The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-04
D1nsEs WHICH rnsxArxss.

| - = - open seEsef that tbs Orsgoz
lbssnssnt Company vii bsssex.
= constitutional e.nysnts1a vita
veEfal lobby, the object of is es.srt@
foG 70 obtain title 10 the tide lands
a kIlfstt bar.
~ course this oEJees wlI ss14 Is
ely ayowxi. On The contrary.
6ets VII b. made 20 eovsr The esss-
noc150n betwsen the lobbyists and
lols emplorsrs 20 completely that
3 - nnsuspeetlnx psbsie I'll arysf
now that The Oregon Improvement
GempaDy or IT. other self. fhe ceinra-
- = Puget Sound Railroad Gem
my. has any mors interest IS tar
oeokdiHKs OF the convention than IL
- IN those Of The Bslxafsan skaps-
e1D1nA.
The convention viii not be ask@z5 10
5 olve The tide lands 10 the Improve
Int Company In 10 many sosds.
nch request wo1isi sFs4ss too CREST
= sensation. Bat the os3est can sse
nttained In manner eqnslly sAsasfae-
tory and uneh isss conspicuous
In 1873 the tsrrssariai legislature
peesed ~ set granting the seattle tide
Hats 20 the sestsIs 4 waEla wagla rail-
road npon eertsla conditions TasNe
condition. hsve nexef been fulfilled in
e0od faith. and. even If they had
beeu, the Territorial legislature iad 20
more right 20 give a.ay the tide i'ass
thsn Il would have 80 give ssaT the
Alsaka seal fisheries.
Hosever that may be, the seattle a
Walla waIla railroad and iss sssenes-
sor. the csinn hla 4 Puget sound rail-
road hsye aIways claimed 20 own the
tide Hats on the strength 81 ibis isw,
u lase years they have not ssssfsesi 4
their claim very agfessisely, but they /
have held 10 II lnsf the sane.
The game nos Il 70 insert IN The
constitution a clanse confirming and /
validating ali aess which have been /
passed by the territorial legislature )
and which have never been repealed. /
Among these. Of course. Is the act 4
giving away The tide-iands. With I
such clause once inserted and with /
the constitution ratified by the people /.
the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad !
Company would have good title 10 ali /
fhe tide-iands Of Elliott bay south Of
King street.
With such stake ia view the Ore j
gon improvement Company and its
lobby can afford % play eesp and /
silent game They hone to work their
cards 30 that the people viii not know
what II going on until thew themselves !
have given aeay the valuable heritage
which shogla be sheirs atone Fad a.
IL would be ~ have the tide lands
secured by irresponsible Jumpers. II
would be Infinitely worse 10 have them
fall into the hands Of the Oregon I'm +
provemens Comrany. la tie former 4
case the immense yalue which shsy
represent would at least Femsln Ia the I
territory, while in the latter il would /
go 10 the stock and boad holders Of /
Europe and the Eastern states.
But tfsse lands viii not fall iaso the (
hands Of Western jumpers or II East. !
ern capitalists Il the people are vigil /
lasat end true to their oxn Interests
They belong 10 the state, II properly /
handled, they viii serve 10 erect al 1
the buildings necessary for the state !.
and 10 pay the expenses 81 the gov
eminent for All time Why. then. /
should they be giyen away upon any /
pretexty
The people must lie on their guard /
against just such schemes a. that OF
the Oregon Improvement Company,
however. Lobbyists are cunning ard
active In proportion to the amount OF
Doodle In sight. and there j. no man
ner of don't, That Ieodl' = ill l.e plenty
at Olympia this vear.