Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-28
The Capital Question.
Colfax, Sept, "a, '89,

Colfax, Sept, "a, '89,
Editor HERALD:
The publication of my communication
in your spicy paper has started the in
Aquiry why has there not been more
discussion of the capital question in the
r1apers of eastern Washington? With
Your permission I will try to throw
little light on that subject;
The committee on seat of government
in the constitutional convention formu-
lated report permanently locating the
capital at Olympia; but it was never
reported to the convention. The inhu-
ence of other towns that aspired to be
the capital of the state, joined by the
more powerful railroad lobby, smothered
that report and the article on seat Of
government was placed in the constitu-
ton in it's present form. Immediately
on it's adoption by the convention, as a
part of the constitution, the Northern
Pacific railroad, on behalf of North
Yakima, town built and owned by that
giant corporation that murdered the old
town of Yakima that it might build
new one on it's own land, and Ellensburg,
for herself, started emissaries through
out the territory to subsidize the press
in their behalf And great was the sur
prise of the delegates to the convention
on their arrival home to find all, or near
ly all, of the local papers of eastern
Washington blowing with might and
main for North Yakima as the only
available place for the capital. Upon
investigation it was found that these
papers had been bought outright, and it
is currently reported, not denied and
generally believed that the Northern
Pacific money paid the bills. Ellens-
burg left to fight her own battle is prac-
tically out of the race. And the friends
of Olympia in this county, SO far as We
have been able to learn, would have been
unable to reach the public ear had you.
sold out the influence of your paper, as
did the others. All honor, I say, to the
man whose sense of justice to the com
munitY, who supports his paper, will not
let him misrepresent the sentiment the
community in matter of grave public
importance. This, Mr.. Editor, believe
is a fair statement of the reasons why
eastern Washington seems to De in favor
of North Yakima.
And now comes the query twill the
people stand it?" Our home papers
have sold out to the Northern Pacific,
and must, of necessity, SO some Of them
say) exclude all matter favorable to
other places than North Yakima. Shades
of equity Must a community support
a paper and then be sold out to a cor
poration and have no relief from being
delivered, body and soul, against their
will? No, I say. Citizens of Whitman
county remember the lieu landsl Re-
member the fate of old Yakima! Vote
for OLYMPIA and thus rebuke the men
who, false to their patrons, put up this
Job to make money out of it.
JOHN Il. LETTER.
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