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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
A BABY GIRL

A girl baby was born the other day
who may play an important part in the
world. Her name is Olga. She is the
first child of the new car and cZarina
of Russia. She is said to be very tiny
and delicate, but if she lives and
should have no brothers she will be-
come the empress of all the Russias
and the first to wear the crown of that
country since Catharine the Great 1t
stands this way with the prospects of
the little week-old Olgo. The car has
two brothers, one in the last stageSsof
tuberculosis and the other in the fatal
grip of the consumption. Neither OF
these brothers can survive long. 1t is
the old northern enemy of the Roman
offs. The car has an uncle, Naldi-
mer, but he is debarred from success
sion to the throne because his wife re-
fused to ALLURE the faith of her fathers.
THE czardom is eternal" or out of
the present situation there might come
Il promise of a more modern and liberal
form of government for that country
whose penal settlements alone would
make a nation. Russia is a vast
theocracy, and the reigning head is
also the spiritual head of its people.
However eternal as the cZardom is
held 10 be. the age is one of progress
siye enlightenment and OF such liberty
as renders even such rulers as William
of Germany uneasy and uncertain OF
his ground.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
PARKHuRsT,s THANKSGIVING.

People who doubt the assertion that
a preacher cannot succeed in politics
and remain in the pulpit, will do well
to watch the career Of DR.. Parkhurst
from this time on, If it is agreeable TO
them to have the doubt dispelled.
Thanksgiving day Is one recognized
generally throughout this country as a
holiday-time for giving thanks. II a
man is thoroughly grateful for some
thing he is expected 10 say SO feryent-
". II be Is neither grateful o. IN
grateful but supremacy indifferent a.
70 the dispenSauous Of Fate he i ex-
pected 80 make a polite show - being
thankful. merely Tor good fellowship.
Ii he believes mat he has been mis-
treated and has nosaing Whatever for
which 10 - thankful. he Is expected
- still his grievances and smother his
groWls On that day out Of respect Ior
the general rejoicing Of Tie rest Of
humanity.
1t 50 happens that on Thanksgiving
and Christmas Of Al days n cur cal
endar. no political speeches are made.
and ali trials in courts aRd az wFaaslss
in business are suspended
There Is a universal reverence for the
day. DO matter what the individual fOr-
tunes OF Lack Of fortune may be-
Bur Or. Parkhnrs1 arises IN The PIl-
pit IN New lork and emits he.l s
howl that ne knew would De the nSOre
nodceable because II was thrown out
into the quiet Sunday atmosphere %
Thanksgiving day.
L marens lssIe what the parPorf %
Park.lursfs remarks we1e. except 20
note thSs they were grows. ole sroEi
that he had been beaten. another thai
he had n0t given up the tight
TIE pesDie who lad gane 70 hlE
caUsch. wen- there 70 hear some sOf1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

five years. and after that five years,
all governmental restraint as well as
help was Withdrawn from the Indians
and they We're left to go it alone. there
is no telling what would happen. The
poor Indians will stick together in
groups. They hate individual enter
prise. And it is doubtful If throwing
them On their own resources would
bring them 10 the disagreeable duty
of earning their bread by following a
plow. These remarks do not apply 10
the inter-racial five civilized tribes, but
they do apply TO the Kiekapoos and
Indians Of their kind. The kickapoos
have allotments. Their lands Were
opened 10 settlement last spring. To-
day nearly all the kickapoos have de-
serted their allotments and are hud-
died together in some camp waiting TO
meet the winter. without having the
least desire to provide against its hard
ships.
So Hoke Smiths plan of educating
the Indians up 10 citizenship before
opening their lands 10 settlement is
meant humanely, but if such plan
were carried out. in all likelihood. il
would postpone the opening Of the
lands still reserved in the territory,
and fail to benefit the queer, myster-
ious tribal Indian in the least.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
DAWES COMMISSION ANGRY.

