Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-27

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Tie Republican plal llorm AZ 16e a
I nies tlast the Democratic adniniS II
ton has forfeited ail acro of thiS jxn1
but claims that The Repnbliexns xnd nc
Democrats ID congress combined hav<
during this administratf0n, fDrfeited
about Sc, ,000. 900 acres.
i Let us see as to the truth 0f this ~.
sertion; ard for the purposes of this Ia.
qulry ~e will divide their assertion INTO
two parts.
They deny that the Democratic al
ministration has forfeited one acre ok
land. 2sss
In America 4 president and his cab
met officers are called 1An aslministrA-
Itionn for the reason that they admInis-
ter. enforce the laws. Thus, though
one or other branch of congress has
been Democratic since 1874. we, Re-
publicans and Democrats. speak of
lGrant's. Hayes, ,Garfield' q and Arthur,s
administrations. Then Cleveland aud
his cabinet compose Democratic ad-
ministration.n And 1t is this adminis-
tration which they deny has forfeited
an acre Of this land.
The records show that the interior
department. presided over by +. @. q.
/ Lamar, Democratic member of tho
administration aud therein acting FOR
the President, and without con gressiosl-
al or any other aid. has forfeited Of
lfraudulently held and granted land
s., ,OO0, 600 acres, and restored II to tho
public domain for settlement by the 81
citizen.
We have yet to learn how the n,em-
bers Of congress, Republican 81 Demos
cratic, had any influence Id this mat.
tier, nor can we concieve what action
OF theirs was taken Ia the premises.
AS matter Of fact there was none.
Mr.. lamar. under Mr.. Cleveland .
snrerintendence. simply did that wbioh
bis party had pledged itself TO do, what
he had power under the law 70 do.
what his Republican predecessors hadl
power to do, and which had they done
they would not now be 90 far from
public patronage: the !. flesh pots (,
lof Egypt which they nov 50 long Tor.
To take up the second part Of their
land forfeiture plank; That Republt-
cans and Democrats combined have
forfeited 50, ,0O0, 900 acres Or land This
4 untrue. for the records show that ~
congressional action only ! little more
than one half Of this amount, ,or IS oo0.-
600 acres. has been fnrfsited, and the
bills forfeiting that much .wsre Intro
duced BY Democratic III the lower
house, reported fayorsbiy ~ = Osmo-s
cratic COMMITTEES. pa1ssd w ! Dem6~
cratic house. and Forced upon \ Rspuh.
Ilican senate. IS
The same platform pledges the H4-
publican party 70 continue ~ fbffsit
lands till all shall Be- restored which
should be restored. havs already
showed that auoh plsdge II just oFlti-l
cism Of their past record.
Let US seeif their pledge and prom.
ise OF repentance and conversion 10 the
doctrines Of Justice are well founded Or
whether It's simply rcheme tofuftla-
Ter gull 4 gulIIsh people.
| The present Democratic house u the
present session passed q bill fnrfeitinR
more than 5000 900 ofthese fraudu-
Ilently held lands. The Republican
senate passed bill forfeitjng just
about 8, 600 900. Or about one-eleventh
ss much as the Democratic measure
would have forfeited. II they arc In
Earnest they areas shown by their ofIi-
|cial action, only one-eleventh As earn
est to accompIish this result as are the
democrats.
And I may be excused for saying
that Republican statesmen ars not
nearly 30 greedy to restore these lan1s
to the people rs they once were TO take
them away aud bestow them upon
their pampered fayorites.
During this Democratic adn3iniatra-
ton about $4,000. 900 acres have been
restored 10 the public domain. More
by Il, ,0o0. 900 than the combined area
1of New Hampshire, Vermont, Mac
sachnsetts, Connections, Rhode Island,
New York, New Jersey. Delaware ana
Maryland. factions speak louder than
words, and the Democratic perform
lance In this connection II more liable
to beget confidence IA the future than
the mere pledge Of RepublicAui1m.
which, ju.iged ~ the senate bin, will
be at most an abortion.
4 have endeavorsd 70 indulge liz no
high-iown rhetoric. MI. Editor; 4
have contented myself with facts nnd
| figures. I leave my readers todraw
their own conclusions. They sfe senai-
Bile, reasonable men; they know where
lays their Interest. And, having been
robbed Of such 4 large porti0n Or their
heritage, they ares not likely 10 again
entrust with power that party which
Ibid the rcbbing, on IL mere pledgs ~
trestitution. That q contrary 70 the
usual course of human events. &.
4 At the ensuing election the Rspu6lt.
cans will be rebuked, Cleveland elect~'
|. led, and then Ills Recommendation tbat
les, ,00O, 900 acres additional A. forfeited
4 win becoine Inv, md tl1e peopls Mill
lhave homes, where, 6y the Viii y tlsS'
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