Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-21
DAILY poa-WIElueEMCtR.


En1ATIoNbE sTueweEsS
Ths Port Townsend Argzs eiinRs 20
the idea, that land grants are necessary
70 build fsiIroadn. With desperate tsssc-
ity. Particularly does q insist that The
Cascade Branch win not be built wifh.
out gift Of lands, worth. - Govern
msnt pricea treble OF quadrupis the
Legitimate cost Of is oonstruction. on
sourss Il i simply innpssibls % con :
vines % stubbcsn . journal Tbs old
adaQe that ga man conyinsed aesinst
his viii b of the same opinion sail" .
dirsctly applicable % tho position Of
the Argus. aThere ara none % bind
az those Who win NOT sss.r 4 4 vain
20 direct the sttsnsfon Of such josraais
20 the fact shat daring ths p&st Eve
years thoussnds 81 miles 81 railroad
have been constructed wsst Of TIE Mis-
souri River without sabsidiss n srsdis.
money Or Ianas; Inst rsflfoad oonstrue-
sion Is today esisx - - Nevada. Cali
fornis, Oregon, Idaho and WASHINGTON
on purely bssinsss prinoiplss, and N
total abssnss ~ any sort 81 pubiio sdb-
sidy. To Insist that the Cascade
Branch i dsssrvine 81, er that the Con-
ditions and sxpsnsss attending iss CON
strucsion nesessitate enormoas, OF even
any pnblic aid. n 70 lahore plain fasts
and the Iseissf ssntsnporassoas his'
tory with respect 70 railroad esnssrao-
hoh-a - a@sss ssga8 e. Tesn* asse
Is zrvss, ak sssDs c.ss- paper
which have persisssnsIy favored con-
tinuanee Of the onsraesous system OF
land grant aid 10 rsiiroad buiIdine. a.
tempts 70 avoid the verdios rendered by
the people at the late election by saving
that .'it 10 not likely that any consider
aba portion Of those who voted for Mr..
voorhees, upon an absolute forfeiture
platform really meant 20 say that they
did not desire 10 have the railroad kuilt,
or that they were unwilling TO give the
land for building the road" 6ueh {
conclusion 10 totally unwarrantsd BY the
facts. Il IL admitted that the psopia
did not In electine Mr.. Worries ovsi
Mr.. Armstrong declare against the con
strustion Of The Cascade Branoh, bul
they dld declare thai they vprs unwiII'
ing shnt an ssre OF publie land should
be given In aid Of suoh comstrnstion
Ths Issue was plainly made. Tbs plat.
form upon which Mr.. voorhees, val
nominated declared n favor Of forfeit
ing ths land grant IL aid Of construct,
inc that branch. and the people b
slecsine him indorssd that demand. No
twisting of language nor distortion Of
facts can avoid this plain aud logical
dsduetion. A before remarked In thil
article, the attempts 70 convince q per
son who wilfully rsfases 70 b Influenced
by analogous facts and sircumsts b
idle. This is MOI, therefore. written n
oonvert the A,gas, but 70 impress npox
suoh of is readers as may chance n
pernss this, the utter falsity OF the as
sumption that the verdict of the lats
election IN this Territory vas not In 10,
very essence demand for uncondi
tional forfeiture. The people of Wash
ington Territory rightly believe that In
this year Of grace 1884 no land gram,
are requisite to secure oil necessary
railroad communication within oul
boundaries, and 10 believing have dc
manded that unearned grants shall b
withheld. The Argus admits that II q
land grant were nos necessary 30 build
the Cascade Branch, sno ons would
question the justice or propriety Of alb
soiute forfeiture" We have shown,
over and over again, that under oondi-
sions far less favorable for railroad
building, IL has been steadily prosecuted
by aumerous companies on this coast
during the past Ave years, and 10 even
now briskly going on. We know of no
reason why line OF railroad across
the Cascade mountains requires the ex-
eeptional and enormous aid claimed
under the land grant to the Northern
Pacific.