In the report of the secretary OF IN
/ terror, Oklahoma and the Indian Ter
ritory will be pleased to see the Dawes
commission speaking with vigor,
right from the shoulder"
The Indians nations have done every
thing but murder that Dawes commits
sion. It's graceful, easy, polite COM
municationS embOdying propositions
to the five civilized tribes. have been
received and treated with poorly
veneered sort of rowdy diplomacy that
has deservedly raised the ire of the
commissioners. The way in which
the Indians, domineered by few.
little. narrow-minded. cheap politicians
have answered the propositions of the
Representatives of the United States
was highly insulting and the way in
which the Dawes commission takes it
out on the Indians in their report to
Dir. HoIe Smith is highly amusing.
The conclusions of the Dawes com
mission were published in the tele-
graphic columns of the Eagle yester-
day and are given today again. The
commissioners say:
There is no alternative left to the
{ United States but 10 resume the respons.-
bility for future conditions in this terri
tory. In security OF life and person and
property. increasing every day. makes
immediate ac;.oa imperative.
The pne,ease that the government Is
oehaTred by treaty obligations from in.sr-
ference in The present condition OF affairs
in this territory IS without foundation.
The commission Is compelled by he
evidence forced upon them during their
examination into the administration 81
the so-callesi government in This te-r.to5-
10 report that these governments in All
Their branches are wholly corrupt and "
responsible
III IS "a tie judgment OF the CONN, =
sion the IMPERATIVE duty OF congress to
assume a. once present control OF the
Indian Territory. They have come wi.h
great reluctance 20 the CONCLUSION Ard
have sought BY all methods that la.-at
reach the convictions 81 those holding
power in the territory 20 induce them ~
negotiations and mutual agre-nen. 10
consent 10 satisfactory change in their
system OF governments ana appropriation
OF ,ribal propeg,y"
The government in Ghe Indian Terri
tory is indeed ''so-caUed." Il Is
government Of SIFoilation and corrup-
ton which occupies its attention with
passing idiotic prohibitory un-Ameri-
can enaomenFs against reason. while
murder and rape are left UNPUBLISHED
al lis very doors.
But this whack-haek Of the Dawes
commission can hardly be- msre than a
SHOW ~ spirit for which the Dawes
COMMISSION viii ind no backing in tie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
HOKE SMITH HUMANE.

Hoke Smiths plan for the allotment
of lands to Indians will strike the
Eagles readers in the two territories as
somewhat novel. While it may be
merely theoretical and experimental in
its nature, it is not TO be lightly con-
delnned.
Hoke Smiths plan Of allotment pro-
poses that the Indian be given his
quota of land long before the reserva-
ton is opened to settlement. The old
plan has been to give the Indian his
allotment at the time the opening to
settlement took place, at the same time
comforting the rights of citizenship on
the Indian.
The old plan is not perfect In several
ways. and one of them is the confer
ring of citizenship on the Indian when
he is not competent to receive ii. Hoke
Smiths new plan suggests that the
Indian be given allotment years pre-
vious TO the settlement OF the country
around him; that he be taught indus
try and thrift so that when the reser-
walton on which he is situated is Open-
ed, he will be competent to receive
citizenship, and, having received it,
he shall be given no more help or ham
pered with any more restraint than
any other citizen of the United States.
This plan appears to be eminently
humane, whatever its practicabiiity.
The serious trouble with the old plan
of allotment, coincidental with the
opening. is that the Indian has not
been competent for citizenship. that
the government has retained a semi
guardianship over him and Al, the s.lIne
time helped him along with immense
graUuities which he has spent in most
instances reckleSsly.
Such q course has proved itself fool
ish. It does the Indian no good. This
Is demons Tated 10y 4 study of the
Cheyenne and Arapah0e Indians who
have held their lands in allotment for
several years and are not yet compe-
tent Of intelligent citizenship and who.
according 10 reports, are not self-Sup-
porting.
Secretary Smith was aiming ~ n
correction Of this mistake when be
proposed tie plan Of educating the
Indians 10 the Use Of individual farms.
VIII the plan work: In theory it is
very pretty. In practice it might
prove as Intellectual as the plan it is
intended IL superce,ie.
II Il had been proposed year ago.
and the country had waited for the
Indian 70 grow up 10 a point Of civili- /
cation worthy OF citizenship. Okla
homa would have had n very few /
openings. The Indian. all reports te
the contrary Notwithstanding. does not
educate worSh a cent Is long a. his !
native forests and streams are slsogt /
him lie does not accept she benefits
II individual Rpa-tribal thrift. when
Il i given him. Il Is extremely doubt
ful h he would make any more Kindly
70 II AFTER forty years instruction away
from whLge neighbors. than he VIII
after one years instruction with white
ae{ghb0gs eli a,out him
Therein Secretary Smiths pian
SoalG probably meet failure. II the
period OF education were limited TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
MORE JOHNNY BuLLIsM.

England after having successfully
arbitrated the United States out Of
| their rights to the Behring Sea has
acted in bad faith with reference to
the seal fisheries which that country
agreed should be mutually protected.
In addition England is now demanding
damages for British subjects whose
vessels We're seized while poaching "a
preserve that was and should have re-
manned the property of America eX-
clusiyely. Cleveland, a worshipper of
Johnny Bull and his ways, will recon-
mend in his message that an appropria-
ton of many hundreds of thousands be
made 70 pay the claims set up by
Britain over the seal fishery question.
So much for so much. But the main
question now or the only one left is
how to best preserve these valuable
fisheries. Under the agreement forced
upon America by England in the inter
est of Canada, America is powerlesS to
do anything unless England agrees to
join in the arrangement
The preservation of a valuable spe-
cieS of animal is of interest to the sub
jects of Great Britain as well as the
citizens of this country. a species
once destroyed cannot be revived and
the injury involved is without ade-
quate remedy. If British statemen
will not recognize this and if the RI-if
iSh government will not restrain the
avarice of its subjects, then the case
is hopeless, for the United States can
not provide a remedy by itself. 1t
would be different if this country had
a property right in the seals which it
could protect. In that case it could
go to war
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
The woRlAN,s BIBLE.

