New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-12

n4 hoe characterized the Development vi tne
W.T. ia dine chiefly to this law enabling an
,,nor;con citizen. or a person signifying his IN
- % becone such, no matter how poor, to
10 a homo of his own and to create valu-
ahlo farm property by three or four years labor
mo nurpose of this law, and succeeding oheS
49, crew ont of its wonderful success, was
oh,,ously enough. to promote immigration agfi-
o,,,,rro ard the population of the great pralfleS'
TotnralIv then, they have been uniformly con-
.,~red nv Republican officials in a spirit OF the
,roatost liberality to settlers. Approaching the
difficulties and dangers inevitably ehoOun'c.
bv a pioneer population, the Land COMMISSION
70 20 sats6ed of settlers good faith, nave eA-
S.o;.od tbnir vast discretion to his ADVANTAGE III
49, -, possible way. In word, the spirit Oh
a. io,,, has under Republican Administrators
,,o,,orped its enforcement. Devised for the ex-
rross purpose of providing homes ana prosperity
Cor millions of the poorest people, on no QUIET
condition than that they should work 1Or Vneni-
selves. it has been applied generously ana 1alr-
T., ord with results Of immeasulable Value "
tbo country and indeed to all civilized races
Pant when Sparks, Mr.. Clevelands Comh,S-
s;onar entered upon the administration OF the
law all this suddenly changed. Before ne nau
had time TO know the daily routine OF MS ou"eS
bo declared in public report that al 'lle ou'
sot,, Of his work he was confronted WIN over
,,.ho,minp evidences that the public domain was
r,ov 70 unscrupulous speculation through sJs-
a.loot;o fraudn and actually the man issued an
ordor which in its effect suspended the opera
40, Of the land laws in the entire country "eSV
Of the Mississippi River and north Oh IeAaS
Not one of these overwhelming evidences. uiu
SHARKS ever produce or even express IN dehhi.e
r,,ords although he spent thousands OF dollars Ill
o,,d;n, ont inspectors to SOY upon the settlers
Tho business of his Office was brought 10 !"
.nodytM land titles in ten States and Terri
.o,;os were thrown into confusion, real estao9
transactions over half the area OF Ule 0i''O0N
States were rendered generally imposslo!e' nun,
dreds of thousands of settlers were nIsC l,Sui'o1
and then denied the rights they had 1uily anu
lawfully earned, while Sparks was enoea'oi!nS
at enormous public eXpenseto beat up Son'9 Nii'U
sc rroof to sustain his reckless partisan charge
railing utterly. he was compelled to resclnd MS
outrageous order, but by that time the BUSINESS
of the office had accumulated enernious'J' %
that no Commissioner, however dlspoSeu W ~
fair and lust, could have avoided the lliiiccIoh
If great hardship on the people Inc oin'0
came into Republican hands upon General Har-
rson's election in this condition OF con1uSioh'
Two hundred thousand claims for patterns long
overdue to settlers were pending. The force 70
dispose of them was not increased and every
CASE was fully inquired into according to the
law. but by constant application 1t mas oeeh
nossible to dispose of them and so much OF the
incominc business as to lead Commissioner
Carter to believe that within another year ne
will have restored the condition OF things as IL
was before Sparks and his Z" overwhelming EVIL.
DANCES Of fraud" came along. A comparison OF
tho work done under Sparks during the hrst
two years of the Cleveland Government anu anu
tint done under Commissioners Gron anu Car'er
! ubotvs fheze results: