I should like to ask the able Senator from Tennessee whether it is not a fact that many years ago land granting was a pastime indulged in almost to the extent of wrecking the country. Vast assets were given to individuals and small groups. so that when immigrants began to arrive. they found that the land had already been pretty well taken up. and there was little desirable land around the communities which had been settled which they could lease or buy? That situation created great consternation. In the early history of the Supreme Court. most of the Courts time was devoted to hearing such matters. in an endeavor to rectify injustices that had been done.
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