The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-12-19
4 DANGEROUS BlLL.

:. ThurS08y. D6O. u, 1874
4 DANGEROUS Mill.
.raa#g RpatG &fgsnsS "~-&t u $500 "
.Undsr prstense; Of eoofertisg ben.
eft upon soldisr,. the Houa- Of Rep.
ressot.'iv.s last week p.,.ed. very his.
.,lJ, bill which viii, ii i. beeemes .
Law, work io6nise harm TO the Wet
It provide. that every soldier or ..il,.
Who ses,sd ID shs army or navy 70.
nia,ty d.ys aa,isx IL, l,t. Var and
N, hoasssbly discharged, *: the vid.
ov q orphan ehild:.a III under .~,a.,
one year, of ags) Of sueh s.ldisr o,
sailor, shsll BE- sa,itlsa to so,.r On,
husdrsd sad SIXTY seres Of COVER, I.
usss land, aud tia. . patrst shah +.
issued to the perso. . +. plying. ~i.l .
o.t any requirement of ? .,ioa. SETH.
mens aud cultivation. The inss~d,,,<
effect Of . lav saoh - thi would b.
70 throw into the hands Of Spectator.
ever three hanGrsd million seres Of
The public heds, uov opss 70 ordisa,,
hosss'ssd settlenss. This so.ld be
% srss ok times % great o. thss in.
eludsd in the State of Miuossota-as
ara sufficient to hold . half.dosss New
Esglsnds. All these a.il,iuns Of ser,s,
ssSe, perhaps. bare fraosioo, ~oula f.'l
iato the ban IL Of srssnl.."rs; .ad il the:
had drawn up shis bill (which re 70
By 20 mean, sure they did u"t-.hsy
sosld not have obtsi"sd suy.hiax whi& b
would serve them letter. They viii
b the Only bsusdoiaries. A pa,sat &r
oas hundred aud sixty sores Of lad,
located % the frontier Of some ws..s,.
S.sts sosld b Of next e. No value to
any soldie. vho did not intend eeeu.
pyiag it, and 70 one Who intends max.
ing homestead the present Law opens
~ easy say. The market woull be y.
oses flooded With these patents. snc
they voald b. . drsg u xh.,ever
price purchasers eho.s u ply fos .hs".
Agriealtar.i Col'ess Scrip lue.,i 'n-
vesld b soothing compared ~i.h the
r,isoss .b..rp';,s If laads wish there
patents, which xosld rest q % iocu.
bus on the settlement Of The county.
We regret u 80 esrssio Democratic
psp<rs il this State .stenps;eE t. make
political capital oss Of th;. bill, aud
sIsrztsg Republicans With inx,.'isud<
10 the soldisn 10 opposing il. Every
citizen Of M'uocsot., without regard u
party, il vitality interested IN having
The bill ceiesled. las. It, aud .hr
great tide Of emigration which hs>
yearly enriched this Srste will 1t o. CO
stop, or will d~iDdle into 'u5ararve
issigoido, noe. These thousands Of
people come here Tor free h"~es, and
Il would no' b. ling after the pa>sa-e
Of this bill beiure they xouIa lesru that
70 eome voula be 10 vain. Ev, ace
Of land worth the having ~osld be CIV
cred BY patent from the government,
add that p tent would be in the h.d'ls
Of some erasplox spec ,lstsr. W. es'
Sc 10 t:is bill uoehics but disaster. II
tho preseus S,Idiers' II .Imsstral Bill l.
faulty, perfect it.; but under ~ e,'cum.
stauses strike .uul tn. clause requiring
actual sst,leueos aud cultivation. II
additional pea>io,s are askei Tor. gran.
them. The sssiSa oso N ,ch better If.
ford - give a"nsy than land 10 this
Wy add soldiers would 10 much be-
tor Of with ths additional county than
With The patent. A ao'disr Who wants
. homestead viii oos "bj ses t. occupy.
Jog snd Improving it, and enc VIM
wants money will r..l'se very little OF
it from biz patent, ~hea there are two
millions more VI them ~ the marke,
seeking, like biz, purahA..r
The Senators and Representatives
from Miosesos. sb"o'd sp.re 40 etfo't
10 prevent shi* bill from securing ma.
jority 10 the Ssuste. There will proh-
ABLY b % matter Of business dur"g
this sesssos in ~hi h their constituents
will b 70 visslly Interested. Let the
people write % Washington. giving tree
expression to their wishes il this mat.