Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-08-01
WAITE AND THE TELEPHONE.
"Unole Hooly" and his Nephew
Given a Round.

low me a little space in your pa
per to remind the editor of the
Telephone of few things he has
probably forgotten. AS he
plainly intimatcs, it does seem
useless for an inexperienced per.
son like myself TO "tackle" one oil
his intellectual calibre. Consider
ing his well known propensity for
commenting on whatever comes
within his range Of vision, it may
be safe to assume that he has
reached the very legitimate con-
clusion that he did not know as
much about the politics of Della
ware district as he thought. lie
talks politics on general principles
grows eloquent on the rudimentary
principles of hone " and patriot
ism; but when he has to face the
cold, bare and indisputable facts,
and practice what he breaches, he
is sadly deficient.
Now Mr.. Telephone, with all
Difference to you and your polii-
cal fanaticism, | beg leave to inform
you that you cannot ride two hors-
es at the same time whose interests
are so widely different. You can
not consistently endorse the prin-
ciples of the Downing party and
the course pursued by the man
over whom you are raving and
tearing your hair, and making
yourself ridiculous-by hollow
ing for Mayes in one breath and
Hooly Bell in the next.
In another particular, allow me
the honor of differing with you:
You are simply mistaken when
you thought 1 said your Uncle
Hooly voted against all of Mayes
vetoes. may have said some
thing that to YOU implied as
much, as it is very nptly said ga
guilty conscience needs no accus-
ing" If you can extenuate the
acts of L. b. Bell or can say any
thing palliative of the evils result
ing from them, why haven't you
done 50? You could not have
lost prestige or patronage by it, as
the cloven foot Cow has been
partly visible throughout your ed
itorial columns ever since your un-
Gle made his fatal leap.
You are the man that so strong
ly endorsed the course of Chief
Mayes and all those members of
council that so nobly stood by
him. You are the man that was
going to nail the names ofthe "im-
mortal fourteen" to the masthead
Of your little ship and unfurl it to
the political breeze in the coming
election; and you are the same
man that was going to thew to the
line regardless Of where the chips
might fall" But as to the merits
OF the Immortal fourteen" yCu
have been most boisterously silent
on that score. When you found
those names cOntrasted too strong
ly with your uncle's, you very dis
ere tely kept them out of sight.
Oh no, you can never spare enough
of your precious space TO show the
Cherokee people who stemmed the
tide Of corruption in the hour of
trial and tribulation; but you seem
to think they are intensely inter-
ested in some man in Maine or
California holding a one. tenth
ticketthat draws the capital prize
Of the Louisiana lottery. And
when YOU saw those same chips
falling too uncomfortably close to
your "Uncle Hooly" you very
wisely concluded to stop the hew-
ing process, and tried TO elTace the
marks you left by vigorous ap-
plication of whitewash. You are
a splendid whitewasher for
young man and it is an interesting
as well as a gratifying and amusing
study to see the sanity demeanor
of innocence you assume while APP
plying the swab. Yours Truly,