The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-22
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xsS< F<lSss UosAsngk0n, 81 January & the
.>send member Of ebst bright and breezy
r<rtcdscaf. pubIIshed in Washington City,
S.xot@s q past ard q hall 10 our stats. IN
etsdsug an lnterview with Senator Squire
aid 4 letter from Hon. s. A. Wheeiwrght.
de whole occupying the editorial post Of
honoF.
The senator, IN response - her question
xssf Inc stass Of Washington wAs not called
BIZ some suphonious Indian name-I&
ro1na fos inssancs-answers thus pert
nfnsIy:
~ dear friend. listen % reason 7acyFsa =
i fesuflfnt name. beautifully derived. snpp1sta
IL some 10 mean @neeriahiug breast aaas ~
e-s.<o4oge winthrop. 70 be applied % all snow
800 whsis better Authority claims that e
rrereiy signifies ssthe mountain" H0Esvef. -
NAT q It rnsy. we already have one town nansa
Tacoma. the second largest IN the state, seattle
hefnf afsf and Spokane Fails third
And sa 70 The same suggestion Ia regard
10 the grand mountain which stands the
msiessic sentinel Of the Sound. the senator
happily remarked:
Al. vel. that all depaHds upon the point Of
view. you know. In Nay, ITgzs Vancouver. ~
enc Acknowledged right OF discovery, nszaed
the msunfain Rainier. after ire British rear.
e4rnlrzI. Halnief II has ever since refsalned.
Wf.en. however, The Northern Pacific Lard
Company established q townsite on Puget sound
ann called IL Tacona, they gave Rainier the
rame name and wanted the rev state 70 b
xhrlstsned likewise. The msiofity Of the people
hasd q different opinion
But more fully Ia defense Of the states
name he became eloquent:
II Tiers Is such q thing ~ local seli-goyeru.
menf. residents Of our territory had the right 20
name Tho state. Many Of us would have pre-
fcTred 20 remain IN territorial bondage rather
than have : new nsme thrust upon as b out
siderE Nor Il this feeling strange when one re-
foets that al annalk, chronicles and traditions:
with tbh local Laws. the privileges and titles
connected with property: aIl the social life,
hi<sor7 and associations al the political dis
ffncfIons snd the literary records, have been. for
thiftYskx y-sars-naDre than q genefatigEs-
grouped IN & commonwealth under the loved
npme Of Washington. Now, whiie there Is a
somewhat popular aud iandahle fancy for the
adoption OF novel and picturesque Indian
nsmes. which I would notHand fault with under
proper conditions. yet Il seems like ntraining .
peint Of good haste and etiquette % all0w the
vhimr Of people living In other oHmon
NsAlths OF our republic 10 dictate
The nafrs for this people without
regard te their choice. The frat, last and best
reason for the adoption Of the name Washing
teu. Ia. therefore. the preference of the people
Of this commonwealth The name Washington
Il Just a. appropriate now as when our fore.
fathers hrst gave Il 70 the territory. h ado
nHste reason Il there for dissegArdiDg their
pEefcrence In the msitcrf Whist precedent Il
there for making such . changeY IL there an
5asfence when . cuaapsete and un-dismeineefed
territory ever came Into the Union by another
name than tx o4ns II there were such o. d..
-6>a6rx When ahe country comprised W. com.
refaiiyely nss And unsettled Sc suaid form no
precedent for . p~opaious and fairly developed
tsrflfofy sneh as Washington was when
admitted. Furthermore. &C another business
reason. our resources. climate. development and
future prospects, are now advertised and known
70 eli the world under the name Washington.
II has the yaina to us Of 4 trade mark. ~ - were.
And n NOT this commonwealth one OF the mon.
ufnenis erected a. the Father cf the Repubtte7
Why tmplonsly seek 10 tear Il downf Is the
monument unworthy 81 the name7 Only an
jEnofamns eould haFbor the thought In area
Washington territofysss % per cent greater than
the state Of New York. She has = seaboard an
rivalled In the world. b hiss . productive
capacity Of ioo.oDo.o ~ beshels Of wheat per an
niim. she hiss the most extensive ana mag.
nihcenf forests for merehansahla timber Ia the
known world, she has such resources OF iFea
and coal already developed Is 20 entitie Der 81
fhs distinction of being called the Penn
~Fyiyania of the Pacific. Tier
extends 10 every cline Her cities are supplied
with most Of thn modern conventenres and Tux.
eFies. such - electric lights and ssroet-cars. ana
Ia Seattle We even hAxs = fine cable road in
operation. The climate ia exceptionally mild
and agreeable. Tho intellectual and moral cub
tnFp OF the people IL fully az to the stand.
ard OF that IN the Middle and Western states,
end u Is not too much to predict that a. some
dsy. not many generations heace. he present
limits Of our state viii contain as many peopls
a. sre Contained in the state Of New Nos1. The
monument Il worthy Of its name Let is stand.
This interview wa o~stensihly carried on
~ teisphone (which assumption IL a re-.
deeticn ON b senator's gallantry that his
constituents will never credit and would
not approvesl and at the close OF the re.
marks last quoted, Miss Field impulsively
and with usual good sasts exclaimed, II
never heiors listened TO 50 much eloqaenca
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