Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

~ 10 hNNNA wv lbtu W MENU we are
glao TO learn that Col. Robert @. Inger.
soils Views about the acquisition OF land
have undergone a change. On Sunday
evening, the l4th inst, the eminent inG-
del made some elegant remarks m Chick.
ering hall, at the close OF the Freu-Thnk.
ers' congress, aud In the published 10.
port OF what no said we ind the follow.
ingi
"No man has right TO own more land
than he can use. Why, thiuk II the air
about MS could be bottled up we would
have a big syndicate forming the treat
American Air.Bottling association, and
thousands would die because they had
not money enough to pay for air TO
breathe. That Is what Us going ON with
the land, and II must stop"
lie also declared that II nobody had too
much land every ody would have enough,
and asserted that no would not take an
inch Ct land from any one without paying
for IT,
Ex-senator stephen w. Dorsey, whom
Col. Ingersoll defended when thu govern
ment accused him OF having con.
spired with Thomas j, Brady
aud others to deiraud the nation
and the Taxpayers thereof, came into
possession of tract OF land In New
Mexico said to be ninety miles long aud
sixty miles Wide. After the starroutG
trials Mr.. Dorsey retired to this modest
farm, and d part OF II passed into the
possession of his friend IngersOil, VINO
erected upon the land curious group 4
ornate and costly log cabins These we're
to give him shelter for part of each
year, and they became known ~ Col In
gersolps country seat, Agents of the
laud office, familiar with the tricks by
which unsorupulous persons take possos.
sion Of great tracts OF public land,
made ens Investigation in Ncw
Mexico. The report submit
cd by Inspectors HDDDs and Greene
to Commissioner Mcfarland In June,
1884, and aiterward published by con
grens, Is one Of the most interesting pa
pers Of tne kind that can DO foundjn the
neral land Office. That report contains
II history Of the quarter-seetlon on which
the colonet's country house stood. That
section had been taken In the name Of
Miguel Abeytla, and alterward conveyed
to \ w, Dorsey. No trace Of Abeylia
could be found. No such person had
ever lyed on tue claim or In the vicinity
OF IT. OF a group OF claims, which In
cluded this one, Inspector Hobbs re-
without fear Of contradiction from any
quarter, that all of said entries are
fraudulent; that ali Of said names are
fictitious names, aud not one OF said
parties ever lived In ColfaX county"
When this report was published 1t
seemed to us that the colonel would has
ten TO restore the land to the public do
main, or would Induce his partner, MIR.
Dorsey, 10 satisfy the demands OF JUS
tlce. W. were not ready 10 believe mat
he would cOntlndc to occupy the quarter
section after ne should become familiar
with Its history. Can any one who
hears the colOne's eloquent remarks IN
Chickering bali believe that no still occu-
pies the my tnical Abeytia's claim or owns
large part OF Dorsey's prlncipnlity2 No. |
lie must nave cut loose from all those old !
associations,
Two or three years ago the peo-
pie OF Louisiana became excited over
the discovery Of the McEnery land
ring swindle. The brother OF the |
governor u the state was enabled by |
means Of a peculiar contract with the |
state TO get possession Of thousands OF |
acres Of line land, and the nature VI The |
Job WAS not Exposed until he tfied 10 |
grab the Chalmette battle-ground, when |
the state bought and paid for sixty years
ago. McEnery declared that HIS
legal representative In Washington was
Col. Ingersoll, 10 whom ne had
bis title TO large tract OF
land in payment for services rendered
Recent dispatches 10 the Times from New
Orleans say that 10 900 acres OF land Ia
tue parish Of 81. James were entered In
Col. IngersOll's name. But this entry
was made two or three years ago. II ~
WAS really made with Col. niger
soips knowledge and consent, and
not TO serve the ends Of
iubber In Louisiana, we presume that the
colonel has Telinguished this property or
refused 70 take Il. ono man has right
TO own more Than he can ube.N Unless
we assume that Col. InGcIsoll, while
law aud intdelity IN New York,
i nAiug 200 acres in LOuhiana and a
great slice u Dorsey'5 100000 acres In
New Mexico, we must suppose thai be no
longer holds these large tracts.
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