The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-16
IN CONGRESS.
zinc of Taxation Of Rail
IN road Lands.
,orsoN'S TARIFF BILL.
ton silica Busy Day IN
fss a.uss OF representatives
- on Monday
N CONGRESS-.
.osoN,S TARIFF BILL.
SENATE.

reroS, February 16.-Ar. Haw-
.,tsd a bill, which was referred
.,nmittee on public lands, re
he taxation of railroad lands
!, ., othsr purposes,
.. 7 a,Flsy said the bill related to a
) ~ subject. An exceedingly
ri nifty ' of land, perhaps $4,000
~ -ies had been granted to the
! s-s.'. ~ Pacific Railroad Company,
sc- l ~. nroyided by an amendatory
BOZ J; !; c an that no patents should
81 :. nv land until after payment
2l' !" company of all the fees
b! " n surveys, etc. The fee
i's-S , ,bout 3 cents an acre. The
- Nv w; had paid fees upon only about
49, w ..,s d its immense grant. 1t had,
N..ssIss proceeded to give to
n1 .l-., -T,-s,ranty deeds for many mil
~ 80 -,C1 millions acres of lands The
~ any had iugeniOusly got property
.o--i Ia try to locate villages and cit
- !, r517 rs own selected sections. These
M that the company conveyed by
. -, deed had been settled and i'm
800 and. in many cases, thriving vii
~. had grown up on them. 1t turned
n .aw that by a recent decision of the
.r-.sme Court of the United States
5.r,Jneof these millions of acres we're
gr,'s The reasons given by that
mi Fsre irrefragable, but Congress
rad Immediately provide by law
T-sdy for the difficulty involved.
isrElroad had refused to pay 3 cents
4 ,ie. and the communities inter
rsi haze now found themselves with
:, rover of taxation. Some of the
g,i however, had paid the taxes ;
people we're without remedy. A
+ reign corporations, being large
a bad paid taxes under protest,
Al ,df rights had thus been made by
digestion of the railroad company.
C-.s and communities, therefore,
S15JF liable to q large claim for
az hat had been paid, besides which,
iN-. nnetenths of their tax list had
N isilOyed and they were almost
n,lup.. The people interested had
uis.siei Conversation with the rail-
Tiiraident and the General Land
o5o Of the government. One declined
70 ale remedial action for one reason;
he other Tor another reason, and the
aLy help for this very matter lay with
CCaEess.
NJ. Teller said that the fault lay with
Congress. The executive departments
Of tue government had for years been
reporting 70 Congress the full measure
oJtne evil referred to and requested
legislation to enable the executive to
protect The settlers In three reports
nils to Congress By himself, as Score
-iy5 the Interior, the subjecs had
va plainly set forth. 1t was a CRYING
',l lnd should be remedied by Con-
NJ. Humb vas glad to see SO much
ny, 3ysi5 4. aroused on this subject. He
M han4l had himself, on two separ-
Y Nta!sSlons, introduced into the
- o-ls 10 provide for the taxation
-. y .2adS Of the Northern Pacific
III longer, from the committee on
11' E,.o!. tne bill granting Mrs. Julia
IN Ian ..i .ae ranking privilege. Passed.
M, i - -0'lon OF Mr.. Dawes, the Senate
ne ne K ana passed the bill reported
81. ,I committee on Indian affairs
4 G,i NJ ieiei Of the Mission Indians
/. y a Michel Tl OF Oregon, gave notice
1-li an tue'day, February 23d, he
RI, .-l up his bill providing for the
- i,a9l Of the treaty permitting the
I'M S., ~ u OF the Chinese. He would
., III v ~ snow be said, that not only
W., ~ I'm s5n The power of the United
&. l, %,y;sofpg9te the treaty, but that
". # - roa lad been recognized by all
congress, commencing over
~: ;TaIs ago with the abrogation of
~, ~! WIN France. He held it to be
n .I ,bs duty of Congress to pro
,,.,,,; i-s irrigation of the Chinese
s.ss S5UGLs ?an then took the floor and
,,t1S ~ ~ argument against the con-
{ NJ W Of the pending education
ST 9Ofgan said he had often
oT,b 'Llarked that the people of
is y. we're q hoodwinked lot of
,o TuO mad been forced into rebel.
L ae s, secession by their leaders.
pss.. lS ~ hatically denied, and as
IN I'm VI toe contrary, the leaders
sis an, ICED INTO secession by the
q snn5t mat many eowardly
hi 51 the leaders would have
s.5s, 'Iatnled but for the fact that
she. Ahew ne did not dare do SO
a.j s saCe OF the faith of an en-
sisriiz s50 l, splendid people. He
q 81 me bill under debate as a
L 'ue south, but for his
i sv nel'aer grew blind nor
80 nst ss In the presence of any
lald n.s now magnificent. The
lad P,oVe q Pandora box and
hs.1" what has not inappro-
,aT een termed a condition of
geps reI between the States
fba ae "a government. he pro
I'd ss sa Il its banefulin influence
s1N I se. the people of the north
At gam frenzied with excite.
slos ,sr sae conclusion of MI
~ he 'ss,aaarks, Mr.. Jackson oh.
ssr,..7s 49, 49, out yielded for an
iionsS0n, sitter which the