The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-07
SENATOR LOGAN.
He Denounces Certain Newspaper Statements
as Being MaliciousIy False.

He Denounces Certain Newspaper Statements
as Being MaliciousIy False.
WASHINGTON, July 5.--Shortly after the SEN
ate was called to order Mr.. Logan arose and said:
Mr. President: deem it due to my friends that
l call attention to certain statements that find
copied in the public press, as well as in the Con
gressional Record of the 9th of June First.
am set down in the list of what is termed land
grabbers;; as having in some mysterious way ac-
cumulated vast amount eighty thousand acres)
of land. This statement is entirely without
foundation in fact The New York Herald Of
the 10Th adds thirty thousand head of cattle. /
wish this were true, but there is no foundation
for the statement / would take no notice Of
this, however, were it not for the charge that
follows. Second, the person who made the state
ment, after finding it was untrue, instead of do
ing justice to me, against whom he might by
his erroneous statements, have done an injury,
proceeded to put another false statement on rec
ord, as follows: might have said to the de-
luded soldiers of this land, what do you think of
a great senator, who, in his greed absorbed a
territory which belongs to actual settlers, in a
land that was made for independent freeholders
and small farmers7 What do you think of
man who poses as a statesman and
a patriot, as friend par excel
lence of the soldier, and who, under
cover of his brotherin-law, went to New Mexico
and tried to pre- empt the most valuable land
lying along her streams, and was only stopped
by public officer finding out that it belonged
to the class which he processes the utmost
friendship for, and who, from his manner 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 lands Igreat
laughter and applause on the Democratic sidel;
taking from the unfortunate savage who was
unable to protect himself until the honest Secre-
tary of the Interior went there with surveyor
and took back the land for the ZunisP Re-
newed laughter and applausea Now, Mr.. Presi-
dent this statement in so far as | am concerned
or any one else whom have any knowledge Of
is maliciously false. Sir, what are the facts out
Of which this attack has been made. Captain
Lawton, Major Tucker and Mr.. Stout located
three claims at Nutria Springs and the lands adj
jacent in New Mexico, Not however until aftef
ascertaining from the General Landofice that
the land was subject to location, being outside
the Indian reservation, being some five miles
Ave or thirty miles from the town of
Zuni So it will be seen that the hun
dreds Of thousands acres Of land this
man says was stealing from the Indians,
resolves itself into three homeSteads on the
desert act claims located by two army officers
and one citizen on public land, open to such
entry, with which location however, had moth
to do.p
In order to prove the statements that he had
made, he read a number Of letters. The first
was a letter from the Commissioners general Of
the Land-ofice, showing that the land in ques-
ton was subject to location and entry as public
land at the time, and If not, the location would
be subject to cancellation. The next letter was
from Major Tucker to Secretary Teller, giving
the facts in connection with the location of the
lands mentioned by him and his associates, and
protesting against any change by resurvey of
the zuni reservation. He says the charges
against Senator Logan's connection with these
lands are untrue. The next letter, from Captain
Lawton to General Logan, refutes at great
length the charges against the latter, and says:
There is not, nor has there been, any company
or organization for the purpose Of buying or
owning land, raising stock orstarting ranch on
Nutria, in which you or any other person is, OF
was interested.
my entry Of land on the Nutria was made in
good faith for myself, and no other person has
any interests in my locations. Any and all
statements that there Is or has been q combina-
ton, either to secure the land or start 9 ranch