The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-07-25
4 DANGEROUS TENDENCY


From such observations as may be
made Of this distance Il appears that
the constitutional convention Is starting
OF at . nate that will not admit Of finish
ing its work in time 10 submit the dOcu-
ment to the people and give proper notice
for an election. Il may be, however,
that the folly Of the first three weeks viii
appear 10 the members and that enough
Of them will zee the uselessneas Of their
course aud turn and 90 to work in earnest
on what 10 10 be done, which is really not
half 70 extensive a. would appear from
the length Of time taken to perfect the
judicial section.
0ne thing has appeared from the begin
ming, and this Il, that too many, Il not all
Of the members, are playing for = return
to the iFst legislature Of the state. Prob
ably not all Of these have . special pur-
pose in their desire, though many have
deAnile notions a. 10 the making Of sena-
tons, etc. This subtle arranging for the
future leads many to trim and avoid GER
tain important questions for fear Of work
ing agAlnst themselves in the direction Of
apparently iayOEing capital or corpora
tons. There are always enough, In .
body like this, Of men who believe that
} the people win be pleased by whatever
may BE- said or done against aggregate
capital. To those who have been watch
ing the growth Of this territory for the
past ten years, and especially the past
Eve years, Il Is clear enough that restrie-
ton Of privileges to capital Il precisely
what We DO not want. The mortgage tax
law and other adverse Legislation In Ore
eon ssnt.capltal into this territory, which
has prOspered beyond all territorial pre-
cedent, and We now seem to have the
opportunity 10 90 into statehood with .
momentum that promises wonderful
growth In the next few years. Capitalists
are on the ground surveying, and looking
up projects for investment and on the
whole finding everything a. good and in
many instances better than they had
hoped. There Is, however, . momentaIy
halt, and surveying parties are resting,
While the capitalists gather at Olympia to
watch the performances Of the political
Statesmen, fearing from what they have
seen already that the constitution will
make II impossible to legislate In favor Of
many Of the projects that are necessary
TO build railroads and other large works,
which private capital can not compass to
the extent necessary 10 probably com
Pete with lnrgs corporations which now
have vested rights here. OF course Il
may b made 10 seem that, leaving the
Legislature free 10 somewhat favor future
corporations and capitalists, is leaving
Il Tree TO favor the corporations now doing
q somewhat arbitrary line Of business
Gmong N, but L does not appear at the
hrst glance a. Il should, that without
such possible legislation the existing cor
porations will most certainly have Il their
own way and we can never hope 10 b en-
tiFely Tree fFomtheir clutches. hismueh
easier and cheaper for them to maintain
Themselves a. they are than to exert
themselves at each session Of the legisla-
tuTe TO hsht competition.
The eEror ct this time Of legislation
which would stop the influx OF capital
should b apparent TO eveEyone-members
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