The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-08

prescribed In a.
Inaer which they made tb. tne Law.
l 10 not mean to cav TIE claims
department is more rigid n e lnletior
clal duty c0mpels if t - man Off,
dealings with indiyidneaII lie in il
requirements from pre- : M n. and it,
1 MN ~ A., stead settlers and 1fE 'oIs AMI
strict and formal proo' CCaers Ct a
pltte and technical comn \ no.t con.
all conditions Of the ac lt,@oee With
gress bafore patents are u Con-
Nevertheless it is tTna iS'as1.
individual cases are hue that
for months until anything ~u iag Up
which ingenuity can hoid iseklng,
necessary link in the chain ~ ~ oes
denee Is supplied; but in Inc u o.. eVi,
great railroad corporations J0 oAe Of
Ing millions and tens of mi TGnsnd
acres, everything seems tn -i bo Of
sumed IN their fevor. No inofe'
ton is msde into the regnIs illus
transactions in the most vitoi q
tlculars, and when two cnna,p psi
lions are possible, the one civiDattIN
widest scope to the grants a.as tls
4e Invariably preferred, .
Cn!s case, the continued ,oIGi
existence OF the New OrIo9sal
Baton Rouge and VicksbnyWOi leanS
road Co., notwithstanding H. ial-
peal of its charter years ago nv re te'
legislature Of Louisiana IN NE ~
mere ground of judgment obto;n sus
without argument and ro 1'diasG
without reasons, in q snborJiUpe3u
United States court, and Eb pS
however obtained, was and is b I,Ss'
ing to nobody but the parties t ~ u
Ii is TO be regretted that noo ~ ~ !;
that care and caution which bov VI
been exercised ia giving patsnta 1--we I've
quarter sections of land b 'Uj
not been shown in 81" 1%u
ing patents to railroads e ~.
areas exceeding sonIe p0wsrfU i
European mOnarcbies. II NAV ~
useless to regret the past, but + !.
clearly time to call q halt in Iooos
grants, and equally loose constTno.
tions of grants of the public domain
to corporations which are private in
their ownership, control and profit
however useful tn enterprises in
which trey are engaged may be tn
the country. The !il Wss 'e'errpd
to the committee on public lands.
At the conclusion OF H1fsspeecb.
the Sena'e res umet consideration Of
the shipping bill.
Vest opposed the tonnsge fax
and moved a subs itute
which Frye accepted, abolishing all
tonnage dues on United States YES
sells On entering q United States
port, and only retaining such dues
on vess eis Of foreign Countries dis.
eliminating in like manner sgain.i
the United States. Vest sdded 8
clause providing that nothing con
tanned in the section should impair
any treaty. The section providing
for compensation for ocean carriag8
of mails gave rise to considerable
discussion. Tue section permits
the payment OF a sum not exceeding
one dollar a mile each way Of actual
miles run for carrying United
States mails between any port
in the United States and any
foreign port. but the service shall
only be per 'Ormed under contract
with the lowest responsible bidder
and the aggregate amount to be
paid for such service shall not ex-
ceed the amount received by the
United Sta 'es from foreign mali ser.
vice during the year proceeding the
contract, less amount paid for such
carriage On foreign vessels. Frye
said he had drawn up the provision
to foreign msiI pay sitter
consultation with the Postmaster
General. Van WICK charac ;eIized
he provision as an sct 20 give
il 100000 year in subsidies. Frye
defended the bill against
he charge of being a subsidy
Measure. Wby this intense
anxiety to have the English flag
loaf over the United States mail.
t was free trade run mad. This
provision vas in no sense subsidy,
)ut If subsidies were neces airy to
'Iable US to rec yer our position on
he ocean he would be willing
o appropriate one, two or even ten
million dollars to accomplish the
'bject, and he would only feel he
lad done his whole duty.
General debate on the bill will
lose to- morrow at 3 o'clock.
Ado lrnea.