Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-11
BURDEN OF THE WARRANT FRAUDS
FALLS UPON THE TRIBE.
PAYMENT WILL BE SUSPENDED
ENTIRE MATTER TO BE REFERRED
TO CONGRESS FOR ACTION.
Creek Council Adjourns Without Do
Ing Chief Isparhecker's Kidding
and m Extra Session Is I'M
mcdiateIy CaIIed-Chil-
ders' Shortage.

Washington, Nov. 10.-(Special) Secre-
tary Bliss will refer the matter of the pay
ment OF the Creek warrants back TO con-
gress as the best solution which offers oil
the recent discovery of frauds in the is
suaEce OF these warrants. This means that
the payment of the SSSS5.0dO. authorized by
Ger gress. will be suspended as 20 the coed
warrants well as the spurious ones until
congress takes some further action in re-
gard to their payment. Secretary Bliss
reached this decision to-day. after a con-
foreEce with Senator Cockreil. of Missouri
j. should be understood that congress SIM
ply authorized an appropriation out of the
funds TO the credit OF In. Creeks he'd in
trust for them by the United States. and
authorized the secretary of the interior 10
pay all regular warrants presented. The
less, therefore, whatever il may prove to
be. must fall on the Creek nation, which
alone is responsible for the frauds COM
mitted
The Creek council had doubts about the
genEineness of some warrants issued.
About year ago the blank warrant book
disappeared. II was returned after some
time, but IL was found that a number of
blanks had been extract ID. Thereupon the
council appointed a commission TO go over
the old warrants and issue new ones for
all just claims. No check was kept on
the commission. and when the work was
done. II had issued certificates for 1852 go
and rejected $4,000. Some of the holders
Of the rejected warrants sent complaints
10 Washington. and on the strength of
these the department dispatched special
agents to the nation to look into the whole
Eatter. The result was that they found
S2tOOD of the warrants TO he Just; $50 0Ol
doubtful and s93.e50 for which there was
nd flx ri
Gus. This was the cause for the suspen-
sion OF all payments. and the matter has
been hanging fire until to-day, when the
secretary decided to make the suspension
permanent and refer the whole matter back
10 congress FOR such action as II may choose
to tske. 1t is evident that it will be used
as practical object lesson of how matters
OF such Importance are conducted in The
Indian Territory, and as the government
Will doubtless make no discrimination
against any of these warrants on the
ground that they represent on their face
- the approval of the Creek nation no fur
ther appropriations will be authorized until
the Greeks express their willingness to re-
deem everything outstanding
Muskogee, l. T., Nov. 1d.-tSpecial) The
Creek council at Okmulgee l. T. has ad-
3ourned, after being in session over n
month. without taking action on some of
the most important matters pending before
1t, and Chief lsparhecher has therefore is
sued his proclamation conyening the coun-
Gil In extra session on the End inst, for
the purpose of further considering the
question of the consolidation of the five civ.
fiized tribes of the Indian Territory into
one great nation, preparatory to entering
the Union as Texas did. Chief Isparhecher
Is stanch advocate of the plan, and is de.
fermined to have the council thoroughly In.
restigate il.
During the closing hours of the council
Inc committee appointed to investigate the
charges preferred against the chief hy
three Creeks reported that the charges had
not been presented to the council in ac-
cordance with the law and therefore. could
not be considered by the committee. The
committees report was accepted, and i,
was discharged.
The committee appointed by the council
TO investigate and report on the charges
preferred against and leading up to The
suspension of L. b. Childers, the treasurer
OF the nation. submitted majority reporl
stating that Childers was short I'M his ac.
counts with the nation over sl9 OO0.g The
minority reported no shortaee.t Lldxe Il
y. Moore of this place. who was sippofutef
by the chief to succeed Childers, and whose
appointment has been confirmed by the
council, Is now acting as the treasurer OF
the nation. - ~