The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-08
city boundary to place of beginning.
Eavoritism Displayed.

Favoritism Displayed.
Favoritism in the matter of the way
the boundaries were now laid out was
freely charged by Attorney Barker ir
his impassioned talk against the inclu-
sion of the people south Of Pleasan,
street.
will you tell me why Baumeister's
place is left just outside the boun-
daries when it can be seen and is al
most within sound of my voice almost
from this building; why Governor
Moore's place is left out when it is
nearer to the city than much that is
included that I represent?
IF one reason can be shown why
Gov. Moore's land should be left out
venture to say every man, woman and
child in this district will shut their
mouths. This was included in the
original recommendation made by the
Commercial club. You will have tt
show them that there is not some in
fernal niger in the woodpile that it is
left out now.
Urge Council to Wait.
IF you force these people in they
will point to you for years to come. II
will be a sore spot which will grow
canCerOus."
Mr.. Barker stated that all the 123
people would be willing to come in il
needed to swell the population to 20,
900, but that there was no justice in the
proposition to take them in now before
the census was taken as 1T might be
found that the paltry number would dc
no good He said that this was the faiE
way of looking at it and strongly urged
the council to wait.
He said it was not democratic gov
eminent to allow the thickly settled
outlying district in Green's Annex to
vote in a sparsely settled area nearly
half as large as Walla Walla against
the will of the people in it.
Mr.. Barker also asserted that the
charge that the people in the outlying
districts received benefits from the city
and did not pay their share was not
entirely new as the matter worked both
ways and the city gained by having
them near as they purchased goods
from people in the city.
Burden Too Heavy.
Councilman Glasford objected to the
annexation on the ground that the city
was already burdened with expense
and that the extension Of the bound
aries with the consequent extension OF
water mains, ETC., would add burdens
more heavy.
He said no one would like to see the
city grow more than he and no more
sincerely hoped that it had 10000 peo-
pie but he did not believe that it had
more than $4,000. He based his esti-
mate on school census and registration
of voters.
in the water fund, saying that there
would be hardly enough to build a res
ervoir when all bills were paid. He
hated to differ with his colleagues but
thought they should stop and consider
the matter carefully.
1T looks like a serious matter" he
said. Suppose you spend the money
to take the census and then do not
get the 10000 people. The people in
the neighboring cities will laugh at US
Gentlemen wait until 1910 when an act
ual census will be taken, if you don't
want to make fools of yourselves. That
is my opinion. Do what you think best
am not going to fight the matter, but
think it over carefully"
Special Election.
The vote was taken after little more
discussion and special election will
be ordered to vote on the annexation
question.
Petitions signed by several hun
dred people living in the corporate
limits of the city were presented to
the council, asking that the territory
as embodied in the committees recon-
mendation. be brought into the city
by means of special election. Follow
ing are the limits as favored by the
joint committee:
A motion was passed that it would
be understood by the council that in
case the special election resulted in
favor of bringing in the outside dis
tricts, that the ordinance relating to
cows and chickens would be modified
to suit existing conditions in the sub
urbs