Strange 10 say, the "Woman's Bible
doesn't begin With the last chapter -
Philadelphia Press.
The '.Woman's Bible appears to be
niRe-tenths woman and one-tenth Bible.
New York Press.
The new woman has not discovered a
new trick. But she played an old trick
in a more clumsy way than il was ever
played before.-St Louis Republic.
In religion the women of this country
are conservative. Not many Of them viii
care TO read anything TO lessen their VEN
Grafton for the Bible.-Washipgton Post.
If this ''Woman,s Bible is any such
book as the advance notices describe II, il
Will incur the wrath of the orthodox
church members of both sexes, for IL is
nothing if not irreverent and attacks ex-
listing theories and doctrines with i'm
punity.-Utica, Press.
Many women who have thought that
they Were quite new will feel that they
are too old TO give up the Bible ard its
comforts for such compensation as they
can find in the destructive criticism and
slapdash comments of Mrs. Stanton and
her OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Leader.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

The Guthrie Leader prints lot Of pie
and calls it a chapter from the New Wo-
/ mans Bible.
A man at Guthrie served q watermelon
| on Thanksgiving. 1t has been kept over
! from September.
| The Dawes commission has a right to be
hot. 1t ought TO go for the five civilized
tribes with pitchfork-
Governor and Mrs. Reufrow led the
grand march at the military ball al
Guthrie, Thursday night.
People will not take much stock In Hoke
Smiths allotment plan They win re-
member the booth scheme.
Banner township in Logan county has
Joined in a set of resolutions the genel al
howl against exorbitant taxation
J. II. Carver, the ex-jaiIor OF Oklahoma
City. charged with helping Eberate the
Christian brothers. has been found guilty.
The printers and the editors struck all
over the territory THURSDAY. but returned
to work bright and early Friday morn
ing.
Two Of the Indian commissioners pro-
posed to Hoke Smith are to be civilians and
there is q lot Of available timber in Okla
honla-
The Dawes commission says that the
United tSates should take charge Of the
Indian nations at once. But the United
States will not.
Roy Hoffman was given a handsome
umbrella by the jury at Perry. Several
of the boys are trying to induce him TO
go to church SO they can have show to
get It.
Guthrie Leader: We have been request
ed by several TO give an explanation OF the
new tax law. II seems that many do not
understand Il. Under the old law all
taxes fell due on the first of November and
became delinquent in April Under the
new law all taxes fall due In November
and unless one-hah Of them be paid on or
before the third Monday in December the
whole amount becomes delinquent. II the
whole amount is paid on or before the
third Monday in December a rebate OF
2 per cent viii be given. II one-la1 Is
paid on or before the third Monday IN
December the other half does not become
delinquent until the third Monday in June
OF the following year. In case no part
OF the taxes be paid on or before the third |
Monday in December . penalty CT per
cent shall be attached and ! per cen: On |
the 1st day OF each month thereafter for I
the first three months and per cent on
the first day Of each month for the second |
three months, and thereafter per cent on 4
the first day OF each month until The \
taxes are paid The above refers 20 /
taxes against real estate. II regard 70 \
personal property, unless one-hslf 81 4 IS
paid on or before the third Monday IN
December. Il all becomes delinquent and 1
the treasurer shall. between The lOth and /
2g;h o. The following January. issue a war
rant directed 70 the sheriff. Commanding
hin 20 isyy on TIE cAattels belonging 70
the person or persons owing such taxes
and 70 make returns cf such warrants
" thiz sixty days after date OF ISSUE
F2Tery taxpayer should ~ ard pay a.
least Oce-hzif 81 his taxes OF Or before
the thlr, Monday n Dscszlber. for IN 80
dong me Other hall VIII q over Until
tae third Monday n June without any I
,osts o. penalties zttacaiz<.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

