The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-09
Chamber Of Commerce Pass
es Strong Resolutions.
STRONG VIEWS EXPRESSED
Excitement Over the Proposed Gcd-
ing of n Isna asnss Fort ssfows
In Inf~n.tsy-Ir ia sae Great and
Absorbing Question-Es~ry Possi-
Against the G.dfag of an Inch

TIE leading clsszans u ssalsls @efe cox
ssdarabiy wsfkea ~ y-@tsgssay - a ses'slf
OF ths stat@sneuf that tt4e Afnsr1cAn sab
committee CT she AIzsks Boundary - Inc
joint high c9ustsi ssfSm III favor q c*sa-
tag a Lsnn canal pgr[ - Can&ssa, ara
faAny stFDag expressions 81 opinion FeFe
heard n regard Il iris cedsg& os So F-s'-
ss.e piece % territory.
WAY fs0f csde tie WBeks q Lynn cana
al ance." said ore. "9r tia ~tso4e ~ A.as-
ka" suggested anosH'r egeci~s state
,neas os N8ns- % these uDlEsgns fetso.k 5ae
ordinary ulsss. Bg % fhe Ga8mbey az Com
fn.ece YESTERDAY afternoon. whsa the saues-
tisn wsz drought ~ ana usost vigorously
discussed. IL ~aa plain u see that It nSs
tiss luA11ft&s sBetegs tnst had id - 80
large AZ attsf3asgseA ~ nseEa8sez.
gfrasaden. erTaEes !atFoafe 81 tae matter
- calling attention 81 tha great excite
naeGt q inc previous 6ay 7Ilassl It's becoming
known that Gae Sub committee - sha tgtnJ
high commission favored essing Dyea 81
skagaay - Canada. lie had received a
number os kilograms 20 this eft aaa a
number Of teleEsanss had been received b.
Others he read OLE telegram from Con
gresham Jones. and also drew Attention
to the Statement 81 the special correspond
ent ar tha Fost~fgtel tEeueer AZ Washing
ton. Tbs previous day he had 1gErsted
90 Secretary FFoacb taat the chambers -
commerce Of Tacoma. Portland and SAn
Irancisoo =. asked - cooperate in a ytg-
orous movement against s.ich concession
Of American territory, and this had Des
done
GENERAL FEA1tREs Distt sst.D.
lie then went OYER tar general features
Of the boundary question. stating ihe con-
tanuons both sides, although. he Oh.
served. nearly every naeu1r present was
probably familiar with she matter. as the
eaatal,r had - often discussed IL and
taken action thereon Nav they were com
ffoissee with some hi0g thAe~ uliid b. aath-
Ing less than disastrous n Taesae coast
Interests II carried into effe,s1, and he ask
ed the pleasure % the chamber.
Judge NctNs~ra followed with = stirring
speech on The danger that Threatened % Ills.
Pacific coast Interests In Aiasks being
traded Of cor some sssaIng Interests ar bait
aiestica the New England coast As
this boundary question was The NEST i'm
lurtant siIblect hsfoTe the jeiDt high con-
mission Aa could uat un5sgasantt haw II
was tns' IN tAs comm sstou There should
be 40 representative from any state west
az the Mississippi. river. As basis fsr
discussion o1 tire whole subject, he offered
the fniiaWins resolution
whereas. II iS reported. mppar-
entity u8on good autharlis that
sub-e fsafits~ Of the United
States and nrisi~a Joint hish
commission for tho adjustment
of Canadian questions, now In
rsssion In the city ef Washing
ten. -. e. ks~ offered tu -ansede
pert ora Lynn canal. IA Alaska.
In exchange for concession. an
Eastern 6-hrriess aud
Whereas. Neither the Pacific
eeass nor any state west of the
Mississippi river. ss represented
ON saeh commissions aud
Whereas. The rights and Inter
esss at the great aaFth ARE not
pSoper subjects EFF barter, 10 Sc
cure advantages for Eastern fish
eriesi and
Whereas, The whole of Lsan
canal nud she adjacent land ia
the summit og the mountains
.mstsris thereof belongs so the
Matted states sa Zee simple. and
the sa.as has heru 80 thr sole aud
exclusive pnssessiop thereof. aud
the Iisg az the snsau has Heated
thereo. fer mere thaa thists
years. and
Whereas. Ih. British Columbia
parliament has recently passed
nntsss and uusrfendl, law for
the purpose ct excluding Am~ri-
can enterprise and smcFtcan enp-
unt tratn The nsia~s within the
territorial iiasit. az TINT prov
iuess had
Nbsraz. said lynn canal IL the
gateway aaa L~x ta tn. ss,tu-
81 British Columbia. rh~
S.rthwest sereEt"rS ntsa Eastern
Alaska. and aanrt~ Sc the elsea
AZ Il.
ngaipxt shr unfrteuaIs tcaf&la-
stan alluded t@s a.a
Whereas. ab~F~ are two AIss~ra~
towns aud ~ranust~. VS.
sksg~av sad useh. al shc head
or sRad canal. huttt up. owned nna