Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-25
We AHE distracted BY the urgency Of

much OF q synopsis OF tne ofeadiui
Mountain Meadow massacre as IT IS de-
velopine in Federal court in Utah, and
the other is 70 place before onr readers a
resume of Senator Sargent's tenacious
provings of his points against John Bid
wells Chico farm. Perhaps a compro-
mise is possible and that We can deal
with the political matter indicated at
sufficient length to answer our purpose,
and have a reserve of space enough to
give our readers feas: of the horrors OF
the uurdereus sacrifices made to the
Moloch of Mormon. We think our
readers will be interested IN following
with lus the sist Of tine Senator'S re-
ioinder to the defense set up at Plat 3
Hall by the Independent candidate fer
Governor OF California. 1t will De re-
rnembereti that the drift Of Sargent's At
tack, as given in his Oakland speech,
was to the effec. that Bidwell's case in
the Supreme Court Of the United States
was improperly dismissed, and that
Judging by the drift and force Of de-
cisions by that tribunal in cases exactly
alike Bidweil's. his claim would have
been rejected if j. had come to stand the
test Of trial and legal investigation. Bid
well replied to this, claiming that there
were valid reasons for the dismissal Of
the appeal in his case. and averrinS the
force of tie srp-disats or Mexican record
in his favor. Also Mr.. Biixeli took
pains to declare himself an anti mouop-
olist and opposed to the wholesale own
ership by individuals Of land titles and
water rights After quietly disposing OF
Mr. Bidweli's lame apologies fer his
action as a Congressman in the Suscoi
Ranch business, his deficiencies IL The
Vallejo Orphans Home subscription.
&C.. the Senator. before proceeding to
tortify his original argument against the
Bidwell title, paid his respects briefly to
the case Of Bidwell the land grabber
Hear him:
On the Goth of November. 1914, on ap-
piication of Bidwell, the Rancho Los
Ulpinos. in Solano county. containing
17,726 42-l00 acres. WAS granted 10 him
BY Micheltorena. This grant was con-
frmed and patented to John Biixell.
October 3. 1915. Pho Pieo granted to
John Bidwell the Rancho de Colus, con-
tanning $3.50 acres This ranch he sold
to Charles d. Semple, and it was con-
frmed to Semple-
In 1874. one Ksyser applied 10 Michel
torena for a gran, of the Llano Seco
Ranrho, in Butte county. containing
II. 161 acres. and gave Bidwell one half
of it for lobbying for the grant. The
grant was confirmed.
do not care to follow Bidweirs land
grabbing further. He WIS mixed up as
principal. agent, witness, and otherwise,
with many cases and by his testimony
in the case of Little vs.. The United
States. it appears that he made q con
siderable number of copies of the "gen-
eral title"
Here we have him spreading over
ranch after ranch. each year and on
every preiense Selling more land. In
SCISSOR of 81, 7I0 acres.
Quoting at length from the records,
the Senator proves, coDclusivsly that
William Dickey, of whom4Bidweli pur-
chased the Chico property, never had
anything more than a mere license or
lease of the lands in question, and that
this license or lease distinctly set forth
that he, Dickey, had no night TO sell to
another and that his heirs couid not in
herit any title to the said lands. The
syllabus in the De Haro eases-precisely
similar to Bidwell's case,-is quoted.
Here it is. from, } Wallace, $50:
Held, That the decree Of the Gov
erpor constituted only n naked license to
occupy the land Professionally, and that
the instrument issued pursuant to the
decree did not pass any title to OF in
terest in the land: that this license was
q personal privilege Of the parties, and
upon their death did not extend to the
heirs; that claim for land. resting on a
license of this character Is not entitled
to confirmation under the act of Con-
Rress of March ;, 1851.
After further proving the similarity or
exact likeness, rather, between these
cases which were decided against the
claimants with this case of Bidwell's.
and after exposing the evasiveness and
inadequaey of Bidwell's Platt's Hall de
tense. the Senator concludes with the