Ik I mm. The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. VOL, IX. LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, OCTODEH 7, 1897, NO. 20, (MIKITY JtepuMltmnii Who llftfi Kodomod tbe Fr'f Cototx of Miver, lILVKft Ef-POBUOAN PLA1T0EM J Knact Accord With tht Utter Aries oi r'ou Party lender. 'rait ln' I'enerlml 'rMJl. Several of the leading republican "M j.r in the atal have enld fhat the plat form adopted by I be ellver republican 4ti ihir ttM f'Mi VnilllOfl OIU llOHlticnir for any trndltioiinry principle of the riml,htau party, lb weekly irooi Htf publlbe In reply tt IM of famou leader In Hi" republican i'W'ty who have nit moui tone or other declared In favor of 1 h free wAiHW of il ver, The follow lug, taken from Hm Fremont Tribune of Mpl.mbr7lb I" " ''"l'l abuelv tone ihM oki wi repumieaii u" when referring lo Hie Hw r''iifll(iim. 'iiio Tribune any; "(Jen tl reader, If you will biwi "r the platform adopted 17 m republican" at Mneolu, you will Ind that there I not In It a I"m principle that any republlcim of authority from John C Fremont H" Hblvely, ever 'I'iiuv .'till thuiniet V repllb mun, but itpopocrnt under any other ' 1 ,F ' II .... I.11I1HU ,l.,,t l, M flltUie WOIIKI Milieu 'I "'. "" Mfimed Might (nor honorable, ' 'i 1,,. Aflmr iale rco v ngNy: "Tli platform adopted by Hie "bee Milver repiitiwnn n i.iiiiiii iiiii'mim'i"', again! Hi gold etmiderd and declared or then of both gold and eilver (Uixlrtfl oiiy, lt'f t' IdrtoMfiiwif hriiiM Ik'Iow 4 Jrliw for your. wlf If Hiy r ittvH ly rHiblli!ttiii ul ttuUioriiy. wimI4M mo iinriuK mil di y'if nt IU of tli KOVmillWHl, ll, C-'lHrttlltMlf) wiw dUlion OPilllf OHM of Hi 1WllOIH )'Ul, oimof onrKWit i'oifti(!li tm',ru'iHit n)vuf HHii KitUnnnuiit Uiu irUm of ttM, tin wit4 Airmtm in muitmt I li ermin iUni wfAUun, ioi'flw oiw of tin. ;oiii of enmHwtt', inl limit tin vohimw of money nmmm lMo)li.,iiiiiliioiicy mwi'M, 'l fliwdy 'J"r, If" would lntv)iii'ri'i''ni vl" ' money 11 ml diiiiHiiilil l)i vitlimof HwrylliliiK l; moiiny tli mHtf Mini ivi-ry tlim'l Mm m rvuhl., II" win notUniiliiii of l ioor tl". Iclot'l l"'i lHlrM. il w fiot ulitmfliiK forili lr iMr ilf"iiw, (,'lint i!o, r 11 liilioc iif di'iir money) Tli (omor mJ romolirof fin; if'ofMMiuu: o f'i'Mj KMiinl over tlior M'I lowlyl Wnn tUr nvr iiiinu uUiriiiH liwimii'iiy or re''kl" MMiiiiiitioir (f f"lievci ilmt overiy in n IIomIik lo In iroiiiol."l inn i ii'miir nitit, nui Hint it nlirliiknRM In vi-ry-I IdKtf fiuHnoimy in nntMnnil IikiikiIh!- Ion Mi Kuiley m Tolwio, O,, JMl;riiiiry IU, Mow Urn "lilo leiixu" of r iiililii!iui kIiiIim. iHMM 0. lll,4lK, MKI'CIIIJl A. tinmu l, IHih I" ')'' I'l't'ol Hima Niinl; Cli, f, l7, On lli 111 unit vieif iiii'I I"Iik mooted lieHlifill of It hilliiilllllii! or flioiioiliet'tl flit Mlffi.l'irf, my own view lire milll iMwniiy liiiliritil In tlm wmiirli I Imvn intt'l", I Mii'VH lint ruuxu now xoiiitf on In Him fonriiry, imd 111 oiliermniic trie lor it utilise koI'I NUmfitrif would, if (,i'.'.'hm(iiI, irodii' Jioiixler in tliuend tliroiiKliout tlm I'omniereiitl world. Tli dnlrui!lloii of nilvi r u money ind tlm mlitlilii'lifiimil of K'lld mn it unil of vitlne, iiiUKi liiivu u ruiuoiiN imm on mm loriu of iirooerlv ei eli'Kl t IIioiMi Invent men Wllllltl Hid kiiilil h. IUhiI returu In inline v. 'I'liDM. would lie euormoUHly uilntueed in vitlmi, it ml would Kiilu it dinirioriioii' nix, und HiereforH unfuir itdvMiidtKH over nvery oilier 'i:ie "I iro'ily. II, HI til" llin-l relllililimtlttiiilli'a lilllrui, titer itw neiirly f 7,iiio,iiii,lMMi of emu or Indium 111 Hi" world.uoi very unevenly divided lietwM ii oid iiu I iillver, It In Iui ionniIiI to lrikH mlver out of miuii" ii iiiniiey wilHont rntilu wliicli will rovn ilmireaHliiK in Million mid utterly llHlriHH lo leu of HiOMaittld Aim under lliimllti'ii, in Id niU mid Itivulu nlilu riM'it in liflou llie ikIhIiIihIhimiiI id n liniil, d't'liiieil Unit "In 11 mi ul Ihn line of elilier iiul'l or iUi r n iiiniiey i toitliriK lli iiMiitily of i'lriiiliiiii medium, mid i luililu in nil ilim.!'