The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-14
MYTHICAL RUST
.geument in the Scrip Hearing
Is Washington City Today.
IMPORTANT POINT RAISED.
Gale Representing Prptest1uss
...s..s yaIenaias scrip Before the
s<,wessry Of the Interior Teasy.

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w.te~s fchn r. GAss. q Gale 4 Fay .who
sssrnevs Tor q large nnEnDeg q the
s...s.nss against tie fling 81 Yaienssne
- 8 de tide lands 81 seattle. viii oYen
- n,ent before secretary % TIE In
xae Ia the hearing recently or
- = The general land osscs Ia the
- ~ Of Ffank Burns. j.
snanw osher points in the argument
49, NJ Gsle vii present. viii be 81
.-.s-ss,i enc beArsBg on the title Of the
- states to the territory now corr
- 4. she stats ~ Washington. He
.sew dat tbs title % this state was
~s.sas8 through the Spanish eessiOn 10
Z. T'aisss states under ths treaty Of 1919.
assTonY ~ TEE pfseovenT.
!. sssy Fergego. Of fahrilio's expedition,
- ts,s coast Of North America as far
: - iarsg. fourth degree Of latitude. In
- ar.ylar. in command Of a Spanish
.,s,of;nx vessel. sailed ~ FAR north a.
ssteSe forfy-three degrees. Ia I7TE,
49, .nssd a. far north IS latitude fifty
= aeresa. ard discovered The present
nssu entrance 70 the Islands IN tie neigh
$1,000 Il that strait. III 1915. Heeeta
- ransfa continued the Spanish expioF-
.s,.as - fsr north ffty-eigbt degrees
- discovered The mouth of tsle Columbia
-. Thsg finally landed and took formal
ssarssion ef the coast ~ latitude forty
n4sn degrees. fwenty-one minutes, and
,essisrlag Sill further north, landed at
ia p1lhls on the Alaaka coast.
Is 1850 Spain took formal possession Of
Kssska. hullg fort aud founded settle
Sxst This spanizh settlement was main
Maea sx years. receiving supplies from
- Blas. IN 100 aad i7s2 spain sent out
esss exploring parties. those Of Qnimper.
ca and 6alian0. who entered the Straits
Faea snd thoroughly Surveyed the in
hna wAtegs. surYsFs were also made for
ssin b Fidalge in 1870, by Malaspiaa IN
III. aud By Caamano in iTg2 In the
nns PEAR Fidalgo founded spanish post
1 xsah hay within the straits.
cxpE9 81 srArg TO TBH usfos.
rpon these discoveries spain based her
Es.ns 10 tiis section of the country. The
ns4sy by which spain ceded ali this terri
nv reads. The boundary line between
L. $50 COMMITTEES west Of The Mississippi
hsll begin on the Gnu Of Mexico, az the
naalh nl the river Sabine. Ia the sea, con-
Esssag n0rth along the vest bank Of that
ngef 10 e degrees latitude. thence b.
aas duf north 10 the degree Of latitude
1AeFs Il strikes the Rio Roxo of Nachi-
heaes. - Red river. tbence following thr
starse a the Rio Boxo westward TO the
Esrsee 81 latitude 100 west from London
80 3 degrees from Washington; then
wussSag TIE saia river and running thence
b lins due north 70 the river Arkansas
taense following the course et the southern
hank q the Arkansas 20 it1 source ia lAti-
tn.ie q degrees north. ard thence along
tas saiI parallel 10 the south sea tPacsfie
eeEanl $500 His Catholic majesty
edss 70 The said United states ali bis
fFhss. claims and pfetsnsions 10 any terri
lefiss sass and north os said gne. and for
k!nsseli. ais heirs and successors rsnounces
oil claim ~ the said territories forever.
rH2 sFATEs vEsxKp ssaRr.
Article Q o. the treaty provides that ethe
Inhabitants Of the territories which his
Catholic majesty cedes to the United States
BY this treaty. shall be incorporated ia the
union Of the nited states Is soon n may
be consistent wilh TIE principles Of the
felerai constitution. and admitted "a the
enjoyment Of al the privileges, rights and
ifnsnanities Of the citizens of the United
Stale.
M aALE's aAIS ARGUMENT.
NJ. Gale viii contend thai by ihis treaty
Washington has always bad vested right
% become q state Of the Union, and 10 that
sad HE tisie-iaads have always been held
q rust for the state lie viii argre tltas
= ihss shown that the title was not de.
EFsd By fe4sou of Gray's discovery, and
hsi his treaty forever silenees the sreu.
rsai that the holding Of the lands in trust
y future state eoniemp ates a "a llyth.
"a ;ruet, so far as Washington il con.
Nsuet.
He wii bold that il il universally ae.
lsnesedged that the original thirteen
AAsss had che absolute control dominion
~ Disposal Of the tide lands. that The Zee
: Us sol rested Ia them prior "a the Tor
halian 81 The Union and was never sur.
Mastered BY them tn the constitution of
~ lnitei STATES, and stu rests in shefn
@ss y ihls treaty, in section 6. the sav-
saaAsns el the United States undertook 30
ri sas territory ealhrsced therein into
@e tnian an su equal footing with the
sszsAal states. Hence. from the time our
FFssamsnt assumed conHrel ever this Tor.
Aa.fy y undertook 30 50 asa ia reference
: hat TIE future state should have an
- lights o. The original states preserved
- transmitted u IL intact upon the
sssaptsoa Of statehood.
ff j. - nYFngcsL Fnusr.
- Gale has made mesh research In the
Asssnal and Smithsonian libraries IN
NssAsnEtoa CITY on this Important ssbieti
seiae he sssla So the tide lands si
ssssassoa segghl 10 be lsseatea up0n ~
ss y NaleRllne and ether scrip. and
ssassseses he arguments ard hYiei pre-.
$ = e hiss and Published recently ia
- fsss.tNxEtAIegseEs, he vii make The
J. skSa argument upaa the TACT that
go iaese years from 1879 thefe has
- - mytscal tFast bat on the contrary
- sass sssean sxust known 90 lnteT.
.-.ssa~ ias. saNlt gae performances q
,s'sssAas ree4ls,i ia treaty. By within
!. ss'a'astoa has and always hsd she right
- ACE sands.