solely and wholly with the cor
poration End against all others
What has the Northern Pacific Com
pinv done for Olympia that the Stand
dr! should SO vallantly and apparently
SO cIsiuterestedly rush to It's defense
Did It not pablicly and privately oelude
and defraud the fair town IN which the
Standard ma es its home Did i, not
all but kill the capital city and has IL
aot assiduously engaged IN building up
rival town at its expense Does not
our contemporary know that IN the ter
minus town twenty acre tract has
been set apart for State capital pur-
poses. and that it has always been the
Intention of the company TO offer this
trsc. TO the future State when the
proper time comes, and then and there
compa the ruin Of Olympia. If possi-
bic J.:
Does it not know that Steilacoom was
pulled down the same way Olympia Is
TO be
Does it not know that its hand has
been raised against Port Townsend in
the effort TO secure the renewal of the
Custom House To Tacoma
Does it not know the company has
fought Seattle bitterly and Increasingly
for ten years. and that its animosity
toward this town is provoked because
the town will not down a. its bidding?
Does /: not know that the Northern
Pacific is au enemy of Portland. an
enemv of tho Columbia river. An enc
NV of the Canadian Pacific, an enemy
Of Whatcoin. All enemy of any and ev
erybody. and OF every place that will
not become subordinate to 1t
Whether she Standard knows these
things or not, We know them, and the
public generally know them. and there
is therefore justification for the feel
Ing of hostility to that company 80
generally prevalent in this Territory.
We have put these plain questions to
the Standard on account of It's peculiar
position # late. Its columns for sew
eral weeks past have been used IN advo-
cacy Of the interests Of the Northern
Pacific Company IN the great contest of
that corporation with the Government
and the people. Ii has been sorely
troubled lest the company sho1ld be
prevented doing exactly as it chose In
all matters, a1d II has been particularly
worried lest its efforts to seize fifteen
million acres of tue public lands IN this
Territory should be frustrated. 1t has
eIuted At every petty success of the
com panv. and has had nothing what
ever 10 SAY against 1t IN its warfare Spon
the people. its determinations. its high
freight and passenger rates. Its extraor-
dlnary land charges, its refusal TO pay
taxes. etc. OF these there can be no
defense " hatever. and upon Il ess points
our Olympia contemporary, with other
allies of the company. preserves a COM
plete silence.
Its last issue contains number OF
offensive remarks bearing upon this
subject, all looking to the same object,
TO wit: permitting the company, with
or without the sh sdow OF justice or law.
ia possess Itself of the lands OF the
country. 1t singles out the Northern
Pacific from all o'her companies, and
would treat ;aht COMPANY Infinitely
better than 1t would the others. 1t
overlooks ali It's lnnunerable shortcom-
iugs, and persIstently Apologies, inter
c-de. and beg, for II as though a great
debt of gratItuds were due IL, and As
.hoagh the rights of all others should
be dlsrelardrd when It's wishes were At
stake.
Defense and support OF the Northern
tCluC SctHeo Win f~'culifIiF iii Sibcc
from old Oiynpians. like the editor of
the Standard. and when the cIrcum-
stances and facts ale all considered can
not be satisfactorily explained. Among
other things. he saws that the people of
Seattle vii. realize IN time that the
hostility of powerful corporation is
not to De tespised." We have realized
! it for lou9 term of years past and SO
( bave the people OF Olympia, hut our
I realization has always fuund return ex-
/ pression IN striking back, and not IN
! licking the baud that smote Us. The
/ results of our line of policy can be seen
/ in the building up her, Of the largest.
richest. most populous, prosperous,
+ strong and independent city III tie Ter
/ rltory Can the Standard give as good
results from following the other policy
/ III Its town:
/ DEATH OF A FIoNERR.-Mr. Alexander
s. Y.ntls died At 7o'clock on Monday
Z Aprll 2is.. at tie residence Of his daugb-
ter. Mrs. jessie Martin, IN Tnmvster
Mr.. Ysntis came to this county and set-
tied on his farm near Teniuo away back
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