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ASTORIA, OREGON:
FR1 DAY J AX UAKY 9. 1885
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(Monday excepted)
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insertion.
Koticc To Advertisers.
The AsxoniAX guarantees to its ad
vertisers the largest circulation of any
newspaper published on the Columbia
river.
Latost telegraphic news on outside
pages.
Installation of officers at Pacific Lodge
No. 17, K. of P. to-night.
Legal blanks of all kinds at The As
ToniAs office.
Warni rain throughout the "Willamette
valley has washed away all the snow.
Griffin & Heed are the agents for the
Little Giant Stock pianos and Taber or
gans. A good chance to buy bar fixtures
cheap is offered under the head of new
to-day.
Rev. W. S. Hamlin, of Seattle, offi
ciates at the Congregational church next
Sunday.
There will be a union service in the
Mothodist church on Sunday evening.
Rev. Dr. Garner will preach.
During the twenty-four hours ending
at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon 1.3J
inches of rain fell in this city.
John iluir has been appointed traffic
manager of the O. It. & Is Co., the ap
lointment to take effect to-morrow.
The Gwyncdd and McXcar came down
yesterday. The Oregon still abides but
calculates to sail at daylight this morn,
ing.
Main street has broken out again; on
Chenamus street crossing this time.
Things are nicely fixed on Main and
"tharabouts" in case of a fire.
Another batch of delayed mail came
down on the river mail boat j'esterday.
Evervono in town had a Christmas card
or a .New Year's remembrance from some
far off. eastern kinfolk.
The lumber that was on the Clatsop
Mill Co.'s wharf when it broke down in
Monday night's storm is nearly all a to
tal loss. "When the wharf broke down
there were about 130 M tongued and
grooved flooring. 30 M rough lumber and
100 M lath. Some of the flooring bunched
up at Tongue Point and was recovered,
but the bulk of the whole lot hasn't been
heard from. The loss is n heavy one.
The wharf will be shortly rebuilt.
Among the various game that adorns
the markets must be mentioned the f es
tivo swan. Tho ideal location of a swan
is on a mirrored lake whore floats tho
stately cygnet and rears her callow brood,
or words to that effect. But the stately
cygnet business doesn't work in this lati
tude. Tho swans are decoyed toward
shore, chiefly above Tongue point, and
shot with bullets, after which they are
plucked, eviscerated, beheaded, betailed
and dump&d into a boat and sold here to
be cooked. Boiled swan is said to be fine
and to those who havo no kits of salmon
it may be said that a cask of salt swan
is not bad this weather. They retail hero
for $1.60 apiece, and are "werry fillin' "
at the price.
It was telegraphed from the capo yes
terday that a steamer was reported
aground on Shoalwater bay bar. Diligent
inquiry failed to get any definite informa
tion. Tho only bit of news about it was
that on Wednesday Captain Brown bad
arrived nt Bay Center with tho mail
from South Bend and other plaocs up' tho
bay and hastily exclaiming, "There's a
steamer ashore, put the mail in a plung
er for Ojstervillo, and hurrying on board
the Gen. Garfield, hastened to the scene
of the disaster. Nothing further or ad
ditional has been heard. It is not likely
that a collier would get in there. It
might be tbe Montesano, which has been
waiting for a favorable opportunity to
cross over to Gray's harbor.
A correspondent of the Oregonian at
Cornelius, Washington county, writes:
"Have just heard of two men being found
frozen to death on the mountain road be
tween hero and Nehalem valley. One,
Anthony Solders, aged about GO years,
started for a neighbor's about four miles
away, and was found dead about a quar
ter of a mile from the neighbor's, and
about 100 yards from the road. Tho
other, Mr. Kist, aged about 4j, started
from Greenville Saturday last for his
homo in Nehalem, passed Manning's mill
about 3 p. m., and was found yesterday
about noon; had evidently been crawling.
His hat was about ten feet behind him.
