The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-17
rHx NEW ARMY Posr.
~ spokane Gets IL she should Thank
Squire. Not WILSON

aae' NOT wilson.
washington CITY, Jam S--Speciai--
sns 1Ie1s what cps hears around the
elafAnieae ana IN the committee
TWINS os congress, all Eastern Washing
soA a. oe asag over She subject of
s-ss es1aoAsnnsen NJ OK the military post az
spoAahe- 1ne present status of the case
- th1s' Ine people OF Spokane having
o'is'ea Le' acres OF land to the goyeTn-
i'ie'iN Tor isse military post near that city.
80 i1oi'osatioh receivea the Endorsement
" Ven OBS ana Gen- schosied and later
" sne secfstary of war. Representative
"Asoa'' before ne left for home 10 make
sa'e ssHaeoasaL Hghf' secured the amend
a'ehe OF tae army appropriation bin au-
thoFizsns the establishment OF a post at
SPOKANE Almost Immediately afterwari
q most o. protests poured In from citizens
OF Halla Watla, who claimed TO be alb
soiuteiy certain that the establishment
OF post al Spokane means nothing more
nor less than the subsequent abandon
naeHL or the POST at Waiia Walia. Be-
Iore any or these protests had reached
this city, Senator Squire, at the urgent
request Of the people OF Spokane. had
taken up the matter from tho unsasis-
factory state IN which II had been left
py AR. Wilson. agsi had secured an
amendment appropriatsng s50,eoo for the
Immediate establishment CT the post Be-
fore doing this, however, he had visited
the war department and secured from
Gen Schofeld a satisfactory guarantees
that the post at waala walla was not TO
be disturbed
A big protest from the waiia walla
Commercial Club reached the senator
January 5. and was rTuTnptiy presented
by him to the senate. The senator be-
iieves grea. injustice has been done him
by articles published in the Wall waAa
papers abo.x the matter
My only object sasi Senator SQUIRE
10 the acknowledgement correspondent,
lis to do the best / can for the whole
state, and In doing So am always care
III to abstain from anything that viii In
flict injury on any particular locality.
There Is mo real conflict OF interest be-
tween Spokane and Walla walia az To
the question of army posts. Mr.. Wilson
secured rho amendment az the army an
preparation bill without any consultation
with me. 1t merely authorized the es-
adjustment of the post. but provided ~,
money for the purpose Az sn,n ax
heard OF IL. went Tn see Gen seaotseh,
and was assured that the rsost at Snokana
would in no way affect the one M walla
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