Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-19
DAILY ST.lNTEllIGEhcER.
TaEy AnE,pED THE CeSI sACr.

THEY AMENDED Ihk sos'
Mr.. Paul Schulz, land officer oi the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company was
in the train of the President OF tnat
c,mnanv in his visit to Seattle, lnnrS-
dsy. He was also at the reception gwen 1
70 Mr.. Harris by tie Chamber OF Ion
,,s,.a Mr.. Schulz il mercarial IN MS
,en,erameut, and Is apt 70 bob up mop |
portuuely. Reference vas hao 10 'ne
courss of remarks made al that uleeiihs |
IN the ,nfam0us restrictions 40 posed oS |
,ba Northern Pacihc Co apany upon
nnrcbas,rs Of its lands. We have mere
.ofore referred 10 thee. and have puo-
isbed the text Of contract made os
that company with purcha7er- IN
brief. all al, iron, water nights ana
strip 400 feet wide through the iaAa Il
reserved by the company for MS Own
use or that of any other railroad per
ated by it. and the purchaser 10 con-
nelIed 70 build fence on both sides
stch railroad shonId it pass through his
land, ANA keep it in repair forever
Those conditions are a charge upon tne
land, they are covenants which run with
i. and pass to q new pure haser TheHeVer
il is alienated.
Mr.. Paul Schulze bobbed up and said
in eject that il was true that such con
tracts had been made by the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, that nobody
aver objected to them, until about six
months ago the press took the matter
up and protested. whereuPon the ooIec-
tionable features we're promptly eiimI-
mated and do not nov appear 10 any
Northern Pacific contract. such can
dor il charming in its simplicity and
deserves recognition. For years the
Northern Pacific Company had been
binding purchasers 20 odions and IN
American conditions, bad been convey
ING TO them title numbered with re-
strictions harsher aud more lnfamou-l3
tyrapuical than those imposed by feudal
barons upon their tenant serfs; aud yet
until the press, materializei IN the form
of the Posi- IsTELLIGESCER, called pub
lie attention to the enornity of the ont
rage, nobody grumbled" and the
crime against free ownership Of land IN
this country was suffered TO continue.
Had it not been for the press 1t would
now exist. Nothing else Is TO be de-
duced from Mr.. Paul Schulze's inter
iectorv remark. But, mark this fact!
Jast as soon az the PosT IsTELLIeESoER
gave publicity TO the outrage, the Board
of Directors met and revised the con-
tract. They straek out the restrictions
AID ordered Mr.. Paul Schulze to sell
lands TO fresmen on terms which free
men could accept without surrendering
their liberties. They made haste 10 do
this. why2 Because they knew that
no matter how many men they owned IN
the Congress Of the United States. no
matter how strongly they were Ell
trenchea there, no man of that great
body dare. in his capacity of Represent
alive or senator, defend or even apollo
gize for 20 gross and inexousable II gIo-
lation of Justice. He would be Knocked
and spit upon. They knew that tho pa
per containing that accursed contract,
that relic of old world tyranny, would
be sent to the advocates of justice In the
House of Representatives; that the
wrong would be made public; that IT
would be another and strong argument
in favor of forfeitare; that, pointing to
that contract, the friends of justice and
liberty would say, behold how grossly
this beneficiary of Government abuses
free gift; observe the burden 1t seeks
TO entail upon the homeless and home
seeking people of America. This is Why
haste Was made to eliminate these OBJ
noxious clauses. Ii was because they
were published, made kaown.
We are glad that Mr.. Paul Schulze
paid us visit. 'An open confess on Is
good for the SOUL" and his ooufe sion
is now public. The Northern + clhc
Railroad Company amended it's land
contracts because II WAS COMPEL, to,
from fear OF consequences. IL will al
ways do justice under like olIuum-
stances. But how do YOU like il men
of Washington Territory? How does it
please you to know that you viii be
treated fairly by this company only
when il fears exposure? Is il pleasant
30 feel that one must be constantly ON
the watch against the Impressions and
Vaccinations of a corporation whose
history lisa tissue of subterfuge and
broken pledges, which IL before Con-
Rress sycophant and beggar. before
its patrons, the people of the North west,
an exaoting tyrant. a non taxps,ying
bully. AIR. President Harris should
suppress Mr.. Paul Sohulxe. lie talks
quite too freely for the credit Of his
company. He should be caution I'd rs
10 the text of his confessions. The
press, that Nemesis of humbul, OF
tyranny, of secret conspiracies az aiusI
public rights, is as unhrln9, as sic, pless
as the company he serves.