HAND TITLES IN ARKANSAS.
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When the bill to prou'de for the post ponenaent of certain trials in he Superior Court of .Arsaasas, came up for consid- eration, a short debate arose upon it, from which, because of the deep inter- est his constituents have in it, we select for publication the remarks of the De- legate from Arkansas.

 Mir. SEWER (after some observa- tions in reply to one of the gentlemen who preceded him in debate) said, that he would not detain the House by en- tering fully into the merits of those claims. He knew the House was im- patient. lie begged leave, however, to make very few remarks. I need not, (said he,) tell you or the House that Louisiana was purchased of the French Republic in 1903, and by an article in that Treaty of cession. this Government pledged itself to secure to the citizens acquired, the enjoyment of their pro- perty. How has this article in that treaty been complied with? Was it ex- ecuted in reasonable time, in good faith, honestly and fairly? I will tell you how it was executed in that portion of Lou isiana, included in what is now Arkan- sas. 1 will not go into particulars; I will not long detain the House. Sir, after withholding what you had pledg- ed your faith as nation to execute for upwards of twenty years--and when, during all that time, the claimants, by petitions, Sc. were begging you to full fl the treaty, you sir, in your boundless liberality, passed law in 1921, autho- rizing tine claimants on certain condi- sions, to institute suits to try their claims, provided the claims were small, and did not ot.exceed q league square. What were those conditions. Fl, he claimants Ewere bound to bring their suits in your oan Court; to have their claims tried by your oaon Judges, and the confirmation of them opposed by your o7pn ,4torney, and the disputed facts to be tried by a jury selected by your ozurs .harshat.- These were some of the conditions, and if they had been all, he should not have complained. But further: the costs arising from these investigations were not to abide the event of the suit !; the claimants, whether successful or not, were bound to pay. This heavy