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The Tomahawk., 1919-01-02
CHIPPEWA MATTERS At
WASHINGTON;
Special to The TOMAHAWK.

Special to TIE ToMAHAwK.
Washington, D. C.-The mem
bers of the House Committee on
Indian Affairs are slowly getting
an insight into the affairs of the
Chippewa Indians of Minnesota
The Indian Appropriation Bill for
the fiscal year commencing June
80, 1919, is now under considera-
tion by that committee. The In
diar Bureau has submitted esti-
mates for. an appropriation Of
1886, 900. 90 out of the trust funds
of the Indians to be used during
the next fiscal year for the alleged,
but in reality the grotesque pur
pose, of their support and civili-
zation.' = Congress has for years
been led TO- believe BY reports from
the Indian Bureau and statements
made to the committee by its
officers that the appropriations
from the trust funds asked for
annually by the Indian Bureau and
amounting to. between, $3.50, 900
and $185, 900 was all the money
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Earth Reservation. Thus, accord.
ing to the Indian Bureaus own
figures, there are less than 1900
petent members of~the Chip
pewa Tribe. For the support and
civilization, so-called by the In
dian Bureau, but in reality for the
,un nwarrant4ble interference by
Bureau in the affairs of less than
200 members of the tribe. it is
III tsAai,,y y costing the Chippewa
people and the Government of the
United States about $500, 600. The
average cost for the support and
civilization per 1000 Indians in
the various States of the Union is
less than $4,000, or about $40 per
head. When you stop IT, consider
the enormous appropriations made
for the alleged support and civil
zation of the Chippewa Indians of
Minnesota, and compare them with
the appropriations made for other
Indians of like status, the situation
sis monstrous. Congressman Hast
|ings, a member of the Committee
from Oklahoma, during the hear
ing inquired of Assistant Commis
sioner Merritt whether. the report
kof the investigation made by the
Indian Bureau had been furnished
to the representatives, of the Chip
.pewa Indians. !. Mr. Merritt re
piled that, it had not. Congressman
Hastings then inquired whether it
| was available for the use of the
committee Mr.. Merritt replied
that the report was considered
fconfidential and for the use Of the
Indian Bureau only. Then Con-
gressman Hastings expressed his
views about an investigation the
results Of which were kept secret.
The result waas thAt~,Mf. : Merfitt
retired and consulted with Com
missioner Sells over the telephone
and returned and stated to the
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committee that the report would
be turned over to the committee
and could be printed as q part of
its hearings. How much of the
real report will be thus turned
over to the committee, and how
much will be expurgated or sup
pressed, remains for conjecture.
The Chippewa matter then went
over until a later day at which
further bearings are to be had
when the committee has the infor-
mation requested of the Indian
Bureau.
1t can now be author,tively
stated that no more patents will be
issued to the State of Minnesota
by the Interior, Department for
lands ceded by the Chippewa In
dams to the Government under
the agreement of 1889. The de
partmental officers have erroneous.
ly issued to the State of Minnesota
patents covering 100000 acres of
land, much of which was covered
With valuable stands of timber,
and was il the act of issuing
patents to the State covering 700,
900 acres additional, when the
General Council. through its at
torney, entered a vigorous protest
with the Department. The matter
dragged along for several years.
the further issuance of patents to
the State covering lands cceded by
the Indians to the Government
under the agreement of 1889 being
suspended. At last it is conceded
that this was all error, that the
swamp and overflow acts under
which the departmental officers
thought the land passed to the
State, never applied to the land
csded.s The. y General Gouncit has
thus saved to the :Chippews In:
diaus several million dollars, and
has saved to the Government of
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the United States several million
dollars in claims the government
would have been compelled to pay
had patents been issued to the last
100000 acres. This is only one of
the many things the General
Council has accomplished for the
Chippewa people with the use OF
the little sums of $4,000 and $10,-
900 recently appropriated by Con-
gress. 1t illustrates the necessity.
of continuing and strengthening
the General Council SO that it may
safeguard the rights of the Chip
uewa people and protect them from
the Indian Bureau. 4
John Carl, the membes of the
Legislative Committee here was
taken ill with the Spanish influenza
about two weeks ago and was sent
to the Providence Hospital in this
city. He has been very i'll, but is
now improving. -. i. -
B. L. Fairbanks and Frank D.
Beaulieu, of White Earth, other
members of the legislative Com
mittee, have arrived here.
Jim Coffey and his gang are
here. No one knows what they
are after. Congressman Miller
when before the House Committee,
paid his respects to Jim Coffey.
The members of the Committee
now know Coffey and 1t is useless
to say that he will accomplish no
good for the Chippewa Indians
