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Washington July 5-shortly after the sen.
ate was called to order, Mr.. Logan rose and
said: ~'eMr: sPresident, deem it due to my
friends that cali attention to certain state
ment I find copied in the public press as
we'll as in the Congressional Record of the
9th Of June I am set down in the list Of
what are termed landgrabbers; as shaving in
some mysterious way accumulated the vast
amount of &c, 600 acres of land. This statement
is utterly without foundation in fact. The New
York. Herald iofs tip 29th adds $4,000 head of
cattle. I wish this we're true, but there is no
foundation for tho statement I would take
no notice of the statement were it not for tho
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
I 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 statesman and 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 it out?"
It 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. [Great laughter and applause on the
ate savage, who was unable to protect himself,
until the honest secretary of the interior went
there with a surveyn and took back the land
for the Zunis. TRenewed laughter and ap-
plause]
CALLS IT.MAIIcIoUsLY FALSE
Now, Mr. President, this statement is, 20 far
as am concerned, or any one else of whom I
have any knowledge, maliciously false j Sir,
what are the factsout Of which this attack has
been made? Capt Lawton, Maj Tucker 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 seem 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 Il. act act 1 claims, ;ti located .sy
public land open to such entry, with which To-
cation, however, had nothing to do. In order
to prove the statement he had made, he read :
number of letters The first was letter from.
the commissioners. Of tho general Land office,
showing the land in question was subject to q
loc alton and entry as public land at the time
and if;ne thslocatiqp wsu1dsAeys been nssub-
!ect tScancel etion: Th4aext lettersxes xrom
MAJ Taeker secrstaly Ieass sgtsAg fact. in
sns5 ns g, and A1s 4 pr RretS $sa
reeeer1saon res He SAYS: ssThe charges against
Senator Logan in connection with these lands
are untrue" e~ sHI
EXHAUsTTvELY REFUTED.s. u n
:: The next letter tffon Capt IAwton to Cen;
Logan, refutes at great length the charges
against the latter, and says: ms i; !,
Is There il not nor has there been, any .compa-
my or Organization for the purpose; Of buying
I or owning land, raising stock or starting .
! ranch ON the Netiittfiia, IN which yeu orany 9TH
erf person tis sor:was interested ny entry OF
land on the Neutria was mAde in good faith for.
.myself; md no other person has any interest IN
my location ANY and sll statements that there
has been combinat tion either to secure land
or start ! ranch for your benefit, or for the
bsnsft Of sny othef peIson other than these