Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-03-12
THE CAUSE AND THE CURE.
w. L. Trott Talks Plainly OF the
Nations Affairs.
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prpIISHER CHIETTAIN:-Perm |
me to suggest the following reasons
why in my judgment, we should
law aside our party fights and act
IN unison There is no issue be-
tween us, and a house divided
against itself cannot stand. such
is the case in the Cherokee Ma,
ton to-day; our estate Is IN bad
shane and demands our undivided
attention. However honest and
Jealous our leading men may have
been, they have evidently failed
for the past twenty years or more
and to-day they all stand in the
same shoes, without anything to
come before the people with.
Have they been deceived these
long wears? If so, then will they
be honest enough to admit it? The
people have undoubtedly been de-
ceived; things have been going
from bad to worse and 1t Is now
plain to be seen that if they have
not been deceived they have been
deceiving the people and dodglng
the real issues that are now star
ing us in the face.
I'VE can look back and see men
dodging from first one party to the
OTHER, seeking position and entire
ly losing sight of the pressing
needs and appeals of the people.
This is fully demonstrated in the
way our councils have been han
died. How often is it the case
the man who rides to victory on
holding up before the people the
faults and rascality OF their oppo'
nents, reward them with the bes'
Appointments in the gift OF coun
ell thus restoring them. This dis
position seems to run from th'
executive chairs down to the com
mon fire makers. Hence we heal
the politician saying to the people
a'You lose and / win, or | win an'
YOU lose" and such is our condl
ton to-day, that our polls are con
trolled and handled to great ex
tent by money and whiskey. VIII
outside capital; our councils hav
been influenced by outside corpor
ations and individuals, and 10y in
side schemes, trades and trickery
Those cases that are freshest IN tn
minds of the people are the grain
and mineral laws that passed Oh
last council. Since the U. ,. gov
ernment has removed from tn
Cherokee outlet that great inHI
ence which has affected us to
years, it now commences from IN
inside and comes nearer to OF
doors. In these two laws I'll
mans were all well laid, the car
tains selected, the trades made, IL
obligations secured and all wei
we'll executed. The cattle Inc
engineered this grazing law, Will
as rumor has it land no doubt fac
can be secured to establish
TRUTH j Milton Turner, a COLOR
gentleman from st. Louis, handl'
the mineral law and it passed Ju
As he said il would when he W
selecting his locations and makil
his contracts. long before coun'
met. We can better tell in &
coming campaign who the trad
were made with. But We do n
blame Mr.. Turner nor the cat
men. for it matters not with
who influences our council
whether it be individuals or c.
porations-it is evidently done
the detriment Of the people or tn
would be apprised OF what was
ing done beforehand and not *
in the dark. The question aris
havs our representative done wi
they could? Dit they fully
quaint themselves with the wa
Of their constituents and endea'
to secure them? II so, then II
evidently failed, and 50 Il has be
failures year after year until .
things have become so complleal
that il will take a united effort
The DeOple to straighten them
and secure TO our citizens their
ferest in the estate. To-day
find ourselves confronted with
erv discouraeement imaglnablei
fnd ourselves in debt and pay
interest; our paper far below
our treasury empty; our .
schools closed; our common sch'
crippled: our landed interests
being severed from rs; our acli
arc being ignored by the 7. ;