The herald., 1896-02-06


title? In reply, II seems but proper to say
where persons have purchased lands in
good faith the government should not cause
such innocent persons to suffer. This is
equity, this is justice! But on the other
hand it is well to observe that the wolf
should not be permitted to stalk forth in
sleeps clothing. 1t is we'll and proper for
the courts to be thrown open, in order to
ascertain whether some of these seeming
lambs that have learned to bleat with such
touching tenderness are not in fact veri-
table wolves, whose coverings need but to
be lifted in order to disclose their true
identity.
AN HONEST COURT WOULD DO.
at is needless for the present to enter
into the controversy regarding what an
honest court would do when the vile
natures and vast extent of these alleged
frauds are made manifest. Nor is it SEEM
ingly necessary to consider the following
statements from Judge Widney "As to
reverse the decisions of the United States
supreme court, is not a question for sane
persons to consider" 1t Is to be presumed,
however, and sincerely hoped that our
courts in general, and our high court of last
resort especially, retains some sense of
judicial discernment and moral probity,
Notwithstanding the honorable judges
be permissible to suggest that if the honor
able judge really believed Mr.. Montgom-
ery's opinion unworthy of sane mans
consideration, wherefore did he consume
so much valuable time and space in consid-
Grafton of Mr.. Montgomery's objections to
the fraudulent land grants; for surely the
honorable judge Is reputed to have high
appreciation of his own mental endow-
ments, and would certainly not desire
to be placed in the category OF those
whose lack of sanity impels to a consider
alton of Mr.. Montgomery's opinions.
Really, Judge, had your attack been that
of a man ignorant of the true facts, charity
might have prompted to pass over your in
tirmities and voluble mendacties without
further reflections; but as your virulence is
that of a trained mind we'll versed in the
true facts, and as your attack is against
the cause of justice, must not yield you
to the environments of repose until we
have dissected some more of your "facts."
DO not imagine, however, it will be ccm-
patible or even possible in the present in
stance to examine all your misstatements,
Tor there is still left some charity for you
and no little degree of commiseratiou for
the readers of The HERALD to wilfully nau-
seate them with public dissection and re-
hash of all your odious calumnies. OBJ
serve the incongruous deformity of the fol-
lowing gush, taken verbatim from your ar
ticle, and answer:
WHAT IS THE WARRANT?
"What warrant have you for this jumble
of contradictions and misstatements?
Now in ten years the claim, under the
manipulation of parties interested, has
grown to a grant of 440O acres of the rich
est lands of the San Fernando valley worth
$l2,OOO,OO0. do not hesitate to denounce
the blackmailing scheme which has thus
grown from "a ten-acre we'll defined lct,'
offered for 10000, to a 121 ,O0O-acre
ranch, alleged to be worth $l2,OOO,OO0;
all of which will eventually end in a few
people being duped into putting up some
ise OF getting large prize by healing up
the title. 1t is the sure thing three-card
monte trick.
"Who and what has warranted you in as
Stunning that all twill eventually end in q
few people being duped into putting up
some money in attorneys fees under prom
ise OF getting large prize by healing up
the title? or that it is the sure thing
three-card monte trick?" Such an assump-
ton, Notwithstanding your assumed digni-
ty and judicial pedigree, is false, malicious
and unjust and leads to the legitimate sur
mise that your own seeming acquaintance
with the cure thing was, in fact, the
father to your rash Judgment of others.
ut is unnecessary for present purposes
to give attention to this solon's
splenetic attempt to devour in the
gulp all the legal points involved in
these fraudulent grants. Suffice it to say
that his attempted legal reasonings are 80
paradoxical that they give strong evidence
of near approach to the pinnacle of mon
umental imbecility.
"It is unnecessary for me to add word
of defense for the person or persons who
have taken up the just cause of poor old
Roeerio, for his advocates, besides giving
evidence of deep sense of justice, have
which they have espoused. 1t is no de-
fense for thief to say he does not know
his captor's name. The facts of the injus.
tice 10 Rogerio seem patent, and if these
facts are not true let them be disproved."