Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-22
THAT STRIP MONEY AGAIN.
Ned Buntlin's Answer to Prof.
MCCARTHY.

EDITOR CHIEFTAIY:--Prof. Nc
Carthy entered the political arena
as the champion opponent of pay
ing out the Strip money to the peo-
pie; be took his position on grounds
of his own chosing, he laid down
his propositions and made his as
sertions in a carefully prepared
article in THE CHIEFTAIN. | took
him up on his propositions and
assertions and answered them in a
chaste, genteel manner, expecting
of course that he would reply, but
no reply came. After a rest of five
weeks he came back in a three
column article which shows him
to be in an added condition yet.
He beats the air frantically y and talks
about everything else except the
subject under discussion. This
article is simply string of words
that refute themselves, without
ideas, without logic, without rhet.
oric, without reason. They need
no refutation at my hands. In his
first article he gave his reasons
why the Strip money should not
be paid to the people, and then
made some thrusts at the institu-
tions of the south which l proved
to be incorrect, and then gave my
reasons why this money should be
paid out to the people direct. He
has not answered a solitary argu-
ment that / adduced, nor has he
ever denied them. There they
stand unrefuted, unanswered. The
issue between US is whether
this money should all be dedicated
to the cause OF education or paid
out to the people, to whom it be-
longs. He afiirms that il should
all be dedicated to the cause Of ed
ucation, while deny this and claim
that it should be paid to the peo-
Pile. But instead Of discussing the
issue he has gone of in a rambling,
incoherent talk about everything
else except the subject under dis
cussion and follow him, not with
a view OF discussing the real issue
for he has made that impossible
but with view Of showing his
ridiculous inconsistencies. He
tells us that Horace Mann was a
great educator who aroused the
people of Massachusetts, TO the ne
cessity of a higher education for
the masses, and that the people OF
Massachusetts, erected statue to
his memory and placed it side by
side with that of Daniel Webster,
in front of the state house in Bos-
ton square, and that his statue re-
fleets as much honor Oh Webster
as Webster's does on him. /
would not detract one iota from
the justly earned fame Of Horace
Mann, but to say that Horace
Mann reflects as much honor on
Webster as Webster does on him
is not correct. Horace Mann may
have impressed his greatness on
the people of Massachusetts, but
Daniel webster Impressed MS
greatness not only on the people
of Massachusetts, but on the peo-
pie of the whole United States.
There he stands, in chiseled mar
BILE, high over all with a fame as
enduring as Bunker Hill monu-
ment, whose matchless eloquence
dedicated 1t to the heroes Of the
revolution; there he stands with
out rival and without a peer, one
Of that illustrious trio (Clay, Cal
houn and Webster) that have
given 10 America a world wide
reputation for craftsmanship and
oratory. But Prof. MCCARTHY has
attempted To dwarf his form by a
comparison with Horace Mann.
He tells us "that The mere exis-
tence OF education cannot save the
state" have always thought a
general diffusion Of knowledge