The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1903, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1903. DEMOCRATS SELECT A PART OF THEIR TICKET DESPITE PROTESTS OF THE MINORITY, WHICH VOTES AGAINST LIST OF SUPERVISORS Delegates Convention in a Heat. Majority Charged With Unfair Tactics. THE NOMINEES. | For Mayor, FRANKLIN K. LANE. For Assessor, WASHINGTON DODGE For District Attorney, LEWIS F. BYINGTON. For Coroner, THOS. B. W. LELAND. For Recorder, EDMUND GODCHAUX. | For Public Administrator, MICHAEL J]. HYNES. For Supervisors, A. COMTE JR., H. M. BRANDENSTEIN, SAMUEL BRAUNHART J. P. BOOTH, JOHN CONNOR, A. A. D’ANCONA, HENRY PAYOT, ROBERT J. LOUGHERY JOHN A. LYNCH, GEO. B. McCLELLAN, | T. C. FRIEDLANDER, ‘ FRANK ]. GRACE, JOEN BARNETT, DR. FRED A. GRAZER, | | OSCAR HOCKS, | | EDWARD ROCK, | CARL WESTERFELD, " | EDWARD GLEASON. | | HE Democratic municipal con- vention has not yet reached a | cor n of harmony. For a time last evening it looked as though the majority and minor- | ity bad burled their differences and a united Democracy, for which Franklin K. Lane, the nominee for Mayor, so devout- edly wished, had come, but all this was dispelled when the visors submitted names to 1 coming municipal fubmitted three 1 and only two were accepted. Bdward Rock, Carl Westerfeld and Charles Wes- ley Reed were the ch: of the minorit: Reed was inimical to the rulers of th majority and hi ne was stricke from the list and the name of Edwar Gleason substituted When the minority learned of this there was a howl of indignation, and in an instant the . which had beeen 2 h gathering, be- 1 ere were cries unfair deal- its report on the ti The eighteer t at minority Joseph E. > 11, George G r and others in the minority raised their voices in ir n over the man ner in which the were treated. De: spite their objections the report of th committee was opted. The mi- nority now vows vengeance and will re fuSe to make the nomination of Mr. Lane unanimous. The convention broke up in Aisorder and some more hot bat- tilng is anticipated when the delegates meet again to-morrow evening. Owing to the meeting of the commit- tee of eight selected the minority to meet & like committee from the major- ity, the convention did not go into ses- sion until $:25 o'clock. The names sub- mitted by the m der advisement, rity were taken un- on and the committee DR. PIERCE’S REMEDIES. OSTRICH L0GIC. =When I can’t sec there is no That's the logic of the ostrich fihidu its headm 13882 i } 4 t! | 2 ¢ i i ? $ 't i g? H : 4 g 3 4 : il i 45 i % | ’E s af 7 i ] i j { . g i & 7 3 X 1 | E o i EE 73 B i.. of | ¢ e Leave — | 4+ - +» Committee on Super- | the | 1es to the committee | b o+ e SC . Trr7S GV | LEWIS | 2 )////(;/Zv/ | _/; Va4 TF7 [+ |Candidates for [ Are Selected Bourbons. - * Supervisors asked further time to de- liberate. In the interim four or five nominations were made @ the minor- i ders took not only s ling the but fn mov- ing to make imous DODGE NOMINATED. | On cal he convention to order | Chatrman Thomas W. Hickey announced | that the first busincss of the evening was the 1 g of report of the ¢ | mittoe it. Osgood Putn in of the committee, asked for further | next in order, and Willlam M. Cannon | took platform to > the name of | Dr. Washington Dod umbent of the | office, before the convention. When was mentioned 15€. Mr. Can- to-day, but it T | can control my voice long enough 1 am going N« n. sessor of this unty Dr ngton _ Dodge. When I was nominated 1898 there was entrenched in leman whom it was supposed e defeated; it was supposed that Dr. Dodge, when he accepted that nomination, | was to lead & forlorn hope. But he went into ¥ valiantly; he went out among _the ined to them the iniquitous he mssessment of this city and y for years past; he promised them dras- reforms, and they believed him, for they cted him Assessor over his powerful oppo- nent by & majority of 8000 votes. A year later he went before the people again to Eive an account of his stewardship; he told them wed them that in the one short year of his he had terially reduced the ssessment upon the mes of the smali home-owners of this city, while, on the other i, he had assessed property which had 2 ation entirely in an greater than the tc , by 1 vote of a majority greater than was any other candidate in this city and county, carrying, he aid, every | precinct 1n the ‘city, he appears before you | again, and I humbly appear on his behaif. asking you whether or not you indorse his | course in office, and, If you do, to again place him !n nomination for the office he has so rably filled during the last five years. | Mr. Chairman, T take great pleasure placing before this convention for the of that Nemesis of the ta and the friend of the taxpayer, Dr. W | ton Dodge. (Applause.) in office dodger shing- Assessor | in behalf of the Thirty-sixth District sec- | onded the nomination of Dr. Dodge. John | H. Mullen and Messrs. Haley and Van Wyck also added their meed of praise in seconding the nomination. Dr. Dodge | being the cholce of the convention, the | secretary was instructed to cast the bal- | 1ot, which he did. | BYINGTON IS NAMED. District Attorney Lewis F. Byington was placed in nomination for his present position by J. C. Sims. Mr. Sims pald Byington some fine tributes. at length, and when he sald candidate was wiser than Solomon the sally was received with a laugh. Mr. Sims spoke as follows: I congratulate this convention upon its hav- ing placed at the head of the Democratic mu- nicipal ticket in this campaign as able, as pa- triotic_and as gifted a leader as ever graced a party’s or a people’s cause. Undoubtedly he will uphold the standard of Democracy and pure government triumphantly and far in ad- vance while the elephant tramps jn the dis- tant duet bearing Uncle Sam's postoffice and its discredited and corrupt officlals on its back. His volce will be heard amid the plaudits and the acclamations of his fellow citizens when the former leader of the ‘‘Florodora’” march will play his fiddle to listless audiences and with that discord and lack of harmony which has so characterized his brief, inconsistent and useless political career. Upon this ticket which you are now com- pleting I ask you to place a man who is a fit and worthy associate of our nominees and is the peer of any man who has been placed or who will be placed upon our ticket. Gen- tlemen, he is a Wiser man than Solomon. (Laughter.) The Democratic party has existed eince the birth of the nation, and it will ex- ist and flourish until popular government be- Jongs to long-vanished times. It has seen all other political partles rise and fall; it has forgotten graves, and I believe that it will see the funeral of the Republican party, its present and greatest adversary, ‘The man for whose cause I gpeak is a Democrat in the fullest and highest and best sense. He cherishes the traditions of the party and is attached to its theories, princi- ples and policies. Among the people of Cali- fornla Lewis F. Byington stands peerles: o one is more favorably known throughout this, his native State and no one takes greater pride in its grandeur and greatness, and great- er happiness In the glant trend of human ac- tivities from the East to the land of the sink- ing sun. If he is nominated you may reckon with absolute certainty that he will be the District Attorney, and no one can with any hope or reason look outside of the District At- torney’s office for any part of his power, in- fluence, conscience or intelligence, During his incumbency he has investigated crime. he has convicted more criminals de- servedly than any one who has ever held the office in the history of San Francisco. His able, pure, highminded, official life has strengthened, purified and eclevated our politi- cal condition. He has always stood for a rig- orous and vigorous investigation of criminal conduct with intrepidity and strict regard to justice. Gentlemen, if you wish a man in the office of legal learning, of undimmed honor, who upholds the high standards of official life, T feel that you are bound to give Lewls F. Byington your unanimous support upon his jocord in the past and what you know it will n the future, the Tience for your guide. (Appiavsey O TP There were no further nominations and Mr. Byington was nominated by the unanimous vote of the convention. There was loud cheering for Byington and the delggates and spectators called for the popular official, but Chairman Hickey brought his hammer down on the anvil and declared that nominations for Coro- ner were in order. EULOGIZES DR. LELAND. Louis Ferrari, a young man who hails Joseph E. O'Donnell took the floor and | seen them buried in nameless, unnumbered and | condition in which he had found things: he | 000,000, or, rather had | in that one year after four more | able | in conduet and equipment, He spoke | that his | > Y EwsS F B G TN D Na gz i G TON Do DL .o i BrLLD Y ES BBy swELL Il De. 7B . ZELAND + | | ‘ A NP EprFONTL GooCHPCX w2 CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE WHO WERE NOMINATED FOR PLACES ON THE TICKET BY THE DEMOCRATIC MUNICIPAL CONVENTION LAST NIGHT AND SOME OF THE DELEGATES WHO TOOK A PROMINENT PART IN THE PROCEEDINGS. from the Thirty-third Assembly District, placed Thomas B. W. Leland in nomina- tion for Coroner. He made a clever speech and his earnestness was notice- to the delegates, who received his speech with a great deal of good nature. Ferrari spoke as follows: The Democratic party of San Francisco can well be proud of the men whom they have laced in office during the past six years. Since the intreduction of our charter no . no misconduct in office has marred the record of a single Democratic official. Tt is then only just that this convention should renominate those men who have builded the reputation of the Democratic party for placing honest public servants in office, and it is only justice that the people of!San Franeisco, in recognition of the good that these men ve done to our municipality should re-elect them. I feel proud, therefore, at this time to be able to offer as a nominee for the office of Coroner the incumbent, Dr. Thomas B. W. Leland. When Dr. Leland first entered upon his duty as Coroner of the city and county of San Francisco his office was far from meeting the requirements of a large and growing city, but by dint of hard work and constant ap- plication Dr. Leland added rmprovement to improvement Aintil to-day the Coroner's office, can stsnd com- parison with that of any city in the United States. In the conduct of his inquests Dr. Leland has carried on his investigations fearlessly. fully and fairly, With a view to place the responsi- bility where it justly lay, whether the re- sponsble party was & rich’ corporation or an ordinary citizen. Dr. Leland has at all times kept aloof from corporate influence and po- litical pulls in the discharge of his duty, and he has made it a constent alm to give justica to the rch and poor alike. But in ail that Dr. Leland has done for San Francisco I know that he cherishes in his heart a desire to give to San Francisco the best Coroner's office in existence. d I further know that if he be given another term in office two years hence we shall see the realization of his hopes and the Coroner's office of San Francisco will gtand as a living memorial and & testimonial to his everlasting effort to give to San Fran- clsco the best that was in him. But there is a further reason why-this convention should nominate Dr. Leiand, and that is that he is a sure winner and wiil add a tower of strength to the ticket. There is a further reason: Ow. ing to the number of political parties now in the arena next election day will be accorn- panied by a greater number of political corpses than usual, and it 1s our duty to give them a decent Democratic burial at the hands of a Democratic Coroner. In conclusion I will state that I feel deeply the exalted honor that has been bestowed upon me in_permitting me to nominate Dr. Thomas B. W. Leland for the office of Coroner. (Applause.) Charles S. Peery seconded the nomina- tion of Dr. Leland from the floor of the convention. He spoke about a reunited Democracy and also praised Dr. Leland for his worth as a citizen and an official. GODCHAUX FAVORED. When nominations were closed Dr. Le- land received the unanimous vote of the convention. Chairman Hickey then called for nominations for Recorder, and Os- good Putnam, chairman of the Commit- tee on Supervisors, broke away from the committee in order to place the name of Edmund Godchaux before the delegates. He spoke as follows: Fortunately, we have to present to you this evening a gentleman whose record speaks for jteelf, & gentleman Who is unpretentious, unos- tentatious, whose record stands before you with- out any ostentation; a gentleman who In his demeanor is modest and full of courtesy, and yet one who Is stanch upon principle; a gentle- man who has conducted his office in the past 50 that he is a credit to you as a party; he stands before the community now as a Demo- cratic candidate and as a candidate of the peo- ple of the city and county of San Francisco, a man that everybody can vote for; and, without taking any more time, gentlemen, I will nomi- nate as Recorder Edmund Godchaux. Matthew Brady seconded the nomina- tion, as did other delegates. Mr. God- chaux was nominated by acclamation and the secretary was ordered to cast the vote of the convention for him. Eustace Cullinan took the platform to nominate Michael J. Hynes for Public Administrator. He informed the delegates at the outset of his speech that Mr. Hynes was