The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-10
DANIELS IN CHARGE
OF WHITE EARTH
CASES TRANSFERRED
Brother of Secretary Of the Navy, Act
ing as Assistant Attorney Gen
eral to Be Relieved.
MINNESOTA MAN NAY
BE NAMED FOR PLACE
lnexcusable Delays il Handling Land
Cases and Large Expense Without.
Results Cause for Removal

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Minneapolis, MIMI, NOV. - -
Charles C. Daniels of North Carolina
special assistant to- the attorney gen.
eral and for the last Is months il
charge of the governments prosecu.
ton of White Earth indian land cases
is to be superseded In office by q
Minnesota man.
Mr.. Daniels, who is a brother o1
Secretary OF the Navy Josephus Dan
iels and close friend and follower
of William Jennings Bryan, is either
to be ousted from government service
or transferred to some other part
of the country. -.
Political Import Seen.
The retirement of Mr.. Daniels from
the government service in Minnesota
is an interesting chapter in the
history of the Indian controversy in
Minnesota. Incidentally, according
to the men who follow national poll
tics, it may have national signifi-
canoe. The man who has decided to
GUST Mr.. Daniels is Attorney General
T. w. Gregory, who sits on the
presidents cabinet with the secretary
of the navy, Mr.. Daniels brother.
For many months concentrated
attack has been made at Washington
upon Mr.. Daniels, who is said to have
displeased Wilson democrats by some
of his activities in Minnesota. Rein
forcing this attack have been COM
plants filed by men who are inter-
ested in an early disposition of the
White Earth land cases, 500 cases
which involve title to, about $50, 900
acres of land on the reservation.
Candidates After Place.
1ntimation that the attorney gener-
al was contemplating removing Mr..
Daniels from his MiAnesota ASST gn-
ment came to Minneapolis democrats
a month ago when a special agent of
the department of justice came to
Minnesota to Investigate the situa-
ton. AS a result many applications
for Mr.. Daniels position have been
filed in Washington. One of the men
mentioned, Julius A. Collier Of Shako-
pee had an interview yesterday with
the attorney general in Washington.
Other democrats mentioned for the
position are w. M. Jerome of Mime
apolis, G. B. Richards of Duluth,
Einar Hoidale of Minneapolis, James
Meigen of Waseca and Judge w. L..
Parsons of Fergus Falls.
Unnecessary Delays Charged.
1t is said that the attorney general
will base the removal of Mr.. Daniels
on the statement that there has been
inexcusable delay in handling the
land cases, that expenses for the work
have mounted and results have not
been obtained.
The 1900 cases which Mr.. Daniels
has been prosecuting are actions by
the government to set aside land titles
in cases where Indians on the White
Earth reservation alienated their
lands under the provisions of the
Clapp act of 1906. This act, which
was an amendment on the general ap-
preparations bill, gave m1xedblood In
dams on the reservation the right to
ALLEVIATE their lands. Under its pro-
visions practically all the Indians
made land transfers.
That hundreds of fullblood Indians
transferred their lands, that the In
dams were the victims Of wholesale
fl auds and that much of the valuable
cumberland on the reservation was
sold for a "song" was the finding OF
a congressional committee appointed
three years ago to investigate the sit
uation The committee declared that
criminal action should be brought
against some of the landmen who
lived near the reservation. Indict-
ments followed and the government
began it's $500 suits, alleging thai
in these cases fullbloods had illegally
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