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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

1878 and 1878, and has placed its charter
In jeopardy. The attention Of the
United States Attorney-General (whose
duty 10 enforce these laws is made man
datoryl was called 10 this matter last
year by the Attorney-General Of Me-
braslSu. The Farmers Alliance can
call the attention Of the country 70, and
can defeat, the scheme Of Mr. Gould, by
presenting 70 the United States At
torney-General some such resolution as
this:
"Whcrens. The managers OF the Union Pm
eine railroad have repeatedly violated the
acts OF 1873 and 1873 and are now conspiring
with other railroads to form railroad trust,
In violation Of tho statute against trusts, In
violation OF the charter Of the Union Pacinc
railroad ana 20 defeat the provisions Of the
Iater state commerce. act therefore be IL
gResolyed. That tho Attorney General OF
the United ics be requested 20 declare the
charter Of tno Union Paclnc void, and to
proceed to foreclose the lien OF the United
states against the road and to enforce
against rs officers the prescribed penalties
Of tho violated acts OF 1873 and 1875.
III the Attorney-General does not heed
your petition, have your Representa-
tives in Congress press the matter.
Then have your newspapers print this;
let the people understand the character
OF the railroad scheme, in Congress and
ont
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15
VOL. TX. NO. 10.

00O, ,0000, 900 Of hard earned properly
should be nnnaturally and wrongfully
transferred, because OF the power Of an
inadequate volume Of money 10 OPP
press2H Has the experiment been asue-
cess, and is the Nation greater or
stronger for having passed through this
trying ordeal in order to make United
States bonds bear premium Of -
per cent? Human nature and honest
connections revolt At the plain facts
contained in this statement. and the
universal verdict must be that eoDdi-
tions which conspire 10 bring about
such results must be nnwise and unjust
While the first table given diseloses the
power Of money to oppress, the second
table furnishes ample proof Of its exist
ence.
But there is other and stronger evil
dence Of the destructive forces con-
tanned in the first table that can not be
disproved. IL is as plain as the noon
day sun and is found in the increase Of
the National debt Notwithstanding the
vast sums that have been paid as prin-
cipal, interest and premium. A careft l
and thorough analysis of the following
statement and table is requested of the
reader:
The National debt in 1885 amounted
10 s., 7sa, 600, 900. We have paid on the
principal OF the public debt 81, 599, $685.
3i2, and as interest on same s., $40. 726 :
0la, and further sum of S5s, $40, 900 as
premiums on bonds purchased, amount
ing in all 10 S4, i0s, 1851, ,S6l. Yet we find
the debt of the Nation has actually in
creased if paid in the labor and prod
ucts Of the people (any person Of or
dinary intelligence knows II can not be
paid in any thing else); that is TO say, ID
will take more labor products TO pay
what we now owe at prese mt prices than
ii would have taken 10 pay the entire
indebtedness in 1866 at the prices then.
AS proof of this the table below is
given. In regard TO its correctness,
reference is called TO any authentic
price lists OF products for the years
named:
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

The President has for, rarded TO the
Senate, and the Senate has referred to
the Committee on Appropriations, a
memorial from the OklaI oma Legisla-
ture asking for an appropriation for the
relief of the destitute people in that
Territory.
An avalanche Of snow crashed down
from the mountains close by Serajevo.
the capital Of Bosnia, and a number Of
houses in the town were completely
buried Rescuers succeeded in recover
ing the bodies of seventeen persons.
COMMANDER REITER, U. ). A., who
was severely censured by Secretary
Tracy for his conduct in the Barrundia
affair has written 10 Secretary Tracy
complaining Of premature publicity be-
ing given the matter in the newspapers
and demanding a trial by naval court.
O'BRiEN denies that he and Dillon
have had dispute.
THE Behring sea dispute has been
brought lefore the Supreme Court on
petition for a writ of prohibition re-
straining the condemnation Of a schoon-
er.
The New York Chamber of Com
mercc has adopted a resolution oppos-
ing the free coinage Of silver
THE engine and baggage car OF pas
senger train ran off a bridge near
Cromwell. Conn. The conductor was
nearly drowned, but no one else was
injured.
A SKELETON found in barn in Louis
vile, Ky, is believed to be that of
Charles Bell. who mysteriously disap-
peared i've years ago.
MRs. J0HN WAGNER. Of Lake View,
Ill. died in all the horrible agonies Of
hydrophobia- She was bitten by pet
Esquimaux dog November &c.
SEVERAL matters were before the
Senate ON the l2th. one of them being
bill to amend the Revised Statutes,
having reference to the case Of the Jap
condemned to death in New York. The
finance bill was further debated In
the House Dockery's silver pool resolu-
ton was adopted after amendment.
The Army appropriation bill was in
committee.
SENAroR NANcE was unanimously
renominated for United States senator
by the Democratic legislative caucus at
Raleigh. n. c.
DEoKER. Howell & Co. have been re-
admitted 10 membership Of the New
York Stock Exchange.
The little town of Goldvilie, on the
Columbia. Newberry a Laurens rail-
road. IN Laurens County. 5. c., has
been almost totally destroyed by FIRE
There was an explosion Of powder that
injured ceveral people.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

Mr.. Ignatius Donnely, of Minnesota.
has an original way of expressing him
self, and doesn't care where the chips
fly when he chops Addressing Farm
ers' Alliance convention recently, he
said:
For politics, in the narrow sense Of
the word. we care nothing. We are
neither for nor against the Republican
or Democratic party. We are organic
ing to suppress abuses by legislative
means, and woe unto the man or party
that gets in our way. We are fighting
for personal rights and perpetuity of
the Republic. If the old parties do not
attempt to thwart or injure us, we have
no objection 10 their going on selling
figs in the midst Of the hurricane We
regard them as the two great National
baseball clubs, and their uproars and
enthusiasm are, perhaps, necessary for
certain class of undeveloped minds.
to whom procession is a principle and
hambeau club the light of civiliza-
tion. The Democratic party signifies
the corporations plus five per cent re
duction of the tariff, the Republican
party signifies the corporation minus
the five per cent reduction. The old
school men used TO argue as to how
many devils could dance on the point of
a needle. 1t is amusing to see 65. OOO,-
600 of the most intelligent people ON
the earth, all dancing together on the
attenuated point Of that proposed five
per cent reduction. The difference be
tween tweedle dunn and tweedle dee dis
appears into nothingness in the pres
enee of such picture"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15
An AvENolNc Many.
A Procession Of voters Wen c,lculated 20
Make the Old Parties Tre1ibie.

