National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
mr. sUERo-HIs AssooIA TIES AND
- DESIGNS.

mr. SUZR0-FLs ASSOCIATES AMI
DESIGNS.
4 cam rnnz rHz AekNr or THE PA
oIFIu PRESS ASSOCIATION.
70 sAs Editor or tAs sahsnai Rspabifean:
Sra: desire to cali the attention or your read
srs 70 esrtain facts which Il 10 Important to tn.
people Of ths Pacific States and Territories thai
the public should well understand ct the prssen,
time, and which VIII contain also matter Of ioca
interest.
hvili be nsessssry to refer to persons a. well a
things and to discuss the salient points Of tho
aSosed and concealed schemes Of Nj. Adoiph
bStro. bis associates, and friends :
Dn1ng the sarly part OF the present session Of
Oongrsss bill Vas Introduced IN the
Senate, u. No. ic,) TIE object Of which
was to secure good. faith in appliea-
tons for patents 20 mineral lands and TO prevent
Spectators nom seiEing upon mineral lands and,
dogin-she-uangsr style, preventing legitimate
miners from occupying the same. This bfl was
closely scrutfniEed By ths Commlssioner OF the
General Land once and approved. Il was advo-
Gated BY AL tbs Senators from the States In which
mining Interests claimed share Of their
attention /; it was reported upon fsyorably By the
Senate COMMITTEES on Mines and Mining, and was
passed without oonfreversy By the Senate. Il
then went to the ho1ss, and was referred 10 the
Committee on Htnss e11 Mining. II was again
carefully examined, ma 1fsas supported By the
Representatives. and iDslsgstcs Of the Pseihs
States and Tsrritsriss, and was reported fsvors-
bly, 70 the House. II WINS known that on that day
an effort would be msdo to pas. &C.. Mr.. Adolph
sutrp appeared In thu lobby Of the House, and
whom the bill came mp for eonsidsration< Mr.. Hol-
man, Of Indiana, and Mr.. Hsgicy, Of Pennsylva-
MIA, at thu request Of Mr.. Sutro, offered certain
amendmsnts. under cover Of the charge that the
bill was intended to injure Mr.. Sutro. Upon en-.
animation Of those smendpsnts every Represen-
tatiys and esery Delegate bonn aIlthe States and
Territories interssted In The subjectmatter Of the
bill and snspdnents depoureed MT. Sutro's de-
signs, declared that his ptsrssts were not IN dan
ger that they we're willing,-for the sake Of con-
nrmlng this ststsmsnt, to insert . clause proyid.
Ing that his interests should mot In any way be
affected or impaired By the bill, and protested
against the passage Of his proposed amendments
as schemes devised for the sole purpose ofincress
ing bis present rights and privileges BY fastening
upon the miners monopoly Of the worst kind,
and forcing them 70 pay for Its support, to their
detriment, their damage, and perhaps their ruin.
What was the resultf The Representatives, and
Delegates from the Pscihs coast we're sssalled n
Of California were treated 70 the vilsst abuse By
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lobby fund to defeat Mr.. Sutro wss proclaimed BY
Mr.. Negley; Mr.. Sutro was lIonized by the Rep
ressntstives Of . great nation as this victim ol
some mysterious power OF capitalists; the House
refused to defeat the bill itself TO protect Mr..
Sutro, and passed the bill IS amended, Ainging
THAR action back in the teeth Of the hundreds Of
Thousands Of American eitizens who cried In vain
to be heard before their lawmakers. This sctieu
was taken By Representatives who professsdly
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only slightly for ths rest, Of the subject matter
who were directly Interested, and their Repre-
ssntattves and Delegates, who were profsssedly
and BY profession thoroughly conversant with tia
whole subject, and the sutro fight was undey the
leadership Of Gen. Nsglsy, who had been . mem
Der Of the very committee that reported the bill
at irst fAyorsbly.
ask, now, whence came the evidence and argu
mont that, oouid outweigh with Congress thu
united aad urgent appeals Of the entire Pacific
coast and the positive protests nom vast por
ton Of the country which claims representation
and justice In the halls Of Oopgressf
The answer u simPly-Mr. Sutro.
ask, also, who It 70 that has caused the House
Of Representatives to legislats that the people Of
the Pacific coast sre liars, and that the Represen
tattves and Delegates Of Oaiiforn1s, Nevada, Ore
gon, wsshingtsu Territory, Montana, Utah, Ari
coma and other mining regions Of the grea
country Of thu fAf West are corrupt IS we'll a
llarsf
Is there any other name than that Of Mr.
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ITO !. I.v ar A.. l,nd Thsrs n no nan.r An m
/ far west 40 bass a 10 raise the banner on Mr.
sutro,, dtctatorsaip. Andvh.t 4, MI. sutro saw
linar "Dtdn,t I tall Won that they were ALI arht
ing usf The Bank Of California ring has bourh
IN ali the papers"
| This "a where the shos pinchss now. and A ,
representative Of number Of the leading paper
Of the Pscifc coast do not intend to at auietI,
while Congress may further lsgtsiate upon Mr.
Sutro,s veracity I propose DOW to rsmov
| the veil from some Of the features Of thi
scheme Of his, a. 4 has actually deysIops,
itself 1nder the eyes Of writer who has studio,
it for the benent OF his readers at home
The mines on the Comstock lode arc owned b,
American citizens. and are being worked unds
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