. lion wliieli nrlMi Irniii it noiiiiiiitiu of lli lielieftl III II ItlH eilnlUill Willi III DVll III M K'HHly f iri'll i H 1 lull. MIMI1H I M' 1 M 1111 Hani. It I Iwiler tllllt Wttkllilllld, if lli't t,t ul)' laiy mIi Mt w riiiluiii In Mill I our lor tiinu liuliiii' i wiili, limn (lint Hid Aiiim.k run n u'l lini'ld I .MfielUid In iiiy liiilu r irn" mi li uui mi Uliiir mnI Ihiih I'liiletlVnr Ittr It tlcllltr Ueitil ul lm wdnlittii ol lite Hiili' K'lld luiidnrd. I Hill M I'IIiIi'IIIhI t Iti'W III lle le lit ti'illt itli mid iir it iiiiiim i, I Htlur i'nIm'I Hi rlirtiiMui ul lr rnii..i I. .iH HhV id lli" wlin r n li Mtlf lul iliuii't'l. im ul mlur in Nt.iitkit hud 'r uimd llt,r iwnii Mi tul)t t. I MKt il iliitl Hi im um 11 ..i.).te( mid fiilHlly tint ul lit wl, 1 1" 111 it ud lit live Mid Ulililinlwd IHilintti n Mllfir, t liv HutM f linn li W (fiituruiuwHt "'rt'l I Lnvit Inn in tu li I'niiii y t iit ti'iuiM, I lwtlttltM ly ImMHHi III llfi'dillttlil t f I till UllMH, lOIHlliH li ftllHUa I umillnf, i, , 1 it mm, Nti 1 m n , TU wm ruM mniilii! mid Id itml liidi ul, ur tl luitj'triiy idtnw Mtm, I h Himii.'ll iitiuiiuii winr llUd Hklll It M MllM tltfbl, Hud II will not Im KetUml rlitlit uiiIkn It In ulna I'd 11 1 10 11 it lilmnliilliii IihmIm mid n ratio of () to 1, J 1 1 tlm money of Him noun (ry nnd it wiin tlm money of Uiu oountry ilurimf II period of unnUmt jiroierlly, I,nt 11 liiiv 11 jinmldnut wiin l not 11011 1 rolled ly eio.leni iniiii "Due. Tlm tieoilii will ruin tint noiintry hi !M!i7, 'I Im wniiliinwd ru of ('levif liiul, tlm New Vorli tiitiikiii'H. nud tlm li'im trader, Im lienu morn iiiittroiiN to (Id nun ri try nud Im eot ,lmi!oun try morn ifiiiu did tin nlvll wnr, J, H, Uftrbiioii, reiiuliliumi mitloniil iioiniult fmminii, nt lieiiver, J miliary 10, 1 Htr,, John a, Miuan, iiki'iiiijiun, (Kili'M'it fruiii nIiwhIi In tlm .iml hIii1 Hi nli uniiril, I for 01m emi mm tlm Iniuiiflt only to Die iiione holder nud llumn who reeeiv lnlnret nud li'tvn flimd liicoine. 1 (fait Menu II renljlt Of fill leitlNllltlOU, OUT IiumIui' 0ieiiitloiiN crli'led nud Wiitfe forlnlior rediiimd to it luern plltinuie, I cmii e tli lieiitiliful urttlrieM of my own liil nud tlmitrett wet( wliinli itw Moomliiif it iiirdeuM, with (tlieerliil liome riniuit liku wliiM tower nlonir tlm imlliwiiy of Inijiroveumiif, nnnin mIiikIiik hi t t Ui idletmi. I (iitn eu mortK'tK fiend itt llmlr imllUli work. I can e Mm done of (in. induMiriou farmer l;liiln ) iin Im uiirii corn for fuel lieeaiiMn It mien will not tmy tlm eot of tran- porlntlon and dividend on milium ol dollar of fliillllnii lork and tiond. 1 i:an mm our iieopl of tlm wet unmiilim ami iiirdened under taxation to pay ileil of ulale, iiountin and i)lifeln- (iiiiied when money wit more abundant and brftflit liooe of tlm future were field out to lead tliem on. 1 can mm tlm peo ple of our wimN'rn tale wlo are iirodim Km wduiii'd to tlm condition of i r( to pay interHton pulilioand private debt to tlm money naik ol wan utrent, "w York and J lireudimudm Ntreec in i.ou don, KtiKlaud. imnjAum imuiiihon, um'vhi.u'ah I ii lit DmrnmUur , m ) Home montlm of further trial will Im iiemiiry to iletermlue tlm permanent effeiit of tlm reoent e((iNlatioii upon ilvwr value, but It In tfratifyiii; to know tlmt the liioreaued iilrouhttion e(iiiwd hy tlm aiit Iiiin exerted and will eouUiiim to ex ert it mot bemdinial luflueu'ie upon lui lie and upon itetmrai vuiueN. While It hit not Imeil thoiicht li"t to renew formerly tlm NUiwtJon of an in feruaflnnal (iotileremw lookltiir fo an iilireeiueiit fouelilui; tlm full imeof mlver lor eoHum" at it umiorm ratio, care tin been tnkwn to oberve elonely any cIiihik in the ltuatlon abroad, ami no lavora ble opportunity will leil mt to promote a reult which it i viiitidently believed would coiiler very luruu benefit upon Hie uoinnieree of tlm