The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-23
~. RaAy Addresses ChanbeF ~
CesneFce On the Land 81 the
H~Ah-DeIieves A1eRteaa Mea-
h<s 81 the Joint High Ceaats-
pspssing ~ BoanAasy oaesasea.


Riding a horse7 questioned the sena-
~ ssNope.' answered the patient.
50 We'll. what are yoH riding?'
= "A hobby
= !" Whats the difference said D~pew.
. The difference said the patient why
Sser you ride = horse You can get OF
shen you want to, but when you ride
bbby you've got 10 stay on
And, gentlemen, that n the way with
se.'' continued the speaker. MY hobby
Alaska II has been my hobby for TWEEN
years. It's my hoboy now. Eve ridden
i I 70 long couldn't get on IL ! wanted to.
and don't want to get OF.
& II remember Seattle twenty years ago
IL know what IL WAS then--a village on Ea-
{ lott bay--and see what II Is now, q city.
te<ming With wealth and thousands OF
z busy people.
: "Gentiemen, the conditions OF the West
are changing. In q year they have chang
ed more than in a century before Con-
= fronting the Pacific coast il our new ter
! ritory. Hawaii. and what viii probably De
our newer territory. the Philippines.
The government seems alive to the
needs OF these new possessions. Let them
not forget their older territory. Alaska. for
II Is a wonderful land and one OF the beat
and richest Possessions Of this govern
ment. Not In gold alone. although os that
We have q store house full bar In other
resources that will be within the reach OF
oil.
The West Unknown.
The ono thing that struck me most
forcibly in Washington Was the fact tina.
the senators Of today seem TO know nothing
OF Alaska and but little about the great
Northwest Of these United States Not
aimee the famous speech OF Charles sum-
nsr has there been . senator who has ever
thought 0f speaking of Alaska fr terms OF
anything but what might be called the
frozen north While Sumner was never
west Of the Rocky mountains, stiii he knew
more about Aiaska as II Vas then. an al
most uninhA b4tAd land. than the average
senator knows about II al It b. today. with
ffs tena Of thousands OF American citizens
AiaeAA - not the frozen north. There
are Thousands and thousands OF acres OF
land THAT can be cultivated and an good
csops rais~d AZ can be raised anywhere
Thers Ara thousands Of acres Of pasture
that VIZ Fred unlimited herda Of stock
Whas v1At aud what / want you gentle
men 10 h~sp ne get y v1eat 10 that land
OF tho mes who must handle the present
destiny u Alaska In order that they may
- and Knew before they act
&. i ale In Washington this winter learn
4 q Tor the first time how she treaty
which Ease us Alaska came ta b.
= Great Britain or come 70 us ana
SusstA. friendly then. as now. gave
his country the preference The s.tlrt,.te
u Great Britain toward this govsrnr.en,
~ that time need rot be commented upon
nor need l aay that Russia by her Art in
fc~ting to ~ he territory, gave ~ far mose
SthAn the mere land ifs<ss The freafv ~r.s
negotiated one nigh, between 10 o,e,sek ana
tho next morning and II was Runsia's
ertrdship ana confidence that made the
payment Afterwards rendered by this row
eminent small sum, even rad Alaska b.en
tie frozen north. Since that day the ter
rtory has paid for itself again and again
dSpite the untssst laws which have bur
dned ~ For rrnember we have po rssn
fascination AT Washington. and are !rgss
ksed for by the people who know nothing
aDoW us
HeA so Appeal tn England.
'otsn have We been Inundated WIN
can oFget when I'm fs-S the Indiana ~
ALASKA Threatened 70 massacre the whites
tho after s0ss this message no, Ia the
White House. bat TO the Brislsh authorities.
we pay you 10 ssnd as 3 British vessel
Tor p<,tecfseff NJ our iiyes ausn such i'm.
a. fheAmsrfcan government can act
Again n the customs Laws TINS efss,ntry
has tren shorssighfsi with Alaska The
laws forsd sas sale ~ isussars sua ves
when left there were &c rlacex tn
Aiaskt riitHg liquor under government
Fcsnse. very one If which il Illegal !,
II the farce Of enc government Officer
granting privilege and anathex govern
Hsept officer rfanishing the Ysan far sxae-
cssing IL Why. fsntn ~ late years We Aasf
no offer of any Kind. remember back
In ls's. when Alaska had belonged 10 tae
United States fer ten years col Ban
the e5Itoms officer 90 the terris0eg. had as.
one orssien 10 set "a probate Judge 70
s-stieb disputed estate.
"HAexer there will tse q change =,
sae eissams ard liquor iaxS an ful-
next and IL VIII b. welcome our rsslssssl
system Is row fairly weli established a.
thousa ~. entirety satisfactory 20 RIA the
r~oph ~ the territory IA 10 location ~
the United States courts
TIE time has RAISED when a man vh,
wosxs plant 3 seed In Alaska Was conxs.:.
cred a so~d IL is unsafe 10 say ,hst
shsye Ia ors square a,sio ~ land n Alaska
that IL worthless He&ieses The ru!aes
wsach ate rtch beyond compare. both
risceT AM quartz. We have asA ard
,rnber afl crops
-Cgops sou say Can yea raise esess~
In AlaSkS }ea. verify, answer 1 uss-
seif hsy-rsised vegetables. small berries
etc. in ssan6aass in nav garden havts
rs<~s nrHes cows ana pigs ana sheen
j know shat X ~ "a farm ard | tell vssl
that As~ka has an IDEAL sysfegn ~ nastr-
a. brighton. rs many sections ths earth
thavs depth ns eighteen inches and
White does not ran the moisture az tNe
thawes earth furnishes all the waser
esofssr vegetables or berries neei
Hay Under the >new.
IL ne tell yaa something ,aat viii