, 1880-01-31
:'HICEs FIVE CENTS.

signed to the charge Of the indian Office is
untrue. Sucl, MI assignment could not law
fully DO made. The friends OF Secretary
Schurz especially regret this downfall Of
| liayt, as It wNl expose the Interior Depart
ment to sharp criticism.
| THE POLITICIANS ALREADY
| are beginning to g{ye attention 10 tho fact
that Jno. @. Smith was removed from tho
oft'ce OF Indian Commissioner without Ger
tafnly any cliarge against his integrity; that
Mr. Hayt wqs appointed 10 succeed him by
selection ofSehnrz; AND that one of the arg1l-
that tic wis mnn Of means, 10 whom tia
pressed that It will be very difficult 10
'e # E'fi' liz e. aa Gsn Ge-
recommend any. friend of mine to tic
position;;, II the Commissioner does right tho
Indian Ring abuses hiin, and works to secure
Ills scalp"
Secretary Scl,nrz called up the matter III.
formally ut the Cabinet meeting to day. hut
subject. lie suggested that members OF tho
cabinet assist him III, finding = good man to
NJ the .vncancy:. Several of the Cabinet
o!lieers thought they. already knew, Of good
the persons they Ind III mind !,
WOULD ACCEPT THE POSITION
or wonltl be satisfactory 10 the Secretary Of
| tho Interior.
Some officials In tho Interior Department,
includ!nE few. of tllo lnte s,bordinates Of
1lay!s administration was llonpst, but they
attribute Ilnyt's "n,'sfortuncs,r as they term
them. to };s nntsIcr Of dealing With COLI
tractors, with GonEress'ncn, n!'l WITH others.
ner was that Of the. co,tnting-room,' = said one
Of .h[s old assorfates, "nntl not Of tile
diplomat or. politician, and on uccount Of
this manner he often nlatle II great many
ever, there + . remarkable rnal!tmity Of
opinion that flnyt was nat III Mny: respect the
right man for the position which he held.
Mr.. Sctiurz does mt yet gtye up nsl conf
fortunate IN his Jersey City friends. who
| were led Into the ntMtng speculation In tho
San Carlos Agency. 1le lias always hRd the
r fsst sG eoSenGs s1Ssat IN @ 1cn nnd Il Iat Ma: # a MS
took tho Office FROM which lle l,as inst been
dismissed: Some Of the employees Of the De-
| partincnt have long suspected! liayt. hugely
because Of irregularitfes 1T aff'xing his sgna-
ture to warrants for the payment of pur-
ctlases n'ade BY Agents contrary to law.
nAyT MAS EXCEEDINGLY UNPOPULAR
both in and out Of the Department,
md the Secretary attributed, 10 this
much that has been urged against
n Wen hDa he befns }aIs egnyns ara n
bad purposes lie insisted TINT he should IN.
/ ard that lie should not have the ndvnntaeo
If resignation. Under the Tenure-of-
Office act TIE President conld not re!noye
Of the office until Ills successor could be con-
inediaic wi withdrawal That iiast left and ind las las
| gone home.
bad implicit faith is alr. A. G; Barstow., Of
| Providence, r. l.. Chairman Of the Board of
Indian commissioners. 1!e has, been So
prominent, In church and Snlday-school
meter, that he was implicitly trusted by lie
| Administration. Recently MI Investigation
has been set on foot rs to whether members
OF the Hoard have been Interested In con-
law. It was ained at .Barstow. III. answer
| tn this that gentleman has written letter to
the Secretary to tho effect tint he Is a stnck--
holder In lltmhcr 9f stove works, and TINT
Y nepor,ment or S to to % frSsS stoSes it ba!st@S @
clalms, however, TINT stoves wore sold at
sse'ss GEN: 11AMMoSD sHo' is VERY suc,r DISTURBED
ut what he calls. the "ficttlons stories that
were published In some Enster1t papers"
safely consider business matters. This morn
INK tho Committee, Of tho Board Of 1n,l!an
Commissioners callcd upon him, but. his
All visitors hayo been denied admission u1'-
III this evening, when Gun, and Mrs. Sherman
!iiammon,l WIS once on SlIerman's sttF)'
alr. Carlisle, Of Kentucky, Senator Plumb,
# Kansas, md Representative Of
sec llln:. Tho conversation was necessarily
I Of a tlesultory character. To TuE TRIuuNE
correspondeHt f'en. Hammond, from hts
though every man who Ind been. turned
against him by tho 1ate Commissioner Of
IndEan Affairs was reallyhis friend: He said
TINT Hayt had turned him ngainst those Wtlss
were hEs best friends, and he did not lik9 tho
1no,ld said t6at tho knowledge that they wero
| seeking to use him In that way did exctte
!lnl. IN speakinE 9f Commissioner liayt,
Gen. Hammond sRld ho
Had NOTHING 70 SAY
against him, but really felt sorry for him. In
referring to tho Hurt latter, lle satd that tho
reason why he denied his authenticity, at
ilrst, was TINT, accordIng to his recollection,
there was u line eraset, and moreover 1t had
explain Il !a that he must hnyeo written two
letters. tfo could mt account for It In any
ot1ler way. The letter lIe wrote to Hart, lie
aays, wis copied ~ letter-press book,
nf having been so copied. For tlat reason,
Hammond says, l!e lonted It's gcnulnencss,
but now, on further. reflection, he is corr
vinced that the letter Is genuine. Gen. Ham.
!nolld stnted that lto ltld 10 recollection OF
having acnt telegram to 1layt saving some- 7,
Washington Mime: :. TRANSACTION closed
thls morning." lIe said lie had no reason for
sending such 4 telegram to llayt, Us that
negotiation was being conducted BY IIogen-
camp. Gen. Hammond sntd that theso .are
| fifty mines on the San Carlos Reservation,
and there arc sixty miles Of toll.road, and d
town, aud various other things.
HE sAID HE ArTEMPTED :.
to find tho boundaries Of the. reservation. but
could not, any as matter of fact no c"i!ll Y
reservation. Gen. Hammond .says that ha
will stand, on his. testimony when It Is writ
ten ont. 1le hopes to 40 home III two or
three days, As lle Is obliged TO bo present In
ClieAgo on the! 9TH Of February to appear
before, court. in g. suit >, now pending
nKatnst Hin there. Tho aNlt WIS brought
Ggn}nst lInnlmonA for soLMething l0n9 Ii