Show THE PUBLIC LAND of 01 course it was necessary to drag lit in tho the old land business how much land tho the republicans bad ghan away awai to railroads aud and how low much land belonging to corporations pat ty four years ago obtained back that Is ono of the queer features ot of the democratic plat platforms fornis that they presume upon tho the Igno ignorance raUCO of the areal lean people tho the lac a abot or giving away lands to rall railroads roads Is till an original democratic idea they gave cave away tho the magnificent lands of tile tho mississippi sis sippi valley without stint for that purpose in texas democracy has been triumphant always more land has licen been given to railroads than enough to create an all empire of itself the republicans public ans alis ceded a rood good dejl deal of land to railroads in tho ilia wilderness when tho ilia idea was it possible to lo connect the western borders borden of this republic edh tile the eastern and of tho land they gave away it was understood that thai four fifths was utterly valueless too the other idea was that while giving givin g away alternate sections sect ious along the road N hero tile the land lay tho ilia other alternate sections would be enhanced in value so much that the ilia country would lose loo nothing and that the settlers oil en both tho the railroad land and that adjacent w would through il the railroad liao have tile the means to not got their products to market and it was honorable and not only just but humano humane legislation soule 0 of I 1 the corporations forfeited a part parl of their lauds lands they ceru all ready to bo be turned bick back b ick to tile the general government when mr ill caine camo into office tile the work was completed under him so ot of course it ll is legitimate that ho be and ills his party take tile the credit thereof hut but in ill stating that uia the matter oil lit to lid lue a boon pressed rosse a little further under ills his administration moro more and more inure loss and moro more 11 la II suits stilts to tile pioneers alio lie aco seekers of homos homes oil 0 tho the iron frontier bior m were cro enforced that than under till nil tho the administrations administration exo io cadir his tho mail ho he had 1 ii I charge of 0 tho the land department tile the first thic years of lis administration seemed to dell gilt in ill nothing nathla not hla so eo much as to call tho the settlers sett lors on public lands thieves and to throw every possible aio in iii their way and pr cent it if possible their ob titles title to little homes of courso the will ill bling out all this it was brought out four icara I 1 car ago aud and thor tho result estilL wasi was tile tho con country timed sir down lie no hat had the abbo absolu luto 0 o assur avell in ili advance that ilia lie electoral votes of fifteen states stales of tho the south would bo be ills though hilf halt of them ila ho knew li now would bo be given him bilm by I 1 |