The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24
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J In nourWashington correspondence to-day
! will be found = complete history Of the
/ circumstance under which Fred Grants 8
! father in fn o mud Senator Logan obtained
| possession Of . valuable mining property in
Colorado by procuring the removal Of a
Judge who stood in the way Of the contem-
/ plated seizure, aud the appointment Of cno
who could be depended upon to support
their claims To property which, as the
courts had decided, belonged to other par
ties who had long been in possession Of the
| same. There have been q good many
scandalOus disclosures lately in regard 20
the manner in which the White House in
fineuce has been used for the emolnment Of
friends and relatives of the President !; but
traDspired which has an uglier look than
this shameful transaction.
The Pelican Mining Company had for
several years been working with grea.
profit silver lode on one side Of Demo
cratic Mountain, near Georgetown, in Col
orado. The Dives Company, which had
begun operations on the other side of the
same mountain, ran what was called
crOss-cut into the vein belonging to the
Pelican Company, and then set up an alb
surd claim that they were entitled to one
half the lode. OF course the courts decided
against the intruders, who thereupvn se-
cured the assistance OF II. II. Honore the
fatherin law of Fred Grant, and of Sena-
tor Logan, who secured the removal Of
Judge Belford, then Justice of the dis
trict in which the two mines were situated,
and the appointment in his place Of one
Stone, personal friend Of Honore's, who
upon being inducted into Office, at once
granted an injunction preventing the own
ers OF the Pelican from operating their own
mine. 1t is alleged that stock of the value
Of $500, 600 was distributed between Sena-
tor Logan, Fred Grant, and Honore, i'm or
der to secure the removal Of Judge Bel
foid but Senator Logan says he paid
about $40, 600 for his interest in the pro-
perty which is in litigation. Even if this
is true, the improperly of his conduct i'm
using his official influence for the removal
OF Judge Belford is none the less evident
But there is a still more disagreeable
feature in this shameful business. Judge
Stone, who was appointed to aid Honore,
Logan x Go. in their plot to get possession
of the Pelican mine, followed his action i'm
that case by an order, made without notice
or hearing, which gave one Of the Dives
party possession of mine belonging to an
English company, which tha. company
had held, by patent from the United
States, Tor seven years, having paid $780,
600 i'll cash for the property which was so
summarily confscated. This seems incred-
ible, but we have the facts from the most
authentic sources.
Our United States Senator and our Min.
lister to the Court of St. James have already
acquired a disgraceful notoriety in Eng
land in connection with discreditable
mining job, and now we have another Sem
ator and near relative of the President
associated in an interference with the iu-
dietary of Colorado, which las resulted in
an arbitrary spoliation of English investors
in an American enterprise, compared with
which the Emma mine affair was the mild
est kind of swindling. If the United
States are not thoroughly disgraced i'm the
eyes Of the world, it will not be the fault Of
Grant, his Administration, his nearest
friends or the members of his household
N. Y. Sun.