and that his visit here will only
result in evil to the Chippewa
people. =
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employees of his bureau conducted
what he called an investigation.
Think of a man or department Of
the government Investigating its
own alleged improper acts, by its
own employees and asking sensible
men to accept the findings rs 9
fair and impartial statement of the
conditions existing. Congressman
Miller pointed out that no matter
what the findings made by the
agent of the Commissioner, were
they could not be accepted, partic-
u:arly in view of the Commission
er's opposition to an investigation
to be conducted by Congressional
committee. Mr.. Miller's remarks
before the House Committee should
be read by every person of Chip
pewa blood in the State of Mime.
sofa. -. -. ,..,.. +. .rr5,.
:. The Indian Bureau has asked
that the, appropriation of 81, 900
for the celebration at White Earth
be omitted as this was q wasteful
use Of the trust funds Of the Chip
pewa people. Congressman Miller
insisted upon the reinstatement OF
this item, pointing out that. the
Indians desired it and that the an.
nual celebration, 30 far as he was
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that was being expended by the
Buresu for the support and civil
ization'' Of the less than II, 600
persons Of Chippewa Indian blood
residing in Minnesota. This fallacy
is being now, as the result of the
efforts Of the General Council,
exploded. The imposition of the
Indian Bureau is being laid BARE
At a recent hearing before the
committee Congressman Clarence
B. Miller, the stalwart friend of
the Chippewas, appeared before
the committee, and in plain but
forciful language served notice
upon the Indian Bureau that the
existing conditions among the
Chippewa people must be brouR ut
to an end. He told the committee
that the trust funds Of the Chip
pewa people were being squandered
and wasted for the benefit of the
Indian office employees. He served
notice that these appropriations
must cease. He called attention to
the fact that = year ago a similar
appropriation was stricken from
the bill while it was under consid'
Grafton on the floor If the House,
that y hen the bill went to the
Senate the Indian Bureau officials
secured the reinstatement of the
| item upon the solomn assurance
that q thorough and complete in.
vestiqatlon of the affairs of the
Indians would be made before the
convening of this Congress 50 that
the present Congress could deal
with the matter inte)ligently. He
pointed out that after the Indian
Appropriation Bill containing that
item had become : law resolution
was introduced in the House for >
Congressional investigation of the
situation, that the resolution was
referred TO the House Committee
on Rules and that the Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs IN person
appeared before that committee,
opposed the resolution and sue.
ceeded in preventing IN investiga.
ton being made by . fair and
impartial tribunal. This IVES an
act of bad faith and indicated clear
| " that the Indian Bureau did not
desire q fair and impartial investi-
CATION :hst would disclose the true
facts. Mr.. Miller pointed out that
subsequently the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, through one of the
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advised, was desired by all, or
practically all of the Indians.
That item will be reinstated, thanks
TO Congressman Miller. e. =
Congressman Steenerson, another
friend of the Chippewa indians,
also appeared before the commit
tee and expressed the view that
the appropriation out of their trust
funds should either he elimated or
greatly reduced. !,
Congressman Volstead was also
present but in view of the state
ments made by Congressman Miller
and Congressman. Steenerson did
not address the committee, but the
committee understood Clearly Mr.
Volstead's position. 4
The committee then inquired of
the Assistant Commissioner of In
dian Affairs Is to the total amount
of money expended annually for
the alleged support and civilization
of the Chippewa Indians Of Mime
sofa: The Assistant Commissioner
could not furnish the information
at chat time, but agreed to do so
at a later day. When that report
is submitted it will show expendi-
lures out of the trust funds OF the
Chippewa people and out of the
public funds aqgregating between
800, 900 and $500, 900 per annum.
There are less than $4,000 mem
bers of the Chippewa Tribe. Be
tween G, 900 aud 1000 we're allotted
on the White Earth Reservation.
Assistant Commissioner Merritt
admitted last winter at meeting
of the Senate Committee that at
least 80 per cent of those allotted
or the White Earth Reservation
were competent people. Thus
there are, according to the Indian
Bureaus computation, between
600 and 700 Ind,ans on the White
Earth Reservation that are con.
sidered Incompetent by the Indian
Bureau. There are between 1000
and 5000 that were allotted or
reside of the White Earth Reser-
vation. The standard of intelli-
gence of those allotted off the
White Earth Reservation will
compare favorably with those a.
lotted on the White Earth Reser-
vation. Therefore, according to
the Indian Bureaus computation,
there are between 400 aud 500 in
competent Indians Of the White
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SUBSCRIPTION: s,.5o PER YEAR ~ ADVANCE
FISH OR CUT BAIT.

