The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Fresh, Crisp Paragraphs Concerning People
and Affairs Around Our National
Capitol.

Special Correspondence Of The Prog
ress-Advertiser. Wsahingtop. d. G..
September 9th. 1908,
u gill be remembered that At TIL
beginning Of The Post Office Depart
ment hves tigatiou the Postmaster
General, Ar. Payne. said with . lofty
Or that there wa nothing In it,"
and dismissed all the charges Of sx-
Cashier Tulloch with disdsin. Well.
the general public Low know bow
much there wss 10 it, and how the
deeper they dug into ths muck heap
the nastier II got. The Poat- -0fhcs
Department Investigation b nov
nearing Vie end ssd ahs report Of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gensssl
Bristow will soon b ready tor she
public, but the chances arc that the
general public will soon forget all
about the Post -0ties matter because
10 will be entertained With another
investigation that 10 now about 10 be
pulled Of, the noise Of which will
reverberate from Tsdmor-in-the-wild-
srness to Yuba DAN. Il b now up
to the Interior Department to take .
turn at the Investigation grindstone,
and the storm center Of this investi-
cation will be in the Indian Territory.
Nr. Hitchcock, the Secretary Of the
Interior. had no idea, when be sum-
marily dismissed from office withoss 3
hearing Mr.. Clarence B. Douglas, . |
clerk In the isnd department Of The
Indian Agents Office at Auskegee,
that situation down there wss loaded
with dynamite. I have known Clarence
Douglas sver since ~ were barefoot |
ed boys together IN 1875, and there
is no man Of higher character or
cleaner manhood in the Indian Terri
tory or anywhere else. He is not !
the man 10 rest under IN imputation |
against bis honor, and he has pro- ,
ceeded to get busy. He demanded q !
hearing and , recitation Of the
reasons for bis dismissal. He cared
nothing for she measley job, but he
wanted justice. He has got nothing. |
and now thsre are whole gobs OF
trouble prestering the Secretary Of
the Interior. The dismissal Of Doug !
les was the signal gun that started .
rucus. Douglas Isl fighter from the
headvaters Of Bitter Greek, and is
camping on the trail Of the man Who
10 at the bottsm Of Z whole lot Of The
nastiness IN tho Indian Territory, |
ike q hungry coyote camping on che
trail Of . Compliant jack rabbit. Hs
is now in Washington, whore hs 70
we'll known, and stand high among
the newspaper men. in ths fraternity
Of which he is aD honorsd member,
and he hss been cutting loose . lot
Of facts snent Che Indian Territory
shat has blova We ~ Oh
the crater and lst dsyliRhs into some
corners that some people hoped never
would Be uncovered. The newspaper
boys are printing what Douglas Gays
because they know he knows Whist he
is talking about and shsv also know
that he viii not liz. fe his been
interviewed NOT only by the local
papers here, but BY the correspond
ents Of papers in s. Louis, Ksnsss
City, and nearly all the big New York
dsilies. I ~ Douglas and talked
this matter over With him. What hs
said 10 me about II is enthusiastically y
follows. IT h only jsst h ~ tAst
M. Hitchcock h honest sad that be-
ID doing vhst be believes 10 ~ Tor
tho best interests of tho people Of
the Territory. The trouble u that
he is afflicted With . serious ease af
teo much ]. Gsorss Wright, and Il Is
Z question Il any satisfactory results
viii ever b attained BY ths Interior
Department in the management Of
Territory affairs 90 long - NJ.
Wright oncistes ct the white Gar,
.dsfacto governor and personal
poobah Of The administration IN that
osunsry. As the ohcial ice maa for
q norsh pole supnlv eonpan1 Inspee-
tor Wright vcSld bs . frozen success,
hin preseilee alone being sufficient 70
prevent loss to stock BY rising tenn
perasurs. 10 has sdniaistsgsd nis