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TEE 12 A23VOOA.T2JI, 7 A SAMPLE PIECE 07 REPUBLICAN SfKULDUGGESY. The Chicago Searchlight of November lt makae poouo a letter irom toe secretary of the Kaweab. co-operative ooiooy in Cali fornia to Attorney General 0 ney which shows the spirit that animates the two old parties, bat more especially tne repuou can party, in their dealings with the com mon ceoDle of the United States. It fur nishes another link in the ohain of testimony showing the approach of a mill t&ry despotism. The letter is self-expiana tory and is as follows. Ed. , Los Angeles, Oal , April 21, 1334. To the Hon. Richard Olnv, Attrrncy General of the unitel States, Washington, D. C. Sis: Od behalf of a number of indus trious, law abiding citizens, who earn estly desire to do what is lawful and right, I address you ia your official ca paeity as attorney-general of the United States and respeotf ally ak, in the in terest of law, order and justice, your ad vice and counsel in the premises which I briefly, conservatively and truthfully set forth as follows: In the year 1835, a number of oitizens, commonly known as the Eaweah colo niatf, mostly artisans, of the state cf California, recognizing with much con cern the alarming increase in the ranks of the unemployed, sought to relieve the strain which to thorn, even at that time, appeared to be approaching the danger line, by leaving the city and going out upon the land and inaugurating useful and self sustaining co operative indue tries. They accordingly sought unooou pied government land containing re souroea such as would afford the best opportunities for diversity of employ ments. They nied individually upon lands in Tulare county, California, in conformity with a general invitation ez tended by the government to its citizens, and fulfilled on their part all the re quirement of the law in relation to their filings, which facts are admitted by the government Their bona fides, however, being challenged, final title was with held pending official investigation. Ia the meantime, to prove that they were not "dummies" 83 was suspected by the government, many of the filers settled upon the land; and as it was their aim and purpose to give employment to as many of their industrially inolined ci'i zans as the resources of the region would conveniently and comfortably Bupport, they invited a number of their friends and acquaintances to join them, per mitting them to share equally with themselves in the benefits that might arise or accrue from the exercise of their labor upon these natural resources, usury and speculation being entirely barred from their operations. In good faith, improvements on a large scale were made, and several hundred colonists from various parts of the United States came to take part in the co operative in dustries that were being established. Sshools, a public library and a weekly paper were conspicuous features of this settlement, while on every hand evidence of social advancement and industrial success were abundant. In 1889 an investigatisn was at length made by the government which fully established to its satisfaction the legal ity of the filings, and the bona fide in tent and purpose of the filers. A moun tain road twenty miled in length, which cost these colonists several thousand dollars in money, and several years of hard, unrequited toil to construct, was about this time completed, opening up valuable resources of timber, agricul tural and grazing lands which has! here tofore been inaccessible. At this jano ture a bill was passed (EI. R. 12187) re serving from settlement the townships in which these filings were made. Ds plta the .pUadirji tzi wpreicntitioxi of the colonists, the Interior department maintained that this bill was retroactive in iti operation and that it annulled the filings made by thess settlers five years prior to ita enactment; end in accord anoa with this view, the then secretary of the interior (John W. Noble) arbitrarily and cruelly cancelled the filings, which cancellation car ried with it the forfeiture to the government of the road and other improvements mads by the colonists. Upon technicalities created solely by the passage of this bill, civil and orim inal proceedings were at once com mencedbythe government against the officers cf the colony. The first arrest was for the crime (?) of cutting wfive pine trees whioh had been used to con struct cabins for the men who had built iae eosuy mountain roaa nerein re ferred to, and which the government confiscated, cabins and all They were likewise arrested for trespass, and also on a charge of using the mails for pur poses of fraud. The latter proved to be an entire groundless indictment, insti gated by vindictivenesa and malice. After a four days trial of this oase Judge R83 of the United States dis trict court of Loa Angeles ordered the jury to fl ad a verdict of "Not Guilty" without leaving their seats. The colonists having been thus evicted and persecuted, and being with out money or resources, leased a saw mill upon patented land and proceeded once more to work. Here they were in terferdd with by United States troops and ordered to desist, in their peaceful and lawful attempts to earn alivsli. hood. The effect of these aots of persecution on the part of the government haa been to transform a once prosperous settle ment of industrious American citizens into a wilderness inhabited only by wild beasts; to wreck the homes and fortunes of a number of law-abiding people; to close their schools, stop their industries, and cruelly and inhumanly foroe them into the ranks of the unemployed in a time of great business depression. This infliction ia more aggravating from the fact that the condition into which they are thus forced is the one tbey pru dently and intelligently sought to es cape and from welch they