y. At the 6rst meeting of the In
dian Committee of the House, .
few days ago, the officials Of the
Indian burean requested an ap-
preparation OF $165, 900 for tie
support and civilization Of the
ChippeMas OF Minnesota, " Mr..
John Carl, member of the Legls-
Iative Committee. General Council.
Chippcwas of Minnesota HIN.
Halvor ,Steenetson, M. c.. Hon.
Clarence B. Miller; NJ. c., Hon.
Harold Knutson, M. G., and At
torney Webster Ballinger, appear
ed for the Chippewas. The Chip
pewas have filed i strong protest
against further appropriations
4 from their tribal funds; they want
the said fund segregated and ap'
po:tioned, per capita; the passage
of = Jurisdictional bill, permitting
the Indians to bring suit against
the United States in the Courts
anil to recover sums amounting TO-
some $25, ,OOO, 900 for unfull6l'ed
treaty stipulations, etc. And1rom
what we can learn of the proceed
ings of the FIRST meetiDg Of the
House Committee the Indian
Office gos considerably the worst
of the DEAL the specious conten-
tions offered in justification for the
enormous appropriation requested
failing to withstand the, withering
cross fire of the opposition. The
officials of the Indian bureau OBJ
iected streneousfy against the
appropriation of $1,000 for the
June 14th celebration and when
taken to task for their objection
and their justification therefore
they stated that ''the Indians OBJ
j.ctad to this appropriations" and
when asked by congressman Hast
ings and Miller to name the partic-
ular Indians who objected Mr..
Merritt, the Assistant Comm's
sioner, MENTIONED, the name of
James l. Coffey, and when pressed
to name any other additional In
dams who cbjected stated that the
Superinte;.dentsof the White Earth
Agency, John H. Hinton, also
objected. The Indian office failed
70 score on this point and it IS
probable the usual appropriation
of 81, 900 for purpose mentioned
abov. will stand.
The officials Of the Indian office
we're asked concer ling the Linnen
-Wsdsworth report of the so
called investigation held here and
ou other Minnesota reservations
during the past summer and to
this interrogstory Mr.. Merritt
informed the members of the
House Committee that the said
report was Confidential" and in-
tended for the uses and purposes
Of the Indian Office only. Finally
when presse by members Of the
Committee for s psrusal ot the
said report, : hurried consultation
w.s carried over the telephone
With Commissioner Sells aud which
resulted in the Indian Office finally
consentiDg to permit the Commit
zee 70 inveetigate said report.
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CHR,sTmAs, 1918 TO THE YEAR 1919

CHRISTMAS. 1918 TO THE YEAR I9I9
Written roMAHAwk Warren Upham. Archaeogst
Minnesota Historical Society," 81. Paul. Mimi
-, At the dawnnq hear Angels sing -.
An old song, for all the people they bring:
=: Merry Christmas requires that we lift -
! <'~ " Thanks t. God, for His Great Christmas gift;
And HE Promise of Peace sgood cheer
49, TO have Faith, Hope Love, through the New Year.
r." Z WARREN UPHAM. .
The Tomahawk., 1919-01-02

Read THE EonAHAwK, 50 issue
@1.so.
Evening star., 1919-10-07
Skill as Pay Standard.

The reclassification commission is
urged to give especial attention, there
fore, not only to the we'll organized
phases of the question of equal pay for
equal work. but to avoid the uninten-
tional discrimination which might come
about from comparison with unstandar I'd
lied conditions surrounding unorganized
workers in private industry, where the
wages are disproportionateIy low as
compared with the organized trades.
In other words, it is intended by the
organized government employees, that
the government as an employer should
not take advantage Of the weaker bar
gaining power of the unorganized
workers. but should pay them accord
ing to their skill"
Evening star., 1919-10-07
BLIND GOVERNMENT
CLERK DOES "NOTHING"
Reply on QUESTIONABLE Brings Out
Sad Need of Retirement
System.

