Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-06
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SENATE
WAsHNoroS, July 5.-Shortiy afte,
the senate was called to order Logan
arose and said: Mr.. Presiiect. deem
u due to my friends that call asten.
ton to . certain statement which and
copied in the public press. a. well as ia
the Congregational Record. page T8,
June 1st- I saw myself set down on a
list OF vhat IL termed land grabbers:'
as having IN some mysterious way accu-
rnlated the vast amount of $4,000 acres
OF lsnd. This statement IL utterly with
cot Foundation In fact. The New York
Herald Of the 9th adds $1,000 head Of
cattle. l wish this Vas true, bat there
Is no foundstion for the statement.
would take no notice of this. however.
were 10 not for the charge that follow.
The person who made the statement
after finding it vas untrue. instead of
dotnR justice 20 me against whom he
might BY bis erroneous ststernk Mt have
done an injury, proceeds 20 put an
other false statement on record. ss fol-
lows: j might have said to the delui ed
soldiers OF this land. what do you think
Of the great greed to absorb territory
.1hS1 oItO4&" W VIC bCl2A 8oktttI
land that vas made for independent
freeholders and small farmers! What
do YOU think ~ man who passes ~ a
statesman and patriot and as the friend
par excellence OF the soldier, and who
under cover Of his brother In Law vent
TO New Mexico and tried TO pre-emps
mos! valuable land lying among her
streams. and was only stopped BY q 20
lice officer hudiuq out that 10 belonged
to the class which he Processes the ut
most 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 hun
dreds of thousands Of acres of land.
[Grsat laughter and applause on the
Democratic side. He took il FROM tha
unfortunate savage, who was unable to
protect himself, until an honest Score
taTy of the Interior went there with a
surveyor and took back the land for the
Zunis." Renewed laughter and ep-
plsuse. Now, Mr.. President, this
statement Is, 90 far as am concerned,
or any one else of whom l have any
knowledge. maliciously false. What are
the facts out of which this attack has
been made? Captain Lavler, Major
Tucker and Mr.. Stout located claims at
Neutral Springs and lands adjacent IN
New Mexico, not. however, until after
ascertainins from the General Land
Once that the lands were subject to 10
cation, being outside Of the Indian res
ervation. being some five miles from the
Indian line and some twenty five or
thirty miles from the town of Zuni. So
IL will be seen that the hundreds Of
thousands of acres of land this man
says that was stealing from Indians,
resolves itself into three homesteads
under the desert laid sct-claims To-
GATED by two army officers and one citi-
g n on public land open 10 such entry.
With which great location had nothing
to do.
In order to prove the statements be
bad made he read number of letters.
First was letter from the Commission
or Of the General Land Office, showing
that the land in question was subject to
location and entry AZ public land at shat
time, and IL not the location would
have been subject to cancellation. The
next letter was from Major Tucker to
Secretary Teller, giving facts in con-
neotion With the location of the lands
mentioned by him and his associates and
protesting against any change by re-
survey Of the reservation. He says the
charges against Senate. Logan, con-
Meeting him with these lands, are un-
true. The next letter was from Captain
Lawton to General Log IN, and refutes
at great length the charges against the
latter and says there is not now, nor
had there been, any company organized
for the purpose Of buying or owning
land. raising stock or erecting ranches
on Zuni lands in which you or any
other person ia, or was, interested what
ever any and all statements that there
is or has been a combination either to
secure land or start rancho for our
benefit or for the benefit Of any person
other than those appearing on the REQ
ords of the land Office. is untrue.
James Stevenson, of the United States |
Geological Survey, gives the followine
testimony In q letter to Senator Logan: |
Having had my attention called 10
statements In the Congressional Record |
Of recent date indirectly charging you
With fraudnlently attempting to deprive
the Zani Indians Of New Mexico of
their laud, / beg to say that am IA |
mlliar with the facts and circumstances
from q thorough investigation of the |
subject made at the reques. of the SEQ
Rotary of the Interior. The charges
thus made ars gross lie, unjust to Won
a. we'll as to Major Tucker and his as
sociates, and wholly without founda-
tion." The next letter Of the series is
frem Secretary Teller to Senator Logan, |
in which he says there 10 not the slight |
est evidence that any wrong was in |
tended by the parties to the entries, or |
or any law violated. The land was
public land at the time these entries |
were made and subject to entry by the |
public. The gentlemen Who made the |
entries were qualified TO enter suoh
lands, and had perfect right to do SO,
and they neither violated the Law nor
50 doing. | asked for the executive
order extending the reservation without
underst sndirg the facts at the tins. II
ment, in view of the allegations to the
contrary which have been made.
when Major Tucker and his asso-
ciates we're attacked through the news.
papers," said Senator Logan, "and
charged with interfering With the
rights of Indians and doing q great
wrong. I defended him through the
publis press and otherwise as having
violated no law and hsving committed
no fraud on the Indians or anyone else.
In thar defense l asked the question if
soldier like Captain LAYTON could
not locate homestead. or presumption,
or whatever the location was, within
the distance he had to an Indian re-
seryation. Tell me how many miles
soldier would have to 90 away
from the reservation in order to CON-
ply with thisl ! did Ii In their behalf
and I now stand by what ! did then.
IL this be crime or fraud my enemies
can make the most Of 1t. These men
are all honorable men. Captain Law.
ton vas gallant soldier from Indiana.
He served all through the war with
great credit to himsrlf and honor 20
his country. Major Tucker is nv SON.
in-law. he ID a gentleman and one
Who could not wrong any one. ] pre-
sumo the wrong in me 10 that Major
rocker is a part Of my family, al