familiarly called “Billy” and was the talented fellow who . the “laughing song’ with such success. This enlightened the delegates and they cheered loudly for “Billy” Cullinan spoke as follows: The office of Public Administrator is one of great trust. The occupant of that office there- fore should be a man skilled in affairs, accus- tomed to business methods and capable of man- eging safely and shrewdly to his care. Michael J. Hynes is such a man. Mr. Hynes is better known, I think, to you all as “Billy’” Hynes. He was born in this city, has grown up here, and he is now the cashler and secretary and a stockholder of one of the largest dry goods houses in San Fran- cisco. He is better known to the public, how- ever, as the man who sings the laughing song, and ‘as one of the jolliest and best fellows in the city. Mr. Hynes has put under obligations Hynes. Mr. every church, every soclety, every club—I might almost says every individual, in San Francisco. His time and talent have been al- ways at the service of friends of good fellow- ship, of religion, of charity. He has never before asked for a favor in return from the public. He is a Democrat, but he is not & poli- ticlan, and he now comes for the first time before the people. His training has been such as to fit him to be a competent Public Admin- istrator, and I belleve that if you nominate “Billy”’ Hynes you will have not only the best possible candidate, but be electing the best pos- sible man to fill the office. I therefore place in nomination Michael J, Hynes. HYNES RESPONDS. ‘William Ross and John J. Gleason in- formed the convention that it gave them great delight to second the nomination. There were loud cries for Hynes, and to still the clamor the comedian was invited to the platform. There were demands for a song, but Hynes responded as follows: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the con- vention: The opposition have accused the Democrats of taking everything, and I really hate to take the platform. (Laughter and ap-, plause.) Mr. Chalrman, and gentlemen of the convention, fellow Democrats and friends— that was a pretty good line, I think (renewed laughter). You know I flatter myself 1 said it falrly well, when you come to consider that that was the first fime in my life that I ever had occasion to use the expression. I didn't expect to come up here at all, and really the invitation to come up comes upon me so sud- denly I hardly know what to say to you, and I feel very much in the position of the young fellow who took a young mald out for a skate. The fce was pretty thin, and they both fell through, but with the assistance of some friends he managed to get out all right, and he turned around to see where she Was. There she was struggling in the ice. He reached out as far as he could, and he said, “Agnes, Agnes, give me your hand!” She sald, "'O George, this is so sudden!” (Laugh- ter) Now, that s the way I feel about it; 1 feel that this is very sudden. And I also feel that if you will all lend me a helping hand 1 have no doubt In the world of the result, except pvoseibly that after election is over 1 might find myself in the position of the young American heiress who married one of theso cheap European noblemen, and shortly after the interesting event had occurred she sud- denly discovered that she hadn’t got a square count. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, In con- clusion 1 want to say a 'few words to you— Just in conclusion. I want to say that I ap- preciate highly, very highly, and I thank you from the bottom of fny heart for the- honor that you have conferred upon me in placing me before the people of this city and county for the office of Public Administrator. Gen- tlemen of the convention, again I thank you. (Applause.) Osgood Putnam presented the report of the, committee on Supervisors at this juncture, and the fun began. The dele- gates listened attentively to the reading of the names In the report, which ap- peared in the following' order: A. Comte Jr., H. M. Brandenstein, Sam- uel Braunhart, J. P. Bogth, John Connor, A. A. d’Ancona, Henry Payot, Robert J. Loughery, John A. Lynch, George B. Mc- Clellan, T. Cary Friedlander, Frank J. Grace, John Barnett, Dr. Fred A. Grazer, Oscar Hacks, Edward Rock, Carl Wester- feld® and Edward Gl on. A motion to adopt the report as read met with strong opposition. The minority declared it had been tricked, and a dozen delegates were on their feet demanding a hearing. FIGHT COMMENCES. Joseph E. O’'Donnell, the acknowledged leader of the