Blind. and long past the biblical
three score and ten, one government
clerk in a certain federal department
here does nothing whatever to earn
his approximately $1,000 salary.
On the QUESTIONABLE. which he turn
ed in to the joint congressional COM
mission on reclassification of salaries
IN the District. this blind employe
gave answer to the question asking
what duties he performed, as follows:
Nothing"
This clerk, faithful in this as in all
.hings. stated the truth. it is said. AL
though he is unable to do any work
whatever. having lost his sight in his
Did age, and. therefore, having been
unable to- learn anything he might do
though sightless.. he. must. come to
work every day and sit there in order
10 get his salary.
Those familiar with the case de-
clared that is the sort Of thing that
the present method of running the
government without a retirement sys-
tenn makes for, and that the reclassi-
dcation commission, in it's recon-
mendations to Congress, will take up
the whole matter
Evening star., 1919-10-07
EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY
WORK TO BE EXTENDED

DETROIT. Mich. October "A pro-
gram, for the extension of the worl
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Of America, both at home and abroad.
financed by means Of a nationwide
campaign for fund of several mil
lion dollars. will be recommended to
the triennial general convention of
the church by the board of missions,
which will conclude its sessions here
today. The general convention will
open tomorrow
The board of missions has recon-
mended increases of nearly a million
and a quarter in the budget for do
nestle. and foreign missionary work
and proposes to urderwrite the. en-
tire appropriation for the former,
which has in the past been largely
supported by public subscription.
The new budget will include sums for
Christian AmericaniZation of immi-
grants and increases for missionary
work in China, Haiti and the Panama
Canal Zone.
The synod of the province of the
south including the dioceses within
the states of North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida. Mississippi
Alabama. Louisiana. Kentucky and
Tennessee, will meet here tonight
The synod of the midwest will con-
clude its sessions today.
Evening star., 1919-10-07
WIDOW, BRIDE-ELECT
WHEN AGED 65, FALLS
8 STORIES TO DEATH

TOLEDO, Ohio. October T.
While preparing for her mar
riage to Richard Hattersly. a
retired business man seventy
years old. Mrs. Thomas Cos
grove. aged sixty-five. widow Of
a Swanton physician, fell eight
stories to instant death here
yesterday.
Mrs. Cosgrove became con-
fused in alighting from an ele-
vator in a downtown skyscraper
and plunged down the shaft.
Hatterly witnessed the accident.
The woman, it is said. decided
to get off the upward moving
elevator and herself pushed open
the door. AS she stepped out she
was caught by the momentum
of the elevator and hurled be-
meath it. Her fall to the bot
tom of the shaft was unbroken.
Evening star., 1919-10-07
THEIR HUMAN SIDE
RY WILL p. KENNEDY.

other represents the power and au-
thorlty of government over the liberty
OF the individual and supremacy over
the state. and both of them clearly ex-
press the principle that there is no
liberty without authority or govern
ment and there is no authority with
out liberty"
In emphasizing how great an
ach1evement was the drafting Of the
constitution. he calls attention to
the tact that "a group of men framed
an instrument OF short articles, -
mort sections, "a brief paragraphs
ouched in about 400 words'-and hs
Joints out that it was written at
line When men had never seen {
'teamboat. or steam car, or electric
tppllance; when there were but thir-
teen states and 100000 of people
when there was one nationality ir
NeW YORK. another in the extrem'
'outhland to Florida. another In Della
ware and then throughout the colonie
L fourth.
AND yet that instrument has laStet
up to today. while th..-ation has
grown from 100000. to 1000 ,oOt
people, yet in all that time we have
inodlned 1T in only six Fundamental
TENS. Members were interested t.
nave the fact impressed upon then
mat up TO 1889 there had been pro
posed l.lS6 amendments. but onl!
alghteen were ratified. which repre-
'ents but half dozen real changes.
very vigorous applause was give'
~hen he paid this tribute to the wis
'om OF the authors of the Constitu
on: Il challenge the world to shov
n all history a similar instance
;uch record for genuine stability a
'isplayed by this history OF youn'
'epublic, the first republic of tn
"orld, that has grown TO the might
nSt republic at this hour. under a.
instrument that has had but half !;
iozen changes in 100 years. I beg 70
hat respect due to the fathers and tho
instrument that they gave to tho
ORD. which up to date has been tn
;heet-anchor of our liberties an6
which must operate against all tho
wild mouthings of the unAmerica,
Elements in our midst"
Evening star., 1919-10-07
US. SUB RAMS STEAMER.
wARFIELD'S INCOME TAN BUREAU.
A realitr--uat a theory.

