Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-07-27
Jerry and the Strip.

Noble nor any of the republican papers
attempt to explain. When the troops
were moving out the cattle how were
their orders countermanded except
| from the source from which they were
received. Mr.. Clover has suddenly be-
come good authority, to our republican
friends, but we beg leave to inform
| Rev. Lutte Axline, D. D., fighting edi-
tor OF the Cresset staff, that the state
ment that Simpson is on the commit
tee on Indian affairs, is false, but Glow
er is on that committee. Mr.. Peel, the
chairman of that committee, was the
man who by parliamentary courtesy
and right, should be left to formulate
and present the bill. After patient
waiting, he failed to do so. The sec
Ond man on the committee, Allen, is a
vOluptucous aristocrat, and of course
will do nothing while Peel ID sick. At
the time it was referred to this commit
| tee Simpson complained, and said it
! should be referred to his own commit
tee on Territories. Again Simpson
could only edge in his little talk, out of
regular order of business, by unani-
nous consent, and he had to wait until
he caught his republican ffiends nap
ping, which he adroitly did, to their
horror and CONSERVATION. He is de-
serving unbounded praise and credit
| for the success of his effort, and as we
predicted the little jumping-jack d. ID.
editors are obeying the string of their
political masters, and by falsehood and
criticism endeavor to bring into disre-
pute the only man who is trying to do
what in the next breath you pretend to
want done. But, boys, you can't do it.
Out with your despisable hypocracy.
Tell the truth, confess your ignorance,
or keep your mouth shut. The people
are not all fools or ignoramuses.
The following is the extract of Ian
ais letter read by the clerk of the house
on request of Mr. Simpson:
Last fall when the department was
crOwding the cattlemen, they made up
$4,000 or $4,000 for the purpose Of get
ting immunity from disturbance and
stopping all interference. They sue
ceeded, and this spring when the pres
sure became too heavy again, the de-
partment went in to drive out the cat
, tlemen, and they sent the troops to
clear the Strip. The troops started in
good faith to do their duty. The cat
tlemen were alarmed, and had been
bled by the powers that be for the past
ten years and wanted nothing but lit
tie time to get their cattle fat so they
might get them out.
About this time one Guthrie arrived
at Kiowa and proposed to give the cat
. tlemen protection for seYenty-iive cents
head and to assure them that they
would not be molested before Deem
, Der 1st They doubted his authority
and had been bled so freely in the past
and recently had paid some one nearer
home, whose name have been unable
to get, 81 200 for protection that did
not protect, that they at first refused tt
! deal with him. He then produced let
: tiers from officers high in position, anG
: L think among others, from Genera
Noble, convinced them that he had the
requisite power to protect, and theI
} they began to dicker with him aud final
I ly settled the matter on this basis
f They paid him twenty-five cents {
{ mead cash down, AMI gays their note To-
twenty-five cents per head, payable 81
December LIST; the notes being at HI
Q owa bank. This cash, twenty-five cent
:, per head, was paid direct to Guthrie
8 and the notes were made payable Il
! him.
q No cattle were counted and l sen(
Q you the men as to the number of cattl
taken at their own figures, and showing
the nature of the skin game. All thi
d was gone through with, and the note
@ are now at the bank at Kiowa.
l. While the troops under Captain Pad
q dock were trying to get the cattle out
} this man Guthrie interfered so tina
J. Captain Paddock telegraphed the de
y partment about his (Guthrie) claims G
authority and interference, and receiN
ed telegram in reply telling HIM (CaI
u tain Paddock that Guthrie had full al
u thority and that he must recogniZ
u Guthrie's wishes.
10 All the cattle on the Strip we're trans
~ ferred to this man Guthrie, and with
~ an hour were transferred back to tn
I actual owners the one to be used wit
the department and the other for tn
# protection of the owners, In case Gutf
,, RE should be disposed to act unfairly
% You will see in the beginning of tn
n letter that he (Guthrie) offered safet
In until December lst. In case he wa
q not able to hold the matter off the note
q. were not to be collected, but the cas-
in was to go anyway. These transfer
10 were, with few exceptions, made d
o. rectlv TO Guthrie. In the few cases
Z. which the transfers were made indirec
Iy there was third party between tt
cattleu,an and Guthrie, but the tran
IS fer back 10 the cattlemen was in ever
ne case direct from Guthrie TO the owne
g. of the cattle. There is reason to belieN
t. that it was bfoUght about i'll this maj
lie ner: Notie weat to the president ar
1t asked to be given the control for Il
nd purpose OF aiding the campaign fun
W. and it Is supposed that this money b;
er largely gone in that direction.
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IT, A Campaign Of Insult.