Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-26
DAILY POsT.IHTELLIGENcER



susk. tha pablic bsiisvs ihat the aslti'-
,iou ,hroogh01i she e0untrJ 10 favor 81
thu fsrfeiture Of 1uesrDed laid grants
has accomplished no good This Se do
mot believe. We believe thst, even
should noshing farther eouas OF ine
efforts made 70 strip the railroads CT
thar unsarned and Illegally sssd posi-
sessions even II ever forfsitnrs osia
nov pending before Conere'= wes" d.
fesAed. or allowed 70 80 anaessd spon
ev~n IL not another voiss slsooio Dc
,aised liz favor u popular RIGHTS, ths
agitation has besii Of ineAieolaois pens-
A 10 ths Nation ~ shoiss ana ~
Washington Territory in particular
n far a. the Territory il essnesrned,
,aers can Do no d,oabt that tue pfsssai'
activity 90 the Cascade branch - d@s
,aainlv 60 the fears OF The kortr'srfi
passne Company that their grant ~
aboas 70 slip fFsSn them. A year asH'
dc vork Of construction bad pfao'
sleniiy esaAsd, sel,Otiations we're pend
sne Nth the Oregon Railway and haV'
CATION Company looking 10 the lease o.
the line from Waliula 10 Portland, Ans
thsrs vas ahaoIutsIy no ground for bopsi
shea road would be throsn across thsl
noantains within the next tan years
whsn the popular aprising took place,
howsver, and IL vas seen that lhe VOsoe
q de pe0pls would Be heard IN Ii"
haIls Of Congress, Q sndden chang"
took plaes. A a means Of ssif-pfo'eo
ton the company recommended tie
work Of construction, and Il has since
bees pushed With reasonable SlRor.
bat above and beyoad this ADVANTAGE
IA the great advantage gained BY the
Nation, By the people Of ell shs States
BIZ the passage OF the two forfeiture
eills which have been fayofablT acted
anon by this Congress. 10 be sure, she
good actually accomplished is only Aa
inoensidarAbls fraction of What might
lave bssa dons, bat u 10 subject fof
earnest oongratulatlon 10 all whs love
cor Government and are desiFoas 81 ha
perpesuity. IL cannot be denied mat
the public land system OF tbs United
states has been most powerful innn'
snos In making the people eontented
with their lot and preventing she spread
Of Communism, Socialism and all the
other isns that Affect the body polite.
Pat man In Pittsburg blass fur
macs. Let him earn dollar and guar
Ter dag, and take from him oil hope
that hia condition will ever be improved.
He viii become reckless and embiitersd;
and II his nature be- not more than no
man he will embrace any excitement
ar turmoil, any new theory, however
visionary u may be, which gives prom
ise of making his life any more worth
living OF Of giving him the comforts
from which. In the present order oil
things, he has teen shut out To all
such weary, hopeless toileTs In forge and
factory and mine, the hope Of a home
In ths weHa has bean like the hope Of
Heaven 10 the Chrlatlsn. We win 60
West" has been the magic sentences
making labor sseat and life worth Inv
ing. Tbs idea of. sometime in the fa
ture, going West. settling down upon
government land, and living different
and . happisr life has been cherished
and for its realization every spare cen
Of money has been saved. With tina
hope, the worker could work on with al
object in life and an end 10 be attained
Even IL the long wished for journey to
ward the golden West were never under
taken. and che toilsr did not leave biz
toll until hs threw his tools aside anC
iourneyed of into the ankncSn. tn
anrealiEed hope of his life mad
that life happier. more ccnteuted, bette
In every way. Had II not been for hi
Western dream. tho man would probA
big have basn ready 10 embrace wilS
and seditious theories, which under 10
innsenoe he spnrnsd.
Nov, remove this hope Of . Western
home and will she nature of the Fast
{. srp workinensn noe become degraded
swilI he be oonten, TO work. and work
and work With aothing for which d
live save bis miserable deliAr and
quarter each day 7 The Tins 10 CON
ing, ID must come, whea the pahli
lands viii be- exhausted, vhen the lahs
question viii have 10 be met face 4
face without this powerful influence 3
aid The Government and the law
Rvesythina which tends 10 pat tha
time further away. everything whis
increases the fass shrinking area Of tn
pubic lands. should be hailed With O.
hkht a. an inanapce vorkiaR TOE ID
COED Of the Government.
By the uraeon Central forfeitar'
7so.ss0 acres have tsep restored 70 Oh
pahlic domain by the Texas Paciii
forfeiture. ts.ap. 1ec scres have bee
ssssorsd--ia all. over l5.0eo.aso acre
10 shis noshine The public domsi
has been increased by an amoans c
land equal 10 almost ninesssn times h
ssaoani ssnsainsd in Rhode Eslaas
three times the au,oani Goa
tAiaed in Nsx Jersey, twie
that in Maryland. al amoaat equal :
that In Wees Virginia. or one-h halt tbs
IN ths siata q New yerk. IL IN
noshins II means 9a.fes farms {
sixty acres e,eh IL means st.iss frs
AEseriean henass. strengthening an
bailasnG up she Republic Ia this moth
tar Z Il means thai the Goveramsr
has bean ets~a the pawes 10 preseu
frss homes 10 Of least . millicn people
u InsAns thaa The time when shs pnbli
banda shAli be exhausted has been mad
more seznoss By ssvssai years IL III
all nothing 7
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II the sitinessa Of British oolansbi
- arr aoa outraged ami Indignant NJ ID
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tho Domiaica rArlianent. they are 20.