Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-15


down 6oand oonnsy whispered ny name
% TIE oongsnGian. and titlle by liftle.
ball1t b. baliot was fakHn. until finally
4 sesmed - 4 Ne votes cane upon ne
almost hks . s1uEm- know nct tbs
reason O. huw % suddGniy ahe dsieqa1ea
came 10 homer me with that nomtna-
tea Thai d only IN their o8n bre1ste
and they oan explain H. AaI mid Be.
fore. Is cana upun ne unsxp xpscta1lY, al
th0aRh not undsaiEsd. They adopted q
platform. and every plank of thai plat
form. lef ne aay, Fseommands ttEeif 70
ny iuaRmelk And 4 ] ah1ald Be- elect-
ed uPsa if VII prove - yoa thai Il h
not 30 Be eRgi asida On its adoption.
that il 10 nge mere trap 90 eakoh votes,
6ut it h . plRtfogm for earnest, honezt
men % sand upsn and act upon. Ap
piause.1 1tadoptz f0Ffsitare. Efis satd
b the nsWspapeEe THAI uhen | PLACED
my fees on that platform that wns In
consistent; that swo years aRo waB noe
N favor of unconditional foEfaiture. ]
have explained % Yoa the Feason, and
need Rot rspsat if.
And TIE gross earniuQB l9W--its 20.
peal 10 demanded. sud when Il vas hraa
adopted and vas your Pr0seeatinQ Al
W l1I Va - 008NA u I1N44L " Al4
validity and inst aetsd yoaf Assessors
IN ahis eoanly and ths Assessors Ia
Pl roo also 10 place she railFoad prop
eEty up0n the tax roll. and there it
stands today h both oOnuties The
taxes wefe probably not collected, but
they mieht have besn eolleetsd. at all
eveais Il the RFoaa earnings law had
been held valid. ! zee 20 reason Why
the pfepeEty Of corporations shoald Be
taxed upsn dfdersnt basis than the
property 0fa1 individual. Ihe organic
aet Of this Territory declares that eli
taxes shall Be equal and uaifoFm 80
oording 10 value. and although 10 maY
Be reasonable 20 say that lt is equal and
uniform when Il taxes ell railroads
alike and that L is according 10 value
Il the TAX is In proportion 10 its receipts
20 It's gross receipts. yet q Il q system Of
taxntion that is foreign 70 cur sisus and
euoh as the people are not satisdsd With.
Corporations Bholld pay e individuals
pay, and thus each individual should
bear his proper burden Of the RovsEn-
mental expena8. f0u were told two
years SEQ By the gentleman Who has
represented our Territory Ii Congress
that If be was elected be would do all
In bis power 10 bring this Territory into
The Union as q sovereign Stats. For
that parpose he introduced 9 bill into
the Congress of the United States.
While Mr.. Voorhees, intgodaosd one N
the House. senator Dolph introduced
another II the Senate. Senator Dolph's
bill vas such an enahiing aet as all the
new states have been admitted nRdeF,
bat Mr.. Voorhees, bill vas one restrict
ing The power Of TIE people 10 impert-
ant legislative rights. taking away from
you, from ua, the power 70 legislafe upon
certain things that The citizens Of all
the other States have the right 10 act
upon. Who gave him she authority,
aud where did be obtain itg Are not
the people ef this Territory, are nOs the
people Of this young Stats as capable
OF legialatinK ae the people IN any other
State In the Unionl Where did be learn
that We WeFe incapable Of self govern
mentf Did be in his tWo or three yeaEs
Of residences in the city Of Colfax learn
that the people who bad come cut here
and suhdaed the wilderness and heWsd
their way into the oountxy we're NOS
capable Of having powers Of Legislation
sueh a. other States And for that
reason bis State bill Will never be heard
from again. Now. had be adopted the
bill Of Senator Dolpl it might have been
that We would have had the opportunity
10 20 into this Onion a. sovereign
state. But Il has been the policy Of the
Democratic party that q Stasa ahoald
not come into the Union unless Il vas
ROing 10 aid the party Ia the Preaiden-
tial election and cid them In electing
members Of the Senate. And 90 the
- M sa.k kmnN
q million population, is kept out OF this
Union today, and the Territory Of wash
ington, with It's 10000 population, is
kept out OF the Unicn because its people
and thoss Of ether Territories are sup
posed not 10 be in acoord with
the Congress OF the United States.
admitted BY the Democratic House Of
Representatives, change your political
views you must harm0nizs them with
this u republioanism, u this is demoo-
Faey, deliver me from Il !
Then il was said swo years ago By Mr..
Voorhees, that be was 10 favor Of for
feiture. Why did be not accept then,
e. has beau remarked by ons Of the
gentlemen who has preceded me, WAY
was Il that be did nos aecept the pro-
visions Of she Dolph and Van Wyck
bill, and release twoAnd enc half nil
lion acres Of land up and doyn the
Columbia River and aoroaa the Gas
caaes7 There was IN opportunity for
him practically 10 aid IN f0rfsitnre.
There vas an opportunity for him 10
aid the settler along that strip Of two
or three hundred miles OF country. He
failed to do it, be miEepFesented the
people Of the Territory 0e Washington
and be did Il . seFioas iniuFy, . serious
drawback 20 the settler 1pon the public
lands ID that section of country. What
has be aoeomplisheda Oh, be viii tell
Voa In the eo1rss Of few days that be
has NOS Goa bis bills al throagh yet.
They are still pending. and TIE sum 20
cal % all be has accomplished IL the
passage Of 8 bill 10 permit The people o.
Dayton or the people of Columbia O0un-
" 70 iasua bonds 70 bald Court Hoass.
He told ua when he came here tgo years
aQo that be had fallen IN love With every
town on PuRee sound. Not place bat
had its beauiifal sosnsFy, les hns looa-
sion. its excellent haFboF, lie great nat
uFal advantages; thay had attFasasd bis
attention % anch an extent that be had
csmpIsssly fallsa in love with the eo1n-
try. Nov take if thai the hFss time q
man Oomas into 9 country be does not
fall violsutiy Ia love With it. lt is long
association With ths same objects that
causes us 70 love the ooaHtTy. We LONG
for our old homes where ue 1rst saW
the lieha Of day We LONG for eur Own
cd hillsides and valleys thai We have
lrst known. WeloVs best tkoss fFiends
we have known In oar childhood. u is
only length of tine ttat gives this pas
sionate love Of the eoantry and isve fot
The people. A man don't eet u On the
Instant and shea . msa elmes % yen
and tells soa that BE haa fallen - love
vi b you instantly TIE ARA ti1s be sess
you. bswaEe Of him, because be has got
An axe % grind and be is going 10 make
yon turn the gFindss ne.
Il Il said that the laboFlng olasssa
viii not suppogt ne 81 thl8 electlon.
Wen, whyS Can thag answes thaif /
have heen q laborer al my afe. l
commenced wh bat nineteen years
Ga, h-rs On Puest Sound, With an axe
ia nv hand: have WELDED The axs. the
spade, and bald The pi0H. have ben
9 iaboFeF, and am ettll one- ] haFe,
whenaseg Il una wiihfn my p0weE,
raache8 aua nnd heipsd tie iabaref.