Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-10
A Demagosue !mpaled.

The Evening Express Of this city has
established its reputation as TRIM
mer and lemagogue, and no person at
all acquainted with the paper places
the slightest reliance on its statement.
Tt has no principles save that OF Sell
interest, and it recognizes the right OF
no cause except it pays to do SO.
With Ishmaeltish hand it strike at
everything one day and the next with
serf-like servility it plays the dirt eat
ing toady, and crooks the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift may
follow fawning. Such pa.er must
necessarily contradict and stuitlfy IT.
self q thousand times in as many days.
one OF the most paipahle eases OF sell.
qualification in which this deiectable
sie, has INDUCED occurs in its Issue
of Wednesday evening. In an article
in which it attempts To 5ive the cause
of the present hard times, it uses the
following language
Ifnforiuattefy th.fcare those in our mlds'
-. 9, II % t-sisl ted am malignant n
Ia t..,.t,ct the story Of thr mon VINO kilise
,he q "a Nh,h tail he Golden egg Al tht
very line when ouf esi,efity was aasu!eai
tn ssa wretch9d peope rtisea lalss ou.ei2
o,,in.t The validity If our titles, amt Wit9a
IN nd firy begotoi ~pleen sihd vindic iVehesS,
!. " stu k light and LETT, attack ihS ever
-ttt, m the eoun Wulea ud not DeIoiS ~
fne;r Drn set II was lett ptlhese Vitti.i ~ u
,.in,,t over the mos in>l4 nitcant nav ana 70
ssir ~ and magnify eVFry eNpiete o'titc'
tbey con,d ffnd in the titles TO lands thal ne
ionWad to certain individuals. Not content
VIII confining themselves To the wreaklng OF
their personal vengeance in this extraordinary
II, u4.rf, tuey eve tptk eiues WIN %. ~, ; V" @
railroad eoepo Ions Il the ~ i ns lnTl "'
fstruet "a policy of attack ng the II les oi eseis
aIextran rant wGich came wishia the rang
OF their aite. aate sections AMI faol cry 9ustii
fed and egsed I'm on III uhiloty W.T. .tis'i
the spirit III agrali ,laism slode aoloal ane
,,.,iti1n OF our county bneame the scehe oi
saau-i jumping aud iawies' tres>p 'ss. :.
She wrc, ches who w1uld thu Wahtohis in-
lure their own county am d.nle the pi.'e.
.,shieb Las brought them out of povHrlN ale
a.nri y INTO pi..nty and afttnence. are Isl
meals who should meet with the SEQ IL ana
detestatiun of every honest heaft.
Now tile Lomas dc Santiago is the
only grant in this county the validity
of whose title has been so far ques-
toned as to produce u scene of land
jumping and lawless tresspass," and
the first article in denunciation OF the
patent to that grant appeared in the
editorial columns of the Express on
the I'd of November, 1873, nearly the
whole of which we here append:
Tn4. l,..et-aph yesaertl4y lnformei us that
tba southern Pac lie Railroad Comp my,
tn 'oligu It's attorneys, hal filed II pttItion
with G!le Attorney y-danefal at Washh@sea'
asking ftlstt tie potent to The Eaneao oinas
de \ Stntiaaa, IN thiS cotin y, he : 'tilde Oh
the grouHa. q fraud. The history OF tue gran
is briefly this: 1t was gran ed to Ieodoclu
Yorb,t ON tle 2ish OF May, lStj, by Pio Pieo,
acting Governor af Caliiirla IN, efaht u
s,lf calls for loa. square leagues. 1t was con-
firmei by the Board of Land Commissioners
on the 18th OF August, 1871, 10 the eXcsht 0,
four square leagues more or less An appeal
was taken ut the United states District Court
for the Southern District OF California, ana
on the lIth OF December, lSR, that Court rem
dered decree affirming the grant TO the ex-
tent of eleren square leagues In Jnnc 1861,
survey was made in conformity with THIS DE-
cree by Henry Hancock, Deputy Unlleu
States Surveyor to l.. Upson, United states
Surveyor General, when survey ihciuu u
AZ ,126 5-luu acres. or abaut eef8h SQUARE
league, and en- this survey the patent WIS Is
sued. rAe original grantee, Teodocio o. 9e,
sold the ranch 10 the Late Wla. Wolfskiil, who
in turn sold it 10 Flint, 8iXby Il Co., the pres
entowners.
