The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-20

further maintained that no employ
Of your bureau, the latter sustaining
tho relations il does with this Office
has right to make these assaults, ant
suggested in the interests OF harmon,
that this man be Immediately disCharg
ed from your bureau. 10 this PROPOSE
ton you would not consent, although
repeating with emphasis your disap
proval OF his action, stating that it VA
unwarrautable, and that he had used
your name without authority, and thai
you were both panied and shocked. ]
have reflected very carefully over this
matter, taken high counsel regarding It
and most reluctantly feel constrained
to say that the office declines to enter
into contract with your bureau for the
education OF Indian youth.
WOULDN'T PERMIT A, PERSONAL INTERVIEW.
Commissioner Morgan has received,
under date July s, a letter from Father
Chappelle, the vice president of the
Bureau of Catholic Missions, in reply
to'that sent by the commissioner giving
notice that the Indian Office declines to
enter into a further contract with the
bureau for the education Of Indian
children. The letter shows that the
officers of the bureau requested per
sonal interview with the commissioner
on the subject Of the contents of the
commissioners letter, and that the COM
missioner replied that he would receive
communication in writing from the
bureau, but that he failed to sec how
anything could be accomplished by a
personal interview. ...,.t,
The letter then says in effect that the
bureau expresses its deep regret, but its
exceeding great establishment, that the
head OF any public office of the United
States should deny to hold IN official
personal interview with persons having
important public business to transact
The letter then says that each and every
member OF the bureau declared that he
had no knowledge of any kind relative
to the Commissioner, which the latter
said emanated from the bureau.
GoRMAN HAS RESIGNED HIS PLACE.
The article, the letter says, was dis
cussed by the bureau in the presence OF
Mr.. German ian employee of the bureau
and the person alleged to have inspired
it,, and the conclusion reached that no
member or employe of 1t, as such men,
Der or employee, has the right to make
such assaults upon the Indian Office or
upon any other public Office. The letter
declares that should any members of
the bureau 80 fur forget themselves as
to publicly criticise the Government
the bureau could not and should not be
held officially responsible therefor un-
less it officially Endorsed such criticism.
Mr.. German, 1t says, thereupon resign
ed his position in the bureau.
The letter then calls the attention OF
the commissioner to the previous har-
monious relations always existing be-
tween the bureau and the Indian Office,
and adds that this is the first instance
in which the commissioner has felt
called on to declare that friendly rela-
tions between it and the bureau cannot
exist; that tho bureau is of opinion that
the causes alleged to exist by the COM
missioner rs the reasons for its -inten-
ton to sever heretofore existing rela-
lions are chiefly, if not entirely, OF a
personal character on the part OF the
commissioner, and that there does not
exist any valid cause to substan TALLY
sever official relations.
IN HARMONY WITH GOVERNMENT POLICY.
In conclusion the letter says the bu-
reau respectfully submits to tho COM
missioner that the policy of congress as
it understands it to be, from n careful
studyof its last Indian appropriation
act, is in perfect harmony with the OBJ
jects of the creation OF this bureau and
its due organization under the laws of
congress, to-wit: To aid IN perfecting
a system OF education among the In
dians as heretofore duly inaugurated.by
that great soldier, pure patriot and true
friend OF the Indian, President Grant,
when he established his celebrated
peace policy, in which, Mt his official in
the friends and founders of
this bureau have been Jealous co-labor-
ers for tho twenty years last past.
The Commissioner also received q
letter dated Cape May, N. j., July IL,
from Cardinal Gibbons, in which the
latter expresses regret at the appear
ance Of the newspaper article referred
to, as he says he is very much opposed
to personal attacks Of this character.
Tho Cardinal continues:
LETTER FROM CARDINAL GIBBONS.
81 amnot acquainted with the author
of the article, who was an employee of
the Catholic Bureau, but whose con
nection Herewith is, am advised, in
Difference to your wish now ended. I
regret the publication OF this article all
the more since understand that, prior
to It's appearance, an agreement had
been reached whereby mutually friendly
relations were apparently insured be
tween your office and the Catholic
fact l learned with
much satisfaction-and that following
its appearance you had deemed 1t
proper to announce determination to
completely sever the relations between
your office and that bureau by declining
to enter into contracts for the education
of Indian children.
This, / submit, is very grave step,
and one that 1 fear will be fraught with
much embarrassment to all concerned
in the great and necessary work OF edu-
eating our Indian wards, and result in
many complications and contentious
that can be productive only Of discord
and trouble. ! am clearly OF opinion
that it will be mistake to carry out
your intention, and therefore trust
that you will reconsider the matter and
conclude to continue revelations here
toiore existing between your Office and
the Catholic church.
WILL TRY no PREVENT OTTER ATTACKS.