Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-01

Columbia 1iE=E. viiboas suy sabsi6y in
lsrds OF money, pEos.dsd said forfeiture
bali becomes = iAv.
Rssossss. That copies Of stesa sesos=
tio=s be forwarded 10 the Pr4<ide1. and
g. each senator and Representative IN
and Delegate 70 Congress. tie Secretary
Of the Interior and the Con missssusF
Of the G.nerI L md 0ffsce.
Resolutions aioptsd ~ the eiiizsns Of
histltAs coznty, in mass meeting Assem-
bed. praying foa a forfeiture Of the
Cascade division Of The Northern Pscife
Railroad land grant:
WHEzEkS. BE- an act Of Congress in
issS4. half Of a strip Of land - miles IN
sldth was granted 10 the y. Z. T. X.
Company, 10 aid in the construction Of
railroad FROM Lake Superior 90 Puget
Sound; and
WHEKEAs, The original grant was
large and valuable enough IA itself 10
ouiid the road within the time specified
10 tbe granting act. without further aid,
and that nos eight years have elaIsst
since the grant expired; and
WHEREAs, The original intent Of the
Granting act was TO open up what was
then a wild and uuInha Jited region Of
our eoaptry-to act as the forerunner OF
ciyilization-Shile thrifty aRd intelli.
gent communities have since sprung up
IN advance of construction, making the
traffic alone highly rsmunerative for a
railroad; consequently the original IN
tent has ceased and become null and
void; and
WHEEE1s, BY substituting nevspa-
pers, sending Bgauts cut 70 misfepreseni
the true sentiments Of the people; By
making a show Of work before the
assembling of each sc sion of Congress:
and
WHEEEAs. BY forming the blinI pool
and buyIBs the Seattle and Malla Walla
railroad, with theiR grant in the way,
they have foFestalled action on tie part
of other companies; ARd
WHKEEAs. BY one-half of the land
being wuhdFaSn from settlement the
growth ~ the country has been retard
ed, immigration checked, business stag
mated, land from which no revenue
could bo collscted held landlocked, and
settlers on such lands handicapped
therefore
Rss9lssf, That the lands lying along
the Cascade division of the n. p. X. X.
have unjustly been held frsm settlement
for a period Of twenty years.. thereby
filing the Golfers of a predacious mo-
nOpoiy at the expense OF the frontiers
mar.
Rssolrsd, That these lands belong.
and of right ought to belong, to the
people, and that We most emphatlcally
condemn the policy of Congress In tax
ing away the poor mans heritage and
giving If to stock gamblers and railroad
sharIs
Resolved, That the action OF the sew
eral Boards of Trade of Seattle, Walla
walla and Tacoma, praying Congress
10 extend the grant, would shine out
far more brilliantly IL they had shown
their zeal for their masters 10 giving
something that they had a shadow of
right 60 give. These Boards OF Trade
have already a railroad, and they can
well be magnanimO1s with other people
property.
Resoirsd, That we are opposed 10 any
further time being extended to the n
Z. X. K. Company. or of Congress fix
ing any price per acre upon railroad
lands.
ReSolref, That We, the settlers of Kit.
titas county, In mass meeting Assem-
bied, are in favor of an unconditional
and absolute forfeiture of all the lands
along the Cascade division of the N. p.
X. X
ResolUsd, That We learn from our
present Delegate ia Congress that the
only knowledge he has of our present
situation 10 through the notice of our
l,t n A
We view with surprise aud indignation
tue action of our late representative, j.
A. Shoudy, in refusing to memorialize
Congress to forfeit the land grant of
the Cascade division of the N. z. Il. r.,
and ia sxsmptinR their lands from tax
alton.
Resolved, That we heartily and une
qulyocslly endorse the course of Mr..
and Mrs. j. NJ. Adams, of the Yakima
Signal, in advocating and ohampio. ing
the cause of the poor man. and in st and
ing by the rights of the people in their
tight with q vast corporate power-in
refusing all their overtures for place
aud preferment, and that we recon-
mend the Signal as the best family pa
per IN our midst, and that we will do all
IN our power to sustain IL in it, efforts
for right.
RsoIred. That q copy of these resolu
tons be forwarded to the chairman of
each Committee on Public Lands of
both Houses of Congress. Judge Paysoa,
Holman, Scales, Henley aud Slater, and
be published by b tn county papers. the
Yakima Signal, klickitAt Sentinel, The
DalIes HoHHtqiaeer and Seattle PosT.
ISTEIII0ESCER.
f. s. THoRP,
I. D. scHSEBLY, Committee.
b. Z. CRAIG,
=. I. STERLING. Sec'y.
EliensburR, W. T., March -, 1894.
Resolutions adopted at a popular
meeting in WalIa Malla March 18th;