Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-03

Of all manner Of claims from. a re
jccted certificate Of service Of on'
dollar, to a Peabody steal of Sl2,
500. Here the raider on the treas
urer finds his chances. Here The
soulless shyster who has done
probably five dollars worth o
work for the nation may put in
his claim for $500 The Washing
ton lobbyist may multiply his claim
by thousand, in fact it is kind
of "thanky bag" into which any
claim, however ridiculous, may &c
with even chances of getting
through.
There is some talk of continu ing
the discontinuance Of the high
schools for pretty much the same
reasons for itlast winter-the want
of money.
The superintendent OF schools
has figured out a possible income
for the coming year Of sixty-four
thousand dollars.
The only certain money that
belongs to the school fund is the
interest on the invested fund, and
that amounts to a little less than
S4, 700. The common schools and
superintendents salary will take
SO, 200 Of that, and the unpaid bal
anees due on account of last years 3
deficiencies will about exhaust the
balance. TO make the school an
nuity reach s62, 600, the superin-
tendent remarks a possible sl8, 900
from the COW tax and railroad and
other to be had revenues. This
reminds one, as Mr. Lincoln used
to say, of the boy fishing; passer
by said to him, "Fishing sonny?"
eyes" "How many have you
caught2" "Well, when l get this
one that is nibbling and two more
/ will have three"
The superintendent recommends
the closing of the INDECENT depart
ment of the high schools, and ar
CUES a saving Of several thousand
dollars on that account. In all
probability this is the idea of Un-
Gle Joel, since his henchman, Sen
ator Harris, from Canadian, on
the floor of the senate in an elab-
crate speech Che had his little
talk written out) recommended or
proposed the same thing when try
ing to revive the board of education.
A last frantic effort was made
on yesterday to resurrect the de-
funct board of education. After a
fruitiess effort to pass the mess in
caucus, a desperate raid was made
upon the lower house. The bill
had already ANONYMOUSLY failed
in the senate. This "forlorn hope"
was led by Mr.. Clark it is said,
the speaker of the house, and the
opposition by John d. Burlington,
a so-called Mayesite, and Riley
Copeland, of Delaware, the young
est members in the body. Well
the result is a matter of history,
and Waterloo is no name for it.
1t was the administrations pet
measure. The administration, so
they say, had a majority in both
houses, and the bill failed; l9 noes,
and IL ayes. Well, the measure
was intended like most "patent
medicines" to cure all the ills
with which the administration was
and the particular disease
was promises Of place and no
"hole" to put the holder in.
There was J. NJ. Bell, of Delaware,
Walter Jackson, of Illinois, jeff
Parks, of just where you find him,
and the Lord only knows how
many more, for Uncle Joel never
kept account OF his promises, who
to be the lucky devils in
the prize drawing. How long, Oh,
Lord, how long,
| notice in your last weeks is
sue, Senator Burlington, of Flint,
is put down as opposing the COW
men. Your correspondent does
the senator an injustice. He is
for the COW men, and made
speech-imprudent, think, but he
made 1t all the same-in which he
objected to the change. both as to
price and time Of introducing
With him the thing was good
enough as it was, and he voted no,
as did Gale Starr, late high sheriff,
because they thought the bill was
against the Texas ranchero and so
let the record be.
The Strip is still statu quo, so far
as the outside world knows, not
the Bennett telegram
to the contrary. There never was
any trouble With the U. S. COM
mission in coming to an agreement
so far as words spoken went; the
trouble was, and | opine the
trouble now isis to put it into
writing.
Mr.. Boudinot, the head OF the