Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-04

sired to submit ON the part Of the house
tu additional article of Impeachment
and the article was read, which alleges
that the land commissioner attempted to
g't his chief clerk to sign Il fraudulent
certificate to a map.
Major Walton said he did not think
thi1 character of proceeding legal or
r'gulur and that the drmurrers, general
and -pecinl shall apply to This aciiclr as
well as the answer TO the original ar
ticlr,
Senator Simpson moved that this ar
ticlr Of impeachment he stricken out
The motion was lost by vote of 10
TO u.
The witness testified that the applica-
tiou Of II. l.. Haldcn1n was granted be-
fore the lands In Liberty were
put ON the market rs detached
section SOME OF the sections were
detached. The applications of courts
the day the receipt ut notice was re-
c'ived. FriAlenhuus applications were
filed on Ian. -. and were filed by Ne
Carthy for Fricdcnhaus. The upplica-
ton Of ID, Boaa was filed ou Jan ~,
and was awarded after notice Ind been
recriN.d from the clerk, and this was
done 10y direction OF John McGaughry
chief clerk in tllnt department. Did no
make exceptions In fuvor Of anybody
else w the Liberty county lands Wit
ness didn't racollcct how notice was re-
cciycd from the clerk OF Liberty county.
whether 10y wire or note The notice
from tue clerk of Harris county came Wy
wire. DIDN'T recollri who filed DE Cor
doNus applications, which Wen filed on
the 10Th of December. The applications
Of Quincy and Stafford were both filed be-
Tore notice was sHui Ia the count, clerk
putting the land ON sale. The application
Of - BnhI was filed Dcc. ld, before the
.ierh was notified and on the very dny
NAV llt change was made and the land
put un w. mafhrt' me witness, acting
uAhsf instructions ~ John Mctinuglpy.
made NE awards on thai day. Witness
lnhut me sales Of the lands in jasper
vuunH Nuress Assistant Mr., Mckay
,naIe lhr examination as TO whether the
llhH anus were ON me market and the prices
Hn MN rFp9tl'q TO NM
i,, iu1 'iuNslnca'in OF These lands show
nric,s tbat tl,sr ,,a,', ~, "eiu anu NE
t"lh''''slohei' were submitted In evil
'yS NM u.,, ~
~ ,pri'yS Were all lower than the
Wlp's hlu unNn held under the cllssii.
, LILY vi lno'' Inc document showed
,',', '',vsv anus were sou TO various mill
nv ,5'ri ny '.9Ss leAns' ana Tue com
ia, n,rlet ,,,narn ,in' tne lnnu was ON
'uI marhet Eehern,y The same day the
,Ih,c was lnagr az the land office, 50 that
i suc ppopie oil the county could not have
h ru,iI thai me lana was on the market
unul tho land was sold. These lands
MT 1 svil AT total reduction Of Sl0.-
mi m'sII'Ss ula h2t know thai d.
NV ~ , hyled rs agent for the purchasers
houghf some for himself Heard Cnii
~ 1i93uorsing aus Classification. Witness
VA NOT NhoW OF hls own knowledge that
n,, ~, 1 s. ahy POINT TO Philips. He
~ aountio. si,',,, ni lunu IN my or six
'oum1eS hlliiar TO those sold in Har-
Ia,rro "s IIoerdy counties. Randolph
,is'W.enre was NJ That lime chief clerk
vi "" sonooi lond department
thcre V'S weSa Wy, knew that
unsHilS We're my or more counties IN
Mh'gn lands OF lhis character were put
on the market. IL was generally undor.
stood that AL lands were on Tie mar.
KY 20 actual settlers without any sp.-
ciai instructions on this point. say sN
The counsel for defense here objected
To the compilation OF the classii,s,tion
Of the Jasper county lands ami ast,'h
for the original records The chair i belI
that the compilation was admissable 'i NV