National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

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the Comstoek lode. Before his tunnel could poa..
hoiy % completed, they viii Gil be below hi
isysi The dfai1sgs qasstioa q thsrsf,fs
settled.
Besides the immense privileges Of WORKING an
other veins which no may reach By bis tuunsi. h
nov asks that each one Of the mines on the Com
stock lode shall be eonpsiisd TO pay him two
dollars per ton on every ton Of ors taken ont d
the mines, for al tme. ishsthsr fxsy uss a.
irnHsl or soL the only condition imposed %
satro being that he shall bring his tunnel to the
loee. HIS tunnel could not accommodates AL TIE
mines win means for taking out ore, and yet hs
proposes to levy tribule on an without guy ssig-
case. -
II q precisely parallel case to supposs that 8
railroad company which had obtained franchise
to build road for the dsvslopment of:sons rIsh
batrsmots agricultural region, might ~ c5,-
gress 70 pass Law to compel every Settler IN thak
region TO spply for snd socsps thar patents 70
their lands subject to royalty 70 the failfo.4 of
two dollars per ton on every ton OF grain raised 81
them during all time, whether they use the ran-
road or not, whsther IL wiz be capable or lot d
supplying tbsfn with means Of trsnsportstina, sn6
may hs- ssnpsrrsd 70 pro-
snrs and pay or soms other nesns to tr4nsp6rt
their crops -,-,rl ,.-.llsz-.z -
And 10 u this Mr.. Sutro, whose yeraeity Il IN
Questioned, and whose word 70 hsld IN highsr es
tssm than the voice Of whole soumunitiss Of
american citizens, who dates attempt 10 lobby
snee . .chsms through Congress-, and Who darsa
70 assam publicly the names and regulations oE
honest menf This itinerant axsnt Of forsi9n oap--
ftsiists stands here In Warrington with Id pock-
cts loaded with foreign money, and AXIS for the
imposition Of IN insstiats lsech upon TIA rtors-
houses Of American wsalth-and his srxums7fk
q Ths 6snk Of csltfoynts eonfyois sts s.fsts ~
The fact must be that the owners Of the u,inss
control them, aud even II the Bank 6f CALIFORNIA
owns the mines, shah Congress fefce the bsnk 70
MI Sutre's rHyenous pockets, without sven exs /.
ing that there shall Be some equivalent be- 8,
I hope that the readers Of TIE NATfoksI Es;
PUBLICAN win bear With me little more. E-oEI
man who has opposed Mr.. Sutro's unreaSSs.Ssy
and indefensibie demands has been Stigmstiis4
as corrupt and corrupted. This cry has even bseA
heard on the noor Of the House, spd mr.. W6fd
has reiterated it against the entire State 6s Cai-
fornia. Now 1t comes from Mr.. Sutfo against tie
press Of the Pteiio coast. ! an 10th to make
charges or insinuate wrong; but here Il csis d
defence In which am Individually Interested.
What know on this score may aid the public In
further understanding the subject. :
The frst movement 10 Mr.. Sutro's irTaSIon
upon tho rights Of American citizens was diB--
covered In the bill introduced BY Mr.. Ward, of
4iA1OAsy e1lly huo pfoaout 1otsio1- II proNlQoQ
that every miner in the United States within slx
months should apply for apatens, &c. d. ferf6
his rigAfs This bill was drawn By one Of the
members Of the hrm OF Hoyt Sears 3 Mckee az
San Francisco, patent agents, engaged In the bdsi-
ness Of procuring patents 70 mineral lands. 4
was insfoduesd the request ofHoyt. but Or. Ward
had probably no conception OF the snarn1ty u
such bill 10 90 excited the miners Of Bullion
Oily, Nevada, that they burned the supposed an
r. Ia 49, ~.
and the Legislature Of California. It's passage
woRtd fsEcs every miner and nearly svsry owner
Of lana In all the mining districts Of the country
Co undertake application which would Be in
the nature Of . Law suit, and compel the employ
ment Of LAYERS and patsnt agents. ] do1ht
whether there are lawyers enough west Of the
Mississippi river even II they did nothing elsa 70
attend to such . mass Of business as would be q
onos forced upon the people-and Hoyt, Sears C
Mckee sxpected to reap . fortune. sutro's In
fuence vas for this bill He has confessed tt
lately. II would accomplish, with slight amend
ment, all that he wanted.
