The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-04-22
SWAMI, md Overffowed Lands.

SUBJECT OF Peouons and MemonalS was en-
Eaging the attention of the members, and
among other things the resolution asking that
. the provisions Of the ssarsp and overlooked
land laws Of the United States be extended to
Nevada. On this motion Mr.. Stewart said:
IL present. joint rssolutsr OF the Legislature Of
SerAda asf.ns that the provisions Of the swamp aud
overlooked land lave OF the United States be extended
to that State. remark in this connection that hope
the calamity Fever viii happen TO Nevada which IL
gress on the SUBJECT OF swamp and overowed lands
has resulted IN rnoce harm On tetters and les good to
any one except than any other gisl.toa
inaueurAs-d by Congress- Forty eight million acr-s
Of hnd have Aiready been s~ndered under that le,l
more. some Of ityery high from the waters upland
all - N Of the N~ry best lanss None OF those who
to the Generalcvernment or % the Statn The pub
lie works that were eonteuplAted have been.
built. but the lana sose hope Nevada win ao,.
,Sss i @ .Si es snd be s and
The motion was agreed to.
During the recent session of our State Legis-
la,are, joint concurrent resolution was,
passed instructing our Senators and request
ing our Representative in Congress 20 use all
honorable means within their power TO pro-
cure the passage of such appropriate legisla-
ton by Congress as might be necessary to Sc
cure to the State of Nevada the benefit Of
en- act of Congress, approved September
2sth, 1850. granting swamp and overlooked.
lands to the State of Arkansas and other States
of the Union"
1t will be noticed by the proceedings of the
Senate, as published IN the Globe. that the
resolution was duly presented to that body by
Senator Stewart, a short time ago, accom-
panied by remarks touching the subject mat.
ter OF the resolution. He stated, among
other things, that Congress had donated to.
the several States of this Union which had
swamp and overlooked lands within their
borders, lands amounting to "A total of "a, co.,
600 of acres. and that none of the States had
been benefited thereby. The Senator hoped that
the State of Nevada never would be robbed in
that way; and after denouncing the object of.
the resolution generally, he concluded his re-
marks by making a motion that the resolution
be laid upon the table, which, of course, was
concurred in; aud the modest and inst re-.
quest of the sovereign people of the State of
Nevada was oontemptuously kicked out of
Congress upon the motion of her own Senator.
The State Of Nevada, with her sparsely set
tied population of emily about AZ, 900, with
State debt Of some 100000, with an average
annual interest thereon of ten per cent, be-
sides large county, municipal and other in
debtedness, with a heavy Federal taxation
loaded upon It by anationar and State Repub4
lican Administration, laboring under this
state of affairs, has memoralized Congress to
grant it what has been given with liberal
hand to other States Our -uwn Senator rises
in HE place and denounces the resolution as a.
scheme Of robbery and speculation, because =.
forsooths the oarpst-bag Republican officials
have speculatsd and bEibed the Legislatures
and plundered the people of other States Who
have received this munificent grant nom the
hands of Congress. We cannot for the life.
Of ussee that the reasons above stated by the
Senator from Nevada should deprive this,
State of her just share of the swamp aud over
flowed lands; but on the contrary. he should
urge and secure to her all and every source of
revenue to relieve the already overtared peo-.
pie, who are sorely burdened by the extraya-
gances of Republican administration. VS.
are heavily in debt and need every dollar that
il justly due nv. If the Republican party, as
Senator Stewart intimates, has robbed the
State of Arkansas and other States of the
Union of the swamp and overfiowed lands do.
mated them by the General Government, it is
no argument against giving the State of Ne
vgds her share of those lands. Our Senator
will have 70 give more oogent reasoning to
convince the people of this State that they are
too dishonest and incompetent to manage and
dispose of the lands in questions. The crowd
Of thieving hounds Of this State, whom the
Senator has in his minds eye, wss cleaned
out by the people last Fall, and the affairs OF
our State are now managed with honesty and
economy.
The true reason Of SENATOR Stewards oppo-
| sition to having this much needed relief from
| the General Government 10 based upon the
fact that about two.thirds of the swamp and
overhowed lands Of this State are along tho
Humboldt. river, through which the Central
Pacific railroad passes, and by virtue of the
act of Congress incorporating that company
upon conditions therein named, it became the
owner of portion Of said lands; hence the
opposition Of our Senator to the relief contein-
plated by the resolution no SO summarly
kicked ont Of the Senate, per instructions
from Sacramento. probably. As an attorney
for q certain corporation, he was in duty
bound to oppose the resolution. This Gun