world. It I ruriou lo note that tlm advane" in the prnte of ii r I Icle wholly unaffected by tlm larifi mt wa ly many liaelily iimu-lbeif to tliat m t,. Notien wn not taken of tlm fniit that the "ueral ten deuiiy of tlm mnrket wu upward from luflueiiee wholly apart from tlm recent tariff leifmlittioii. The enlargement o ourcurreiiey by tlm eilver bill uudoubt' edly Kave itu upwitrd teudeiiey to trifle, and had a marked effect on priue, but thi feiiMlntiou wa by iiiniiy erroii"ouly attributed to tlm new tariff act. HM, II, AI.I.INOM, Kf l'l 111,11 4. iMniminr Aili'ii nt !, i,oiinii'iiiii4l liwi.ri), lKVH, feline i'i, fin i,) The followiuif from Hmialor AIIImoii'm eei'h ofJanunry ll, I Mt I ; Mr. rluiiili I he weuiitor pok ol rudt'li" a relating to the ipientinii ol iiiijuf men! of value letweeu tin- two mi'tal, What doe Im think of tlm de iiioiietl,nlioii oj;t of 1 M7'l a mi net of IlllllllU till' "'.' Mr, AlliMonl think it wit a itreut blunder: a ureal mi") eke, I do not di iiKive with tlm Hunator nbout that. I did not e'iik nboiit rudeiie In a per (iliitl MeiiHtt, I im au lo way tlntt tlmw l a difference between IIikm. two metitl. I tut vh heitrd that tlm bondholder ol Itm ('tilled Htate urn chiefly uff.-cteii, mid tlmrefow liotjn to lrw eoiuitK", The boii'lliolder are now bound to take their puy In mlver dnllar of tlm preent Nlniidard. limy have no Hunt to mini, plain a Iniitf a the miIvit dnllar con iniu il'J Kf'illi id taudard eilver, Tlmt I their contract, Tlmrefor I di- iiiU t ti" nt Hut In lH7''i we mi i t uuwiwily ileninii- ellneil mlver. fnllowiii llm policy ol tiaruiaiiy end llrent ItriUlu, I In eo luci'lent nciioii on the pnrt ol tleriuituy Mild III" l ulled Hlllle, c ,alitf I Im mini of both etiuiitriM by law to llm lr emu. ituii of Milver, forced I'ritiice mid tlm oilier litlt' i 'I llm l.itliu union to adupl III mini" pulley, Mini I III) III lliree Hlinrt veitr ilver wn iiiiilnweil by llm cnu Urreilt li'Mlllttloi III lliewi enilllllercilll nouiilrie. I Intl it went tlnwn mid do n In vnlnet'iiiiipiired Willi K"lil mi it iit(i- citl rrmill, ttii'l, but br the Uin llieni lig.luiliMi ol 1(1 and Hie cnuir"iice iiniiiiiritl"d by llil lt'tfllitiiini mid the iim iihiiii Unit fiillowihl In l.urnim m Well ll HI our own I'ttUliliy, I Itu Inllnwrr ol the "l'l ul itii'l'trd Mould lott tri uiuplii'd pi rut. He nil) . w u, It, l I emi, Ul I I ill M At, l.ir Al'iH I id t mtl kihh Mllv t'wtwn l, I'M I iii,iuimi l u.,. rrf l"A I Nn, li llutt Im true, Mllltl i II ll retttti lli ill iti'iiid bir llm 'nmini III"!!.' It I lotflMlitlltilt, I, t4 miit I Inn K I V 1 1 lit III" I'lveiuti llnl!ii, mi, lite iiiiiiiitt.r iitl v!u viiiiply ttnitrd llm t' llel'tl HI id li'M'nUlli'H Wild l'l lvii.41 In Mi I'lvii'iii lie I it I , It litld tier lliut t nil liHMt Ml In llm llimtt'l limtkeU til Itm wiiib In ntwrlnt llm vnhiiiiil IIii pt'i mm nn'litU, h lei mw ili'-y? Inn tju to ltltditii wd lit twine ! mltwr i title in K"l.. nlii In lU iilitittt, iirrllinr Imd nu miiim llm Mure 11,1, itn uniil'lltitt In iM'l u(ld iiitli, lnilr, Imtllth ui i ilurntwtty llii j tlii'H li HH iltr iiff Uiil UiuUr, lu IIimI lUlUm tb-jr limit kd rt tlilul gold lutnlwr, Now. II .'guUt.m fivitlii Ik vliwl d in nd Itir iiiimny, K w h -'Ut mi tn MllliM llff, llii'h'itn.1 Ik dxlnmtd d tkii lei fwe Hi twin ul llr, Our I ii I ere 1 1 to dniilare our own not icy and then invito tlm nation to join it In that policy, mid by no doinx we eliull have weight In micli u ooiifereuoe, Without It we Mhall have Utile or no weight, Wo en ii force, If 1 may un that lerm, tlm tuition of Kurope to the uen ot Milver ugaln, If we ruadopt eilver, I think It I unite nrobablu, more, I think wu tuny fuel cei' tul n that the I.iitln imlug nation will loin u in contluuliiif tlm iih" of ilver, Hie Mingle Mtaudnrd of gold iiman it reduction in the volume and mi lucreiiHii in Hie villi" of money, The double Mtandard mean that the preeent volume and value