citic Railroad ompany prove successful the
grant wi he relcgated to It's original size OF
four SOU tre leagues, and eight leagues VII re-
vert TO the pubic domain. III ttlatcVent tne
Railroad Company W II coFd" III tor its alter
nate sections the entire length OF he ranch,
and acquire very valuable piece Oh properly.
We are disposed, however, to believe that
there is more important consideration under
lying the action of the Raliroad company
than the mere acquisition OF SO much Ofilna-
ry land. IL will be remembered that III these
roll ma tyn W In
ploratIons for coal in the southern section o.
the county, and ln>tanced the iact that aDou
ten years ago 'pecinl 'tts oi con were n!oush'
here from buat sectiog, and that if er I'll II
Ough tests ii proved 10 be OF IL very sallslae-
tory quality. NOGhing conclusive ever came
from these discoveries, for the reason, as we
were then assured, thai its soon as they START |
ed in To develop h deposit steps were taken |
ny the ranch owners in IN 1t d Erection tG Il a
their grants over the rl dnls Within the past |
year o iler parties Ii I'VE prospected the same |
re i,n fyr coal ana the uu'fprm te,tim04y |
.las bsen very ftyurtb e 10 the ehisteaee ! Il |
va u:tbie cott deposit there Tle icl that |
this prob ble ri depos i exists Is doah.I les
the KY TO tn snlfchi investiga ION Of the |
title If the Tomas de SANTA o which ms r.
suited ia the petition tna4" u ths Ntttfhel |
G~nefat, Bu we can o see why u has been |
necessary H. sufr iund tni, application with |
so dense n mystic y. lie allegation of fraud |
mi sht Involve parties whom Il would be de- |
srable T. shedi hu', apart ftom this, II
Won q eem taitt the sitenS' 81 TIE a. piiea- |
tioa mast rest on the i lr.Is discre pancy ne |
Tween tic a,n iutt Of md Original y sr.tuted |
and that finally cpAiimei. Ton tlJ mint IL |
sce11s te9B siaTa1r thtt e gfytat cutting Jof fom
Ie1g4ef s0Hti, N IL process ri Gofd1 hfoaala III |
courts, stoH IN tie fh1aenee proportions q etertn
IL gRe3. Yet III rec9rft herr St0tos Mts ftnaafk-
abe an 1BieptGtoa, pftt9a hle 3gitest ctpttn0-
ton ~ t. hptC IL tt"t5 brought dboud.
There Is en- impor amt benefit which our |
sec ion will hc apt 10 der We from this aHp / |
CARTON, and that is, 1t VII attract such ge G |
raj attention to The coal fields that undouht-
edly exist on this ranch as TO lead TO thett
carry exploration and working. If the rail- |
road com pany succeed in giving Los ing, les |
an exhaustless supply OF cheap fue il will by
that act conGuce more To oar future wr!art
than would the value OF a dozen ordinary
sleven-league ranches.
When the reader has read thus far he
will not find it difficultto name "the
wretches who would thus wantonly
injure their own county and defile the
place which has brought them out of
poverty and obscurity." But it waa
not in making the first newspaper at
tack on the validity of the Lomas de
Santiago patent that the Erpress has
contributed its greatest mite in bring
ing about the money stringency which
has for some time prevailed. The great.
est harm it worked was in filling its
columns day after day with averments
of the solidity and safety of bank
that it knew was on the verge Of
bankruptcy and an unsafe deposit
for the peoples money. The as
severations o. the E.crpeS in
duced new corners and those unac-
ouaintcd with the facts to trust to the |