Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 06, 1882, Page 4, Image 4
UMABAJMEONDAr MAECH ' 6 188 * The Omaha Bee * Pnbllahed every morning , ctcopt Sunday. Che only Monday morning AMy , THUMB BY MAIL - ! One Viar.$10.00 I Three Months.3.00 BU Months. 5.001 One . , 1.00 THE WEEKLY BEE , published ev- TOJUMS TOST PAID - One Year. $2.00 I Tli roe Months. . 50 Blr Month * . . . . 1.00 | One 20 COgnESPuNDKNOE All Comtnunl. Ifttiona relating to News and Editorial mat- on nliould he addressed to the EDITOR or THE BF.E. BUSINESS LETTEHS-A11 Bnnlncw Letter * and KcmittnnocH should be ftd- drewed to THE OMAHA PrnLisniNO COM- PANT , OMAHA. Droiln , Check * and Post- office OrdciB to bo made payable to the order of the Company. OMAHAP'UBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs EiROSEWATER , Editor. Tun Iowa legislature has decided to disband by the 10th. They are liable to have a rathor. lively debate ever congressional reapportionment before they adjourn. Tun true inwardness of the Elkhorn Yalloy land ring is discloBod in the transcript from Peter Schwonck's record , which wo publish olsowhoro. In the language ) of special agent Sib- bald , "It is a record of rascality. " TUB jobbers and traders who in tend to earn a livolyhood at the expense - ponso of our taxpayers are already on the still-hunt for the places that are to bo vacant in April. Unlosss an organized effort is made to thwarl them they will succeed. IF any bonds are asked for wooden pavomonts'wo shall adviao our citizens to vote them down. The owners of property on any street that needs paving should not ask this < Sity to impose - pose a general tax for wooden pave ments. THIS Washington correspondent of the Omaha Republican who draws sic dollars a day out of the national treasury as Valentines committee clerk , will discover upon reading the editorial correspondence of Tun BEE that Ilosowater was not an idle spectator tater in Venice during his recent visit at the national capital. WITH the appointment of Roscoe Colliding as associate justice of the supreme court Tin : BEC has no fault to find. In point of ability , Mr. Conkling is the poor of any member of'the supreme bench- and his integ rity is unassailable. If ho accepts wo believe that ho will' fill the position as creditably as any mnn" that might have .boon named. , . j W But when it is assorted that Iloscoo Oonkling'n appointment and confirma- J'.on as judge of the supreme court is Vindication of his course in vacating his seat in the senate during a great p ) litical crisis , or when it is asserted that Mr. Conkling's appointment vin dicates the principles for which ho was contending in opposition to President Garfield , wo demur. The most ardent , and intimate friends of Roscoe Cockling admit now that his withdrawal from the sonata was a grave blunder. They see in the light of past events that under our system of government senators and congressmen cannot desert their post of duty by resignation for the purpose of obtaining vindication of a political principle at the hands'of their consti tuents at the ballot box or through the legislature. Such a course may safely bo pursued in England or Franco but would bo utterly impractical in the United States , The labored effort of the Omaha Republican to show that Oonkling's appointment was in'accord with the so called principles for which Mr. Conk- ling was contending against Garfield is based on false logic. The appointment of Rosooe Conk- ling to tho'supremo bench was an ex ercise of the prerogative of the execu tive mid in direct opposition to the principles or rather the prerogative for which Conkling was contending Iloscoo Conkling , appointed as successor to Justice Hunt , who hud been < appointed by President < Gra t at o instance of Senator Oohkling" It was a Now York appointment and according to Mr. Oonkling's princi ple * should only have boon made upon the advioo of the senators from the tate of Nq\v York. Did the senators frnm New York , MOSSK. Lapham and Miller , advise Roscoe Conkling's appoint ment ? Wore they consulted by Presi dent Arthur before he-tjjfiUo the ap pointment ? Did not Preld < jtA.rthur appoint Conkling as his" " personal choice without reference to. the wishes of the senators from Now fork ? Tin's bo had a perfect right to do1 because ho know Conkling as wellas , they did * nd did not nead their ad vice as to his fitnew for the position , but in so dring President Arthur did not sustain Mr , Conkling'fl principles pf senatorial pro- rpgativoj and the senate in voting to confjrra Conkling did not vindicate hit previous conduct in deaonjng his post pf , dtty ) In.flthe.fenate , MR , ADAMS' REMEDY. Mr. Charles Francis Adams , Jr. , who Is well known in railroad circles , s the former railroad commissioner i Massachusetts , and later as ono of ho arbitrators for the trunk lines , lias Toposod what ho claims to bo a simbi 110 plan for national railroad regula tion. Briefly stated , Mr. Adams would have congress create a railroad i : ommi sion composed of three mom-1 brrs , to supervise interstate commerce Mid to collect facts and figures with luch recommendations for future log- slationas may seem advisable. To , his commission Mr. Adams would have given the fullest powers to send 'or persons and papers , to investigate 111 complaints of discrimination in ilmrgcs and faulty service , to consider onflicting claims of localities , and generally to obtain such data as may o of service in the gradual enact ment of a system of national railway cgulation. Mr. Adams' plan contains none of ho elements of novelty. It is simply n plea for moro time in behalf of the monopoly managers and against the rapidly rising tide of public sentiment which domandn immediate relief for the producers of this country. It is difficult to BOO why the people of the United States should contribute $30- 000 annually for the salaries of thrco commissioners who are powerless to , pply any remedy for the evils which they may discover , and whoso duties will consist merely in the collection of statistics for congressional buncotrbs. What attention , pray , does Mr. Adams believe congress would pay to their recommendations. Wouldn't the very companies incriminated by the commission BOO to it tlmt those ( recommendations wore not incorpora ted in any legislation which would bo unfavorable to their interests ? Mr. Adams refers to the success of the English railway commission which has boon in operation for ton years and has given general satisfaction to the British public. But the powers of the English commission begin at the very point where Mr. Adams would have these of his Amtricnn railway commission end. The Eng- ish government hears complaints as to discrimination against shippers and localities and regarding faulty service to the patrons of railways and canals. Up to this point it performs the same functions as Mr. Adams' commission. But having heard these complaints the English commission is vested with full power to either dismiss the cases or to order immediate redress. It forbids discrimination and orders the rectification of faults in the service , and its commands have all the force and authority of any court of law in i the realm. Aa stated by a recent writer , "It makes trains atop at'etationa at which it thinks they ought to stop ; compels companies io erect stations where it thinks it should have them , and to provide proper accommodation at them for passengers and traffic. In I factfifseoa that the corporations por-'J form reasonable service under their charters , and for this purpose it has the jurisdiction of a court of equity , or , in other words , can compel spe cific performance of what it assumes to bo the contract entered into by the the railroad and canal companies with the public. The three commissioners receive $15,000 a year each , enough to command the services of first rate mon. The tribunal has now boon in operation ton years , has given all but universal satisfaction , and is consid ered , for all practical purposes , to have solved the railroad problem for thu British public. " Mr. Adams' suggestion seems to us only valuable in its admission that na tional railway regulation has become a necessity. It is gratifying to know that thu railroads are beginning to ap preciate a fact which has boon felt with grinding force by the , popple of the country for a number of years past. Intorstuto commerce is beyond the regulating power of the states and is especially confined to the care of cong ss by the national constitution. State railroad commissions have their own field which cannot bo invaded by any laws passed by congress for the regulation of intor-stato traffic. But any laws which may bo enacted by congress on , this important subject must bo in the nature of a remedy for existing evils , and j must carry wjthin themselves the powers of enforcement Mr , Adams' suggestion has neither of these requisites and on this acqount is useless , impracticable and will act only as a bar to other legislation com petent to'afford an immediate aijd greatly noodoa relief. rural Nebraska editors of the democratic persuasion have changed their tune of late on the tariff issue. A few weeks ago they wore clamoring for absolute free trade ; now