A Procession Of Voters Wen Calculated 20
Make the old Parties Treiibie.
Five hundred thousand woes were
polled IN the order Of the Knights Of
Labor, and independent political action
received ten for TO one against. II the
general assembly held at Denver, Col,
a committee WAS appointed, consisting
OF Powderly, beaumont and Wright, TO
confer with other organizations md
issue the call. The general assembly
of the Farmers Mutual Benefit Assoc
alton, held at Springfield, H., passed
resolutions To cooperate. This great
call will be signed officially by the
leaders Of over 9,5Oo,0OO organized
producers Never in the history OF
mankind has such a thing occurred. In
that vast body are some Of the deepest
thinkers, the finest orators and most
talented journalists in the land. The
old parties now, more than ever will
try 20 get in their work The Golfers Of
the tax-eating, usury- ry-collecting, rent
gathering and labor-grinding class will
be turned out to crush the movement
The leaders win now, more than ever.
be ridiculed; in the words Of
Murat lIalstead, they viii be a
lot Of cumming demagoguesn The
New York Sun will soon begin to
think that the air is full Of ''hay
seed. Keep Il from coming? No,
never There is nothing under heaven
or on top Of any other foreign country
that can ward of the cyclone Like
the avalanche on the mountain side, the
further it goes the stronger II becomes.
Are the people ready? All. yesl Twen-
ty years of idleness for labor; hundreds
Of thousands Of miles tramped, millions
bummed; homeless and friendless; saw
age and desperate: yes, Il is time With
their once happy and contented homes
the base for modern system Of land
lorlism; their production controlled by
the money power until they hardly re-
ceive 80 per cent of consummation
price their backs, bellies and almost
their very breath taxed; the farmers
are ready. Who. then, are not ready?
Those who speculate in the life-blood of
their brother man. What need toname
them? You who are not ready had better
get ont Of the way Fellow-laborcr, who
Is on the fence, fall in. The banner OF
liberty is fyingl sold Guard 10 the
front! Long have you waited. Grang-
ers, Knights OF Labor, Patrons Of lIus-
bandry, Patrons Of Industry. Farmers
Alliance, Farmers Mutual Benefit As
soeiations. Union Labor men, Nationals,
Trade Unionists, Wheelersl Come,
come all! Ye gods, what procession.
Now viii come the light Of hope 10
those who have stood in the breach
What care heroes who fought at lex
ington and Bunker Hin If they only
live TO See Yorktown? Brother farmer
and laborcr, we are to-day fighting a
British power hundred times stronger
and more unmereiful than ever King
George was in 1i76. We elect men TO
Congress and other positions of trust,
who, II they had lived during revolu-
tionary days, and were guilty Of acts
one-half as much in the interests Of the
Lombard street (Isondonl money power,
as some OF those fellows have been.
they would have graced the trees along
side the British spy, Andre. .-Tiller and
Toilcr
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15
THE sue.TREAsuRY PLAN.
The Objections Of a Correspondent Briefly
Hut Fully Answered.


Your correspondent, B. +. Masters
objects to the Alliance sub treasury
bill. on the ground that il would cost
the Government nearly as much as the
war. Now. if Mr.. Masters and other
opponents of the bill would procure a
copy Of the bill and read it. they would
find that it would cost the Government
nothing more than the trifling expense
of printing the treasury notes which
the bill proposes shall be issued, for the
purpose of advancing eighty per cent
on the cash value Of products stored
under its provisions.
Mr. Masters SAYS that they. the
farmers, come forward with one Of the
most direct pieces of class legislation
ever introduced in the country Well.
let US sec: The recent act Of Congress
providing for the purchase Of silver
bullion at its full market value and the
payment for the same in
treasury notes convertible into
eeiss, IS more intensely class legislation
than is the sub-heasury bill. The bull
lion act involves taxation. the sub
treasury plan does not The silver act
involves storage and care which re-
quires expenditures that can only be
met by taxation.
The sub-treasury bill involves storage
and care, but costs nothing in taxes. as
every cost in connection with the plan
Is 70 be paid in notes which cost moth
ing but the labor Of printing them,
which cost Is covered by the charges Of
one per cent. on deposits Start some
mofc objections. Mr. Masters let US
have full discussion o. the plan
William Manning, in Home and farm.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

The Farmers Alliance has at last
risen 10 the dignity of provoking gen.
erai criticism 1l.~ s.s--==s ,,ff ii,offn offi
parties have been forced out Of their
policy Of indifferently ignoring this
great new political factor Whatever
the mistakes Of the Alliance may be,
and It win doubtless make many, the
best evidence that it is right in the
main. is the fact that IL is being bitterly
criticised and opposed by those papers
who in the past have given their sup
port 10 the policy thai uroduced the
evils which the Alliance was organized
70 destroy. The nearer the Alliance
gets 10 economic truth, the hitterer viii
be the wall Of the old party's organ
Nonconformis,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15


