Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-20

Utica NY Pre-. OCT. s.

Utica IN. T. Press, Oct {.
Presidees Arthur made Q hsppy sease-
lion Wien he appointed H0s- W. c.
Squire 20 be Governsr Of Waahinztor
Territory. He knew the man choosn BY
hin veil, having been IN assDeiAf3on
With him 90 the Repoblican State Con
uistee. he marked him as 9 man quich
to invent sxpsdients, and OF excellent
jadQrneus in bringing them INTO timely
use. AID be docbslcE reasooed fess
one Who had besr a variable member
Of the State Committee Of which be vss
the chief. vosld scarcely fAi 10 prove
q useful executive officer, anywhere pc
misht be placed The writer has ia.ety
hsd opportunities OF Judging, on rather
Of listening 10 tie Judgments OF others
his fellow eitizeHs Of the new country,
~ TO his sacees- In sdministratioe: he
10 not forgotten in Central New YORK,
bot 10 remembered as formerly holdiug
intimate and important relations VIA
tho KsrningSons st ilion- IL viii there
fore interest many 20 hear soneshlne OF
and from bin In bis nev home on Puget
Sound. By the grace of Presldent
Cleveland be b sill Governor. and from
the simple fact Of bis position Is q
mseh sought for and mach talked Of
man. Bot soon--late or soon-be VII
cease 10 be Governor. and then be viii
be slain Mr.. Squire, bat not sithstand-
ing, With little of his Importance taken
from him; no mere stepping cot Of sh
efal position, and into private ranks.
can deprive him of the consequence
that the owning Of large property, and
the being a genial friend and liseral
citiz o, have already s@sured TO him
Governor 6quirs's ofhci:l bone u at
diva pia, the pretty little capital az the
head ef the Soord. bus be resides, vhsn
be can be spared from the Executive
office, at Seattle truly wonderful
young oitv-a city that % growing With
such rapidity and splendor, that its en.
terprisinR men talk, with reason, too, OF
iis one day in the NOS distant future
EivalinR San Francisco. Here the Gov
ernor has real estate that. even now. is
estimated TO be worth many thousands
Of dollars, and which progressively viii
bring hundreds Of thousands. What,
with his duties as Governor, and the
care Of his own property. be, Il may
we'll be thought. has plenty 70 occupy
hie mind aud time. But, besides. be
makes Q great dssa Of work for himsslf
to do. For ins1Anse, BE- has seeded tbs
Territory in all its aspects and all Its
resources, and written out his cenclu-
sions lucidly and at great length, and
In handsome pamphlet Of near Q hun
drsd pages vita Dsp) for free distri-
bution. He IL constantly seeking
oppoftanities - talk Of the mag
nihcsnt Territory - be nearly oar
mes 700 Oh yoar feet and away
in The cir, With his ouzhusiaeD. AL
sorts Of associations and societies hnd
bis ready fupd Of Information and 60
pious eioQusncs the s0rset attsaosion
a. their meetings and exhibitions; and
be Ia wont 70 respond on every occa-
sioo, from that Of setting up boring ms.
ohinery for an oil we'll, 10 the holding
Of q ooanty fair. His energy 10 vhai
his splendid physical proportions leaf
one 10 expect, and makes light enough
Of travelling three, or even ave hundred
miles 10 deliver On agricultural address
We have Just finished hearing one Ma
he made last month at Walla Walla, ant
found IL packed with valuable factf ant
teeming with inspiring suggestions
Bat, let us say, his sabjeot was an eas.
one, IL 10 be true, a. be states, that th,
county sends to market this fall, OF IL
own growth Of wheat, 2,872, 66 bushels
| three foarths ct one per cent. OF .th
400, 000. co bushels raised In the Unite,
States ..... -s
We may return 10 this address In
day or two.