The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-12-27
GEORGE WILL RESIGN.
Don't Want the Position of Indian
Agent Any Longer.

agent OF the MedaWanktOn band o
Indians, the most of which band arr
located on the reservation eigh
miles east of Redwood Falls. Majo1
Evans is of the opinion that the de
partment wants his resignation.
This conclusion was arrived a
by Major Evans last Wednesday
afternoon when he wrote out his
resignation, but which he has MOI
yet forwarded to the Indian depart
ment. 1t appears that after Major
Evans notified the Indian depart
ment that he had no intention OF re-
signing just at present and would
make the distribution of the s., 0OC
Congressional appropriation among
the band of Indians the department
commenced sending him orders for
carrying on the distribution of the
annuity, However, before the writ
ten orders and blanks arrived here
Indian Commissioner Jones tele-
graphed Maj. Evans that the writ
ten orders had been revoked, and
he was not to act upon them.
The action of the department led
Major Evans to believe that his
resignation was wanted, and mas
much as the position carried with
it more work that money he conclud-
ed that he had all the honor out of
the Office that he cared for. In case
he sends in his resignation Col.
Samuel Lowenstein, the well-known
! St. Paul politician, will be appoint
ed, and thus be reduced in the
ranks from Colonel to Major.
1t is more than likely that the
action of Major Jones of the Indian
departmental harrassing Maj. Evans
was with the view OF securing the
latter S resignation. In his report
on the band Major Evans was quite
outspoken in his criticism of the
manner of conducting the distribu-
ton and recommended that the post
agent of the band be abolished, unless
the government could pay more mon
ey for the agents services. He also
spoke of the fact that some of the
people who were drawing annuities
under the act showed as much
white blood as the average white
man. and were earning conforta-
BILE livelihood in good positions, and
the Major was of the opinion that
these people, with but slight trace
of Indian blood in their veins, should
not participate in the annuity. This
latter recommendation may have
''riled' some of the members OF the
annuity band, and they probably
had sufficient pull to demand Major
Evan S resignation, and the latter's
other recommendations, with the
influence of these members, may
have been the cause of Major Jones
politely asking for Major Evans
resignation. The latter was simply
limited by Maj Jones, but Major
Evans did not have to read the first
telegram any more than twice to
see that something was wanted, and
later when the other harassing tele-
gram, countermanding the written
orders had been received, he was
firmly impressed that Jones was
after something, and was going to
get it.
Col. Lowenstein is an irrepressi-
BILE Office seeker, and considers that
his past services to the Republican
party, confined almost exclusively
to Ramsey county, warrants him in
asking the party for continuous
job. The Colonel is not particular
about the job, or the money that
there is in it. He simply wants
Office for the sake of office. Whether
he will enjoy being reduced in the
ranks from Colonel to Major by the
boys who are responsible for his
title is question, for if there is
any one thing that Herr Lowenstein
is proud of it is title. It is said
that he comes from one of the most
noted German families, descending
directly from the Bismarckian line,
and that he has promised to give
the Lowenstein family equally prom
inence in American politics.