would have esoaped and assisted others to es cape from, were it not for the ruthless denial of their natural and legal rights. Against these aots of the government numerous proteata and appeals were sent from time to time by citizens of Cali fornia and elsewhere to congress to President Harrison and Secretary Noble, all practically without avail. Urgent ap peals have also been sent to the present congress, but action in the matter is for ever deferred. Thus have a number of citizens been brought to destitution and despair by the deliberate and conscious notion of the government; while the resources to whioh they are legally and naturally en- tithdare going to waste and valuable improvements made by them are going to destruction. Notwithstending that it is only access to the resources of nature for actual use, or not money or subsidies they ask, they are, nevertheless, without tangible excuse or reason, still deprived and denied this means of existence. I send herewith copy of testimony in verification of the statements made herein and respectfully refer you for further details, or for corroboration, to the chairman of the select committee of the senate forest reservations in Cali fornia, and to Senators James L Kyle and George C. Perkins. Oorcsza b properly before carsnij, the fullest investigation having been made thereto, and the dealrei of the col onists presented in bills for relief; but notwithstanding ita extreme urgency action ia put off from time to time and the soul-wearing agony of suspense ia added to the injuries already inflicted. Having exhausted all our means in an unavailing attempt to seoure and defend by legal process our natural and legal right of access to the unoccupied and undeveloped resources of nature, and finding ourselves beaten, despoiled and overriden at every turn, we respectfully ask of you what further steps destitute, despairing, but nevertheless, poaceable and patriotic citizans can make to secure to themselves the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," which right the founders of our government declare shall be "inalienable?" That our colonists are industrious, law-abiding citizens, and that they have been actually subjected to the indigni ties and ia justice mentioned herein, is clearly and fully attested in a statement subscribed and sworn to by the full board of supervisors of Tulare oounty, California, a copy of which I attach hereto. That they fully complied with the law in the matter of their filings haa been certified to under oath by officers of the government. That they are in dastrions, enterprising and public spirited is shown by the fact that they dug and blasted from the aide of a pre cipitous and rocky mountain a costly highway twenty miles in length, which Captain James Parker, of the Fourth United States cavalry, in his report to the secretary of the interior, dated August 4, 1803, says, "was laid out with rare engineering skill" and whioh, he also reports, since ita confiscation by the government (without compensation to builders) haa been allowed to go to ruin. Being self -respecting oitizens, they are "ashamed to beg" and are too consci entious and law-abiding to confiscate by stealth or otherwise the property of others. The case is a desperate one. in volving the question of life or death with many of our colonists. I cannot, therefore, too strongly impress you with ita seriousness and the necessity of call iog the attention of the government to ita responsibility in the matter, it hav ing deliberately and with full know! edge of ita acta brought these citizens to this condition. we wish to leave no stone unturned to, in a peaceful manner, secure a proper recognition of our rights; hence this ap peal to you for advice. I respectfully request that you will officially inform the preeident and con gress of the circumstances detailed herein and will make such recommen dations as your sense of justice, reepect of law, and your love and duty to your fellow man may prompt you to suggest. I would farther respectfully suggest that the value of the advice you may be pleased to give us will be enhanced by a due consideration of the fact that hav ing been rendered homeieos and penni less by the action of the government we have no means left with whioh to prose cute our case; that our experience thua far haa demonstrated the unpleasant fact the case of the poor in congress and in the courts la practically a hopeless one where their interests happen in any way even remotely, to interfere or clash with those of the rich and influential; that we depend entirely upon labor for our subsistence, that the opportunity for the exeroiee of our labor was cut off by the wilful act of the government, and that wa have teen thrust out cruelly with thousands of unemployed in a con gested labor market. I have the honor to subscribe mysslf, Youra respectfully, J. J. Martin. Secretary Kaweah Cooperative Colony Olney replied under data of July 12, 1804: "It is not within the province of . the attorney general to advise or lend assistance In thia case." Letter was- signed by Richard Olney himself. Deafness Cannot Be Cured By local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There ia only one way to oure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is eaused by an inflamed oondition of the mucous lining of the eustaohian tube. When thlatube gats inflamed you hare a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it ia entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal oondi tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh. whioh is nothing but an inflamed oondition of the muoous snrfaoes. We will give Oae Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (eaused by catarrh) that cannot be eured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. 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