He was lying on his right side, with his
face in the snow and one hand extended
forward, tho other backwprd, dead; prob
ably from exhaustion. Both were single
men."
Plenty Good Cider
At J. W- Conn's Drug Store.
Breastpin L.ott.
Gold bar breastpin with three dia
monds set therein. Lost between Prael
Bros.' store and V. G. Ross's residence.
Finder please leave at sheriffs office
aud be rewarded.
Notice.
A special meeting of the Astoria La
dies Coffee Club will be held this Fri
day evening, at 7 i m.
Mks. Gko. P. Wiikklek,
Secretary.
tost.
A gold bracelet, on Squemoqua street.
Finder will please leave at this office.
Attention Knights !
All members of Pacific Lodge Xo. 17,
K. of P. are requested to meet at their
Castle Hall on Friday evening, Jan. 9th,
IS85, as Installation of officers will take
place, and business of Importance is to
be transacted. Sojourning Brothers are
rordially invited to attend.
By order C. C.
W. A. Sheiimax, K. of R and S.
FLsliormcu Attention!
Before buying twine examine the
agent for the Pacific coast.
Missei' and nursing corsets of the fa
mous Ball's make, at the Empire Store.
All the patent medicines advertised
In this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can
be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occiden
hotel, Astoria.
SHOT OX THE STREET.
At fifteen minutes past ten last night
the report of a revolver was heard on
the comer of Benton and Concomly
streets, and those who were passing saw
a man fall prostrate on the sidewalk.
He was carried into Alex Gilbert's saloon
and proved to ba a man named Mac
Donald, better known as "Scotty," em
ployed as a runner by Jas. Turk. Chas.
Herbert, proprietor of tho Golden Gato
saloon, was arrested as the man who did
tho shooting. But one shot was fired,
the ball striking MacDonald below and
to the left of tho navel.
Different causes wero assigned for the
shooting; one version being that Mac
Donald had lately worked for Herbert,
and that there was some disagreement
about settlement.
Tho wounded man was put on a door,
a pillow put under his head, and carried
to the hospital. The physicians sum
moned to attend the case had no dif
ficulty in finding the ball, which was on
the right hip, just tinder the skin. It was
cutout and McDonald afterward com-
Elained of pain. He was asked who shot
im and said it was Charles Herbert; that
Herbert owed him some money, $2.50 was
tne amount; tnat ne asked it of him in
front of Alex. Gilborts' saloon and Her
bert pulled out a revolver and let him
have it.
Herbert, who was arrested by Officer
Carlson, was taken to the city jail and
searched, but no revolver was found on
him. Ho was then removed to the county
jail. He was asked if he did tho shoot
ing and answered ho did; when asked
what he did with the revolver, he said he
flung it in the lumber pilo.
At one o'clock this morning McDonald
was nozing and seemed to experience lit
tle inconvenience. Tho next forty-eight
hours will demonstrate how good nis
chances are to mako a live of it. They
seem to be decidedly favorable to his re
covery.
CIRCUIT COURT I'HOCKLDIMJS.
January 8, 188."i.
Taylob, J.
Richards & Snow vs. Ruddock &
Wheeler. Judgment for plaintiff.
James Turk vs. Oapt. Nicholls. Judg
ment for defendant.
D. G. Boss vs. Dean Blanchard. Plain
tiff allowed to file amended complaint.
Patrick Hughes vs. J. H. D. Gray. De
murrer to complaint overruled and de
fendant allowed until to-morrow morn
ing to answer; for trial Thursday morn
ing next.
Andrew Young vs. Charles Anderson et
nl. Demurrer to complaint overruled and
defendant allowed until Saturday morn
ing to answer.
Wilson fc Fisher vs. Pice & Co. De
murrer to complaint overruled and judg
ment for plaintiff.
Andrew Johnson, Andrew Peterson and
Sebastian Gloper admitted to citizenship.
Sibson, Church & Co. vs. S. D. Adair &
Co. Decree of foreclosure.
J. C. Trullincer vs. tho Susan Dee. Non
suited.
