The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-30
An Amusing Charge.


In view Of the position which King
county occupies at present In the politics
o. The state. tho following from the wsiia
wsIla Record. is startling as weii -
amusing:
..rhe hoseishness Of the coast counties.
eenrcialiy Pierce and King. In the matter
Of appropriations. state offices, and In fact
everything pertaining 10 the state, WIN
sventnaily bring about the dividing OF
washington sssse One state WI com
rrsss ali east ~ the Cascades and the
ether al west, The people 81 the eastern
eide cf the state realise this more and
more ~ daily fresh grahoings are SEEN.
The coming legislature II ! case In point.
These western counties nre naming the
efneerr. completely ignoring other sec
tions OF The stare"
To show how weii-founded this charge
h. II ~ neeessAry 90 note that King
county has considerably mare than one
nuh 81 tAe entire population Of the state
within it, borders and pays more than
sn~~afth Of the entire taxes In the state.
when the nsv stats government takes
osac<. King county will not have one
single representative amsng the ofncsrs.
Neither has II any representation in eon-
srsss Mersovsr. there has never been
Ksns county msn nominated Tor repre-
sentative ~ congress, by the Republican
party. slaee statehood nor as delegate
70 congress far many years prior to state
hood As far a. appropriations are con-
ssrned. klns county has within is* bor-
aars lust ene state institution, iAe uni-
vsrAsy, ana thai was located here nearly
forty yssss. ago In this respeet, Seattle
has actDsslS Smx,kr annual appropriation
aissursed here than has Medical Lake. a
hamies ot Same fe~ hundreds u people
~ Eastern washington.
Eastern Washington has bat little more
than ers-shsra the popaiasisa Of the
state Practically aas -Aalf % all Of tho
state insii;usiep. arw located Ia that por-
stoas and Of state educational iasuta-
tisas thres .nfshs. walla waua county.
from when this particular wall eumes
has lcss Thar ene-stxfh ths posAsisslan Of
King yss there has never bs~a time
sines sssssbeoa when mssr state money
has not a~ea aisasssed in wAlia walia
eeNnly than sn King w@ita wasla ronn-
~ has n~ea REPRESENTED ~ Tinted
slases ssWes4s. sa~ssamlsh sEI wAatsoun.
" wsss sss~ csaati~. ste vasA larger
ssaa wslls waltz sss the tsvearr Ma.
eryer hsssief.srs, has siaxis saste af-
asr Ger hss 4 mas dollar ~ ssasr
mansx assaot*ea il 80 hasssFs saA the
lasssr hAs hAA 0as eas snaarsspf afaes
wsNs wAila has has Representatives "a
ne Tasreme heaes ever ssnse ssAtshasrs
ksng easpfs = unsspsvesassa an tae
ssNh. - are wAaieam and saeaaraass.
eetA lsfsss shsA waya wAsiA rsaat.
me representatives " tsv s~aAss anA hanse
Il svsnls agvasa bvs~eea tes ssasAans
u ~Naaa ssstss me sasvsttise~a ~.
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asnags ~ tsst4em,s ~ Rastesa waahlas
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rasnse. - - wsstsse rsssevssgassse.
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