Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-07

speculative persons. To check this
tendency a preference right OF purchase
wSs given 10 settlers on the land, plan
which eliminated la the general pre-.
emptiOn act OF 1881 The
foundation OF this system
was actual residence and cultivation.
Twenty years later the homestead law
was devised to more surely place actual
homes In the possession OF actual cultl.
vators Of the soil. The land was given
without price, the sole condition being
residence, lmpr yement aud cultivation.
Oihcr laws have followed, each deslg0ed
to encourage the requirement aud use OF
land Ia limited Individual quantities, but
In later years these laws through vicious
administrative methods, and under the
changed condition Of communication and
transportation, have been 40 evsded aud
violated that their honeucont purpose Is
threatened with entire defeat. The
methods OF such eyaslons and violations
are set forth in detail Ia the reports Of the
secretary OF the Interior and commits.
s'ouer Of the general land Office The
rapid appropriation OF our pub &c lands
without tona nde settlers or cultivation,
and, not only without Intention OF reei-
donce, but for the purpose OF their aggre-
cation and large holdings, in many cases
Ia the hands OF foreigners, invites the Sc.
ri0us and immediate attention OF con-
gress. The energies OF tpe land depart
ment have been devoted during the pres.
ent administration 60 remedy the defect
aud correct tho abuses In the
public land service. The re-
suits Of these efforts are so largely
In the nature OF reforms In the process
and methods of the public land system as
10 present adequate estimate, but II
appears, by compilation from the re.
ports OF the commissioner Of the general
land office, that the Immediate effect In
the leading cases which have come 10 Il
definite terminstion to the mass OF pub,
lie lands Of 2,7b0,000 acres, that ? SIC, 900
acres are embraced In investlga.
tions now pending before the de.
partment or the courts, and that
action Of congress has been asked 20
effect the restoration OF 1870 600 acres
additional, besides which 4 0r0, 900 acres
have been withheld from reservation and
the rights OF entry thereon maintained
recommend the repeal Of the pre-.
emption aud timber culture acts, aud
that the homestead laws be so amended
as to better secure compliance with their
Tequ rements OF residence, improvement
aud cultivation for the period OF i've
years from date oi entry without commu-
lalioh OF provision lor spoculetNc rem,
q9ishment' l aiso recommena lhG rSpSal
'' ~, $3.50 90 90 ,
these laws rs 20 render them less liable
to abuses As the chief motive for au
evasion az thu laws and tho principal
causp ~ their resplt ip land accumuia.
ton instead OF Land dlstribution rs tht
facility WIN which transfers are made OF
+ ithe rluhtg Intended 10 be- secured to 81 {
tlers n may be deemed advi able 10 pro
. vide nv LEGISLATION some guards ant
, checks upon tho alienation of hOmestea,
. Irlahts and lands covered thereby unit
p patonts issue. Last wear an exeoutiy,
. proclamation was Issued directing the re-
) moval OF fences which luclosed the publ,
domain. Many of the % have been remuvec
D IN obedience To such order. That mucl
, OF the nubllc land still remains within TN
e lines al these unlawful fences, the ingen
5 ions methods resorted 10 in order to con
i Time these trespasses and the hardihoo,
q OF the pretenses by which, in some cases
@ such Enclosures are Justified, are fully dc
i tailed In the report OF the secretary OF tn
: intrrior The removal of the fences stil
Q remaining which inclose public land
will he enforced with ali the authority an,
: means with which the executive branc
!, OF the government ia or shalt be iuyeste
!. by the congress for that purpose,
!. prNstoN NtArrrps
h r,.... :. 49, ,,,..toror =, ,o,,
4 Inc report u 'e NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~ ~,
z slons CONTAINS u 9e, ~ auu inos' 80 ,h
d laotoIy cAuIuit VI wy P' lawns, va
g. pension outeau' DuIluB u'o laas 80 ~
o year wy auluunH VI w. uops -
e 9rgest ~ any yen s'hoo .iio y, -
VI tue uulea", n"u ~ i'aa ~ 81 o.
/ tnai uuilnE tue P,Stiu , l'"I ~ 10,
II DIVISION Oh the W w, ueJ ~ Duuoi i'o'
s thele were ooo, 900 puus'oNoi' e,o
d ne foils OF tuo out' o,o 7o- o'n ",
" 1871 tncrs nave ueeA iigi0,''o ~
j, questions LOT pensions h,eui VI WIZ
e 10 e5' were 9aseo UP "a cs 1870 w, ~ W
D. war ol lel% tHele "glu -l,'ot w. ~
rs applications alloMeu, huiuulus ~ 80
A. me sololets OF lols suu tneii Mlu NM. y,
10 me iolal amour pAiu lot ,'nsipu, n.ne
M 1851 u SeuoioEf OIL o. nc nu,l'oel
" new pensions Alu%.u uu5igs wy y.a
i ending june ~, Isoo ~ tV'e99t'i "a. -
i. NUMBER 'hap ma oeeA a,,o"cu "a NY 5 soa
~ save one SINCE lepi' ne hA'le' W -
m pensioners whleh nou Deen pI.Nious ~
n dropped from the roils "sio lestoleu ~
10 ing the year, ana hiter uSuuutlns mn
N drop WITHIN the same tllle iul saIiou
10 causes, net Increase Iehlslus ior u
is year Of POSTS names. From January
N 1861, 10 December |, 1888, 1867 prlya'
a. pension acts had been passed. Slnce N