they want a tarifl for revenue only , There is a alight difference between those propo sitions , A tariff for rcronuo adjusted o us U > encourage American manu factures is all that any reasonable American asks for , bus free trade is a fallacy that cannot bo practically car ried out in this country , and if it could.be , it would prpyOj ruinous to American prosperity. IiJO' , WESTERN RAILROAD PRO" GUESS , The completion of the Missouri Pacific from Atchison to Omaha , and the several branch lines projected in Nebraska , will signalize an active comtt p otition ( for eastern and central Nom bi raska trade between Ohicago and St. jouis. An official states that on comei lotion of the main line the force of graders , will bo put to work on an ex1 tension north of Omaha , with ft vi6w f occupying country not now belongai ng to any other system. A great many small branches will be run hroiigh the rich valley contiguous to g o main line , which will give the B. M. considerable trouble in the south- inst. Nothing dofmito has been dovnlg ipcd regarding the intention of the B. & M. west of Denver. The pa- ors filed by the company with the locrotary of Colorado provide for ranches in any direction the coin- any may chooso. A stub road to the : oal mines near Golden has already been secured , and another to Boulder , northwest. The Ohicago Tribune as- orta that this company has acquired i largo interest in the Denver & Rio Grande railway , and that it will sooner or later control it. It seems to bo quite certain that the Utah ox- .onsion of the Denver & Rio Grande will bo used aa a direct outlet for the Burlington from Denver to the Pa cific coast by laying a third rail , thus making it possible for the Burlington to run its trains over this lino. The other branches of the Denver & Rio Grande are to bo utilized as feeders for the Burlington main lino. Now that the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fo has boon virtually despoiled of an independent outlet to the Pacific coast via the Atlantic A Pacific rail road , in consequence of the Gould- Huntington combination , it is so much the more important that the Burling ton should secure an independent outlet - lot to the Pacific via the Denver & Rio Grando. Should the latter also fall into the hands of Jay Gould , the Burlington would bo as much at the mercy of that manipulator as the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fo , and it would bo compelled to give its Pacific business to tlio Union Pacifin at Den ver , and accept such rates and terms as Gould may sco fit to impose upon it. Thomas Miller , recently appointed general freight agent of the Burling ton system west of the Missouri , vrith headquarters at. Omaha , stated to a reporter that on the completion of the line to Denver , the southern trains and the Omuha and Lincoln trains will connect'tit Red Oloud and pro ceed west as one. The arrangement will bo a permanent one. There was no j likelihood that a southern line from j Table Rock to Kansas Oity would bo built , as trains can bo run to that place over the K. 0. , St. J. & C. road as at present. The mania for now .railroads in Kansas has reached an-nmuaing'stago. The chartering' ' ofj now roads has bo- v t * ? * -fJ , > pirut , come the favgrito of _ amusement of curbstorW"Capitsiist I ; This activity is a common ocourronco before the bieonnial sessions'of the legislature. These cities and sections of the , state that clamor must for a' reduction of railway tariffs are deluded with the idea that they are soon to bccomo railway centers. Preliminary sur veys are made , stakes are stuck , and the illusion is kept up until after the legislature adjourns. It is the old trick , that always ruins the game. A correspondent writes that Wichita has boon elevated to the seventh heaven by the numerous paper roads that radiate from that uncommon center. The latest is the Wichita & Northwestern. It will bo iu : air , line , subsisting on wind. Its line will ex tend northwesterly from Wichita , crossing thirty-seven counties in Kansas , seventeen in Nebraska , and ending the Lord only knows whoro. Its western term nua is shrouded in impenetrable mystery. It will strongly compote with the great Gould system , and ruin the Bun Fo. The principal office * will of course bo in Wichita. The progress of the Northern Pa cific during the present year will overshadow - shadow all previous records of rapid railroad construction. It is estimated that there are 0,000 men working on the line in Washington and Montana territories , On th'o east side of Lake Pond d'Oroillo grading has boon donu to the extent of twenty miles. From there to JIullan tunnel men are get ting out ties and Umber very rapidly , the wood being red fir and pine , E. L. Banner & 09. , of Missoula , have the contract , and are working 200 men , and have five sawmills in opora. tion. The stuff i * taken from the country on portion * * of thu line , and some has to bo huulud from other points. The country is bettor for tin ) , bor and ties than anywhere on tin's side of the Rooky Mountains. Down the Deer Lodge Valley , Washington , Dunn & Co. have a contract for grading , and have completed about fifty out of eighty miles between Deer Lodge and Missoula. They have 200 mon at work. At the Mullan tunnel work io progressing at a lively rate. Two Ingorsoll drills are at work goinq through the solid rock , and have now penetrated about 850 feet into the rook. The engineers propose (9 ( sink a shaft from the summit of the mountain and work each way cast and west. They also intend to begin b oring < on the west side and work astward. Thus there will bo four tw onngs at once. The calculation is tt complete the tunnel in eighteen months from the time of starting , 0 'oming ' eastward a grade is struck ei ighty miles from Botoman. From tl hero to the end of the track , nt the 1\ losobud \ river , thirty-five miles west ol f Miles City , an army of 2,000 graders ai ro at work. The winter thus far has b con so favorable that nn im mense amount of work has been ono. At present the iron is b oing laid at the rate of three- f ourth of a milo n day. Track It aying will not bo delayed by the g radcrs , nnd with the opening of pring will progress at the rate of n mile and a quarter a day , The tim er for Big Horn bridge and the Yol owatono bridge at Coulson will be irought up the Yellowstone by boat n advance of the track , and these tructures will bo erected before the ails reach them , Aftc. about Au- ust 1st the company intends to run hrough trains from Coulson to St. 'anl ' without delays , as at present , t Glondino and Bismarck. Ono chan nel pier of the Bismarck bridge is ompletod and the other two are above ligh water. The east approach IB lompletod. and the west is well ad ancod. Iron for the superstructure is arriving daily. It will bo ready for use by October 1st. The invasion of the greaser king dom by [ American trains and capital transforming the phlegmatic resi dents into active business men. At last accounts Mexico had chartered wonty-eight roads , and mostly on American sohomoa and capital , em bracing about 13,000 miles , with probability that about 10.000 will bo ore long completed. Toward the construction of those roads Mexico has guaranteed a per cent , on her im port duties to tin ; extent of $84,000- 000 as bonus. Probably moro than 100,000 laborers' are now at work building thcsp roads. Our'Noith is juito gleaned of civil engineers , topographers > nnd draughtsmen for his work. Mexico cocms roused from her Aztec slumbers of prehis toric times and the days of Spanish rule. Since the advent of the Jaurez administration in 1807 she has passed moro than ono hundred acts ia the interests of railroads. A boundary o ! 1,572 .miles sopiratcs the Unite States'from the 'old ' dominion , and the Mexican , congress , with a United States' lob'by , is tempting us over. Thoi Montana , railway company , whosq object is the construction of a narrow gauge railroad from some poiu on the Utah , & Northern in Madison county to the National Park , as well as other branch lines of tho' Union Pa cifio system in Montana , -was final ! organized at Butte on the 22d ult. by the choice of thevQillowino ; , name directors and , officers : Directors , Samuel Word , Robert Blickonsderfer , E. Tv.JSulaniflki.GooTge W. Irvin , O. B..O'Barinon ? Ho'nryvElTi fflad.-J W , W. Morris. Officers : Samuel Wont President ; Gooygo Wr Irvin , Secre tary ; J. W. Ganno ) ) ; , Auditor an < Treasurer. The stock was fully rep resented , and the proposed operations of the company canvassed but no fully determined upon , It is under stood that the Union Pacific wi shortly signify the wqrk it desires t complete in Montana tlio present year. The Utah & Wyoming road will b laid with steel rails weighing fifty-si pounds per yard. This will require 8' tons of rails per milo , ' in which wi 352 joints connected with fish plates and 2,040 ties per milo xvill be ro quired. J. D. Nogas , manager of th Utah & Wyoming railroad company has beoomo a citizen of Ogdon. H i.s pushing the completion o ( U $ map and drawings of the route 'as fast as possible , so that the work of construe tion can begin1 as soon as spring opens , Ex-GovEHNUOH GEAH of Iowa , appears , was tendered the assistan secretary ship of ( the United State treasury after'ft had been tendoro to Mr. Paddock , and doblinod , but h alee did not want to aooept the posi tion which is now filled by John C Now. MMMMBIM * * * " p Beyond the Roach of Stairs. Albiny Evmlng Joutnil. We are gravely told thatMr. Tilde ; ascends six tlights < qf stain every ( lay That is a respectable altitude , but i doesn't begin io compare with the elevation ovation reached by him the last timi ho ranforofiice. lie was then' 'knocko ' higher than a kite. " Schuyler'a creamery ii an mtablUhe fact. A company with a capital of $25 , . 