The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-20

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49,. 80 Reputlieon majosity q shout
IL tho pfosont congress the Re-
Yuehcons havo sixteen Of the twenty-one
aeeSss oud The Democrats nvo. Last
Z Wlne9 : Dsnossasic leGislatnrs wsnt -
1oEk On : geSfymander which would
IN them thiYtoen members, g
80 hoped. md III Republicans siehk
4es contoutod With this nrst plot thsy
noany pesooa Ill By which tlssy expect
~ 1eeou membess and the Ropuhlicaas
- nix Somaining. But nov the Repub-
ueans ase qaits confident 81 yoolaimins
four districts on which the Democrats cast
Ioaeing sianosa. Major Mckinley viii. I
trust, - se-elscted; Charley Fostsr viii
carry Ill before him In The fifth,
and IN the Sixth, Boothman's
ed district, ~ havo nominated
4eR. Brigham, president 6 The state
gsaneo. and since the district Il strongly
agricultural, he 10 considered sure Of else
ton. Besides these districts, We stand .
ehenoo II others. A queef thing has come
= Night in this connection. In thar ~
eopoEt3onment the Democrats left clear
ont the township Of 6torrs, in Hamilton
county, with 200 voters. The point l. BE-
ing raised that . law iisfranchistne town.
shtp Il Unconstitutional, snd some hope
nat the election may yet, through the
breaking down Of the law, b held In the
old districts."
M. james slauson and d.. J. 8. Owens.
q Les Anesles. who have been spending
three months IN Japan, reached the city
yostof1aY aud are AfoDnin9 n thu Rainiar
came from Vict0ria, where they
isnoed from the steamer City OF kio de
ssne'ros 1T. owens. young man and
csevef selker. related 70 some listeners last
nient lew o. DIS experiences. In answer
sne que.taon wnesner the reporss OF
.sCen. In.uiss % Sofs'eners, ana particu-
g Ameficans. we're well grounded,
~. vwsns answered tnas nothing o. the
.lno nso come under DIS personal notice,
sn0usn me more Ignorant japanese
natuSany opposed tne
pssence o. euenG Ine ouik O the
peopie sners' said ne. Are, - you prob.
ANY Know, eeainst the introducuon OF
macninery: They much prefer their old
vay @ doing Things You wili md that
re RUE N regard 20 ne carrying Of pass-
por0 = enforced Win great sfrictness.
Iou cannon 20 INTO Yea mouse 20 spend
me nsgns witnout showing your passport
g me proprietor. ana within nalf an hour
the omcer comes around 70 examine the
doounent TO see u y correct IN every
WAY. the only discrimination between dif-
lefens races % foreigners = mat the En-
g'isn are said 70 GET tner passports
Much more quickly. Your consul
procures them from the Japanese
GoveSnmsnt Although Was in
great hurry had 70 walt, like all Amert-
cans. nearly week for mine. while An En-
kiisnmAn - often able 70 get his In two or
thres days.
Japan - IN interesting place for sight
seeing 4 you oan stand the climate. Every
thing there IL. Of course, entirely different
from what you zee here. We spent good
deal Of time IN the mountains OF the int
ri0f, and even there Il Is decidedly damp.
During August We had only four really
bright. clear days, and every sunny day We
! used to put our clothes and shoes out to
dry. Frequently during the night hecks OF
mildsw would form on our shoes, or other
articles OF leather.
"Peopae Who commend the japanese %
cleanly RAGS do them injnstice, for they are
terribly hithy. The houses are dirty and
full Of vermin. and their persons are
far from neat. In travelling away
from the big cities It Il Inn
poesiblo to set . place 1T to
stay in. Ohal Of every kind can b OBJ
served lying close to the houses. and It Is
not surprising that cholera should make
tsrEibls headway among them. The food.
too. II bad. The natives Themselves live
mostly on rice and tea. and when wanted
any meat used always to go 70 the Kit.
chen to look q II before u was cooked.
The CHANCES were that II would be de-
difference to the Japs. The butter was in
variably rancid. The result Of IL all was
that We had to eat canned stn6 from
France and Germany. In the seaport
cities We could get fairly good meat,
brought from Shanghai.
AS rssultof their mode Of life and Of
their scant diet, the natives are stunted
and short lived. They are we'll developed
muscularly. but they seem to lack the
stamina needed for length OF days. The
s;ksha men who carry you about in big
baby carriages, and who draw heavy loads.
the way, are broken down jades and really
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