Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-22
OUR TAHLEQUAH LETTER.
of Council for the
Past Week
TkHLKouAn. I. T.,
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, lS92.

pIldtlOj oti2 ohN oOhe ~ w WV
house to work on to-day. Moth
ing was done last week, scarcely,
save work on this and the school
appropriation bill, and the bill
instructing and appropriating
money tor the expense Of the dele
CATION.
The senate committee first intro
duced bill which provided for
paying the delegation SO, 6,545.9 81,
the whole amount of the railroad
tax money ia the treasury. Twen-
ty-five hundred of it was to pay
for an attorney to assist Attorney
Hastings, and the balance was for
the "kid" delegates-about s23 a
day apiece; quite handsome
sum. But the house-that lower
house-couldn't swallow il. They
cut off the 50 800 attorney fee and
put the other down to 1880 and
sent it back to the senate, but it
failed to be concurred in. A new
bill Was reported with the same
amount and after passing the sem
ate was amended in the house to
81, 800 for the delegation and So, 500
for the attorney. This was con-
Cured in. Counting seventy days
that they will be there this is 800
a day each. The delegates drew
their money Saturday and left
yesterday morning for Washington.
1t is reported in Tahlequah that
they employed ]. A. Scales as the
attorney, but most people can't
believe it and perhaps 1t is not so.
The bill that passed cutting of
the six per cent. on outstanding
warrants was vetoed by the chief
and the senate sustained the veto.
The senate committee made a
report yesterday on the insane
asylum and recommended that the
steward and directors all be dis
missed as they were great deal
behind and could not settle up,
and the management was not sat
isfactory. Mr.. Sy. Clark is the
: steward. The matter was referred
back to the committee.
After the delegation left yester-
day, a committee from the senate
was appointed to wait on the chief
and ask if Mr.. Hastings had re-
signed the Office of attorney gen.
eral before accepting his commits
sion as delegate. Receiving a re-
ply in the negative a resolution
was Immediately adopted declar-
ing that office vacant. Mr.. Baugh
introduced this resolution, and it
passed and went into the house
where it was tabled until to-day.
-A-law was passed and approved
creating the Office of one town
commissioner to receive payments
on the lots already sold. The
name of Capt. w. G. Nelms was
sent down by the chief for the po-
sition, but the senate failed to con-
cur by tie vote of six to six.
The claim Of ". A. Phillips OF
SO, ,535. .35 as balance due on attor-
ney's fee in the supreme court OF
the North Carolina case was passed
on favorably in the senate after a
lively discussion pro and con.
The electric road | guess is
"dead in the SHE'LL" as a COM
mittee of some fifteen of the lead
ing men of the town could not get
the chief to recommend by special
message. The worlds fair move
has gone under in about the same
way. An effort is being made to
; get up something Of private ma
ture which may secure recognition
and reduced rates of transportation
The seminaries closed the fall
term Friday and creditable
exhibition was given at the ie-
male seminary. Saturday, in the
cold and damp, ,endangering health
and life, the students of both in
stitutions were compelled to depart
for their homes in all quarters ol
the nation This midwinter va.
cation is extreme folly, is opposed
by students and faculty and should
be everlastingly put an end to,
The second Monday in February
they will be again subjected to ex-
posure, returning, to continue their
studies until the end of the hot
month of June.
Council will probably adjourn
about Thursday.
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT.