Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-18
The t.o,ermor's Message.
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You aro assrmhled a. ~ time when
ths ualiun has donued ia emllems 81
bereavement hy reason ~ tho death
Of tho Wee picsllent ut tho uitod
States. Our oilicea ate drapcd aud
tho fiag of our capitol N nj bali mast
IN horor of tho memory of Ihoma-
A Hendricla A. upon tho Atlantic
shore, ~ here, upon VA" eront land
locked aoa uf the <orlhw"al. til,
lnyal American heart beats wrh pa
tIlnilc and royetenilnl sorrow ai ih"
sudden ol.ml.o oi that distinguished
loader aud statesman who h"id the
second place IA The giit of Tho poo
pie
S,luilng You ~ the Legislative
body 81 ths Territory. convened IA
pursuance of law, It becomes my
duty 10 communicate tu yuu tho con.
di,ion aud compafaliVo advance
mont of tho Territory, and to sug
gest such combinations as may
tend To promote tho public welfare
!.ooklng back ovei tho two year,
which have eiapsoi since The meet
ing oi tho preceding Assembly, W,
note much for which io bo thankful
10 the God of Nations In this
short space 81 time our population
has ndlcd forty per cont To its mum
bsf., railway building has nearly
kept pace with the incrsaae ~ pnpn
lailon, our financial condition ha-
improved tho acreage of wheat -
vastly greater. anj tho yield per
acre II this crop tho present year i
unparalleled ia tho world.
Toe most valuable VEINS Of coal
ye, worked have bosn reached b,
railway. aud tho output of coal IL
rapidly increas,ng
Important discoveries OF iron and
other ores have recently been made,
Stock raising. dairy,ng. fruit culture
aud hop farming have all been sue.
cessfuliy conducted.
Numerous manufacturing enter
pfisss have been started: our great
mills are sending cargoes OF lumber
10 distant foreign ports; and com
morce now landa the tea ~ Chint
upon oar shores fcr transportation
by rail - Tho Atlantic States.
POPULATION
The cansus returns 81 the Tern
tory ars notoriously incomplete and
r'r"0' bc taken M true and sum
ueat exhibit Of tho actual popula
ton. For example, communics.
ton .igaed by all the officers Of Lin
co,a county claims that correct
c,usu- would increase the reported
pO. 'uls,ion OF that county fully forty
per cent. The law ~ manifeslly im-
perfect. because there Ia no peual,,
attached 10 noncompliance there
with. Tho census returns made bl
the Territory Ia 1883 show the to-
tai population at that lime To have
been ~. COS Tho returns oi th,
census taken by tho county asses.
sor- in the spring of 1885 show ib,
census then to have been l2s, i3S
an increase during the two years o
81 900.
Tho Territorial Auditor writes M,
as follows. d" Had tho census beer
properly taken. under an adequat,
law, the population for 1885 woul,
have certainly been shown to b'
above i75 900.
In confederation of the Auditor
epinion u should he stated that th.
election tables OF 1854 -how toia
vote OF III 1872, OF which S,iGs ar'
females. leaving total male vote D
0.Ei by the census of 1880 he
fore the law eniranchising womei
was passed) II was established iha
tho ratio Of population to tho vote
vas 10 This would give us
population. as expressed by the vot'
of 1884. Of l57 ,3jG at that time
Aud ina-mueh ~ n constant stream
OF immigration has been pouring
into the Territory for one year sine,
that vote was taken. there 10 n stronl
probability that our present popula
ton actually amounts TO 10, ,OO'
persons
ftNANCrs.
The rate ot taxation for ferritoria
purposes - = mills on the dollar
aLd the total cash ievennc derive,
irom tax on propariy for tho 2
months ending Jane ooh. 1883. q
Nsl ,i5O az. aud total disburse
ments duiing the Same perio'
amount to l31 .iGG ~. leaving no
excess Of roceipia over expenditure
OF w .2si IL. 10 which may h
added the cash IN the treasury oi
Sept, 3Olh. 1855, leaving on Jun
% b, iss5. cash balance IN Tia
treasury OF sT2. 5Di 20. exclusive o