The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-26

every year continuously, as we VIII NC
able to show to the court, there has
been q persistent intelligent and ag-
gressive effort to manufacture thelr
claim from top to bottom.
will say frankly to the court that TINS
case, as it stood, unchallenged by the
Government, would have required this
court to confirm to the original grantee,
for the benefit, really of the present
claimants They have presented
their claim based on properly anthem
ticated documents, which, as translated
into English and before being analysed,
make as clean and complete a case OF
a grant as we have ever had before thus
court It seemed tC us that it was
strange that there should come from
Spain and Mexico so many documents
of the greatest dignity, certified by the
keepers of the archives, fortified again
by the certificates of our own officials,
making them thereby prima facle evil
dence in this court.
Coils P. Huntington said: while l
have not entered into the details OF the
title, l have not had time, but my old
friend. Charles Croker, who examined
into it thoroughly, believed in it, and
l shall do all [ can to aid you.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll said: l
have not examined into the matter IS
carefully as Frank Hurd has, but am
satisfied that your wife is entitled 20
that property-she is a charming woman
office and make your headquarters, you
are more than welcome" And at an
other time he said: Yes, if it will be
of any advantage to you, elect me preSl-
dent of your company.
Roscoe Conkling said: IF this title
stood for a tract of land here in New
York l would consider it unimpeaCh-
able; as it is there is so much politics
in the matter that / cannot say just
what will be the outcome, yet L find
perfect title in this woman, Mrs.
ReaviS."
John w. Mackay said4 1T consider
that Mrs ReaVis has as good title to
that immense property as l have to
this hat 1 hold in my hand, and paid
my own money for it
Charles Crocker said: while have
always had absolute confidence in your
wife's title to the grant, 1 think you
will succeed better without our active
support than with 1t, since our sins
would be weighty for you to bear.
To which 1 involuntarily responded.
my wife and niece being present: Il
would gladly be billed for heaven in
a hand-basket laden with your sins.
such was my admiration for that great
son of toll. He was an indefatigable
worker to the last and without QueS-
ton he was not only the first. but
most important of all my supporters
and he left the title question to his
attorneys, thereby DIluSIIlS lIe eIltIIS
syndicate of attorneys and politicians
of the Huntington syndicate into the
scheme through liberal distribution
of shares of stock in the Casa Grande
Improvement Company, which was or
ganized for the purpose of furthering
the schemes in view, the least of which
was the confirmation of the Peralta
grant with it's estimated value of $780,
900, the ultimate object of the syn
dictate being the irrigation of $4,000. 900
acres of land.
I shall close with the exact words
with which l closed the case before the
court of private claims-throwing my
eyeglasses upon the table between my
self and the court / said: II would not
give the value of these glasses to win
that immense estate and be compelled
to assume the responsibilities involved
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