The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-10-23

/ Si0Au Ny PAOpOA IS6icAsssioA q 01hSiO
acre Of these forfeited grants. The
48th congress, presided over by
Speaker Carlisle, OF Kentucky, has
ut its first session passed resolu-
ton, introduced by Holman, of In
diana, and supported by L. H. Wei
Ter, OF Iowa, and other reform con-
gressmen, declaring ALL lands not
actually earned by the railroads In
conformity with the terms OF the
original grant, FORFEITED, and SUBJ
ject to settlement thereon by the
people under the provisions of the
homestead law. In addition TO this
general declaration OF forfeiture,
special bills have been passed pro-
viding for the forfeiture OF the fol-
lowing lands:
i Acres.
Gulf and ship leland Railroad. ........ 652,s0C
Tuscaloosa and Mobile Railroad. ...... 6Ss, 00l
Coosa and Tennessee Railroad. ....... l4O,uN
| savannah and Albany Railroad. ....... 0Or,OUu
New Orleans and stale Line Railroad. l2OSOC
Little Rock and Fort smith Railroad. ,0bs .uai
Texas Pacific Railroad .............. IA O9, stO
Oregon Central Railroad. 1890. ...... 1,l3O,sS0
California and Oregon Railroad. 1855. 2,l26,52t
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. 1901 ,OOO
Sioux city and St Paul Railroads.. S5,65a
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81, I'll ,5Oa
Mr.. Weller worked and voted for
the passage OF each OF these bills
and the following bills which are on
the House calendar will also receive
his hearty support when reached.
Acres
New orleans, Baton Rouge and vicks- -
Oregon and california railroad. ..... s,soi,;sG
Marquette, Houghton and ontonagon
onionagon and Brue River Railroai.. ssssis
i Marquette and State Line Railroads.. btus u
Northern Paclnc Railroad ...... D,ahnN
southern Pacific, OF California. 7,5oo,OuO
That the republican senate, with
its nillionaires and monopolisuc
tendencies, failed to pass a single
one OF the forfeiture bills Is an ad-
ditional reason why the lower house
should not be turned over into re-
publican hands To defeat Mr.. Weller
after such q record in this regard
would be an act OF folly which not
even party idolatry will excuse in
those whose sons and daughters
must find homes on the great prai-
ries OF tho West.
i WEl4LrsA AIIEADANCEs
/ Absentecism is one OF the great
evils OF Legislative bodies. Hardly a
vote IL taken in the national con-
gress or state legislatures but shows
that large per cent Of the members
are absent. i. H. Weller was in his
seat ercry day Of the session con-
tinuing from the 3rd day OF Decem-
Der, 1883, until the 7th day OF July
1SS4-a remarkable record and
worthy OF all praise.
wELLER's HOME RECORD.
| Mr.. Weller has been outrageously
vilified by q corrupt party press
chiefly edited by postmasters. They
call him crank, accuse him of dis.
honest dealings with his neighbors
&C., &c. These same charges Were
all peddled through the district two
years ago. How much truth there is
in them Is shown by the vote oil
Chickasaw county, where Mr.. Wei.
Ter has lived for 25 Look al
, these figures-of the tWelpe town
ships OF Chickasaw county, ten gave
u majority for Mr.. Weller, one OF the
other two only gave 4 majority
agasnst him, while Bradford town.
ship in which Mr.. Weller's farm il
located aud where he has lived %
!, years, although strong republican
township and which actually gave
the republican state ticket 65 major.
ity, gaze l.. II. Weller FL majority
his own county giving him major
ity Of four hundred and tpenty eight
This was the answer Of his neighbors
to the malicious ISLANDERS Of the hy-
ena republican press.
| WHAT THE OLD MAN SAID.
| Said a gray haired old man, Il
have for many years kept close
watch Of public affairs and I have
noticed this,-Thnt when a man goes
to Congress or q state Legislature
and serves the monopolies and Is
true to them. they take care OF him,
aid to q reelection and lift him up
higher, while the man who goes to
Congress and Is true to the people,
they too often desert him aud let the
very monopolies he has opposed in
the interest OF the people, crush
and defeat him." Alas, how true
the old mans words were, and II the
electors Of the 4th Iowa district per-
nit Mr.. Weller to be defeated after
such a record as he has made 1t will
but add one more to the already to
long list OF faithful public servants
remanded to private life, simply be-
cause they incurred the hostility of
corporate monopolies.
/ MIR. wELLERs OPPONENT.
Opposed to Mr.. Weller in this Dis
triet is Mr.. VIM. E. Fuller, a lawyer
OF West Union, Fayette county. Mr..
Fuller Is tho painpered child OF an
aristoeratic family, the only child OF
very wealthy parents who de ire
I.Willie's" election to congress as u
family honor" III elected his train
ing and aristocratic tendencies will no
doubt well fit him to shine In Wash
ington rs one OF the "curled dariings
of society" hlt poorly indeed will
lid represent the producing class
farmers, wage workers And ,nnrhan-
les Of this district. His public life
consists OF one term in the 10th Gen
eral Assembly OF Iowa, aehere he
uoted to pare the may to an entire
repeal Of the stranger ld,os "reguldt-
ing railroad Jreights BY erempti,ag
the roads from some OF the prOUis-
IONS OF the lac, The entire law We