The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-16
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There aro many varieties OF taste In this
world. Whether In respect TO fish, flesh or
fowl fruits OF garden vegetables. different
people differ In their preferences. But the
quesrsst taste has been developed in the
Office Of local contemporary. Above all
things upon the face Of the earth or in the
waters Of the sea the Telegraph bankers
after . 'gerrymsndsr." Let those who
prefer grouse or quail. brook trout or
watermelons. enjoy those luxuries, but the
Telegraph viii have none Of them. II there
is 'gerrymander" between the north pole
and the equator, TO be had by diving, dig
ging or burrowing, that institution il
bound to have it
Last Sunday those connected with that
institution were happy. They thought
they had secured an iced Republican
gerrymander for Sunday dinner. Their
deliver in the lower levels had discovered
that by ~ botching apportionment" Seattle
had been so divided that "a literal inter-
probation of the law win prevent at least
5000 voters from exercising their right to
vote for representative. According to
the act passed ct the extra session Of the
legislature" says this authority, 1.-THE ter.
ritory lying between Madison street and
Stewart street and the bay and Ninth
street Is not attached to any representative
district" Many people thought this was
mere joke or cheap piece of campaign
claptrap. But there is every assurance
that 1t was uttered in all seriousness. In
the inner circle of that Office it was re-
garded as phenomenon Of wisdom.
According to this authority the sbotch.
ing" was done in the creation of the Forty
first representative district. On that point
the act says: "All that part of the city of
Seattle. in the county of King, lying north
OF Madison street and south of Stewart and
Olive streets and east OF Ninth and Rollin
streets and Rollin street produced, shall
constitute the Foriy-first representative dis.
trict and shall be entitled to two repre-
sentatives."
Now suppose that this paragraph had
amply provided that all of this city north
Of Madison street. should constitute the
district Madison street runs in straight
line from tho bay to the lake, from the
WSSeSAA W sA0 SaStCiA OOoHQ6Fy, IlSut
through the center Of the city. There
could have been no hint of gerrymander
nor any Misunderstanding about the
boundaries cf the district But to have
stopped there would have made Q district
that would have been too populous.
"All north of Madison street. had to be
limited. The first limitation was made by
adding the words land south Of Stewart
and Olive streets" Olive is an extension
OF Stewart street and they run parallel, or
nearly so. with Madison to the northward
of that street, portion Of its length, to
and beyond Ninth street To that
extent "all north of Madison street"
went no further than those streets,
but clearly embraced the intervening
territory. But that is the identical
territory which according to the Telegraph
lis not attached to any representative dis
trict" II there Is child in any grade
above the lowest in our public schools who
cannot comprehend this. the infant had
better 30 set back ~ least one grade.
The man who discovered that ..the ter.
ritsry lying between Madison street and
stewart street and the bay and Ninth
sssetis not attached to" the district which