ARRANeENkNrs are being made b.
fight the collection Of al notes held By
the harvester companies in North Da.
kota, and it is said the amount is about
s.. s.00o. 900. The ground Of contest Is
that notes were given for binders with
the contract that repairs should be
furnished free and the recently COM
bined American Harvester Company has
made a rule that all renairs s..est here
after be paid for in cash. Another
ground for the contest viii be that the
new company IS a trust and is therefore
contrary n the Laws ~ tl.e u: 7. =. -.
=A=-- = Ts77T = HfHtf - 80 "
and the statutes ~ North Dalrofa. Ar.
rangcmcnts arc being made to antago-
nizt The business Of the new company
and favor thc independent harvester
companies.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

This table will not agree with Brad
streets because a certain per cent Is
added for failures Of = smaller amount
than that sgencv recognizes-
After q careful examination Of these
tables the question must naturally pre-
sent itself to every honest man, twas il
necessary for lB2. 000 business men 70
pass th-cugh the horrors d bankruptcy
and suffer the torture which always
Waits upon such conditions, o. that 81
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

TIE son of Senior Peraza, Venezuelan
Minister at Washington, on New Years
day escorted Miss Rice. daughter Of a
photographer there, 70 Miss Blainc's re-
ception and dinner. She being beauti-
full girl was cordially received by the
diplomats until they learned that she
was the daughter of photographer,
when they grew chilly and the next
day complaint was made 10 the depart
ment- Young Peraza hearing of il has
set gossip at rest by quietly marrying
the young lady who now smiles over the
discontinue of the diplomats.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

ADvIcEs received at Brisbane, Aus
tralia. from New Guinea. state that
the Tugaree, the head hunting tribe
of the island, made an attack on a
village, massacred forty of the inhabit-
ants and looted large number of the
dwellings. The tribe threatened an at
tack on some villages near the Govern
ment post, held under the command of
Magistrate Cameron, who has charge
Of the western district, and a force Of
armed constables has been sent 20 the
assistance Of Magistrate Cameron, who
has received orders TO act in the mean
while on the defensive.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

AN engraver named Heck and an inn
keeper named Korte have been arrest
ed at Munster, Germany, on the charge
of producing fictitious note book of
Martin Luther, the supposed discovery
of which recently caused a great sensa-
ton in literary circles. II is alleged
that youthful apprentice of Heck
made the necessary engravings and
ivory carvings.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

SMALL-Pox is on the increase in
Texas, and at one or two points it ap.
pears to be assuming an epidemic form.
Great alarm exists about Temple, Bel
ton and other towns, and the Governor
has ordered the State health officer from
Houston to Austin, and his headquarters
win be there until the disease abates.
The State has taken absolute control OF
quarantine matters, and no place will
be quarantined except by order of the
Enrnlnnl.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

The Council at Rome has pronounced
IN favor Of the validity Of the marriage
Of Count d'Ursel, of Franco, and Marie
d'Ursel, nee LAWS, Of New York The
marriage took place in 1868 and in 1875
she eloped with a Frenchman named
Say and subsequently contracted civil
marriage in Switzerland In 1854 She
cndeavored in France 10 secure an an
nnlment Of her first marriage. without
success. Then she went TO Rome and
enlisted the influence Of her sisters the
Marchioness Cavotte, the Duchess
d'Ente and the Countess Sella in her be.
half In spite Of the efforts of these
ladies an adverse decision has been
rendered on the appeal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

lHh Census Bureau has iSsned bull
letin giving the population Of the vari-
Gus Indian tribes exclusive Of Alaska.
The bulletin shows the total Indian
population Of the United States to be
af4, 'o4. This makes the total popula-
tionofthe country including an estimate
of AlaslSa of So, 600. almost 6a. OOO. 600.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

A DISPATCH from Montevidco says
that the Uruguayan Government has
issued decree announcing that the
National bank win January commence
redeeming the paper currency Of the
Republic, paying gold therefor, and
that the bank will complete the process
of redemption by July /.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

SECRETARY WINDOW has issued a cir
cnlar letter prescribing regulations for
smelling and refining imported ores
and crude metals on bonds Applica-
tion for the establishment of ware
houses for that purpose must be made
TO custom house officers and bond
given. The regulations provide for the
withdrawing of the ores or crude met
ais for consumption.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

