Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-24
THE NEWS FROM TAHLHoUAH
Council Doing Practically Moth
ing - Few General Notes.
TAnlnauAn. |. n. Dec. q. ,OI


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TAnLEquAn, /, r., Dec. q, '0l.
Christmas is almost here and
council has not adjourned yet, and
it may or may not adjourn for the
holidays. At this writing a CHIEF
has not be elected, butt is thought
that an agreement will be reached
in caucus soon. Burlington and
Harris have about an equal follow
ing for the place, It's not likely
that the same conditions ever ex-
listed before IN this nation that ex-
ist here at Tahlequah now. Every
body wants something Every
body has an axe to grind Every
body seems to feel that something
is due them. But mans ability
to get things may be measured by
what he has to give in return for
what is wanted, For instance, Col.
Harris having the treasurer's place
gives him a strong pull Tor help
into the chieitaincy. However it
is generally conceded that should
Harris be elected he will make a
good executive, and should and
would get the support of his party.
This has been a most remarkable
session in more respects than one;
a great majority of the members
have manacled themselves with
promises to their friends both dur
ing and since the campaign. They,
as matter of course, are compelled
to 60 back on somebody, and that
fellow that finds himself left out
in the cold gets up on his ear
promptly. When a man stands
around Tahlequah for three or four
or five weeks for his time to come,
only to find that some other fellow
has secured the prize, all is not
gentleness, and it is not infrequent
that members have to "hide out"
until the storm blows over or the
worthy individual goes home.
When Senator Baugh found the
school board bill was about to be
killed he broke forth something
like this; "Why, our men are here
waiting for the places and we must
not disappoint themj we have
promised them the places"
Scales and E. G. Boudinot are
mentioned for the delegation to
Washington,
1t is said that Doel Baugh wants
something, but at present the out
look is that he will get what the
boy shot at-nothing.
If council disposes Of all the
business before it the present year,
it will have to adopt the plan an
ex.member from Delaware said
they adopted some years ago. Up
on being demonstrated with by one
of his constituents for voting for a
certain measure, he replied that
he did not vote for the bill in
question, that he remembered Of,
but that il might be possible that he
had done so, because upon one oc-
casion toward the close of council
a "big lot of bill" were passed all
at once, and it might have been in
the lot.
The seminaries will open soon.
it is argued by some that it costs
as much to let them stand idle as
it does to keep them going, and it
does look that way if the other
employees are like Hicks, the en-
gineer, whose salary runs right on
whether school kept or not. A
man said the other day that the
negro highC) school was the best
investment that council had ever
made in the way Of schools, as it
didn't cost anything to run it. 1t
is to be hoped that before many
sunsets the question as to who is
to be chief will be settled as well
as to the delegation, etc.