, 1890-10-30
WE ARE THE PEOPLE.
Senator Allen Says Washington
Is a Young Wonder in
the East.
Effect of the Silver Bill, the Mo
Kinley Bill, and Other
Legislation.

Hon. John IL. Allen was very
busy man Friday from social
standpoint. Among the throng
who were favored with an interview
the REVIEW received a cordial wei.
come.
''I want to tell you before / say
anything else what n really impor-
tant state we have. l was iairly in-
undated with inquiry from men In
nearly every walk of life concerning
the resources of this state-what, in
fact, was the basis of our great at
tractlveness, and why 1T was that
this state was organizing more ma
tional banks and receiving more
Eastern capital than any other West
ern state. They wonder what, In
fact, the state must be to exert so
great an influence upon commerce
and the immigration of the country.
People In high official life who have
visited this state are the most enthu-
siastic of euloglsts. Only those who
have not visited the state are incred-
ulous.
"Senator Vest told me that If he
were a young man he would come
to Washington.
"Senatar Evarts told me the other
day that If lie were to advise his son
where to locate In professional life
he would tell him To go to Wash
ington.
"Senator Hale said the great
amount of immigration to this state
was actually phenomenal, and was
eloquent in his prophecy Of our
future development, and /, after an
absence of nearly year, came back
to find that everything has taken q
magical turn In the wheel of fortune
and every place showing signs Of
strong, healthy development. The
crops of Eastern Washington have
so far surpassed my most sanguine
thoughts, the cities OF the Sound
grown so rapidly, and Spokane
Falls invested herself with such q
splendid garb, that u man feels justi-
fled in feeling proud OF his state and
her opportunities.
"How will the silver bill stand
the test of timer
THAT bill furnishes u marked in
stance of the influence of the West.
If anyone was asked u year ago
whether such n measure would
pass, he certainly would answer In
the negative, yet, before the discus
sion ended the bill was not only
voted for as II party measure, but
willingly supported. | think there
Is u growing confidence il that
legislation, and time will only test
its true and unalloyed merit"
"Why did not the bill provide for
the purchase exclusivelyof domestic
silver?
"We need never fear that the gov
ernment will purchase elsewhere.
Senator Jones and other great
friends of silver guarded with the
utmost scrutiny every phase of the
measure, and | feel confident their
of the question was
served in the measure
as 1t is.
"How will the Mckinley bill ef-
feet the party?"
at Is reassuring. 1t does not, as
| see has been stated in the demo-
cratic press, advance the general
price of cutlery. And If, as the
papers state, barbed wire
has advanced, why then free trade
would paralyze the farmers.
''The fact is, the tariff was taken
off wire one-fourth of cent per
pound. If tin plate has advanced 1t
Is not on account of the bill, because
the law does not effect tin plate un-
Til July |, 1891, 1t is mistake on
the part of our democratic friends to
make these representations. The
people generally have slow but
sure way of arriving at the truth of
matters, and fairly is the best
method of dealing with them"
Senator Allen will speak in Taco
ma on the Goth, and at Seattle the
30th.