The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
SPOKANE GATHERS COHORTS
Falls City People Open Campaign
For New State
LINCOLN IS MAGIC WORD Of SPOKANE
BUILDING OF SUCH A COMMON
WEALTH INVOLVES HUGE
EXPENSE.
LINCOLN" IS MAGIC WORD OF SPOKANE

Spokane, Wash, Feb 11.-Encour-
aged by the support of representative
men and the varied interests in east
ern Washington, northern Idaho and
northeastern Oregon, the officers and
members of the Chamber of Commerce,
the 100000 club and the people in gen.
eral of Spokane, united in favor of
the new state idea, originated by F. H.
Mason, c. Herbert Moore and Samuel
r. Stern, have decided to open cam
paign, preliminary to calling conven-
ton for some time in March, to which
the various villages, towns and cities
in the 20 counties to be embraced in
the new commonwealth will be invited
to send delegates.
F.. E. Goodall, president of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, made the authorized
announcement that the people of Spo-
kane do not desire this city to be the
encouraging the plan with the view of
securing any of the state institutions.
He declared that Spokane has no
selfish motives in fostering the making
of a richer commonwealth than this;
it is simply taking the initiative in the
solution of a great economic question
and it is believed it can be worked
out successfully with the cooperation
of the people in the parts of the three
states it is desired to unite. Letters
and press comment from all over the
district, he added, show that the new
state is not only desirable and sought,
but that it is a project worthy of con-
sideration and support.
Equitable Rates.
It is not purposed to antagonize the
west sides of Washington and Oregon
or the south of Idaho; in fact, it is
desired to cooperate in every way with
the people in working out important
problems, such as waterways. trans
portation and legislation and enCour-
aging population and commerce. 1t is
will place the new state under the jur-
isdiction of the interstate commerce
commission intsead of the state railway
commission, and in this manner obtain
at least equitable rates for the interior
towns and cities and such other bene-
fits as will naturally follow
G. Herbert Moore, chairman Of the
city beautiful committee of the Spo-
kane Charmebr of Commerce, is chair
man of a committee including N. w.
Durham, editor of the Spokesman Re-
view, and F. H. Mason, a prominent
merchant, which will recommend to
the Chamber of Commerce and the
100000 club a plan to interest the COM
mercial organizations of the outlined
district in the movement, and in this
he urges the assembling of mass
convention at an early date so that
the plan may be discussed thoroughly.
Mr.. Moore added:
Proposed Boundaries.
TN view of the widespread interest
of the suggestion of creating the new
state of Lincoln and the practically
unanimously wish of the people living
within it's proposed boundaries I am
to call a convention for early in March,
as there are always suggestions of
enlarged state government buildings
which this project would materially
affect.
THE building of a new state involves
the establishment of capitol, state
schools, armories, asylums and correct
i've institutions. political districting
and the working of the various
other complicated questions in solving
the great economic problem. The
movement is nonpolitical in the highest
sense OF the term and for that reason
it should be thoroughly considered and
studied in all it's phases
The project is without precedent in
the history of the nation. An approach
to it was furnished in West Virginia,
organized in an extraordinary constitu-
tional manner in 1861, when Virginia
passed the ordinance of secession the
people of 40 counties in the western
Wheeling. declared their independence
and formed a new government The
United States senate recognized the
new state by admitting the two sena-
tors elected by its legislature. Wiz
ginia gave it's consent to the formation
of the new state in 1862 and the state
was formally admitted in 1863 Prom
inent lawyars declare that provision
is made in the constitution of the
United States for the creation of new
states. and they point to section 8,
article 1, as the method of procedure.
The text follows:
! New states may be admitted by
congress into the union; but no new
state shall be formed or erected within
the jurisdiction of any other state, nor
any state be formed by the junction
of two or more states or parts of states
without the conesnt of the legislatures
of the states concerned, as we'll as of