The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-02

svattle. Wash. Oct T. 80
To the Editor Ia vf@w 81 the great
wrong and irlassfiee gerpefr@t@d upoa
American miners ~ the pas~ase n the
k~acfion' allen Isw BY fhr governors
81 british cotumhis. 10 wotsid seem pieces
% monumental gail on their part 70 sss
any favors ~ the American people, { nap
acnsd 20 be one ~ slse of more AmeFfean
citizens vino. more man . gesr $50. ren.
INTO that then viii snd vnexpIot@st
sIon. and opened ap vsiuabte mining
district after suffering sDsay nardsssfps
We paid the gold cornnuissfonsr a. each fer
our miners licenses ans tnese Hcensrs
granted us The grfvItexs - "proepectlne
locating ana mining anywhere IN me pro-
vince ~ British Columbia for me term q
one yeaf from date Pu when we re-
turned fbis sprfps 70 nahe u~e ~ re
rfgnfs and privileges FOR shlcn sc rad
paid our money. we were informed ~ me
gold commissioner that we could neither
locate nor buy cIalg~ Under orr seens~a
Joe Martin and Lieut. Gov Nclnn~a H.sa
pushed fhis unjust ard Illegal aes thrush
parliament. taking away me rizas they
md toid %. keepinx the money snd srf.s-
tFsffiy enforcing The law. The sole 0bteef
~ the law wss tn pereerufe and arfve COS
American miners. - fhsf Caoadlsn cosa'a
come IN. jump their ciaims and resp ne
fruits ~ their iafor
4FNfitfHN
were permitted 20 Jump ard recor9 three
and four times on tne same cfaina. ~ 0r8sr
That The government might peckes q - for
each record isaf this ~ not sH - ms
wrong that Hse ~ apon tfs 0rfgf-
na' iocsto~ Any ore ~ the Jurnper4
could. ard 10. in sundref~ ~ eas~s ~
20 the commissioner. psy 81 - ard zef o8f
protest stopping ne original iocafor
from work. without x5vfnw any 90 fernnfy
for Esua gffa ff4- tse - Iefs.
{ REMEMBER very distinctly the not 5olIss-
cal contest. 20 which you referga fn a
late issue hefwern Henry Clay snd Ianssa
" Polk ~ whlch me ere8f battle cry
was "FTfy-fosr forty o. nRhf
! may - wrong. hut ny isnpressisn IT,
fhaf James Buchanan. after the sxrtfc-
rnenf ~ the contest rad died our Fielss~.I
- the Establishments ~ fBe Engg4sh eggss-
nsts and submitted me matter 80 Ernbs.
mr. William - Germany who - eamfse
gave ~ ~ nfa oosf~gn. John Huf fTa~ cor
respondent - wronR There w2a ~ aefyi-
sr8uen- j8@s srufse cowsrsfica- Eftory
Thus u was. through diplomacy sna ar
bifrauon. ~ rh~ ErE3tsa call IT, Buf nnor~
property speaking Deception frseserv ant
fraud. Jgnn BuH came into s0e~~s3sen 81
sg fhaf vsst sna valusble territory lysnx
bss ~eem The nerfhefn boundary - Wz~n-
Inxfon ard q - - which fsev gis ag
have ever fne estftow - rxhf
Al fhia ok ~ hear snso~Wn Easter,
s>psrs sboBs ~Dtspi being sn8eker easa
water ard ne iov~ ard "Efpdsy feaaax 80
have for our Enxiss<. cosasfnM" ~rrxa smt.sx
frTrn that olf fsyry ei@fn~nf ~ WNs YORK.
fnaf gave George washington ~ rss~a
frg4bie 1nrfnE ne revolution
n IL skckfy zrnfinn0rtslsesns aasnfng Agr
slg~ verfe~ r9f There is ne wurh fsefgna n
me heagf - toe Americas nnsss~@ II an
ore = fhsrBj ApS ] an sure thas 7 sx-
press the sentiments - n1n~fy.rsfre nsr-
fresfas - fa~ American rn3rsr~ ~ ft-ifgaN
f'8lunntfs ART ere ~srfhsewr s~rrftsrr
WREN I So tba1 p~ ara reasfv aFsd psIssax
- fske bsek st ne poanf - fbe fssvor.f
al rat vslssabIe territory thev ~sie srsrn
- and zops fsai nrsre axtssesf - ss ~
iteD ~ v&Sevavsr sssad. .has 10 5s.tsv
nssra
fsink y JOS ro118 1rz9 eaeh art 81 -
pour realfsrs - sTfta - ore ~ -nrrN e@u-
sfors sntf eynxysssns~n prsx4mtinx sxafnsr
sny eer-sop q territory - srznffne . sr~e
port - entyy snd .@k1nx Rem - nSnt ara
fr~sfv = fhsf slnd. - weDt6 aae~ zreaf IN
fa~ner Thss - me kfnf - s8ets~s s-ses,sasf
sy 80 ran ssfr8. w1en ~ sefeass.s H8as.
inaIons funsiInR haI : am - nv cav "a
fns hosus IN csHs~nts an8 al s~vft@ -
~ve~aI s~nsf0rS srd n~1a<rs thar . rap
- - haoO. q ~ r.