The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-12
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Fol,o.fnx Il the speech Of Col. w. j
Parkinson 1T the inaugural banquet Of
che speiib:nders' Association in Wash
inxton. u, C.. March 2. fzss, IN re-
sponse 10 the toast. Washington Ter
rffory
N. Psessd<ssfs For many years, or
nearly AL my life, have been resi-
dent Of yew York. and 1 glory In the
Grand old Empire State, whose vote.
secured mainly By the SpeiIisinders.
made General Harrison the next pres
ident Of this country. lApplause
Recenfly, however. following the star
Of empire. I went west, and have
taken up my abode In that state over
which that westward star must rest
and east its brilliant light forever rs
if can 20 no further Washington Ter
rftory. Applause. Proctor Knots
. few years ago. pleasantly surprised
his colleagues and associates m con-
gress by depicting in glowing languags
the future greatness % togn no.
knowB rs Duluth bat ] want 10 say
20 YOU that Duluth. or any other town
/ might name. compared with the fti-
ture greatness Of the city OF destiny
Tacoma, or the Queen City Of the
West. Seattle, or Waiia Waiia. the
blood u whose early pioneers. shed By
the hand OF the savage. made
bright later civilization. or
of Eliensburg Yakifna, the future
capital. or of spokane Falls which
can boast greater water power than
fsr-fzme.i Minneapolis. would be as q
mole-hiIi 10 mountain. pint cup 10
a haI4busIsei measure. the wink OF =
knocking bird TO the broad blink OF an
elephant. or the twinkle of star 20
the bsazine beams OF MONDAY sun.
sAppIause. Why, sir, the American
eagle that sits .pou the top OF the
Rocky mountains and dips one wing
in the waters in Of the Pacific, and
with the other lashes those of the At
Iantie. while be fans the tropics with
his tail patches his syoung on Moant
Rainier, values unobSeryed through
the peaks 81 the Cascades, rests his
broad pinions on the limbs OF the
mighty fir trees, and roosfs with the
quiet Of \ sleeping babe upon the
fwigs Of the giant cedars OF Washing
ton Territory. Immense applause.
And get q Democratic congress, il
tory until the people of that country
began pounding IL into the heads OF
The members OF that party that they
were clearly prepared for their
statehood clothes, which bat proves
how well mp upon national affairs that
great party,-~not of Jefferson and
Jackson, for they were protectionists,
but OF Grover Cleveland and tariff
t. rt.<ax. 4ss
power. which probably won't be for
soae time after the dag after to.snor-
rev. Applause. Washington, as |
square miles and nearly 5000 600
acres of land so "a yoti may see, half
the states os New England would
for her. New Jersey. Maryland and
Delaware hardly q common sized back
yard: Ohio but fair-sized raee-eourse
and even New York or Pennsylvania
only common country fair ground.
lirplause.
Seriously, Mr.. President, know of
state III this Union better equipped
for statehood to-day than Washing
ton Territory. She has coast line Of
300 miles, ard a harbor, or several of
them for that matter, in Puget Sound,
unsurpassed. If equailed. hy that OF
any other state. She has the yastest
and grandest tracts OF timber lands
on the eontlnel; she has immense
mineral resources coal. iron, copper,
lead silver and gold-all being found
in abundance within her borders; she
has agricultural lands readily yield
ing In wheat, barley and rye, I'D bush
els 20 the acre as an average crop. and
OF oats 60 10 20 bushels, while thou
sands upon thousands OF cattle and
horses now feed the year round upon
her annual grasses. She has the Tin.
est climate in the world, never oppres-
sively hot and never unpleas-
antly cold: she has popu-
iafiun af the present time of
about 80. 600, large number Of which
il made up of what deem the flower
of the manhood and womanhood OF
this eOnntFy--the veterans OF the late
war and their families. she has total
vete oi 10000, which. according to
Geergia counting. would entitle her TO
ID members OF congress to-day. APP
piause. She has titles from colonel
all the way up to cowboy ltaughterI,
and as Tree as the ID. Ds of country
college. Laughter and applause.
She has many pretty rnaidens. and i'm
yites many more 10 change her bache.
Tors into benesiiots. aud bless the land
with more happy homes and other
natural consequences laughter and
applausei, and she has had woman
suffrage and got over IT, Immense
applause and laughter.
The empire Of the Northwest. Wash
ington Territory, is amply ready for
the message of the president recently
issued making her connection with the
Union as state 50 positive in the near
future. taking which position. as she
will Ina tlse Fifty-lirst congress BY her
duly elected state officers next fall she
will prove herself no sloueh, but emf
nently worthy the honor thus con.
ferred upon her in the intelligence of
her people. in the development of her
resources and in her Loyalty tp the
Gag. Applause
Gentlemen OF the Spellhsnders' As
sotsiation and citizens generally. II you
want 90 I've happy and always remain
young, II you would live forever with
all yone faculties urlmpairei. come TO
Wash Agtaa r rfitury, and the cor
dial haspss4tikS always characteristic
of her people will be accorded each of
yoa the moment YOU Sc. your foot
upon her virgin seal, Great applause
ana cries of hurrah for Washington