000 haa been formed and' the lieceaiary land purchased for Immediate work , Th contract for the bulldiug has been let t D , II. Van Aulwerp for Sl.tlM ) . tube o > ni liloitd by qrllst. Tin-ofllftT * of th coiuuaux are u follows ! J , A , Ifood iireaideutj II. P , Russell , , secretary Thoumi Bryant , treasurer : L. O , Smith Frank 1'olda , Jacob A. Hood. Henry Thomas liryaut , director ! . DO NOT BE DEQEIVJiD. In these times ot quack inodidn advertisements everywhere , it is trul ; gratifying to find one remedy that i worthy of praise , and which real 1 , does as recommended , Electric Bit' torn , we can vouch for as being a trui and reliable remedy , and ono tha will do as recommended. Thoyinvari Lly cures stomach and liver complaints diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary difficulties. Wo know whereof w < speak , and can readily say , give them a trial. Sold at fifty centa a bottle - ish & McMahon - < , u (3) ( ) V1- YAL AND HfS PALS. \ Startling Record of Rascality RovoaM in a Nebraska Land Office , Homeslondtra and Pre-otnp- torn Mercilessly Bled by 1bo Register anl His Clerks. Valentino's Crooked Legacy Handed Down to Peta Swindler Sohwonck Whose Disreputable Deeds Caused Hid Bounce From the Government Service. And Prevented His Appointment as Inspector of Internal Revenue. The Black-Eyed Bllliardlst Again In Mourning. Editorial Correspondence of The Bee. WASHINOTON , D. 0. , Feb. 20,1882. On a memorable occasion thrco oars ago , I met the eminent con gressional billiardist from Nebraska at the National hotel in a state of profound agitation. Ho was sur rounded by a group of Nebraska politicians to whom ho exhibited a black eye , which ho said was caused by a foul blow Hayea had dealt him n appointing Lorenzo Crounso col- octor of internal revenue. I had scarcely sot foot in the old National hotel last week when I beheld another group cf eminent Nebraskans discuss ing the effect of another black eye Valentino had just received at the hands of another president in the appointment of Bruno Tzchuck. This time Val his received two black eyes exclaimed ono of the group. "How so ? " asked the Hon. Pat 0. Hawes , in a very sympathetic voice. "Did know " said the you , respon dent , " that Valentino had Peter Schwenck appointed to a position in the internal revenue service and when Val called for the commission .Genera' Raum refused to issue it. Val is jus furious over this and somebody wil ! suffer for it. Upon further inquiry I learned that Valentino had arrangoi to have Schwonck appointed as gauge with a view of having him promoted in u few months to supervisor of in ternal revenue , a position of great responsibility. When General Raum's attention was culled to Schwenck's record as register of Norfolk lan < office ho promptly declined to mak the appointment. Armed with at : order from Secretary Kirkwoo'd I pro. cured access to the records in the gen eral land office , from which I made transcript that cannot fail to be o : interest to the people pf northern Ne braska and especially settlers.hio-th ; Elkhorn valley:1' - YAI.ENTINE'a LEOAUY. ' Extrtot from the report of Specia Agent John A. Sibbald to the com missioner of the general land office , dated Odtobor 31,1870. There exists a widespread complaint among the peopleagainst this office , It is openly asserted hero that a ring controlls the land office ; that valuable , trrvcta of public land in the more thickly settled portion of the district are "covered up , " and that persons wishing to enter lands in suchlocalitios can only find or discover the tracts by payinu somebody for a description of the land. Four gentlemen recently applied at the register's office for in' formation respecting vacant public lands , and Mr. R. Reinhardt , the register's clerk , took them to W. H. Lowe , cashier of a small bank adjoin ing the register's office , and said , , "What can you do for these men ? " Mr , Lowe replied that ho could find public land , subject to entry , such as they wanted , within eight miles of the land office for 8100 po ? tract. Mr. Lowe was formerly clerk in the land office while it was located at Dakota Oity , and after its removal to West Point up to May , 1878. The register states that ho discharged him then be cause ho could no longer trust him in the office. Ho was for a while in the employ of the receiver , who states for my in'ormation that ho discharged him some time ago , but this is not strictly true , for I find the receiver's receipts have been until recently is sued by him. The receiver lias here tofore signed them in blank and loft them in the bank whore ho keeps his records. It is generally understood among the citizens hero that Lowe is his clerk. This was corroborated by the Register iu a conversation with mo on October 28th. On the following day 20th , ho , probably after consulta tion with the receiver wished to ex plain to mo that Mr , Matthowaon , the owner of the bajik in which Lowe is cashier was the receivers clerk Mr. Lowe was Matthowaon's clerk and in that capacity attended to the re ceivers biminosa I gave both officers tiiobunuji > < f iliin > xnl n.i on I.iji . i docs not lOhuvo tll ia Jrum thu 10- sponsibility of employing as a clerk a land attorney who , while ho was at tending to the receivers business , was radioing before the office. Mr , Lowe E i a land agent , attorney mid specula tor and has haa unrestricted access to the records. It is notorious hero that in the old Dakota Oity district several years ago a large amount'of land was ' 'covered tip" by making curtain tracts on the rejord "state land" " , ( and "school land"and that when district was divi ded and this office was established an attempt was made to keep these lands m the same condition for spec ulative purposes , I find tracts marked in the plots and tract books in pencil in this manner , and I cannot find any authority for such withdrawals which 'cover up" the lands and prevent heir entry by an ordinary applicant * * * I am informed that ono of ho foremer registers of this office was offered $500 per annum by the Dakota Oily parties who were hand- 'ing these lands to continue to keep heso lands "covered up. " Whether ho accepted this offer or made it pos- ilblo for the ring to continue its op jrations I do not Know , but ho ro- aincd Mr. Lowe on clerk , and when ilegistor Sowonck was appointed ho by request of the former register also retained him as clerk , Mr , Lowe is upposod to know all about the rec ords oft the office , and the register ' t 'litnuelf informed mo that ho had per- : oimlly taken parties applying to cuter lands to Lowe for information aa to vacant tracts. An office may justly have n reputa tion for dishonesty and sharp prac tices , and yet it is hard to find local evidence of Uio fact , It is evident that there will bo no limit to an offi cer's rascality , and no relief for the citizen if his rcmoviil must depend upon the sworn statement of two or three persons all cognizant of the same act or facts. The officers control the political ma chinery of the district and with this mpport they have felt safe fioroto- ere in ignoring complaints and con- ; inuing the dishonest practices. 1 have prepared a statement Exhibit ' B , " showing the record of this of fice. T IS A HTARTL1NQ BKCORD OP RASCAL ITY ! Under date of December 18th , 1879 Special Agent Sibbald reports that Register Schwonck gave a private number to rclinquishments of timber , culture and homestead entries filed in his office and that ho did not note such cancellations of part of the relinquish ed entries in his record. The agent cites that only eight out of twenty cancellations wore noted on the regis ter. Agent Sibbald sums up fnur specific charges. 1st. Using violence against Patrick Hughes , the special agent , found Hughes' house deserted few hours before his arrival , and ho was reliably informed that , Schwonck had paid Hughes $400 to leave the country. 2d. In case of Oorklovs. Evorson , it is shown that Alliand paid somebody in the Norfolk land office for information which enabled him to enter the tract in contest after the old entry was cancelled. 