The Squatter in the. W1ite House.
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|, we make the following humorous extract from
! the debate on the pre-cmption bill in 1888: -.
In SENATE, January 80, 1888, Mr. Clay of
| kentncky said =: -


/" How was it with that White House. now so
amply furnished-wth that famous east room.


and the little man who occupies small part of
it7 Suppose pre.emptioner was to go there and
saw Mr. President this house is too large for you
am an industrious cuItlvator, one of the bone
and-sinew men, and claim pre-enPtion to part of
this house Would he not have as much right to
squat down there as TO squat down on the public
Iands2 When and where. were these .cneroach-
tnen,s to cease2 Would this bill~be the end OF
tthesystem, or would they not be called on yeaI
taler year untiltho best of The public domain pas
.sed fronstheir possession p Z -, "a. es.. -


Mr. Walker replied, and CONCLUDED BY saying:


-" The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Cluy) has
told u.s. that if this system of sqtiatting is encour


aged some trespasser. may squat, even in the


.tphite, Ho1Se, and claim pre-enption for X This


is not the first time this session the Senator from


Kentucky has rcferrcato the White House. Il
seems to haunt his imagination, until he has be-


come fearful that some squatter will clam it by
pre-emption. Sir. said Mr. Walker. / never
knew OF but ONE SQUATTER IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, who could be truly called
an intruder there; and that was one who was
placed there in 1925, With the aid of the Senator
from ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the will ofthe people"
= Congressional Globe Appendip January, 1888,
page 142. .%[-.----.... ,e.csf 80 =
: Six years have rolled by since Mr.. Clay wos so.
fenFfHtsnne! q sqrater II would squat down. the
White House r. ltnow appears that he wants to
squat there himself. is, he~a pIr-emptioncr ?,'s
We know he once DECLARED Himself to be in the
line Of safe precedeats butthc people did not ratfy
the bargant Upon what docs he found claim
ofpre-emption to the White Housed Is it upon
his abuse Of the real preemplloners2 His vote
TO raise the pHce of their land 2 His vote TO cx-
pei them from theilF improvements with the gov
crnment, troopsR Or dqrs he fnund it on his Lore
for the oil cnuntrrnPu, whom he voted 10 excluiei
from the benefits offhe hte-entption bill Of l838 p


We think thes" People will be- apt to put their
veto dow-nn .Mr Ctav'ss claim to pre-eMptio1s on
the Wate Hopse, as he did ontheir claims iu 1888


They will b. ant to consider. him an &; s;intrudcj' y
as much so.as Mr. Adarns was. WHOM, Mr. Clay
put in the White Huuse7iD 1924


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