Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-03-05


Some OF our democratic friends ar
lamentlng the writing OF the Cleyelan'
letter on the silver question, and sOm'
republicans are correspondingly jubi
lent So far as this state u con
cerned we fail to see that IL viii hay,
any effect whatever. Cleveland hai
never been factor In Kansas politcs.-
Advocate.
When Commodore Vanderbilt died
he left fortune OF so million of dollars
In eight years, In the hands OF his heirs
IL increased 70 2l millions. II may also
be worth nothing that In those same
eight years there was created an army
OF tramps over million strong Non
pareil Democrat
Congressman Kelly has introduced q
bill 70 pay surviving soldiers the differ
ence between the deprecated paper
they received as pay for their services
In the civil war and the value. The y, o
p. has a majority In both houses OF con
gress; now let them make good their
promises TO the men who preserved the
nation. Alliance Herald.
Over a million children under fifteen
years of age employed in the work
shons mines and factories Of this coun-
rF. over million male tramps over
fifteen years OF age in this country!
Children working at starvation wages;
strong men Idle and tramping; women
prostituting themselves for bread; and
the broad-cloth brigade opposing social
and political reform.
The present congress has two more
weeks. With good working majority
in both branches, and president to
sign bills, it can't point TO a single
thing II has done to improve the condi-
tion Of the people. Monopoly gets richer
as rapidly as ever, and the masses are
getting poorer all the time. Yet these
congressman and senators are called
statesmen. -Nohconformist,
Let 1t be observed that Kansas is the
only state in the union which made "A
clear, distinct, Independent fight upon
the st. Louis platform, by political
union Of the industrial forces OF the
state, and 1t is the only state in the
union that can to-day point TO decided
clean cut victory. The result affords
an object lession worthy Of careful study
by those who may be hesitating in their
decision respecting the best policy to
pursue in the future. Advocate
Political trickery will be at a pre-
mium as long as we elect professional
office seekers to official positions on
their own recommendation of them
selves for their own interests. People
who make strong efforts 70 secure office
may be regarded as working for them
selves and not for the general public.
When the people are careful 10 nomi-
nate and elect the very best men, mem
tally and morally, political corruption
will be placed in a course ofrapid extinc-
tion. Industrial Age.
To-day the sheriff sold under the
hammer, nine tracts OF land, aggregat-
ing LII acres, for the sum of $500
I'VE are happy prosperous people,
says Harrison. Mr.. Sheriff, please sell
anothor batch of Cowley county at 33
cents per acre; says the court This
shows the necessity Of an amendment to
our mortgage laws. Under this sale,
land has been taken without compensa-
ton, and leaves the former owners still
In debt thousands of dollars. No com
no redemption, but all gone
into the greedy nav Of the mortgage.
Winfield Tribune.
1t must be a source OF no little salts
faction TO certain class OF preachers
10 describe the riches, the beauties and
glories Of the world, TO the poor hard !
working and suffering people while they
themselves live in costiness and splen
tor here The means by which the |
poor and humble can reach the eternal !
,ity, must be accepted by all classes Of
people, and If accepted, will obliterate
he lines and blot out the monied dis
.inctions now existing between the poor |
md rich in the professed Christian
world Let the reader picture out to
himself, the looks and attitude of Christ, !
)r any Of his apostles, clothed in the |
n costly mansions, and standing up be
ore a congregation of poor working |
1eoplc describing the riches OF the |
world to came?-Labor Tribune.