New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-01
CHAs. L Roos, Managing Edito
Wednesday, February 1, 1883.

hepuollcan CUBS should be organized
in every town in Brown county, subor-
dinate to the State and National leagues.
The clubs are not to take the place OF
town and county committees, but are
tospread republican doctrines and edu-
cate the voters politically. It is
the intention of the organizers
Of the National league that these
clubs shall not use their influence
in favor of any one candidate, clique or
faction, but that they shall work for the
success of the republican ticket. The
Republicans of Brown county are sadly
in need of a good county organization
and this can best be done by organizing
clubs in every town in the county. New
Ulm took the lead by organizing a club
yesterday evening. We understand
that the republicans of Sleepy Eye will
organize shortly and Springfield will
certainly follow suit. With these three
clubs to start with it ought to be easy
to arouse sufficient enthusiasm in the
country towns to organize, and with a
republican club in every town, victory
is assured. These Gibbs are of especial
value to the party ihfhat they educate
young voters and prepare them to take
the places they will of necessity be
called upon to fill. They will receive q
political education and in return iufuse
new life and activity into the party.
AS a result of Mr.. Linds argument
the secretary Of the interior has direct
ed the commissioner of the general land
office to demand of the Winona & St.
Petel road the return of certain even
numbered sections of land certified to
it in lieu of odd-numbered sections re.
linquished by the road from its grant,
because occupied at the time the with
drawal of the grant was made. A full
statement of the government view of
the matter, taken up on the suggestion
of Congressman Lind, will be submitted
to the road with the demand, and upon
the answer of the road will depend the
action to be taken by the government.
Mr.. Lind made an argument Saturday
before the secretary of the treasury on
the question as to the status of lands
lying within granted and indemnity
limits at the intersection of the two
lines of road. The st. Pvul & Sioux
City and the Winona & St. Peter cross
each other in Minnesota, and were CIV
en- grants of land under the same act,
giving them the same right to granted
lands lying within the limits of both
grants. Certain lands lying within the
granted limits of the Winona & St. Pc
ter road also lie within the indemnity
limits of the St. Paul & Sioux City.
Certain of these tracks, being occupied
by homesteaders when the Winona &
St. Peter filed its map of definite loca-
ton, were excepted from that grant,
but being subsequently abandoned, the
st. Paul & Sioux City claimed them as
indemnity. A ruling of the department
has settled that tract of land occupied
by q settler when withdrawal is made
and subsequently relinq uished does not
assimilate with the grant, but reverts to
the public domain. This, of course,
bars the Winona & St. Peter from
claiming the lands, but gives the St.
Paul & Sioux City right in it as in
demnity land, the department people
have held. Mr.. Lind contends, and so
argued, that neither road should have
the land. but that the rule enunciated in
relation to the occupied tracts should
apply to indemnity lands as well as
granted lands. Mr.. Lind's argument
is acknowledged by the law division to
be strong one and.secretary Villas was
considerably impressed by it.
AMANA, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1883.
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