Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-07-11

few personal questions, ! will do
the same. BY what right does l..
b. Bell ask honors and Office at
the hands Of the people of Della
ware DISTRICT Is il for services
rendered OF fc- wrongs inflicted2
IL il for hardships endured while
aghting "traitors at home, insti-
gcted by monied syndicates
abroad7" Is IL for mighty efforts
put forth in trying TO secure the
highest possible price for our
grazing privileges2 Or is il for his
feverish and frenzied exertions in
the interest of a foreign cattle syn
dicate, TO override every veto of
Chief Mayes7 The acts Of our last
national council are too painfully
familiar to the people OF the Cher.
okee nation to be so easily forgot
ter, and the conspicuous part
played by L. b. Bell in that little
drama is not likely to rebound TO
his honor. If l.. b. Bell is such a
strong Downing party" man, why
is IL that the only newspaper in
the territory that extols his vir-
tues is the little political advertis-
ing sheet at Fort Gibson that is
fostering in lis besotted national.
ism2 As to the little editorial of
the Telephone Of June 2Sth, il is
all the veriest bosh and altogether
unworthy a man Of II. w. G. Shell
toms intelligence. He has proba.
bly, been communicating with his
"Uncle Hooly" and CT course
thinks he has all the facts. If he
wants straight goods, yard wide
and foot thick" we will give
him some.
In the first place there were TO
be only nineteen delegates from all
the precincts and in the genel al
convention at Alton there were
thirty-fve. One faction - his
"Uncle Hooly's') having eight
cen, and the other seventeen. The
regularly appointed colored dele
gate from Ketchum precinct, Lewis
| Lynch, voted directly contrary TO
his instructions, giving L. B. Bell
nineteen delegates in the conven-
tion and J. NJ. Bell sixteen. There
could be no doubt abou! four of the
FIVE precincts represented. Ac-
cording to the agreement Of May
23rd, Vinita precinct was entitled
to seven delegates, Ketchum FIVE,
Ballard three, Prairie City three,
and Russell Greek one. The only
precincts that l.. b. Bell got were
Prairie City and Russell Creek,
but each faction had two more del.
egates than they were entitled &c
under the agreement of May %
Vinita sent two sets Of delegates
Those who were instructed for l.
B. Bell were appointed by about
foTty-nine men including citizens
non-citizens, intruders and a few
from CoOweescoowee district.
have talked with disintsresteC
spectators of the scene and if they
told the truth, l.. b. Bells Whit;
convention must have surpassed
the widest orgies of the Hotten
tots of Africa. The other conven
ton took the name of every either
taking part in it and there were
fifty-five names on the list. Abou
Ketchum precinct there could b'
no doubt, but his uncle got littl,
delegation made up of his owl
choice material and appointed il
his own peculiar way. Let III,
editor of the Telephone ask few
disinterested parties and he viii
find out how his "Uncle Hooly'
got his nomination. He simpl,
makes a misstatement, whethe
williul or otherwise, when he say
that seren men withdrew from tn,
convention and made their nomi
nations. II he had said sixteen h'
would have told the truth, but &C
cording to former agreement onll
fifteen made the nominations.
In another clause OF its platform
the Downing party pledges itsel
to the fullest development of thu
resources and revenues of tn
country. Now who was it, Will
the connivance of his Nationa
colleagues, attempted to carry ou
a policy in direct contradiction L
the spirit of this clause? l.. b
J Bell. Who was it, by such viii
methods Of legislation, made tn
name of the Indian, upon the floor
of congress, synonymous with ev
erything that is base and corrupt
L. B. Bell. Who was it that re
pudiated every pledge made hi
constituency, and like vampir
emerging from his grave, prowle'
ghoul-like through the streets O
Tahlequah in collusion with tn
enemies of his country? Echo
"this same l.. b. Bell"
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