J. E. Elliott vs. Otto Peterson ot al.
Time extended to April 1 for defendants
to taKc testimony.
State vs. Charles Nelson. Grand jury
return not a true bill.
State ts. Frank Colhman. Same.
State vs. Guazio Marsalla. Time to
plead extended until to-morrow morning.
Blanchard & Muoklo vs. C. H. Bain.
Time for answer extended until to-mor
row morning.
C. H. Bain vs. H. B. Parker. Motion
to strike out part of answer sustained.
State vs. Ah.Gin. Verdict of guilty.
Monday morning for sentence.
State vs. Aug. Warner. Pleanot guilty.
To-morrow afternoon for trial.
WAS SOT A BOAT.
In the circuit court yesterday, in the
oase of J. C. Trullinger, ts. the Susan
Dee, tho plaintiff was nonsuited. This
case has attracted considerable attention
from the singularity of tho point at
issue. Mr. J. C. Trullinger, proprietor of
the West Shore Mills, attached tho vessel
in process of construction which was af
terward launched as tho Emma Hume,
for a bill of lumber that he had fur
nished. Tho question raised was whether the
structuro was or was not a "boat."
If to bo a boat requires that it shall be
completed, then it was held that inas
much as there was nothing there but her
hull, and that sho had no machinory in
her, that sho was not a "boat." On the
other hand comes tho natural query:
"Suppose that she wero launched juBt as
sho stood when attached, would sho not
come under the class of vessels usually
called boats?' Wo apply tho word
"boat" indiscriminately in ordinary
speech, but it seems that in law a boat is
not a boat until it is finished. Tho su
premo court has on moro than one occa
sion made a decision of the same general
tenor as that made by Judge Taylor yos
terday, viz: that an uncompleted hull is
not a 'boat."
Hcott'siRxnnlnlea of Pure Cod Liver
Oil, with ItypoplieBphlteg.
For Ancamla and Marasmus in
Children. Dm. W. D. Gkxziiy, Kansas,
Mo., says: "I have used Scott's Emul
sion for years, and for consumption and
anaemic patients and children with
marasmus, have found it very reliable.
Have frequently given it when patients
could retain nothing else on the
stomach."
The bos fish story has beon received.
It is in Harper's Weekly, a journal of
snivelization. Tho scene of the story is
laid "near Portland, in Oregon." It tells
of a devil fish that came near getting
away with its captors. Tho tremendous
part of the yarn is that it was hooked
"near Portland in Oregon in threo hun
dred feet of water." And yet there are
people who are surprisod that Harper's
Weekly bolted Blaine.
Biiclclcn's Arnica Salrc.
The Best Salvk in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores.UIeers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to givo
gerfect satisfaction, or money refunded,
rice 25 cents per box. For sale by W.
E. Dement & Co.
At I. J. Arvold's
You will find a splendid stock of boots
and shoes. Ladies' and children's shoes
a specialty : All styles and sizes.
Fresh Eastern aad Shoalwater
Bay Oysters
Constantly on hand, cooked to any stylo
at Frank Fabre's.
Mrs. Bryce would respectfully an
nouce to the ladies of Astoria thatshe is
prepared to do dressmaking in all its
branches at her rooms on Cass St, op
posite Odd Fellows building.
Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed
cedar shingles A full M guaranteed in
each bunch.
THE AST0EIA LA2TO GBAffT.
THE AMENDMENTS TIIAT WEKE
PASSED BY THE SENATE.
Sprech of Senator Dolph In Regard to
the Forfeiture.
In yesterday's Astobiak nppoared tho
news of tho passage by tho senate of an
amended bill forfeiting the Astoria laud
grant. Last ovening's delayed mail brings
much concerning the matter of interest
to Astorians and tho people of western
Oregon.
On December 11th, Senator Slater
moved that the senate proceed to tho
consideration of the bill, and the senate
as a committee of tbe whole proceeded to
its consideration.
