The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-05
WASHINGTON.
The Colorado Row Breaks Out
in Washington.
Senator Mil Charges Secretary Teller
With All Sorts of DereIictlons In
His Official Capacity.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The feud that
has existed for some time between Sec
retary Teller and Senator Hill, of Colo
RADIO, but which has been kept from the
public gaze by the efforts of mutual
friends, has at last broken out into open
war. Senator Hill complains that while
he has been keeping his tOmahaWk
buried, Teller has been using all his
weapons in stealthy and cOwardly way,
and therefore, throwing off all disguise
or his real sentiments toward him, the
Senator frOmlCOloTadO declares open and
red handed war against the Secretary in
Q damaging letter reviewing Teller's re-
cord as q man and an officer of the Gov
ernment. The Senator repels the charge
that he is jealous of the Secretary, calls
the attention of the latter to the fact
that his personal efforts in Colorado at
the last election resulted in a Demo-
cratic victory. He charges the Secretary
with direct completely In the scheme to
lease Yellowstone Park to the Rufus
Hatch crowd, and with securing the re-
mOval of efficient officials in Colorado in
order to put in men who used their
places to damage the government ami
people in the interest of the mOnOpOlies,
and gave their influence in political
work for Teller. Some of these appoin-
tees, it Is claimed by the Senator, stood
ACCUSE d OF convicted of fragrant crimes.
The letter also states that the inVestiga-
tlOn of land frauds in Colorado ceased
because they were found to implieate
persons very near Secretary Teller, who
refused to furnish papers necessary to
the Investigations. The Senator con-
cludes: II am moreover advised If an
honest investigation were made of this
matter 1t would be shown that it was
the intention of the parties to these land
frauds to obtain possession illegally of
many thousand acres of the public do
main In Colorado, and that the attempt
was frustrated by the early exposure Of
their designs. Since the matters which
call for this communication have ap-
peared in the principal newspapers of
the country l shall furnish a copy Of
this letter for press publication"
Secretary Teller was called upOnlthis
evening and asked if he desired to make
any explanation or denial of the charges
of official misconduct, OF to reply TO any
Other portion of Senator Hills letter.
Secretary Teller said: mot at Chis
time. L have just received a COPY of the
letter, and have not yet had time to ex-
anime 1T carefully. So far as the per-
sonal part of 1t is concerned, /, of course,
have nothing to say; can enter into no
newspaper controversy with Senator
Hill; he would better answer the pub
lished accusation against him by ex-
ObndIOI CnaHee, chairman OF STATE Cen
tral Committee, last fall before he at
tacks me or any one else. He never de-
MED Chatfee's charges. OF course l have
never inspired or instigated any news
paper attacks upon him. In relation
TO his charges of official misconduct l
may have something to say hereafter"
While the Secretary was disinclined
to discuss the matter further to-day one
of his most intimate friends, who had
carefully read the letter, reviewed it in
detail and said: "As to the alleged land
frauds in Colorado, mentioned by Sena-
tor Hill, he may not know that SecTe-
tary Teller has sent a special agent to
investigate them, and if the entries turn
out to be fraudulent, as judging from the
preliminary report by the agent they
will, the secretary will probably re-
quest the attorney general to bring
suits to have the patents set aside, which
were issued without the secretary's
knowledge and after he had signed an
order directing them to be withheld.
Only eight patents, each for 160 acres,
were issued on these entries, and they
were not issued of their regular order,
as Senator Hill asserts.