Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-23

xss forfeiture man when Delegate TO
Congress. having secured the res'ora-
ton Of the land withdrawn for the
Northern Pacific for the Pre- lected road
through SkasIt pass. He also secured
an agreement to restrict the grant on
the Puyalinp section "a tweuiy instead
Of forty sections per mile, which Was
aftervard broken. He had been prom
Ineut IN public meetings at Seattle in
favor of forfeiture. He Vas a delegate
10 the R~publican Territorial Conven-
ton from King Coanty. and vas solid
for forfeiture a. instructed by hls con
sfitaeuts. de did not believe 10 the eff
fectIveness, nor vas ne satisfied with
the principles. embodied IN the plat
form OF thai coveutlon upon the land
grant question He was nov, as here
tofore, IN favor of prompt, Rncondi-
tional forfeiture. That vas the only
true principle. the only effective way TO
secure absolute justice TO the people
he stood unequivocally by the doc
trInes formulated by the X publican
Convention Of King County, and the
doctrine eaunciatsd by the National
Republican Convention at ChIrago.
Judge Jacobs vas f5rcible, energetic
and st times eloquent. His speech WAS
often interrupted by applause, and at
its conclusion he VS. vocIferously
o ieered.
Geo. ID. Hill. Esq. Republican candi-
date for County Treasurer, was next in
tToduced. he spoke briefly, declaring
that b. must be judged by his long rec
ord as a Republican and office holder
in thIs county. Upon the matter of
forfeiture. he avowed himself in favor
of the prompt and unconditional resto-
ration of all the uue4rned land graft of
the Northern Pacific. More than
this" said Mr.. Hill, % go farther and
say that | never was in favor of giving
the company these lands. / am op-
posed to subsidies of public lands or
money TO corporations" Mr.. Hills
brief speech WAS well received.
At the close of Mr.. Hills remarks the
Oh 1irman, Mr.. RIch, IN a few spirited
words called upon Rep 1blicans To sup
port the county ticket. Ii was plain, he
said. that whatever differences of opin-
ion there might be upon the Territorial
platform, the King county platform was
sound, tue nominees were sincere IN
support of the principles declared IN
the platform. ana there was no reason
why the Repu 5lican county ticket should
not receive the hearty support of every
Republican In the county. The Chair
mans remarks were evideRtly in accord
with the views of the audience, VINO. at
the conclusion of his speech gave three
hearty cheers for the success of the
county Republican ticket, and three
more for Blame and Logan, the Repub-
hcan nominees for President and Vice
President of the United states.
1t would be difficult to ind more
attentive and intelligent audience of
equal numbers III any precinct of This
Territory. From first TO last the deco
rum Was noteworthy. Every man see IN
ed to be eager to hear what the speaker
had TO say, and to appreciate the points
made. There we're but few ladies pres
emit. After tine meeting adjourned little
groups of men were to be- seen here ana
there, discussing the speakers aad their
utterances. The forfeiture qaestion
was the main topic. That there is great
dissatisfaction with the declarations of
tn Q Territorial platform is fact taat
not even those most sanguine of the
success of the Republican nominee f, r
Delegate can overlook. 1t crops out on
all sides, forms the subject of bitter
animadverslOns, and is, If possible, the
occasion of more vehement protests
than when the Convention aulouruod.
Whether these feelings of dIsappoint-
ment and Indignation will develop into
a formidable bolt In favor of Voorhees,
must be developed at the polls. Fron
an Impartial stand point II is evident
that time and strenuous efforts will be
required on the part of Mr.. Armstrong
and the IerrItorIaI CentrAI Cnu,nittaa
to stem IN those precincts. at least, the
tide of opposition to the platform upon
which be IL TO make his canvass.