Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-19
The National Domain.

Julius Chambers in Pg. Dispatch.)
Indications are that the worst of the
land frauds in Oregon has not been told.
1t appears to have reached to the State
az well as the Government lands. Gov
ernor Chamberlain is out with letter
in which he charges d. J. Keliher OF
Salem with acquiring" 100000 acres of
State lands by fraud. similar in general
terms to that employed by Senator
Mitchell and his coparceners. The
stealing of the public land, whether State
or national, ought to be made capital
offense-like horse stealing in the Far
West. Although Attorney General
Knox when in Office began the proceed
ings that have resulted in the convic-
ton of few scoundrels in Oregon the
same thievery has been going on for ~
wears in every State beyond the Missouri
river. Each and every one OF these
cases Of palpable fraud ought to be re-
opeped and the fraudulent sales invali-
dated. What is the use of public crit
icism of presidents and directors Oh
trust companies and life insurance COM
panies when it is well known that
long line of Secretaries of Interior have
winked at the stealing of public lands
by members of the political parties to
which they belonged? They have hesl-
tated to arrest the despoilment of the
Nation because it might injure the
Grand Old Party" This is not idle
talk from a Republican, / know it to
be true. Senators and Representatives
have known about crooked work in the
land department for years, and yet
there wasn't single man in the bunch
who would introduce a resolution ask
ing for an investigation The Demo
Gratis are as bad as the Republicans.
What is the use of minority if it be
not charged with exposing the chicanery
of the majority. All majorities grow
corrupt and arrogant.
~
What do we see instead? A lot OF
cheap politicians going around the
world on junket when their duties lay
at home. OF what relative Importance
are the Philippines to the people OF this
country compared to the safeguarding
of the public domain? Several million
acres of Government land have been
stolen by trick and device while the
trusted Secretaries of the Interior
Chief Justices of the Chancery Court
that is popularity supposed to safeguard
the interest of the helpless millions oi
*x*
This subject is one calculated to make
a native born or naturalized citizen OF
this republic very angry. One has only
| to cross half dozen times on the ocear
| steamers to ascertain that millions o
acres of the best grazing land of thi
| country are in the possession OF brag
CART English capitalists who flout us Il
our faces with the fact that they do no
owe any allegiance to the United State
and would not give up their British
citizenship. And yet these intruder
have gathered up this land which woult
furnish thousands of homesteads for de
sirable agricultural population. Thi
foreign ownership Of land is what ha
cursed Ireland for 200 years, and the
day will come when it will cause revolu
ton and international complications
4 Nine-tenths of these vast areas of terri
tory have been acquired by connivanc
at fraud Talk with any former officia
in the land Office and you can learn tina
these words are true. The men in OF
fee today will not dare tell the truth
although they are assured that there !
a man in the White House who has no
the slightest liberation for thievery Il
public Office.