Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-03
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Expssars.
SOD rSeetsa q sshe chicatEo Inter Ocean:
WSshid ions lad So-T6 dramatic 1ns,s
ot l6dhSNS iC6edulSsio1sf HayIs Official
career haA 6eenN 1lmost the sole topic of
conversation to day. nobody has yet been
heard to say . good word for the disgraced
commissioner. Leaving aside Lis dishon-
.esty aud inefnciency, be wac one of the
most unpopular officials In the entire gov
ernment, aud no one who could avoid it
ever had any business With him. The
democrats arc quite chsgriued that the To-
dian COMMITTEES of the house which has
beeo invsstiRattDg Hsyt. did not strike the
%r0ttenness ald take tho credit Of exposure,
inetesd Of leaving il to the republican board
OF Indian commissioners. Secretary Schutz
stlll tnsists that the disclosures made Nv
Gen. Fisk have nothing t0 do With. Hayl's
removal, and declines to recognize General
Fisk's services in exposing the fraud. The
secretary ID very reticent about the matter,
and refuses TO answer questions, merely say.
ing that Hayt was removed because he had
withheld important information from the
department. This seems to be q capital
odsnse, ~ Lesds, formerly chief clerk Of the
Indian bureau. was removed for the ear4s
cause. The secretary declines to state what
information it Wa that Hayt Withheld, and,
fromgthe Sxtraotdinary conduct Of M of.
cisls who are supposed to know, it Il INFER
red that this 10 merely an excuse to cover
other reasons. There are certain aseociatinlg
circumstances that led, however, directly 10
General -Fisk's committee. On Wednesday
Commissions Havt appeared before the
committee and declined to make 1 statement
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 matter Of
summoning contractors to Secretary Schurz.
That evening Hayt spent with Schurz at
the latter's house. What occurred nobody
knows, but it is supposed that Schurz called
Hayrs 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
by Hayt, and are supposed to be "informna- :
ton which Hayt concealed from the depart
meut." The morning after. Schurs was at
the white house, and soon after he returned
to the department Hayt was removed.
Secretary Schurz denies that he was present
when General Hammond made his confes.
sion. The statement that he was pre-.
sent was made upon a very natural
mistake. The person who gave the
information to your correspondent mem
toned among others that "the secretary"
was present, whom be naturally took to be
Secretary Schurz, wheaeas Secretary Stick
ney, of the Indian board, was referred to.
General Hammond is livery 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 regu.
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 con-
stautly attended BY Doctor Evans, who was
lately government physician to the Ogallala
tribe ofSioux Indians, and who came on here
% be . witness against Hsyt and Hammond.
Hammond, in his illness, seems to have
fallen entirely into the care of those who
were opposed Ia 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,
and as DON az he is able will make a state.
ment at length to the committee, giving a
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 mys%terlously to certain occupants
IN high places.
Secretary SEIZURE is already looking about
fer Q new commissioner, but be will find
1t hard work to induce the proper man to
accept 1t. R. G. Mccormick, formerly
assistant secretary Of the treasury, is said to
b q candidate. This is the first official
scandal that has occurred during the pre-
sent administration, now almost three years
old.