3d. It is shown that Alexander Bear in col lusion with Schwenck had land claims which were on sale. This is proved by Schwenek's letter in Exhibit "B. " 4th. Isaac W. King paid 'Schwenck $10 for the information about the cancellation of an entry. EXHIBIT "n. A concise summary from letters on file in the general land office which show the manner of conducting the public buiincss and bad reputation of this office : First 0. F. Hughes , county judge of Stanton county , Nob. , states inhis letter dated September 3 , 1878 , that "for some time past there has been general dissatisfaction as regards bus in ess transacted at the United States land office at Norfolk and now ono Wm. Bobb has employed mo to ascer tain whether or not the records of the general land office correspond with the records at Norfolk. Bobb made homestead entry No. 5,900 in Juno , 1878. W. J. Crows had a timber culture entry on the same land which he relinquished. Judge Hughes states that the registrar charged Bobb $75 to malie the entry and $10 to notify him when Crows' relinquished entry was cancelled by the commissioner. Ho filed a receipt for the $10 dated .May 7 , 1878 , and' signed byAY. . -H. .Lowo. Lowe at\tho time was clerk of the regjster. i , ' s Second Abner G. Wrjghi , o ; Whiting , Iowa : 'Mr. Wright states under oath that April 5 , 1878 , ho call ed in person tft'the land offico'at Nor. folk to got a patent on his homostead- that Mr. Schwonck , the register , told him that his entry was suspended and that he , Schwonck , thought that if I would make out a statement , under oath , of my identity , and give him $25 , ho would tend the statement and money to Hon. Mr. Welch , at Wash- ington , and ho would procure the pat out forme. * * & * * I told him to send on and when the patent came I would pay him the money , but ho laughed at mo and said that Welch did not do a credit business. Then 1 told him that I was not prepared to pay that amount at present , so ho said that I could pay him fifty cents for making out the statement and then when I got homo I could send the money to him , So I paid him the fifty cents. When Register Schwonck found that his little scheme had boon exposed - posed to the general land office ho wrote to the commissioner , forward ing Wright's affidavit , and stated that said statement is erroneous and eman ates from the fact that Mr. Wright did not know who the officers of the land offico'woro , and that ho was ro- quested to furnish a duly corroborated affidavit 1 1. I. tl. AJ _ 11 M , which he was unable to do , whereupon a real estate agent tried to mak'o aifoe out of him by represent ing that ho would got Sir. Welch to employ an attorney at Washington to see to this matter , and in order to shield him from any imposition , wo took his own affidavit , tolling him that we would explain the matter to the dopartmoi t. Under the same dato.Schwenck , in a letter to Mr , Welch , explains : "Said party , I do not remember his nnmo , called at this office for his patent , and after explaining to him the suspension of his entry Wm. Lowe , real eittto spent , called him t the deer of the office and informed him that Me ttnu'd fix mutton for him for $25 , " Mr. Lowe > v.int this time ( Airil 5. 1878. ) Uulrlk ( III lllj l-vir .SlJIlU' | | Ck III I' . tnib o.tso tti in others Sohwuuck allows his superior ability for making ex planations. Mr. Wright under oath states that his conyeisatlon was with Schwenck , thu tuginter , und h < i does not. refer to a third party at nil , Schwt nek asserts that \Vright's state ment is erroneous and emanates from the fact that Wright did not know who the officers of the land office were , Schwonck admits that Wright was in conversation with him and it is evi dent that Wright knew him to bo the register , aa he states under oath when ho paid him 60 canto for his affidavit ( so kindly taken to shield him from imposition ) and promised to send him $25 as soon as ho returned home. It is also evident that Wright knew the name of the person to whom ho prom ised to send the money .and Schwenck held that affidavit twenty-two days , , from April 6th , 1878 , to May 7th , 1878 , forwarding Wright's affidavit ind explaining the transaction , show * hat he did not forward said affi davit to the commissioner until ho found [ that his scho UP to rob a homestead settlor'outof $25 had been jxposod , Schwenck cannot shift the responsibility of the transaction upon Mr. Lowe , who was a clerk in the land ofiuo as well as a land attorney. This is one more reason fnr removing- ho officers and breaking up this ring. Third--F. M. Oleson. See letter of Schwonck. That letter reads as- Nonrouc , August 14 , 1878. Mr. F. M , Oleson , Swnburg , Neb , : DEAH Sin : In answer to yours will nform you may obtan the east 2 , 35 , 25 , 3 , east , by buying the right of Dr- A. Bear , who has entered thoi said east half section. Upon inquiry I think that you can buy his right for from $375 to $400 , a very reasonable figure , as it is a good tiicco of land , well watered , about six miles from Wiener , adjoining school and specu lators' lands a splendid opportunity for slock raising. At the above fig * tire , in cash , you may secure the same by referring to Dr. A. Boar. For further particulars refer to R. Reich- nrdt at Norfolk. Upon agreement with the doctor you can enter them , as you desire one as a homestead , the other as a timber claim. Respectfully , P. SCDWENOK , Register. Note R. Reinhardt , Norfolk , was- at this time , August 14th , 1878 , clerk in the land office , which position ho still holds. J. A. Sibbald , January 8th , 1880. . Fourth -F. F. Rhyn , Battle Creek , Nob. , February , 1878 , h ? complained , that the land officers at Norfolk had charged him excessive foes on homestead - stead entry F. 0. 