The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-06
His Work In Behalf of the Seattle
Assay Office.
Comptaiats CoacerutnG Miners L.
sfou~ IN the Collection Of Cana
dian Cssssns Were Ases lsveses-
-nassDAaB ArSitras1en Csooissfen.

Erastus Bralnerd. who has just returned
from the East. has hal exceptional cppor-
tunstses for vauglBg she present situation
- puhs.c affairs as related 10 this city
While in Washington he devoted practical
~ MS entire time 10 hooking after leg4s.a-
.iou touching the establishment of All as
say ofsice here. ana his contact With prom
inens men was OF invaluable service. To
a -Inies.-sencer reporter yesterday Mr..
Brsinerd said
In the latter part Of March when the
spring rash 70 the Yukon was feliy on and
the advertising and correspondence Work
Ct the bureau of Information was pTac-
;.caAy completed the friction between the
Puget sound citses aud those Of British
Columbia engaged in the Quilting bus
ness over chs Alaskan boundary queS-
sion. TIE nineFs iIcsnse regulations. and
especially over ailegezi discrimination and
irregularities In the COLLECTION or cana
djaa customs. had become 50 irritating
that our committee decided that Il would
ba we'll tG examine lato complaints whica
had come especially from the East, 10 lay
tbs matter personally before the author
tiss a. Washing ton, ard Incidentally TO
4 ader instructions OF the committee |
ieft Seattle by the Great Northern Oh
March "a / stopped In 81. Paul Chicago
and Philadelphia long enough 70 secure
series OF interviews In nearly all OF The
leading newspapers of those cities. on the
subjects | have mentioned, and on Seal
Ce and Is kiondike boom. In ali OF these
cities the newspapers were very generous,
giving display head articles in nearly
every
Interview With the President.
When / started out war was not antic-
ipated so soon. but by the time / reached
Boston the papers were fun of little else.
la Boston took friend. an attorney.
with me To examine into the Canadian
custom house In that city, and made q
report upon its workings. which was sub
seauently submitted TO the state depart
ment ia Washington. Gong 10 that city
! found the war excitement SO great that
nothing else was considered or thought
Of and telegraphed to the committee TO
know II | should come home or not.
Upon consideration II was deemed best
that / should stay until after war was
declared That WIS the time when war
Was 10 be declared next Monday" and I
spent about ten days on the anxious
bench for some decision 10 be made. Not
long after war actually began Senator
wilson took me TO the president 10
whom ] suggested a. forcibly as / coulf
in a very brief interview that all the
Kiundke questions should be referred 10
an interrsat ionai commission for settle
ment rs speedily as possible a sep which
/ found the president had c!ready consid-
cred. and ch YOU know was taken
last week From what / heard when in
Washington I convinced that the set
uemcnt Of all the questions at issue be
tween Canada and the United States will
take pace "a speedily can be done and
70 the full satisfaction Of all reasonable
men on either side Of tbs international
boundary
Neither Seattle nor Victoria ana Van
ccuver may gain everything they desire
bot Ne az least can afford 20 be not only
Just hut generous IN view Of the more
than friendly spirit shown 10y ali English
speaking people towards the United
States II would ID the hearts nj our Brit
ish Columbian friends good 20 hear as |
nave heard the tremendous and hearty
cAeeF3ng which has greeted The British nas
III New York and Washington. As Fourth
Of july IS approaching fast / wish some
way could b. found 70 convince our friends
over the line that. although we may have
had heated argunsenfs over K,ondlke trade.
Seattle knaws how 10 appreciate such
rta! friendship as their home government
has already shown our government in
many practical ways.
Wars Influence on the hIondiae
by Senator Wilson'S courtesy. inter-
views were also secured by me into the
officials Of the state. treasury. war and
Interior departments before whom | laid
6oth orally ard in writing statements
bearing on the subjects FOR which I visited
Wash 'ngton In every instance was re-
ceIved nat only w.;h the usual courtesy.
but found full appreciation of. and
real personal interest in. the work that
Seattle has dsGa The remark which the
eresident Was kind enough 80 make when
senator Wilson introduced me as repre-
senting the business men Of Seattle is
chsracteFist3cof = sentiment found every
whese- II was From SEATTLE suppose
our Cuban war nuSt- have somea hat OBJ
secured ycuT klendike business his idea.
ard that ~ Others expressed more expdc-
tflS- appearing 10 les that tho outbreak
- the Cuban var bad engaged -. attpq-
<ton af'd services = mary men wao other
wise woG'3 nays he on 1ht,r way "a the
fok0u and TIA; T. the war should end
SoNo- a9i = ne gold should artus}.v corY,.-
down in large amounts n July fh, rush
wonsd Dr. resumed sna he even greater
Than ever. 81 rat this wear shcn next
Nhi'" snEaged cG These. matters ! re-
eriV*ef frlSRrasrs from Seattle Urging ne TO
CIV" special sttsatlon ~ he 4Ssssy af4tet.
III. Wee mined iato ia stains |
to'lns T. ~ oe as foiioNS: hi5i 70 -.
'sha,sh an office asH h.er Introduced IN
~" senate ~ senator Tsiruer Il shgs
state Sstf.SeQur~t srotrsr ssH fo- ehe
same purpose Was irtrrsu el 80 Sensta-
N"f%e1 q? NJ rre~sta ti1th gH~~.. r. fs-~a4