Show THE COLORADO UTE REMOVAL la in another column we publish a communication from the san han juan count country rys in which much superfluous sarcasm and contradiction is indulged in as aa to an interview in a this paper some gome time ago with judge F A ham mond regarding the removal of the colorado Oj orado utes to that county we should have thought more of the framers of the letter it they had desired their real names attached to it but since this ibis was waa not their wish we feel called upon to exonerate judge hammond from some of their insinuations eions if anything in his bia interview ad reported report ou in these columns can be construed as indicating that the people of sa i juan were un on fneels waiting for uncle sam dam to come and give them a few dol do tars lars for their improvements the fault is IN ours ourn not his hie ue tie never said or anti inti bated anything of the kind bled nor on a careful perusal of the interview ciau can we admit that we published anything go bu justify such a criticism judge hammond has been too consistent mou ano energetic an opponent of the indian ludian removal to be affected by any strictures of this kiu kind 1 I 1 in a mure more than one lengthy conversation with the editor of this paper he be resolutely held tu to the view that the propos proposed eti removal would us be a grave injustice an i that tue present uncertainty was no less an injustice but if in the final contic guircy the worst should come to tiie the worst he be appealed to the NEWS as aa a friend of the people to dem i d for the die settlers ample remuneration fur for their improvements aud and we assume that even the writers of the present letter will agree that thai we existing uncertainty ski as to their lands is 16 little if any lope les exasperating than the abe prospect of the I 1 indian migra migration tiou and if they do not think geu generous erous payment from the government anu an exchange of their accrued out only temporary rights for others which are permanent are better than nothing at ali al we may applaud applan I 1 their pluck but shall have to lament their lu dament the position ol of the be NEWS and as we believe of judge hammond hammonds Ham on this question to is identical mud and it is this first it will be a grave wrong to ui load by congressional enactment a lot ot of indiana now well quartered in an adjacent state elate upon the lands where a young community in this territory have for years been trying to 0 make homes second it is ie a crying shame that such community having baying entered upon the lands lande in good faith and at the ibe expense of z treat real labor and means mide valuable improvements should be informed that the lands are withdrawn from entry and title to them may not be obtained third from both of these theme two wrongs the second of which la Is actual and the first of which is imminent it is in not improper nor impolitic nor to look to other directions for relief and this thia relief we have hinted at as an possible from two sources a an appropriation from the g government overn I 1 ment in payment of the im prove ments already made when the lands were still subject to entry and b other lands i a a fam favorable brable location from which the restless home hunter or speculator has until now been barred and where in consequence bona fide settlers can have a chance to get a suitable claim finally if we have heretofore misquoted judge hammond or now mis elote him our columns ais are open to him either to criticise criticism critic ise us or answer those hose who anonymously criticise criticism critic ise him |