The bill was reported from the com
mittee on public lands with an amend
ment, to strike out all after tbe enacting
clause and to insert:
That so much of the lands granted by act
of congress entitled "An act granting land
to aid in tbe construction of a railroad and
telegraph line from Portland to Astoria and
McMinnville. In the state of Oregon," ap
proved May 4, 1870. as are adjacent to and
coterminous with the uncompleted portions
of said road, and not embraced within the
limits of said grant for the completed por
tions of said road, be, aud the same are
hereby, declared to be forfeited to the
United States and restored to the public do
main, and made subject to disposal under
tho general land laws of the United States
as though said grant had never been made :
Provided, That the price of lands so for
feited and restored shall be the same as
heretofore Dxed for the oven numbered sec
tions within said grant.
Senator Dolph then offered an amend
ment to tho bill as reported by the com
mittee. By this it was proposed to strike
from tho amendment of tho committee
tho following provise:
Provided, That the price of the lands so
forfeited and restored shall be the samc:s
heretofore fixed for the even numbered sec
tions within said grant.
And to insert in lieu thereef:
All persons who at the date of the passage
of this act are actual settlers in good laith on
any of the lands hereby forfeited, aud who
arc otherwise qualified, on making due claim
to such lands under the homestead, pre
emption, or other laws, within six mouths
after the same shall have bson declared for
feited, shall be entitled to a preference right
to enter the same lit accordance with the
provisions of this act and of the homestead.
Ere emption, or other laws, as the case may
e, ami shall be regarded as having legally
settled upon and occupied said lands under
said pre-emption, homestead, or other laws
as the case may be, from the dato of such
actual settlement or occupation, and iu case
any such settler may not be entitled to tints
enter or acquire such land under existing
laws, he shall be permitted, within one year
after the passage of this act, to purchase
not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres
of the same, at the price of $1.25 per acre ;
and the secretary of the interior is hereby
authorized and directed to make such rules
and regulations as will secure to said actual
settlers the benefit of these rights ; Provided,
That the price of the even-numbered sec
tions within the limits of said grant and ad
jacent to and conterminous with tho uncom
pleted portions of said road, aud not em
braced within the limits of said grant for the
completed portions of said road, is hereby
reduced to $1.25 per acre.
SENATOB DOLPH'S SPBECII.
Tho above having beon read, Senator
Dolph addressed the senate as follews:
By tho bill as it is reported by tho com
mittee on public lands it is proposed to
forfeit and restore to tho public domain
for settlement under tho general land
laws of tho United States so much of tho
lands as wero granted to tho Oregon Cen
tral Railroad Company of Portland, by
tho act of May 4, 1870, as lio adjacent to
and conterminous with tho uncompleted
portions of said road, and to fix tho price
of the odd sections so forfeited at $2.50
an acre. By tho act of May 4, 1870, there
was granted to said company, tho Oregon
Central Railroad Company of Portland,
each alternate section of tho public land
not mineral, except coal and iron, desig
nated by odd sections, to tho amount of
ten sections per mile upon each side
nearest to the road except such as had
beon previously reserved or otherwise dis
posed of, or held under valid homestead
and pre-emption rights; and also tho right
to take materials from tho public land
for tho construction of the road, and tho
usual grant of land for depot and station
purposes.
Tho Oregon Central Railroad Company
of Portland bad prior to tho date of that
?rant projected a lino of railroad from
'ortland westward to Forest Grove,
thence along the west sido of tho Willam
ette valley by McMinnville and other
west sido towns to tho southern boundary
of tho state of Oregon, and had com
menced tho construction of that lino. It
had been engaged in a long contest with
tho Oregon Central Railroad Companj'
of Salem for the lands granted by the act
of congress of July 25, 185G, granting
lands to such company as should bo desig
nated by tho state of Oregon to aid in
the construction of a railroad and tele
graph line from Portland in Oregon,
southerly through tho Willamette valley
to a suitable point of junction with the
lino of the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany in California, and having been un
successful in that contest had como to
congress for aid in tho construction of
its road.
