The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-03-30

the suit in Equity No. 16, which Mr.
Blanchard has the honor to repre-
sent the Government in and not the
settler. How long will it take the
settler to receive title to his land
by this means?
| Now, will you be honest with me
and admit that you have been on the
back track these 20 years, that you
have been writing and publishing in
your paper the troubles of our poor
settlers; and just come out plain and
acknowledge that there was an error
made by the land department, and
we must go back to the origin of the
error to correct it? The land de-
| partment has ruled in $50 cases to
| the effect that it had made an error
in issuing patents to the railroad
company. and has given them orders
TO re-convey the land To the Govern
ment. So, this being the case, we
have the land department as "A wit
ness 20 the error, under it's own rul-
ing. Tben, why Is the ease in the
courts? Why does not the land de-
pertinent act just as it does wit
| homesteaders? When it rules they
have received patent through error
or fraud. the patent is cancelled and
issued to the party it has decided is
justly entitled to it.
Ii You have any suggestions to Of
fer, that are better, trot them out.
| want to get hold of the right string,
and You are invited to assist in anv
way you can. Let's thresh it ont
and see What we can find.
Very truly yours,
T. O. HART.
If he wants to discuss this mat
ter with US, Mr.. Hart should have
addressed his letter to the Chroni-
Gle instead of coming at us by the
roundabout way of another news
paper. 1t has been our practice
for life time to give every man
a fair show With all due res
pect for Mr.. Hart, we will say
the entire history Of the Back
bone Land Grant has been given
in the Chronicle, and hundreds
of the citizens of Grant parish
know that almost any and every
phase of the subject has been
stated, discussed and explained
in articles in the Chronicle,
amounting to many columns of
matter, and running over a pc
Rod of more than twenty years,
from the discussions in Congress
when Mr.. Blanchard was there
making his fight in behalf of the
settlers, (which led up to the
celebrated Blanchard Robert
son" COMPROMISED, and on down
to this day and time. All of our
discussion of the subject was full
ly and freely given in behalf of
the settlers, and without any
political axe to grind. 1t lis there
fore fruitless for us at this time
to enter into a discussion of this
old subject with Mr.. Hart or any
other person.
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Chronicle we publish the account
that Mr.. Blanchard has resigned
as special counsel to represent
the settlers in suits in the u. S.
Circuit Court, brought under the
provisions of the Blanchard Rob-
ertson compromise. Without
discussing any of the reasons for
Mr.. Blanchard's resignation,
which seem to be ample and plau-
sible, we>will say that his action
leaves the field open, as it were,
for Mr.. Hart to exercise his full
force and strength in the Louisi-
ana Legislature to have this
great wrong righted in the very
way he says is the right way. |
Mr.. Hart is now virtually amem-
Der of the Louisiana Legislature,
md he assumes to know just a
title more about this matter than
else, and if he will only
make good" his pretensions we
stand prepared to forgive him for
'iding into office on our old hob