Yakima Attorney Makes the Case for State Capital

W. J. Milroy, of Yakima, arrived in the city yesterday and remained over Sunday. He is a son of General Milroy and is a promising young attorney. To a reporter he stated that Yakima people would have much preferred to have the question of locating the state capital deferred for a year or so, but since the constitutional convention has provided otherwise, the people of Yakima will place the facts before the people and abide the result. He doubted whether any place would be decided upon by the first ballot, although he thought Yakima would certainly stand first on the list and ultimately be agreed upon. He based this view upon the fact that Yakima is the most accessible point from all directions and is so situated that all roads must cross there if the several practicable passes through the Cascade mountains are ever used. He argued that the intersection of the Southern Pacific, the Northern Pacific, and potential future lines from the Big Bend or Gray's Harbor made the Yakima Valley the natural hub of the new state.