New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-06
FALSE CHARGES ANSWERED.
LOGAN DISPOsES or SOME MALICIOUS
STATEMENTS.

ENIHIEs LEGALLY MADE.
WAsufNaroS. July =. - shortly after the
Donate had been called to order to-day Mr. Logan rose
nnd snI: "Idecm It due 10 my friends that cnll NJ
toniiun 30 certain statements That Hnd copied IN the
public press, ~ well o., In ne Congressional rae ri Of
the 27ih ~ June First an set down In Hat of what
termed 'llnd rfnhbcrs having In some mystrron'
! way accumulated tho wat amount ~ HoOOp ncfc' oI
/ lHrd Thls statement is utterly without foundation IN
flri The Ncr. iot Ucruif ~ the @pth OF juno Md
10000 head cattle wish hs were true. hat there Ia
no foundation for the statement would take no
tico ~ THE however were not for the charge that fol
lows Second The PERSON who made the statement nftor
finding that untrue, n'cai Of doing Justice 10 one
against whom hc might by his erroneous saicmon7 have
done IN Injury proceeded TO pas another foo statement
| ON record. az iolOvsi
might ho,c snld 10 the dcudci soldiers Of this land.
what du you mink of ltca ~cu1of Who tU his tord io
naorb ia, territory wien h.onE' TO iho Ac,un stllef
small farmers, What dc yon tllnk of m,n who pose.
n,r,"nn nn3 r2' T., tue ,l'o11
wont 10 Sow SIC ,ico MIA med Z" pre- cunt NO most va
ny thc public oiccf finding out that brlonpcd an.
ohrr class Whi,h hc pIo's''N tho um"t friendship Tor
h4s nor blood I'm bin veins, ro1 - stead from his own
nm nui lin hundreds ~ thousands o acres Of land great
lnuencr nud applause on the Dcnoc Ratio s'dol taking
nom The unfortunate savage who Was unable 10 protect
hm'clf UNI an honest secretary OF t9s iltrr3 S %Shd
Lunis Renewed laughter and appauscI
so FOUNDATION FOR THE CHARGES.
Now Mr.. President. this statement Is far rs am
| concerned or any else of whom have any knowl
edge nIacousy false. Sir. what the facts out OF
| whoa this attack has been madel Captain Lawton
| Major Tucker and Mr. Stout located claims at Nutria
Springs aud lands adjacent In NewMeIlcO not however,
until after asccranng The General Land Office that
land subject to location, being outside OF the In
dian eryaton being five miles from the Indian
line and some twenty-five thirty miles from the town
ofZuD Will he that the hundreds thousands
| sataa
from the Indians resolves itself into three homesteads or
desert act claims located by two army officers and one
citizen public lands open to such entry, with which
location however had nothing 20 do In order to prove
every statement that have made will first read the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office, Of
December 1882 which shows that this land was
subject 10 location entry public lands at the time
and not that the location would have been subject TO
| cancellation. Any who will examine the numbers
will find hereafter that those mentioned as subject TO
ontry entirely outside the reservation and the ones
token by the persons mentioned" General Logan then
read the following letter. dated December T. 1882, from
the COmmss the Register and Receiver at Santa
! Fe. y. NJ:
am in receipt of your letter Of November %. 1892.
and seventeen within the reservation % the
Zn Indians. the are unslrvcycd and yOu have
several applications for desert lard enie' III SAID town
sps. IN reply. YOU informed that as near can be-
asccrtaned from our records township twelve north
of range sixteen west ls outside Whe Oh township tweNe
moran OF seventeen west probably only sections
veycG the reservation De found 10 embrace
cie are fonI 20 nave b,c. located witln the reser
walton they will De held for cancellation
MAJOR fuckers STATEMENT CONCERNING TIE
LAND.
