The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-27
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The president has vetoed bin pro-
viding for the disposal Of the Fort Wal
lace, a Kansas military reservation
The bill permits the Union Pacific
Railroad company to purchase, within
a limited time, a certain part of the
military reservation which is particu-
larry described. af The rate, Of thirty
dollars per acre.
The president says that he is in
formed that this privilege might, by
reason of a faulty description OF the
lands, enable the railT0ard company to
purchase at the price named property
in which private parties have interests
acquired under our laws. It is evil
dent that the description Of the land
which the railroad company Is allowed
the option Of purchasing should be ex-
act and certain for the interests of all
concerned.
Section four of the bill grants a GER
tain portion of the military reservation
heretofore set apart by the military au-
thorities as a cemetery, to the city OF
Wallace for cemetery purposes In the
presidents opinion there should be a
provision that no bodies heretofore in
TERED in this ground be disturbed, and
when the same is no longer used as a
cemetery it should revert to the gov
eminent.
The president has also vetoed house
resolution authorizing the secretary of
the interior to certify lands to the state
of Kansas for the benefit Of agriculture
and the mechanic arts. His objections
are as follows:
by an act of congress passed July 2,
1862. certain public lands were granted
| to such of the several states as should
provide colleges for the benefit of agri-
culture and mechanic arts. Under the
terms of this act the state of Kansas
was entitled to 10000 acres of land,
subject, however, to the provisions OF
said statute which declared that when
lands which had been raised to double
the minimum price in consequence OF
railroad grants should be selected by 2
state, such lands should be computed
at the maximum price and
| the number of acres prOportiOnately
| diminished. OF the lands selected by
the state of Kansas and which have
been certified, 1882 and 90-1O0 acres
were in certain limits of a railroad
grant and had therefore been
raised to the double min
of acres mentioned and thus situated
really stood for double that number
of acres III filling the grant to which
| the state of Kansas is entitled. 1t is
now claimed that after the selection
of the lands the route of said railroad
was abandoned and that in conse-
| quence there of such lands were re-
duced to the minimum price and re-
stored to the public market at that
rate. 1t is supposed upon these allie
cations that Justice and equity re-
| Quire that an additional grant should
| now be made to the state of Kansas
from the public lands equal to the
number of acres selected within the
limits of the first railroad
location, but is an entire
misunderstanding of the facts.
The lands heretofore described
and selected by the state of Kansas and
charged at double that amount because
the price had been raised to the double
minimum in consequence of their be.
| ing within a railroad location have al
except 800 acres remained either in the
new or old railroad location up to the
| present time and if now vacant would
be held by the government at the double
minimum price. 1t seems clear to me
| that the state of Kansas has beer
granted all the public land to which il
can lay any legal or equitable claim
under the law of 1852.