The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-05
FACTS 10 Q, A.
i. SALEM Aup,


Sir.-If could see anything else in
your questions headed "Reply to
Facts in THE REGISTER of August A,
but an attempt to mislead the ignorant
or the uninitiated, would not think
it worth replying to. Some former arti-
cles written by me, especially my last
in the same REGISTER answers some of
your questions and being still at large
l will help you to understand what
you said you can't: 1 have always
observed that when my articles hit
the truth too close, some one of your
side wants it checked by contradictions,
but still always evading the real spirit
or prevaricating the direct issue. i
maintain and repeat that no innocent
purchaser was ever left unprotected by
an American Congress. Look at the
Usage coded controversy. The bonds
not sold fell back, but the title of
innocent purchasers was respected.
You next defy me or anyone else to
find an odd section patented by the
Government that they claim. Holy
Moses Why don't you ask to find
any section either odd or even that
they do not claim in Allen county. If
Humboldt or lola was left for one day
without protection 1 am sure they
would claim that too. You say "The
grant of 1863 reserves the even sections
for homesteads etc., etc." How does
this agree with Il remark made by the
Hon. Hutchings "If Mr.. Harris
authority is good, the .Leaguers may
as well abandon the even sections"
Now we think there must be some
even sections somewhere or the Hon.
II. would not advise an abandonment.
But besides this if the even sections
were intended for HON estead purposes
of course so are nearly all lands in the
United States, but this does not mean
that as long as filings havebeen made
on them the Government has no con-
troll over them. Congress lad still the
right to dispose Cfthem. You want to
know the right of the NJ. X. d Il. to
odd sections in Allen county, the act of
July 20 1866 gives the U. p. Il. B. now
the NJ. *. d L. odd and even sections
in its twenty mile limits.
We should like to learn from G.. 4.
that whereas both the l.. l.. & G.. and |
NJ. X. & L. run through Allen county
how it is that he will make belieN e |
neither road had any land in Allen
county. Even should the l.. l.. & G. |
have no right to indemnity odd sections
it would still have all the land granted |
in place. As to odd sections claimed by
G. a. or his party, he must have a
pretty dull understanding or not
what he reads or he would |
that the odd sections how
ever not patented direct by Govern
nent are giauted or certified by the
general Government To the State and
patented by the State to r. Il. Co.'S
which amounts to the same and is as
| was going to close when |
found in THE REGISTER OF August %
a continuation ofC. AS misconstruc-
lions of my article of the 10 of August.
Like his ether arguments they are all
10 mislead. Now he brings
the a. t. & S. +. r. II. into the con-
troversy but he should study old
points better and he would find that
the A. T. & S. +. r. r. made on the
10 day of March 1866 u transfer and
assignment of land to the L. z. r. r.
to $. b. now the NJ. X. & Il. which
was approved FEBRUARY &c 1867 by as.
J. Crawford, Governor" This shows
Therefore the correctness of all the lands
Allen county as withdrawn for the
benefit of both roads, the l.. l.. & G.
and NJ. *. d I. therefore Snyder is a
as long as that transfer is
not nullified. The rest of C.. As. TRADE
about the New York Central, etc., ETC.,
must have been written under the in
!luence of some strong decoction of
irugs and, is not worth replying to. y
few more injunctions and contempt
cases as decided by the court lately
will go to show the legality of the title,
better than fictitious articles can prove
he illcgality. FACTS.