Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-06
A SCORCHER
Some Things People Ought to
Know,
EpIroR suNpAY GIonE.


EDITOR SUNDAY GLOBE:
Some things the people have a right
to know-the antecedents Of public Of
fcials and the manner In which they
administer the public business.
Some one tell us something about
the public and private life Of Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, prior 20 his appoint
ment as Secretary of the Interior.
BY referring to "Offcial Register Of
United States, page 1893" we find the
name Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secre.
tary Of Interior, born in Alabama, ap.
pointed from st. Louis, Mo-. salary
$4,000 per year.
We are very familiar with where
the State Of Missouri and city Of St.
Louis is located; have been well ac-
quainted in said city since the year
1860, and with the business firms Of
said city, also the leading politicians
Of all parties, newspapers, and newspa-
per men, and we must confess we never
heard Of this man Ethan Allen Hitch
until the date Of his appointment, and
will wager a new hat he was not gen
orally known 20 miles surrounding
said city.
From his official acts, the indications
are he is the tool OF others. mainly
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific r.
R. Co.
Within the past few months and
against the protests Of people who were
well versed on the situations Of the
country, Ethan Allen Hitchcock had
prepared and signed by the President a
proclamation forcing 175000 people to
ride over this Rock Island railroad
from 200 to over 800 miles, paying out
| OF their hard earnings tribute to said
road, Of over "a 600, 600 OF cash, when
/ this same Ethan Allen Hitchcock knew
only about $4,000 could secure homes
| We have reference to the opening Of
! the Indian country in Oklahoma Terri
| tory. Shame on you, Ethan Allen, to
! be the means OF this grand steal, when
| you know the lands could have been
awarded and this vast crowd OF l75,-
! 600 people remained at their homes for
even less money to the Government
/ than the cost by the Rock Island rail
road plan. Excuse haste. / should have
! said the one drawn up by yourself,
! Willis Van DeVanter, OF Wyoming, and
! William A. Richards, Of Big Horn, also
]
! to-" Three nice ones to play into the
| pockets OF a railroad company and
against 175,0O0 homeless people
Shame on such work Is this the only
thing this man Ethan Allen & Co. has
done for the Rock Island r. r. Co.?
By no means. The United States Gov.
ernment, having no surveyors, or ones
that could be managed by Ethan Allen
& Co, and c., r. l. & P. Co. So Ethan
Allen Co. employ the corps Of Rock
Island r. R. Co. surveyors at a cost
OF only $4,000 for surveying those
IS, 900 homestead claims.
Is this all Ethan Allen & Co. has
done In the management Of public bus
mess, this transaction Of opening and
settlement Of Indian lands in Okla
homa? BY no means.
! Examine the court records OF this
district and you will find that
each of the Indian tribes formerly
holding said lands under a treaty with
the United States Government were
protesting to the said Ethan Allen &
Co. with all the known powers within
themselves. against the settlement OF
| their lands nv white people. But the
Rock Island Railroad Co. had two lines
Of road partly built through their
| lands. and, of course, Ethan Allen 3
| Co. and Rock Island Railroad Co. have
all their arrangements made so could
| not be foiled by a few thousand greasy
Indians when over $4,000,0OO cold cash
was at stake. Just how 1t was divided
/ we have never been Informed by Ethan
! Allen & Co. or the c., R. I. & p X. K.
| Co.. we presume perfectly sausfac-
torily. We do know the lands we're
awarded regardless Of protests.
Is this all Of the official acts and
deeds of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secre-
tary of Interior? BY no means.
Holding the official position he does,
he has many smaller officers under his
immediate supervision to see filled by
/ good. responsible. and reliable men,
who will work in harmony with Ethan
| Allen & Co. So. on July 5, 1901, he
/ looks the whole United States over Tor
some good man to fill the Responsible
| position OF special agent for the In
| terror Department. He did not nave 70
go to Wyoming to find such a person,
/ neither did he have to 90 to old MIS-
souri," and get Frank James, Cole or
Bob Younger. He found a good man
in Col. John G. Mosby, whose war rec
ord The Globe published Sept 29th.
| No doubt Colonel Mosby will do his
/ bidding. II not, he deceives his pre-
vi0us record.
What other official acts has this
man Ethan Allen hitchcock done?
Many we could mention, but forbare
for want Of space in your valuable re-
ligious weekly, but will mention the
fact that the much-abused Henry Clay
Evans, from Tennessee, not wyoming
or Missouri. is under the Immediate
control and direction of this man, born
/ in Alabama, hailing from Missouri,
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who could find
no better man south Of Mason and Dix
ons line than Col. John s, Mosby to
| hll the responsible position Of special
agent Ito himself) iof Interior.
JOHN S. MILLER