Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-04

eminent holding open its vast public
domain for settlement, occupation and
ANAL ownership under the lav, by tie
people alone. and a. beiug utterly op
posed 70 the nefarious schemes souQnt
to be carried out, Of giving up 10 soulless
corporations, without right or sanction
of law. the landed birthrieht of Ameri
can freomen.-Democrafse yo9rnai.
Az KyYEcrrvE wAY.
The Ssatt'e people took very effect
I've way of calling the attention Of the
National Repabli IAN Convention to the
extent of the Northern Pacific land
grant. Thsy prsparrd q large placard
circular IN which. with the startling
title, " Under black cloud" there 10
drawn mao OF Washington Territory
ovrrlaid by the land grant OF the North
ern Pacific rsad. This map shows tn It
1thirds Of the area of the Territ lry
ere inelnded within the lines of with
draval. by which land claimed bv ths
railroad company is closed to settiers
The circular makes q recital Of the
facts with regard TO the forfeitabiiity
of this land, and savs that at one time
and another nearly the entire Territory
has been Withdrawn from settlement
to crafty the vscillating vhims of
lot of impecunisns adventures. In
conclusion, the paper said to ths menu
bers of the Convention that "the peo-
pie OF Washington Territory, and hun
dreds of thousands of their fellow
citizens throughout the Onion, the
hardy yeomen 90 whom these lands
belong, wish to know what il to be the
policy of the Republican party With
regard TO the restoration Of these lapssd
grants 10 tho public domain" They
do not ask" they say, "for meaning
less phrases or equiyocal expressions,
bat earnest, honeat words and work.
They ask the party 10 make saoh an ex-
preston of its policy 40 10 10 willing TO
stand by. whether u be for or against
them."-0vgsaGss.
MORE Lr0Hr THAN m voEuMna m AnorHxn
There has bean prepared In Seattle
and forwarded 70 Chicago. uudsr csps-
otal charge of . representative Of the
Posr- -MxzuExonnCna, Q dOeanaent which
throws more Light upon the subject Of
land fozfeitaee, its selAtion 10 and eject
upou this TeEritosy, than 0oald BE- shed
by the pahaieaEio0 and distsibation AZ
volumes In another form. A copy was
some time slnoe placed n the hands of
every oeleanto - tho Naoional Hepubli-
can Coavention. II b 10 nap Of Wash
inGtsa Territory, drawn from ths o0lcial
map published - the Uuitod States
Intsxiox Depaxtmoot In 1663, ct which,
= 10 snale and lines u vithdsuwA Of
public lands IN favor Of The HoethsRn
Pacific Railroad OOmpany, u u an axact
cosy. Ths lands within the limits Of
Withdrawal are ally placed N black; the
few remAining a0Ees afs lefs unslouded.
No man vhs looks n this map will fail
to be astoonded al tina magnitude Of the
shadow cast by this claim Of the North
ern Paoi6o Railroad Company npop this
Territory. 10 reaches from east 10 west
wholly acr0as it-fsom Idaho TO the Pa
eiflo ocsan--And covers fully two-thirds
Of all the landed area Of tho Territory.
The south line Of the shadow isthe a0utk
boundary Of the Tertiary itself. The
same is true OF tho east limo; bat small
corner in the southeaet b6ing cut OF
gloom. Ths west line Of the shadow Ia
the Pacific ocean, along which north
| ward ID extends for about hundred
| miles from the southern territorial boun-
Diary. Every acre of land In Washing
ton Territory a0nth Of Tacoma, with
Insignificant exceptions, IL In the shadow
Of this monstreus claim. IL crosses the
whole Territory in breadth varying from
| 100 to leo miles, aud, save the valleys
and islands of tue lower Sound, covers
its best agricultural land.- yaacoapey
Register.