The late Hon. Joseph S. Smith of Ore
gon, then in congress, introduced a bill
to grant lands to tho company to aid in
tho construction of its road as then pro
jected, but before tho bill was passed it
was amended so as to limit tho grant of
land upon the projected lino of tho com
pany's road to McMinnville, a point
about fifty milos from Portland, and
through the influence of tho lato Judge
Olney of Astoria, and other persons in
terested in getting a lino of road from
Portland to Astoria, tho bill was amended
so as to include a grant of land from
Forest Grove to Astoria, a distance of
about ninety-seven miles.
Shortly after the passage of that act,
tho Oregon Central Railroad Company
of Portland constructed about forty-eight
milos of road from Portland to Saint Joe,
n point about a mile and a half distant
from McMinnville, and then failed, and
hayo been unable to continuo the con
struction of the road. Tho constructed
road and the earned and unearned land
grant was transferred to tho Oregon and
California Bailrosd Company, a company
which has succeeded to tho ownership of
the grant under the act of July 25, 18GG.
That company has also acquired fifty
miles of additional road from Saint
Joseph southward upon tho original pro
jected line, and is devoting all its ener
gies to the construction of its main line,
and nothing has been dono toward tho
construction of tho lino from Forest
Grove to Astoria. Nothing in fact has
been dono in regard to tho matter except
to make preliminary surveys.
As I stated upon this floor on a pre
vious occasion. I intend to vote for tbe
forfeiture of this unearned grant; but as
this is an important bill to the people of
the state I have the honor in part to rep
resent, and as, if it becomes a law, it will
undoubtedly havo no little effect upon
tho future settlement and dovolopment
of portions of my state, I do not feel like
letting the opportunity pass without say
ing that I have como to the conclusion
to vote for the forfeiture of this unearned
grant with a good deal of reluctance. I
do not share in the Tiers of some that tho
forfeiture of this grant will aid in secur
ing the early construction of the road. I
do u. i seo how we canjexpect to secure the
construction of the road without con
gressional aid when wo have not been
able to procure it with the aid of a con
gressional grant. A railroad constructed
from Forest Grove to Astoria would pass
through a mountain-broken, timbered
couutryj it will bo difficult of construc
tion, quite expensive to build, and when
built will have to compete for its traffic
with river transportation on tho Colum
bia river.
When the bill making this grant was
under consideration iu the house Mr.
Smith described that country, and I de
sire to quoto briefly from his romarks on
that occasion, both for the purpose of
showing why the road has not been built
and why my amendments as to tho price
of the lauds and for tho protection of
settlers should prevail. I send the de
bate to the secretary's desk and ask
to have the extract marked as rend.
The chief clerk read as follews:
This bill Is in the Interest of settlers or
prospective settlers on the public lands
through which this road is designed to pass.
The road will be about one Hundred and
thiity miles long. Plftv miles of that dis
tance the country Is settled ; for the re
mainder of the distance It Is not settled
and u not susceptible of settlement unless
means of communication through it such as
are proiwsed by this bill shall be pro-
The Willamette valley, which contiins
two-thirds of the population of the state r
Oregon, has no outlet to the sea but by the
Columbia river. That river Hows :u-ros the
north end of this Willamette vallcv. On the
west, between that valley and the sea. a
mountain range extends along its whole
length. Tlirouh this range of mountains
to the mouth of the river we have no road of
any kind.
We want this road to give u an outlet to
the sea at all seasons ; and wc want to open
up the pass we have found through these
mountains to the settlement. It is not :t
question whether by the passage of this bill
this land shall be withdrawn from
settlement, but the question is whether by
the passage of this bill you will open up to
settlement a region of country which other
wise never would be settled. It is a ques
tion whether It shall be occupied bv settlers
under the provisions of this bill, or whether
It shall remain a wilderness in the future as
in the past ; whether it shall be the home of
a busy, thriving imputation, or continue to
be the home of the elk and the bear.
