The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
A VERY SMALL SHARE
Seattle Gets Little State or Fed.
eral Patronage.
TALK AGAINST HER UNJUST.
Considering it, Wealth and Population
King County Receives rev Of
the PubIie Plums.

The CRY that has been raised In the present
legislature, - In those preceding, that Seattle
ana King county have had and are trying to
noid an undue share Of state and federal patron
age, and that the other parts Of the state should
ccmoane against Seattle. II strongly resented By
tnose fuuy acquainted with the facts of the
c.se. In talking Of the subject yesterday Mr.
dnomas W. Prosch said: sssuch . complaint
against Seattle does this city great injustice,
LOT Seattle actually has less state and federal
patronage than other leading towns Of the state,
ana Tar less In proportion 70 IT. size.
In the old territorial days which recall,
there was certain jealousy among the various
places, which then wers small settlements. II
was agreed that the patronage and public insti-
tutiops should be divided up 20 an TO give each
cnance. vancouver had barracks located there,
nteilacom had tort and was anxious to have
u snare. Port Townsend was the port of entry
ana Seattle had the university. In early times
Waha Maila was nothing more than military
Tertiary.
"Take the present condition Of affairs. olym-
Pa mas the state capitol and the leading state Of
population during the legislative session at
least 200 persons supported by the state.
Port Townsend has the custom-house and
ruvenue cutters are there, the lighthouse and
Quarsnsins forces, giving IL some $50 people
"Waila Walla rej0ices In the penitentiary and
garrison, strengthening it BY say $50 popular
"Pierce county fares better yet The fort at
Steilc0om has been turned into the state insane
s6out Fifty people i located On MCNEIL island.
The state geologists office II ct Tacoma, and al
though King has more old soldies than any 9TH
to Fierce this ses Fierce II al about
500 people, and there win be more when the
soldiers home IL built.
tie university faachara -
GERS ana few court attaches, making not over
forty in all Cheney il asking for SIS 900 for nor
mai school where there are six teachers and sew
an appropriation for the university she ID con-
sidered very presuming for putting the slim at
5000: and there have been years when no ap-
preparation whatever was given.
consider another point With the most nu-
merous and able bar In the territory, no citizen
ct King county va: given 9 iudgeship for
bling sent to us from Olympia, Port Townsend,
Walla Walla and elsewhere. Nine of the last
congressional terms were and are represented
Brents and two BY Allen, of Waila Walla, and
two by Voorhees, and two By Wilson, OF Spokane.
Against that we can show no terms except those
.During the long territorial period but one
citizen OF seattle was appointed governor, one
attorney general and one marshal. Walla Walia,
on the other hand, has had three governors,
George e. Cole, Alvin Flanders and Miles c.
Moore. Walla Walla also can boast Of three
marshals, two judges and numerous company
of less important officials. Port Townsend has
had two judges taken from it, bar. and 70 1t
goes.
s'At present Tacoma has United States mar
shall and the deputy United States district attor-
ney, p. C. Sullivan. When Judge Hanfofd was
appointed it was supposed that the main federal
court for the state would be held here, a. the Or
egon court at Portland-but no; the court
patronage Is divided over the whole state.
''You zee that King county has received an
unduly small share of the plums. But when IL
comes to paying taxes we are called upon with
out hesitation. The state valuation Is SIT .000,
COO. The King county assessors made the
roll at $3s,00O ZOO, but the state board
of equalization promptly raised 1t TO
e4400p0O, giving ms one nth Of the taxes Of the
state. Walla Walla, Thurston, Pierce and Jefer.
son counties. with . combined population Of
only 20 per cent. more than King alone, have .
state and federal patronage exceeding Kings BY
Mr.. samuel L Crawford. on the same head
said: ANYONE acquainted with the facts 10
aware that King has received . ridiculously
small proportion of federal plums, and yet the
people in other counties insist that we have too
much. When an appropriation for the univer-
sity il asked for, the money comes grudgi1gly
OF not ct ell. We are informed that King has
had so much that she must not think OF getting
the state agricultural and technical school The
fault, If any exists, has been that We have not
insisted firmly enough upon our rights"