Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-30
SoRN DuDWU.L,S TITLE TO TuA
CHICO FARM.

CHICO FARM.
We note that the Eatrpr;R refers to .
iess- standing charge against John Bid
wells manner Of quieting his title to the
greater part Of his ranch lands. We have
many times heard the story. but its par
iculars escape our memory. Ono phase
Of the story is. in effect. that Bidwell.
Who vas . delegate to the Democratic
Convention held at Charleston, South
Carolina. in 1860. re,iuquished his seat
and gave his proxy to Austin Smith in
conformity to the terms Of certain bar
gain relating to the Chico land grant. in
which Jsre Black, then U. S. Attorney
General. vas an active agent. There is
smother and more explicit charge of an
ugly nature against Bidwell in connection
With this ranch business; and it is to this
NO doubt that the Enterprise refers.
But as strange a matter as we have
noticed relating to Bidweli's candidacy
il the course adopted by the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. Bidwell was the Chror-
icle's candidate in the Dolly Warden Con-
veniion; and ever since his domination
that paper has been loud in his advocacy.
With these facts in view We canpo. IN
dersfand. save upon the reasonable
hypothesis that Prank Pi1ley's inherent
enssedness has !or the ten hundredth
time got the best Of him. Why that pa per
goes ont Of its way TO invite n critical in
vestieation Of Bidweil's history. If. as
ve have good reason for believing. there
il. down deep in the record Of things I'M
clean. circumstantinl story Of Bidwell's
dishonesty. the Chronicle is tempting
Providence" by such iaunchings forth as
the following. which is the opening of m
article on s.The Life and Character OF
John Bidwell." in Monday issue of that
paper:
The career of no man il California has
been moro honorable than that OF Gen.
John Bidwell From the time of his ad-
vent upon this coast. which occurrence
aniedated the aqnisitiOn Of this country
BY the United States, through the
troublous history of the Mexican war
and the Wild adventures of the gold dis
eoveries, his life has been without stain
or reproach. Nov that he is candidate
for Governor of California. all that has
been, or can be said to his prejudice is.
Hb.t h. ovvr a l.rOo e ru, - n fompoy-
anceman. dress. well and Possesses dig
passed the meridian Of life; he came TO
California when n Young man. and pos
sessing force and energy. he rushed forth
into the north, where he found a tract of
splendid land and purchased a title to it.
May not such Mandatory assertions as
these bring on reply which shall state
in explicit terms just what the Enter
prise means when it asks:
Will General Bidwell-wiIl the Chron-
any member Of the Independent
party in California deny that Bid
veil holds possession Of his twenty
farm through fraud? Will
any one of them dare assert that be ia
the real owner of a single acre of the
great estate Of which be claims the pro-
Can it be denied that the
title to his farm vas withheld from final
through the Offices Of Jere-
miah 8. Black, United States Attorney
General. and that it il understood in
Washington that this favor TO Bidwell
vas secured through the corrupt use Of
money? II what We have iotimated be
true-and We challenge inquiry on the
subject-then it is true that Bidwell is
less q land grabber than q land thief.
While tho Chronicle il about it. will il
have the goodness to give rs history of
BidWell's title to tie twenty thousand
acres upon which he bases his claim Of
being the most substantial farmer in
J. X. Buzz and Suran D. Gilbert hav-
ing been brought into court in Indiana |