Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-03
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y Inu4As IC6ed4lSel0tof HaytS de6ctSt
Fcsresr han cen Statnost thU'S sole topic Of
conversation to day. nobody has yet been
heard 10 cay . good word for the disgrsced
commissioner. Leaving aside lis dishon-
Eesty aud lnemciencv, he wac one of the
most unpopular officials In the entire gov
ernment. and Do ono Who couldiavOid lt
ever had any business with him. The
democrats are quite ~chsgfiued that tho To-
dian COMMITTEES of the house which has
beso invssstGattD9 Hsyt. did not strtke tie
rottenness aid take tho credit of exposure,
inttesd 6fleavingft tothe republican board
OF 1odtan commissioners. Secretary Schulz
sttll tnststs that the disclnsures made w
Gen. Fisk nave nothing to do With. Havt's
removal. and declines to recognizs General
Ffsk's services In exposing the fraud. The
secretary 10 SeryF r~eticept about the matter,
and refuses % answer qdestions, merely say.
ing that Hayt was removed because he had
withheld important information from the
department. This seems to be . capital
oasnses - Leeds, formerly chief clerk Of the
lndisn bureau. was removed for the ean4s
cause. The secretaxys declines to state What
Information i was lint Hayt Withheld. md,
from the Sxtraordihiiy conduct Of al off.
cislsswho are supposed to know, il q infer
red that thisFis merely an excuse to cover
other reasone. There are certain aeaociatinie
circumstances that led, however, directly 70
General ,Fisk's committee. On Wednesday
Commissioner Havt appeared before the
committee and declined TO make abatement
alleging HE reason to be the absence of his
attorney. He also objected to the committee
sending for a number Of New York con.
tractors. questioning it's jurisdiction over
him or them. The committee referred the
evidence they had taken and MISTER Of
a%nmmoning contractors to Secretary Scburz.
That evening Hayt epent with Schurz at
the lstter's house. What occurred nobody
Knows, but it is supposed that Schurz called
Hayts attention to certain documehb
which General Fisk had submitted. These
Documents related to official acts of an i'm.
proper character that had been committed
nv Hayt, and are supposed to be "informal-'
Ition which Hayt concealed from til, depart.
ment." The morning after Schuris was at
the white house, and aoon after he returned
TO the department Hsyt was removed.
Secretary schurz denies that he was pre.en.
when General Hammond made hiss contes.
sion. The statement that he was pre-
sent was made upon a very natural
mistake. The person who gave the
Information to your correspondent men
toned among others that "the secretary"
was present, whom he naturally took to be
Secretary 6churz, wheaeas Secretary Stick
ney, Of the Indian board, was referred to.
General Hammond istvery much better
to-day, and will no doubt be able to leave
for Chicago by the first of next week. He
was not able to talk to-day, and his physi-
clan prohibited all persons except his reeu.
lar attendants from entering his room. He
is in . very excitable condition, and his
malady Rheumatism Of the heart, requires
that he be kept perfectly quiet. He is cpn-
stantly attended BY Doctor Evans, who was
lately government physician to the Ogallala
tribe ofSioux Indians, and who came on here
70 be . witness against Hayt and Hammond.
Hammond, In his Illness, seems to have
fallen entirely into the care of those who
were opposed to him andfHayt when they
came In the Office. and from whom he ma
turely would have expected the least kind
ness. He still adheres to his confession,
end o. soon as he is able will make q state.
ment at length to the committee, giving q
history Of the inside operations of Hayt's
official career. Members of the committee
say that there are other disclosures yet to
be made that will cause other removals,
and hint mysteriously to certain occupants
IN high places.
Secretary SEIZURE is already looking about
for Q new commissioner, but he will find
It bard work'to induce the proper man to
accept' II. r, g. Mccormick, formerly
assistant secretary Of the treasury, is said to
3 Q candidate. This 10 the first official
that has occurred during the pre-
sent administration, now almost three years
old.