81 VIII now" continued General Logan "call alton
ton to cite, OF MAYOR Tuck giving the facts
ncctou with the loca on the lands mentioned by him
and bis associates" lie then read the following letter
from Major " f. Tucker r, dated May g. 1888 to Sec
rotary Teller:
Inc enclosed copy Of an order from the Commissioner
Of the General Land Ohice to ne hrEeyor,en gal %
-, >i no., a. I1c -, ~ thn l,,i pc..r,t,,
surveyed under executive order OF President Hayes
Ire 10 call your attention 20 the tact that lands IN
n Sr.' range 7'n west s from 10 the S' nea a%a
Of v laf r Anita; rc o IG09 fine conr ,S% VI
Nuia 20 the Ilni Tc,rr, me southwest in
town hip T., Nofth trnec l.. wet were ocatcd 10y my
money paid With the usual certificate. of location l oar
pu.Scss,u tie TAM AZ The time being Government land
a. shown by ihe Luna department ma~ a"lfllrci 10
officers of the Land Department. and also known to the
AGENT tor tc Pueblo Indians. In the uun' and ior Those
protect against any action that would nr calculated 10
iu . ~" ~, "n r,i i ,, t ''' W ,
who thinks Do has the Indian Interest at heart, bcclu
procured an attach 10 hoe made upon senator IL. M
charging him with having I'm violation oi lsW, entered
TN. property When I'm fac, Gee hid not done hut bad
stated - myself and other, that the land subject To
desire to cali your attention to the following propo-
Wuou-:
dau4 of NcN Nc>i,o were ctilru- Of Me,ro capable Of
holding .ud iu tu'r own u4t TIE Iuis having grant
% t,,iy ,,fl No,Ico T,ct afr ION. of tlr ni,od
state and have been held 10y tuC courts 1hit boiuE
tc the right II President llNcs Ia eye Ia them the
aud of the 60, cruui > nn Executive order r. quos-
tlou that might we'll br considered
g. 1ncir grant ~ well ~ the land claimed Ia bo get
apart for them by President Hayes wei Nnctcd. the
Nuua River. formed 10y different Syringe, ulrunr en-
tircN through thr hand given to them 10y President
llrcs's omor; also the Rio r'cado. running entirely
through tho Im Vale, aud through their grant. 10
extend hy an Executive order tho ic-crNaton sct
Il straight lmc other line 10 include the Nuiria
spring WITHIN their rcs"r' alton would take o'o drop If
water III ihc Two valleys Ia, NY dclr'ns every other
section ~ Government land IN That locality from any
wutri Whatever. rendering large body OF land entirely
Useless ana dclHNlhs lhc Government Oi any disposition
These cnic. in wise Affect the interests of the In
dian-, and cannot why the rights OF people
should he disturbed merely 10 satisfy wailings OF
themselves and now wish to put the Indians forward to
dohn injury to Others merely TO crafty their vim
NOT INTERESTED IN CAPTAIN LAwToN's STOCK
RAISING SCHEME.
General Logan then called attention to the following
letter written TO him May 10, 1883, by Captain H. W
Lawton, of the 18th Cavalry;
In Of an article recently Published in The Chicago
Inter Oce0H attacking you personally aud charging you
with completely combination 10 deiraud the Znni
Indians OF certain lands, and reported In different
10y other papers throughout the country desire 10
SubmtoreuCh asyOumay wish 10 make ittne facts
concerning the subject OF the charges above ontoned
With reference 10 the location Of The land in the irt
instance | have only to say that all the fact, can be
ascertaned AT the Office of the Register OF the Land
Office III ms city santa Eel. As there is |
allegation that you have made any entry !
little need be said on that point. was the first TO see
the Land ana 10 suggest ITS location and tOCk steps
ard completing the entries. will simply say thar In
making the location every prcc1uOn taken TO
injustice being doue the Zln other parties 'The
land not on tue reservation, Is shown ON the
reseTv b., any map issued by the Land or In
dian Department Ihc land has been turyo,rd |
re .1aIly by the United states Surveyor Il1tfeI |
and the plats file IN the o0irr / 1
Of the h lister and the land subject 10 entr, bv any
eli nlnl illn Iaa All -