Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-26
LAND-GRAssERS SCORED.

Railroad and Other Monopolies, and
Greedy Thieves Generally, Do Not Like
the Administration
The first gun of the Indiana cam
paign, on the Democratic side. was
fired by Judge Lewis Jordan. OF In
diana]olis, 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 ct al were all opposed to the
present Administration he proceeded
to show the reasons for some of this
opposition:
The conquest of our vast public domain BY
the laud-grabbers has no parallel IN history.
and II ~ IS all accom- piisbed under the rule Of
q party which in is infancy saId in is chi
cage platform that lands should not be grant
ed 10 corporations. but reserved for actual
settlers No wayward boy ever SO soon de-
parted from the good resolves OF youth Be
fore tie Repu can part had reached man
hood II fourteen years, II astd giye1 away TO
SotpoEaaS-oAs lsI'9 acres OF Your iEnd
Future generations viii be amazed when they
read OF these Pr. Eeeig gifts. and viii compare
them with no favorable opinion 10 the gifts
made b con'3uer3Rg Kings TO their Generals
and fay0r51e followers The people OF this
country. be TaeF kepu bI2can>. Democrats
- rec. hackers Or NuEwuElrs have uO- set
had Te.r e. = fully Cp=Elal - 10 now ss.F5>l.y
the E1puul can party mas made cLiS of the
pup. domain 10 taY0r.te friends TINS L.
Ucl. 80 acres would make nine states I4t
Of Indians il IS twice the amount q land IN
GreaI Britain and more than = France OF Ger
NAM Il wou-2 make !. oJJ-J9y ao2lesIea1S OF
Prior 10 Isl not Z foot of public lana I'd
been EiFeu % Corporations. s4I.l Z was only
w1en lie Democratic party II le.4 elected a
majority OF the lower bOG>e 81 Congress
that Z bait was ca led ia these E-.ECelE gifts
80 scandalous did these gifts become that
even 4e&12D- h2DE D5sE9C OF the
West. IN iucG moment o. hOne~rs- de
noGnced Congress for making = git enter
prise OF The public DOMAIN. and compll-
DanIed a distinguished Democratic member
OF Cong ress from Indiana Tor ''neTer having
IA led IL oppose vigorously every one OF
11ese measures "i Pubic pluaCer me RAJ
roads have been selling these saIlds a. Al v
eEage price Of $50 per acre. and you can
make lEe calcu alton yourself AMI deIer1n ne
the enormous pie they VIII receive Il allowe1
t. keep Them al
But since the books have been opened II
has been discovered that the railroad com
paQieS were not satisfied VIA the strict terms
OF the act OF Congress and the amount a.
lowed il them Gut nave had does Ons made
by the Genera Land Office mat gave Them
millions OF acres nO< conte "A lated by the
acts hverg demand made upon tLat ofhce
was promptly b0nored. and because they car
not control the present Co1ng.llsS3oner-Ar
SAaTks-tle whole brood have been bounding
him down. and their allies. the kepu oilca1
press have Joined IN the CRY
TIE grant TO the Union AMI Central Pacific
railrOa - forty miles wide from the Missouri
river 10 the bay Of san Francesca. and that 70
the A1chlson. Topeka & Santa Re IS also forty
miles wide The Atlantic and Pac lie Is eighty
miles vide. and that TO the Northern Pacific
Is one hi andrea and twenty miles vide IL the
Territories. But these swans were not " de
enough for the grs>piTs sharks. Ihe< so 10
the General Lana Office and are allowed 10
select what they call indemnity lands outside
Of the-S limits In many cases these lands
had been entered, patented and settled, and
a. the command OF the sharks the owners were
driven q and made beEgars-
Il. during the coming canvass. YOU hear
some wheezy Rep4 blIcan speaker ask: When
are you gong 10 open the books tel MIN
the books have been opened and disclosed the
inhumsn and brutal treatment OF the West
ern pioneer by the sharks who issued Their
orders through the General Land once
while It was administered by Republican
officials
despotic and cruel rule Of laudloTdIsIu- Rig
here in our own land have been practgceG
os1trages on the Western pioneer tina, have
no parallel in tie Green Isle They have been
robbed OF their homes bF q great Govern
ueDt- which had received pay Tor i. and all
TINS ooile N t.4T !Atttes. o. tnt et5at
lnIuisrration, this has al been stopped
Bat the railroad companies to-.Ia- are hold
