The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-03

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~ Adninissr.tion.
The 6rst gun Of the Indiana can
paign, on the Democratic side. va
6red BY Judge Lewis Jordan. Of In
dianapolis. in an earnest and able
speech lately delivered At Lebanon.
After referring TO the fact that the
navy contractors, steamship compan-
les. Pacific railroads. land and timber
thieves q Il. we're al opposed 70 the
present Administration be proceeded
70 show the reasons for some Of this
opposition:
The conquest Of our vast public domain ~
ne 81 sss ~ srssisl Z h,ss1ery
cego platform that lsnds should not Be grant
s So boS ever soon a.
parted from the good resolves Of youth Be
lore the Republican party had reached man
y III ser nsd 4 your Ia u
Future generations VIII b amazed when theS
rsad Of these princcly gifts and win compare
made ~ conqaerins kings 70 their 6saerals
county. be they Republicans, Democrats.
Ssd sssr eses fully n opened Z % bow lssiskiy
upiic domain % favor e friends MS lS:.
OF Indiana II Is twice the amount or land ia
Great Britain and more than in France or Ger
many. Il would make 4,soo.voo homesseads OF
Prior 70 ISL not foot OF public land b "a
been gwen 70 corporations. and it was only
when he Democratic party In ls54 elected :
that halt vas called In these princey riftz
So sc4ndaious did these gifts become that
: EN- leading Republican newspaper OF the
~ -. u lucid moment OF honesty. de-
son 1ced Congress for making = gift enter
prise 81 the public domain. and compIi-
~ c.os. -ess fron Indiana Tor ssnsver having
failed % oppose vigorously every one OF
these meas 1res Of public plumber :" The rail
ross have cen sen 81 s.sss , snSs a. q ~ Az
naks The calcn latlon Yourself and determine
che snot1oos pAs my v'ii receive 4 allowed
hui siscs The bo1ks have been opened n
has been discovered that the railroad com
panics wore not sati stA'd with the strict terms
e ne ,ss q "a zee ssu s,s.
b. the General Land ONE thss gave them
millions OF acres NOS contemplated By the
egsrs ana S
sparks-the whole brood have ben bounding
press have joined II the cry.
The grant TO the Union and Central Pacific
railroads forty niles vide from the Missouri
the Atshson, Topeka santa fe q also forty
miles wide The Atlantic and Pac nc y eieh ty
miles wide. and that TO the Northern Pacific
Territories But these swarhs we're not wide
enough for the grasp,nE sharks 20 they 50 y
me Genera Land Once and are allowed . g
OF these limits. In many cases these lands
had been entered, patented and settled. and
q the comnand OF the sharks the owners were
driven on and made begHars.
r. during the coming canvass. you hear
some wheezy Republican speaker ask: when
se ana
inhuman and brutal treatment Of the West
ern pioneer BY the sharks who issued their
while i was administered By Republican
offciais
We need not 20 70 Ireland to witness the
here 10 our own land have been prscticed
outrages on the Western pioneer tnat have
no parallel in the Green Isie They have been
robbed Of their homes bv . great Govern
ment- which had received pay for Il aad al
this done in the interest OF the great railroad
minisirssion. this has I'll been stopped.
But the railroad companies today are bold
ing on 70 s6.0vn00O acres more than they are
make three re- stases the sze o. Ohio Indiana
and IllinoiA They have not eArned these
landA but are holding on TO them with .
o. Il conxrcss ana ne eyes q Tue wesse r
kght is over tie Northern Psci6c grant me
ton has 20 00o.00 acres more than they have
any right 70. while the senate. looking
th1oush Republican gissses. says The amount
70 have the senate acknowledge even this
last number. Justice travels with : leadcn
sope sSs dsy : not m wSen I'll shsse
lands vili b reclaimed and opened % private
sntry.
raids upon the public lands they have for
midAble rivals in the land monopoly con-
panies which are organized al over the Terri
their stealing Of the public lands With perfect
employ Wild. irresponsible ssos=<-sss 70
rses. and then return ana ale cIainsfor a the
land they have passed over Thee claims are
then transferred q. The land companies.
BY sucn Outrageous frauds Scotch and
English Landlords have obtained estates
y our country Which snrpass n extent end
giish syndicate holds xO1o,Ooo acreo In Texas
and the Holland Land Company l5o0olD acres
= Ns. rca.co A 4. re re- Ensi,.h L OF si
lcree. the Duke OF Sutherland Askv0 acres.
Lord Houghton oQ.o0 acrss> and Lord Dun
ave 0nnd Sn a. EHssh arm sss
10000 acres OF the choicest redwood
lands In California Inc books have not
been fully opened and read but % far Il HIS
been found that foreigners own H.ts.00o
acres OF our public domains. The founda-
tons have been laid for carving out several
Irelands in our own country. These startling
0gures confirm the pea that Il Wa time :. 70
open the bookA" discharge the book-kccper
and place IN honest man IN charge Of the Gen
err. Land once should your local Repu blican
newspaper AK: when are you going 20 open
tbs books," give him some o. the facSs have
furnished you. and my word for IL his organ
will cease q grind out The .qusstsoe. Its the
examination Of these fraduIent entries that
has raiset eucn howl AL along ne kep1b-
&s<3 u these entries were cancelled or held up
for further hearing and more than UnOW
acres reclaimed for bona nde sestler< This
does not include the large number Of entries
which have been cancelled for fraud which
has been developed BY individual coueestA
and the books are being opened every day.
Tue great reform goo on. and Mr.. Sparks u
making the sparks ~ wherever his hands
reach.
fise castie kings have had : regular picnic.
and have taken possessioD Of the remainder
o. the public lands not goobied up BY the
railroad oorporntionS the and com panios and
the English lords Criminal and civil suits In
nfty-six cases were brought the nrst year Of
the Administration against these robborA and
possession OF 1.6SX5 acres recovered In
forty Other cases fences were renewed from
around 566l0 aoreS The cattle kings are
about q lawic>s - their buIls and the strong
arm Of the Government had 70 - evoked to
drive them out 81 the Indian reservations.
Tne raliroad companies. the lAnd comranie&