River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-24
GEN. LoGAN's DErAMERs.
In the Senate Logan Replies at Much
Length to the Charges as to zuni
Lands.

In the Senate Logan Replies at Much
Length to the Charges as to zuni
Lands.
Washington, July 5.-Shortly after the sen.
ate was called to order, Mr.. Logan rose and
/ said: ''Mr President, l deem it due to my
friends that | call attention to certain state
ment find copied in the public press as
well as in the Congressional Record of the
9th of June. / am set down in the list of
what are termed landgrabbers, as having in
some mysterious way accumulated the vast
amount of SC, 600 acres of land This statement
is utterly without foundation in fact. The New
York Herald of the goth adds so coo head of
cattle l wish this were true, but there is no
foundation for the statement. l would take
no notice of the statement were it not for the
charge that follows. The person who made
this statement, after finding it was untrue, in
stead of doing justice to me, against whom he
might, by his erroneous statements have done
an injury, proceeded to put another false state
ment on record as follows:
might have said to the deluded soldiers of
this land: ''What do you think of the great SEN
ator who, in his greed to absorb the country
which belongs to the actual settler, in the land
that was made for independent freeholders and
small farmers; what do you think of the man
who poses as a statesman ana patriot, as the
friend par excellence of the soldier, and who,
under cover of his brother in-law, went into
New Mexico and tried to pre- empt most of the
valuable land lying along her streams, and was
only stopped by public officer finding 1t out!
1t belonged to the class which he processes the
utmost friendship for, and who, from his man
ner and appearance rumor says, has their
blood in his veins-tried to steal from his own
kith and kin hundreds of thousands of acres of
land. TGreat laughter and applause on the
~
ate savage, who was unable to protect himself,
until the honest secretary of the interior went
there with a suryeye and took back the land
for the Zunis. TRenewed laughter and ap
plause.J
CALLS IT MAIIcIoUsLY FALSE.
Now, Mr.. President this statement is, so far
as am concerned, or any one else of whom /
have any knowledge, maliciously false Sir,
what are the facts out of which this attack has
been made: Capt Lawton, Maj Tucker and
Mr. Stout located claims at Neutria Springs and
lands adjacent in New Mexico, not, however,
until after ascertaining from the general land
Office that the land was subject to location,
being outside the Indian reservation, being
some five miles from the Indian line and some
twenty five or thirty miles from the town OF
Zuni So it will be seen the hundreds of
thousands of acres of land that this man says
/ was stealing from the Indians re-
solves itself into three homesteads
or desert act claims, located by
public land open to such entry, with which 10
cation. however, had nothing to do. In order
to prove the statement be had made, he read
number of letters. The first was letter from
the commissioner of the general land office,
showing the land in question was subject to a
loo alton and entry as public land at the time.
and if not the location would have been sub
iect to cancellation. The next letter was from
Mai Tucker TO Secretary Teller, giving facts in
connection with the location of the lands men
toned by him and his associates, and protest
ing against any change by Tesurvey Of the Zuni
reservation He says: s'Ihe charges against
Senator Logan in connection with these lands
are untrue
EyHAUsTIYELY REFUTED.
The next letter from Capt Lawton to Gen.
Logan. refutes at great length the charges
against the latter, and says:
There is not nor has there been, any compa-
nv or organization for the purpose of buying
or owning land, raising stock or starting
ranch on the Neutria, in which you or any 9TH
err person is or was interested My entry OF
land on the Neutria was made in good faith for
mvself, andno other person has any interest IN
nav location ANY and all statements that there
has been combination either to secure land
or start a ranch for your benefit, or for the
benefit of any other person other than these