Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-03


the Indians themselves.
MI. Jones' Long Service.
Mr.. Jones has been Indian commissioner
longer than any one else ever held the Of
flee. He was appointed by President Nc
KInley in 1897 and agreed then to take the
Office if he would be permitted to resign
within two years. During the two years
that followed his taking the oath he revo-
lutioniZed many of the methods of business
in the bureau and instituted many reforms
that required time to reach fruition. There
fore it did not require much persuasion to
prevail upon Mr.. Jones to remain in the
service when the time limit he had placed
upon his serving had elapsed. He remained
until the end of his four-year term, and
then accepted ar other appointment for four
years. His second term was almost COM
pleted when he at last saw his way clear
to turn over his office to a successor and
return to his private business interests.
Mr.. Jones was urged to reconsider his
determination to resign, but the ill health
of his brother, who is his business partner,
made it imperative that he should return
to private life, and he was therefore de-
termined to leave the government service.
1T is with real regret that / leave the
bureau" said Mr.. Jones this morning. Il
am anxious to get back to my business,
but now that the time has come to go L
feel a tinge of regret that / must go. My
relations with the men and women in this
bureau have been most pleasant during the
past seven and a half years, and they have
my best wishes
Capt. A. c. Tonner. assistant commits
sioner of the Indian bureau retired from
office today and Maj Charles F. Larabee
succeeded him in that position. Major
Larabee has been connected with the lands
division of the Indian office for more than
twenty-five years, and his appointment was
made on the recommendation of Mr. Leupp.
Mr.. James F. Allen, for more than quar-
ter of century clerk in the lands di-
vision of the Indian Office, has been APP
pointed chief thereof to succeed Major
Larabee.
Mr.. Leupp's Career.
The President sent Mr.. Leupos name to
the Senate as the nominee for the Indian
commissionership the first day of the pres
ent session of Congress. Mr. Leupp was the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, and is one of the best
known newspaper writers in this city. He
| is a personal friend of the President and
| the author of the book, THE Man Roose-
, Welt" which is regarded as one of the
Presidents best biographies. Mr. Leupp
has been a close student of Indian affairs
| from his early youth and for almost twenty
years has been regarded as an authority
on subjects pertaining to the education and
treatment of the nations wards.
Francis Ellington Leupp is native of
New York. He is a graduate of Williams
College, class of 1870 and of the law de-
partment of the Columbia University OF
New York He became an associate editor
| of the New York Evening Post in 1874, and
| has been in newspaper work ever since, all
| of his time, with the exception of the years
between 1878 and 1855. when he was editor
and part owner of the Syracuse On. Y.)
| Herald. having been spent with the New
York Evening Post as associate editor, pc
| litical editorial writer and chief of its
Washington bureau. He has held the lat
| ter position since 1889. Mr.. Leupp was
editor of Good Government, the official cr-
gan of the National Civil Service Reform
| League, from 1892 to 80, and was a men,
| Der of the board of Indian commissioners
| from 1895 to 1897. Mr.. Leupp Is regarded
/ as one of the best authorities on matters
| relating to civil service reform in the coun-
\ try. He has been a member of the National
| Civil Service Reform League from its cr-
/ ganization and one of its most active work
| ers. Several times he has been offered the
/ position of civil service commissioner, but
| has declined.
| Interest in the Indians
| Mr.. Leupp's interest in the Indians be-
| gan when he was boy. One Of the earliest
recoiiections of his childhood d of attend