ing on 10 e5,ptlUp acres more taan 1Ees are
entitled TO. being a teri tor- large enough 10
make three states T1e SIZE OF ONO Inc ana
and Illinois They have not earned these
lands but are hold5ag on TO them with
oesth-lihe grip. The struggle i now going
on in congress and the eyes II tue Western
people are turned 10 Washington. The . :
light = over the Northern PACING grant The
Democratic House says Ih-s htoa1ed corpora
I0I lt> rt-shttS ll--EE IMAM ILt-- i+t>h
any right to- while me Senate LOOKING
through Republican : asses says the amount
! oD-E 80 -'jJ acre II = soti!e to>t.-At OF
10 have the Se2ate acEnow ledge even this
last number Just CO travels with .eaden
heel bur strikes with an iron hand" and
hope the DAY j. not lar distant when al these
lands VIII be reclaimed and opened 10 private
entry
But the railroads are not alone in their
raids upon the public lands They have for
ruIGabIe rivals n the land monopoly com
panies which are organized all over the Terri
tories These companies have carried on
their stealing Of the public lands W IN perfect
system. Their mode OF operation has been 10
employ wild. irresponsible scoundrels 10
mount their horses and gal!op over the pTai-
RES, and then return and fle claims for ali the
land they have passed over. These claims are
which are composed largely OF foreigners
By such outrageous frauds Scotch and
English Landlords have obtained estates
fertility those held by them al home. An En-
gl5sh syndicate holds aot0,0t9 acres in Texas,
in New Mexico Among the English Lords /
ind the Marquis of Tweedale owns I453,0g
acres, the Duke of Sutherland A., e1l acres,
Lord Hough1on 600 acre>- and Lord Dun
raven. in Colorado. $1,000 acres Special agents
have found that an English arm has o6ta ned
1ul0l1 acres OF the choicest redwood
lands in California The books have NOT
been fully opened and read. but far i has
been found that foreigners own 31,s4.-0y0
tons have been IS 4 for carving ont several
Irelands IN our own country These starting
open the books. discharge the bO0k-heeper
and place al honest man in charge Of the Gen
era Land Once. should your local Repo bl1cau
newspaper ask: " h hen are you going 10 open
tbs books give him some Of the facts i have
furnished you. and. ms word for It. his organ
will cease IN grind out the question. Il Is the
examination OF these fraduleG1 entries that
has raised such 3 howl all along the kepuD ID
l!can line. In one year. ending March 81. lisa
- Of these entries were canoe. &c or held up
for further hearing and more Inan o4.DtJ
acres recla med for bona d1e settlers This
does not include the large number OF entries
which have been caDce4ed for fraud which
has been developed b. individual contests.
sud the books are bang opened every day
The great reform goes on. and Mr.. Sparks Is
making the SPARKS Iy wherever MS halQs
The cattle kings have had regular picnic,
and have taken possess on OF the remainder
of the public lands nOi g0bhled up by the
railroad corporations the land con panies and
the English lords Grim nal and civil suits 4
ffty-SiL cases were brought the Irst ye ar o.
the AdTnjnistraE On aga st these robbers and
possession OF ltS2-5a5 acres recovered In
forty 9th = cases fences were reno ved from
around 56d.lSJ acres. The cattle kings are
about as iaw4eSS as their bulls, and the strong
arm of the Government hal TO be evoked to
drive them ont OF the Indian reservations.
The railroad companies. the land com paules
the English lords and the cattle kings oper
ated in the open country. and left the forests
for the timber thieves During the first year
OF the Administration 5l5 Grim! ual cases and
go cIvll cases were commenced against these
timber thieves The amount involved IN the
civil suits was S5.504- SAGA and thus you see
how extensive the depred aIioEs were Of
course they were all opposed 10 opening the
books I'd are also opposed 10 opening the
doors of the penltenJiaTy.
Iwould like TO refer in detail to the frauds
sanctioned by the Republican Administers
tons IN surveying private land grants in New
Mexico. Colorado and Arizona The history
reads like a romance but unfortunately the
and Mexican land claims are the foundation
for ali this rascai!T- Gan only, give you