The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-11-28

BBEE9gslaageI|AADg ATTORNEY I. |. DlLBf.
Article Refers TO His Past Record
s>.s Ss AS Inspector.

Ex-Indianq Inspector DaIby is claiming
undue credit for certain congressional legis-
lation, relative to the interest of the Wis
.eonsin Chippewas regarding school and
swamp land matters.
u If our Wisconsin brethren wish to know
who is entitled to the credit of the legisla-
ton refefredAto, they should be informed by
Chas. d 8 Armstrong regarding who assisted
him to accomplish it.
Y. 1t is true that Antoine Denomie who
worked faithfully for his band might have
called upon Mr.. Daily for some legal adj
vice, but this was not sufficient for the lat
ter to claim all the credit for the legislation.
Ex-Inspector Dalby's experience upon
the Grow Reservation in Montana, in the
investigation Of certain charges against cat
.tlemen, and also his experience here in help
ing to defraud defenseless full bloods of al
lotnents which they were swindled out Of
by persons who are whites and whose rights
as Chippewas are denied by both factions of
the indians upon this reservation, jnstifes
The Tomahawk in saving that the Wiscon-
sin Chippewas would make a great mistake
in retaining him as their attorney.
AS an Indian Inspector Mr.. Dalby took
sides with the cattlemen of Montana as
against the Indians, anu as soon as he was
let out of the service he represented them
in Washington as their attorney. Can any
one come to any other conclusion than that
he was not honest in his investigations!
The Tomahawk has only one motive in
calling the attention Of the Wisconsin Chip
pewas to the career of this man s1a ~ NJ II
Is that necessarily they will have ioirlt
claims against the United States with the.
Chippewas Of Minnesota to be settled thro'
attorneys, and it would be exceedingly re-
pulsive for Minnesota Chippewas to be COM
pelled to work with one in whom they have
absolutely no confidence nor respect.
Brother Gus Beaulieu of The Tomahawk
puts great stress in his efforts to wipe out
the credit of man who has done SO much
invaluable service not only for the Bad Riv-
er Chippewas, but for the entire Indian
people, by showing up corrupt officials in
their method of seemingly abetringly abet-
ting the defrauding Of the Indian of his pro-
Iperty which manifestly caused their removal
true it was the natural sequence or fruit of
tleir own maladministration Of the affairs
given them to protect. Also it is true that
Others contributed in furnishing evidence
such as the ex-slperintendent of logging,
Joseph Farr, and his attorney Mr.. Ebby
Smith, but it required some one to push the
matter to its fruition and Brother Gus, you
know, by long experience, the kind of local
government officials you, and most Nof us,
has been con.ending with, but by being up
held by higher officials at Washington, as
able as you are, you have so far failed to
have one Of them removed at your reservat-
ion, now my esteemed Gus, just once tr.
and take FOOLS advice although / have not
yet considered myself to have reached that
point but you try providing however you
have good cause to complain of your agent
Try Mr.. z. Louis Daily of Washington D
&. once and lay all facts about your case in
employment of him as did and as the gov
crnment official that sent him to Mort tara.
for which his employers were satisfied and
guarantee, Brother Gus, that inside Of
year you will holler different note SO far
as Mr. Dalby's work is concerned and Gus,
you are aware was at Washington the time
the Wisconsin Chippewa School and swamp
land matter was before congress and as |
was directly interested l watched the pro-
ceeding, having been promised or assured
that the bill pending would be killed on
point of order, and the matter coming up
rather unexpectedly sudden and happen to]
be at my esteemahle friend D. B. Hender-
sons office when he received letter from
Mr.. Charles Armstrong requesting him to
watch and appear against its passage which
Mr.. Henderson indicated his willingness to
me. Mr.. 2. L. Dalby had just arrived and