, 1885-12-19

sATURDAY...............DEC. 80, 1885
CHENEY men are working with
the bitterness Of despair at Olympia
n defeat the wishes expressed by a
great maloYliy Of the people Of Spo-
kane county. We do not object to
their doing this work but we do pro-
test against trying to mislead by the
most untenable misrepresentation.
clue OF the methods employed is the
circulation among the members OF
the assembly Of a circular that con-
talns what purpprts 10 be eight rea-
sons why the county seat should not
he removed. It is signed by one
Henry f.. sulSsdorf. We do not
know who Henry +. Suksdorf is nor
docs any one else In this city 50 far
rs we can Iearn, and therefore he
must be OF great Importance II he
carries a vast amOunt-Qf weight
among men who have been Belected
from the communities thy repre-
sent for their intelligence and com
non sensr This man Suksdorf may
be obscure enough up this way yet
Il does not prevent him being the
best single handed pevaricator that
we know Of. We have one Of his
circulars before US, and to every man,
woman or child who has ever seen
the two towns Of Cheney and Spo-
kane Falls, the assertions therein
contained would appear as the most
shadowy falsehOod. II Cheney Is to
secure her ends by resorting to such
means we must admit that she holds
great advantage over this place.
However we can hardly believe that
there Is q single member Of the leg
islaturo who will have his opinion
Biased by such n letter, and among
those who are acquainted with the
facts SuksdorPs effort will be looked
upop with the contempt they de-
serve. We only wish our space JUS
tiled US in producing the circular In
IT'S entirety and thus show the peo-
pie throughout Spokane county
the exeriions that representatives
Of our neighboring town can go to.
We cannot refrain from publishing
what is designated as reason 9Th, and
can add that the balance OF the eight
"reasonso are in the main Of the
same character.
9Th. There Is very little fncoR-
venience to any one, In the existing
conditions IN our county. It is adj
mitted that Spokane Falls contains
nc present n larger population than
Cheney. Neither place has absolute
assurance Of supremacy. Both, to a
l1rge extent i've on expectations
which may or may not be realized In |
the future. This Is emphaticnlly the
case with Spokane Fails. Cheney, |
under the smile Of a then fOvOrably |
disposed corporation, enjoyed a
''h0om" several years ago, which
was followed by q season OF adYersi-
~, SO thai It's population Is now no
lirrar than Is necessary for the
OF legitimate business
carried on these. All the people re-
siding there, can be called perma-
nent citizens, determined 10 stay. !
With Spokane Falls it Is quite other
wise. Ihi5 town has been ebOom-
.I.iii Innlua. atl.s- ia1i-fcW ,yussra. -.
such a way that n has grown beyond
All healthy proportions and the legis-
lature Is now asked for partial legis-
latiOn 10 avert the collapse Of tntter-
Ing fortunes The town Is we'll ad-
vertlsed as the first important stOT-
ping place IN the Inland empire, II
has secured a large percentage Of I'D
venturous and migrltOry clements,
such as miners, mining speculntOrs,
pnlspect0ns, real-esiate brokers,
tamps, gamblers, &c. The claim Of
the citizens Of Spokane Fails would
he the minneapolis" or the "Den-
Yer" Of the Pacific; that the wheat
fields Of the central basin Of the Co
lumbia, the mines Of COlville, COeur
dAlene, &c. would be tributary to
this town and that It would be the
great distributing center between
The Cascades and the Rocky mount
aims, has allured many new corners to
camp beside the Falls and "wait for
something to turn up" The geo
graphical position Of Spokane Falls
Is not favorable for II becoming
railroad center and Il Is to be ex-
pected, that when Cheney or anoth-
er place secures the branch lines, a
large portion Of tho population Of
5; okane Falls twill fold its tents
aud silently steal away" mention
these facts only for the purpose OF
showing, that the claim Of suprem-
ncy Of Spokane Falls, rs based on
tile number OF voters, Is not enti-
tlcd u serious consideration. In my
nudgmenL there can be not much
difference between Cheney and Sp0-
kane Falls, as 10 The volume Of busi-
ness actually done at these places.
In the very hrst paragraph the
writer willfully falsihes. There is a
great Inconvenience experienced
from the present location Of the
county seat by a majority Of the tax
payers Of the county, and that Is
one Of the chief reasons a change Is
deemed neceessaFy by four-fiffhs Of
the people Of the county. We are
only surprised that the writer ad-
mits that Spokane Firlls contains a
krger population than Cheney. 1t
must have strained hiseonseienee to
have made such a statement, and
Ro believe Il was unintentional on
his part. We deny that ''bOth live
en- expectations which may not be
realized" The future Of this city is
nssured beyond the question Of a
doubt, and the fact that many Of
the better class Of citizens Of Cheney
are moving up here proves that the
rame idea prevails in that place.
The idea that Spokane Falls Is ask
ing partial legislation 10 averta col
lapse Is indeed good. Why are
over 200 people outside Of Spokane