Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
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to drive settlers off what h. claimed to be his grant and threatening to force them eff by use of the United States troops, when, the dispatch stated, Secretary Lincoln resents, and says it is absurd to think that the troops would be used for such . purpose.
 We published the dispatch with out comment, for we felt the great absurdity of the thing was the result of an ovcrrea hing effort of the Req wis ring and that It was not what il appeared on its face.
 Since the publication of the dis patch We are convinced that our first impression was not wIde of the facts and that the landgrabbing g ring, Rcavis and his henchmen, arc the authors and conveyors of that report to the ears of the authorities at
 Washington, for the purpose ot bringing their case to the notice Of those authorities and to create f I themselves ! favorable impression by showing conclusively that Inc outragcs imputcd to them were ab~ solute!y false. They got up this cock and bull story about themselves and circulate it for the purpose of pulling the wool over the eyes Of the public and impressing it with the fact that they-the Reavis gang-are greatly misrepresentcd and abused.
 The move was very keenly con- ceivrd attempt to set up straw man for some of the gang 0 go to Washington to knock dowG; ard It IS significant thai on tho heels of the report Royal A. Johnson, the Sur veyor General of the Territory and if his own declarations indicate anything bell ether of the Reavis gang of henchmen, has gone to Washington. Of course he will be questioned concerning the report- cd outage, and of course he will answer that there is not the least element of truth about it, etc.
 The two sheets in the Territory most intimately connected with the gang were very quick to publish the ''red;culous rxaggeration" and sh VI how truth is sacrificed" eic.
 The trick is q pretty slick one, but in its eagerness the land swirdling ring has overreached itself and ex- poses the fraud beneath it's assum cd and asserted wrongcd innocence.
 1n 1nAEICoFA, rI0aI, GiIa ard Gra> ham counties have an affair to look after this season in politics that Is in no manner q partisan matter, but is matter of personal preservation 10 every mine owner, every lard owner, every stockman and every ranchman in those counties. Fur thermore, it is a matter that should enlist the sympathies of every other county in the Territory, if they would preserve themselves from lm~ position; of like nature; we refer to the Reayis landgrabbing scheme.
 The people of the counties named should see that delegates are sent 10 .hc party conventions who will pledge themselves 10 support only such men for congressional nomi> ices as will be wiling and able to lse their iL1uence in COngre to preserve to the people their 1iresides, her homes, their lands, the scenes | f their labors, and privaiions, and 1 lardships of many years.
 There is now, in the ccun~ ies named, an organized at empt to rob the people, and they must sink every other consideration they would save themselves from $ clutches.
 In county conventions and in the 'erritorial conventions, the men who ave shown hy their acts aud ex> ressed by their words the fact that ley are Tn with the thIeving land ng, should be relegaicd to back tat. If party managers in these coun> es Go not recognize this business, ley may be assured that the peo> e will recognize It at the polls { Outside of the counties named gre will be ympatby with the{ /; 'oPle threatened by the grant from I except perhaps Pima county. 5 Even therc, there are many good | lunch men &nd true, who will 2 md on the peoples side; but it is r