The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-15
THE PASSING THR0NG

Congressman n BrozEns. OF PernxTi-
valala- one % ne best types % TIE osg
oFoad-gauge nsa q the East. arrived II
SEATTLE ever tie Canadian PAc31c Last
evening for q wisg 81 several weeks
E1sea he tEseEsGx - ee-ots 70 resi- ard
recreation. Congressman Rvo~aGs Is now
serving his fifth term. ard hosds important
committees positions IL the house OF when
be Is valued member. He Is chairman
q the eousznztsee OF reform Ia the esyzI
se-vise. and il a user7ber OF The eomnsttse
On banking ard currency.
Tais IL my first visit West" he said
last evening 20 a repTesen alive Of the
Post-IntsEligencer "and am sure shall
enjoy myself You are an enserprtssng.
o1s2ne@s-alk@ community. you have bull.
beautiful city that Is fal o. commercial
promise.
Il would rather noe talk politics or quas-
ssans ~ public importance. I Jeff rny
home IN Lancaster &c get away from bust
nsse. ard ] h&~en's locked into a news
paper, Until today. since leaving home.
Ny intsntion Is to make seAsfle sort OF
center for my observations. and I expect
20 visit potrts OF interest," tn tire nssg h6yoT-
hood. shall take pleasure IN looking into
questions tnas may &c brought UP Ia coa-
sTsss. and BY doing - viii be able 20 act
inteliigentfy.
THE West needs more than Tire East:
governments recognition OF your wants
viii be Of more or less assistance. where
! come from /. ss an old settled coEn-
munffy. by district - only one county,
largely agricultural. and the peoples I'm
,erest IN legislation Is that OF a general
ard rot 4 special character. People are
generally well-to-do aud have few ses1s-
fatave needs.
1T f. very largely 80 IN all OF the dis
tricts Of the East. and the opportun4-.es
Of congressman are more or less confined
20 an interest that il national have
noticed that difference IN the representa-
tives OF the East and the Wes1. The
Western congressman have specific re-
quests. while there are few Of tina; char
acter from the East
For that reason say that shah be
pleased 20 investigate the needs Of the
West while I am on my visit"
Congressman BroSius declined TO dis
cass the civil service or its possible
changes, saying that az the chairman Of
the committee on civil service reform he
did rot care TO anticipate executive &C
ticn.
The last administration. said he was
guilty OF some abuses Of the civil service,
and many stanch adhsrents OF the policy
of civil service had changed their views
In conseQue 7ce. 4 reactiOnary feeling
has set IN, and the opposition to con-
tinuance Of civil service IA abating. There
may be notifications but the law viii
Be maintained. It's operation is largely
discretionary with the president. and /
have the fullest confidence that President
Mckinley will act for the best "a he is
an ardent believer In civil service himself.
Such changes as may be made viii be
those that experience has demonstrated
are necessary for a bettermeni."
Congressman Broslus - accompanied
he vrffe ~ fanNhtzr and Fu~tr1u hts
visit In Seattle he VIII be the guest OF
". r. Harper, at Kinaear and Epler
places Mrs. Brosius aud Mrs Harper
are sisters AZ the end OF his visit here
Congressman and Mrs. Bresius and Miss
Brosius viii so 10 California via Port
land.
He expressed himself last evening as
hoping 10 meet some OF Seattle's pro-
pressivs citizens Of whom he had head
During the last three days two Tacoma
business men have visited Seattle with
tia avowed purpose Of locating here.
One Of them has been engaged in the cry
goods business In the Commencement bay
town for years He has built Up a -four
ishing trade. and is now looking around
for a place where they come easier
than in the little city at the head OF
navigation on tho Sound"
The other Taconan whose eyes are Ill
rected t- Seattie's rapidly growing trade
and who sees Tacoma farther and farther
IN her wake. Is a manufacturer Of large
experience. He has considerable capital
Invested IN his business. which he has
been enabled TO conduct successfully from
the large orders received from Seattle
and other points throughout the state,
and from British Columbia. Montana and
Idaho His company employs 40 men
and the business IL permanent one.
Neither Of these gentlemen was aware
Of the presence OF the ether here. nor
would they allow their names 10 be used
In connection with any newspaper article
Both Acknowledged that Seattle is far
and away the best ci-y-indeed. that there
ia bat one city in Washington, ard that
Is located at the termint OF three rail-
roads on Elliott bay. Both admitted that
Trey hoped 20 locate here. in the expeCta-
fscn OF proatsng by the immense business
that Is being done here every Gay. and
v hleh promises 20 grow into enormous
Proportions n ISIS