Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-16


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the 18Th da1 of Tune. 1881, ale u the
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ire iana felinq eisaeo y seid agreement
@ the United o.etee tqx ne eonstrne-
tlon o. sAto Nortaeta kAoa.e n-A,oao,
aad me use OF tAe seNe.al p-lcels 2.
lano 70 Feiinqnlanea intended % q nseu
Tor oepotss stations, A9inRs end %
tortn, Tor sale ralikoeo, are hereby
granted 70 said Nottnern Faoanc sAala-
road Company, lts successors arc e..
Signs, Tor me Uses ana pakpos1s ~ salo
as.leemen, ses Aotsh.
II q claimed tnat % these prooeedinQa
the United States waived tne breach o.
condition.
As nefefnbetore stated relative 30 an.
other branch OF the case tins afgument
Is plausible oat not sound Il entirely
ignores she tact % Which We have I'D
veFted, viz, thet the eet contained tuo
grants. one for the right OF way and
another IN Zee Of the oda sections, and
oEeFlooks the fast mat these proceedings
relate q solely 20 me former
1hs Grow treaty ami act fatlfyaRG i
are spe-inoally limited 90 and operate
only upon the right OF way his e
shown beyond all question ~ bare
inspection Of she statute. Neither the
aaEeement nor the act contains single
word or expression that could be tor
tursd into recognition of the continued
existence Of the land grant or IS q wal
Yer Of the forfeiture thereof.
Their only scope ana operation y u
extinguiah the Indian title Tor the par
pose Of making the right OF way availa-
bic. Ia this there is nothing whatever
Inconsistent with the idea Of afOrfeiturs
OF the land grant and ifa declaration at
any time by Congress.
Taa aituasion WA anomaloua. Thi.
munifioent donation was then snbiecf a.
forfeitura for breach Of the condition
A due regard for the RIGHTS 81 tha GaV
erumeut and lie announced psIieV 81
dedicatinQ the public lands for All Tina
/ to come 10 actual settlers under general
laws. demanded "a enforcement Of the
forfeiture. Bat the company, pushing
lts line toward the Pacific. encountered
| difficulties at this point ID respect 10 ia
riaht Of waV, NOT a % is grant Of land,
for. eg alrsady shown, Il had no grant
ol lands on the reservation. No raa-
sons 81 public poiioy demanded a for
feature 81 is riqht az way, Granted by
the act IS . separate and distinct con.
oesaion: but. an the other hard. the
moet enlightened polioy diotated ifs
reooanitlon. Heuce Congress and she
Executive branch Of the Government
extinQuished tbs Indian title Is 20 the
riRht os wav. carefully limiting ali that
wa done % that one grant, II this, as
BEFORE stated, there vas uaihina In the
Judgment Of youf COMMITTEES inoonaist-
snt Win 4 oleeT and well defined intent
10 fnaisl anon the broash 81 condition
as 90 the Grant Of the odd sections In
fes.
The Indian ,itla was the ners rioht Of