Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
Between the Devil and the Deep
Sea Any Way He Turns
The Election in the Choctaw Nation
The Great Question is What to
do with the Intruder.
Louisiana Farmers Alliance and ti-Lottery
Conventions eui'
bsrson RsnOminated.
cHocrAw ELECTION.

ATok6. l. T., Aug. THE election
for governor of the Choctaw Nation is
over. Yesterday decided the contest be-
tween Benjamin F. Smallwood, the
present incumbent and his party called
the Progressive party, and wilson Jones
of the Pullback party, so caheu' AT
this Mace, Smallwood's home, he re-
ceiyed l2I to Jones' twenty-elght votes.
Ar Caddo. Jones home, he (Jones) re-
ceived lI2 to Smallwood 8 sixty-tve. 1t
will be a close race and no one can tore-
tell the result. Two years ago small
woods majority was 4oU hnu
still the Jones party tried TO count
him out in the legislature, they
having small majority of votes In the
two houses.
The net proceeds frauds have all blown
over, and the people have submitted 10
that gigantic steal. The great question
now before the Territory is what to do with
the white intruders? There are thou-
sands of them in the ChoctaW and Chlck-
asaw Nations, large number III the
Cherokee, and O few IN the Muskogee
country Agent Bennett has authority
from the authorities in Washington tc
put out all whites who have no permlts
or legal rights to reside here. Thousauus
are without any permit. Soldiers VIII
be employed TO put out those
intruders. Hundreds of these intruders
will nppeal to the commissioner of In
dian affairs and the secretary of the III
terror. and these officers will suspend
action until their cases can be investI-
gated In the meantime, like the fable
of the deer and the flies, more hungry
swarm will come into the Territory.
The very best thing these Indians can-do
is to divide up their lands, all OF 1t, IN
severalty and get possession of 1t as IN
| diyiduals, :only to be cheated out OF II
| by impecunious whites in q few years
| time The poor Indian Is between the
devil and the deep sea any way he turns.
CHoCTAw ELECTIONS.
| Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, Ten, Aug. THE Choctaw
gubernatorial election passed off quietly,
and from present returns SmalLWood,
| present governor, is reelected.
LOUISIANA IS FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Special to the Gazette.
| New ORLEANS, La, Aug. THE
| Farmers Alliance was in session at
Baton Rouge but short time to-day
adjourning in honor of the anti-lottery
| convention. 1t appointed committee
to confer with that convention as to
| plan of cooperation for lighting the
lottery, and also called upon congress to
adopt an anti-lottery amendment in the
! Federal constitution. A resolution was
also adopted against the proposed pine
land bill before congress. The question of
| establishing an official organ was discussed
The publication committee recommended
| nf q
papers publishing articles injurious to
the farmers movement, which met with
general favor. committee was ap-
pointed to examine into the merits of q
new bagging for cotton composed of moss
and strands of cotton Irvine, sample OF
which was placed on exhibition. 1t is
now known decisively that the Alliance
will support S. NJ. Robertson from the
Sixth district for congress. 1t Is
| still in doubt as TO Blanchard and
Boatner in the Fourth and Fifth, but the
chances of opposition to them are less
than yesterday. 1t is understood more
over that the Alliance is unwilling K
put candidates in the field just now Rno
prefers TO hold a conference first witt
the anti-cotton league, believing thai
the league and the Alliance will CO.
operate in this as IN other matters. q
G., Dunn, a member of the Alliance, hal
been expelled from the latter for voting
for the lottery bill. This makes TIVE
members of the legislature sent out from
the Alliance for this cause, Stallings o
Lincoln and Dunn of Grant.
LOUISIANA ANTI-LoTTERY CONVENTION.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 7.-Th
state anti-lottery convention met IN tn
capitol It Baton Rouge to-day. Their
were 500 delegates present, representing
all but three of the parishes in the state
The convention included most of tn
members of the legislature who vote
against the lottery bill and the attorney
general of the state, several distrie
judges and large number of state ofh
Gals. The delegation from New Orlean
was accompanied by $50 members of tn
anti-lottery league and was greeted q
Baton Rouge by salute OF artiller'
and welcomed by the mayor of tn
town and by the Farmers Alliance ais
in session at that town. The morn
ing's session was devoted to the eleotio
of q temporary chairman, ex-senator
: S. Fautenot being chosen for the posi-
Y ton, and the appointment OF committee
S on credentials and organization. Tn
i | Farmers ALLIANCE Will CO-OpeEdLo 1ull
= with the anti-lottery league In its fgh
] against the lottery. 1t to-day appointe
I conference committee of six to wait o
: the convention and arrange som
I plan of combination between tn
e two. 1t also adopted resolution
calling upon congress to pass constitu
tional amendment prohibiting the organ
ization of lottery companies AMI subm
it to the states. 1t is understood Ii
convention will be very short one.
will arrange to cooperate with th
Farmers Alliance and will perfect
platform and decide upon the line {
? campaign to be pursued. The eampaig
y will be continuous and aggressive one
!. The convention will decide that it is I
begin now and to bo kept up withol
interruption for the next two months
= until the election comes around.
e INDIAN TERRITORY POLITICS.
= Special to the Gazette.
d GUTHRIE, l. T. Aug. From viii
is said to be the official returns Of Il
e Territory, Reynolds, Republican,
9 elected representative at large ovt
IS Mitchell, Democrat, by l6s majority
Q This shows the Territory Democrat
1t beyond doubt, as the Farmers Allian'