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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-20
THE CALIFORNIA sENAroasuur.

California will have reason TO remem-
Der its senatorial deadlock. which has
just resulted In failure to elect a sue
cessor to Senator White. The deadlock
began and ended In corruption. 1t was
the result of a nefarious campaign bar
gain. whose participators proved false
to each other.
Burns was openly and avowedIy the
candidate acceptable TO the Southern
Pacific Company. which, with the ex-
ception OF the one year. 1894. when Budd
WAS elected governor. has been the alb
soluts manipulation Of California polt-
ties. Young Grant. who led In the op-
position to Burns. was only cireum-
stantial candidate. with no record TO
commend him TO the people and no in
dorsement save that obtained by de-
iiherate and iong-contemplated plan IF
self promotion.
The ether candidates were at no time
formidable opponents Of the two lead
Irving 81. Scott, the builder OF the Ore
gon." would have been creditahie
choice.
In the commemorate desire TO defeat
the Dsmo-popu..st nominee for gov
ernor. Mcguire. who In any event could
not have been a safe man In the execu-
tive chair OF state government. the
Republicans accepted the preferred as
sis,arce Of the Southern Pacific Com
means and made use Of the eognpsny's
political machinery. The Republican
press fell III with the bargain ans.
ssultined itself by declaring tha; the
railroad WAS not In the sght- The eiec-
tlon. however. had hardly been con
clnaszt before the railroad manifested
It's hand hy .naerslns the candidacy IL
TIE notorious ard unworthy Dan Burns,
In a manner consistent ouiv with the
hSsascrssy 0. the anse-esecston days tae
Republican press protested loudly They
sor What they deserved for their pains
they we're ignored BY the company
AHA when they had made their bar
gain
yasaer the circumstances the ogposl-
tlca e. Burns were unable - muster
ssr~ngsh sncng themselves. Their own
sincerity IN the support Of Grant. whom
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A very serious problem confronts Sc
attic as a port We are in the position
that, while we have developed -four
ishing export traffic, our import trade
has not grown at the same rate. and
the result Is we are unable to procure
transportation facilities. The largest
Touring mill In the city has been CON-
PEELED 10 shut down one-half the ca
pacity OF the plant because 1t is turn
ing out It's orders more rapidly than the
product of the mill can be shipped
turers are threatening that. If another
line of steamers is not forthcoming
within the next year. they will solve
the problem themselves by acquiring
lines Of their own. This determination
IL creditahle to their spirit and pluck,
but 1t viii not afford permanent relief.
The solution Of the problem Is q return
cargo.
Complaint is being made that steam
ships are raising the rates and that
freights are higher between Seattle
and the Orient than between San Fran
either 10 discrimination against this
port or 10 greedy attempt TO take ad-
vantage OF our situation. 1t is the COM
merciai consequence Of the conditions
The condition in Seattle is a peril
nent illustration OF the argument which
has been 50 often used In favor q the
encouragement OF American shipping.
our products are in demand our pro-
ducers and millers are doing their best
10 supply that demand, bat. owing 10
the lack os support Tor our merchant
marine progress Is retarded. The only
magnificent resources and 70 reach the
splendid market OF the Orient is 10 ship
our exports in English vessels which
wtll make the return journey TO home
port. carrying the products OF China
and Japan 80 the market where they
can spe disposed o.
Pending action BY the government.
cur Only relief viii be In making II
known - Eastern buyers that By ship
Ing Oriental wares into this country By
way ~ Seattle they can euiid up COM
petisise lire which will be their best
safeguard against any higher srelgt.
rates than should BE fairly charged.
r<rpisxsng as this question is, II IL Al
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SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY.


