The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-17
THE APPoRrIoNMKNr.
Of Lewis County Dfssat-
isfied with IL.

Residents Of Lswis County Dfssst-
isfied with It.
CHKHALIs. April l6. 1880.
To THE EDrroR: The superintendent
OF the territory for the election of dele
gates to the constitutional convention
has been matter of universal COM
ment since its publication, and to say
that the people of Lewis county are
chagrined and very much dissatisfied
is putting it mildly. Lewis is one of
the oldest counties of the territory--is
in fact mother of several. She is one
otpthe most important counties, both
as 70 area. wealth and population. and
II any county is entitled to preserve
her autonomy in this apportionment.
certainly she Is. Yet this arrange
ment almost wipes her out of political
existence. Look at 1t.
District No. 2I.--Thurston county,
and the following precincts from Lewis
county: Lincoln Creek, Hanaford,
CentraIia.
District No. %. Lewis county, the
following precincts: Elk Creek, Cia-
ttatpt bOtctQfts llikttC 3ll5s CatBffQii
Greek, Toledo. Winlock. Cowlitz,
Napayine. Eadonia, Chehalis, Salkum,
! Alpha. klickitat, Vance, ard the fol-
lowing precincts from Pierce county;
Tamwax, Muck. Carbonado, 0rting.
Wilkeson. Buckley.
Three Of her northern precincts
tucked on to Thurstou county, and
the remainder coupled with the east
fs.rsx fs4 Of What Il
we in common with these Pierce
county precincts7 If it was necessary
| 10 give them to any other county,
taehed TO adjoining territory. instead
of TO q portion OF a county nearly a
hundred miles away, with a full
county interveningg In the last cleo
| ton Lewis had over 1900 votes, and
win this year probably poll from 800
| TO 500 more. In this arrangement il
is quite possible that we shall have not
more than one delegate TO the conven-
| ton, for Thurston county can with
our three northern precincts send
| three, while certainly the Pierce
| county precincts will claim one land
perhaps twol, which will have bat one
| delegate TO a county older, larger. bet
| ter improved and developed, and bet
1 ter populated than either Pierce or
| Thursfon outside of their cities. Ii
the commission desired to preserve
/ the counties intact tas they have as
| sertedl, why not have given the Pierce
county precincts 10 Thurston, and at
tached the upper portion OF Bowlitz
county 10 Lewis. That would have
thrown adjacent territory into the
same districts, as well as joined in q
common cause people whose interests
were identical.
| Your corrs> randsat mas interviewed
the principal .nrn OF the city and
lcounty. and with one accord
this districting Is condemned
as inconvenient and unjust, and for
| which there can be no reasonable ex-
euse. II is said By some who have
been watching events THAI part of
this gerrvmandcring wns done In the
interests OF a certain individual In
one OF the precincts set of 10 Thurs
ton who has designs on the conven-
ton. By having certain precincts
set OF with those of the southwestern
portion OF ThuYsten county he hopes
| To secure his election--an event I'M
possible ii Lewis county as whole
could vote on his selection. However,
whatever may. have been the moving
cause, Lewis county will not forget
the slight put upon her in the first
days OF the new territorial admins
tration. O.