New-York tribune., 1883-03-16
MR. scHURES REPLY 70 NR. JULLAX
Mr. JrIIAN's RECENT CHARGES coNCERNING HIS
ADMINISTRATION As SECRETARY OF TIE IN
TERROR DECLARED TO BE ESSENTIALLY


MR.. JUIIAN's RECENT CHARGES CONCERNING HIS
ADMINISTRATIONS As SECRETARY OF TIE IN
TERROR DECLARED TO BE ESSENTIALLY
FALSE
Mr.. Carl Scharz ex.Secretary of the In
terror has written open letter IN reply
TO the Hon. George W. Jnliun's recent article
ln The North american Rericc In which
he pronounces essentially false" the statements
relied upon 10y Mr. Julian substautate the charge that
the Interior Department has constantly been under
the influence OF tho Railway corporations" Referring TO
Mr. Juans abatement that certified lists Of Lands Issued
10 rr before they uad been earned aud merely IN
the nature Of Information we're decided L" pave con
vcyed complete legal ttes To Tie lnnd MI cHuIA "a!
Yuu canHot but know that this Is false Tue only de-
cison can lind TO which your statement caD possibly
recr u the one IN the case o Cnaris brown hs tle
Chicago Rock Island anu Pacihc Railroad rendered Dy
me May 4. 1880. Tho morits OF the case had already
been passed upon by my predecessor secretary IaohArah
Chandler August 81, 1876. They had alec been COW
for the Eighth Circuit Judge Dillon presiding ..
In the original granting act mere referred TO- as wei IA
ncny provided that complete legal title should De con
veyed TO the state aid the company by certified ISIS
by certincation provided for by general statute
enacted In 1854, being now section 40 OF The REVISED
completely apd made my clear duty to recognize
tc @ o , , nT9vJsd for This and no other
mode Of conveyance
Mr schurz also characterizes other statements made
by Mr. Julian ne false and says that II the latter had
intended 10 be in the least degree truthful and fair he
woud have mentioned OF his rulings adverse TO
the railroads In one OF these, made July %, 1873 Mr.
sohurz says he decided that all the lands granted to
railroad and not sold within three after the road was
completed should be thrown open TO settlement under
the Pre-emptlon law. THIS decson affected six land
grant roads and covered many millions Vi hcreA Nou-
For t6is act YOU had memory. In the result Of 1t
Won ARE personally concerned The railroad corporations
rushed at with urgent applications Tor econsldera'
ton OF decision and suspension OF he Instructions
refused 10 suspend the Instructions and III review oi
the decision ON Septembcr 3, 1873, reatrmod IT, Ihe
urenc Court finally decided that, under the loose word
ING OF the granting acts tho covering or the granted
Lands with mortgage, winch tho companies had done as
soOn as avaled themselves or the granting aCt was
disposition Of them within the meaning OF tue law
Thus my decision overrued and may say this was
the keenest disappointment | suffered while was at
the head OF the Interior Department.
Who was responsible for that loose wording OF the law
which brought forth this decs on OF the supreme Court
and deprived settlers OF their presumption right 10
untold millions of acres When these granting acts were
Uassed Won were ember OF the National House OF
Represcn atves and also member Of.the committee on
Public Lands. The larger part OF tho time you were
chairman Of that committee You posed as the champion
OF the Homestead law and the protector OF the set
Tiers rights and interests They were gwen III your
official care. III there man IN Congress VINO shOuu
have considered IL his solemn and especial uuty 10
see TO IL that In all these granting measures
the settlers rights and interests bo jealousy suafueu
and that no loose and equyOcal language creep
in that might be Interpreted To their INJURY you were
thai and yet you there and voted Tor all these
acts whenever voted at ALL Without slhgIc WOIu
o. Tem0nsrancc even of inquiry. Indeed almost all
the practices which you now complain OF as ABUSES
existed when you were the chairman OF the committee
whose principal duty 10 To investigate thehl ana 10
provide a remedy. You failed TO do So
A not blush To pursue win NnntOn ana
malignant falsenOOds whose Otlce IL became at
later ne-au Office sometimes performed VITA great re-
grcto execute the laws which. III great part at least,
through your neglect OF duty have become what they