Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-30


Z Of the United states = ire near f1,1-@:
+, 'R-nern5@r ~ tile. re oaIT city or 'ae
coas. tia. b1ilt. eq1iooet- oxu ard %
crates I;s oun railroad from Pagei
Sound ~ Cdlc4gD.
ozoEGE TySAsLE SIXTH
Then arose and offer 4 the follovIng
preamble and resolution, 1aico was
unanimously adopted: d,
WExgy.s session 1874 81 tee Revised
{ Statutes Of the JnI.ei states. Inning
the poEers q to- Legislative Assembly
Of Washington Territory, expressly &c
clare. n IN SAID Territory " ali taxes
shal! b. eq1 u AMI aaIf0rra. and no dis
tioct o1s scal Dc n sd7 10 tae assess
meats bs,xaen GIfere1. Kinds OF prop
-rtV b7. the as--SsTo-uts 50 a. Nc A.
co,aing - TIE value OF the prop-riy
{ AID
whereas. The L-gislstve As .'lnhly
Of SAD lrrrst3rg. GA N,vern 1er -. lo,3.
I uudartae us4llgE la1Qsuc.- ot The North
IN + eli RsIlrsa1 Company. did en-
art tni IL leu o. any AMI al etae-
,sre. ~ = .lv r.IlT04d. sLcept rtii-
ro.d- up-r4.ad by ho-S- po~e-. 81. In
tbs I--r.txry Or gopd the ecu pI0e-.is-
app- -.-7suce- " APP, I'd %g-s tp@r7oF.
Z o. rppn Eu- otte- - bfertv s..u .t-si N
{ t-s- Territory belonging . the ccFpo' l.
hon OsrlaZ or operating s1cl railroads.
y 17.ol tue cap al stock o. DQ ln-'s
tr.-l. .eti1u- o. -Ec1 r4i4FJ CON ",
. there -1ai. hSrostt-- D. PAID into I1S
treasury II ins Territory perc- 1tA-r
) # All the gross -ACnlnEs - the corp9r
si1n owning Or operating n riiiro-d
/ rising from ths operation of sUcn raI4
| road A. snail be situated within tn Ter
rItery, VIZ: Every such railro al corpo.
! ration. or person operating railroad
! IN this Territory, shall pay 20 su"a
| treasurer each year. for tae IIrst tv-
years after sush railroad snail o. or
| shall have nern operated, In whole or IN
| part, two per c-utum of sucn gross
earnings, AMI for and ia each and every
year after tine expiration of the sad i've
| wears, three per centum OF tue SAID
| gross earnings; and the plyBient of
such per csu.1rn annually AS aforesaid
shall be and IL IN full of all taxation
AVID assessments VII ttever upon the
propertv aforesaid :; and
Where -, THIS enactment Is contrary
to all rules Of equity and right as well
as 4 III inIfe,t violation OF SAID section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of the UT
ed States. controlling aud limiting tbs
legislative power y! sid Assembly;
therefore, bs IL
Resoicea by this IN ,eting, That We de-
nOunce said act, condemn the Leel Ia
tive Assembly for passing the same. and
We demand that taa assessc rs If tue
several counties of Washington L TIL
tory obey tne higher law-fhe law en-
acted by the Congress Of the United
States-and that they place upon the
| 81 - hau "A "a
the property of the individual citizen
all property. real and personal, situated
in said Territory belonging u the
NORTHERN Pacific Railroad Company. on
any other railroad company owning OIL
having property IN said Territory.
= Resoiced. That on the failure or re
; fusai of the assessors to assess raiiroac
, property ~ in the fore. ding resolution
the prosecuting attorneys of the ssvera
counties be and they are hereby re
qussted to institute procee Tags b,
wits of M indate to compel the asSess
msnt of the same.
II was further ordered that our dole
gate, W. II. White, be instructed L
: urge Congress TO dlsapprOve tsis act.
George kinneIr tnen presented thu
following resolution, which Wa
adopted
ResOlr@j, That a committee of tire
be appointed by the CHAIR tn gather III
the facts aa6 matter relating Il tn
, lands claimed a. earned by buildiu,
the coal road from Tacoma eastward
! and all other lands Withdrawal for tn
Northern Pic!iJ road IN the Ierritor,
= aud any otn@e matter that will tend L
aid in the forfeiture of the land gran,
Inc chairman appoint d the follow
= ing gentlemen rs such Committee
Gre 'rge kln1e4r, Orange Jacobs, l.. L
> Andrews. }. }. McGl.vra and IL. l.
fesler.
. II l.. YEsLFR
A., Was caliet for and introduced by tn
:, chair An ~ the Patriarch of Seattl,
-. Mr.. Yesier said: Having never mike
much 10 politics | never learned how
make public speech. Yen know | Al
heart and so1l III this IN itter, aud vii
do all can to h Up 1t along.
a JUDGE JACOBS
Was the next speaker. He said Tn
tune for talking has passed, and Oh
time for action IL at hand. | deem til
{ selection of the committee fit an
proper one. Roman history tells L
that wdea Hannibal, the great genera
IL of the C6rthagenians, WAS approachin
10 with his armies toward the CITY of Rom,
} the Roman Empire was shaken wit
fear, and grand convection of III
i Roman Senate WAS called. Its process
II ings went on with closed doors, and ID
Roman nation waited with bated breat
Q for the result of their deliberatiou
', Finally, whom the doors we're throw
d open, the CRY went forth, Carthage ii
u fsndum esf," Carthage mast be d.
1 stroyed.
Here is pow in this Territory "
q are seeking TO destroy. The reirItor
can never prosper until We nave put
II check upon this corporate power. Whe
II these grant were first made to assist i
:, the construction of these transcor
tiuental railroads, they were mad
r under great exp-diencies; bus put
lie sentiment has since becom
d strongly opposed to those grants o
g principle and policy, and no legisl'
tive body nowadays would think o
making grants of land from the publ
o domain for auy purpose. We are i
e HARMONY with the sentiment of th
: great mass of the American people O
g this su Jet. The railroad COMPANY
q by failure to build the road. and b
o Wrapping the grant from its intende
purpose, aud toy using it to furthe
II build Hp and enrich an uuscrupalou
, land ring in Philadelphia, or som,
1 where else, has destroyed its equities i
o this grant. There is no equity in i
o and am in favor of the forfeiture G
t. every acre of this unearned land gran
IT These corporations should be servan,
g Of the people and not their MASTER
e We must tight. We will make NOR
!, than by sitting supinsly by and lettin
i them ride rough shod over u.s. Sc
II what We have 50 far done. The physi
. has commenced to work already, an
r it's not all wind. either. The ouly wa
n for the people to do ia to stand up ia
l. their rights under the Constitution an
J make these corporations our servant
rather than our masters. / have hs
= some experience in These land gran
!, matters before. | had the honor o
a making the first argument before th
: Secretary of the Interior on the subiec
of the changing Of the location OF ,
I line by the Secretary after a definite
r location lad been made. and the Su
|, preme Court has Just decided tina
I question IN conformity with the posi-
}. ton took In my arguments. | ueyel
y Consented to the change of location M