Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-25
DAILY P0ST-InTElLlGEHctR
THE PaRTiEs AsD rsE TEKKire-
KIEs.

Hh1AEfstrEA VI VIE
that both parties have been unjust 10
their treatment Of the TerrIioris- and
thai in this respecs bopsrs are easy Be-
tween them. Yet such u the truth. be
Democratic Party has treated the Tern
tories With great iniastiee, bat the he
publican party has done little better.
Neither has been able 10 plaee i1ssiee
before party necessity. II is true that
durino tbs war the Rspublisan party
admitted Nevada aud ihst Immediately
After the var "a admitted Sebrasks.
The former act vas national ans %
Iitieal necessity xhioh oBly the peeaiiaT
conditions thea existing could Iostiiy.
The admission % Nebraska, indeed, 70
the only instance Of the Republican
party listening 10 the demands Of a Ter
ritory when is vas within its power
alone 10 grant thoss demands. Daring
the fourteen years beiwesn the election
of Lincoln and the next election OF .
Democratic House of Representatives.,
but three states we're admitted to the
Union. These we're Nevada, Nebraska
ana West Virginia, the last named being
carved from Virginia ~ a military ne
oessisy and never having beeo Terri
tory.
Three years ago" SAYS the Chrsaieis.
cit vas exceedingly questionable wnetn-
ar Dakota had sufficient population 70
entitle her ~ admission, aud der feeble
reonest for statehood did not come
hacked With evidences OF ability 10 sns-
tain a home government which would
not be bsrdsnsome - the people
BY the census OF 1880 Dakota had
population Of l35.lT7. several thousand
more than the population Of Washing
ton Territory according TO the census
reoeptIy taken. In l582-6S, when the
Republicans had IL within their power
to admit Dakota, the population was
estimated al from 800 co.. 10 10000. Al
that time, moreover, the demand for a
division Of the Territory prior to sd-
mission was not insisted upon. The
Territory vas willing 10 soma into the
Union a. a whole. and even II u had not
been 90, the population OF the southern
portion Vas unquestionably as great as
ths present population Of Washington
Territory. We de not believe. hovever.
that the Chroa,cis would say, 1T is sI
csedingly Questionable whether WASH
ington Territory has sufficient popula-
ton 10 entitle her to admission"
The admission of Dakota, when her
application was made three years ago,
vas prevented by the uutiripg efforts OF
a Republican Senator. Eugene Hale, as
sisted by several other New England
Senators, all Of whom we're Kspubli-
cans. The ostensibls cause for the bit
ter fight made by Hale against Dakota
was the failure Of Yankton county. Ds'
ksta, TO redeem It's bonds, many Of
which we're held in New England. The
real cause vas the jealousy felt In New
England aud New York at the tremen'
dous grovth Of the power and iufuence
of the West. The PosT- IsTKLLIoEsoKs
cannot "plaoe its finger upon q Repub
lican senator who ha, openly upon the
chamber floor made the ignoble argu.
ment that 1t would not do 90 admit 9
Territory because 1t would give the op
posite party additional electoral votes.
One reason Why IL cannot Is that Il hal
no complete report Of tho Congressional
debates. and tina, such rsper, does no
exist in Seattle. Another reason is tha
Il does NOT believe that any Senator
Republican or DEMOCRAT has openly
made such an argument. II dos
know. however. that Hale made an ar
Rament against the admission Of Ds
kots which Was quite as unjustifiable
From the time that the Republican
party came into power until tho Demo
Gratis gained the lower House," con
tinues the Chronicle. 'the only Territory
which came demanding admission with
claims Of apparent justice, was Coiora
6o-the Centennial State--and the Re
publieans voted almost unanimously fol
her admission. while the Democrats
voted nay"
Colorado vas admitted 10 the usior
principally through the efforts Of &
Democrat delegate Patterson. IL was
within the power Of the Democrats ID
prevent lie admission and they did moi
do 30. 50 far from votisg nay. tssy
voted aye. They did not do this through
any innate virtue or any lave for Col
orado. but bocaoss they believed they
we're making another Democratic State.
honors are easy here. for the bill ad
hitting Colorado was introduced by a
Democrat and pushed through BY q
Democrat.
IL ts all nonsense for either the Re
publican or the Democratic party 20
claim especial credit for its treatment
OF the Territories. Either ~ them will
~ ANY time sacrifice the interests of a
Territory 10 party expediency. The ex
perience of the people OF Washington
Territory has shown them that In the
last few years the Republican party has
generally bcea more favorable to the
admission OF neg States than the Demo-
cratic, ba, this is amply accounted for
by the fact that all the Territories which
have seriously applied for admission
since the var have been Republican.
Indeed, the wonder is that there has
been 80 much OPPOSITION TO the Terri
tories within the Republican party.
Oh the twenty ave States that have
been admitted to the Caion. three we're
admitted While the Fsderalisis ~ere IN
eontrul Of the Government, three while
The Whles we're in control. four while
the Republicans we're In con,rsl. and
nfseen while the Democrats were in
control. In additioa 10 this three of
the States admitted daring Tylsr's adj
miaistrsticn and credited 10 the wings
Should be credited 10 the Democrats. as
that administration hsa gene com
rletely ever 70 tie Democrats before
their admission. honors are easy.
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