, 1890-02-06
WILL REMONSTRATE.
The Sentiment of the Taxpayers
Very Plain-Over a Thousand
Signatures Secured.

Rcmonst RANGES against the forma-
tion Of "Steptoc' county, as the new
subdivision Of Spokane and Whit
man counties IL to be called, were
circulated Monday afternoon and
about 600 signatures were secured
In that short time. The sentiment
of the people of this city Is very
plain, and the petition will 90 to
Olympia several thousand strong;
The following l. the text of the
petition circulated:
10 ruE lIoSoHNuLE SENATE Ann Horsg
or HEPgTs FSrNriyEs % rms srNTE OF
! WAlit NGrpS;
The uudcrdincd resident voters of
| Spokane county, in this state, earnestly
demonstrate against the passage Of the
| Oill uuw pending before your honorable
| body. creating tho county of StrutOc
out Of portions of Spokane aud Whit.
man counties, and assign, among other
reasons, for tbis rlmUustfuuCc the To-
lowing:
First--.rhc people Of Spokane county
~ whole, Including tuc two tiers of
| townships designed 10 Lc taken flom IT,
are not only satisfied with the present
boundaries of the county, but desire To
preserve It's integrity It's now about
thirty-SIN milo wide and about nav.
two miles In length but its county SOFT,
Spokane Fnll1 il In the geographical
center enst nnd west, and north and
south. In OF her words, it Is now one OF
the smallest counties in !e state.
Socoud-Ilie people living within the
two tiers a: townships which are de-
: gucd t0 form part OF the new county
nave mum 1tr nnd extensive business re.
lutiDns with Spokane tuils, and all Of
the wagon rOaus and all lines Of trans
ppr'atlpn passing through that section
of the county lead to and terminate 1T
the county scat, Time will only serve
10 extend these business relations and
more closely connect tho people nf this
section witt tue city OF Spokane Fails.
Third--Thc movement for this pnrti-
ton comes from the northern tier Of
townships IN Whitman county and Is
not lnlur-c ty majority Of the voters
~ that Unrt ofSpoklne county included
IN the bill
FOurh--A rool pert Of Spokane
county which ia ia sdcslg1pi to ~ Ike oil
j. 50 situated that the residents Thereof
could not reach any town In the pro.
posed new county which misht be- made
a. county scat without coming 20 Spu-
hane IHis or w.t4iu "a fgN .Iaus vi u.
Fiith-An examination OF the petition
wa NAl' lNhAlAll u rllAA UlN allliltN VIII
snow that most of the petitioners reside
~ ur near some OF tie litte towns in
Whitman county, all OF which are am
httiuus - be the county seat and II is
well known that the section of country,
now spatsrly settled, In tho Spokane di.
vision j. susceptible of supporting a large
Iupulat u'L bat is now luuy settled UP,
anu tho Inhabitants OF these townships
do Ot wish TO be stricken from the
county of their choice TO satisfy the am.
bitipn Of thCse littie villages
SiNtiI-Ihe creation OF q new county
would render necessary an nd-
ditonnl county guNcrnuo NJ, would take
away from spokane county very large
proportion of its taxable property, and
would increase taxes both in Spokane
county and In the new county fully one.
third.
To warrant this increased burden of
taxation not one reason founded on
necessity or con Dnyeiiicncc OF tho people
IN the portion oi Spokane county to be
affected can be urged.
SIGN Tlfg RHMoNsTRANCEs.
The Spanglc Record makes these
timely ard pertinent remarks:
The following telegram was re-
ceiyed yesterday from Rcpresonta-
tive Brown, OF this county:
OLYMPIA, Jan. 30 1870.
W. \. Sanders, Spanglc No remon-
strancc hero against Steptoe county.
What's the mlttrr7
BROWN, Of Spokane.
The ''mattcr" Is simply that the
opponents of the proposed new
county and they are lcgion) have
been altogether too passive and quiet
while the friends of the scheme
have worked and pushed 1t forward
without stiIlt. II L. u fact thlt
ut least thrcc'quurters of the citizens
and tEpayers In the territory in-
VOlvtd are crphrticully opposed to
the formation of "Stcptoen county
at this time, and rcuOnstruncc4 10
that eject should have been circu-
lated, signed and sent to- our repre-
scntntivcs At Olympia long ago. It
Is not too late now. The entire log
islptivc DELEGATION from tbs county,
and, we believe, nom Nhitunr, nrc
not In favor Of the diVision-but
their hands must bc strength
ened by evidence OF the
real sentiment ui their con-t,tu-
cnts. The blll introduced 10y Mir.
Brown uOr dlNl-iuul as q matter of
tOIm Will not he pressed forward 80
rapidly, uuicr the circumstance.
but that rcmoustruucC- may yet be-
In time. Let the work be inaugu-
rated Immediately Let the tax
payers bc fully rcprcsen ted on those
remunstmnccs. They certainly are
not represented on tine county di-
vision petitions now at Olympia, nor
do said petitions contain tn, alleged
l,sJJ names. Let this matter be
placed before the legislature in its
true light. Rally and yn the re-