Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-12

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Ne nsxt insro1nssd. Ha annsanss
snss, like The other speakers. be VI
aFsex voeee. He had always been h
pubiiosn. had favored the principles Z
We Republican party and opposed tbs
% tbs Democratic. In what be shoui
sey ~ meant no rs<eosicn % isdivf6u
MDemoefaex- He nsssr knsu Demo
Gnt - bad - hin party. Among hi
companfons at school there we're man
Democrats, and In the days before th
var they had discassed among ths.u
selves the questions Of slavery and 81
cession- In 1852 moss Of tbs boys n
listed. And said the speakor, g 70
three years we bors our muskess q
Rsthsr, Democrat and Rspubiicsn
shoulder 70 shoulder. We marched 70
the Union. with our faces aiways turnes
Southward. Do you think that do o
remainder my Democratic comrade,
with love and honor Uur regimen
went ont with thousand men. Fou
hundred and eighty -sevsn never n
turned OF those many were Dem
ocrsts. We fought together through
those fearful days at Ston,
| river; Ne marched together bearing the
banner down through the fisrcely Tough
nelds OF Teunessee, and my Democratic
comrades were still in the ranks: =,
passsd the chain Of FIRE along the Chat
tahooohse, and swept together to the
neld before Atlanta, and down through
Georgia 70 the sea. l saw shose Demo.
eFats light bFaseiy and truly for free
dom and union; saw MANY Of them
fall, struck down by deadly wounds. i
helped - barry some where they sleep in
annAuyBd graves under the Southern
sod. No; l say nothing against Demo
crsts; but their party has always advo-
GATED wrong principles. They were first
wrong on slavery. q question that
thank God has been relegated forever to
the past. They were wrong on that,
and they have besn wrong ever since.''
Mr.. kiunsar then referred TO his SER
vices In the cause OF forfeiture during
the movement Of last winter. stating
that he had drawn mp and forwarded 10
Congress the immense petition Of King
eounty psople for the forfeiture of the
Cescade grant. He did NOS wish to claim
any undue credit, but he did object 70
the Democrats claiming TO be the only
oryinai and genuine forfeiture men.
Finally, be would work and vote for the
repeal of the infamous railroad tax
law; and was strongly in favor of woman
suffrage.
JUDGE JACOBS
Candidate for Councilman. was next
introduced. He said: Oae week ago /
had the pleasure Of attending a Demo
cratic meeting In this very hall, and
can honestly say that IL was the only
Democratic meeting that ever attend
cd In which | could have taken part aud
not created disoord. Laughter. The
principles enunciated in that meeting
were my principles, and am always
glad TO stand with my fellow citizens on
the common ground Of justice and fair
ncss- some OF the speakers who have
preceded ms were very modest men.
They told you by insinuations that they
arc candida ates for Office, and hinted
that they would like your votes. Not
being 30 modest myself, will tell you
that am the Republican candidate for
the Legislative Csuncil, and want to be
elected. have been in Washington
Territory since 1869, and my record il
before you. FoHr years of that time
was your representative in the Congress
OF the United States. During that tune
the question of the restoration of vast
trac of land, Withdrawn for the benefit
of the Northern Pacific h ,ilreod Com
pany on its abandoned Skagit pass
route, came mp, and through my efforts
that land was restored to the public do
ain, and thrown open TO settlement
under eur homestead, presumption,
timber land and mineral laws. /
am an original forfeiture nau
and hence the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company felt that my services in
Congress could be dispensed with, and
they were. have always believed that
the public domain should be held for
the settler. and under no consideration
given in large tracts TO individuals or
corporations. There is no government
that csa stand, that is not govern
ment OF freemen, and the best way to
make freemen, and to attach them to
the institutions Of the government is to
give them homes aud an interest in the
soil. Tue utterancss of the King Coun-
ty Republican convention, on the ques
ton Of forfeiture, were clear and une-
quivocai in favor OF unconditional for
feiture Of the unearned land grant of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany: that the railroad company has no
right to an acre of those lands. either
Ia Law or equity. Those are my senti-
ments. and those are your sentiments
"a expressed In your county platform.
Soms are pleased to call this forfeiture
question "rhs King County Idea" /
don't care whether it is the King coun-
ty idea, the Clarke county idea. or any
other county idsa. or where il origin
ated a. long as IL Is right. know it is
the correct idea, and fouaded on ju stice,
common sense aud reason, and l can
show that IL Is foanded in justice, fair
ness aud expediency. Twill be brief in
stating t&you some facts which will
show in q measure why favor the i'm
mediate and unconditional forfeiture of
the Northern Pacific land grant.
Under the provisions Of the charter Of
that COMPANY, whenever q tweuty-fivs
section Of the main line,or OF its branch,
is built, aud that fact is reported TO the
President of the United States. il be-
cones the duty Of suoh President to ap
point three commissioners to examine
such sectiou OF rosd. and see IL IL IL
built Ia compliance with the charter. If
the President approves of the report,
and sends u so approved to the Cln-
missioner of the General Land ON ,e,
the charter N skes it the daty of that
officer 10 issue certificates of title TO the
tAuu3 41Htt&uoHs W htfU UouiH0cfcN 80
ton to she railroad company. Hence IL
will be seen that the charter puts II IN
the power Of ths railroad company to
build is road through the coal, timber
aud mineral. and rioh valley lands on
the west and over fertile grain produc-
isg and grazing lands on the east. aud
claim all the lands contiguous TO such
sections of road until they reach the
mountain range, through which it would
cost millions of money TO build the road,
when they can say TO Congress. "We've
got all the lands in Washington Terri
tory that are worth having; 60 ahead
and forfeit what ve have not already
got title to- It ia for this reason that |
am in favor of taking this power from
the Northern Pacific or any other COM
psny. TIE young men who attach
themselves to principles favoring mon
opoly will live 10 regret that they ever
took such = step. These young msn
who join that party nos will find that
they ara doing 50 just in time to become
its pAll bearers
aud others went into the Republi.
can Convention and did our best to
incorporate your sentiments into the
Republican platform, bat ws made a
partial failure. The trouble with that