The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-09
ussdian Pacific Responsible for
. Atlin Exclusion.
,sHMTs AN OVERLAND ROUTE.
~ mach Hope for Repeat within
!. Rour Years, ~ Joe Martha Has
81 Dehtnd Him = StPOng Power
) Popular support II Gone Fron the
nieA Admissfon 20 HE Own CIuh.


fhrone is just beginning 10 leak CUT In
British 5ia, aud the people Of that
reov;nee awakening To the belief that
ttere was q gigantic deal on hand that
resulted in the passage Of the law ex-
ciuding Americans and other aliens from
partic.pation ia the riches OF the t.assiar
district. The Canadian Pacific which
Attorney General joe Martin formerly
represented. and a follower and ooedIeat
servant of which ms Is supposed to asiI
~. In the intent Of getting control az the
prospective great traffic % the northern
mining region by temporarily closing IL 10
development until it could connect With il
b railroad, is believed to have been the
tnep3rer and supporter og the exclusion
act. using Joe Martin as the fosster-in-
chief
f. NJ ~ Woods, ono OF the reportoriat
star OF the Victoria Globe and formerly
enc af the chief reporters Of the CoIonisf
Who IL as we'll Informed British Column
ban laws az any iaymaii in that prov
lnce. has arrived In Seattle for a little
vacation. and Incidentally gives consider
able information regarding the post work
tnes OF the enactment that has been the
bane Of Atlin-bound American pros
pectors. When the Martin bill first he
came a law, the supporters, both In and
out of the provincial parliament looked
for great influx of supply business into
Victoria. although the great supply houses
were sk.pticai of the prospective benefits
% an enactment that drove from the north
hundreds OF outsiders who wonld other
wise have gone there.
Now is coming the sad reality and the
conscientious opponents OF alienism ars
appreciating that there Is not population
enough In the Dominion to fully develop
ifs resources. and the constituencies sup
porters are kept busy explaining why they
should not be sent back Into private iife
This development is becoming all the
more pronounced says Mr. Woods. az IL
II becoming known that the Canadian Pa
cific railway was the principal oacker OF
the measure. and all for Il matter 81 dol
iars and cents 10 swell It's gross and net
earnings.
IL has not been long since there was
some tangible opposition 10 Canadian Pa
cincism I'm The province. when Mckenzie
4 Mann launched their project % es-
tablishing competing railway from
Robson, In the koot.nai country % Tic
torfa- All legal rights for this enterprise
were secured ana IL was believed that
everything was proceeding nerriiy to the
completion Of the venture. But new. IL
develops that by some means or other
these legal rights have been swept away,
and the Canadian Pacific holds the
monopoly or provincial rsliroadine
II IL we'll known that there are
riches In greater or less quantity all
the way nnrthward from the kootenai Il,
the CsSsiar. and that a transportation
scheme to bring into market reach that
country would Ia all likelihood prove "a
financial bonanza. The Canadian Pacific,
nearest to the mentioned districts. has al
ready sisniilcd it's intention OF getting
into Spokane from Robson and il pre-
sided over BY Sir ". e. Van Horne an
executive head rated M astuie az presi-
The wealth OF the Atiiu country being
verified and Its being realized that there
would be an enormous immigration there.
what thing more natural asks Mr. Woeaes
than that this railroad system should
seek 10 get It's trader
But II would require two or three years'
tlme tp &c, "a railroad to that country.
and by then ia. country woud be filled
with people and the steamships In con
troll OF the traffic. Nothing bat iegai
exclusion could stop this. Now is the
report. the CANADIAN Pacific VIII begin
10 lay plans for the new thoruughfare.
and when II is ready for business the
alien exclusion law Will he repeated
Anent Joe Martin. Mr.. Woods saws,
there has taken place an immense rev,i-
sion of feeling. and IL Be went to the
country to-day for reelection he would
be defeated by an overwhelming majority
An illustration Of this Ss his rejection
from the Badmintcn club q semi political
organization composed ~ some Of the
most prominent men Of Victoria aud
which is a liberal club the same poltsca
the attorney general Processes. Nsneou-
vcr has united with Victoria I'm opposi~
ton Ia exclusion. hat the parliament has
been rrorc.ued two weeks. and as Martin
has seven majority in sigh, for the next
four years there Is not much hnpse Of
there being repeal until the Canadian
Pacific and Joe Martin set ready 10 have
one