Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-14

/ 0oe0e0l0otlO0 TO tpIOVeCt t0S6o Aauus uuNs
her schools shall become the honor and
crown of Dakota.
HAyrs ARRANGEMENT.
A Full List ef Gsnsral Fisk's Charges
against oar Worse Than Incompetent
INDIAN Observation-Disclosures Re.
cei YES y share OF Attention.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
New York, Jan. 1.-THE Washington
correspondent Of the New York Tribune
telegrsphs to that paper tonight that the
accusations brought against COMMISSIONS
Hayt by Gen. Fisk, q member Of the board
of Indian commissioners, may DO divided
into three classes,-tirst, those which reflect
upon MI. Hsyt's personal integrity before
and at the time he was appointed commits
.loner; second, those which &C -use hun Of
maladministration since he entered upon
his duties !; thlrd, those which reflect upon
nus personal integrity during the latter
period, Ii is understood that the accusa-
lions were read in the meeting which the
secretary of the commission Of Indian af-
fairs and the board of commissioners at
tended last evening. Following is a synop-
sis Of the charges:
Gen. Fisk begins BY saying that, in his
belief, the office OF commissions of Indian
affairs is nov filled BY an incompetent, bad
man. whose administration OF the office has
been such as to incur the general disapprov-
al of good citizens, and that the board was
mistaken in regard to MI. Hxyt when, in
1877, il passed resolutions commencing his
appointment as commissioner. He thinks
lt 10 q duty which he owes to the board, 10
he president Of the United States and 10
The country to ask that the resolutions be
rescinded, and that the presldent be re-.
quesled to remove Commissioner Hayt.
Gen. Fisk continues: "The board we're
mistaken in their estimate Of the commits
sioner's character when they expressed
heir very great satisfaction at the appoint.
ment of. the Hon. E. A. Hsyt to the com
missionershlp of Indian affairs, aud in Civ
ing assurance that the administration Of
his department would be characterized by
energy, business capacity and integrity. We
had no cause to congratulate the president
and the country in that he had been able to
secure for that Office a gentleman possessing
80 many rare qualifications for the position
he occupies"
Gen. Fisk proceeded to show that as
commissioner Mr.. Hayt has failed utterly
TO demonstrate the rare On ,litications Of
energy, business capacity and integrity with
the possession Of which the board had cred
tied MIN. On the contrary, it is asserted
that since his appointment, Mr.. Hayt has
devoted his chief energies to his private
affairs ; that he has given to the public only
q muiety of his time, and that his best ensr-
xies have been devo.ed to private business,
leaving to the important public duties to
which he has been assigned the remnants Of
his hours.
The long investigation Of ex.Commission-
er ]. @. Smith is described. Not one irreg
clarity was found against Commissioners
Smith or his subordlnstes, but the Indian
Office was plunged into . state Of demorall-
cation for mo1ths in . ~fruitless search for
something wrong against Commissioner
Smith. It is asserted that Mr.. Hayt has
been guilty of shameful neglect by permit
ling to remain unread even for weeks letters
from agents and others on official business,
including urgent appeals for necessary sup
plies; that he has kept back and even de-
.troyed letters which we're written to agents
in conformity to the laws of congress res-
pecting depreciation claims; that he has
secured the appointment OF d~isreputsble and
incompetent persons to positions at Indian
agencies; that he has invented pretexts for
removing Indian agents, and punished and
blackened them before the country ; that he
has grossly wronged innocent men by reck-
le.sly accepting and acting upon charges
them from unknown and disreputa.
BILE persons, without giving them any oppor-
tunity to defend themselves; and that he
has sent insulting kilograms to agents and to
government creditors, and by arbitrary
orders subjected them and their bondsmen
10 the risk of pecuniary loss.
Another accusation against the commits
sioner is, that after securing the arrest and
Imprisonment of q citizen on suspicion BY
The m litary authorities, he caused him TO
be detained in close confinement at Camp
Robinson. not more than sixty miles from
y court of justice, without opportunity of
giving bail or of being heard in his own
defense T; thus arbitrarily Furnishing, in spite
Of the denunciation of the act by the war
a man who, upon the presents.
mediately discharged by the court.
II Is further alleged against the commits
that he has elsndered prominent Of
ic,sls Of the department OF the Interior by
them rs incompetent and IN
uSbW DILUy ) INV uC uoo AiCotO1 luC Su6u-
,prs of the BOARD OF Indian commissioners
contempt; ,that he has written false.
moods to members of congress and Others
concerning the examination OF claims. TIE
commissioner lie also accused of having
published q deceitful statement respecting
he quantity of rations issued to the North
I'm Cheyenne Indians previous 10 their es
ape from the Indian territory" 1t is fur
her charged that he has oppressed credi-
,ors OF the Indian bureau by s%uspendIDx &C.
counts which involved large sums because
II a difference Of opinion regarding some
,ther petty account. Other abuses of credi.
ors and unjust acts which ipjure the credit
the government in making purchases are
llsO alleged.
The following allegations respecting
Commissioner Hayt's dellDquencies IN re-
.ard TO the affairs Of the U,es are of inter
st at this particular time: ''Hls neglect 70
uruish the supplies due the White River
Jtes 10 the fall and winter of 1877 aud 1878
sid the foundation Of the discomfort
which eventuated in the bloody disturbances
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