The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-17
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
a Breezy Letter TO the post
InteIligencer."
WHERE OUR coscREssMEN LIVE
Attorney Jones and the Scrip Cases
Northwestern Association why will
son Does Net Mourn sileott.


and under the same roof with several OF the
men who ocenpy seats II the body Of which be
r. EembsF. He kAs med 81 suite OF rooms.
one Of which be uses for his oEiee and n v Bich
}. r. Casere, his private secretary. Is the auto
erat during bnSiness hours senator squire Is Q
near neignbor Of Senator Pierce. Of Nor Da-
koss. who has rooms Et the hotel and temporar-
isy Of Senator WashDurn Of Minnesota, waose
rooms arg On the same nooE Mr. Squire and
Mr.. Pierce are already On the best Of terms, and
In fact al the senator's from the new states seem
drawn together By common bond
Senator Ali n. with bis family. have taken
modest brick residence ~ No. .z32 Aassaehu-
setts avenue. one OF the finest IN the city. and
one IN which some Of the most arlstocrsfic OF
the jewellers here live senator Aliens house Is
bat few doors from Secretary Windows ele-
giant home. Senator Davis. Of Minnesota. has
residence near at hand. and few doors from
the latter General Arson s MeCook- General
B. r. Buffers house is also on Massachusetts,
avenue, and within ashort walk. on Dupont cir
Gle, is the house occupied By the Chinese lege-
ton. The house occupied by Mr.. Alien, how
ever. Is not preteDtionS. II is red brick, three
stories. and OF simple style Of architecture.
Mrs Allen and two daughters make up the
family.
Is WASHINGTON FIRST or LAST?
Il Washington the baby state Of the Uniou2
The question has been discussed by residents
from that and other new states within week
in 8 hundred places The proclamation of adj
mission was the last 10 be issued. having come
three days later than the one which took Mon
tana into the Union. For two or three weeks
Washington was scheduled the last OF the
iss But then came tae drawing for the terms
OF the senator's The senate took matters into
its own hands. Mr.. Hoar introduced a reso-
lutfon, and IL passed, which said In
effect that the new stases came into
A. Hsnxe4.a aft
had been blanket affair and covered the four
states in q bunch Their constitutional con-
veDtions met on the same day and the cnnsti-
tutions were adopted by popular vofa on the
same day. For these reasons Mr.. HOar held
that the states came in simultaneously, and the
mere accident OF distaBee from the White house.
where President Harrison was 70 sign the adj
mission proclamation, ought not 70 cut any
figure. There was something involved in the
settlement OF this question. as whichever state
came in hrst would be FIRST 70 settle the kngth
OF terms OF Its new senators. aud II so happened
tn for the first state only two and four years
terms were avsilabIe. So the senate took the
thing into its own hands and declared that the
order of precedence should be settled by q draw.
when IL came 70 that. Washington drew first
place. aud 30 If that lottery scheme settled the
order OF admission, Washington. instead OF be-
ing the last state in, was the drss Of the four,
Vine, her 8 resolution OF one braHch OF congress
can. by any line of action. determine which
state came In hrst, or whether the order OF pre-
eedence in the enabling act, or the order of
signing the proclamAtions. fixes this, is not yet
settled. aud the udent of law. of the constisu-
ton aud of history. win have this question on
which 10 speculate for ali time 70 come: Is
Washington the thirty ninth or The forty second
state Of the Unionf
VALENTINE SCRIP CASES
For two weeks before making his argument
on the Valentine scrip case. Attorney Jones,
who represented the state of Washington, was
about the hardest working man in the city. He
buried himself IN the Law library at the capitol
for about zen hours q day, hunting through
whole shelves full Of leatheF-eovere1 hooks
after points that he conld use before the secre-
tary Of the interior. He looked up about every
decision on Underwater lands on the entire coast
line on two sides Of the continent The brief
which be submit was . yoluminous affair.
with citations enough 20 make q fayman's head
swim at the very sight of IT. He felt that ow-
ing 70 the short notice which was given of the
hearing be was handicapped somewhat, hut he
sct Al the case with all the energy he had The
case IL considered by the department officials
one Of the most important that has ever been
before IL for q decision and the case viii re-
eeive Il il safe 10 say, q degree Of carefui con.
sideration which the great interests Involved
demand.
THE SENATORIAL LOTTERY.
when the two senators from Washington car1e
out 10 the desk Of Vice President Morton 20 draw
for length az term, neither 81 them showed any
sign that be was particularly Interested in the
proceedings or that there wss anything Of much
importance 81 stake. senator Allen drew for
the position OF the state in the Union as hs name
came rxt in the alphabet He stood in line
with Moody, OF s4uth Dakota. aud Casey, OF
North Dakota He looked like the youngest
man on the floor, though Senators Pettigrew and
Kenna ere each THREE years his jani0r He drew
out slip and tue CLERK unfolaed the paper and
said 10 waz No l. Mr. Allen smiled Then sep
Atoy squire came forward and two other bits OF
paper were put ia the box. Again Aiiea drew
arst md he drew the fonr-ysar term. He smiled
a little, and so did Mr. squire, although the
draw had left him only two years 20 serve his
stste unless be shonld be bis own successor
The two hardly showed BY their faces whether
they weFs pleased with she draw or not They
went 20 their desks and began writing letters A.
nit were an every day affair with them TO draw
for senatorial terms
wEtcoas FOB SoErHwESTERSxRs
The Nerth westeynet who comes 20 washing
fnn this winter will find cor genisl spirits ~ the
hesaqusrters OF the Northwestern headansr.
ferS" Tbs organization. backed hy represen-
tativys FROM Washington. Montana and the
nakotas. CT . 20 considerably LARGER proportions
than was II first Anticipated at a rapia rate
The rooms al up one eight ard are verv
convenient @ the downtown hotels An out
lire ~ the purposes If the crxansEstfou has been
given 10 The Dispatches "a ire Posr TSrx trss zx.
cEA TIE rooms ara not political hesaquarssrs.
The states thu ere interested In klnared tnp3eS
And which legislation is likely to be had are
weleoE0e. whether their representatives are Re-
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