Arizona republican., 1909-09-19
1. RICHMOND FREEMAN
 HAS ASPIRATIONS
Wants to go to the Senate From State
 of Washington.

ana WaSnlnStOn, veteran edllDr ana | publisher of The Northwest Farm and
 Home. and widely known as the
 father = good roads and irrigation" {"
 has shied his castor into the political | arena in Washington and will make an | active campaign at the coming pri- mary election for the republican nomi-
 succeed Senator Samuel H. Piles. He | is 67 years of age
 Freeman traces his ancestry to the
 land forces of the Morse people known as the Allamans. the fiercest of the tribes congregated on the banks of the i Danube, where they formed an alliance
 with the northern horde of the GOths and Vandals and overthrow the Rom au empire. His forebears came to
 America from England in 1923 and landed at Hampton Roads. where they
 found the last of the Captain John
 Smith colony embarking for England. | The party, led by-Christopher Freeman, colonized the valley of the Rappahan- nock.5
 One of Freeman's early exploits in the Pacific country was to claim three quarters of the earth's surface as his inheritance, by right of lineal descent from the Vikings, and establish the republic of all the high seas." with capital on Eric Peak, Fidalgo Island, state of Washington. The claim was made shortly before sunset on March 17. 1885. aboard the steamship Queen of the Pacific" bound for San Fran cisco. He marshalled the cabin pas sengers to the upper deck. and, giving military salute, which was returned by the master of the vessel on the bridge, he asked:
 Captain Alexander, where are we now. sir?"
 The captains answer was in the ancient form of the maritimes:
 Seven miles off Fortunas. northern arm of Cape Mendocino. coast of Cali fornia, United States of America
 Then, sir" continued Mir. Freeman. i've are more than a league from land and are therefore on the high seas"
 We are. sir
 Proclaiming the republic of all the high seas" Freeman announced that for executive and judicial purposes 1t would be attached to the government of the United States. adding:
 This republic will be supported by revenues collected from the masters of all ships and from royalty on all precious substances taken from the mighty deep. including whales. seals. otter. porpoise. fish. cOrals, pearls and IN n Nf-ln naN stationed at all ports of entry and every skipper will be required to take out clearance papers coming and go- ing.
 Tn the presence of the officers and the cabin passengerU of your noble vessel I now proceed to the stern of this ship and cast off this anchor and buoy to mark here the initial corner of the Republic of all the high seas"
 Freeman wore a robe of white polar bear skin and a helmet. surmounted by the head of walrus with eagles wings attached to the sides. giving him the appearance of an ancient sea rover. He was formally crowned Viking of all the High Seas" in 1889. 1 the ceremony taking place on the apex Of Erie Peak. overlooking Puget | Sound. 5...
 In his declaration of principles. | issued at North Yakima. Wash. where | he lives. Freeman says in part. as |
 T was born on a farm in Culpepper county, Virginia, and as a barefooted . boy attended the log school house . in the corner of the woods, afterward | taking a course at Kemper's college, preparatory to the university.
 T went to college only to learn: and | the 90 years schooling that I have received by coming in contact with the 4 rugged frontier and vigorous inhabita- ton has brought me to the graduating exercises in which I shall receive my | diploma in 1910.
 For centuries the most of my people II have been plain farmers. when F years of age I came west and I have Il spent half century describing and H. II the west and teaching mod crn farming. Il
 Tt was mainly through my efforts that the good roads and irrigation de- partments have been installed at the University of Washington, where the first good roads building in the world Is maintained
 'I was the originator and organizer of the State Tax Payers League which greatly improved the tax laws of the state.
 q have studied law and pursued a course that would qualify me for the office that the people are now asking me to accept.
 q have taken active part in the ere ltion of the states of Nebraska, Utah. Colorado. Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Washington. in which my maga zine has been published from time to time as I blazed the trail for the van guard of civilization across the west ern two-thirds of America; and nam ed Wyoming.
 My long career in the west as a factor in the building of states and an empire is sufficient evidence to my that I am capable of the pest service in the upper house of con yress.
 T have been a resident of the state , ,f Washington 25 years and have vis- ted almost every neighborhood. There fore, I am well informed as to the wants of each community. ."I have organized and promoted most If the-agricultural societies of the .tata