Arizona republican., 1891-11-11
A VERIFIED CAsTIGATION.

Hon. Thomas II. Carter, commission CT of the general land office, in his an- nual report of September 23, 1891, does ex-Commissioner Sparks-Cleveland' s commissioner of the general land office up in great style. On the first page of his report, Commissioner Carter says: Tt will be remembered that in 1885, and for several succeeding years, the commissioner in charge of this bu- reau conducted his administration upon portion of the settlers on the public do- main were dishonest, and disposed to evade the law, and .defraud the govern ment. In the presence of this violent assumption, each settler was placed at the disadvantage ot being presumed guilty of evil intent until he made the contrary appear"
 Commissioner Carter says that Sparks took it for granted that large propor- ton of the settlers were scoundrels. He might truthiully have said that Sparks considered every man a villain who wanted piece of land on which to build home, as that was the size of the brain material of Cleveland's commits sioner of the general land office. He was essentially crank, and his cranky notions finally became as objectionable to Cleveland as to the settlers.
 Commiss toner Carter further says: All preemption entries were pro- nounced bad, and of timber culture en- tres he sets down 90 per cent. as fraud ulent. To sum up, however, it ia but necessary to quote from page AS of his report the sweeping conclusion of Com missioner Sparks, which reads as fol- lows: "At the outset of my admins tration, was confronted with over whelming evidence that the public do- main was being made prey of unscru pulous speculation and the worst forms of land monopoly through systematic fraud, carried on and consummated under the public land laws"
 Commissioner Carter then goes on to say: Entertaining such views, it was but natural that the commissioner should in every possible way impede the transaction of business in the bu- reau. Such was the policy pursued"
 In this style, the report goes on to show Sparks unwarrantable and outra- geous proceedings while he was in power under Cleveland, and he literally fays MT. Sparks alive by his arraign- ment of facts, showing the rottenpess of Sparks administration.
 The people of Arizona, Ike all the western states and territories, got dose of Sparks, and they can he lrtily applaud the present commissioner for dealing Sparks the iron blows he 50 richly merits. The country has not yet recov- cred from the outrageous act of Sparks before he was summarily kicked out of office.
 The entire report of Commissioner Carter is an able document that amply evidences the fact that settlers on the public domain are considered as honest men by the present able administration of the general land office.
 The entire system under Mir. Carter's administration is excellent, the vast amount of accumulated work under Sparks has been worked over as rapidly as the circumstances would admit, and every detail of the office fully equals any prior administration, and in many points surpasses.
 The people of the west congratulate themselves that they have big brained man in the office that affects their inter ests more than any other government bureau.