The great boom in trusts ought to give
Col Bryan a pointer for an exclusive syn
dicate on the Democratic party.
% 20 %
THE enemy lost many killed and
wounded" has become quite the usual
thing in the Philippines.
% 90 20
California is not wholly disconsolate. 1t
still has the two senator's who reside in
San Francisco and are elected from Ne
vada-
%. 30 %
Possibly the banks which are the de-
willing to chip in q little when Treasurer
Young passes the hat for stamps.
90 30 -
Senator Foster, OF Washington. will be
interested to know that he is rated nj
$1,000 by the newspaper statisticians
This shows how good many miliionaires
are made
We are panied to observe that our con-
temporaries describe the last hours OF the
fusion senate as drunken carousal"
Well. some of them had acquired records
At TO drive their owners to drink
90 90 %
Let US hope tina. Mr. A. c. Gunter Is
simply making one OF those sensational
trap-door disappearances for which his
heroes are celebrated. and that he will
duly reappear In the last chapter.
90 80 %
The Eastern cyclones gave a great OPEN
ing for our climate boomers to underscore
n few remarks on storms in Washington In
our immigration pamphlets, and send
them where they will do the most good.
% 80 90
The Skagway railway strikers ought to
be trifie discouraged by the untimeiy ar
rival OF Agitator White in Jail with a
broken head. Unpleasant things happen
sooner or later to gentlemen Of his stripe.
go Sc 20
Senator Mcbride. OF Oregon, was able
heretofore TO conceal the fact that he is
worth $4,000 until some reporter STUN
bied onto II. The senator will now be un-
able 10 make poor mans campaign for
reelection.
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1t will be remembered, says the New
York Times. that Gen. Shafter made at
Los Angeles, not long ago, a speech IN
the course of which he criticised Speaker
Reed with great bitterness OF feeling ana
much vigor of language for his lack OF
sympathy with the administration plans
and policies This speech attracted the
attention of Gen. l.. r. Sherwood, OF
Cleveland, editor OF the American Sports
man. He clipped it from a newspaper,
and, whether from mere love OF excite
ment or out Of respect for the regulation
which makes II q serious offense Tor an
army officer to criticise a member OF the
government, he sent the clipping to Mr..
Reed, with an inquiry as TO what the
military orators motive for speaking as
he did could have been. reply that
was brief aud to the point came promptly
back from Washington:
1T have your letter OF the 9th ult.. with
the Enclosure, for which am very much
obliged. suppose Gen. Shafter was look
ing for a furlough on full pay
That. except for the address AMI the
signature-"T b. Reed"-was all the let
ter contained, but sometimes a little goes
not few things and intimate not q few
more. They disclose very plainly. for In
stance what the speaker thinks Of the
punishment inflicted upon Cen Eagan.
and his cynical inclination to doubt II
quite all of our officers are shudderinS at
the very thought Of going through q sim
liar experience. Looking into the letter
Always further. one also might see hint
that Mr.. Reed does not contemplate TAX
ing any action in defense of his dignity
for fear lest such satisfaction as he
might get would be as unsubstanti;tl as
that obtained by Gen. Miles for the insults
heaped upon him by Gen. Eagan."
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rance possessed ~ ne queen, Lxifuoka-
lani. KAiutani Was the most unhappy
nsourn<r IT the raaxang os the American
Stars ana sfrfps Iast August She spoke
TO her friends 1T that time as one whose
natural Illness would be multiplied
thousandsoId b. the wearing at her heart
q the srie4 st,e fsit that her people were
no ionger an independent race The
sserness Of VI can bat sympathtze with
her. EAtioas are fyptned By the figure
Of woman. Hsse vas nations future
queen dyiag because her nation had Il
ready perished
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-20

