Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-07

~ papers q this east from the agsn
81 the Associ.tedKrsss ~ Washinstos
in which some particulars Of tho CHARGE
againss John Bidvsli we're coupled will
a charge asainss Snn.ter Sargent. sThs
APrkAL made no comments upon the
MISTER at tho time. prefss1sDg to bids
the issue Of evests. trusting to Senator
Sargent s clear record and opennsss Of
action to relieve him from tho appear
ance of blame. As to Bidweli, the
charge against him comes in the shape oil
direct specification of corrupt action,
dates are given and names named.
Taking the charge made against Sargent
at its worst. the Eureka Ses:inel says.
In our Washington dispatches to-day
will be found sn interesting account OF
how land matters. in times past. have
been manipulated at the capital under
the direction Of Messrs. Sargent and
Bidweil. The boomerang buried by the
former. while it struck old Raisin Grapes
below the belt and knocked him COM
pletely out of time, has continued its
course until it has returned to its hurler.
to whom it is likely TO prove rs dis
astrous AS to the target for whom it was
originally intended. It appears that Sar-
gent and BidweiI have each an agent in
Washington searching the records for
damaging proofs of the Others question
able tr Transactions in regard to California
land matters, and If the information con-
tanned in our dispatches is true, q show
ing has been made against both which
ought to consign them to political
coventry for the balance of their natural
or unnatural lives
The .S~a:iEs, is a Democratic paper.
bat its editors are fair minded men and
what they say upon the topics of the day
is worthy Of earnest consideration. il
what was brought against Senator Sar-
gent were true the lScn:;ne''s conclusion
is correct. But let Mr. Ssrsen. speak
for himself. lie hsstens TO meet the ac-
cusa.ions Of the press agent a. Washing
ton and says:
On TRAIN, August 4-Eds. Record
Union: In Chicago dispatch in your
paper to-day, / notice q statement con-
corning the purchase by myself and Mr..
Jacobs from the Government of the lot
of mining claims that We own. There
is nothing connected with that purchase
or ownership which l am not Row and
have not always been willing should be
known to all the world. do not live
in glass house and do not fear stones
The mining claims bought of the Gov
eminent 1 and my partner had bought
years before there was a United States
mining Law. of companies of miners who
had themselves owned them for years,
and We paid in the aggregate for our
mining property over 100000 to these
miners. We held these claims and
worked them for years. and before ever
vent to Congress. Our rights were re-
.pected by our neighbors, and We had as
FOOD title as any miners had-neither
better nor worse. We jumped nobody's
claim and We located none. We never
,ad a suit or dispute about our claims or
boundaries.
But the mere possessory right of min
rs did not give sufficient encouragement !
md security for development, and there |
gas a general demand by miners for a |
aw that would enable them to purchase
be claims. Such Law helped to pass,
md its wisdom has been INDICATED in
practice. Under it miners could buy to |
he extent of the claims they held under |
miners laws, but future locations were
to 16O acres. There was moth
ng, however, to prevent the consolida-
ion of claims after purchase. and that |
$ done every day. because where e1pen
i've tunnels are to be run, or bitches to
,e dug, the small claim will not pay.
lny law that deprived miners of the
Iaims they held by purchase. purchase
by mining laws. would have
'een q failure. There were many COM
'anies holding and working claims far
q excess of 100 acres. and some much
anger than those in which l had an in
erest-ss the company at North Bloom
eld. the one at Smsrtsville, etc. 1t
'ould have been unjust to have deprived
hese men of part of the claims they had
ought and were working. Hence that
of the Law.
Honestly owning my claims under
lining laws, and having secured the
assage Of a beneficial general law at the
ipe demand of public sentiment, saw
o reason then, nor do l now, why l
hould not buy of the Government as
theirs did. l applied for my claims, as
III others at the Sacramento Land OF.