On the alst OF last January letter was Wrfttan
to me By young man IN San Francisco, a. the re-
quest Of Hoyt. Sears & Mckee, from which viii
extract the following significant sentsnces:.-
az see that the Legislaturs u going Tot Wards
mineral land bill; but I nnderstsnd Il VIA be 70
amended that the objections Of fhe Legislature
and newspapers win Be removed He proposes 70
reduce the price per acre to the old standard, 20
that It Will not be Objectionable to the poorpkt
man. Ihave not looked into his bill myself, but
Mckee gives ne the above Information" -,
A postscript says: up. s.-ryOu can get m AZ
excitement on Wards biIl-s dlspsteh 70 the eject
that the bill a. amended win med With Btfofg
support At Washington and anOng ths Sfssesrs
land the BILL passes, quits listls sum VIII b
forwarded you from hsye. Mckee does not wish
It known that he Is Interested u tia bin =,
This most extraordinary SfepositIsn. asking
for deliberate faishcstion Of news dispatches %
as to affect . Legislature then - session, kps
authorised By the vsry msn who had furnished
Mr.. Ward with the material TOR his wholesale
charges against the respeetability and honesty q
all California.
The writer Of the letter, having been rebaksd
for sending such proposition, writes again on
the 18th Of February, a. follows: az really know
nothing OF Warts mining bill, and only wrote
what I did by request Let me give you lIttle
Information on another point, Which may be. u
service to you The Coustoek companies hare
contributed eco 900, and have sent It to Washing
ton 70 defeat Sutro. They VIII put it whore b
VIII do the most good.r
do not think It Is Necessary to comment On
these bsits. I am only disturbed ~ the idea that
they should even have been ADDRESSED to me-. Tho
writer Of these letters Is young NAN HAese name
shall not be made public, ~ J esteem him a
gentleman who was betrayed bS his friends into
writing what, on reflection, he ntasE would ha1a
done. I cite his words only &c sGSE " ind OF
Influences are behind tAis whole Hefsn snt ln
which Mr.. Sutro Is . part, and what faith there
may be placed In his wholesale dsnn1elstfon b
others. II Mr.. Ward desires . sak thsSS lettssA,
he may do 30, on dsmand u me-, and lf S6en De y
In doubt about their genulneness, and ths ittR
full character Of the writer. wh5, however ven
known to him, I viii allow him to send thsn %
appeal, to either the Speaker qfths House % Ser
ator Morton, who viii recognize then 81 once 10
then he persists 10 relying upon bis friends HQyA
Sears q Mckee for material With which TO east
mud on . community, OF which I kfn represent
alive In part I can safely leave his influence N
the matter tothe judgment Of the public:
II was aster this bill Of Mr.. Wards had beep
fully exposed and seemed to be virtually dead
that Mr.. Sutro and hts friends concluded to adopt
the perilous effort OF tseking their scheme on :
blu that had no reference whatever TO their inter
ests, and then how they succeeded in part Is .
matter Of history.
I hope, however, that the public, and especially
Congress will hereafter consent to give the people
Of the Pacific coast ct least hearing when tho
autocrat Sutro attacks rs. SusroIs like the man
| who killed and bagged the Chicken" he wasn't
| going to let any chicken bite him ~
| HIS answer to this letter Of the undersigned
viii probably be: There. didn't tell you the
Bank Of California had bought up everybody TO
tight mesn
But how long will this humbug prevslf
OHAs. A WErxoRx.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1874.
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