mincrity, was recognized, and he calmly offered as an amendment that the name of Edward Gleason be stricken from the list and the name of Charles Wesley Reed substituted. The motion was seconded by George E. Gal- the estates confided | | the minority. { i = g lagher, and the fight was on. O'Donnell tooksthe fioor to explain his amendment. He made the following statement: For the information of this convention, which seems to think that I should not have cffered this amendment, I desire to say that your committee has accepted two men rec- ommended by the minority of this convention and have omitted the third recommended by I desire to state that overtures have been made looking to the harmonization of results in this convention, and as a part of those overtures, In good faith the minority | of this convention has, after careful deliber- | ation, selected these three names and offered them as their proportional representation to which they feel themselves entitled—three out of eighteen on that board; and I therefore demand, in justice to this minority, that no shuffiing be done with the names recommend- ed by us. Osgood Putnam, who represented the majority and as chairman of the com- mittee, was next heard. He was heartily applauded by the majority at the conclu- sion of his speech. He spoke as follows: If you will permit me a few words as chair- | man of this committee, we have considered every name presented by majority or minor- ity of any kind and character; that included every member of this convention and a great many outside. We have had numerous meet- ings, and our total endeavor has been to present to this convention names that will be agreeable to the members and satisfactory tu the voters at large. The labor has been great, and we have endeavored to meet the wishes of every eingle member on the floor of this house. There s not a single name there that has not been considered with that in view, and with a | desire to please every single wmember of this body, and the labor has beem complete. It is handed to you as a whole; it represents | a harmonization of the forces, and I think | the gentleman who has moved that amend- ment will not upon second thought find it necessary to make even one change in that report. TELLS PLAIN TRUTHS. George E. Gallagher told some plain truths to the delegates. He did not mince words, and his voice rang through the | convention hall in protest. He was inter- | rupted time and again by the friends of the County Committee, but he spoke with- | out fear. He said: I can tell you, Mr. Chairman, that I seconded that amendment in good faith. I have tried to act my part during this convention as a Demo- crat, always acting in good faith for the wel- fare of the party and for the g0od of Democrats at large, if they would let me act as such; but it seems all the time, from the first evening thie convention convened until the present hour, they have tried to give us a slap in our faces. I was told to-day by an officer of this conven- tion that if this ticket was put up let those support the blame who made the ticket, let | them shoulder the responsibility, and T answered | them back that I was perfectly willing at any stage of the game to shoulder the part that be- longs to me. But not to the minority belongs all the blame, because there are five members of the majority on the committee that must shoulder. thelr ehare, and I demand that they | do it. The time came when the majority said they had proposals to make to us, and we met | them, not once, but twice. Their nominee for Mayor wrote a jetter to this convention in which he said he would not take the nomination un- less he led a united party; at no time would he stand for a divided party. He made an- other assertion in that letter that he would not run unless he had a committee on Supervisors to men tried and true, well known in the community and willing to follow him on his mission of reform. That was good. We were willing for that. That suited the minori- ty, because we have in that minority a few re- spectable men. We don’t claim they are all re- t:ecuble, because that might hurt the ideas of the majority. We have been forced into this position, and I, in seconding that amendment, want to stand ‘where the members of the mi- nority will know where I stand. I am no friend of Wesley Reed. I know the gentleman very slightly. But this A will say, in conclu- sion: We selected three names to-night in good faith, after due canvass with the minority. I proposed no mame. I simply cast my vote in the