The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-10
A PARTY Esy TBEE. NAME OF
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Sans Colver has found new griev-
ance. Having demolished whisky,
destroyed slavery, annihilated his OPP
ponents in the Radical party, and
made Of himself Il nuisance generally,
he has gone off on crusade in
Northern Oregon against the Swamp
Land Law. He did not commence
bis crusade nearer home than Eugene
City, because we know him and his
antecedents so well here that Samuel
concluded it would be an uphill bus
mess. as many persons in the no~th-
ern portion Of the State do not know
this new Apostle Of the Anti-Swamp
Land Dispensation, we propose to
enlighten them little.
Colyer denounces what he calls the
Swamp Land Ring" and yet be-
longs to u land ring 50 despicably
mean, that all other rings sink into
utter insignificance in comparison to
it. We charge upon him, without
fear Of successful contradiction, that
he and three or four Of his confreres
on Link river squatted on State lands,
and held the same for four years,
without paying one cent to the State
for them or mill to the county in
taxes. We charge further that this
"Colver Ring" fenced In thousands
of acres Of swamp land TO which they
had no shadow of claim, and used
the same for their benefit and ezclud-
ed boJla tide settlers by their pretend
ed claims. We charge further, that
this ''Colver Ring fenced in and
claimed every available spring and
watering place in their vicinity ON
the west side of Little Klamath Lake,
and thus gained control of thousands
more acres of range for their own
cattle, to the exclusion OF bona tide
settlers. We charge further, that
when settling up their claims to these
lands, springs and watering places,
the "CoIver Ring well knew that
they had no legal and valid claim to
those lands, and could not have un-
der the limitation laws OF this State,
and by their claims they knowingly
perpetrated double swindle on the
State-frst, by defrauding il out Of
the prices of these lands, which
would willingly have been paid by
bona tide settlers, and, secondly, by
defrauding the State out of the reve-
nue. due from the taxation of these
lands. That they knowingly perpe-
trated fraud on persons desiring to
purchase some of these lands by iu-
forming them that they were the
owners, and by fencing them in as
such, and that they knowingly de-
frauded the county out of the taxes
due from these lands if held by bona
, .tiie purchasers. We charge upon
Samuel Colyer, the great Apostle of
the Anti-Swamp Land Dispensation,
the Chief Howler of the Squatters'
Synagogue-that he himself, indiyid-
; ually, was engaged all last spring in
frantic search after swamp lands;
, that he visited Langei Valley and de-
sired Mr.. Arthur Langel to point out
some swamp lands for him. He
, wanted 1000 acres at first, and then
begged for 200 acres; and then only
wanted little hay ranch-like the
Office seeker that went to Gen. Jack
! son for Cabinet appointment, and,
on refusal. begged successfully and
unsuccessfully for every minor Office,
finally going off contented with an
old pair of boots and pair of seat
less trousers. Sam wanted little of
) that swamp land chicken pie," too.
We charge upon ihe "ColYer Ring"
that they have dcne more to retard
+iNa 0f Il
country than all oiher things combin-
ed, by fencing and claiming the avail
able springs and watering places,
and thus gaining control of the stock
t range to the exclusion of honest set
t tiers who were willing to buy the
land and pay for It, Finally, we
J charge upon the ''Colver Ring that
: they never opened their pious mugs
about the enormities of the Swamp
? Land Law until Hon. j. \. I. Miller.
| the Swamp Land Commissioner, COM
menced the survey of these lands and
; discovered the swindle the "Colver
, Ring We're perpetrating on the State
and the people. We affirm that it
was only when their little game was
; discovered that Colver armed himself
for his crusade, and now we submit
! is he not precious deciple to talk
about '.rings?" Is he not delightful
duck to shrek about land swindlers?
Let some person in his audiences
, north ask Sam how much land he
,, had control of by his fences on Link
river to which he never had and could
not have any right? The game is
not worth the candle, certainly, but
we cannot resist the temptation of
again paying our respects to this in
|, efable humbug at an early day
Jacksonville Times.