The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-30
CASS LAKE PROTESTS
IF HERMANN'S ORDER
STANDS
ASKED
SUSPENSION
Senator Davis and Congressman
Morris Telegraph the Interior
Department Requesting That the
Settlers Be Not Evicted Till They
Can BE Heard in Defense of Their
Rights.

After a conference held with a commit
tee of Cass Lake citizens and others at
the office Of Senator Davis yesterday aft
ernoon. communication was addressed
to the secretary Of the interior by Senator
Davis and Congressman Page Morris, of
the Sixth district. urging that the order
directing the abdication Of the town of
Cass Lake be suspended, pending further
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| Since the order Of Land Commissioner
Hermann, promulgated through Indian
Agent Mercer, directing the expulsion of
all the white people from the reservation
before July r. was made, public there
has been great deal of adverse criticism
Of the course of the Washington officials,
by those Interested in the town Of Cass
Lake.
The town has a population of some 800
people. and If the order becomes opera
tive many who have made their homes
ON the government land will have to
move 1t Is claimed that the white peo-
pie living on the townsite of Cass Lake
settled there in good faith, and the COM
missioner of the land office at Washing
ton has no right to remove them at this
late date. 1t is claimed that all who set
tied there have right in equity to their
homes.
In any event the order is out. and pend
ing any disagreeable complications, the
secretary of the interior has been person.
ally addressed by Minnesota's represen-
tattves in congress, asking that the mat
ter be held in allegiance until the rights
of the Cass Lake settlers can be looked
up and determined.
At a recent meeting held at Cass Lake
a committee consisting Of Judge Ives,
Cnv. o4Oy- (Nr,- ,,t@ I~
William Dunlop was appointed to visit
Duluth, and confer with Congressman
Morris. This they did on Wednesday, and
Mr.. Morris very willingly agreed to &C
company the committee to ST. Paul to see
Senator Davis Judge Ives went to Alex
andria Tuesday evening to confer with
Senator Nelson, and returned yesterday.
and reported that Senator Nelson would
join in any move that was made to ad-
just the controversy.
The conference was held with Senator
Davis yesterday with the result named.
Cass Lake is not the only place affect
ed by the order, as Bena, a small town
on the Great Northern, has nearly 100
settlers who have built themselves homes
and the business men put up store build
ings. The nearest point to which the peo-
pie of Cass Lake could move to and be
off the government land Is Ferris, in Hub
bard county, four miles distant. The peo-
pie at Bena and other points nearer the
interior of the reservation would have
much further to move.
The order does not affect the Great
Northern Railroad company, as it re-
ceived It's charter to operate line
through the Chippewa Indian reservation
from congress. There is q mill belonging
to the Scanlon-Gipson company, of Mime
apolts, also located at Cass Lake, and 1t is
said that it will not be affected by the
order.
Congressman Morris was seen at the
Merchants last evening and stated that
the Cass Lake people were not asking any
thing unreasonable in requesting tenn
porary suspension of the order. They