minority for three names we thought were good to it on the board, men who are among the best in this community. So, in se- lecting the names we thought we would live to the standard that you would give, Now,u? will go back. I was golng to say that we ap- pointed a committee to wait upon the gentle- man who I8 g0Ing to take the nomination, prob- ably, for Mayor, and he informed the committee that he did not know an Individual proj 0 far for Supervisor; he was willing to leave it to-that committee of seven, among whom we were mot fit to have one representative. Is that Democratic politics? Is that politica of the great American people, for the people and bw the people? I say no! I say it is Lovrs FeEerRAR WA s \woe~vo UF LIKE AN E/CH7T =~ DAY CLOCA io- | — | { fri £r exclu- | Startling Statements Are Made During the Debate. E2 siveness in the extreme. I want to say now. in co that no man is better asta {0 San Diego than the man whose have omitted from that ticket, and i ay that, while his n is off the t them shoulder the responsibility! SURRENDERS GAVEL. irman Hickey thought it was time m to take a hand in the debate, and he handed over his gavel to Walter de Martini and in a dramatic manner del ered a speech in which he tried to not have fit. remarks his the Hickey was fervent in and was loudly cheered by nds of the McNab crowd. He said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con- vention the name of the Democrats of o I resent the last rema by the ker who pree that ong as one ticket let those who leave it off responsibility, and the ticket the man whose name it is Insisted this ticket? Is he greater than emocratic party? (Applause.) On what meat this our Caesar feed that he is grown &o ? The Democrats of this eity (hisses—on. moment, gentlemen, only geese and snakes hiss.) (Applause.) T come from a district of Democrats—Democrats first, last and all the time, the biggest Democratic district in the te of California. I speak for them when I ay that they resent the remark of this man who says that if a certain man ds mot nom- inated for Supervisor this ticket will go down. It will not go down. (Applause.) that this ticket will not go down. This ticket is bigger than any Supervisor. (Applause and fusion.) Gentlemen, as chairman of this convention, I have given every man in it a fair chance. I have very seldom if ever call- ed a man to order, and I ask your permis- sion to speak for just one moment. This memns more than the nomiration of a Su- pervisor. The issue made now is this, and it is made by the speaker who preceded me; the issue is thi Does this whole ticket depend upon the nomination of this single man for Supervisor? (No. mo; vyes_ vyes. and general onfusion.) Democrats of San Francisco, an- wer this question: Is there one“man in this whole convention who will say that there is one man so great that his nomination or de- feat for Supervigor means more than the whole ticket? (“'No, no.”")™I am speaking for Democrats. 1 am speaking to men, big men. T am speaking to the majority and the minority in this convention. Don't attempt to take one Supervisor and ecram him down the throats of the Democrats of San Francisco, and to them, “You must take this man or we wili defeat your whole ticket.” You can’'t mean that. You don't mean thats and I know the gentleman who preceded me doesw't mean anything of the kind. and in order that he should be righted before the public I desire to express my sentiments npon the matter and yield the floor to him, Mr Gallagher (interrupting)—With due re- spect to you, who have acted as an unbiased, fair and unprejudiced chairman, I beg to in- form you that you are misquoting me, not in- tentionaily, a friend of mine to do it. T did not say the ticket would go down. I used no such ex- pression. 1 simply stated that the three names were proposed by the minority, that one name was eliminated from the list intentionally, and the people who were doing it were insulting this minority and slapping it in the face, and they must shoulder that respomsibility and ac- cept the blame. THREAT IS MADE. Chairman Hickey (continuing)—I submit that the temor of the genmtleman's remarks is ex- netly the same. A threat is made to the majority and a defiance is flung out to them that they must saddle the blame. What blame, what blame? Wko is this man that we must eaddle the blame upon ourseives if, in the exercise of our good judgment, we refuse to nominate him for a particular office. Gentle men, I say this to you to-night: The Demo- cratic party is blgger than any man and the people of San Francisco are more important than any party. The life and the future of San Francisco are at stake and this ticket as nominated In this convention will be the best ever nominated, and if the delegates to this convention in the exercise of their judg- ment choose to defeat this man. lét them as Democrats, stand behind the ticket and not make these threats. I thank you. (Great ap- plause.) 