ehnll be mitinlitiimd u near a may be that the Mama cotiitiiodlile which at a given price and the Mitme labor will tiav a debt to-day that will puy It ni'Xl yeiir; Hint our debt mIiuII not beefialed up for the beimllt of our creditor nor cn led down for the bene (It of debtor, but Hint each hall Mtund on the vulii" fixed when the obligation were Incurred. The demand for remount lieu Uon doe notoome from our country alone or any Mention of It. It doe not have it origin in nelly malice toward the puhlia creditor nor In It a dihonet demaml made by debtor ' Thoee who favor thi iimamire do not propone to violate any prouiUo mid leut ol all to tnru!l! or impair the public credit but rather to elubllh it upon more n during foundation by liicreaelng our ability to pay' according to proinien the heavy puoliu liurdeiiN wliicli now weign un down, II, (I, INOKIINOI,!, IIKI'IHI.ICAN. Ill a book entitled "lug"roiia" Col Hubert (i. ltigerol taid; Vor my part 1 do not ak any Interfer ence on tlm nurt, of tlm irovcriiuii'lit ex cept to undo the wrong it iiae done, 1 do not aek that money be made out of nothing. 1 do not nk for proepcrlty born of paper, Hut I do ek for the re- inonellulfoti of eilver, Hilver wa du monetized by frud. It wit an linoo! Hon upon every houet debtor In the United Htate, It uuluated labor, ft wa done in the liiturt of avarice and greed, and eliould biundoneby hon et uum," i 1', POI.MVKR, liKI'l lll.ll'AM, Cmliir KwijI.Im. luw. (Intntl, Joiiatliaii J', Dolliver. of Iowa, In a Mpecch delivered in congro and found in iiongreMNioiiui record, volume vi,pnrt 'i, mige VlVJi and 1orj5, uid: "Tlie act of July 12, providing for the free itoiuage of the whole product ol ttie Anmricaa ilvnr mine, i mouumeut to the wiedom of thi congni. It ex pan. I the currency by the annual uddi lion of not le that f 00,000,000 and keep the money of the people a good a gold. The Immediate effect of thi law ha been to advance tlc price of Milver, and with I lie advaiKM or Milver every pro duct of agriculture ha felt the Influence of advancing price. It ha Molved the eilver oiieetiou and made the way to the free coinage of the world eilver MUpply eay and plum. All thi ha lee u done without panic or fliimiciul t'onvuliori, and in tlm light of what we have m'ii and done the word of Mr, I level n nd'e I net meag to emi gre like llm hue of comedy, lie uid: " ho eecretury recommend theupeu iou of the further coiniige of eilver and In Much recommendation 1 hoiemtly con cur, I Im comedy lie in tint riiieer lact thut the very lellow who areuioMt oagi-r to make Mr, t'levehiiid prcHiditut again ure to-day the loudet in their pretended liiendiihlp of llver. (In the other hand liHteu to tlm word of I'reeldcnt Iliirri on' ft I'm t uieMNitge, '1 have uiway been mi udvocittu of the lot" of ilver a cur rency. We me large proiluuer of tlmt me I ii I nud Mhould not dicredit it.' I predict that before tlm udiiiliiilration of premdent llarrimm end Milver will be coined by the. I'liiU'd Htate without limit n gold I now coined. ilierual anarchit of our day I not the iniMerable wretch lu a garret working out In idmt with git pipe mid dv mi nute, We need fenr ii o euch a man. The miitrchiMt in modern time i tlm bloodle Hpirit of wealth acquired with out conscience. A eplrit that In all eye hit couiiidered prniertya a mere pom' iou and treuiml the coiiiinoii wealth a a cheap itiid helpln word," JOHN A. OKA II, IIKITIII.il AX. ('lr l(ilil, lun, (li(l. I lew I it lei i.T, under date of March 10, INIIO, written by the diHtlugullied M iietor Iruiii I o wit. Tlitmii oniiviciiiin to wliicli he reierred, we nil have I hem but they get woblily MoiiietimtNj. The letter reit'l n Inllow; "llniiiteof UepreM'iitatiir, Wituhlng tmil). (', M nh 111, lN'.m-My ii.r Judtie: I Imve your ol Marcli II hihI iioIm whet you ay on III lifer ipieation I here I lit! tpitln Hi my )iigmi iil that you ere abmilutely cnrrn l In your Mimllnll yini titk on