Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-01

refers to Mr.. Albert johnson, late surveyor
general of Colorado, a man of high
character and fine attachments, who, he
says, was dismissed by Secretary Teller,
because he would not award surveying con-
tracts to the latter's friend. Secretary
Teller, upon being asked by an Associated
Press reporter tonight whether he had
received letter from Senator Hill, of
which the above is an outline, replied that
the letter had just been brought to him,
but he had not had an opportunity as yet
to do more than glance through
it. He did not desire at present, to make
any statement for publication, with regard
to the matters therein referred to. He m
derstood Hill had arranged to give his own
letter publicity by furnishing copies of it
to number of correspondents, but wheth-
or it would be worth while for him, (Tel-
| ler,) to give equal publicity to reply, was
subject he had not yet considered. He
would, Is said, read Hill's letter carefully
tomorrow, and give it such attention as it
seemed to him to deserve.
| Senator Hill said tonight in response to
inquiries, that he had written Secretary
Teller the letter above referred to, because
in the first place he thought the latter
treated him with the greatest discourtesy.
Not long ago he had, he said, a private in
| terview with the secretary upon matter
of business, and had been hurt and pro-
voked few days later to find an alleged
account of this interview in a st. Louis
paper, an account, however, in which his
(Hill's) conversation was so distorted and
unsupported that he was placed in a false
and despicable light. For this distortion and
Misrepresentation, as we'll as for the publ
cation in any form of what took place
in private and confidential interview, he
believed Secretary Teller to be responsible
He did not propose to indefinitely submit
to this sort of treatment. The secretary's
connection with the recent newspaper at
tacks upon him could, he said, be easily
traced. Another reason for writing the
letter to Teller was that he (Hill knew
many things about the management OF
the interior department of which the public
was ignorant, but with regard to which
| it should be informed. Some OF
! these things he had set forth id his letter
AS for the patronage of the interior depart
ment, he did not himself wish to control il
or exercise any undue influence in the Sc
lection Of employees, but he thought be
might reasonably expect to be at leas
consulted with regard to appointments ant
removals in Colorado. Teller, however
had thus far exercised the functions Of
secretary of the interior, two senators
and representative from Colorado, anC
he (Hil) thought this was an unwarrante(
assumption of authority.
THE MEXICAN BORDER.
The secretary of war said tonight tina
the orders sent to Gen. Crook on Saturday
directing him to be careful to observe The
convention with Mexico in relation to cross
ing the border by United States troops
were issued because of reports of Gen
Crooks intention to make a raid across
the Mexican line for the purpose of dis
lodging band of hostile Apaches from
Arizona. The agreement with the Mexi
can government made in August last
while it permitted the troops of eithe
country to cross the border, il
pursuit of a flying band of ma
rauding Indians, did not, he said
admit of their remaining for the purpos
of beginning raids on resident Indians, O
of their crossing for that purpose, a
newspaper reports said General Crool
contemplated doing. Consent for thu
United States troops to cross under sucl
circumstances, could only be granted b.
the Mexican senate, and pending negotia
tions to obtain such consent he deemed i
prudent to suggest to Gen. Crook the
exercise of caution in keeping within the
limits of the present agreement. He said
the war department was notified to-day
that the telegram sent Saturday had beer
forwarded to Crook in the field.