The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-02
GRANTIsH FLORIDA
How Carpet-Ing Omc,Hls FORGED "a Inv in
Order to Issb the People.

From a - ecch b. E1 Cor. - 8 NuRD.
Some years ago Congress gave Our state
about Ssl.O worth ut AND s,tip. IN or
der that Ne might endow 4. coii' 80 ..i., tuU, o.
our Guild zen, White as well as Lla,A. Ill., ~ t-uuo
thousahd dolla r Is goods Sln, Nu',h our
crpet-baggers -rettly GOV, tea: but IL YES IA
Washing, n, and the, wttc talhcieu now get
at II. II II had been here iu liOndh. tu,, are
such experts that tnov " aid have Eono.tu 81 ~
an easily as they wCuid have Mit.n- the ns.d
from the neck Of 4 chichcn. hu- as oi.i' Aeii
roasted hign-anay uD ia Wa. Inet.li- .lit. al
nrst II bothered Them -ucn WI 80. intira
however, whrn once On the trstA "a pi.nAe,.
VIII MOI be long AT lanlt. l"ey AIR uuc,D titu
tue state senate hlll hnoMn ca tLc u-aHI- ~
. Senate oil No. ll3.' eut.u a An .Arl t,lluns
20 the Agricultural Lana se.i..' ,n., Wa =.
vague utie all can arm o. IN % Is tn,t ). IT,
lated 70 tho land scrip. LAactN uuW j, related
u tue lana sciip eau tdLc tus fit.i iIu Oue
law. This biil, entiuvd An ~ rvL,uug %
the Agricultural Land Sc4p.' p.ssv1 tne
senate Oh Feouary l.. lo.J. ID vas
then sent to the Assembly, ana passed tha6
body Oh the same day. ami was cent cK 10 the
Senate. Ihcy seemed to ne Ia % uul ~ uhO.t u.
Mr.. George l.. Rinol NhcuieIu... ulus r.tnk-
lln county So NOT in nis set W.tI JUS .il
passed. Judge so from the ( 81 tIal ne did
not vote upou II. But On tit next utv he was
suspicion that all WAS not right .,rIt ga 4 IN
That mad been PUSHED tnrousn be Ai, aDsenc-.
b the Journals, a DaEr o.. ~ in.- "n l.e IA
neAl DAY Z" WI Tue le.h fcuiu .rN, la,u, ',r.
Raney moved Liat The cl,I. We t,atlt,lt to d. y
OF the senate tna retuin I" t'is no"se oi sea-
nte tll no. ll5' Mhlch y 7-rI tli- b ~ Op bcs-
teddy MI hancys uiutIon Na, adp.l,d.
aud the CIerA Of the As7el.,Db "l,ts
note to the Pre,Idcut tue IS lie
ate informing him tut lie WAS "ulro .i-..
by the Assembly 10 request the Senate to r. urn
30 the Assembly, iur furtuer consideration. SELL
ate Mi No. 10, 60 be entitled An At ttel liug
TO The Agricultural Land rcup." 90 inc ,tne
day the secretary 81 tn ~eu4te wiuleto " liln..
NJ l.. st.arns. speaker uf the A--,iur.y. tll-.
"Sir: am directed hy the senate tY rri,llu ti.
the Assembly al tneir req cot. seu4ls 49,, Su.
say that tnis letter was read, "a.I the uul
placed among the orders OF the d,y." Af.cg-
wards, but on ,ue same DAY. the .ur.nl, nov
tnat Mr. llarnb moved 10 ret"hrictl d &c N.tr
that was taken YESTERDAY, On the senate lilll ~.
cultural Land SCRIP Tue Jouind7 fui,ner
snow that the nouon q rec Inslder VS. ca. ned,
and then they show Ihat " Mr. Walker OF leon,
moved To indefinitely post Done the bili," aud
that his motion u indefinitely POSTPONE Wua
carried by vote Of 20 10 10.
But these carpet -baggets did not at down and
cry about II, but went to work ana inNcuLra -
new vlllalny IN order that tuey might cumtnit
that. lLeS Invented toe crime oi ior-Ius az
act Of the Legislature. Iney would uuuule-s
have given to tue forged act tue same THE " hich
was hurne by tue hlll whtcn had been recon-
sld,red AMI J II, m order That they niSht say,
II called upon MT tney had FORGOTTEN II :
reconstructed ani lost; uut that ulll was locked
w IA 'no 2al' "l " ne hucI'tlc MeuotF anu
they couh NOT tri al u TO- ree what its title was
no the} guosstl at II hnd missed b.. Tue title
Of tue 81 lll Wa, A act relating 20 tue
Agricultural Ian scrip the ute which they
gave to tue forged act Wa, An Al t. nor
ize the Governor 10 ash for andrecriy. tnr Agri-
cultural Land S'rip .rom the nited States '
ans forged act WIS signed bN ihr otrrctlr. I'D
President OF thr senate aud Clerh aud ~pc, trr
of the Assembly, ". l.. Stear4H, and thsu 1, A
Heed signed IL nd Med IL ia the oniDa ol the
Secretar, 81 state, aud II mad all the appearance
OF 4 regular law, uhen IN truth and ~ faci Il
had never been introduced INTO either branch (
the Legislature, mao never received sIngIe
vote, aud no member Of the Legislature knew
anything ABOUT II, except those enZ 4ged IA tho
forgery.
Gov Reed went TO Washington to draw the
scrip, but WAS putsued ~ his own supenn-
the Journals ana toe sfldavits oil menbers OF