The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-25

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per. head This government Ia entering
| upon scd>srse Of conduct which Il In fie-
| - II AZ u l.sl ss sss
| principles for which our fathers feusht,s
u VIA MlHgls5 aRussment and weeri1
| nsfs W follow these footprints In the
focksptihlrsofs. They are scientifically
valuable Psesaase they are fossil eva,
dence OF the persistence OF type among
Ahs leyerfogh3 = Intellectual life Hiss
tolS ~ rpeatipa .Hssl5s now; and the
fr4nehdols apAnd ma fury, the life dei
Splicn % IersahlIcaaAidsas, the dire mis-
sivings Of the opponents of expansion
ars Qplx esposs 0tthfs warnings II pear7
" century ago. which our actual exps--
rience has TURNED INTO sport for the cu-
krRuN yEhss ANTI as7 duly LAY
/ beled and set In place beside his. fei.
Flows on the shelf OF tine museum Of his
torical curiosltiegrs HI y mot 4 ,n,esderr
at ali. but the feebly wiggling survived
IRE psa'es sor ssovn1rnd vanishing
TX IA. ~ b. Hlsckmore passed his lifc
un6et thga shadcw or'uhe overwhelming
literary success Few novels have been
more widely readitalxn Lorna Doone.s
The, secret. Of ats, charm is, not single.
Partly It Is the setting IN that old FASH
l vdsiedA World bf E6glands yeomanry
Il Aho< 40. IN utohaA n. oovruIatal,, a.
\ Robin Hood. Partly II is the promt
4 inshee;tf ere cs~srast of manly strengta
and steadfastness with womanly beauty
and sweetness that is the fohndation d
all true love stories. To considerable
extent 1t j Ire. rhythm io'ffsthe form ia
which the work Is cast. Page after
! pass, sneatagcs Tn wheisrt at 4 'Isorna
Deene. y ariA66t. tcAh bescanned as reada
ilyasss tire xeisas.of- Pope .Itlid prose
poem; and although Blackmore has
done as good work since. there are huhs
dreds @i5ol ire s ifaniliar WITH Inc boon
BY w Which he is best known for every
one who has heard 81 ".Kifahd Kitty.-
wnh him passeasthe ssast spf tthe, ord
soafoolJ whosS ttsnftldnsf were, carried
tosrs.,cir rexaHisise "Reminiscences BY
Thomas Hardy before he fell into the
slough that le.ds e ! \ Hail Ill usane.
An Inpddens PretsnOe. h
ghs- Rssiiapa orsgpniSm makes the
alleged .apaSpsitior. ptsscMe. raemesrs Of
the washingtopS delegation nseonsress
to .sshe LOCATION Of a permanent general
hospital at Vancouver fes text Tor q
touching lamsent over, the neglect q
i Son nwestefst Washington by. the rest
i saG the stsykss4td HI 1ksssumbr7iS.f Of aE
tEfeessenaAe e4se Tor ~ interests, on the
! i aft BIZ 0r4kon. It says 'thse&hs, wash.
ington cosikresAhen have ,Bsser fscos
.nized anything IS worthy of their notice
\. Except tie *s8 uf66 cSHntry and thenarea
'lttsshroundins spbHnhsE tsBursf6f the M
anapes st The toregqa ssehat9rs and rfps-
resentatives, 1t (southwestern WASH
II ington) wJSM have Jared badly in ,the
4 pass,k Aad 10 II asaGtsssthe pscpleN 81
! thatA~ctsDna4hat- disadvantages may
and must be depended UPON 70 secuH
rights fopaa<is4itt2x. that dias never re-
eeNs& IN Just tiues,ss y 4
4 WktdJ pot know whether,Nto admire
morsyin lthis the pervafsioH Of fact or
thetnuaHsGws Assumption that cold self
| interest is a high form ef'viEtne. Above
tbatssaSlfsA teishr misrepresentation
Of cragnh tlor abe Qregohian, has ever
riseps fin dcaiipg. with the matter con-
J scerne. .rhsysftavS had in mind solely
the4aisterfsts of Oregon, and particu-
rltlafft tifpsesof the city Of Pbrtland. Vans
/. ccnserafa substantially snhtiEb of the
! latter whatever business lis created
{ lSthefsobyah$ intreaseiof Federal inter-
lsestss IS meat for Portland :. maw Ex-
actIy. IN assfar as this selfish interest is
| served, the hOregonian and the delega7
1 it:on from. shat state can be depended
7 lI,pon. Aside fr6rh that. they care pre-
2 clsely as much for Southwestern WASH
ttihgiens as they do for MAZDA gascar. We
do not quarrel with energy that has
.seif-interest for it's mainspring. We
do object to having 1t set, on pedestal
!. rand-wrssthed- with heroic garlands.
/, The facts an the, case. as far as Fed
eral improvements in Southwestern
sWashinston are ipe'olveds are these, The
only important improvement in South
= west Washington is the work on the
y Oolt nlsdaerk erTa hove Vancouver. Port
i / land antl Oregon being. bent on having
! I rniliiork spent to create a channel at
= the moakA of the Columbia. this work
/ met Yiththe most, persistent opposition
; from the oregon delegation in congress
/ : and saeaS the people,. of Portland mol