The Vancouver Register Gieut Gov.
Daniels, proprietor). enifs some inter-
esting comments on the work of the late
legislature. In the senate of which the
lieutenant governor was SO potent an
influence. 1t says:
Now that the legislature has adjourned,
and great claims of economy are in GER
tain quarters being credited TO the Repub-
iican house. 1t may be wen TO state the
fact that there was lack OF sincerity Ia
this claim on the part OF Republicans. Many
OF the state Offices have been granted an
insufficient amount OF money for the proper
transaction OF the business connected there
with, while extravaganza was practicedr in
ether quarters by the Republican legisla-
ture. For instance. they passed bills pro-
viding for three normal schools. and they
passed two capitol bills. one providing for
the expenditure of $4,000 and the other for
$4,000. but both OF the latter were vetoed
by the governor.
toll commission bills passed the Repub-
liean house and the fusion senate by
round votes. and were both vetoed by
the Popuiist governor. The Republican
house sustained the governor In the
one, the fusion senate in the other. IN
the first, the fusion vote was divided
equally; in the second, there were nine
senators against the governor, and of
these six were of his own political faith
Cor faiths). So far as the legislature is
concerned. 1t is thus obvious that the
Republican party has somewhat the
better record.
The difference between the. two
houses Is nowhere better illustrated
than in their respective expenditures on
account OF employees. The following
figures are from Populist source:
House ......4...... ..-..... ............. Wits
Senate ...... .............. $500
Senate excess 1890. .......... 1899. l,lsl
Thus the fusion senate, with 81 men,
bers. paid out for salaries more by
Hist than the Republican house with
rs members. And. not content with this
wanton and reckless waste OF the peo-
pies money. it gave away everything
In sight. from the clock to the surplus
in the treasury. Truly. a literal theft
by greedy senators Of both the taxpay-
ers' time and money.
The Republican party will be willing
to take the entire responsibility for the
normal school appropriations. IL the
Populists desire to impose it on them;
and Ii they can also be held account
able for the enforcement of rigid econ
omy in the state offices because of mod
est appropriations for their conduct
they VIII not grieve. Why Is 1t that
during the recent campaign the state
administration most carefully concealed
the fact that 1t had been inadequately
provided by the Populist legislature Of
1897. but that on the contrary. it tried
to make great capital out of that fact?
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they had picked mp ~ the most avail
able fgnrehead, was constantly In ques-
ton They could neither break away
other The meshes Of the corrupt deal
with the railroad company bound them.
The blame can attach TO none but them
selves II belongs TO the Republican
press OF the state. and 20 the willing
ness OF the Republican party 10 be
doninAted by = machine which IL might
have rendered snbservient- The incident
ID . ssrcng lesson In the futility OF political
dishonesty
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The renewal OF the cut rates by the
railroads IL q revival Of opportunity 10
again widely advertise Seattle 1t fol-
lows. closely upon the interest in the
Klondike and comes In a timely man.
ner at the beginning Of the interest In
transpactflc commerce. II the business
men Of the city organize bureau. as
they did in the fall Of 1897. and proceed
actively and theoretically to push the
claims OF this vicinity to the attention
Of the public, Seattle may again be
made the destination. OF a large and
valuable pilgrimage OF travellers. in
vestors and new residents.
Cut rates are In themselves an In
ducement to undertake the pleasures Of
touring or to grasp the chance to visit
sections about which curiosity has been
aroused. Travel always follows the di-
rection OF curiosity. People seek Euro
pean resorts because the resorts have
been made known to them. Los An
geles has been the most persistent self
advertiser in the world. Washington.
on the other hand. IL almost the least
known Of the pleasure countries Of the
United States. The Mormons have made
Utah famous. Manitou and Pixies Peak
4 have given Colorado q name al wide
as two continents. Idaho has its
shoshone Falls and Montana Its yell
old Santa Fe and its Enchanted Mesa,
and Arizona has its Grand Canyon OF
the Colorado. But Washington's in
comparable Puget sound. her white-veil-
ed Rainier and Baker. her sharp-peaked
and massive Olympics. her boundless
forests and her innumerabie streams
have had few heralds to tell their beau
ties and their allurements. They await
the publicity Of the press the enthusi-
astic praise of those who dwell among
them. They require advertising.
Systematic. continued circulation of
gently needed. Photographs Of Wash
ington and its scenic varieties. anec-
dotes and narratives of Washington's
life and occupations. its sports and
pastimes. az well as Its business avoca-
tions. its schools and universities and
churches. Its trades and It's people. can
be distributed, with profit, among the
residents of every state, the tourist
headquarters OF every city. the inhabi-
tants Of every country. In proportion to
the amount of work Of this kind that is
done, will be the increase Of that ele-
ment Of curiosity which is the greatest
impulse to tourist travel to any par
ticuiar locality.
The existence OF the cut rates Gre
ates the opportunity for inaugurating
the work Of advertising in a manner
that will be as promptly and thoroughly
efiicacious as that of the Klondike bu-
ram ff 1914
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The phenomenal changes In the area OF
states. suggests the natural inquiry as TO
whether permanent alteration Of climates
may not have begun CALIFORNIA; two
years OF drouth and the extraordinary cold
in the South this season can but stimu-
late the inquiries Of scientists. in order
that II may be determined whether the
Inhabitants OF these two sections OF coun-
try win be obliged to adjust themselves to
new conditions for the future
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-20
rnE MISSING BILL.

