Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-07-04

mean SauQlQaIe Tor vice PreSl-
dent.
special aispatch to the New York
Herald
The discussion of Gen. Logan's
with the attempt u pos
sess bimself of the Zuni Indians
lands did not come up in the house as
was expected. The republicans were
not anxious to consider the question
any further. Mr.. Valentine, of Ne
braska, was vigorously unpraided for
the subject in the house,
but he did So it is said, at the request
of Gen. Logan. The republican mem
bers ha1 been diligently at work dur
ing the night arranging a defense for
Logan, and had come to the conclu
sion that the only way out of the
scrape was to make scapegoat of
his son-in-law, a young man who
married Gen. Logan's daughter three
years ago and was Immediately Civ
en- life position as paymaster in the
army, with the rank of major over
the heads of several hundred faithful
officers who.were fighting the battles of
our country when young Mr.. Tucker
was in his cradle.
LOGAN'S DENIAL.
The whole case will be thoroughly
ventilated before the adjournment of
congress. Gen. Logan has furnished
what may be called states evidence
himself, for in his letters to the secre-
tary of the interior and to the news
papers he has shown not only de-
sire but de termination to deprive the
Indians of their hereditary farm, and
has denounced every one who has in
terfered with his purposes from the
Indians to the president himself.
The senator is quoted as saying: The
truth is, | never located in any shape,
manner or form, either i'll my own
name or in the name of any other per-
son at or near anywhere in the terri
tory of New Mexico any lands what
ever. Nor did l ever have any inter
est in any ranch with Major Tucker
or Captain Lawton at the place men
toned or elsewhere" He has not been
accused of locating, either in his own
name or in the name of any other
person, lands sat or near anywhere
in New Mexico The charge is pre-
cisely this: THAT in the fall
of 1882 Senator Logan, in com
pany with James Stevenson, of
the United States geological sur
vey, visited the village of Zuni, and
about that time discovered that by a
mistake in describing its boundaries
the only fertile valley the Indians oc
cupied. and two of the four springs
which furnished them water were left
outside their reservation and were
subject to pre- e-emption under the law;
that at once upon his return TO Santa
Fe his son Flaw and friend, Capt.
Lawton, of the Fourth cavalry, To-
Gated desert claims" upon the ZInl
farms and springs; that their papers
were sent to Washington and their
claims were under consideration when
it was discovered that the land in
question was part of the tract which
it was intended TO include within the
reservation bounds; that when Gen.
Logan's attention was called to the
matter he declared that he had seen
the land and liked it, and should get
it if he could that when the president
issued a proclamation restoring the
boundaries of the reservation Senator
Logan raised an indignant protest
against the correction of what he
knew to be a mistake, and has never
ceased in his efforts to have the presi-
dents decision reconsidered and the
restoration revoked.
''MY RANCH"
These are the charges made against
the republican candidate for vice
president, and, it is said, each suecif,
cation is susceptible of proof. 1t is
also said to be easily proven that Sen
ater Logan frequently alluded to
''my ranch in Mexico" and that he
was engaged in an endeavor to raise
money 10 stock it with cattle when
the discovery was made. He never
denied his interest in the property
until the cruel scheme was diseov-
cred, and he has never since failed to
defend and assist those who appeared
as the principals in the affair. Only
a few days before the presidents pro-
clamation restoring the lands was
issued the following paragraph ap-
peared in the Santa t'e New Mexl-
cam
Senator John A. Logan and Mrs.
Logan arrived In Santa Fe last night.
Senator Logan comes to New Mexico
to look after a ranch in which he has
an interest.
The editor of the paper in which the
above appeared is the register of the
land office in New Mexico, before
whom the claims for the Zuni reserva-
ton were then pending. and who was
indebted to General Logan for his ap-
pointment. a few days later press
dispatch from Albuquerque, the near.
est town to the Zuni reservation, stated
that General Logan is visiting his
stock ranch, which comprises so, 900
acres, and is stocked with 5000 head
of cattle. General Logan intends TO
increase the number to 20, 900 head. J"
With such uncontradicted state
ments coming from places where he
was stopping and from officials who
were known 10 be intimate with and
under obligations 10 HIN the average
citizen might be excused for believing
them.
EFFORTS TO SECURE THE PRIZE
Gen. Logan has repeatedly demand
ed a revocation of the order which de-
prived his son-in-law of ranch. The
president has as often refused to re-
woke it. Becoming convinced that
his unsupported Influence was no
sufficient to accomplish the wrong he
purposed against peaceful village Of
Indians, General Logan insisted that
an investigation should be made in
order t. determine whether it was pos
sible for the Indians to sur
yive without the lands he claimed
This request being refused, the
next action of the senator wvs te pro-
cure from James Stevenson, OF tie
geological survey. man who was
with him:when he discovered this mis-
take In the reservation lines and when
he located the rancho, statement to
show that that the Indians had terri
tory and water enough without the
disputed tract This statement OF
Stevenson's has been fled with the
secretary of the interior since Logan
was nominated for the vice presi-
dency, and upon it he demanded that
the presidents orders should be re-
vokeG, Although there are millions
of acres of unoccupied land infinitely
better than that which the Zunls