llu iitini, lit dig Hver a w dig imlattM, nud It e mm Ii a product ol Hi nil m ttiiy I long elu which riMtt Inteir In prtnluc, wild I wlwit) have Imu n the tipinmu I hut It wn the bnttiidi'tt duty of thegnf eminent In emu atlver lr auylmdy wlin iii'ty pituil litilhou, Mullyim know I ln Hint a btre uumUr ol nerit hi. pie arc lillluity ijmi, tn ln rnlaugH, I Im tdiiiliiltrwlliii l"f the litt twwntj ) tti, witlintit etctplKtii It it d ail liit'ir iiitliit'itiHi itdvftmi In mil h tt lin n un, but t Htiiik lit duy will iiiinu. itu. I Unit Hi Itu d'tiUitl time, liu itii t tiudy wlm hit Itiililtnt run Ittke in llm lrvt ury wil l Itttvw It itiiititl mt 10 titt . i nun I nl Mini jrtni li'iimriii Hvtipv id ti tillmnt lull, lii It I.Hikid upue lilt liit, itu I ll inif le. in In In wild nui.Ur t unit' I nut, would la my ii Iiiii iiI e ltrtHin tl piio n tfr lu U lltwe 'iiy thi. mill ll i uui m lMrmugiiaei. With kind rtmr l.l in fnur truly, Jmn l litte llmi I. lUhty Huilib, iiiiliuiini, U. iiilll m tut etnt, Ml n m tl, Jons m. im ints, ATtuM'tt, tlmwltw, Jan. kto, Mil W Unit, It. J, (CtietiHtK'l tut i; Utk ri, UN ON ninn SALE How the dovormnent Will Settle With the Union Faoiflo Bondholders. LAND AND CASH SUBSIDIES IntoroMtini HUtory of the Oroatoxt Robbery of the Public Ever Known. NhI Nut fur Novemlier II, The much talked of "eett lenient" of thu c ovarii men t' claim Agalimt the Union i'aciflu railroad In cIomo at band The Union I'milllc yeteiti will be "Mold" to piy the mortgaged debt. In fact the Male I not a Male. The road will be turned over to what In known it Hie Union I'liciflo reorganization committee for a certain epcclfled amount, which amount In about tOOO.OOO e than Kufllclent to puy the government claim, The Mcheme wa developed during Cleve land' aduiinfetratlon, and wa ap proved by him, rreeident McKltiley lia aUo npproved the Mcheme and the "ulu" will take place. The 125,000,000 which the government Iohcn in tlil flnil deal I Miintll when ootiiparod with the value of the land donation and upeclal grant made by the government. The Farmer' Hentluel contained an Interextliig review of the hietory of laud grunt to different corporation, and particularly to the Union I'uciflc ralb road. Laud grant In aid of wagon road, railroafl And river Improvement were before 1 802 made by emigre appro. printing part of United Htate public laud within the tate to be applied by theetnie to Hie coiiMtructlon of the road, etc. In W2 one-twentieth of Male of Inlfod Htate bind in Ohio were thu appropriated, but never uea to uuy great extent. In 1 H0d ii per cent of ucli Male were appropriated. In 1824 and IHU7 the Watiueh (In diana) Canal received u bind grant of !J0 feet each efde of the canal In Indiana, lu IMiE7 one-half of five miction wije on each ide of the canal wa given In In diana, ilut t lie cuiotl wa to remain free of all toll to the government. lu 1827 one-half of two Mcctlon wn givn for a road Irom Hauduky to Col- urn tin. In 1828 400,000 acre of bind in Ala bamit were given for Improving the 'fen ue river. In IH.'KJ Illinoi wa authorized to make grantN to all canal and railroad, but hn built canal. In 18.'I5 the Florida railroad wa given thirty f'Mit each Mide of track, and ten acre of bind at the terminu, mid a right to take timber foruee of road from 1 00 yard eitch ide of t Im track . In IH.'iO the .New Orleitn & NuhIivIIIo railroad wu given 80 feet wide "through uch portion of the public land a re mained iiuiioiij, unil depot plat not to exceed five itcre futch and not nearer to each other than fifteen mile. In 18KI the DcMolncw river improvo- meiit iu Iowa wit giveii one-half of five mile wide lu alternate ectiou on each ide of the river, and the itme wu given In the hii mo year to Y imcoiimiii forth rox river Improvement, Pot the govern ment agreed not to mill it removed ec- tion for ten than 2.50 xr acre (18(i) I hey built a railroad out of the He Moine river grant, and are fighting