iRKSS. (TMi ATUHTTI m Ramanm 





Ley still cry 

 them all these ramficaafntii Taking i 



iver again ummituw. and the thip- 



lh.-r.- DOald MM I- KNM SJIvMKI'l ' - 

 i hut bill, eseei 



f ih.- *a. -lie. Wherever thrrw a* 



lonment before, and it was eompulMjry oa 



- ourt. and wh- 



nth- I- f. r, it t% two BKNitbe 

 now, and when month* u-r r. it three 



.* now in that lull. In that l.ill lh. n i 



t n|ual to that 

 



nbh. - in that i 



de- 

 manded, what they have prayed for. and what has 



* hat they 



what t he v 

 I In- \tltinli 



arbitrary punihiiu nt to en- 

 i'lered a civil coir 



i< i:. uh ...i-i < : j.nny. 



1 brief bill providing thai when- 



1. ,..;..:.'. .1: .- '-.. . 



is company aro sohl through 



fiasers and th. ; 

 i to nil t he rights, powers, iiriv- 

 fran- 

 ii given to the original 



i reported a *nl-inui- with a 

 lame of stock by the new . 

 hiring that il. f the 



are of Unas and tbe 



hu-M-r* and -'ttl.-r- ar. IP t ! 



e, of Arkansas, representing those who 

 the measure as a surreptitious renewal 

 granU and truU can*leflly. : 

 minlstafad ptopoted .1 imUtute, with 



safeguard* embodied in it 

 up the committee measure, amended a 

 portant respects, and pass* I 



and Pacific Railroad Company was 

 act of July 97. 1866, to construct, main- 

 Mrat<< a lino of railroad and telegraph. 

 field, Uo^acroai l'"-"'. N-- N '' ' 

 rritories,* 



heavy sub- 



Is.- land* wa- ^i\>n. The issuance of 

 o in rapiinl M.-k wa> auth.-ru.il. hut 

 scription was slow, and the comimi 

 cress, und. 



gage its road. e<|ui | >tn. nt. Imxl-. 

 . a;i<l thor riu'htsaod Plt>|- 

 MO from S|.rmi:rt.-ld I-- In-li.-.; was 



-ut of tho prm-feds of the nalc of thr*,- i 



. .' .' v :- - .-'.. ... 



nd is now part of the St, Louts and San Fran- 

 ailroad. Tho lim> through lth.v 



and tho lii 



rnia were constructed and each was s*p- 



mortgaged: and foreclosure proceeding* 



pending on account of default. The land 



as conditioned on the completion of the rawl 



- : lut at that date only about MS 



l the line were constructed ; and 3uly 6, 1806, 



I" 



Powers, of Venaoai. ut ad 



iawlkr 



-. 

 ' 



- ' 



billartMfha th* 



J 

 ' taai ibr 



ofar. 

 does no* r 



forwlosurv sale, toorgaaiae as a 



... , . . . . 

 . .. ' I 

 II 



yfr 



wa tartrd in INM. WM givea a 

 grant of 4*^JUQ.JO artw, aa*i 

 came nirtssary for tbe coaipaay. to 

 its road, to 



< . 





r, h.n th:. M uuon was before the 

 it said that tide Uad 



on a former occasion 



thai it a 



that K r.-nt wrong 

 an 

 cede that to be true 



lad grant, thai it 



wa% d.-n t.. tK. 

 graated to tbe railroad. Coa- 



: what ha> It,. 



tigreaf enacted the law. It bermoa|awt 



of tho riKhi* of that company to take those leads: 

 but it tun,* ..ut . M - -. u.vrstigalioa that tbe 

 it.- arid region ; they are 



The company itWlf, . 



only succeedVl in selling 700,000 and odd 



A great proportion of tbe lead bat beam foi 



nment. and a suit b now 

 i- up for argument in <.urt ti-day. 

 the right of tbe Government to forfeit the 



that as it may.thu is tbe MaHioal ouse- 

 t ion that is presented to the House : Tab coaipaay. 

 however fraudulent it may have beea. b 



it* land jrrant may have beea 

 bttild a r.iln ad to th. 



neverthelew that wmogiloig is Dot lo be 

 to the alit-iMit* for thi* charter. 



:. charter are tbe 



Thr 



partm who ad* 



^^ .:": ... ; ., '. . ' ' . 



That money built the road. It eoalS act bate hra 

 I'uiU otberwbe. As tbe report sbowm, it was tup- 

 posed thai pnvaie subscriptloas aloaff tbe Itoe of 



. 



hopes proved to be delusive. Toe company were 

 obliged to borrow money. Tber did borrow H, aad 

 innocent partirs. who bad nothing wbatevur to 

 with any wn.iv :h tbe mail 



of the land great, adi 

 nil was coropl- 



t b highly improper to viatt 

 iaaocrtit (Mirti. agdotaf taat may have 



been practiced by the original proawten of tbe ea- 

 - :-..-: .- . - ; - 



I- . . -.-... . 



trustees, by woaMa.aad by other partie*. aad tbe 

 pft^o-lK^oftberrot^m^fTomArUi-^ifth*! 



I!M*V mav IMI TicttMi vilK I!MI <^Vk^Mit^MM aiMl ba 



aSe to later tor tbaifmaiei WToagdotoc.iorwbieb 

 they are to no wise iwapoaaible. Bat BOW. Mr. 

 Speaker, there was not any roagdoiag Tbe pfl 

 on the part of tbe 



on tbe part 

 of land di 



did not 



to anything to thttcoavpaay. 



