The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-04
THE PERaIxE cssE.

En ths cso@ins says q Nr. CevGsnts
a. -zlnzssr&ssoa sasre occurred ar fzesdezt
whsea, e & Fad occurred IN the cartier
Says CO tie regzslfc. wsez tie partisan
spirit was more a4ttey tasa al present. ard
wen 10 yssgsa WA css-z.1s-ee L4egtti-
Eaats Il party solIslnz. wouia aAvs bsez
selze1 ard charged upon ~ tie party
enemies % tas president 70 snea an ex-
tent fkat hs woa.d have gone ost Of osses
EnasE fae sha6oS o. = grave scsn6a.-
Briefly zs&ses. tas ineifens amounted 20
fasss Secretary Frareas. y fhe interior
department. orderea pstsz. % 2E- Per
Fiae o. tslrty-ax sscttons % Land N F.ox1-
a.. On dIsgsteA clssEn wasea dates back
70 Iszs ard walch h2s ssea before the de-
2sstmsat r. vartons sorrns Ger nearly hal.
= century Mr. PsErlas Is married 70 Mrs.
Grover CIsye.zac'3 EaoissE. Talax what
. choice morse. tbs woaba have been Ter
tas political scza6al hangers Of a few
years ago. whose caiss stock IN trade vas
ire Is4putaitoa % base motives 70. and TIA
chsrginE Of corruption o. the part OF. their
political opponents.
Yet. Notwithstanding the lcrg dsizy, Il
~osla appear thzt tas claim L. ps-sect'y
Just sEc sauitasss ona Il ISIS co1gyess
Tsats a tentative grant to Or. Henry Per-
Tsns. an enta1saztic oo;antss. OF thirty-
SIX sections o. lard IN Florida Gu condition
that hs would utilize some portions Of 3,
in experimental tests % tire adaptah91tty
-
various troc.cal products. sues IS ths rnaa-
60. gusva. banana. line. campho-, en-
rxEsoa. rubber and tns Ike. Dr. Psrrins ef-
fsctet settlement upon the Land. ana
started In upon Ass experiments But wzz
killed by the Seminole Indians 70 their 10
rising HIS family Effected their escape.
altar undergoing many har1z-.ps and
peslz- They wsnt out TO sea IN an opc7
boat. from which ;aey were picked up ara
carried 20 New FORK By q passing vsss=.
Congress by later act. extended the
rights and privileges conferred upon Dr.
PerTins 20 his heirs. os whom the surviv-
ing ore II bis son. cow the step faihsr-in-
law % Mr.. Cswe'and. M. Psrxirs has
made nnasv efforts 20 secure q patent 70
iris Ant .rogn the intsrio- department,
bat without success. TIE peacsrcy % lis
Application and ;as fact % ire grant. has
however. kept tie tract frosn entry under
tie land lzws. and such OF the con.ict-
Ing claims ss exist. have. IL Is stated. b@en
compromised. 30 that TO private interests
are Injured by the anai decision % the de-
partEnent In favor q tas Psrrine grant.
These are the facts SIS given IN support
o. ths action o; tss interior department
IN the matter. ard they are toab;ie=s al!
borne out BY The record a. th4 grant 81
eel was soEne sixty years cd. and had
been before tie department for nearly thst
length % tine. = ,lgat further delay might
have been borne with sorns equanimity b.
tie claimant. and thus NJ c!~xsand
might have beer SHARED TIE small amount
o. adverse comment which has fol-
lowed upon the fact that the TIL. to this
land wss finally decided IN faver OF Per
rins BY 8 secretary % TIE interior recent
~ appointed % oesce by Psrrf1e's step son-
la-law. and wlthia tbs .ast month O, re
llfs tine % TIE administration. Cones
z.or.s % good tasts are esrnettrass nscss-
sary. even - casss watch Involve al
s;raof legal rights