THE House Committee on Rules ex-
amined under oath Messrs. Stevens and
Apperson, correspondents of the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, with reference
TO the charge published in their paper
that Senators and Representatives were
interested in silver pool. The corre-
spondents declined to give any informa-
tion. No decision was reached by the
committee as to what TO do with Mr.
DoclSery's resolution providing for an
investigation.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

A BERLIN correspondent says: 'Itap-
pears settled that Emin Pasha is to be
Governor of the western portion of Ger
man East Africa, including the lake
territory, and Herr Won Soden, Governor
over the remainder Baron Wissmann
viii probably retire or be sent to settle
affairs in West Africa. lie is displeased
because he was not appointed head of
the new colonial department"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

The above calculations from 1865 Ia
1885 carefully prepared and published
in my book, "The Philosophy of Price. -
have recently made the calculation
from lSs5 to lssa, and find by the census
report that | have overestimated the
amount of population, which would in
crease the per capita circulation about
forty cents each for these years. With
this statement the above tables will
stand the most searching criticism, and
their truthfulness can bee successfully
defended. As a natural and logical re
suit OF such rapid per capita contraction
of the circulating medium, the follow
ing table of business failures is given.
While the figures in this statement are
appalling, they do not give more than
one-half or one-third of the actual num-
ber OF amount. The real estate mortgage
failures. the chattel mortgage failures,
and the deed of trust failures are not
and can not be given with any degree
of accuracy, yet every one knows they
are numbered by tens If not hundreds Of
thousands Besides these there are the
railroad and corporation receivership;
the vast amount Of compromised indebt-
ness, and other forms OF liquidation
which are but different terms for busi-
ness failures. by comparing this table
with the one above it will be seen that
the number of failures have kept even
pace with the reduction in the volume
Of currency excepting the years which
followed 1873 and 1s5S. At this late
date. the year which Immediately pre-
ccded specie resumption, all values were
nearly eliminated and left no room for
further failures for some time.
The failures in the United States from
is65 10 lss9 were:
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

A BERLIN dispatch says that the Ger
man labor colonies are overcrowded
with applications from the suffering
poor and that many have TO be turned
away, In Berlin deaths from starvn-
ton are reported almost daily, and the
extent Of want and suffering is engag-
ing the serious attention of the author
itieS
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

an agent for Cincinnati parties has
purchased the log school house near
GAINESVILLE, O., where ex-President Gar
Held taught in 1881. The building Is
wanted fer exhibition at the Worlds
Fair
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

SECRETARY WINDOW has fixed the
salary Of Miss phoabe Cousens, Of the
board of lady managers of the Colum.
bian Exposition, at s., 900 per annum.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15

TnE police Of Hobolzen. y. J.. re
Gently took four fremcn from the Ger
man steamer Elbe al tie dock
They had been riotous ashore there
The German Minister complained &C
seercfafr Blaine. who noF asks Jerscy's
Goreinr ~ e, plain
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

Leland STANFORD has been ronomi-
nate" oy .ne Republicans for United
Sih1es senator from California,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-31
A Fight in Ireland.

Cork, Oct. 29.--At Parnell meeting
held this evening O'Connor produced an
instrument which he described as an as
segal and said he had wrested it from
the hand of a McCarthyite. O'Connor
Indignantly declared he would never
speak to O'Brien again, for when he in
terfered to preserve peace at the after.
noon meeting O'Brien had the audacity
to say: "Come with me, John, and I will
protect you" Late tonight force Of
Parnelites marched out and made an at
tack on an anti -Parnellite meeting. \
terrible fight ensued, O'Connor receiving
serious wound behind the ear, from d
police truncheon, he says. Showers OF
stones were thrown and many persons
were injured, including William Red
mond. The police used their batons
freely. At late hour the streets were
still filled with excited crowds.
LATER--Parnellite adherents this even
ing broke all the windows of the com
mittee room of the anti -Parnellites.