The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-11
For Tie Herald Of Freedom.
"That Charge is True.

Ed. HERALD OF FREEDOM AS clerk
employed to write proof papers, has pre-
sumed to pronounce the charges against
the Register at Lecompton, ridiculously
false, we propose to analyze his letter.
You have not been misinformed; the
Register has refused the papers of pre-
emptors, correctly made, and has boldly
asserted his right to reject all papers that
are not made in an Office in connection
with his, and assigns as reason for his
arrogant and extraordinary violation of
the orders of the Department, that he
must do it in order to obtain money to
defray the expenses of his Office; and his
apologist informs us that Mr. Baker re-
ceives the money which the pre-emptor
is compelled to pay, in order to obtain his
rights without trouble and delay, which
he generously loans" the Register to de-
fray the expenses of his Office. Now, sir,
it is drawing too heavily on the credulity
of the squatters, to attempt to impose
such an assertion upon us. We know
that the money received by the Register
for filings, is independent of his regular
salary and allowance that the amount so
received is allowed him for the special
purpose of enabling him to pay the ex-
penses of his Office; and we know that
he has received over $4,000 from that
source, as well as large sums in contested
cases, and that he cannot be indebted to
his clerks employed in contested cases,
for he allows them to charge each con-
testant five dollars per day, over and above
what he charges them; and, in many
cases, the fees to clerks alone are over
800. Not only are We compelled to pay,
in such cases, exhorbitant fees to have the
testimony taken down, but the Register is
seldom, if ever present, to see witness
give in his testimony or sign it, and our
cases tried soeeks and months since, have
been lying in his hands, the jurats moi
signed, nor the cases disposed of. Longer
endurance has ceased to be virtue
His apologist tells us that the Register is
a confirmed invalid" Now we are evel
ready to give our sympathy to the unfor-
tunate, but when, as in this case, an i'm.
proper course of life has rendered mar
confirmed invalid" he has no right tt
arrogantly deny us our right, delay oul
business and violate every sense of public
justice. 1t is true that desire has beer
evinced on the part of many of us, tc
enable him to correctly discharge hi'
duties, with ease to himself but his AFRO
CANT course and gross disregard of hi
duty and our rights and feelings, ha
divested him of all claim to our sympa
thy or respect. The base denial by tn
Register, of the charge preferred agains
him, is useless; because it is we'll know
} that he has repeatedly and openly pro
claim ed his right to make proof paper
for re-emptors, and that he has informe'
land warrant dealer that he employs
Baker and another person to do that busi
ness, agreeing to pay them five dollar
per day each for their services, and tha
the balance was to be received by him.
As to the assertion that no person ca
make proof papers correctly but one VIII
has direct access' to the records, is absurC
In the first place, such direct or any undu
. access to the records, by any agent {
, attorney, is prohibited. 1t is the duty {
a the Register to give to parties intereste
all necessary information in each an
every case, so far as the record show
8 Now the chief difficulty in making
= proof paper, is in regard to the fact of Sc
:. tlement. It was held that the pro
should correspond with the declaration
statement, as regards the date of settl
= ment; but in the early part of May, v
saw notice in the Herald of Freedom, tn
:, the officers had been informed by the D
partment that the word settlement" w
!. technical term; that the pre-empt
must state the facts, and then the Office
we're to determine when the settleme
was made. From this it became Gle
that it was not necessary for the proof al
declaratory statement to agree in dat
1t being only necessary to prove that Il
statement was filed in the Registers off
70 within three months from the time Il
u settlement was actually made-the of
u GERS, and not the claimant, being Il
o. Judges of the facts. Therefore it is a
T parent that the prc-emptor does not requi
= any other access to the records, than
D learn whether there may be any other tn
% one claimant to a tract-which inform
: ton it is the duty of the Register to gi
u promptly, and without charge. Final
we care not that the person employed
! do the work of this Office in connecti
W with the Registers, may be step-son
the Register or not the cause of our col
p plant arises from the fact of our bel
'ir compelled to pay five dollars for havi
ne our papers made, when competent part
lg are ready and willing to make them TO
lg much less sum. If the Department b
ne seen proper to sanction such cour
p instead of having strictly prohibited
'ir we would not have complained; but
u are not willing to be swindled in t
e. manner with impunity, by public o
as Ger, from whom a more honorable cou
n was to have been expected.
ed PRE-EMPTORS