Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-31
DAILY posT-INTELLIeENcER
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BY the brilliant tinted Eis If that Intel
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gagged IN p1lgsrz.ng sbsi po7r aSioris-
aats, Com 80 izssynsr Sparks. ~ish DIS
sarcasm. The ossgty Of shess sssa0us
Of sssa'zs il, that sitb t1e ordinarily
intelligent reader when be has read i5s
efasion. sohsizs becomes the bait Of
ridieals iossssa q spsrks. The spec
tAo.e Of man Of SssaizSs cosspie1oas
ps1eiiy % brains aud sli ,rJirR 70 rid
io1le anybosy i SIMPLY erJtssq 1s.
ssEazs nss shines sppn O. ir ns1
role. DfJ22ins nearly sll attempt to
be fanny be nos writes "a opinion 90
the Tasom4 X lana Land ersni, Which
appears in The raooana Lsfg,r. and u -
ian opinion IS u ga opinion" in1sed.
IL 10 a most a. res srksois as bis Vii
He starts oas oy siyipz that u
hardly nsces AIRY for ms 20 sas that
Comas ;ssi9aes Sparks IL rsnarkaois
m,n aud fail Of sa'pri.s," II Is we're
no. flr tna tam 3 aud tired Esy Ia when
he stys this sn1 Ug,s else 10 tue same
vein. 90 shoald thiak be meant TO be
fassti1us, bn: vs are inainst to think
be 10 ssriou. 4n1 ssnosss an1 that. lie
his e1rp1f4.soa m tsssr, hs has sorrox-
foiiy oInsto tas soaslssioa shsi Com
missioner 52,rks Is q re nsrE a5Is m ~
aud foil Of saforisss" IL Is noi 20 b.
wondered at th -. after thsir eI3sriense.
they saoald consider a nIa rsmirki
bic" ~so, ia NJ. Sprks' position. rig
iAly adasres 20 his day AMI 20 bis oath
OF ofii 70. And dssidss according to law
without fear or favor. nor that to them
hs should be full % Surprises" Bat
Mr.. Sshalks sly. tbs Cjnn siioner -
wrong. ami sf or ~ have read his opin
ion ali through We fad the reasons Why
they are wfonz resolved down TO the
school sirl's reason" cause be is" He
says:
The chances do not see 70 TO be 10
favor Of Mr.. Spark, for his decisions
and rulings are 1t vsrisnoe With the de-
ei.ions OF tue United States supreme
Court aud vitn all tse OF aer courts la
the land; tnsy are &C yAriaRce xItb the
dsoision. of ali formsr ca pmissIoners
of the General Land on - aud Score
tarirs Of tns IntsnJr. aud At variance
vita the Opinions Of tue Attorneys q su-
ssal OF the Uaited States daring the las.
thirty-,so ysaTs they differ alsD from
those Of soc a lawyer. as Jeremiah Black.
ex senator Conkiing, senator Teller,
sensor DJlp5. SENATOR Mitchell. Ssna-
tor Eyarts, senator NJ Ha.n aud scores
of others Of equal reputation"
He does not q1ote a single line or
word from the courts, ofiisisIs or Law
ysrs. TO shss that Mr. sparks decisions
are at variance With them. nor does be
cite any book or page where such diver
gent opinions may be fond. OF the
eminent lawyere named, Black, Dolpb,
Conkling. Mitchell and Esaris as is
well known, have often been retained as
counsel by the Northern Pacific Com
psAy. aud Teller aud Morgan. in the r
ofioial capacity, have frequently acts d
a. though they we're also. Aud yet for
all shat We venture the assertion that
not one Of these distinguished men
ever pissed an opinion on the question
o. 70 whether the company had grant
beiveen Kllans and Tacoma. We do
know that the question was put to
Mitchell and osrsain OK senator and
former Supreme Court Jndge IN writing.
stating the issue As plainly as the
Enelish language esnld do II. aud III Il
they both lodged aud svaded il. This
Vas before Sparks dscision vas rem
dered.
sehulze says the int resolution OF
Nay 81. 1879. contains words ef grant
Asd say.;
Five Secretaries Of the Interior. -four
Commissioners OF the 0sussal Lad
Ofiae. and seven Attorneys G,aer,I
have aive~ 1t THIS Interpretation. No
nsfuus formal decisions have been made
by the DEPARTMENT Of tbs .tsri - 10
this feet. Mr.. sparks. TO ths contrary.
potsitnstand,ng"
In making this statement M. Sshu'zs
knowingly tells a fist fals.hosd. No
such decisions can be cited. Mr.. Sparks
decision rests upon we'll settled prinei.
pies Of las. aud be quotes literally
from decisions OF the & lited States
saprems Court ain fm.nR those prinei-
pes. lie quotes the statutes on which
the grant Is claimed. and oopioasly
cites ssthorities which govern ia the
Interpretation OF these statutes.
Schulx, does. however. qaote one 40
thotisy tPresldsnt hsrsisl Who says :
There Is 40 foundatioa in lag or rea
con fos tbis decision the company xiIi
at once appeal 90 tue Secretary OF the
Interior. aud. u necessary. resort TO the
courts 10 IN sintsin its rights.
The weight OF this authority 10 al
most crushing. II Gill nos be pretended
thai Mr.. Harris knows much about
rAiiroadine. bat his eminencs AZ a legal
authority will not be dispated BIZ aoy
one. because he vas broueht up on q
locomotive enaiae and knows all