The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-11
,. GEORGE wR,eHr.

dian inspector Tor OBI. Indian Terrific
=. AGAINST whom serious charges /
have 10 n filed ias been .he Unald I
states Indian Inspector co. tA- lntel /
Territory since August 1895 hay,ns I.
'egr detailed t1 that wors by the
secretary of tha interior shortly ,i
ter the passage 0f the act OF June -,
1s4s. commonly known as the Cur
bil This act auhoriz.s the secre-
ta-y of tte Interior 90 l0ca't an In
dian Inspector iu the lndiaa Terrific
ry vho may. under his authority and
direction. perform any duties ro.
quIred OF the secretary Of the in'e-
ri0- by Jaw relating 90 AFFAIR therein
The inspector acting under the
direction OF tho secretary % the in
terror exercise general supervision
over tho omcss of the United States
Indian aE,ut supsr'ntcuieHt o.
school. foi 90. Indian Territory. and
This assistants. revenue inspectors
miulnz trustees. tonuslto commission.
s.s aud s,nsrsI t0aus.ta work. aud
. other matters under tHe Jurisdiction
of .h. ir,ar'o. department outside
/ 1f tla iuIos I,,0lylng oirsCJ,y on
, the comm. si0a tD che Eve civilized
I tribes Tho iu pcc.ur also makes fra.
lu.ut Investigations aud reports ana
/ tJ s.o that thc instruction of the
2 n1rfm,uf arc carried orf and .h,
| various trhal laws are enforced, and
TO keep th. department advised as
TO- muters requiring com idoratou.
| An acts OF the tribal cou-clls. rc.
| quirug the approval Of the PRESIDENT
are forwarded with the inspectors
report and rscomm"ndation This
practically makes Mr.. wright ;he
governor of The Indian Territory. as
ne has far more authority than any
other one man In H.
While Mr. Wright s no. Personal
ly popular. to bis credit it ! said he
has always enjoyed = reputation for
: honesty lie Is a bachelor and lives
At Muskocee. The salarl Of trc inspcc.
J or Is S3.5OO per annum.
J Nh Wright and late Aeea. Shoen
B tclt never got alonF we'll together
= shoenfclt complaining o. Wright
. hlgh.handed way Of ,olng business
p and usurping authority that belonged
g 20 the agent. SO much feeling was en-
A gcndcrcd that an investigation wa.
n ordered The result was shoenfcit.
retirement from ofilce and To promo
lon Of Mr.. Wrlghts chief c'erk, Mr.
Dana H. Kelsey. 90 the position o
., United States Indian agent. This lef
Wright In absolute chlrge ot all tor
: ritorial matters. except sucH as be
30 ung to the Dawes commission
Wright has been In tne Indian SCI
,icc about IS years. hayirg bee
n agent for tho Sioux n Dakota. Dul
- ing the course Of the BoraDarte II
II ycstlgatlou he received = mild r.
r. roof for holding stock IN q trust con
- pany that dealt In Indian ''ods. III
b. ,Xplanatlon was that during his al
20 ,cucc from the territory Eis friend
g purchased this stock for him He ha
ls .cuDd 90 unload
"a Tho inspectors hg'd c7'orccmcr
I " tho Creek tribal tax law ade hiI
&c many enemies \ grca, nur.,cl oi m
N merchants Of the Greek nation thin
ie ny with all his power AMI authorii
" had he recommended 20 d. secret
Is ~ Of the Interior that this 'dN be NJ
)d collected Il would not have lccn don
M rs the secretary rclIcs 20 % arcat @
le tent upon Mr. Wrlghrs recommend
he Ions. He did not see a. 20 10 50, an
with the Indian polio collected n
tax 10 the last cent. In spite Of h
n long stay in the territory ". Wrigl
Il, has never become c'tilcr ciaimir
~ Illinois as his home. lie doc not ow
ro 4 foot OF ground in the territor
IN However, the Investigation viii !
watched with interest by mo Pc
pie OF the Indian Territory