it out in congre nud court yet. In 1 Hsu the Illinoi (eiitral railroad received the alternate Hevtion in even number lor Mix miction wide on each ide ol the Mini, Government fixed pi loo of iUrcerved laud at 12.50 and required the road to be tree highway fur the government. lu I8..2 the 1 1 a n ii I Intl mid ht, Jn rail- road reeeiveil auraiit of ix ntn'tiou on mu ll ih ol It line, III 8iii'l like graut were iinulu in Ar- kmiMit, lu 1 h .", Mlimlar grant wire untde In Miiiacmitu. In n(1J i Itu kviiImui nf litiel grant wa httiigftl Iroiii llie tat yliiii to thai d ill reel rraul lo lliet'orporatinu from rnllgrr, I he ai l of July I, IHU2, rrale the i'iirinritiioii kii'twu Hi i I'lilou I'lteitlu nt'lrnit'l cniiipttur, ami gran l tu it; I. Ilight ul war IM l't mi euch m.le id the due through pulilio land, l gather with netvMary gruunil fur ! linn, Iiuililmg. wtirkdmpe, ie, 2, r.vtry aiteruai wtiiiii uinuble mid tn lb Miiiiitml nf live allermtl II r mile nil farli iil nl tliernud. mi l ail bin I whieh bar Imwii diimui I ur rervt, and iitiuvral land tptH, I. iiuii'U ul lit- in i Hiatv in the tifitt ti J'l.iwio r miU, Ur lit aiu mi t Pk era! urn Hta-W lit I Hitiral I'ltt itte, i Vetritl branch nt I It" I Mint tic, kut lily wad Slum t iljf and I'Mi ifld t'tiiii.miu. 'hr i grawU Ifii uttl fault t, id I It llitf. I Im l nt July 2m I, I ti I , autfttdie ii' at' I Mate leit rtmiir iMty hium i. tt i til ta iia , wed tl't I'trwl lltwl ii, luritiff rtwrvalinH td miuvral btad II I wot it.i'luil lrin ur enal land, lb et ltd Martlt II, i I, rt l.tr Ik lour mad IkwrtMa nantl lai Htll wld tW th ld (.1 lh llutM, in. ,ii r ia KHna. and Ik road wrrv iva ta 'Militntal note na iH i nl lb lie Itt IwdeiUHiiy thi for land lrtltiigr ettid or rtfh In May, 1804, elmilar grant were made to road in H'IhcoiihIii, MluneNota and Michigan. July let, the Northern I'aotflo wn or ganlzed am) like grantN given, except that forty mile wide on euch lde of the line wa gi veu, with etill further land beyond thi limit to Indemnify the com pany for laud iireviotiMly Mold or re served along the line. July 27, 18(10, the Atlantic & I'aclflo and Houthern I'aclflo received grant Mimilur to the Union Pacific. Marcli , 180W, the Denver I'aclflo re ceived l In grant. March , 1871, the Houthern Pacific and Texa & J'uclflo received their grunt. Upwurd of twenty-four grunt were mane, llefore thi oongre convened four had ticeu declared forfeited, but they are con tcMtlng the tunlter before emigre and In the court. Over twenty grant have "lapeed" that In, have not been earned by the oonmunle. J lie growth of the donation ha thu been from: 1, One-twentieth tiart of certain tiro ceede derived from the Male of land. 2, 1 hree per cent of euch ale. ii. Thirtv feet each lde of the line, 4, Kighty fimt wide, ft. Ninety feet each elde. (J. One-half of five miction on each Hide, 7. Onu-buir of ix miction on each Nide. 8. Ten mile on each side, 0. Twenty mile on each elde. 10. Tienty mile on each lde and coal and iron, 11. Tlvitlitv nil Ion m, aimli al.lu ,.f llu coal and Iron and 20,000 per mile; ami ten additional mile each elde of llu a "Indemnity" for land old or reeorved, 12. Forty mile each elde of llne(N, I'lu.'lflc), and ten mile more each Mide a indemnity, con I, iron, timber and 120. 000 reir mile. J lien grant Include more than 215.. 000,000 acre, or over Jb'15,000 quare nine, neuny eignt tune a tiig a I'unn ylvania, uud but 6,000 mile ! In extent than the original thirteen Htate For the 10,000 mile of road built. thi In at the rale of 1 4.3.'t.J acre, or 22 Nouaro mile and 2ri acre per mile. 1 Iiomc line to which emigre had not them, the vaet territory of J 47.5'I7 Mfiuare mil 1 hi I larger that the area of all New Kngland, New York, New Jcr, Mary- luuii and Delaware, ami would lack but a Mingle Mipiare mile of furnishing In ad ditiou a territory equal in Mize to the combined area of Mummed uctt, Kbode Inland mid I'eiawaro, in in