Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-02
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go. Posr-IsrrrLIorscEn:
Tssrs Of May 2ith' referring 20 the
-. a the Northern Pacific bill from
80. committee, received. shall
-. ,bs bill at the first and earliest
Unity, bat IT Is doubtful II an op-
.ax vill offer this session. The
has not yet acted, and in the
20. s attitude of business il would be
.s.,s Of time to act in the Senate un-
= :. have the House bill; besides, the
-. Of the bill in the House Is neces-
- give us power in the Senate.
n Payallup section 10 not necessarily
IS - the provisi ons Of either SEN
gmssbiil. That part of the road
sk sosfsssedly built within the life of
s,snt. The question involved IL
nstbsr il was originally built for and
art Of the road, and, as l under
Il. that fact will determine the
80 AZ the company to patents.
- action IN Congress on the forfeit
=. s,setiou has driven the late Chicago
ea.ssrtior, into an Endorsement of for
s.;snrse Nov, IL the Republicans in
cerCyess will act in harmony with their
slstform and come to the aid OF the
ksmoorats in the Senate, these bills will
:. mt through before Adjournment; but,
- plain. do not think they iHtsnd to
Ia They will go back to the people
"a say !" Yes. We are in favor of these
sorfsitures, but there ia plenty OF time
ssxt winter and. when next winter
sonea. the Presidential election will
hs,s raeeed and all incIteTaent to their
rsssere will have passed also.
The struggle 80 far on the part Of the
sorporations has been TO delay action
in tbe committees, and this they have
mast successfully accomplished with the
IA Of friends ON the inside Of Congress
sud The committees. These corpora
iious and their agents are adopts In this
busipess, and have most successfully
bedpsd In the friends of forfeiture.
Inn look at IL. Congress has been In
seseion now six months and half.
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill was
Introduced the second day Of the SEES
sleu, and Il was nearly six months be-
fore action could be reached IN commit
ise. The railroads made common cause
10 consume time; each having it's own
attorneys and each demanding separate
snd full hearings. This, of course. all
boxed fair on its face; but when IL is
remembered that there are twelve or If
teen different roads involved in this
question, and each to be heard. and in
most cases both sides to be heard. you
will zee that good deal of time IL ust
bs consumed. The committee made the
mistake of not forcing the hearings and
Uniting the time and requiring printed
or written briefs. or course | urged a
different course. Van Wyck and others
of the committee concurred with me,
Bat the body of the COMMITTEES thought
Bot 70 let all be heard, and 10 the com
mittee drifted on q perfect sea OF dis.
eumion until late in March. In the
current business had accumu
lated and other matters we're constantly
to forfeiture bills, and there
was no lack of matters with which to
zntagonixe forfeiture bills.
Ths plain fact is this: while there In
! clear majority In the committee ia
voring forfeiturss, IL has had the active
import of but three or four members
of the nine, and among those favoring
forfeiture there have been some very
radical differences Az TO the form of
the bills for forfeiture. IL Congress
adjourns the Both instant, as II is now
thought II will. / doubt IL a single for
feiture bill gets through. regret the
condition and have fought resoiutely
against II. but to no purpose. ! shall
struggle on, bat with faint hope of
success.
Ihave written at much greater length
than ] intended; but the warm support
you have given me In my feeble efforts
70 sscure the passage of forfeiture bills
leads me 10 make TO you fuller state
ment than otherwise would.
Pardon haste and mistakes.
Yours, JAS. II. SLArgR.