The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-18
MCGILLlCUDDY
Protested too Strongly Against
the Removal OF
his Clerk.
me Thirteen Original staies 10
Join In the Celebration Of
an Historic Event.
Neck -iie Parties ia Georgia A
Chicago man Goes for
the BoyootieIs.
Mrs. ParneII Goes 10 Ireland
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NtW NoRK, sept H. The Post
Washing oI special SAYS lndiai
commissioner Atkins viii soon xiv,
publicity to some startling figures In
regard to the Pine Ridge Indian aYeu
~ in Dakota There hAs Airead,
been All extensive publication OF let
| ters and kilograms, more or less con
iidcntial, with regard To- this agency
| Commissioner Atkins summarizes IA,
facts Us follows:
"On entering the office | became
satisfied that there was stealing W.
iug on at some ui the Indian agrn.
on It could ouly be- done with the act
i'e cpnniyancG Of the clerks. nc
cOrdiuRly adopted ~ general policy.
that clerks OF ludiu agents should nu
longer bc selected hl thrhgcnts them
selves, hut should hc designated hS
this office Onc ct the first Co. protest
against this new rule was Agent Me
tiillicuddy, of Pine Ridge lie had a
clerk named Brown, " lao hu insisted
should be retained, aud advanced ali
sort, of arguments about the cuutu-
sion of accounts, and his tthc agcnt'rl
responsibility on his bond, all oi
which were utter nousrusr, because
the clerk OF the Indian agent is not
recognized IN any Huunclal trnusnc.
ton whatever detailed Tor service
in the place Ui Brown u MIR lark,
one of best and most trusted clerks
IN the whole department. M0Gilll-
Cuddy refused To receive him,
aud at last became 50 in-uburdiUAtc
that was compelled to ask his re-
nIuval lie WA remove aud AL oil.
Ger oi the regular army, Capt. James
NJ. Bell, was detailed to take his place.
soon after Capt Bell took charge he
also was indurcd To protest against the
removal OF Brown. insisted on my
point and eventually Clark was in
stalled. Now see the result. The
number of Indians reported Mt the
agency during McGillcuddys aud
Browns regime was ana AMI their
subsistence for the laet fiscal year cost
S249 s9+, agricultural implements ,ctc..
supplied IN addition. footed up to n
further sum Of sos. i1O. making total
OF S3lS 364 or at the rate Of n little
over S65 for every man, woman and
child"
"Ihc total number OF Indians that
the new commissioner with tho aid
OF his new Gle RI, has been able to lind
on the reservation Is only i,S13, ~ re-
duction OF 2,2il Thus, in hi, one
agency alone, 10y the simple change of
the agent and clerk, an Hnuua saving
Ofover Slh1OOD ha- been affected.
do not make ANY charges against
McGill,cuddy. lie In out of the SER
vice, but do say on this showing that
there Is an immense amount of public
money which hHsgunc tu some bourne
from which thcr" i no return"
- Then with great animation the
commissioner proceeded to dcuuuncc
the Indian rights association and Her
bert Welsh and he said. "l want YOU
to quote ms as SAYING tha, all the nj
tacks that have been made upon me for
the removal of MuGiilicuddy uud his
clerk Brown, and also the attacks that
have been made with r,rpcCt to the
Crow Ridge agency whereby II CON
vlctcd 'elun who had served two
years ~ the Minnesota pcnitcnllary
WAS employed ar n clerk, have been
insiigaicd by this Indian rights IN
sOcintiOn and Herbert Welsh under
the gulse OF phiianthropy hut really
for partisan purposes