The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-06
DENNIS FLYNN WILL FIGHT.
VIII Make Things Lively for BolSe Smit
When Congress Meets.

DENNIS FLYNN WILL FIGHT
/ VIII Make Things Lively for Bolke Smith
When Congress Meets.
! Washington, Nov. 5.-Captain Bald
! win, agent at Anadarko,is on hand look
! ing after some departmental matters.
! 1t is represented as the policy of the
I department to provide more school ia
/ cilities in the Wichita, Kiowa, Com
/ anche and Apache country. At present
/ school facilities are provided for $50
/ pupils, while the total number of school
/ children amounts to 100. II is claimed
| that provisions are likely TO be made to
| take care of all the school children by
! next year, but aid for the present school
year is impossible, but buildings and
| teachers viii be provided for next year.
| 1t has been concluded to take $50,
600 of the money belonging to the In
dianS and spend it buying cattle for the
Indians who have no stock. Quite a
number of the Indians are in the stock
| business successfully, but it happens
that large number Of Indians have
not improved their time in this way,
and have nothing. The plan as repre-
scented will be in the line of interesting
the Indians in the cattle business, using
tribal funds The claim is made that
the coterie Of cattlemen who have the
leases in that country by the grace Of
secretary of the interior, are interested
very much in the matter of the i'm
provident Indians being provided with
cattle. The plan is, of course to secure
the cattle from the parties working up
the enterprise. and work the whole
thing around to a plain and simple bus
mess proposition that all can under
stand and enjoy.
Tt IS not suspected that Secretary
Smith, in his official conferences with
Captain Baldwin about the well known
cattle leases in the Indian country, will
consumate any plan to open to settle
ment the Wichita reservation, which
the secretary continues to lease accord
ing TO law enacted by congress- 1t is
rot believed that the secretary will.
even at this time, concede that his
friends who have leases in that country
and who have the pull" to get them
renewed, shall be thrown off and the
country opened uD to settlement. The
impression prevails that the reserva-
ton will be worked in the old-time fash
ion, TO keep ii out of the hands of the
settlers. OF course. to open it to settle
ment, the funds arising from leasing it
out very cheap would stop, and il
would be against the policy Of the adj
miniStration to do this. The reserva-
ton will be in the hands of the Colonel
Goldsmith combination one more year
unless something is done to shake them
down and force them to give the set
tiers a chance. There is one comfort
in the belief, however, that ii will likely
be impossible 10 get any other secre-
tary of the interior who will continue
to favor the cattlemen under well
known conditions against law and the
demand of the homeseekers
Delegate Flynn has a programme
that will be of special interest to Okla
Romans.
Mr.. Flynn. very early in the coming
session, will present a resolution TO
have committee appointed to investi-
gate the whole record of official degra-
dalton IN Oklahoma. The committee
VIII be instructed to make inquiry into
how it is hiatt the secretary of the in
terror continues to lease the Wichita
reservation to a coterie Of fellows who
have employed Colonel Cobb. of Gaines
Vile, Ga, and how 1t is that the first
leases made by the secretary have held
good all the while. they being simply
continued" instead of new advertise
ments and better prices being secured
for grazing privileges. The committee
VIII be directed TO look into the matter
al this end Of the line, as we'll as in
Oklahoma. and possibly they will rake
up some interesting data about finan-
clal maniDulatiOns. many intimations
covering the situation having been gem
orally printed throughout the country.
Mr.. Flynn viii also have the COM
mite empowered to look into the mat
ter of over charges in the land offices
of Oklahoma by the carpetb officials
injected into that country during this
administration, and for use in the sem
atorial contest in Georgia Some time
ago a communication was sent 10 the
secretary Of the interior. stating that
certain land officials were charging Is
cents per hundred words for all type
writing done for the settlers The
claimant is knocked down for this
amount in his business at the land |
once while at the same time the offic- 1
iais have arranged with a clerk 70 do I
me work Tor cents per hundred words
This is supposed 20 leave a difference i
with some one besides the clerk who /
does me work. amounting TO 5000 per /
year. This matter will receive the a ?
tention Of the draG-net COMMITTEES AS
the secretary Of the interior has been
100 husy attending 70 unofficial matters /
70 look after the matter. when Il was
presented 10 him. il is proposed To
urniSh him little aid in finding out
the exact condition Of things.
me justices presiding over the Okla
homa courts VIII. OF course. BE- delight
ed 10 have their methods looked INTO
hN special committee. and they VIII
pc called upon. Then. OF course II = /
understood that United States Marshal
NIX VIII be delighted - have fr,I IN
quiry made into how IL Is his IDENTITIES
chase alleged timber thieves a hundred
miles beyond 4 comm Ssioner and do
ng the travelling for the purpose Of get
ing the mileage. Justice McAtee as
represented al the department has bear
trying 10 prevent this game IN his dis
,rict. and for his efforts he has baan
bounced upon indirectly about another
matter in the department.
The attorney general has beeo asked
n PASS on the matter OF deputy mar
saals working over mileage for the mr.
pose OF beating the government on,
= funds. and Mr.. Harmon is expected
81 pass on this in due time. after be re-
-atns rom the Ohio campaign. In due
.il,e the Seorgis official iepravitv in
ecSea into oklahoma viii be examined
y some extent by a committee of the
ionse- and IN addition TO inquiring INFO
3utfases being practiced now daily on
ne ne, people q Oklahoma. the committee
o - 80 some notice OF the outraSes
committed on the strip settlers.