Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-23
DOLLY WARDEN REFORM.
The Railroad ms a BaSbenr i'm the In
terest Of Land Ga abbers.


diverting attention from himself by
Joining in the cry of "stop thief, there
have been knaves of high and low de-
gree ready to initiate the deception thus
practieed. The hue and cry which en-
abled pack of political shysters whose
figure head in the Assembly is NJ. NJ.
Es.ee, and whose spokesman in the Sen
a:e Is Henry Edgerton, to get control OF
the California Legislature, has also en-
ab,ed them to do the dishonest work of
he land sharks who monopollze the
:airest acres OF that State and whose
creed has made it impossible for small
farmers to do any bette than make
subsistence which borders on penury and
starvation. All that has been necessary
20 demolish opposition to the schemes OF
these harpias was toe cry Railroad, and
there was an end of it. In commenting
upon Senator Sargent's Land Bill, the
San Francisco Post (Democraticl talks
thus frankly and with timely emphasis:
On Thursday. by vote of 81 TO 10,
the Assembly passed resolution IN
etructing our Senators and requesting
our Representatives to vote against the
oil introduced by Senator Sargent pro-
viding that in future no lands shall be
listed by the General Government to the
State of California as swamp lands which
are valuable for grazing or other aSricul-
.ural purposes without reclamation
We are satisfied from the character of
MANY of the men who voted tor the reso-
lution-such as Cos-ins of Sacramento.
Estee of San Francisco, Meyers of San
Joaquin. rs well as from the debate. that
Ibis action was taken under the delusion
that it was against monopoly. The
Union. Bulletin and Cal, once the advo-
Gates Of Senator Sargent, have IN their
bitterness against that gentleman, de-
nounced this bill of his as in the inter
ests of the Railroad Company. and upon
the majority of the Assembly-many of
them men who ought to know bette
This has the same effect as the display of
:. red flag to Spanish bull
But the truth is that the Assembly has
been deluded. and in their antipathv to
the railroad company have played into
he hands of the worst set of land spe-
..,Iators with whom tine State OF Califor-
MA has been cursed This swamp land
donation. instead Of being a benefit to
California, has been one of the greatest
affections. While the State has never
cot a cent for the land for il is not sold
bat given away-thnt is the purchase mo-
,Iey is turned over to be used III reciama-
,ian). it has been the instrument by
which the State has been made the cats
paw Of spectators, and her name used
IS the cover under which the richest
lands in California might be monopolized
and settlers robbed.
Perhaps one-half of the land listed as
swamp land heretofore, is rot swamp at
all. but good dry land, that has been
sworn to be swamp land, in order to take
it out of the control of the presumption
laws of the United States, to enable land
SPECTATORS to monopolize it in immense
bodies, and to give them a pretense for
taking the home of the settler from I'M
der his feet. Is it possible that such men
as Cogcins and Meyers have forgotten
the Sierra Valley and Mountain Meadow
iniauities. in which such men as Chap
man have been endeavoring to take their
homes from settlers, under cover of this
swamp land law? Is it possible that
they have forgotten the report of the
Joint Committee on Public Lands of the
last session. showing how Roberts had
cot his 81 900 acres, and Chapman his
ii 900, and Mauldin his 10000, and
Bocgs his II 900, and Chester his $1,000
under this swamp land law. and SO on
through the long list?
The outcry against the railroad profit
ing by this bill is but the stalking horse
Of the swamp land ring, who, as Wash
inston kilograms show, are now prepar-
ing for another campaign against the
homes of settlers Even granting that
the railro I'd company would, to some ex-
tent. profit by the bill, the railroad COM
pany is infinitely better than these great
swamp land grabbers. The railroad COM
pany could only take half the land; the
Spectators take all. The railroad COM
panies cannot disturb previous settlers.
but the spectators take the settler S
home without mercy and without regret.
The swamp land law was conceived In
iniquity, carried out in fraud, and has
been one of the most efficient means by
which spectators have monopolized so
much of our virgin soil. Had Sargent S
bill been passed ten years ago, we would
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