For twenty-five years Mr. Spenser, this
land has been open to settlement, first under
a donation law. and now under the home
stead law ; and yet no man has gone there
to settle. Nouhitt; men ever went there
until thev went to find this pass for a rail
road to the sea. The red man never lived
there. It Is a forest, an Oregon forest, such
as is found nowhere else, perhaps, in the
world. And no settler will overgo there
unless there is a railroad through the pa.vs
connecting this Willamette valley with the
sea. In tuat event some of thesmallerval
leys will be opened to settlement. The
lands are rich, the timber is abundant; it
Is valuable. Dut the land and the timber
would remain iu the condition they now are
for a hundred years to come if this rod is
not built.
No man with a knowledge of the condition
of the cuuutry and its future prospects
would ever settle there iu the absence of
tills railroad.
Mr. Dolph. Mr. President, I think tho
description of that country given by Mr.
Smith, just read, is somewhat overdrawn,
but it is nevertheless true that tho lauds
which will be restored to tho public do
main and subjected to settlement under
tho land laws of the United States ac
cording to this bill are not very desira
ble for tho settlers, and I might add that
there have beon very few homestead or
pre-emption settlements on the even sec
tions within the limits of the grant.
This bill is an important one, as I said
before, to the people of my state, and I
believe the best interests of tho people
would bo served by holding on to tho
grant a long as possible in tho hope
that it may prove an inducement to the
construction of this road. But both po
litical parties of tho stato havo declared
in their state conventions for the forfeit
ure of this unearned grant, and petitions
were presented at tho last session of con
gress, and had been presented at previous
sessions, praying for the forfeiture of
the grant. I have concluded to accept
these expressions ns an announcement of
the will of my constituent.?, and, as
nothing has been done 'toward tho con
struction of tho road, and tho present
owners of tho grant do not appear to have
tho ability or disposition now to com
mence the construction of the road, to
vote for tho forfeiture. 1 do not think,
either, that there is any great demand
by settlors for lands for settlement with
in this grant, or that the settlement of
tho country has been greatly retarded Ijj
tho withdrawal of these lauds from mar
ket. From tho description already given
of tho lands it is apparent that they must
be settled slowly, until tho moro desirn
bio lauds in tho vicinity have been occu
pied. Since this bill was reported, however,
such information as has come to mo has
convinced mo that there ought to be
somo amendment made to it iu tho in
terest of settlers on the land. I havo
learned that several settlers have gone
upon the land, supposing that tho grant
had lapsed, lam informed that settlers
have gone upon the odd sections within
this grant, supposing that tho grant had
lapsed and become a part of tho public
domain; and although the officers of the
local land office refused to receive and
file their papers, they still resido there.
Some havo gono on tho land with tho ex
pectation of securing their title from tho
railroad company.
Under this stato of facts, I think their
rights should bo protected by some pro
vision like the amendment offered by
me. Tho amendment offered by me. ex
cept the provion fixing tho prico of tho
even sections at the minimum price, one
dollar and a quarter au acre, is part of
tho house bill as it camo to this body,
and it appears to me is unobjectionable.
It will bo observed that it is proposed
to strike out the proviso of the bill ns re
ported by the senate committee on pub
lic lauds fixing tho prico of even sections
at two dollars and a half an acre, and
from what I have said in regard to tho
quality and condition of those lands I
think it is apparent that if tho price of
tho land is uow fixed nt two dollars and
a half an acre, or doublo tho minimum
price, it will retard tho settlement of tho
lauds and the development of tho coun
try. I know what rensons induced tho
committee to report the bill fixing the
Erico of this land at two dollars and a
alf an acre. It was supposed that some
persons had gono upon tho even sections
and purchased lands within the limits of
tho grant nt two dollars and a half an
acre, and that they would complain of
tho inequality should the odd sections bo
placed at a dollar aud a quarter an acre,
and como to congress for relief. I have,
bowover, taken pains to inquire into that
matter, and while I could not examine
tho books in regard to all the townships
embraced within this grant, I took two
or threo at random. One was 6 north, 4
west. I found that eighty acres only
had been sold at two dollars and a half
an acre. Tho next was 4 north, 6 west.
