Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-23

hopes We have seen work Along the1r
Ii le suspen ,;sd; We Aase SEN contraees
abandoned. md we have seen pledge
after pledge violated. We have seen
the broad. fair minded Willard dis
placed by the narrow and bigo.ed
Wright, aud today we read that this
great eHuupuv~eth Is 70 IA nafnsd4
after one of bis hobbies - Tacoma
Laughter. inasmuch as the railroad
company has not earned it, land grant.
aud has not legal or equitable right or
title IN this uaearned grant. ~elieT7
the people should demand its forfeiture
by the company and its re.torHtion 10
tie public domain. II should speak
Of the treatment Of ths Northern Pa
eific Railroad Comp my tovard myself,
would be bringing personal matters
into meeting where calmness and /
delioeration should prevail. Not
outstanding tire tICrnous tract OF I
land in this ierrit ~. gre lter than the /
State NJ Ohir. claim and held, but !
never earned by tins Tnpanv, 1t Is try !
ing 10 gooDle i Th1: little of the pub |
lie domain " left, - hen lands. A I.
united People can accom- piish auckland ,
believs our siFess ppilcy Is to unite !
aud help our ely&s.
J. J. MGTLvaA
Was the next speaker. He felt deep
interest in this matter. both As citizen
and an old settler. He fsyored the
resolutions which hld been adopt
ed. and thought they We're broad
enough 10 cover the grounds. Mr.. Nc
Gllyra then went minutiy over the
work done by Mcclellan and Stevens,
TO show that the Snoqualmie vas the
only practical route through the Cas-
cade Mountains, and that the company
could have built its road through this
pass long ago II it had desired Ia. The
company have hum 1ug1ed SO long over
tins matter that | Am perfectly honest
when | state that do not believe the
company ever intend to build the Cas-
cade branch Mr.. McGilyra Went on to
give his reasons for this belief, aud pro
duced Z. letter in c. Il. Wright's hand
writing, proposing to abandon the CAS-
cade branch altogether. provided they
could get the land grant on their coal
road from Tacoma up the Puyailup
Valley to Wilkeson. All tais talk about
the company building road over the
Cascade Mountains Is all bosh. and they
do not mean business when they pub
i;,h tot world that they will build 1t.
The lands have long since been forfeit
ed. and should be restored, and the rail-
| road company comrli,s crime every
| time it sells "a town lot IN All impractl-
cable and unhandv location, on the
| strength of road that 1t Never Intends
to build.
w. II. WHITE
| Then read resolution providing for
com nIttee Of five 10 take the necessary
steps to effectively carry out the object
expressed In the resolutions adopted by
that meeting. Resolution passed. and
the following gentlemen were elected
as such committee j. X. Lewis. II. l..
YesIer. George kinnear, L. L. Minor
and w. II. White.
| E3 CHIEF JUSTICE J. 4. LEWIS
was next called. He said. to uss Web
ster's language: We had better stop
and consider where We are" We had
better t.ke oar bearings and our latl-
| tude, provided the parallels have not
been stolen. Laughter Tne people
have met t, consider n great and i'm
por,ant question. We are not here
simply rs citizens If SEATTLE. but as citi-
MS of Washington 1errit1ry. Our
| first du is to orr Territory. and next
to that, to orr town. As people of the
Territory. We should speak and act for
the Territory. Many years ago, In
| Iowa. | remember a conflict between
a railroad corporation aud the people,
and let u sing tonight rs the boys d,d
then
Railroad, Railroad, lchry Am,
Northern Pacific Rsilroad. you .e dam"
We have been betrayed bv our Lecis-
lature. who pissed the railroad law.
after having lis defects pointed ont to
them, aud being told that the law, as
drafted by Mcknight, attorney for the
Northern Pacific Railroad, and after
wards passed, WAS not worth a damn.
The last Republican Convention WAS
controlled by the Northern Pacific Rail
load Company, and odr Dele alto III Con
gress has betrayed Us, aud how is a tool
III their hands. As long AS the people
send such cattle to Congress, they need
never expect to be admitted as a State.
The Judge then spoke III glowing terms
of Yakima and klttitas valleys, and told
how anxious the people over there We're
to be connected with the Sound country.
| want Seattle to prosper, bat think
We should feel Interested in the Ierfl-
tory first, and Seattle atterxard. The
Northern Pacific Il abroad has siguitied
ITS intention of sighting the people of
Yakima and kIttItas valleys. provided
they ever build their road. The kittitas
valley Is one uf the finest little valleys
on this coast. and IL capable Of sustain
ing "A population of over 5000. Why,
every time our people put II piece of
beefsteak in their mouths, they have 10
thank God and kittitas. The terminus
of the Northern Pacific Railroad is at
present at Wallula, and liable to remain
there. Have you ever been there
| Voice from the audience: "N1witka."
Loud applause.
The Judge drew word picture of
this place, and told how tha wind hurled
rocks as large as eggs around i'll all sorts
OF confusion, txenty-four hours every
| day.
We have no representative in Con
gress. aud We must have one that is,
| the people o. Seattle must pay some
man, i'll whom they have confidence. to
90 to Washington to represent the l Ter
ritory. I'll be one of twenty. or one of
nifty, to put up the money. People are
fiocking here from the East, and We
| want this land for them to settle Oh and
improve. While | WAS in Eastern
Washington recently | pissed by IA
beautiful tract of land. Why has moi
some one t..ken this land and Improved
1t p asked. " Because 1t is claimed by
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
paAy," Was the reply. No road within
| hundred m les of 1t, aud not liable to
be, and still withheld from the pubic
domain and settlement. Let US Ct our
messenger off, AID seo If something
cannot be done toward restoring these
unearned lands To tue public, where
they belong.
JAMES Nc NkU6HT,
Who WAS sitting Ia the back part Of til
hall, WAS called for. He made As good |
defense in behalf of his company 40 |
he could, but did not attempt TO pat |
forth any reason why the unearneG |
lands should not be restored to the pub !
lilo domain, except that the company |
wanted to hold them. Everybody &C.
aarded Mr.. Mcknight credit for his
Mort under such trying circumstances.
The entire audience Was against his
measures, while they we're anxious to
hear what he tad to say. He filtered
the law passed by the last Legislature.
and declared 1t was ell right. and ON the
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