The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-19

SOOn lel lntO some cattle company On tue
ground floor" When Cleveland retired
them for the good OF the service they all
found themselves in profitable business
in land or in cattle-not even excepting
the great grandson OF his great grand
father" who, upon retiring from a lucrat-
i've Office at Helena, discovered himself
the PROPRIETOR Of the Montana LiUe Stock
Journal and manager of the Harrison cat
tie company, in which, the Chicago TT7b-
une says Steve Elkins has an interest
No doubt this company has suffered
through Cleveland's s administration, too.
As the Field and Farm indirectly says,
Cleveland has made il possible for the
man with the plow and reaper to settle In
the midst OF these arrogant cattle Kings by
sending officials from the states TO protect
them-men who could not be bribed 4
few who had forgotten their superior'g
edict that q public Office was a public
trust and associated too freely with the
ex-land-grabbers and timber thieves were
summary dismissed from Office.
Everybody remembers how Mr.. Clere-
land suspended by telegraph the chief
justice OF New Mexico upon the informa-
ton OF George ". Julian that Dorsey had
been appointed by the new judge COM
missioner to draw jurors for Colfax
county and had taken dinner at Dorsey's
ranch. The Young Judge Immediately re-
paired 10 the white house, with influential
democratic congressman and a wealthy
andintuential democratic father-in-law, 10
plead for reinstatement, giving IS an ex-
cuse that he didn't know Dorsey. Don Z
know Dorsey replied the president;
"whv, every school boy knows who Dor
sey is. No, sir, ! shall not have anv one
in the government service who does not
know who Dorsey is. And the next day
Judge Van Long of Warsaw, Ind, was ap-
pointed In ms place, upon the recon-
mendatiOn OF Congressman Lowry. Last
winter the "branding-lron legislature OF
Wyoming passed mavericks" bill giving
all the mavericks or unbranded cattle
found in the "round-ups" 10 the Stock
Growers association. Gov. Moonlight,
who was sent by Cleveland from Kansas,
over the protes OF the Wyoming demo
crats-who were themselves tainted with
land-grabbing-ye the bill upon the
ground that small owners and settlers
would be at the mercy OF the asSocia-
ton. There was such a howl raised by
the stockmen and the range press
that if the governor had not been an old
soldier he would have been driven out OF
the country. HAS not GOV. Moonlight
found out this was a cattlemen's country?
He will fill the range with grangers-"
"We demand the Old fogv's removal"
and like expressions were freely uttered
by the Observation-Disclosures
Although the Cheyenne society, com
posed of sons OF English baronets and
others with cattle on the range. ostracized
him for his action, he is still governor,
and, with Cieveland's s reelection, he will
continue to veto maverick bills till all the
English companies have been crowded
out by American settlers who will develop
the agricultural and mineral resources,
the latter OF which are more extensive
and varied than those Of Pennsylvania,
hsving incxhalstible fields OF coal, iron,
copper, petroleum, soda and all kinds OF
bui lding stones.
What was this maverick" bill7 Every
summer, generally in June, the associa-
ton orders general ''roundups" OF the
stock for the purpose OF branding the
calves and colts dropTed since the last
branding. The country is divided into
districts or "round-ups," and all the
stock found within each roundup" Is
driven TO the designated point, where the
calves and colts are branded. In Wy
oming there my be a dozen "round-ups,"
and one owner may have cattle in all Of
them, as the stock viii shift one and two
hundred miles during a season. he must
berepresented at each roundup" 70 pro-
tect his interests. The cali is given the
same brand that the COW which it follows
bears, but If such brand does
not belong to the association"
the cali is declared a maverick,
and given the association brand, or sold TO
the highest bidder to defray the expenses
of the round trip. OF course this is ille-
gal, but the small owner or settler who
owns the calf cannot afford to protect his
rights in a dozen round-ups with Win
chester, and he is barred out OF the aSso-
ciation with big fees. 1t happens at the
close OF round-ups that many calves have
lost or been detached from their mothers.
and 1t is impossible to determine their
ownership. 1t has always been the GUS
tom OF the association TO take possession
of them. but the territorial court, as reor-
ganHed by Cleveland decided that the
association had no right TO claim un-
branded and unknown stock. and the
maverick bill vetoed by the governor was
10 give them the right. Under the opera
ton OF the maverick rule II was easy for
the cowboys to appropriate non-associa-
ton cattle by cutting OF the calves rom
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swallowed up bv the branding iron OF for
eign corporations. The origin Of the
word "maverick" is traced to a Texan
named maverick, who, during the war.
STAYED at home. and while the COWBOYS
of western Texas were fighting for the
"lost cause" branded al the young un-
protected stock with maverick, and
made a large fortune.
How many believe that, in view Of his
political surroundings, Gen. Harrison
would in the remote event oi his cleo
ton, appoint territorial governor who
would veto a maverick bill. or that he
would remove from the bench
Judge for appointing Dorsey to draw
Jurors 10 try cases between cattlemen and
farmers, when SAID judge had behind
him leading congressman and an inrin-
ential family2 Gen. Harrison would be
inclined to overlook the shortcomings OF
an official who belonged TO an "old
family, "and especially one with grand
pa" Who ever heard OF a dishonest
officer dismissed by a republican presl-
dent? It would be we'll 10 inquire
whether Gen. Harrison would appoint for
territorial officers men who would not run
their offices in connection with live stock
journals and cattle companies, whether
he would retain Surveyor General Julian
10 complete his work of unearthing the
Mexican fraudulent grants, or re-appoipt
one of his predecessors, who increased the
Maxwell land grant from $4,000 10 100.
600 acres-the grant upon which the Hol-
land company Is now trying To eject over
a thousand American settlers with arms.
IL would be well 10 know first how much
influence Steve Elkins would have in the