The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-26
STATE PRESS OPINION.

Oh. Mrs. 0wings. whore are your That
awful Spokane woman. Ms Houghsou,
Won't recognise the ambassadors and
pleniposentiaries sent on 10 Chicago BY
you and Mrs. Griggs She won't even
give them passes to get within the gates OF
the White City She calls them nice"
she says you and Mrs. Grsgxs have bitten
OF more than yoa caa chew in trying to
bounce her. Seer She boasts herself
to Be the true and only lady manarer, the
boss Of the road. the owner and proprietor
Of the whole blooming show and this -
her nigh: 30 howl TaccHsA ye~s.
According TO decision made by Justice
Hardin the Gulf OF Georgia il not inciuded
in Puget sound waters" for the purposes
of the act relating 20 hsher,es passed by
the last state legislature That act. il -
ciaimed, Vas very loosely drawn. Il IL
well known that . deaf Of lobbying vas
carried on 1t Olympia by some gentlemen
interested in salmon fishing in the gulf
Al any rate. II the decision il GOOD. sal
mon fishing may b carried on there with
out let or hindrance. while in Puget
sound waters" the restrictions Of the Law
mnst be complied with.-FairAases Her
aid
Eckels' speech vas worse than display
of bad taste. II was positively indecent,
unpatriotic. ungenerous, narrow, spitefui,
contemplate. The man talked like an
ignorant ranter. He deceives himself
with the preposterous notion that the
financial troubles now plaguinG the world
started in the country west OF the Missouri
river. According to his view the weAs has
dragged down Argentine. banKrupted
Austraiia, paraiyxed industry in Europe
and played the fox and the lion with the
lambs Of Wall street This could only
come from narrow and conceited mind
indamed with the ''hurrah" Of cham
payne blow-ous-Spokans Rerier.
The Oiympiaa- 1ribuae has no reason to
believe that Mrs. Honghton has misap-
piled the funds, but there is evidence that
she is extravagant. and when she denies to
her colaborers on the board the right to
question her work or to exercise any power
over the exhibit or the funds she 10 not
pursuing . proper course. and the other
ladies would be properly open TO- public
censure did they not pursue the very
course they have mapped out Mrs.
Owings has made q candid. clear and
logical statement Of this matter, and one
that commands public confidence. Mrs.
Houghton has IT IN her power 10 stop this
''upseemiy QUARREL" and if it continues
she will be he'd responsible for 1.-THE
Otympian-
The natural advantages Of Seattle are
again shown in the locating of terminus
for new line Of steamers by the Great
Northern railroad from Asia to that place.
which is to take effect ~ once. During
the financial pinch throughout the coun-
try Seattle is almost alone, in city of its
size. in which one or moro banks have
not had to close it, doors, and il viii have
. marked effect on Eastern capital looking
for solid cities in which to invest. This is
all made possible BY the loyalty Of the
people to their city, their faith in their
banks and the uniting Of the banks to pro-
tect each other. This Is the war in which
progressive cities are built. and towns and
cities may emulate her example with much
profit to themseives.-Co apesills TSmes.