Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-06-13

Secretary Bell Prepares a Very
Interesting Report.

n. Browning, was etecteu gnalT-
man and the following named cam
didates were nominated:
For senate, ]. NJ. Bell; council,
Jno. Hawkins, Frank Lamar and
Peter Woodall; district judge,
Robt. J. Lunday; district clerk,
b. s. Landrum.
Resolved, by the convention,
that copy of these proceedings
be FURNISHED THK INDIAN CnIEFTAfN
by the secretary, with a report Of
this transaction.
Az meeting Of delegates ap-
pointed by the district captains Of
the Downing party west Of
Grand river, held at Landrum's
spring on May %, 1889, for the
purpose Of deciding the manner,
time and place of making nomi-
nations for the general election in
August, il was agreed that nomina-
tions should be made by delegates
appointed in primary conventions
of the various precincts, to be
held on Saturday the 1st day of
June 1899; and that the general
convention be held at Alton, !. T., ,
on the Sth Of June. 1t was further
stipulated in this agreement that
one delegate should be allowed
from each precinct, for every
twenty-five votes and each frac-
tional part, polIed in the election
of 1887. II was also agreed that
each and every delegate appointed
to attend the general convention
should present written certificate
of election from the chairman OF
the primary convention of the pre-
cinct he represents, and that the
certificate bear the date agreed up
on by the convention Of May %,
juno LIST, 1889. Otherwise it
shall be null and void and the
bearer of the certificate excluded
from the general convention.
Pursuant to this agreement the
primaries were held as agreed
upon at all the precincts, on the
1st day OF June and certificates
we're issued to the regularly ap-
pointed delegates.
II is q we'll known fact that there
are two factions contending for the
nomination by the Downing party.
Being authorized only to make q
fair and impartial report Of this
DAYS transaction, to the people, II
would be out of our province tC
say which was right or wrong, or
which party acted more fairly anC
honorably in securing their nomi-
nations. II will be left TO the peo
pie 10 decide, in the next election
As they are abundantly capable OF
discriminating between fair anC
honest dealing and flagaant inn
position, they will probably rem
der an honest decision.
From information obtained from
various sources, there was some
misunderstanding in the primary
held at Vinita precinct. One sid'
claimed they could not get al
their voters to enter convention
, Of drunken negroes, where fair.
ness was unheard Of, and coEse
: quently withdrew to a more quiet
, place and held another convention
taking the name Of every either
participating in the convention
As a natural result there were tw'
sets Of delegates appoined from
Vinita precinct with certificates o
same day and date. As a matter
of course Vinita precinct wa!
open to contest, and according u
every principle Of justice and
equity, every moral obligation OF
man to man, to the spirit Of oul
constitution yand according TO ev,
cry precept and principle o
Christianity, this precinct shoulC
, have had the consideration of the
convention. Both being held OF
the same day and all certificates
being the same date it should hav'
been left TO the convention to de
eide which delegation was entitled
to vote. If this had been all tn,
unfairness enacted in this meeting
there might be something said il
extenuation of such a proceeding
AS agreed, all the primaries wer'
} TO be held on the same day-Jun,
island no one 10 be admitted Il
the general convention who wa
not appointed on that day. Nov
comes the "crowning climax of in
fanny" On Wednesday June 5th
a meeting consisting of about hal
dozen negroes assembled at Gu
Bufington's blacksmith shop anC
appointed Johnson Fallen, Gui
Burlington, Crap Lynch and two
other niggers to attend the general
convention at Alton on June Sth
and challenge the Kctehum precinct
,telsg0tionl We leave this to the
voice of the people TO decide if il
is right. five intended 10 fulfil
the former agreement this colored
delegation should have been ex.
cluded without any ceremony
But they were allowed TO vote Just
the same as the legally appointed
representatives, and when a motion
was made TO appoint three mem
bers from each faction as a com,
mittee on credentials it was
promptly voted down with the as.
sistance Of the colored delegation
from Gus BufIington's blacksmith
shop. IL isn't very difficult to pre-
dict the consequences resulting
from such a high handed and
shameless action on the part Of a
political faction in their idiOtic and
selfish greed for office. When 0
party repudiates every pledge il
has made and sneaks out and holds
a midnight convention for the pur.
pose of defeating the will Of the