The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-22
THE PASSING THRONG..

THE PASSING THRONG..
Among yesterdays arrivals In the city was
Henry b Mitchell, OF Topeka. Kan, who has
been quite prominent in Republican politics Of
that state during the past ten years. During
that time he has held several positions Of trust,
among them being the secretaryship OF the
state board OF public works, and ct the recent
session Of the legislature he was clerk Of the
ways and means committee Of the Republican
house, which was finally declared BY the ~.
preme court to b the legally organised house.
1.-THE Populists have elected their last state
officer in the state of Kansas" said Mr.. Mitchell
to Posr-IsrELLroENcER reporter. "They have
given US an administration of which they them.
selves are ashamed, and during the next cam
paign they will be indicted BY the people for
moro sins of commission and omission than can
b brought against the Republicans during
their whole reign. The Populists had .
clear majority in the senate, with
the governor and all other state ofncials. but
against sixty-seven opposition. They went to
work. however, in the most shame faced man.
ner possible, and unsested ten OF the Republic
can members, without any show OF reason,
when all Of them had been elected BY majori-
ties ranging from $50 to 1850. 1t was six weeks
before the Republicans could get the matter be.
fore the supreme court, and in the meantime
the Populists were carrying things with high
hand. Finally. they looted the treasury to the
extent Of $4,000 for pay for house which was
illegal The session cost the state $4,000,
which II nearly 600 moro than any previous
session cost The Republican house passed
bills providing for the creation OF an appellate
court, and for Increasing the number Of the
railroad commission, all these new officers 70 b
Rnfh nf
new measures we're demanded BY
the people. and both pa:ties had
Endorsed them In their platforms, but the Popu-
list senate refused to pass the bills unless the
Republican house would accept IN amendment
providing that the new officers should b ap-
pointed BY the governor The feeling was so
bitter that the Republican and P0pulist sena-
tors would not speak to each other on the
street. and all the bills that were finally passed
were worked through BY conference committees
The Republican house was compelled to hang
up the appropriation bill till the last half hour
OF the last night In order to get the senate to
take action on certain measures that were i'm.
peratively necessary. Gov. Lswelling il one OF
the most utterly incompetent men that ever
held position OF trust, and was of1cially
dubbed BY the Republican house "The Duke Of
Iowa. Leweliing /. Of Kansas" He ordered out
the militia. 800 strong, to expel the Republican
house from the capitol, aud the Republican
house retalatsd By swearing in GOO assistant
sergeants-ss-arma. One shot on any day of
the contest would have provoked . general mas
sacre. but the adjutant general told the gov.
ernor that he proposed to keep the peace. not to
break 1t, but II the governors idea had been fol.
lowed out there would have been . slaughter
On the last day OF the trouble there were 10000
visitors In Topeka, with the snow q foot and
half deep, and all of them were looking for
trouble, but the Populists, who had been roar.
hni~
cine like little men and were - docile - lambs
when the supreme court decision was brought
down. II 10 fact that there Is more than &c.,
oO0,OOO OF local money lying idle in the banks of
Kansas, because the owners of 1t do not dare to
invest 1t so long a. there is any possibility Of
the Popuiists remaining in control of the state
government" Mr.. Mitchell will visit his
brother. Hon. Joseph Mitchell, OF Wi.keson. for
several weeks before returning to Kansas
Abram Pigeon. OF H. Pigeon 4 Sons, Boston,
10 in the city for the purpose of securing cargo
of spars. In the manufacture Of which his nrm
IL engaged. II need not say your fr spsrs are
tar superior TO anything else We can get" said
he. "The demand 1T present, however, 10 quite
dull. and We are taking this cargo principally to
keep our stock sorted up. ship building has
been stagnant on the Atlantic coast for some
time owing to the low freight rateA Like every.
thing else, 1t 10 action aud reaction. When
freights are low ships lay of and building
ceassA But great many coasting vessels have
been lost during the last two years. and should
freights go up there will be another rush to
build vessei& The sailing vessels now built are
mostly used in the coasting trade, as the steam.
ers are gradually monopOliztng the trans-oceanic
trade Our firm furnished the spars for the
Mayfiower, Puritan and Volunteer, the three
yachts which competed to represent America in
the international yacht race. We have had to
replace one mast Of your Or. which had rotred
after twelve years Of service. and whom the cap
tain told me 1t had rotsed told him was glad
to learn that ono of them had rotted, so could
have the Job of replacing it You know pine
masts rot out in much less time. shall stay
here until We get the four m asted bark Olympic
loaded with spass and lumber"
Capt W. c. B. Graham, OF Orcas island. IN in
the city. II maintain" said he, s.that ore of
the greatest needs OF this coast IL cheap labor.
not only In manufacturing enterprises but even
in agricultural work. When this region seeks
10 make business OF shipping the fruits which
IL Is 30 we'll adapted 10 raising, that need will
become more apparent And speaking of fruits.
there is one man on Orcas Island who has quite
an orchard, and In it he has . small patch of
Imperial pippin trees. He told me, and have
reason TO believe him. that his crop from this
patch sold at the rate Of l.5o0 per acre Another
neighbor last season got $3A worth OF cherries of
OnO urea Auttuex on OLe-tnlIu OF An
raised two tons OF Strawberries, which nstted
him over all expenses 500. There II no getting
around the fact that this basin will some day be
. great fruit growing section"
Carroll Conover. son OF Hon. q B. Conover. Of
Port Townsend, lief: last night for the East He
will take q course In the law department of tne
Ann Arbor university before returning homa
MI Conovsr's mother accompanies him and
will visit the Worlds fair before returning TO
Port Townsend.
Mr.. o. G. Holmes. prominent business man
OF Helena. Mont. accompanied BY bis wife and
little boy. 10 visiting the family OF J. C. Coney,
chief c!erk in the office OF the Seattle, LAKE
shore Eastern railway. They viii leave ior
Los Angeles next week for . protractsd stay.
Perished ON the Lonely Prairie.
NJ. d. Mcconnell, 60 years old, an eccentric
money loaner of WaterviIle, has been missing
since Dseeua Der q, and IL believed to be dead.
On the sd he lett his ranch at the mouth Of
Moses Coules, bound for Rock Island, ak miles
distant, or for WasePviile. soms tWenty-eirht