n i j we nave py act ol cougre donated to thee corporation, domin ion larger than the Auetrluu empire, larger than the Herman empire ami Italy combined, larger than Fg.votand i recce, larger than Frunwi, Great llri- tain (the I,ulted kingdom ) and ISclgium combined, larger than Hpuin, J'ortugul and Italy combined. Not content with thi they clamored or more. We gave them more. We have donated to ix of thee cor poration, the Union I'uciflc, Kana nicillc, Central i'ecillc, II, J'. Cent ml branch, VVeetern I'ucillc &. Hiom City, and I'ucillc road, t(J 1,02:1,512 of M per cent 110 year U. H. boud. On thi donation the government ha paid on it guarantee of the boud (which the tompmiie at flrt prom wed to reruiy) about f 75,000,000 in in tercet up to the pri'eut date. 1 hi make a caeli donation of about 140,000,000 to Mix railroad already enriched by empire of land. Thi would build and equip 14.000 milt.' of railroad at 1 10,000 a mile, or more than all the railway of New Eng land, and their eide and double track. 1 hi um would tuircliuee nt govern ment price 120,000,000 acre of land, or about 105,000 qiinre mile, If added a land to the laud grant it would be a grand total of 181,000 milium mile, or a iiieuHiired lu laud, '1 10.074,71 5 acre, an area larger than the original thirteen Htate, Vermont, (ireat Hrilaiu and Irelaud ami lielgiuni. Nor I thi all. CoiigriM relinq ii lulled it tl rat mort gage on time, road aud took it eecond mortgage In order to let theae compau ie pledge their dominion mid frauchl1 to loretgn and untlvr money lender who took nud uow hold a drat mortgage fur the million ad vunced to the greed c Imp w ho wanted more. The goverumeut ha taken "lu trade" I, ., fur lh traiiportatinu of lump, mail, good t tc,-p'rlni 2U,(mm I, iiimi, of the intereMt paid for themt cniupanie UntWitlmtUudlMg the road Were lobe live tu thugoViiriiini'iil. They Htillow oil the bnlul and I Ittef ct tl." uui ol nearly IIH,Imhi,ihiii nr w tt it- tt the guvtirumeiit hold a et'uud iin.rtgnge. 'I IivHiuux City aud I'acltte road wa vintnweil umr ttitHNi gram tu build a mail wt Iraiu Xmui t ity. It bmlia mud ituthat. nr rrttmuug lh river aud m-rurrd I ,;ttil,Hit axre nl laud aud I,5JH,.I2I in btind. Tit road I u d a a part ol lit trunk IliitHwtftity U linlea nl It) id Hi l li I lag't au I M. I'aul radma l. la ItiJ ni"a 'niiiiii in knmti liiiitntirialiled iut" l it un I tli imiti.lvlinii til ll rttttd. I iMr eraivl additittintl Uut by way nl iL lllU lT Un fam up wu I l K'Hi In c'ltiiH ami rt-iv ' ii.. ihi,ii " Ittttd uulil lh uelit entirl It 1 , utiffuud I In ruloig nl tb Uad ttlli.w. I li rnttpami Itt. u ''ll tatHiw ttvmt m Ul Ikelr ttgvbl li alj ia at woik aa I wi, a mtl, tnv rawMtut, ll t iiiilwnrlky Ikai th Mpiut eurt etidxaily wnt danite In nit ttm r tit iu t Hwttina to tit railroad, pro d l lit "tittrite" that pnrima td lb. w Kraut wbeli y "u lh aul md hall Mona a a publw kiVy lir lh ue td the gnvvi iuiil, fr Itiun n, ttf nlbr rbar upna th iinjri' Una td Irot p or tithr prttrl td lb United Htabei." In "conetruing" the plain wordN the Nupreme court held that the perpoiw of that olaiiNe wun to allow the govern ment the right to place lie locomotive engine and car upon the railroad track, and to uw uch track a a pub ic high way; nd that thi reeervatlon doe not entitle the government to have troop or property traiiNported br th compnnle over their roepective road lie or charge for traneportlng the mne, A a Mpecimea brick" of thoee laud grant, lllimtratlng the "beggar on horeback," permit me to cite the Ceu tral Faolflc, The grant and donatlone to it were: rirat inurtMK Irnml,,,, , f.ine.iaenij urmiu Mud iIumiiH'iiik of varlon lI'irMl'1'1 eo',"'",l'"1 ' -'JI-iCro.H MinoVat'lotii' 4"lVJlVl'.l'ua'li m,m M Krjm.(';Vf'!ViiV;B;;;i7i7,;;:;,; rffilSS ,1!::!,o",r."