The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-28
THE TIMBER QUESTION.
SECRETARY sCHURZ' ACTION I'M rnx
MATTER.

SECRETARY sCHURZ' ACTION IN THE
MATTER.
| The Debate Thereon I'm C0ngress-The
Proposed 1mpea chment OF schurz-
How 1t would Result.
Especial Correspondence Of the Democrat
RIGGS HOUSE,
Washington, March 2t, 1878.
That Dutch Tramp and Universal Charlar-
tan who infests the Interior Department, in
the character OF a de facto Secretary has gone
off astride a new hobby, which bids fair I'd
carry him to the devil before long unless it's
pace 10 slackened. At best
sCHURZ
is repulsive egotist aud disgusting hum
bug. Even when. by o sort Of irony OF events.
he happens to get on the right side Of any
question, his services are invariably halE-
negatved by the ridiculous bombast and
shoulder-shrugging German vanity which
herald his efforts, 50 that he is usually more
uncomfortable as an ally than he is dangerous
as an enemy. Ever sincehe has been de fucs0
Secretary OF the Interior he has been whiffiine
and trimming betwixt and between, hanging
on TO the Republican party with one hand for
the sake Of the Fraud which gave him Office
and coquetting with the Southern Democrats
with the other hand for the sake Of regpecta-
blity derived from their charitable couaten-
ance OF him. But knew that Ne such fovce
could last long. 1t was not in the nature Of
things that q pretender, humbug and fraud
like this ofIice-eager, eonceited Dutehnan
could long consort harmonously with honest.
frank and courageous gentlemen like the vast
majority OF Southern Democrats in Congress-.
He has now broken with them or rather, he
has become unable to longer restrain his
natural impulses OF charlatancy, and, as IL to
make the contrast between his past preten-
sions and his present indecent exposure OF the
most salient portion Of his ugly person more
obvious, he has gone to extremes In insult
ing the Southern representatives and inflict-
ing wanton outrages upon their constituents
| refer, OF course, to his absurd and silly
crusade against a class OF honest people whom
he calls
TIMBER THIEVES"
The offense Of these people is that they
have cut timber on the public domain Now
this country existed several years before III
was discovered that the services Of an egots- Y
tic Dutchman were requisite to save it from
perdtion. Vast in territory and sparse in
population, this country never learned that It'd
government" was designed for the purposss
OF 9pstructlag d, g. the Industries OF the people
,l1it until Garl Ear scharz came upon u.s. bringing
dlces and trying to enforce in our midst
Prussian code. From the landing of the
first settlers down to the present day, the
timber on the unoccupied lands OF the public
domain has been considered common prop
erty for the individual uses Of settlers. Even
In the older settled communities, where the
value OF timber was naturally greatest grow
ing ing Trees nave always been cheap. and In most
tlmbered localities the removal Of the forests
to make way for agricultural operations has
always been desideratum But Schurz is
A REFoRMER.
10 be reformer, in the vocabulary OF
trampism means To devote ones attention to
the business OF other people from an official
standpoint In order to extract an easy living
from the public treasury. One day somebody.
who wanted a job, came to Schurz and told
him that certain citizens Of Louisiana, Texas.
Alabama, Mississippi Florida and one or two
other States were cutting timber on the pub
lie lands, and that If he would send d few
special agents to the scene Of depredations
at salaries of $40 per month and SIS to Ss q
Day for travelling expenses, the thing could
be stopped. This appeal struck our Dutch
tramp in a tender spot Here was an oppor
tunlty such as he had never enjoyed before to :
make himself obnoxious and oppress people. &
ne at once grasped this opportunity, and
am1ng az Ga the rst instruments which he selected
JOE HESTER,
whose character Is too we'll known tn the
Southern people to need any description. If
1t did need description my feeble vocabulary
Would Ig De unequal to the task, beyond saying
That, having been the neanest and viIest az 3
the tools OF Landaulet Williams, four years
ago. in the business Of manufacturing OUT
RACES, forging affidavits and procuring per-
Jury ur e OF ignorant drunken niggers, this Hes
1evll and oppress certain Woodworking
people who are trying to make an honest
living.
or course the representatives Of the people
Ire not going to stand this sort of thing. The
franchise OF cutting timber ON the public lands
nay be abused, but it is an old privilege. par
'icularly in the localities where SchurZ Is try
ng, to break 1t up by enforcing Prussian laws,
American people it is hardly to be expected
hat they will submit to such an imrositiou
rom such quarter.
The consequence is that Schurz has alien
tted the only friends, or rather the only men
who still had charity for him, and he Is now
'eing kicked and cuffed about in both houses
" Congress without mercy, and well nigh
without defense. To show how Schurz fares
n Congress, give the following abstract of
he remarks of two of the Southern DEM
,cratic Senator's
Mr.. JONES. OF FLORIDA,
Protested against the policy OF the Interior De-
,artment as applied To the people OF his state.
1e said Schqn had reported the seizure, br
: was the first time he had ever heard thai q
harcoal was an i'm mportant article OF merchan-
Use. The coal Is manufactured by poor white
uanti'ies. Their calling is very humble thew
ke out poor living by this laborious and dirty
ne first to discover tn ut they were Offenders
gainst the law bac,us,e some of the wood
urned was supposed b, have coma from gov
rnment land. Mr.. Jones referred tn tha Ra
ised Statutes to show that ali the authoritv
onferred y them N n n relation to government
here Is no law he said, TO vibrant seburz atg n
ending spies and informers among the people
D harass them. In many # the cases the
ad a right to do If it would conform tn all The
eauirements OF the lo.al statutes. But the
government. or rather the agents of Sehurz.