Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-18
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...s,r Rrpor, from the Peoples
gepresenfaiise.
WASHINGTON. May sth. 1884.

...sher Report from 'he Fe"p'e
Representative.
WASHINGTON. May sth. 1884.
n.,-oR Posr-ISTELLIsEscER;
:, last. after three weary weeks OF
..n,s and useless debate, the Morn
..,,H bill is laid at rest in the Con-
-.;or,l waste basket, and there is a
- that something will yet be done
s,ion relative 10 the forfeiture Of
,nea,ued railroad land grants.
ms;,a @ manv members of the House act
,...sc;eneiously in voting to take up
'1,.r,H bill. vet it is we'll known here
-. o.bers. such as DOrshelmer tDem-
-, Il New York and Strait (Repub-
,iosu) Of Minnesota, did so for the pur-
-. only Of pos,ponine consideration
!, the forfeitur measures.
Said Mr. McAdoo CDemocrAt) of New
,....y in his remarks 10 he House on
.ss las, day Of tue tariff debate: "see-
ina the jealous conduct of mentors
-. in advocating this measure, TO the
...,s,on of every other method of re-
- f,r the evils against which the
-..o,s ara CRYING, one would almost he
80 hslieye this to be the sum of all
,.ai,iss and the only disease of the
NM nolitic, Why do not members of
.s;s House address themselves to other
arsc,ical reforms! When millions OF
"a lands of the United States are be-
mo taken up by the acreocracy of Ea
,o,s. @ wien that public dosnain which IL
.Ss fonndstion of our prosperity. and
,Ss only hope for the perpetuity OF tsis
psnublic. Is being taken up by foreign
ssnaic,tes: when it is the duty of this
Ia"sa Ia mass a law that shall stop the
IS.ndon. the Scotch, and other European
somnaules from taking up the lands that
balopo 10 free Amerlc ans; when II ls our
an,y to lake back and make part of the
.oh,. domain that immense acreage
sh,eb belongs to the American people,
but which mas been robbed from them
nv rairo. d corporations; when there ars
s.ch things To doue for the iabOrinR
neople; vnen labor and capital are to he
harponized on just principles; when
eommerce between the States Is 10 be
regulated in ihe interest OF the farmer
and merchant; when ii thousand evils
are crying with million tongues at the
door " this House, the only answer hey
can Get is that there il but one evil froin
vhich we suffer, and that Is the protec
tive trif.
millions are watching our course as
n the uul lie lands, for the hundreds
vho are interested III radical tariff aRi-
tsiiau. Free land for free men is more
than free trade for men who cannot buy
and have nothing to sell. From the
ouakinp castles OF feudalIsm in Europe
,he bogus loros and masquerading mar
quises are hurrying to erect their rohber
holds on the free prairies of the West.
II these invasions are not checked, the
the American freeman farmer, noble,
manly and self-reliant, viii soon give
vsy TO the crineing tenant of trans
phntsd lord. The independent and in
leIhqent freeholder is the hope of the
republic, and the republic Is founded
upon free soil, not shadowed by feu-
dalism and not blighted by monopoly.
The public domain is the heritage of
our people. and no people can be happy,
free and prosperous WHO are not strong
y intrenched on the soil they till"
This fearless SCI want OF the people
should have conc one step further, and
be should have told his fellow members
that the reason why they would not heed
the CRY Of the West for free lands for
free men was because they either feared
or had been corrupted toy the railroad
bondhOlders of the East. This is, as
every observer here well knows. the so
luton Of the whole matter.
In conversation with Senator who
bears the reputation Of being enc OF the
most incorruptible Of men, (Mr. Moar
Of Massachusetts) he said to me in sub
stanee this, when urging forfeiture OF
ihe unearned lands claimed by tue
Northern Pacific Railroad Company:
"hr. White, there lives in Boston a
Gentleman in whom our people have al
Ways placed the utmost confidence, and
xhs Is deserving of that confidence
NJ. Endicott; through him, before the
failure Of Mr.. Willard, our Boston peo-
Pe we're induced to invest largely in the
oondsof the Northern Pacific Railroad
They are still largely iIterestud in these
bonds ] do not feel like dong any
elne TO depreciate the value of their
property"
There are other Senators and Repre-
sntatises who either own or Who have
Trends who own the bonds and stocks
" tbis company, who advance the same
reasons as Senator Hoar. They seem TO
forget that they are the representatives,
". ", Of Their friends, but of the people.
mhen our Senator's and Representative
eeileye u IN be their duty TO serve their
fiends rather than the nation, Il seems
Wne that the mass of the common peo-
pls have been betrayed, and that our
wasted republioan system of govern
ai,Ss NV SAD and contemp;ibls failure.
"nsn the bill forfelting the land grant
= we Northern Pacific Railroad in
muaeled 10 the House. Mr.. Hewitt and
W. ", porsheimsr (Democrats) of New
eus representing Wall street, and Nj.
eo Q, Maine and Mr.. Strait of Min
olat hepuolicans) representing them
"s VIII be found opposed forfeit
eoecsuse ~ Restore TO the people the
uus ioootd from them will depreciate
~ value OF Northern Pacific Railroad
soncs and stocks.
ne members of the Public Land
~ ,sA,nii'ee OF the House inform me that
No''hern Pacific bill will not be
=. ,seu S,s Tor at least two weeks. Sena-
M, H'et IL trying to get his forfeiture
g. '.poued back to the Senate. but
49,. - littls prospect of hearing at
aae eariy day.
r.l,a rane se,retary OF the Interior, Mr..
y, ' e nss assured me that he will not
,oss Vu Tue report Of the Puyal!up GOAL
..s, ~n missioners until after some
ssu s.,,as y had by Congress ON the for
sssss ou's' Personally have laid thu
n aoout tke coal road before him.
ogpeas 70 be an honest and fearless
aIio. ana i believe that he will not
So snis contemplated fraud To be
veat il. "e a"s power so pre-
mo ,ea ms 10 you a pamphlet contain
pi,,ss remarks before the Land CON-
posEs WITH limited compendium of
nma1 "pinion in the Territory. This
a ass nas been placed in the hands
IT. senator ana Representative.
nsss ouowlng are the principal attor.
eSs au p lobbyists of the Northern Pa
esf,.;s ;lioad Company, not including
Hoesa hembers OF the Sena and
eft nov looking after tue interests
NV Wpnpany here: Col. George Gray,
n.,,, nsiknap Of post tradership not0-
hs., Mexander Mcdonald. ex-senator
ao, sa'kansas; J. ii. Mitchell, ex. Sen.
p.-;ss ss"m Oregon; John Cormsck. of
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