The Tomahawk., 1919-03-06
Members of the Minnesota DEL

! Members of the Minnesota Del
egation secured the inclusion of an
item in the Bill for the pay ment of
the amounts assessed against tribal
and allotted Indian lands of the
Fond du Lac Reservation, by Carl
ton Comfy, Judicial Ditch No., /,
amounting to $45, 947, which is to
be paid out of the public treasury
and the government is to be reim-
bursed by the allottees whose lands
are affected. IT,. i
Owing to the opposition of Coffey
and his gang and the lndian-Bureau,
and as result of their PERSISTENT
misrepresentation of facts, and the
limited time in which the commit
tee had to consider the matter, the
committee struck out the last four
lines of the item as it passed the
House appropriating $4,000 for
the G eneral Council, and increased
the item to $4,000. By this
amendment the General Council is
deprived of Control over the ex:
penditure OF the money and the
Indian Bureau is given .. full con-
troll. :. -.- -,- .ss.. -.
The object of this was to destroy
if possible, the General Council
and IT, enable the Indian Bureau to
recognize the Coffey bunch and
such council as the Coffey crowd
might hold. In short the effect of
it was to make the General Council
wholly subservient to. Che Indian
Bureau. By this no action could
be taken by the General Council
that would expose the maladminis-
tration of the Chippewa estate by
the Indian Buream The Commit.
tee did not know the facts and bad
no time to learn the facts with
reference to the great work done
for the Chippewas by the General
Council, and on account Of the
confused condition adopted the
amendment recommended by the
Indian Bureau. The council pro
vision as it passed the House will
be reinstated If the bill becomes
law. = ~:.s-
1t is now certain that q congress.
ional investigation of Chippewa
affairs will be made this year so
that actual facts may be known to
the committees of congress. When
this is done it will be goodbv In.
dian Bureau. s...
John H. Hinton came to WASH
ington last week with blood in his
eyes. He was after the scalp of E.
B. LINEN, the inspector of the
Indian Bureau who submitted the
wbitewashed report on affairs in
the Chippewa country. Linnen
found that Hinton was an unfit
man to manage the affairs of the
White Earth Agency, just as the
legislative committee of the geDer-
al council has been repeatedly tel
ling the Department for more than
year. Linnen and Hinton are
ancient enemies, and this was the
opportunity for Linnen to take
Hinton's hide off. He probably
told the truth about Hinton, but
he suppressed the truth with refer 1
ence to the actual facts existing in
the Chippewa country, and lied
about every member of the legis
lat,ve committee and the good PEG
ole IF the Chippewa tribe. LINEN
ought to be fired, and the legisls-
tive committee has insisted upon
his being fired. He did a good job
in getting rid Of Hinton although
it was tie result of spleen and
malice, and the Chippewa leglsla-
tive committee hopes that Hinton
may do an equally good job in get
ting rid of Linnen. The legislative
committee will do all it can to have
Linnen fired, and, the first time
there is a full hearing on the Lin
men report before a committee of
congress Linnen will be fired, but
the Legislative committee does not
intend to soil its hands in espous
ing the cause of either Hinton or
Liunen. As between the two it is
q stand off. @ ,,sa-.-s- II
The legislative committee has
made known to the Department its