The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-03
GOT FAME in NORTHWEST
JOHN L. WILSON. FORMER UNITED
STATES SENATOR, IN THE CITY.
He Left Charlottesville Twenty Years
Ago and Settled in Spokane, Wash.
Visiting His Mother.

Twenty years ago clever young man
with little money, but a stout heart and
willing hands, set out from his home in
Charlottesville to go ''carpet-bagging' in
the great Northwest In Spokane, Wash,
he hung out the single of a lawyer and
made good" He became a representative
in Congress and then United States SEN
ator, and now he owns the second best pay
ing newspaper on the golden slope-the Sc
attic Post-Intelligencer.
Its great country we've'got out there"
said former Senator John L. Wilson at the
Claypool last night. He pointed to the
pages of his Seattle newspaper, filled with
advertisements and news of busy, pros
porous people. THE farmer, the merchant,
the steamboatman and the railroad man
have reaped a harvest this year. Our State
is more prosperous than IL ever was before
The stream of gold seekers that began
pouring through Seattle to the Alaskan
country few years ago has not dimin-
ished, but has increased. Nearly every
steamboat that arrives from Alaska brings
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of gold to the assay office. This office
was established in Seattle five years ago,
and 1 should say that $85, 900 600 in gold
has passed through it in this time. Part
of it. Of course. came from the gold fields
in part of the country"
Senator Wilson is on his way to Wash
ington and New York and stopped here to
see his mother, who lives in the Alexandria
flats. His wife and daughter are in Wash
ington waiting for him. 1t is likely he
will take them to Cuba and Porto Rico be-
fore returning to Seattle Mr.. Wilson was
defeated for the United States senatorship
when he came UP for reelection by Mr..
Foster, who represents the State now He
was not defeated, however, until the end of
a four weeks deadlock that was probably
the most exciting that ever took place in the
West. 1t was Senator Wilson who finally
elected Foster. Next winter a successor to
Senator Fostor is to be reelected and
while Senator Wilson does not say he is a
candidate he frankly announces that he
will be in the fight.
Politics with does not run as smooth
ly as our commercial AFFAIRS continued
Senator Wilson, but we hope to get
Strengthened out some day. There is more
or less political agitation all the time out
there, although our people seem agreed on
one question, and that is to make Theodore
Roosevelt the presidential nominee again
Washington will cast its vote for him in
| the convention. One cause of our seeming
| ly unsettled political state is the fact that
| there is a constant stream of people coming
| from the East and new men are all the
| time taking part in our politics. OF course
each man has his own way of doing things
and wants TO do 1t as they do at home. That
| naturally keeps up something of an agita.
| ton
Senator Wilson says the whole Northwest
is enthusiastic over the Lewis and CLARK
centennial exposition to be held in Portland
Congress will be asked to contribute some
| thing TO the enterprise and Senator Wilson
says the exposition Is bound to be big
| State are agitated over the question of the
appointment of a commission to contro
| railroad rates. Sentiment is divided on the
proposition and ii will probably be an i'm
portant factor in the politics of the State il
| the next campaign.