Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-07
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The smr Of Sunday last oosI 80
~. sra otbsrEsss be~ailsd EeAs u
-. ,ht mistake of ss&ttae's var
..o,.., me Northern Pacific, ana re
- thn. IL il among those ~s' De-
I,sys IN 6 policy of ooneiiission-ls oe
ine ruidsd in the fa.uEs By the iisei :.
ans urssent surroundings" aithoosn u
- M, inforuu a a. 10 hos iaSninoe1
oor urroandinRs may be or uhsDee sht's
ln,uinoaity Is derived. The 80 GALE.
-, housyer. mass consist OF one Oh
TO ,b,nv..-eisher Of the studied coz
timed and with the exception oil 1os
$50 asosudaney Of Willard. rnofoksh
hostility Of the Northern Pseine hAl'.
road against sesttis, hostility snow.
=, syery form Of Discrimination slo
1..,o.,.s.ion Of which even the managers
- . railroad could conceive or in Tue
fan, tina. the people Of Seattle hsla ss
.,d.a visws ia favor Of the ioffSisofe
:, -. Northern Pacific land graft end
dared 10 express those views oy fein'
,.a a vots for . nan. Who, II elected
- Conoress. would have represented
nss the people Of Washington Iefii'",,'
DO. the Northern Pacific Railroad 10
wh,sheyer Of shsss the war may
nave o,usis.ed, she people OF sess1in
have done nothing of which +" Dc
ashamed. nothing to regret
In regard 70 the forfeiture qass1i'h
thew have held, and nov hold strong
views In regard 10 the foIly OF maSinR q
free Rifs of large portion OF To" l e''
rirory 10 corporation, which IN justice
bas No shadou II g claim TO H. ley
,.l,sys that such o gift should ut be
made: tina, the pobiie domain should
be isal,onsly guarded; that neither cor
pora,iSns nor individuals have the right
70 exact Of she Governments compliance
With q contract whose terms they tnem
selyes have made no prsiehsa OF opsef'.
inR. This visw. i. may be remsneefsd
be- thosu Of oar slider citizsls whose
memories extend back az far ~ hoVem'
her 4tb, 1884. Is not peculiar 70 the PEG
ole of Seattle, bat is shared by 30 large
q proportion Of the people OF Washing
ton Territory that ~ an election held on
the DAY mentioned, 3 gentleman Who
held similar views ran some Hine thou
sand votes ahead Of his ticket. and was
elected 10 Congress simply because be
hsld those views. IL she people OF Ne
attls have siuned iE daring TO think for
themselves. and in not fearing TO OK
preas their belief; II their thoughts on
q matter Of public policy are 70 be
forced into Conformity with those Of The
directors Of tho Northern Pacific rail-
road, then the sooner the fact is Rehe-
rally known the better. In that case u
would be both more simple and more
economical Ia abolb'h elections In Wash
ineson altogether. and 20 allow the
directors 20 select uur delegates to Con
eress and instruct them as they see at.
Bat, although the Star may not have
known the fast. there are people 10 this
city whose memories extend back. 40,
only 10 the late election and the cam
paigu which preceded II, but even a
great many months further. Some can
even remember events as far back a.
1870, 1871 and 1874. and all such besi
evidence to the fact that the hostility
Of the Northern Pacific to Seattle doeI
NOT date from the forfeiture agitation
but In inerained Ia tho nature aud con
stltasion Of the COMPANY, and has con
tinued for years. almos. without I
break. During tho presidency Of Vii
lard tendency wan shown 10 place al
the cities Of she Northwest coast on al
equal footing, bat that tendency wa
shown In spite Of the determined oppo
sition Of the very men who assumes
control Of the road when Willard fell
Outside Of that period, the Northern
Pacific Company has never shown dis
position % fairness OF even Of Tolerance
toward Seattle. and thero is prshabl,
not man IN Seattle today who does no
knew, whether be Acknowledges 10 o
mot, that, II q vote OF the Northern Pa
clio directors could make them 30, th
shores OF seattle Bay would hs a
heavily timbered aoday a. they wsr
forty years ago. Seattle has know
s0shine bot hostility ~ The hands o
the railroad. and there IL no reason b
suppose thai. even n our people hsl
tamely surrendered their right 4
think and vote az they she0ss, the
cosld have expected any other treat
mens. AZ u h, they have preserve
their undergraduates and their manhood
and their oits today stands far ahead q
any Of the towns which have without
pruass, allowed thu Northern Paellio /
override shera aud cast them aside.
AZ 10 whether chs forfeiture agisatio
haa dane the people any good. cantli
man eannot bat adult that u hss. Q
course. all has noe been aecon plishe
thai vas hoped or desired. Much. bus
ever. has bean done Two years ago
wa The practice 81 the Northern Ps
clio 10 claim all the lands which the
desired. without references either 10 la'
% justice noe thty are sAtisfed Wit
what thay Gan e,ss. A strip o. IanS
snaali. 10 Ia true. bot valuable and lynn
al our very doors. has been wrune iFoS
the csmpany, re.tesed 10 the pehi,n DC
main. and entirely. o. almost satirsI,
taken no ~ settlers But Rrsaser thA
all eaas, the foroe Of opposition eou
psiled she Northern Pacific 10 aiseau
sinus The pFasfics Of giving deeds /
iasd purchased from it.which made n
psschaser the virtual vassAl Of the eau
pany. and left the title 10 ssch sAap
that neither be nes hIs AsiEu soald sss
call the land which be had bought. tral
Ais own. II nothing else bad bean a