New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-08
A PLEA FOR SEATTLE.
FUNDS NEEDED FOR HER REBUILDING
COLONEL PARKINSON RETURNS EAST TO ENLSu
SYMPATHY FOR HIS NEW LOVE.

pnign were G. @. Shnyne and Colonel w. ]. PARK.
nson. They stumped this State together and did
work that won for them the warm thanks Of the
National Committee and the party leaders. After
the campaign closed Colonel Parkinson went a
Washington Territory and settled there, identity.
ing himself thoroughly with the place and the
people. He quickly came to the front. and whea
Seattle was burned, last month"; he was intrusted
with the work of raising funds in the Esst for
the victims of the disaster. That is in part the
object of his present visit to this city. He was
seen at his hotel last evening. and in the course
of general talk about the ire and the develop.
ment. political and natural. of the new State.
said in regard tc the destruction of Seattle:
That fire burned over Just sixty acres Of territory
sweeping everything clean as 10 webt, destroying
voIyfns loss SIS Of about sia Many thousands
ps o maze Ghem must be fed for months to cone
Liberal contributions have been maze gy = numoef
Tacoma our near ncghbor, Is about the same size -
seattle. She gave s-oooo, most generous aohA'
ton.
But in the main, Eastern cities were so enrosscd
by that overwhelming calamity at Jownstown snss
Of Gheso re S Uss to this fact
presented my credentials from our relief eom mn
SRans Of ana hsa a, e our B Chicago generous She
knows how II Is herself In such cases. hcr c'hrns
aetea Immediately on hearing the isets ,Gn I lsa
though she has done something already VIII oououes
40 much more as the ConSiier OF ne c s TO SnG Ss
Attention Of the soaa Of Trade az once You know
Chicago never does things by halves. There Is
shayne, wrote after had seen him which speaks 70!
itself. This letter nclosed check for $50 and urged
generous donations 10 the sufferers.
PREPARATIONS FOR REBUILDING.
OF course the city viii be built up again.
number Of foundations for structures were lad before
left It, and all tho burned district tho rubbish Is
rapidly being cleared and preparations made FOR re-
building. Then the streets viii be widencd and
eventually, like Chicago and Boston, after their big
fires Seattle will bigger and better city than ever.
she does not now pose as a mendiosnt as she would
carry the whole load II necessary, her citizens
grateful for the donations which may DO given her
when the facts are known. No, there is too much
wealth in the timber ca Washington, and N her meisl.
her coal. hon, silver, copper and gold, each of witch
is now being mined-and In her immense agricultural
resources for her thrifty husng people 10 let any one
of her mars OF trade suier permanently from even Do
great a disaster that OF seattle.
have done nothing In Newton yet. go on g
Washington ID. c.. tonight and on my return here
viii Of my personal ends ana o 40 xsn, n
than is necessary. But it Is the opinion Oh me com.
mttec that she needs more than sne has ana they o.
the cause they may send their contributions OF eher
money, food or clothing % the chairman Oh ,ne COM
mlttce, Hon. J. II. Lewis, who VIII promptly ac-
Things we're never looking better in the Territory.
S never building az" she :' dong This year, sad
also, Viii each be ciues q over hundred thousand
people. and Spokane Falls viii not be far behind
saw nothing of her mining and other interests, IS
bound TO make her an Important centre, While ne
YaSams Gofax and WaIa walla, all booming IA
a healthy way, Then. down the sound beyond IA "a;
n %aks iSose cities hustle to keep their snres Be-
bingham bay, in Whatcom County, has certainly .
fine future for the railroads already IN course OF con-
stricton from there would insure so much.
Nelson Bennett, who built the tunnel on the CASCADE
dv ,bs T S inc IS eon.eng road from TO
bay which eventually, have no doubt wlll go cas-,
ri aSe T0Snta"i line and lie British Columbia and
Nottingham BAY Railroad Company IS pushing wors
S 30 G ,he name s Of csnsed has the franchise q
another road, which is 10 run north toward tne
i is s blaine about fifty miles still further down
The sound which easily claims attention, and Is
Fst so 5" aso SHs sB county, ny
IS an empire within herself nearly thru iarr .asa
snS abmndan as to make her a. distant
OF the most commanding and influential states w'''"
SOON TO BECOME A STATE.
We expect TO be a state this fall. The Con-
stitutionai Convention IS now in session at olympia
the capital and will probably finish It's WORK In tho
course of a month, when IL only remains 10 rau'y
their work. elect our State and Congressional officers,
| have the proclamation OF the President. ana We arc
in the procession. 1t will be done in time Tor inc
next Congress" 49,, o..- $780,. .o
As who viii be our United states scna'ors, ,oa
might ask me a much easier one than that and no,
half nv can only tell you tho names OK some Oi
the men have heard mentioned a candidates. On
The west side of tho Cascades flor you know Washin
Ton f. divided by these mountains which run entirely
through her from side to the other: about two.
thirds of her area being east aud one-thlrd west ol
heIn) will be Watson c. oquires, an Ex-Governor OF
the Territory. Mr.. HAYNES. a prominent lawyer. and
Of Tacoma and our present Collector of Port Townsend
the Hon Mr. BRADSHAW on the east :, SIDE o. M
the Hon J. B. Allen, and another gentleman frun
the same town whose name cannot now recall an and
YOU need not fear for candidates. We have lots OF
them and all good men. These have named are
all Republicans. presume the Democrats VIII have
as many more in the field. II there Is any show Of
clecting one or more nom their side. A., a.. 70.
State and certain Of the National Leaders of tho parry
Ts5pic. Washington, naturally, is Republic an. The
status Of the present Constitutional Conyennon SHOWS
this In having fifteen majority out OF total oi
seventy delegates which constitutes the body
But the state can he lost very easily by the Aan,
demands of the people and especially the settlers N
the rural districts and on Government land, mucn "
which is SIN unsuryeyed. These settlers are very
SSn om and ,n Sy es es e aSsr sey
norcd or treated indlferentiy either by tho Land
ohce In WASHINGTON or the district iana ysd AZ wears
on unsurvcycd Government iaad never SHOWING
Of course where their homes were h 20 ee ps s
viewed and the lines thus established But instead Of
this though fully complying with the law in such cases
their applications for survey have been hung ay
In Washington or elsewhere. and they have been lef
either TO wait little longer and try II again and
so on Indefinitely, or move away, thereby loslns
what little OF this worlds goods they ever had besides
tho effect OF their improvements. II the Republican
marty OF the state or Nation holds Washington they
must look after these things, and propose PLAINLY
| NV return. | tell you l know something OF whs
! these men do and suffer, and something OF wha
| they deserve and propose to see they got tn
| latter so far l can effect this.
BETTER MAIL FACILITIES WANTED.
The mail facilities Of these people should ais
| be looked after. In some parts OF the couatry IN
| Government inaugrates postal lines and sustain
them for years before they become selfsurportine
while In a country, like ours mail facilities hav
| been denied IN eases where In very short perio
of time through the rapid immigration and conseauen
filing up OF the country, these postal routes woul
be amply able 10 sustain themselves. letters iron