-" ,,r '""..' wmm, ii,.,i. ... i, 7j """'. . wne ' "I ' THIIIIIUIO,,,,, ToUI., ...........,,,,,,,,,,,,,. IIM.Mll.iUJII I rom Fiek & Hatch' Central !' clflo circular of February 17, 1881, It f learued that th ame company earned iL'lulV!?,imr fl- 18(59 in December fll, 187, 139,000.08,4tt, They expended In the Hume time 72,280,? 17.55, of w ilcli over eleven million wa In 1870. I heir net earning were 07,73,741.74, of which but 18,463,070 wa paid In dividend, and thi made 34 per cent on the entire capital tock, and left an an. divlijiid.-urplu of 10,104,985,11 on. hand, equal to more than K) per cent, in addition to the 84 per cent, Thi I otily cited a a type. In 1 1882 It wn officially aecertalned that of the lad thu granted to cor poration there had been forfeited by twenty-Nlf of the compnnle ao 1cm than 110,070,434 acne, or 187,403 aq uar in lie and 1 1 4 acre. One report ray 135,000,000 acree have been forfeited by tulrty-eli corn pan urn. And It In a fact that about a doien year ago a large quantity of land though none that had been grnrted to the I'ucillc road wa forfeited by con greN. it wa done In order to "appeane the pimple," The Houthern I'aclfla hold a vaet body of landN in California, eome of them under Irrigation and hlghlv pro. ( iicllve, mid being mild at high figure, lheepay the tale no taxe uecaa the patent have not been lued. Then thee compnnle evade the law by organlring "land Improvement com panie or "colonization and Immigra tion couipaiile," who take up all the land that, if not patented In four year, become liable to entry a hometeud at 2.50 per acre, The Credit Mobilier obtalmwl rn H.-.u, 2,5J4.287for coimtructlon thatcot the company 50.810,958, making a profit of 12,825.328, The railroad mugnate have Iot none of their cunning. The old one may have died, but the new one era ln.t crafty. Aiukfng fund i provided by law out of the revenue of the trnrrn. ment to be placed in the treneurr of the United Htate, to redeem l'aciflc Railway bond. A Mcheme wa put through eon. grelnvetiiig thi fund In firet inort gage bond, and put 5,300,000 into .Jay (Jould'e pocket on the 53,000,000 of th em- bond. It will be en that the period of blir grant commenced in 1802. Of the ev. enteeu big land grant Mince that time a yea and nny vote wu hud on only even of them. Huch, in plain recital, unornarnniited with "flaehe of rhetorical eentiimuit." and without exbauHting our fonta of ex. clitmation polut, are the facta relative lo laud grant. In eonHiiNlon let n eay thi: The gov ernment flrt mitnke wa made uwav i t, i .i.-'mi t. i I . . . unuK m inn u, ii miuu in iiava llllllt the road itnelf for the entire coat wa lett than half of the auiouut of bond granted to tb road. 1 bt'H It ehould have oimrnted th road ut actual cot for th lieneflt of the pimple, TraiiMPorlation would have bet a about oue-Hf I It W bat ll ha Uu, Then it Mlinuld have kept all tin land for t lie umi i actual net tier. Hut you av: "It i Ion late!" Ynuay: "There I no un of locking th tubl ilimr after lh lmre iaatolen," It I true, the borae litt Imwii to leu, but in tliU C it the "iiire" I where th guveriiiiiiuit can find it. And it I alwav iutitlabl to take Mloli'U prntfty wh"rwrlt omii b found, with ur ilhuut priHtMof law, Instead ol Willing" with lh thivt, the g'tVfruiiieut almiild raclt nut It IroiiK arm, eit lh road, itntncata th laiid,ltrli the eherlur aud bang th ItilnVea, Ynii will Rd th date al wltk h ymir utinpiiiit M'irvd inrk tut Hit wfk' lti nl ynur pajmr, Tk untie of It and If ynu ar nt arrarynahttult Htak a paniieiil at inn". The I' uriimf A Meri'baiii Imurmn' Cttitipitur nt l.iiintH have anMl la "trlr every tsmMi ia lb tu, atnl wn r alf in wa lwra l kir burning mh luniiih, aM ttt imii4 I,uii, itav .-l.tUr4 I awf try, frvtr bt'iii4 uf tit I MHftrr, th irt, wlttt rewlly ttiUin4 a tU ttNi frtnti ttiut 1 t'attMttia, au4 whw I I4 tti ! iraul tuarrl4 I'rtwe I'ettil 11 lb any, kw Weea rtit4 waniUriwf In a Wmal4 ei dtuna tw tb rii way line aar l b Ur, aa.t Ua aettl lu aUatlajla, Jt try 0 (mi at (aeeejrtka, laele tt bvf anil J rwlatMt eret Mtla I