Whatever may be thought Of the
means by which the Davis bin has been
if.ched from the custody Of the officials
"a whom II was Entrusted. there can he
Gus innovation upon established rule
20 seek to make the engrossed bin a
law. The constitution says: mo bill
shall become law until the same shall
have been signed BY the presiding Of
GER Of each OF the two houses in open
session and under such rules as the
legislature shall prescribe"
The engrossed bill is not so authenti-
Gated. and there would be no conclusive
proof that the document which now APP
pears TO be the engrossed bill was the
measure which the journals show. by
title. passed either house, 1t Is now held
that the only safe rule for interpreting
clauses Of the constitution which COM
tain methods 10 be observed. I'm the en-
actment OF statutes Is to Insist that
when II il afyirmatiyeIy shown by legal
evidence that. In the attempt to iegis-
late. some mandate of the constitution
has been disregarded. such attempt
never becomes law.
II the custom had been for the speak
or and the presiding officer Of the senate
60 sign engrossed bills. and for the clerk
10 indorse them In order To insure their
identification. then the engrossed bill In
the case In question would be quite al
good as the enrolled bill In New Jersey,
from the earliest times. IL has been the
practice TO sign the engrossed bills not
wishstanding the fact that they are fire.
quently referred 60 In the statutes as
enrolled bills. 1t fs inima,eria. whether
such document Is called an enrolled
bill OF an engrossed bill, the object OF
requiring 1t 10 be signed in open session
In TO preserve the identity os the in
denture
Without that Identification the en-
tries In the journal would have no value.
Their only testimony is that a certain
act. bearing a certain number. and a
certain title. had been PASSED They
could NOT determine whether the paper
presented without the constitutional au-
Identification was the act OF the legisla-
ture
Even IL the engrossed bill bore such
marks as would carry conviction tina.
II was indeed the bin which passed both
houses IL would NO, have any greater
value as a have. since II lacked the vital
ixing element ~ legislative enactment
prescribed by the constitution, namely.
that il should he signed hy both presto
ing officers IN open session
II twas an inciaen: af the closing hours
~ the session that two members sat
throughout ths njsht ,ln o'claek i'm the
morning With The speaker. while two
other members compared the enrolled
with the ensvossei b.ils. ard while the
clock still lacked few rainatez ~ tire
midnight hour. 81 orier thar TIE re-
oairvs,ent 81 the constitution should be
observed There was as ,noeh pains
taken 70 insure regssIafity uq % she has,
moment ana in the signing u tho last
bin as ugen any occasion when there
was fali representation in both houses
There tnay - sslg interested vicious
NAV re misfortune. tu; II cannot As
r~nse,sies by an atfenagt 70 pat nto lnto
q document which has IN innate value.
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rnosrrrrTED raEIR OFFICES.
Severe Arraignaent 81 fopuafst Sen
afoPs by ex-Speaker Cline.

