The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-26

rven while T. Is slightly Irritating.
there g sfsEi some amusement 20 be de-
rsved from The conpIecersy with which
a certain class Of newspapers Tab!.snesi
in the Eastern STATES persist In referring
70 TIRE dersxeus OF TIRE far wsstern-par-
tleularIy the Pacific coast--states, ss
though xe In this section were cs dis
tfrsct racial type TIE wild and woody
West - not q mere figure % speech
wish the rnen vho edit fhess journals,
but with their intense provincial,szn they
persist "a looking upon the man Of the
West as q new type. \ crude product OF
. cruder civilization, with fantastic ideas
on matters % political moment, prone 20
uHrsasoHtng political crszeS. with lttls
ada ptablIIty for the nicefies OF culture
and refinement which are claimed as the
exclusive property OF the Atlantic states
The popularity OF this lies tn the fact
that in the newer states OF tire Pacific
coast. particularly IN the state OF Wash
ington. fully ninety per cent. az the
American born adult male population.
are men born educated ard reared 70
manhood In other states. ana who have
migrated here within particularly re-
cent period The fore8gn-born voting
population IL smaller here Than In any
other section Of the United States except
the South. Every state in the Union has
its native sons by thousands. the Allan
tic states having better numerical repre-
sentation here than any OF the states
OF the older West In proportion 70 pop
uIation the cities Of the state OF Wash
irgton probably have a greater number
OF young men educated IN Eastern col
Ieges than airy cities OF Ike size on the
Atlantic seaboard.
The reasons why this condition OF af-
fairs exists here are not far 10 seek The
West has always offered fairer field
for young men OF energy and brains than
the older settled sections. and Just that
class OF young men has seen this fact
and taken advantage OF II. The home
keeping youth" OF the Eastern country
town or small city Is likely 10 be some
what more sluggish, certainly less ner-
vous. than his boyhood friend. who seeks
wider and broader field in which TO
develop and where fitness for the work
counts for more than family influence
and personal backing.
The west has been constantly settled
from the East. The typical Western
man is the man who. born and educated
in the East. has in early manhood. short
Iy after leaving his college, settled in
some new state. has acquired by his own
talents and labor a position in business
or I'm a profession. Is In a fair way 30
achieve wealth. or who has already done
so. and who by reason OF the SUCCESSIVE
has made Of life In the West. has become
the enthusiastic uphoiier of the West.
particularly of his own state, as the
greatest region on earth
This is the class of Western men who
as a rule conduct Western business.
Western manufactures. Western rail-
roads. banks. newspapers and in many
Instances Western farms and mines.
They are the class OF men who represent
the far West in both houses OF congress
and who are generally prominent in pol
itics and TO the front In national conven-
tlons. where their enthusiasm and energy
are looked upon as typical Western
traits,