I found that there had been no entry.
Tho next was 8 north, C west, near the
Columbia river, hplf way between Forest
Grove and Astoria, and I found that
there had been since tho dato of the pas
sage of the act only 23.GI acres entered
at two dollars and a half an aero. It
will therefore bo seen that the amount
of land probabiy entered upon tho even
sections at two dollars and a half an
aero is S3 very small, so inconsiderable,
as to bo of no consequence; and that tho
difficulty which tho committee antici
pated does not in fact exist. Besides,
congress has nlrendy provided a remedy
for such cases by "tho act of March 3,
lS7f5. which I ask to havo read from tho
clerk's desk, as it is only a few lines in
length.
The chief clerk read as follews:
Tie it enacted hy the Senate and House of
Rciirtfntatirc of the United States of
America in Omarest assembled. That where
any actual settler who shall have paid for
any lands situate within the limits ot any
grant of lands by emigres to aid in the con
struction of auy railroad, the price of such
lands lieing fixed by law at double-minimum
rates, and Mich railroad lands having been
forfeited to the United States and restored
to the public domain for failure to build
N.ieh r.ulro'iil, such person or persons shall
have i lie richt to locate on any unoccupied
lands an amount equal to their original en
try, without further cost, except such fees
as are now provided by law in pre-emption
eaes : i'luriifed. That when such location
is on double-minimum lands, one-half the
amount only shall be tiken.
Mr. Dolpb. It seems also reasonable
to me that persons who have gone upon
these lands in good faith as provided in
this amendment should have their rights
protected. They should have priority of
right to purchase tho same under the
land laws of the United States; and if
any persons have gone upon these lands
under the railroad company who are not
qualified to purchaso under tho general
land laws of the United States and made
settlement and improvement, no harm
will bo dono by permitting them to pur
chaso their lauds to tho extent of 1G0
acres nt tho minimum price. I do not
believo that tho government ought to
recognize any contract, if any has been
made, between the railroad company
aud tho settlers or perfect thoir titles
without payment of the prico to tho
United States, and I havo therefore not
included in tho amendment offered by
me that provision of tho house bill.
Tho amendment ofiercd by me is broad
enough to cover tho legal and equitablo
rights of all settlers, and if any person
have mado any payments to tho railroad
company thoy must look to tho company
for tho return of the samo and not to the
government. Tho amendment offered
by mo is intended to provido at onco for
tho settlement of nil claims of nil persons
on any of those forfeited lands, to pre
vent controversies between tho settlors,
to relievo the officers of tho land office
from troublo and turn tho matter over at
once for adjustment to tho secretary of
the interior. It is not proposed to recog
nize tho rights of any but settlers in
good faith at tho date of tho passage of
tho act. The right recognized is a prior
ity of right to purchaso under tho gener
al laud laws of tho United States, a right
to make actual settlement upon tho land,
a right if any settler is found not to be
qualified under tho general land laws to
purchaso one hundred and sixty acres
nt a dollar and a quarter an acre.
The amendment, it appears to mo, is
eminently just both as to tho settler and
as to tho government. I can see no ob
jection to it. It is not to bo wondered
at when lawyers do not agree as to tho
question of tho title to tho lands within
the limits of a railroad grant whoro tho
road is not constructed after tho timo
limited for tho construction of the road
and beforo congress has acted in forfeit
ing the grant, that tho western pioneers
have gono on the lands under circum
stances which require special legistation.
If congress does not now provide for
this class of persons it will undoubtedly
do so in the futuro, for that has been
tho unbroken practice of congress for
nearly a century. I do not think there
are many such settlers in this case, but
bo thoy few or many it appears to mo
there is plain necessity for tho legisla
tion. After somo further debato the amend
ment was agreed to by a vote of 33 to 19.
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