Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-18
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aid of constructing the Cascade BRANCH
of its road. The Chamber OF Commences
is composed Of men prominent ana Ia
auential in the business Ct this city ano
the Puget Sound basin. The resoi0-
tions adopted BY that body, doubtless
at that time expressed the indi'ionai
and collective convictions OF those VINO
voted for them. II il, however known
that they were in some degree passed
under pressure, and With a mistaken
idea of the situation. 1t IL far better
known that these resolutions did not
then. nor do they now, express the
wishes and demands Of the people OF
Seattle or of King county. 1t IL 80 eVi-
dent that "he who III Las may read that
ninety five per cent OF the citizens i
Seattle and of the whole regioa allied
Herewith do not coincide with nor IN
dor.e the resolutions adopted by said
BODY. On the contrary, there Is Al
sImost universal condemnation OF the
u siti,n taken by that organization.
kesolu,Ioia, OF similar import have
been passed by ike organizations 10
other cites of tnis ! Territory. With
the exceptions of Tacoma and Seattle
they have been repudiated wherever op-
portauity offered. Inc press OF the
Territory, with hardly a prominent and
certainly without au influential excep-
ton. unites IN demanding that the IN
earned land grant to this ravenous men
dioant he declared forfeited. Meetings
Of citizens in the eastern portion of the
Territory have been held, and with sur
prisinQ unanimity have adopted resolu-
tlops to this effect. The whole people
are aroused, and eagerly watch the fate
of the bill now before Congress restOr-
ing the lands to the public domain TO
which they rigbtfully belong.
The resolutions adopted by the sew
eral Chambers Of Commerce and Boards
Of Trade in favor Of non forfeiture
HAYS been forwarded to our Delegate In
Congress, and by him and Senator
from Oregon presented to both Houses.
They are designed to and more or less
will influence the action Of that body.
Without public expression of a contrary
. opinion they will serve to sustain the
claim Of Northern Pacific attorneys aud
lobbyists that the people of this Terri
tory are against forfeiture. Action is
demanded TO combat this misrepre-
sentation. We should be heard from,
and that in no uncertain tones. Ii what
ID here declared be true, If it be the fact
that the action of the Chamber of Com
unercs in this city does not reflect the
sentiments Of our citizens, it should be
- declared. The action Of Congress
with respect to this grant concerns
every man, woman and child in Seattle.
King county and Washington Territory
A forfeiture Of land claimed by this
company, and on its frequent applica-
tions withdrawn from settlement for
fourteen years, will open 70 purchase,
presumption and homestead entry mil
lions of acres in the best par, of this
Territory. II will at once throw open
the 4 Dors To Puget Sound for construc-
ton of railroad hither. and hasten
With phenomenal rapidity the develop
msnt Of our coal and iron mines.
The people Of Western Washington
have had their fill of bulldosipg, tom
foolery and injustice from this aims
soliciting and pon-taxpaying organi-
z,tion Of public plunderers. Ii has
never dealt fairly with the people along
Its line of road. 1t has not dealt fairly
by the government. 1t has been I'M
truthful, hypocritical, msndacious, ar
roRant, vascillating and generally IN
Trustworthy. Its pledges have been ~
freely broken AS given. II has dealt in
subterfuaes aud menaces Its history
IL chronicle of rapaciousuess, where
BY honest stockhold ers have been
robbed, communities subjected to ok
tOrtions, aud commemorative deprived
Of just contributions to the public treas
ury.
These allegations are not baseless.
IL IL needless tn partieularize. The
reading public-every man who has set
tied within reach Of the tcntacles Of
this gigantic devil fish--knows that
what We say il unapparslcd and I'M
doubted fact. The company has
adopted and will. no long a. il has pow
sr, enforce the hateful aud destructive
policy OF the Central Pacific Railroad.
Not a mouth elapsed after its trains raj
through TO Portland before measures
were instituted to duplicate an enforce
the stand up aud deliver maxim of
the banditti who have for years
levied extortionate tribute upon the in
dustries Of Utah. Nevada and Califor
mia. Recently determinations against
interior points have been instituted
and enforced which tally, in principle
and practice. with those which have
made the Central Pacific a SYNONYM for
injustice and brutality.
The people OF Western Washington
do not desire the extension Of this rail.
road to Puget Sound il il is to he man
aged like its prototype, the Central Pa
citic. Trey do not want this railroad
built over the Cascade Range If, 10 &c
cure that end. a very large proportion
Of the best agricultural. timber and coal
lands Of the Territory are to be given in
exchange. They k1ow that as a, pres
emit managed the utility of such a rail
road would be questionable. Tha, il
might, instead of being beneficial, re-
suit in emphatic and prolonged injury.
They know, moreover, that the building
of road across the Cascade Mountains
Is not worth what is demanded; that
with this land grant out Of the Way no,
only one. but several railroads will be
constructed from the great Columbia