The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-01
e,nidsnt Appealed to to Give the
Pacific Commissioners.
.sArrls CHAMBER IN ACTION.
49,. a. ne sent 10 Mr. Mckinley
.stfug Him 10 Pay Attention
y A. Far west-san Francisco
..G.. the Same Action - Hope
REORGANIZATION VIII he Sc
rcd ON the Oriental board.

pxrxld4pt Mckinley y 70 pc appeared 70
~. ae.ttie Chamber OF Commerce anu
= sfnitar bodies on the Pacifc coast
4. ..cocnixe the West 10 a more sub
1870, orient in the selection OF COM
..1-as,,s ana government boards, instead
2. ss.,,rv All the members chosen from
gIz. I, The Rockies. There seems to be
...s.s scfiau on the part of Western com
..s,s, bodies 10 bring about this result.
~. Q1aftle chamber yesterday formally
',.sAd a letter 10 the president drafted
= Gscretary prosch. and instructed him
q ~ il TO Mr. Mckinley. This letter
s-aix as follows;
sqha peoplc OF the Pacific coast have
- peculiarly Interested m tae ha,io ma.
.s.sss,a commissions Of late years, ana
49, 4. 20 no fess interest in the matters
X, froyniee to be intrusted to other COM
5.sanns IN the near future. These com
-ss-tcr. include that having In charge the
nn1.r....snsJ canal between the Pacific anu
fsyrsir oceans, the interstate commerce
ss.rse,.,ission. the commission for the settle
~cr3 n Canadian questions. and the Ha-
~5sn peace and Philippine commissions.
rs eltisen q the paei'c cpas, STATES mas
r.~sr,irrious New commissions are now
k~f~g e6uAdered namely, second one TO
~ FfiIippines. one for the investigation
80 rrnmotion OF American commerce In
~ drfpnf. and a third 10 locate a trans-
1900 fab!e. The latter two are yet In
IA hands 81 congress.
~ Coast Man Need Apply.
~. osber mart of the Union has greater
trtave~f IN the questions before these past,
erpeeut and prospective commissions than
& I'D Pacific and In some OF them no cthcr
osYf 81 the Union has 40 much. Yet II ~
Always understood that no Pacific. coast
~..f.s xr.A fIfsh al n
~ made for and by them they are fnvaria-
q turned down. We have here as clever,
Hu6d. bright and patriotic men as are TO
= fpund anywhere. II would be well for
~ government u their services were TO be
Utilised d, some OF these national boards
- boards themselves would he the better
~ representation upon them Of men from
" many different parts as possible We
shond not he ostracized and condemned
toratns we live In Washington. oregon.
CAIifcrnia Idaho. Nevada or Alaska. II Is
y6slly very fine country. equal to that
n. the Atlantic, and is AZ productive OF
IaSr<. wholeSouicd. keen and brainy men
a any ether section Of the Union.
\ sfunsldertnx our interest In the ques-
ftsn1 submitted TO these commissions, and
knp considering the ability and worth OF
dhr citizens we respectfully ask that IN
hature you distribute the appointments OF
m&mbcrs Of these commissions, either ex-
killing or to be created. No that citizens OF
IN Pacific states may secure the places
sA<sson that their personal merits and the
nee9s Of the coast Justify and demand
san Francisco's Idea.
n Z letter from the San Francisco Cham
bef Of Commeece anpears the following:
+. '1t n largely. W. feel sure. through the
WI or placing ourselves In evidence that
- have suffered neglect IN the past at the
hAndS Of the federal government We re-
fer q present more particularly to the lack
q acknowledgement Of our Coast In the
rmatton ~ national commissions, com
oatees. boards etc In the Interstate
0m1nerce commission no member, as YOU
~ aware. was from state west OF Iowa,
vale his body was formed OF Ave mem
hrs, with the object OF giving a represen-
utfve OK each Of the great geographical and
enmmerrial sectiong OF the United States.