Show THE AFFLICTED TOWNS THESE THERE will be a general not to say universal endorsement 3 aside from the unanimous vote of the mammoth audience in the tabernacle at the concert of the motion made by governor th thomas thmas mas to make a proportionate division of the pro ceede of the great concert the survivors of the jo I 1 in i i stow n flood and the sufferers b 1 the seattle fire A question may be raised I 1 ly y some on the equitableness of the allotment it may be considered that one fourth to seattle and three fourths to the pennsylvania unfortunates is too favorable to the former when the character andey and ey tent of the disasters are compared As a matter of course the johnstown affair pushes that of seattle into tho the realm of comparative in insignificance but the relative ilag magnitude of the two calamities is not the base of governor thomas motion i r of the sustaining action upon it of the audience of last even evening trig popular attention re regarding gard I 1 ng the Wash washington inkton territory disaster is drowned under the flood ot ol national sentiment bestowed upon the sufferers all by the pennsylvania affair this concentration of feeling to is necessarily followed by a flow of substantial benevolence for the relief of the people who have been driven into sudden misfortune by the breaking of the johnstown dam while comparatively nothing is being done for the ruined unfortunates of seattle 11 t should be remembered also that the latter city is a portion of the particular section of the country to which this territory belongs A and add dd while benevolence and sympathy should not be confined conf laed to narrow limits they necessarily in the nature of things radiate from original centres bentres cen tres the amount contributed by salt lake for the noble purpose of relieving men women and children who h have bave been plunged into sudden distress may be small compared with the large sums given by the populous and wealthy cities of the east but the proportionate tribute will compare favorably with that of other parts of the republic and every little helps |