Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-20

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IL IL isuns a. - I1ako Denossns
Of March "a Ne notice under ~ cnp.
ton :. R<mons<f4nce,r TIE proved.
iHRs Of : socAlled snti-annexafiou
meeting hid II Boise CITY recently.
Hos large The axtsndance rs q said
anti-Ana<xati0n consention the Dem
ocraf fails 70 stafe But we observe
fhak H0n. J. W. Huston and Hon.
Geo. Ainslie were ia attendance, and
were the chief speaker 81 said mass
meeting Of the ciEiEens of Boise City.
II our memory h not IT fault, the
Hos. Geo. Ainslie fiDs chief spokes-
man Of said meeting. b the gentleman
who was beaten In the campsien for
the Idaho deiegnfeshfp BY Z. n Sin
giser 10 1se2 In this campaign thu
Qucssiou of tne anDexasipu "a the
" pan-AnaAlsn Of Idaho . waning.
ton Territory was "a issue befose IL
people Of fhls Territory. aa1 Wr.
Ainslie was thcu, - nov, - the head
Of the anii-asnexafioa party. Hi
popzlsSify - ssch snti-onoexa1ion
candidate vns developed 70 the extent
Of bsing badly woFsssd In ~ can
von. Mr. 6isetnsr beng e)ec>ed u I
sweeping majority. and ghe expros'
sien Of lie psoplc al over shs Fesri
10y bsing hrusly II favor Of annex
osiou 70 Waak1nG1o1- Ihetcoe 4
~ nogxtesn porliDo q ~ I6Gtikoky
Wns aln0og 8 nnit n hBne e. $780,,
astna. cd ~ soush hoostiar - -
uexation scheme % IL tnne,of 15oQ
Of 100 yoseA Sfnce tkaf Mpphaete
and dscisivs exprosntep - ~ Will a
chr psopse foss6suexaflpo. ~ polIt-
ical cooyenti0ns Of bolh ~ ySoab-
lican and Democratic partj0 - q
Be1ss Cky = 1o64 pnp6s1 si1nl3on1
uuanimo1sly = fator d oaof Eaf3on
70 Washinetoa r1Gxitosy, aad cal
lessi1osial kegislasnse eomp 80 d
fepressotaEiv0 Of bo(h pefsIoa ~
nsmosiallseo the Goagiuns o. ~
unitod ll1ae1nnonn ok1&o - uueeh
ern counties Of fcahe 70 Waahinefoe
Territory. A TIL to sch n1uexa-
sion hac bosu intrUducsd Il Oonxress,
passsd ,he House of RGpsuuontGftve
and Dew eusjts The acti0n e ~
senate
This peculiar remonatssncs sayl
tbs only excuse for tbs psssage o.
the annszatioa bill y ~ leet thaI
WsshinGton fesT1sofy desires cd
mission - . State and csa only e
cure an entrance into the frater.
nifty II Staten BY presenting, = sx
ira baggage, . vslise e0utaininl
the four northern cpunsies Of Idaho.
IL also says The admission II Wash
ington with the ''pss -hsndles grip
sack will be . death blow 10 Idaho
IL furthermore statoe that 5 fow year,
ago . majority Of the people Of Norgl
Idaho, misled by few scheminf
politicians, favored annexation Il
Washington TO secure votes for thei
respective Delegates to Congress. etc
As 70 the fist proposition, Washing
ton Territory, 30 far from attempting
TO steal North Idaho, never evel
asked Us 10 become annexed. Ii wa
special favor solicited Ut our hands
We wished to go there. That, In tn,
event Of Washington becoming
State, We could be part thereof 40,
be delivered from our present thrall
dom. The "pan-hanilen IL in d,
sense natural part or portion o
South Idaho. Il is about 500 mile
from our Territorial capital, at th,
nearest point, or any public thorough
fare. Boise City Is only accessible,
10 us by circuitous route through
Washington Territory and Oregon
or through Washington and Montani
Territories. To reach IL otherwis
must be on foot or on horseback
meandering over the tedious, danger
GUS aud serpentine trails across th
Blue and Salmon mountains III
criminal is elected for the peuitep
tiary thank the Lord we have few
we must take him nearly half way /,
the capital of Washington Territor,
before reaching Boise City. Durinl
the winter months and at the tim
Of the sessions of our Legislature,
Is absolutely impossible to rescl
Boise City 10 rvute confined 70 GU
own Territory. At the last session
OF our Legislature our members from
the north were six weeks withou
mail communication with their con
stituents. We are essentially . par
Of Washington Territory, Eeographi
cslly and every other way. The Pa
cific seAbosrd and the distant mart
Of the East command our trade. Thi
shipping thoroughfarcs TO The sel
and the NoFthern Psciflc Railroat
are our commercial inlets and outlets
our business traffic and that Of
southern Idaho sustain about Ii,
same relation as the commerce o.
Maine does to that of Indian Terri
tory. Our interests are entirely
separate, except - the "remoa-
STRANGE sets forth, that Ne expor1
cor products 10 Washington Terri
tory and Oregon and remit the pro-
cecds. by express, 10 the Territorial
Comptroller 70 maintain the preteusr
Of . home government A. 70 ths
second proposition. that Annexs
tion to WAahington win be the death
Of Idaho. We shall leave thai mater
to the issue Of coming events II N
are annexed ~ Washingtcn We shsil
expect that the north par. Of Idaho
viii survive. although under another
name. We are pretty sure to die, OF
70 Be continually dying. II lefs n ouI
preselt condition. THIS protracted
death Is what We are trying to avoid.
he third proposition In this re
moassrance"-that annexation was I
''poiiticaI Can tran. sprung for ma :.