5 John J. Cunningham voiced his senti- ments by announcing that although he was a member of the opposition he want- ed it understood that the unit rule did not prevail and he would not vote with the minority. Joseph E. Derham of the For- ty-first District, also of the minority, an- nounced that the delegates of his district suff put | it up to Gallagher, but the latter would | | .| WASHINGTON, I say to you | because I know you are too good | !Charles W. Reed I Turned Down § by McNab. - Exciting Scenes . Enacted at Session. & were in faver of the repor mittee. John H. Mullen of ty, a strong minority man for fair play. He' reiterated what been said by the previous speakers and he appealed to the delegates to vote fo | the amendment. Muilen was interrupted time and again, and, despite the oppo: tion to his remarks, finished his spe The amendment was lost by a vote of to X When the vote on the original question —the adoption of the report—was called or, Delegate Edward J." Scully of the | Forty-third moved that the chairman of | the convention cast the vote of the entire | convention for the eighteen. Chairman Hickey became indignant and said it was an fnsult for a delegate to make such a lnw.. n. George E lagher and | said the minority had received a fair roil | call and acknowledged defeat. The secre- | tary was instructed t st the ballot of | the convention for the eighteem 1 this | was done. A motion delegates will m to urn was car the Alham ater to-morrow ni As the delegates moved out of the hall angr heard. The lie was freqy but no blows were struck the minority openly party was split wide open | K. Lane would not recef vote for Mayor, which he so desires \ D e o o o e INDIANG MAKE ~ GAAVE CHARGES Accuse Members of the | Dawes Commission | of Fraud. pt. 28.—Justice An=~ derson of the § eme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia rendered an on to- day in the injunction proc of the Delaware Indians tary Indian C Hitchcock and t Dawes m- mission, dissolving the temporary injunec- tion heretofore granted. The case in- volved the right of scre on the 157,000 acr kee natfon segregated fc Delawares. The Indians claimed that the Secretary | was without authority to approve or dis- approve of the segregation approved by the Indians ary .to pass and in the Chero- the use of the of | asked that he be enjoined such action pending the adjudication | the same question by the Court of Cl | Soon after the case was filed t granted a temporary injunction, but Judge Anderson to-day d ved it Soon after the decision was rendered Attorney Waiter S. Logan filed a peti- tion in the Court of Claims on behalf of the Delawares against the United States asking that damages be awarded in the sum of $1,000000 because of expenses to | which the Indians have beem subjected because of the necessity of defending U to their lands. In this petition the Indians make some sensational statements. One of these ac- cusations is to the effect that members of the Dawes Commission are Interested in | ofl leases and companies holding leases made upon their lands by Cherokees claiming title. Mentioning the members of the committee, the complaint alleges that ‘“notwithstanding that the lands have been properly segregated the Dawes Com- mission, disregarding their official duties as agents of the United States toward your petitioners, have conspired, comfed- | erated, and are conspiring and confeder- | ating, together with companies, to cheat and defrand your petitioners so as to gain possession of their lands for themselves or for their said companies, under pretense of allotting said lands in their official capacity as sald Dawes Com. mission, to divers persons who are will- ing to enter into contracts of lease and sale with representatives of sg land companies, in which the of sald Dawes Commission ested.” The Secretary of the Interior is charged mem are inter- with unlawful acts to defraud the In- dians, such as that of encou ng wh men who have married squaws to make | claim to Delaware lands. —_——— Gomez Receives a Heavy Sentence. 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