Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-28


Itis. far frosr crsdissois % the United
sta,ss Senate tbat tie sonEiesaon -
sbroad thsa IL b. the servant o. re Faii-
,asas ana that II sfIi 90 S0shins for
,bs usovle IL Ia i,ot literally cor PEELED
20 do. This e,synti1n il foaSd s1-
MESSED in print every day Of tie year,
"a oon4iuusilF bard 10 public meetings.
and on the sfRos., and bas oset and
a,yer again been repeated Ia the senate
Chamber itself. Net oniy this. t0S tne
sopoEati0a t0Olt puesasiDgiy eisia1 that
90 rpsasare adverse ~ the INTERESTS q
their masters can ktc0uIs 49, - u
uaSs9d by the H9ass If keprSsef.iA-il tss
the Senate viii Fsfgss 70 aVs rs 49, :.
The rafssFshle cJarss of thts ta1s .
0re,ty uIAiaIy shown ~ The Nssb,
inoton corrssp ,pds1t o. tie y 1sA
p.0gser Prfss. n no, an the Isth - eo
rnary. te,earzpl,sd his pspsr ~ t"io~s'
Tss Du,eh touk Holland ia tbe zen
a.. ,oasv xheu the Texas Pacific fer
feiture biu e8uie az. Mr.. Van "Jek
- ehamniOoeii the forfsItgfe. read
,,,.,,,r,,a sxfrzotg fron7 Mr.. Harrington
1ssn1us IetfIrs tlpon the subject until
are Sepa areu weary With the lead OF
sonvietjor. Mr. Morgan called 40 BE
Amendment ~ put the whole question
into tbe uuited states Circuit Court for
ss,tlerneus wheel. Nas beaten By 81 nays
~ ID yeas, Senator Morgan proposed
an amepdnSeut keeping tbs laDd-
,ss.ared 10 the pablic domain
cot of The market for two year,
aftsr the Uassasis Of the bill and open
after ttst only 10 h0mesteaders- Ibis
uropoeitiop NJ. .Beck Fesentsd as oniy
anos her u tue many delays caused, a.
he sAid, By Senators in sympathy WITH
railroads, aud amOrR them, much -
the sorro9 Of his old Scotch heart, we've
several Senators oG the Drmseratis
aide. This brought Morgan. of Alb
hama, 10 his feet, and tue CHAMBER, for
half an hour, wits stiil Sc mouse, iis-
tsuing TO q iings isiie d9el BET vesn Beck
and Morgan. Who called each other IN
worthv senators, indecent Democrats,
and similar names Finally the tesi
vote ON the bill was reached. and turn
cd DOT 10 be the richest earnestly CT the
sea~ion. Tire whole senate had been
apparently d ghtin9 the measure. and ~
was confidently said 10 some quartsfh
that ,he forfsitu'e would never Eass tne
SENATE, Hut Is she fnai vote tho fear
of constituents rose nightly and
strong before thtrTD, and bat two of the
ffty seven senators voted against
These we're Blair OF New Hampshire,
and Bowen Of Colorado. The former
has del we'd the bill several times Iast
a. 10 vas within reach.
TIE voRH ACCOMPLISHED.
WImHrs0roN, Feb. 20 There has
a.. ~ az aen
today AZ the promptriess OF the Senate
in voting on tbs Texas Pacific forfeit
IRE. The expse,ation was thai no vote
would be reached ihi- session. 1t 10
said Senator tisck's fierce attack on
Morgan of Alabama. and other Demo
cratic Senators, for delaying actor /,
had the effect TO bring on tn iDinedI
a.e vote. Forfeiture men are jabilant
at the rcsult, aud feel sure that other
triumphs will fOlloW. Tue House has
already passed lis forfeising over 20.
10000 acres, with an average yaiee, at
the lowest estimate, ~ $40 10 tl3 per
acre. bat owing 10 she tsrdtness of the
Senate only one of these bilis-ihs Ore
gon Central--has become lag. Tue
House started In at the beginning OF the
Forty.eiehth CungIefs with - dstarmt
nation 90 forfelt all the nnearDed lands
held by the raiifted corporations. The
Public Lands Committee, with MIR. Cobb
for chairman, worked hard, and report.
ed bills 10 the House Tor foTfeiting over
IeO .000,0O0 acrem TIER consideration
Was pressed upon the House BY Mr.
Cobb and Mr.. faysop, and bills were
passed last sesssJu declaring f0tfeited
seven small Southern grants. amount
ing In all TO about G COO OOO acres, ths
Texas Pacific lb,0o0,000 the Oregon
Central i,nl0, coo, the California a Ore.
qon 3 900. 600, aBel the Atlantic 4 Pacific
35,000,000 acres. The other forfeiture
bills, which forfeit about 50,0c0,pt
acres. are ON the House calendar. The
Senate has acted very slowly upon these
bills. They passed the Oregon Centra
with an amsndHnant giving thu railroad
the lAhds ootsrnInons with their wotl
at the end OF the time the entire vofk
should have been completed. This the
House agreed to Ito after some protes
ton, and the fOrteitnte, reduced 10 2,
10000 acres, became law. The only
otbeFs the Senate has passed are the Al
lantie a Pacific, which they NC amended
that II took from The bill It's whole char
aotsF. referring tile matter to the Couri
OF Claims for settlement. which amend
ment the House would not agree 10, aIic
the bill cannot btc0me Law aalea tha
Senate reoedss fft,m its position on th'
Texas Pacific bill yesterday. Amons
tho bills reported upon by tbe House, h
the NeFsheEn Pas DC, amounting 30 IS,
o00000 acres. All the bills nos FeeeivinI
hnAl action will die on the ath Of March
but they " \ be introduced mao the nex
Hoese. AEd beip,s In such q complet,
form they tan be- acted upon Wilton
much delay, che coDulittes considsrin,
them In merely q formal way.
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