, 1881-01-30

ants as attempting to eobble with $50 worth
Of scrip property worth s., ,0oo, 900, and said
that be did not propose, by his vote on thai
amendment, to aid iii any business Of that
Sort
Edmunds reiterated his statement that pr1-
vate rights ought to be protected.
T.. MIR. coSKLISG THEN TOOK THE FLOOR,
and said that lie wished to explain why he
should vote against the Edmunds amend
; ,ment- "The words rights, if any," he said,
las suggested in the amendment, have al
ways been dear since they were incorporated
in the so-calied Electoral bill. The words.
if reported. in the bill originally from the
Committee, might not have been objection
able, but to Incorporate them In the bill in
consequence Of the protest froM the Valcn-
tine scrip people, was to be avoided. This
being the case, the question is whether the
Senate shall give to that claim such
r authority, such efficacy III law, or for
any other purpose, as will come from
the adoption Of all amendment In some way
recognizing it. 10 not know this claimant.
1 have no right to characterize his claim, but
I do know that the United States Supreme
Court in similar case, the decision of which
rr>--rn ny n.7-rn n.,~,e
~. t1oao,,,oa,1 q ~ T1,ot dao;e,or, ao w
s;,a,tn, 80 .rha ;nsa~+;o,, ~ +ha ,,.o-,,s ,.rc
posed by Mr. Edmunds, Mr.. Conkiing
thought, might be useful in the hands Of
spectators, and, il it were in any other city
than Chicago, he might say in the
hands Of strikers. The words gave
the claim consideration which it did not
tast,a. .,'a.l... H ~ J.:'.;ac - ha-s';,, ,,d
nossihI,- of ,avv,no hiacEmaiI II have no
Tirht ~ ch,racrer;ze lis claim or ia dis
,,ar,,-a II !, coil ~ Corrling ..h,tt when
saa t.,.+ f,'is IN, laov<.s - IN st,,,, nuo nh
;ect tn The ,1,,nt;or of IN amendment. eyi.
dant,v for ;ts haneft mt In snacial words
,r,,;ai, ~, eo,,o n+tar frrn 7,o,. r.a ,,sad os
an instrument ~ no<sihlv 10 drive some Board
~ D;rao,or< ~ Co,nron counc5i or Trus-
tees to negotiate on the ground that it will
ha better tn eive
41AnGE DorcErH
tban to run the risk OF being enio,ned, or
subjected to continual litigation. The title !
i'll the United States Is of no money value. |
For forty-two years this land has been ire !
vocably dedicated to public use. 1t is not in
the power of the United States to say that |
that dedication should ever be revoked. The
Whole question is, pfhctlcaliy {t1e HIGHT
house having been removed to another site},
whether, there being no possible way
for preserving the open view this
irreyocable dedication should not
be recognized, or whether the Government
should adopt the dog-in-the-manger policy,
and permit nobody to use it.'' The change
of the use for railroad depot he considered
a matter of very important public interest
in which
CITIZENS OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
as we'll as Of Chicago we're concerned. The
on1y onpstion ;s 1yhether ench = nsa.-snit-
aha central convenIent-sl,ol, or slo,l mt
be made of q niece of .nronerty in which the
United States has no mnre monev va1ne than
it has
IN THE 1t4So1Sr cArnrxs NJ n.nrox
ar in the catcs of Thahas Tbe ,oost narn,'
c1ous MT wbfc}, ran he n,,,sned hr a oraat
Government is to nlov tha noTt of Sfr G;tas
Oyerreach Such hejnv the caea and val.n.
tine not being tonehed and
,1-,r 80,
~. w.; o@o a..eaoss S E. 'LuA, 1919.
,-n;.t p ,,.o,'.1 ~ 49, aaup.nE 10
aa..a "A1" "oaeu ~ -o unt e''tn ~