Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-08-03
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why Bell Should Not be Elected
Senator.

Mr.. EDITOR, SrR:-With your
permission | propose to give the
reasons why Hoolie Bell should
not be elected to represent Della
ware district in the senate.
The drst reason why he should
not be elected is that he does not
deserve preferment at the bands of
the people. He has betrayed our
confidence on all occasions. We
sent him to the Strip to collect the
cattle tax. He collected the ma
tion's money, spent il. and when
charged with II by Chief Bushy-
head he did not deny it but owned
up and said he had been the means
of establishing revenue from
which the nation had been enabled
to build a female seminary. But
il is sure that that institution was
not built with any part OF the rev.
enue collected by Mr.. Bell.
He has belonged to all parties,
viz: the National, the Downing, the
Liberal and the jug parties, and in
turn he has betrayed them all and
they have all repudiated him. He
was elected with Chief Mayes and
because Mayes would not permit
him to lease the Strip lands for
sl25,00 when he could get $780,
600, and because the chief would
not allow him to rob the Cherokee
people OF s75 900 in the interest oi
cattle company he turned on the
chief and the Downing party and
tried to demolish both. For a few
thousand dollars he was ready to
sell his country, his party and his
people, and he was only prevented
from doing this by the vigilance Of
Joel Mayes.
He passed laws by which the
disease. breeding herds of Texas
were turned loose upon US to eat
our grass and kill off our cattle.
In the name of attorney" Bell
Beck and their confidants have
sold and peddled out one-half oil
their country to every man who
could raise s25 as an attorneys
fee. They have filled the country
with iptruders. To free them.
selves of these intruders the Cher.
okee people have been compelled
to sell more than one half of theiI
country for a nominal price and
the intruders are still here. One
of the conditions of this sale was
that you had to allot Mr.. Bell and
sixty-nine of his confederates sc
acres of hnd more than was al.
lowed to other Cherokees, as the
price of selling you out of house
aud home. He tells you that he
is opposed to allotment, but this
don't look much like it; and now
Mr.. Bell is in favor OF paying a
public debt of 100000 out of the
proceeds Of the Strip sale. He is
opposed 10 paying out that money
per capita to the people; he is do
ing all he can to prevent per cap
ita payment of this money to the
people; he is opposed to dividing
up the bonds per capita among the
people, perhaps because if this was
done there would be no earthly
chance to swindle the people. He
wrote a letter only a few months
ago in which he put himself on
record as in favor of that policy
There will not be a dollar of that
money paid if Bell can prevent it
In proof Of this you have only tc
refer to his letter published in THE
CHIEFTAIN in the issue of March
10Th last. He says now that he il
in favor Of equal rights of oui
adopted citizens, This is felse
and his Whole history gives Iii
declaration the lie. He is the on.
spoken enemy of the adopted citi
zens; there is no question abou
this. Ii not the author, he is tn,
friend and advocate of the oloo,
bills that have created so mucl
dissatisfaction, dissension and dis
cord among our people. He ha
openly declared that the whit
adopted citizen had no rights I
the common property Of the natio
in case Of allotment; but he is no,
in favor Of anything, everything, i
order to make votes. When he
in the company OF a white man h
is a white man; when he is in CON
pany with a negro he is a negr
and when he is with an Indian b
is an Indian. He is all things
all men, in order to get their votes
but the fact is he has deceived th
whole outfit.
He has been psddling out tn
country in the name Of Cheroke
blood for the last twenty years /
every man who could raise a II
spectacle fee. He has proven hin
self traitor to his country,a "a traitC
TO his party, a traitor TO his pee
| pie, traitor to his God; he
bound by no law, either human {
divine.
In view of the fact that Judq
Burlington, Coffee Woodall an
others have resigned their place
on the Independent ticket, what
the duty of the independent yotel
of Delaware2 There is but on
thing for them to do and that is
go the polls and vote for Bill Blu
fngton and Tom Monroe for III
senate and work late and early
defeat Bell. Let US crush this pl
litical monstrosity so that he wi
never raise his hidra head in OF
midst again.