The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-21
THE PASSING THRONG.

Colonel James Baker, of Victoria, the British
Columbia minister of education and .snmigra-
ton, arrived at the Rainier hotel yesterday.
Colonel Baker, who was for years In the British
army in England, came to the Pacific coast q
decade ago, and settled in British Columbia
Since then he has been more or less 1ctive in
political movements there. The movement to
bring to the province q colony Of crofssrs from
Scotland has been one in which Colons. Baker
has been deeply interested, and he has done
much to promote tho enterprise. In speaking
of the matter he said; 1.-THE plan Id to or.
ganize in England company with capital OF
100000 for the purpose OF developing the
deep sea fisheries off our coast This corpora
ton will supply the nets, boats, PACKING sta
lions and, in short, all the plant necessary for
carrying on deep sea fisheries on q large scale.
When the company is on foot, the provincial
government will borrow from the imperial gov.
eminent &150 900 to defray the expense OF bring.
ing the crofters out from Scotland and. settling
them on our public lands. II everything goes
according to our expectation, We shall begin by
getting fifty families to come. Should they be
successful, shall get fifty families bore, and
60 on until we ultimately have 1,20 Our in.
tention is to get only such families a. sre hon.
est and Industrious. The company wils furnish
them with employment, and during a term of
years each crofter will pay back the m,1ey that
has been spent in bringing him out AID locat-
ing him. Thus British Columbia wiz DO en-.
abled to repay what it borrowed from the i'm
perial government We think that such a crofter
colony will be good thing for all concerned
The crofters will be able to earn a bet
ter living and get along more comfortably
than ever beforehand the provincial govern.
ment will see that the company whfeh gives
them employment does not take advs1tage of
them. The province will gain by the s11migra-
ton of worthy citizens. And certainsy the de-
velopment of our deep-sea fisheries xtould be
ahl WA h., nat foip 10 hefv r.chg
fresh salmon and halibut East in refrigerator
cars, and the business should be capable of great
development The Salisbury governpaent has
already approved the loan OF El50,05o to our
province and We anticipate no Difficulty In Sc.
curing the approval of the Gladstone govern
ment"
John W. Jewell. Mississippi lawyer, Is At the
Rainier hotel with his wife, having come to
the Pacific coast or pleasure trip. NJ. Jewell,
who 10 an attorney for the Queen & I'rescent
route and also for the Western Union Telegraph
Company, has been active in politics in his
state. Twice he has served in the stats Senate,
and he has also been q member OF the sonstitu-
tional convention Yesterday he said: "In the
South you will find many men of stree 9Th and
standing in their respective communities who
are looking toward the state of Washington rs a
possible home. The conditions OF social aud
political lie in the South are not in all ways
promising. Immediately after the wsr affairs
were in chaotic condition. and los of scala.
wage secured political ascsndancy. faen the
better classes banded together, and PCT the ig-
norant negroes and their demagogio leaders out
of power The South has OF lsto years
been Overwhelmingly Democratic, but we should
be better of were there . respectable Republican
organization; for whom party is so strongly
entrepched in power, 1t Is likely to became cor.
rupt But the fact ID that there Is no Respectable
Repu blican party. OF late, however. tse whites
have begun to split, and both factions are look
ing to the negro for support; and any political
party that truckles to the most ignorsrss class is
on the downhill track. The Populitess As they
call themselves, are making some HIGHWAY in
the South, and one reason 10 that the price of
cotton has been 50 low that many fa<ners are
almost ruined Taking 1t all in az, many
southern men, and especially the yang, are
tempted 10 look for new homes. This state not
only offers great opportunities in q material
way. but the people have the reputation of be.
ing more tolerant than IN the Eastern states.
In the old communities there the r-eiudics
against Southerner is still strong; gut be-
llese THAI here he 10 esteemed for what ne really
is, and stands as high as any other MAJ"
George A. Mckinley has Just retur.ssd from
the kcoteuay mining country, where he has
been prospecting. The quarantine az Van.
eouver delayed him nearly month. bas he says
that " hen he LETT the snow was Sill deep on the
peaks. Mr.. McKinley's prospecting wes chiefly
in the SLOGAN district, and he has succeeded in
locating several ciainA In his explorations he
underwent number of hardships. ana one day
he suffered terribly from want o. Water "a
party Of threa OF u.s." said he, ''hsd started
early In the morning on . long msrclg and we
took no water with rs for we thought st would
be easy enough TO nud soma Carrvieg heavy
pseks OF fifty or sixty pounds each va climbed
over mountains and through gorges, as5i fought
our way through underbrush and oysr fallen
loes until O'Clock In the afternoon We bad