The Washington herald., 1911-08-21

standing and to duty a man known to
be unreliable and unfit for the public
service, but who was also known to be
subservient to their present dishonest
purpose, in order to secure through him
and another employe, known to be in
competent, a dishonest report of ex-
aminations of allotments on the said Lac
du F1ambeau Reservation.
False Report Was Made.
'T further charge and offer to prove
that the said C. F. Hauke is guilty of
falsehood in that he did, In letter to
the Secretary of the Interior under date
Of July 8, 1911, referring to the said dis
honest report, and as a part of the con-
spiracy between himself and the said
Valentine and others for the perpetra-
tion of a fraud upon the said Indian
allottees. falsely report that certain
personal examination of said allotments
had been made, when in fact it had not
been made.
And / am prepared at any time to
make and prove other specifications of
falsehood on the part Of said c. F.
Hauke.
II further charge and offer to prove
that the said R. G. Valentine is guilty
of falsehood in that he made to the
Secretary of the Interior in a letter dated
April 90 1911, statements which were
and which he knew to be untrue. have
heretofore more definitely and particu-
larly specified and pointed out these
falsehoods in formal communications ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Interior
under date of April &c, May 9. May 13,
May 16, May q June 10, June @, July
10, July II, July IS, and July %, 1911.
and also in an open letter addressed to
the Secretary of the Interior under date
of August 8, 1911, a copy of which was
transmitted simultaneously to the Presi-
dent of the United States, and pub
Iished copy of which 1 submit herewith,
to which open letter no reply whatever
has been made.
"I am prepared at any time to make
and prove other specifications of false
hood on the part of the said r. G. VAL
entine.
Opposed to Indians Claims.
81 further charge and offer to prove
that the said R. G. Valentine, Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs. has disregarded
and acted in opposition to the public in
terest and the interests Of the Indians
in order to accomplish his own personal
ends, % in retaining and promoting en-
ployes in the Indian Service because OF
their subserviency to his own personal
purposes and Notwithstanding their
known incompetency or misconduct; 2)
in maliciously instigating charges to be
made against officers in the Indian Serv-
ice not because of any misconduct on
their part but because of his own per-
sonal desire to discredit them or get
them out of the public service; C3 in
causing the expenditure OF public funds
under the guise of the accomplishment of
some ostensibly official purpose, but
really for the promotion of his own per-
sonal ends; and 90 in other ways which
1 will more particularly charge whenever
proper opportunity is afforded for the
submission of proof in such a way as
to result in suitable action for the pro-
lection of the public interest and the in
terests of the Indians.
LAS specifications under this charge,
now refer to the cases of A. A. Bear,
superintendent OF the Fond du Lac In
dian Reservation, Mimi; James Y. Ham
ilton, superintendent OF the Standing
Rock Indian Reservation, n. Oak, and
S. G. Reynolds, formerly superintendent
of the Crow Indian Reservation. Mont.
and / will give other specifications when
ever proper opportunity is afforded me to
submit proof thereof in the public in
terest. Very respectfully,
Il R. FARR"
A letter identical with the above was
forwarded at the same time to the chair
man of the Committee on Indian Affairs.
House of Representatives.