Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-21
DUNCAN'S GOOD LUCK.
It Sometimes Pays to b Rated As a
Despised Indian.
Senator Mil Growing Social-champ Clark
As an Anti i-MonopoIist.

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Interesting feature Of the debate on tie
now territory Of Indanola was Senator
I'latts description Of the white Indians
Of the present Indian Territory He said
corruption WAS rampant among the five
Indian nations; that legislation was un-
blushngly bought and sold as well as the
decisions of courts, and always In the in
tcrest Of white Indians" Being asked
10 explain what he meant by white In
i.iaEs, Mr.. Platt replied by giving the
case IT white man named Duncan who
tives in the Cbickasaw country, where
thcrc is a line of railroad. There are prob
pbly 50,0p0 people along the line of road,
and not more than 300 of them are In
dians. This Mr.. Duncan lived at a trad
ing rost named after bim-DGncan. There
YVES also white woman there who had
been the wife of an Indian, but whose
husband was dead. Duncan married her,
ciid as she was an Indian citizen by virtue
of Ter first marriage, SO Mr.. Platt said,
her second husband became an Indian cit
iZen by virtue Of his marriage To her.
Neither has n drop Of Indian blood, and
yet theso two persons have II, 900 acres of
land under cultivation ard grazing by
virtue Of their right Of occupancy az In
dians They have also a town of / 500 in
habi5ants, the right to occupy which is
granted by conveyance from Duncan, and
the yearly ground rents amount to from
5000 to $1,000. While these white In
dian9" are acquiring great wealth in this
way Mr.. Platt says the real Indians are
back in the hills trying to scratch a living
out Of two or three acres of arabic land.
The senate was much amused at Mr..
Platt's description of the white Indians"
and of the characteristic manner in which
they have crowded poor Lo out.
Senator Hill's Good Nature.
Senator Hill bears his defeat of last
month with much grace and good nature.
1t has been noticed since his return to
Washington that no is one Of the best ma
tured senators on the Democratic side. At
almost any hour of the day he may be
seen laughing and joking with his friends,
and senators tell ME that in the privacy
of the cloakrooms he is one of tho jolliest
of them all. Mr.. Hill has never been spe-
cially popular among the senators, but is
rapidly adding to his list Of intimate
friends. Indeed he appears to be making
deliberate efforts to acquire the good will
of as many influential men as possible,
which is taken here to mean that he has
by no means abandoned his ambition to be
president.
ono Of the most interesting mon about
the senate chamber without doubt is Sen
ator Palmer, the veteran from Illinois.
Every session 1t is predicted that when
fho next session comes round Mr.. Palmer
will be found in his decline. Surely, men
say to themselves, this remarkable viyaci-
ty and alertness, this almost youthful
l. I,lf A
his ago men are expected to wither and
tlroop. But when the next session comes
in due process of time Mr.. Palmer shows
up apparently younger and blither than
ever before 1t is so now So far as ap
pearances and manners go, Mr.. Palmer,
despite his n years is one of the youngest
men in tho senate.
A Delightful City.
was sitting In group of senators the
Other day when tho conversation turned
upon the attractiveness of Washington as
u place of residence Senator sherman
gavo it as his opinion that this is about the
most delightful city in the United States
10 live in. 'If / wero not in public life,
should still live here, - said Mr.. Sher
man. THE climate just suits me, tho
cleanliness and social atmosphere Of the
place where one can find tho society of so
many congcnial men as here"
"That may all he true, said Senator
Palmer in his old fashioned way. but
don't like Washington. When congress
adjourns, get out of town as quickly as
possible Tho lifc here is artificial and
insincerc While in Washington | am al
ways thinking of the schcming that is 60
ing ON for place and power. 1t seems TO
me n city of intrigues and of scltishness
incarnate. The climate may be all right,
but il had my choice | wouldn't 1.-Two any
place whero couldn't hear the whippOor-
will sing ut dusk.
Champ Clark Of Missouri is one Of the
characters of tho house. Last week he
played n star part iis an orator for three
successive days and is likoly to break out
again at the smallest provocaticn. One
day wcilc making n speech he wore long
ovcreoat during the first part of his re-
marks, but when some one asked him
question which he did not like he pulled
that coat off with the air of man who
was going To give his tormentor u good
thrashing On another occasion, warm
ing up to his oratorical work, he paused
and took off his cuffs and placed them
upon his desk, while the house roared
with laughter. Clnrii is a big fellow and
is said to have shown tremendous courage
IN number of gun fights during the wild
days of carly Missouri. When he was only
Is years old it is said he taught an I'M
ruly district school in kentucky and were
six shooter in his belt al the tii,,e while
on duty.
They All Do 1t.
A story about Clark has been putin cir
culation that was designed to mako trou-
BILE for him with his constituents. 1t WIGS
that he had been seen in the lobby of tho
house sending a telegram with a frank
stamp torn out of his little book Just after
making vigorous antimonopoly speech
on the floor Doubtless this sa true story,
but it is certainly nothing remarkable.
Probably every member Of the house, no
matter what his politics or his views on
the monopoly question, and every senator
as well, carries about in his pocket book
Of stamps which entitle him TO send tele-
grams free OF charge.
Members Of congress would like to de-
sise some scheme by which they could get
little books containing stamps, each stamp
good for one cigar. Probably there is 10
other place in the country where SO many