Show THE N P landy land forfeiture orneita re bill has passed lins seil tho the bonste senator george argued that the company was not entitled to auy any lands nol earned within tile the grant and wore only granted on certain proscribed prescribed conditions tho landuit land sit was ad pi at first belonged to the people of tho the united states slates and iu that case congress could not refuse to forfeit oil all the unearned in favor of 01 the equitable estoppel he be maintained it to bo be equivalent to saying baying that w whenever believer the railroad company could corr corrupt pt tho the government govern mant officers in or dor der to 0 o induce thorn them to fail in the ho per for formando manco of their duty then it ill would la be binding on the people of tile tha unit oil ed states icib ar Bument closed by conceding con coding that under the grant con giess had bad the tha right bud and its daty was plain to take possession of pacific railroad and do with it as congress might see lit fit van amendment to declare forfeited the ibo comp companas com panya anys land was brought to a yoto voto yeas 21 2 i 1 nays baya 18 |