The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-02-16

Senator Ed Brown is quite grand
stander. To prove TO mis- colleagues
that the location OF his home diah
Influence his selection of the Brown
Ferndale route over the hills to Blain
he places one hand on his breast ana
the other in his coat-tail pocket. rolls
his ewes heavenward and says:
IF the percentage OF voters III my
district required under the proposeo
recall bill introduced by Senator
White, my colleague, will sign up
petition for such recall, | Will resign
my seat in the legislature
can't help wondering if the Fena-
tor didn't take time to figure, before
making that remark, that by the
time petitions could be circulated for
his recall this session of the iegls-
lature would be over. and his term
of office at and end anyway, ard the
location of the state road route de
terminei.
can, help wondering If he WASH |
trying to stir up something to draw
attention away from the route he mas
selected for state road--the route
that runs right by the senator's home.
In the inspired dispatch which ne
had sent to the Herald last Sunday
ii is said that the Tribune complains
because the proposed highway Will
not pass through Lynden. That is a
lie. No one can find any such state
ment or complaint in any issue OF
the Tribune. Neither the Tribune nor
any resident of Lynden has urged
that the road should pass through
LINDEN. 1t could pass through Lyn-
den without adding anything to the
proposed route, but We have urged
that it be built on the Guide Meri-
-Sumas- Blaine route. 1t doesn't
come within mile and half of the
limits of Lynden.
The route the senator says is the
best route just happens to be not
that far from the farthest away part
of the senator's home farm.
| haven't the faintest idea whether
or not "a certain percentage OF the
people of Browns district would sign
a petition for his recall, but. If he
will just glance at the petition OF
remonstrance against the proposed
Brown-Ferndale route for the state
road, he will find that a might!
large percentage of the people OF his
district have little respect for his
judgement when it comes to selecting
routes for state roads. Personally !
wouldn't be surprised if it would be
possible to find successor II MI.
Brown should get miffed and resign
that is to say l don't believe ne
would leave such an awfully empty
place. suspect the affairs of state
and district would go right on in the
same old tangled condition.
Piffle! That bluff makes NE tired.
don't think anyone really has
thought about asking our whimper-
ing senator to resign. So far as
ever heard until this road matter
came up everybody mad a lot of con-
fidence in Ed. Brown. Some people
think yet that he is honest in this
matter. A far greater number inlnk
that he has allowed himself to be in
fluenced in his selection of route
by the location of his own, and his
personal friends property. / haven't
heard anyone actually accuse him vi
grating, and certainly the Tribune
has never done that. but | have seen
and talked with several who believ-
ed the senator was allowing his per-
sonal interests to influence his judge
ment, and, that is potter than many
of them say it.
The only argument that the send
tor makes or can make for the route
that goes by his farm is that it is
shorter than the Guide MeridianSu-
mas-Blaine route. 1t is two and
half miles shorter But it has not
such a good grade. 1t is very crook
ed, and must be to pass both Browns
and Woolridge's farms and still avoid
the worst hills. 1t doesn't accommO-
date one farmer where the Guide Mer
idian-Sumas Blaine route will accom-
modate four. 1t only accommodates
two towns aside from Bellingham
and Blaine, whereas the other route
would accommodate Alki, Laurel, Lyn
den, Sumas, Everson, Clearbrook,
Wiser Lake, Nooksack and several
others.
l would suggest that the senator
take his hands out of his coat-tail
pockets and forget the grand stand.
If he will put in day studying
government profile map of Whatcom
county and reading the names of the
petitioners to have the Guide Merl-
dian route chosen, he will, if he is
half as honest as | think him TO ue
decide that he has made mistake,
and gracefully admit it.
Since writing the above l learn by
the papers that the people OF Lyh-