The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-02-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK SUMMARIZED.
The Land Grant Forfeitures.

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The Land Grant Forfeitures.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Feh. 90
There has been great deal W surprise ex-
pressed o-day At the promptness of the SEN
ate in vetirg on the Texas Pacific forfeiture.
The expectation was that no vote would be
reached this session. 1t is said Senator
Beck's fierce attack ON Morgan of Alabama
and other Democratic senators for delaying
action had its effect to bring on an immedi-
ate vote. Forfeiture men are jubilant at the
result, and feel sure that other triumphs will
follow, The house has already passed bills
furfeiting over fifty million acres Of land,
with an average value, at the lowest esti-
mate, of $40 to $50 per acre, but owing
to the hardness Of the senate, only one of
these bills--the Oregon Central has become
a law. The house started il at the beginning
of the Forty eighth congress with determi-
nation to forfeit all the unearned lands held
by the railroad corporatione The public
lands committee with Mr. Cobb for chair
man, worked hard, and reported bills to the
house for forfeitlng over 1OO, OOO, 900 acres.
Their consideration was pressed upon the
house by MIR. Cobb and Mr.. Payson, and Fills
were passed last session debating forfeited
seven small Southern grants, amounting in
all 10 about 100000 acres, the
Texas Pacific 100000. the Ore
gon Central 100000, the california
4 Oregon 5000. OOe and the Atlantic 4
Pacific 35,Oao. 900 acres the other for
fixture bills, which forfeit about so, 900, 900
acres, are OF the house calendar. The SEN
ate las acted very slowly upon these bills
They passed the Oregon Central with an
amendment giving the railroad the lands CO.
terminous with their work at the end of the
time the entire work should have been COM
pleted. This the house agreed to do. after
some protesuation. and the, forfeiture, re-
duced to 1000, 900 ecres, became a law.
The only others the senate has passed are the
Atlantic 4 Pacific, which they SO amended
that it took from the bill it's whole character,
referring the matter to the court of claims
for settlement, which amendment the house
would not agree &c, and the bill cannot
become n law Unless the senate recedes from
its position on the Texas Pacific bill yester-
Gay. Among the bills reported upon by the
house public lands committee, but not yet
acted upon by the house. is the Northern Pa
citc, amounting to $4,000, 900 acres All
the bills not receiving final action will die
on the 4th of March but they will be intro
a complete form they can then be acted
upon without much delay, the committee
considering them IN merely a formal way.
The Texas land forfeiture BILL as passed by
tide senate yesterday, meets with the APP
proSal of the house committee and as soon
as the bill comes over to the house Mr.. Rea-
gan will move to concur in the senate
amendments and the bill will be sent to the
president for his signature.
Discussed the Tariff
NEW YORK, Special Telegram, Feb 90
Prot ". q. Sumner, of Yale college, and
Gen. Stewart L Woodford of Brooklyn dis
cussed the tariff question for two hours this
evening IN the American Art association
rooms, Brooklyn. The debate was held
under the auspices OF the Revenue Reform
club of that city, and attracted to the hall al
most twice as many people as could be ac-
commodated Two-thirds Of the audience
had to stand throughout the debate, but
they listened attetively to the dis
cussion until the close The. question
was, Should the tariff laws of the
United States be for revenue only"
Prot. Sumner a.gtted in the affirmative, and
Gen. Wcceford took the opposite view The
Yale theorist consumed the first half hour Of
the debate by stating his we'll matured views
on the iniquity of the tariff system and the
necessity OF an im,nediata return to a
free trade basis Throughout his discourse
ae followed the same line of argument
watch he had used in all his public
speeches and pamphlets. Gen. Woodford
was roundly appauded as he stepped for
ward to the reading desk Fora time he
confined himself to answering what Prof
Sumner had called "the fundamental falla-
c!es of protection" but afterward made
general statement of the benefits of protec-
ton. He said in part:
believe In the tariff because am an Amer
Jean, and have the good of the country at heart
| don't care to give our market over to the i'm
porters, and the ratfon wealth is great enough
and its Industries strong enough to give
us G lair chance to strike the markets abroad in
rlEI hnr, rf1n ind, s-v;ac Da,,,,
vania and the cotton mills of New Enqb rd are
sufficiently developed to al low VIZ compete with
European countries OF their own ground, then
We shall be willing to let them compete with Us
here Until then we must have protection if we
would have peace, comfort and content
m faenna among 1o the the working classes The
gress in 1877 was to introduce proper
tariff system, andits preamble read Tin order to
develop and encourage American industries" So
we started, and, after ALMOST cen
tary. we are independent Of the whole
world In everything. Wages are higher,
sood 1cber are WINS cheaper and the people {p
lowed in the line marked out by that resolution
So far "a the present business depression is con-
"erned, l believe that it is due to the con-
slant threat of free traders and the constant
fear of the manufacturer and the importer of
radical changes in the tariff system. Stop agita-
ton and prosperity will reign. If this country
could have ANYTHING positively stable and settled
in Its financial and commercial legislation
ii we would have one system continuously
Wllhin twenty-five years America would control
the manufactures and business of the world.
We are nearer to it to-day than we ever were,
and the advance has only begun.
In concluding, Gen. Woodford said:
The free traders have never dared to ask vote
of the country on the question. They are afraid
to. Every time 2at it has been introduced they
have been repudlated by the voice of the people.
SENSATIONAL ASSAULT.
OTTAWA. Ont, Special Telegram, Feb 20.
"A sensation took place in the corridors of
the house this evening Landry of Mont
magny, NJ P, made cowardly attack on
Charles Langlier, brother of Langlier, NJ P,
a leading Quebec journalist and politician.
Langlier was in conversation with the
minister of customs when Landry came up
and asked if he wrote certain articles in
lie Lecteur. Langlier said he did not want
anything to do with him. Thereupon Landry
took from behind his back a riding whip,
having the lash rolled around his hand
two or three times, and struck Langlier with
the butt on the forehead, stunning him