severe AHH0t809eOt 81 EOpUssSs 49,
afess by ex-speaker CHne.
STATE Journal sPop.p
There were men in the tate legislature
who claimed to be Pcpulists when elected,
They have violated every pledge exaeted
OF them BY the trusting people who sent
them to Olympia. Tie last few days OF the
session showed these gentry in their shame
a~9 prostitution of Their high Offices.
THE hypocrite had left bis mask and
stood
In naked uglinezs He was man who
sole the livery OF the court OF heaven
To serve the devil IN
They were a scoundrely set. and have
done more 10 set back the cause Of reforms
along the lines of representative govern
ment than any other one thing that has
taken place in the state for many q year.
All were not bad and of this bad, all were
not equally had-Some were worse.
These men have erected monument TO
their infamy. and when the next genera
ton would look back TO epcchai dates they
viii speak Of the last as the Doodle legiS-
lature.'
IT'S true that not all the traitors TO the
people were in the senate. Far from IL
The Republicans in the house had their
share of those whited sepuichers who call
themselves men, yet whose actions De-
speak the charnel house within. But they
were Republicans. and the people have for
some reason gotten into the habit or con-
doning wrong when committed by Repub-
ncans But the people really. perhaps fool
ishly. after the antics of the same body two
years ago, expected better of the senate
A small majority of them had been elected
pledged to do right. They have failed and
their episaphs have been written.
They seemed
For dignity composed and high exploit:
But all were false and hollow.
Let them go: the state is well rid OF them:
the People's party is well rid OF them, but
us there not some chosen curse.
Some hidden thunder in the stores OF
heaven,
Red with uncommon wrath. to blast these
men,"
who in exalted position plot their country's
ruing
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It Is announced from Washington that
there will be no more powder shortage.
as the government plant now under con-
struction at Indian head will turn out
3ooo pounds Of smokeless powder day.
The horse having been stolen, the gov
eminent now proceeds to put a substantial
lock on the door
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BEDTIME.

The sigAt - different from the day.
It's darker IN the night.
Eow can yug ever hope to play,
WAsa lis 80 longer 5shts
Wsars hesstssrs comes Il . sErs for you
To stop while you're yaw.ainR
Yoa snsssal4 - dreaming what yrss'li 40
When SIS Tomorrow ua1rntnR.
-[<ssit Burgess in H. Nichesao.
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With the melting OF the SHOWS comes
the migratory miner from his winter hiber-
nation; and soon the sound Of the pick
and the boom OF the dynamite stick will
be making echoes in the mountains and
heraIding new sources of wealth
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M,awiuter Fireworks.

Didn't you suffer during the cold
weather. johnny
Nom cur kitchen stove blew up an
fifteen mora stoves In our block blew up"
--D@sroit Ere. Press.
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4 DlaaGreeah hbor.

II notice a cooiness between you and
Mrs. Nexdore. What In the troubie7''
She sent her little boy over yesterday
for stepiadder we borrowed Of her two
years ago. The artfui woman let Ii stay
here ali that time she could send for
II some day and make me feel cheap. CHI
cago Tribune
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1t Is not likely that Aguinaido would
welcome Maj. Count Esterhaxy, the no
torious Dreyfus scandalite, who is report
ed to have expressed wish ito join Agui-
naldo and fight In his little army" The
Filipino general is doing quite well as
consideration getter and appears to
need no DEPUTY
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Politics cuts no figure In railroad iegislA-
ton in this state. In fact. politics and po-
ht.cai promises are only the means to an
end The railroads generally cut whatever
figure is necessary to stifle legislation for
the people. VIII the people Of this state
bear this In mind during the next cam
paign?
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The Spor.-so yer dropped some money
on de Milwaukee Chicken, did yer?
The Chappie--Well, l saw him box and /
thought he'd win.
The Sport-Weil. de mex time, you jes.
ask somebody dat knows, an don't try to
do any t'inkn' Puck.
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syacst amusing TO reflect upon the mar
velous rapidify with which the condi-
tons have changed from that in which
we had no carxoes 10 send to that in
which our cargoes are too large for the
shipping facilities, and we are worry
ing how to IN the bottoms with return
freight
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What is your position on the open-door
policy asked the diplomat.
Well. answered Il Hung Chang Il
ion't know thar is zsaa kes much difference
10 me. 50 ftsng Ear keep on the in
side. w asIaIagto1 Evening StAg
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"Cotton," exclaimed Georgia farmer.
what do want with cotton? My hands
have been storing ice ever since spring set
In, and I'm going to make fortune selling
IL next August, when the flowers bloom and
the Thermometer discovers that it's over
slept itself and It's time tn rise. No. str,
no cotton in mine. I'm in the Ice business
10 stay.'--Atianta Constitution.
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Was Jefferson n Democrat


Col. Bryan may conclude that 1t would
be well to inquire how the great Jefferson
stands on the Chicago platform and the
Democratic principles OF today. A Demo
crat with so particular conscience as
Hryans cannot be too careful about the
dead and gone Democratic statesmen he Is
honoring nowadays