2750 , dated April 3d , 1878. The commissioner called , upon said officer for an explanation , and Schwonck promptly responded , "Upon inquiry I fina that the man is deranged in mind and that he has been examined for lunacy several years ago , and in consequence is not accountable for what ho says or does. " Ho then proceeds to say regarding these overcharges , "I find thut on or about thn 25th of March , 1877 , ho ( Rhyn ) appeared at this place for the purpose of making final proof of , his- homestead , but found that myself the newly appointed register had not" ar rived yet and thattho office was closed and no business tranuacted therein , but ho went to an attorney and notary public , who made out his proof and final affidavit , which was presented tome mo on the 3d of April , 1877 , ono day after I had taken possession of the office , when the parties were sworn thereto , and that the excessive fees were paid said attorney. T have ex amined the papers in this case in the general land office and find that Rhyn's final affidavit and proof Are in handwriting of Mr. Lowe , the clerk in the land office at that time ( also attorney and notary ) , and Rhyn and his witnesses wcro sworn by the re ceiver , McCloary , March 12th , 1877 , though the office was closed and no businnss transacted therein during- said month , according to Mr Sohwenck. While Schwenck is not responsible for the illegal fees collect- ad m this one case , ho is guilty of de liberately making a report to this office which the records show to be false. This case showe readiness of Mr. Schwenck to invent explanations in the interest of the ring. Fifth-Olaf Satern , Wisner , Neb. , complains November 28th that ho in quired at the Norfolk office about a. certain tract of land and "was unable to obtain any information. Sixth 0. 0. MoNishWisner , Nob. , February 20 , 1879 , asks the audition of the east of sec. 35 * T. 25 , N. R. 3 east. This land was covered by the now well known entries of Dr. A. Bear , of Norfolk , so prominent- in this investigation , the relinquishments - quishments of which wore in the hands of the registerr for [ sale , Mr. MoNish wishes to know if a settler on the land can bo kept from entering it after Dr.Bear has roturned'hisduplicato receipts to the land office , as was done in this case. Sixth R. H. Wilten , of Albion , trqs defrauded out of homestead ; enrty n. o. J sec 20 , T 22 , R 7 ; w. Seventh Francis Oorklo swears that ho was defrauded out S , west J of S 9 , T 22 , R 3 west. January 6th , 1880. JOHN A. SIBBALD , Special Agent. In the face of this infamous record Valentino made a desperate- but un successful effort to have Schwenck re tained in the Norfolk land offico. And now ho has again been foiled in 11 his attempt to procure him an appoint ment in another branch of the public service. What is the bond that binds Valentino tine to this swindler and blackmailer ? How deep was Valentino involved in the corrupt transactions of the Elkhorn Valley land ring ? Does Schwonck swing a club ever Valen tino's ' head that compels him to act aa he has done ? In any event Nebraska stands dis graced before the department through her representative in congress who has the audacity to recommend monte to office tlutt have boon dismissed in disgrace from the public service. While Valentino is boiling over with indignation ever his failure to foist Schwonck on the revenue service Valentines constituency cannot fail to experience a'sonse of deep humilia tion iii bain rspreaented by a man devoid of every instinct of public morals. E. R. Ex-Aftilstimt Postmaster. CINCINNATI , 0. , Sept. 2 , 188. II , II. WARNEU , & Co. : SIRS I have used your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for chronic dysentery , contracted while in the army , with the most happy results. fob 2B-dl > y JOSEPH H. THORNTON. \i J.P.ENGLISH , ATTORNEY - AT - LAW 810 South Thirteenth BUeet , with * ' M. 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