Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-15
TAnS BIXBY
HAS BEEN SUMMONED TO WASH
INGTON TO ANSWER PER
TlNENT QUESTIONS.
Chairman of Dawes Commission vii
Be Asked TO Talk About
Indian Scandals.

W ashingtOn. Oct. l3.-I ans BlADN,
chairman Of the Dawes commission,
president OF the Canadian Valley
Trust company OF Muscogee, |. T.,
and also director III the Muscogee
Title and Trust of Muscogee. is eX-
pected 70 arrive in the city Tuesday
from that territory III response to
telegram from the secretary of the
interior.
AS chairman of the Dawes con-
mission it is Mr. Bixby's duty to SUI
perintend air and impartial al
lotment of the lands in the Indian
territory and to pass on the citizen
ship of the Indians.
The trust company OF which Mr.
Bixby is president has the right,
among other things, to loan mon7y
upon real estate personal property
and other securities; to buy. rent,
sell and lease and mortgage real es-
tate; to build homes and other
structures thereon and otherwise in-
prove these properties, 1t also has
Ehe right to own stock in other trus:
companies.
Charges have been made to the
secretary of the interior that every
member of the Dawes commission
holds stock in one or more Of the
companies engaged in dealing in ln-
dian lands, and that these companies
were organized principally to secure
leases Of the lands at ridiculously
low prices. ID was because of these
charges and others of minor import
ance that Charles J. Bonaparte was
selected by the president to investi-
gate conditions in the territory and
learn how the commission was do
ing its work.
Among the allegations is one that
the commiss ion has purposeiy de-
tayed the work of allotment in order
that its members might draw salaries
for an indefinite time.
Mr. Bixby and the other members
of the commission are said to have
written letters to the secretary OF
the interior, in which they explicitly
deny the charges against them, and
ask that Ithe letters lie published.
No hnt. "a tn
make the communications public,
holding that MI Bonaparte is now
in entire control of the case in all
of it's bearings, and all news must
come from him.
Questions to Be Asked.
There arc a number of questions OF
great interest to those ct nceHGing the
investigations or in tle business d.
tails of the commissi) IN which MI.
BiXby will be requested to answer
when he comes to the city. AID tne
answers are eagerly awaited. Ai.ohg
these questions are:
How much money did the town Of
Vinta, in the Cherokee nation, 7. T.,
have to put up to secure the establish
ment of the land office ct that place
from January |, 1903?
How much money did the town 3f
Tahlequah, Cherokee nation, put up
to secure the establishment of the
land office at that place after May !,
1903?
Did the members of the Dawes com
mission confer with the secretary OF
the interior as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF
their becoming interested in land and
trust companies in the Indian territory,
for the purpose of dealing in lands and
personal property?
How many trust companies to your
knowledge are at present engaged in
buying, renting and leasing lands in
the territory?
How do the agents of these trust
companies manage to secure leases
from the Indians?
Is it true that agents of these trust