The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-11-13
Is Claimed Incorrect BY
Many
REHEARIHG HELD HERE YESTERDAY
At the Farmers Office On Two Off
ferent Cases.

The allotment list recently completed
by DIR. w. M Wooster, special allotting
agent sent here from Washington several
months ago and who we understand has a
law suit on allotment matters in Minnesota
many instances is at fault and incorrect.
Peoples names we are told, who appers on
> the list are illegal and the names of people
who in every way are entitled, having been
born, reared and educated here, have been
ignored, by the Wooster committee entirely
and from this fact, it shows incorrectedneSS
and bungling job. A movement has been
started to retafd the list so that justice may
be done all, instead of one or two persons.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Wooster again
called the committee together in order that
a rehearing might be had on two cases they
being the case of Mrs. Madeline Bressette,
whose parent it was shown had received an
allotment on the Red Cliff reservation and
identically the same with that of Mrs. VIM
! Neaveaux, who was rejected the same
grounds. While i'll the case of Mrs. Mag
gle Rabideaux Connors whose name did not
appear on the list. These are only two of
many instances of similar character.
The rehearing in these cases was held af
ter the work of this committee was through
andthe list claimed closed. In the words
of Mr. Wooster ''The list is out Of my
hands and ny wo.l throsssh '''a11f this is tue
fact what right had he of having rehearing
on any case! In other words the committee
also was Through and n6<glonger existed.
We understand Mrs. ConnorS is to have
her name placed on the roll. Is this kind
of work to be sanctioned by the Interior De-
partmert and claimed that justice has been
donef And is it playing fair to the other
members of the band whose cases are iden-
tical with those granted the rehearing!
| Is it not apparent to the clear thinker that
grave injustice has been done in the making
of this list Eor if rehearing can be had
on two cases, than we think it no more
/ than Just that similar favor be done in
other cases that have the same merits.
Inasmuch as errors of this character ap-
pear, it is contended that the roll is not
correct and that the Department should re-
tard the same until thorough investigation
has been made into the manner of its make
up and also into the legality OF same.
This paper in the past has laid claim to
the fact that the men at the head of the In
terror Department intended to be right and
fair with all and that Justice would be done
but, If the present roll is to be sanctioned
by them then we must say, with good cause,
that it is ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
For will not they have trampled justice in
the ground, and repudiated the principal
they stand for
When Mr.. Wooster was approached on
the subject his reply was, 'that the COM
mite was at fault in not informing him cor
rectly as to the standing the persons en-
rolled" While we do not say that he is
wrong in this ST ,tement for surely after
ninety days with them this is a peculiar
statement to make, unless he did so in or
der to. attempt to smooth matters over and
knowing as he did, at the time or later, that
an injustice had been done. He blames
the committee practically acknowledging
so,uething wrong.
Now that cases have been found and
shown up on the list that was clearly err