NEW YORK. October Quick action
on the part of the crew in closing the
water-tight collision bulkhead' OF the
steamer Lexington last night prevented
Q possible loss OF life when the craft
was rammed by the United States sub
marine OF in the treacherous waters
Of the He'll Gate channel. in the upper
East river The Lexington. Colonial
6ne steamer. was bound for Providence
with 800 passengers. when, according to
passengers, the submarine, which had
been maneuvering on the surface. sud
denly headed across her bow Many of
the passengers were thrown off their
feet by the impact. A jagged semi-cir-
cular hole of fifteen-foot radius was
torn in the bow OF the Lexington. The
submarine was not damaged. Ensign
James Boyce. aboard the submarine,
vas the only man injured. His arm was
crushed badly.
Evening star., 1919-10-07

Vice President Marshall missed out
on having notable celebration when
he went over to New York from
Washington to greet King Albert OF
Belgium in the name of Uncle Sam
and all his nephews and nieces. The
king and the Vice President had din
ner together. and it so happened that
1t was the anniversary of the vice
Presidents marriage. and also it hap
pened to be the anniversary of KING
Alberts marriage-but neither OF
them realized it until after the vice
President was back in Washington
Then they exchanged letters OF re.
grets that they had not had a real
party together in comnTemoration OF
the identical date.
Evening star., 1919-10-07
CLERKS SEE HOPE
IN PAY ADVISERS
Expect RecIassification in
All Parts of Country,
Says Miss Smith.

Reasons why the federal employees
here are well pleased with the in
clusion of direct representatives on
the advisory committee on wage pol
icy. appointed last week by the joint
congressional commission on reclassi-
flea ton of salaries in the District
were given today by Miss Ethel NJ
Smith of the National Womans
Trade Union League.
Miss Smith is one of the three rep
resentatives of the employees on the
advisory committee on wage policy
Luther c. Steward. president of the
National Federation Of Federal EN-
ployes. and w. Carson Ryan, presi-
dent Of the local Federal EMPLOYEES
Union. No. 2. are the two others.
Extension Throughout Country.
1T is expected. and the National
Federation of Federal Employees is
bending every effort to make sure
Miss Smith declared, that the juris-
diction of the reclassiflcation COM
mission, which is at present limited
to the District of Columbia, will be
extended to cover all employees of the
government throughout the country.
The new classification and accom-
panying- wage determinations for
Washington will therefore no doubt
become basis for reclassffication of
all the field services
The LOG, 200 employees in Washington
constitute in themselves small army
OF workers which is now suffering un-
der the most acute inequalities, incon-
slstencies. injustice and inadequacies as
to wage. combined with the most ex-
tortionate living costs to be found anv
where in the country.
The adjustment Of the wages of the
woman workers particularly, and like
wise certain occupational groups Of
both men and women, it is pointed
out, presents a far-reaching problem.
because the wages for corresponding
occupa tons in private industry are un-
standardized
Evening star., 1919-10-07
BANDITS MENACE MINING.
Mexican Troops Ordered to Exercis.
Particular Vigilance.

MEXICO CITY, September IS (Cor-
respondence Of the Associated
Press). - Following tions
made to President Carranza by a del
egation Of miners operating in the
state of Chihuahua, federal troops in
that state have been ordered to ex-
ercise particular vigilance in the pro-
lection of mining properties against
the attacks of bandits.
The president was told that, on ac-
count of the activity of the Villa ad
herents, the mines of Chihuahua,
which form the principal resource of
the state. are operated during only
three or four months Of the year. The
Chihuahua mines are operated largely
by Americans.
Evening star., 1919-10-07
Gives "It Two Syllables.'

There is only one man in the his.
tory of Congress who has a record
for pronouncing the word lit" in two
yllables-Senator Porter ]. McCum-
Der of North Dakota. Senator NC
Cumber has very distinctive and in
dividual style of oratory. 1t was sur
prising therefore when he was deliv-
ering his speech on the league of ma
tions. interjected with frequent ref
erences to Senator Lodge as the gen
tleman from Massachusetts," to have
this orator who divided it into two
syllables cut one syllable out of Mass
achusetts" and continuously call at
tention to the gentleman from Mass
chnSettq"