Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-02-04
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#si WHITE EAR0H s5s II
SO g. G. Daniels goes, after all, su
lperseded in charge 'of White Eartl
government litigation Nv +. j. Kear
full Of Texas. The Minneapolis Tribune
lmouthpiece Of lumber interests ant
the Chamber Of Commerce, says Of thu
unlamented Mr.. Daniels, that hi.
record sufficiently explains the chang.
~ = 1900 prosecutions initiated, Is dis
posed off,
Anyone familiar with the f ct.
knows that the Tribune is wrong ani
unfair in CHS statement. The govern
ment cases were started by Judge
|Burch several years before Mr.. Dan
|iels came to Minnesota, and he sue
ceeded to the task Of preparation 70,
trial. Mr.. Daniels asserts that pro
grees has been as rapid Is the nature
Of The work and the obstructive tao.
tics of the defense has permitted; and
we have seen no disproof of his as.
sertion. It is we'll known that the
two-year period during which Mr.. Dan.
iels has directed the work has been
actually employed in preparation ap.
plicable to all the pending suits, and
that during the hast year trials have
commenced and proceeded before a
special master in chancery appointed
by Judge Morris, with all the expedi-
tion that the government could secure.
The question arises whether the ac-
ivities of Mr.. Daniels have not
brought the litigation to such criti-
cal state of readiness, such q neArness
to results, chat the defendants have
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meat's counsel, with the natural con-
fusion and delay incident to q change.
The public weald like an answer to
that question, AAd is not answered by
the statement from Washington that
the attorney general was not satisfied
with Mr.. Daniels. Why was he dis
satisfeds ,..
We do not know just how many Of
the land title cases have been s" dis.
posed off, but we feel assured that
their disposition has been a1eag the
lines Of the gove1nmeRt's duty; and
that no case under Mr.. Daniels direc-
ton would ever be f<disposed Of
either to socthe the feelings Of the
or to mark another tally
IN the score.
It is recalled, however, that soon
after Mr.. Daniels took over the White
Earth work, he brought to trial and
occurred the conviction of several
prominent defendants whose cases had
,een allowed to rest undisturbed for
wo years, thereby securing the. resti- |
tuition Of lands and money to the value |
# thirty or forty thousand dollars. |
That beginning did not indicate inef-
iciency, but it did portend trouble for |
Daniels, and the trouble has come.
Again, in these closing days of the !
Daniels regime, a test case involving
he right of the state to tax allotments
leld by mixed bloods has been decid-
d by Judge Morris in favor Of the
government. This case, the Minnea-
oils Journal states, involves more
han 10000 acres Of Indian allotments
7hich are thus freed from taxation.
he case was commenced one of the
eW commenced Mr.. Daniels'!
ERECTION. It is understood to involve
ovel and important questions. That
his matter has thus been brought to
successful issue does not indicate
nat the government counsel has been
sleep at the switch. The two Incl
ents, one at the beginning, the other
t the end, Of Mr.. Daniels sojourn in
Minnesota, raise the natural presump-
ion that he has been con the jobO
rom first to last.
Within six weeks the attorney gen.
raj has been quoted as saying that
Q had found that the opposition to
If. Daniels came from interested par
es. Everybody in Minnesota knows
lat this is the fact. Many are now
'king the question-why did such op-
osition win out9