eastern sentiment which controls the
country and congress and which is so
afraid of injuring the Indian and doing
him an Injustice This eastern senti-
ment is shown by the letter Of Presi-
dent Cleveland to the Dawes commits
as follows:
81 hope the commission will inspire such
confidence in those with whom they are
to deal that they will be listened TO ard
that the Indians will see the wisdom of
moving in the direction that have indi-
Gated.
IF they are unwilling to go immediatei.
so far as we think desirable, whatever
steps are taken should be such as to point
encourage those people in furthr pro-
grsss.
"A slow movement OF that kind, fu,!y
understood and approved by the Indians.
is infinitely better than swifter results
gained in broken pledges and false prom
ises''
BY their experience with the Indians,
the Dawes commission must laugh
when it reads Of a slow movement
fully understood and approved by the
Indians" They understand now.
what the people who have never met
an Indian outside Of 8 story book do
not understand. that an Indian will not
understand or understanding will he
particularly when he is direct
ed TO do neither by leaders who are
interested in the perpetual
ton of a government which they con-
troll and through which they I'LL their
pockets with Doodle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Congress should assume At once pres
ent control Of the Indian Territory.
says the. Dawes commission. But With
congress and president both Fenimore-
cooperized, no such thing is likely to
take place.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Europe is afraid of anarchy, even
when 1T breaks out among the balloon
trOuSered Turks. For some reasons
governments that appear so strong are
Historically cautious.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

The senatorial fight in Kansas VIII
develop that both ingalls, and Burton
have at times said things they didn't
mean. That much of the campaign
ought to be expunged right at the start.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Alexandra Dumas, in his will. pro-
hibits the publication of any post-hun-
Gus works for him. He literally be-
heves in living up to the adage THAT
dead men tell no tales"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Some things are curious. In Chi
cago a dinner was given 10 cash Girls
on the eighth floor of 4 building. The
landlord refused 10 run the elevator
The girls could not climb eight stair
ways and had to 40 home hungry.
Or course the landlord was a skunk.
But why didn't the girls walk IN?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Governors Morrill, and Stone wit
messed the football game between Kan
sas and Missouri. Missouri won Can
not Morrill, get one ray of sunshine as
governor?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Hoke Smith proposes to put the In
dlans in charge of three commissioners.
As a matter offact the Indians should
he placed in charge of state officers of
the state of Oklahoma, as United
States citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Rabbi GriesS of Cleveland, has come
out against Thanksgiving. because
This sis not Christian nation" Rabbi
Cries. advertised. THANKSGIVING IN
impaired. No one hurt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

There is some consolation in the
scarcity % turkeys in Wichita his
year. Eastern people, who did nor
Know the turkeys personally. ate them
and escaped the pang that any man
VIII feel on eating his own friend.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

If Hoke Smith carries through his
plan 10 allot Indians land before OPEN
ing a reservation. the opening of the
Wichita reservation is about three
thousand miles the other side of no.
where
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Those Kansas fellows who have
worked mp that marriage Insurance
scheme viii hardly find the solid ouaI-
iry OF prosperity now in the hands If
the Great Divorce Insurance comnanv
conducted by oklahoma's courts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Hoke'S Smiths plan To allot lands To
indians before opening reservations
10 settlement comes this late unfor-
Tunately. Such plan four Years ago
would have defeated the opening Of the
Cherokee strip.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

The Dawes commission has mixed
with the Indians just enough to make
Them redIheaded when they read PreSi-
dent Cleyeland's advice about 'per-
k,IlaSiOn ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

If the prayers at Cleveland should re
suit in Ingersolrs conversion, would
his conversion amend for the damage
he has done Christianity?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Mr. Benedict, Cleveland's closest
friend, declares he did not say that
Cleveland did not want third term.
This would indicate that Grover really
has hankeringS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

If Cy Leland is TO meet a Richmond
in the field, he can make up his mind
he will have a Richard III. night with
u parade of the ghosts Of broken prom
iS,a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Wholesale prayers for the CONVEX
sion Of Bob Ingersoll by the public
viii not be effectual as private prayers
by Bob himself would be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

The New York Herald says 1t will be
''Cleveland or defeat" In all serious
ness Cleveland may be the strongest
IMAM the Democrats can nominate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

President Cleveland In his belief that
the Indians can be slowly persuaded
TO do the right thing. is evidently sin
cere. But sincerity fires a great many
bland cartridges.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

The minis of the United States have
been turned loose on coming one cent
pieces. Thereon is the only place
where the Indian is popular.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Parkhurst says the attitude of the
newspapers towards PuritaniSm is
treason, clear 10 the yitals of the
performance, treason" This is indeed
Nal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

By the use Of a telescope the "legis-
iature will meet next winter" rumor
will be found bobbing up above the
horizon in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Mr. Osborn Of Topeka says he is
still friendly with Cy Leland. But
that friendship is not an emotion TO
break off any veSt-buttOns.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30
%sSMlila~
9aiIu ~ eagle
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

Apparently the Dawes commission is
as vigorously determined TO do what 1t
despairS Of doing, as ever.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Even Bayard in London revered
Thanksgiving so much that he failed
TO make a speech roasting America.
1t is a great holiday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Schlatter is going clear back to Albu-
uuerque, New Mexico, to fast When
western Nebraska was so near, too!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

At present Mckinley is burning the
midnight electricity in rejecting that
no boom was ever endowed with lon
peVify
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-30

Reverend Paismore Of Breckenridge,
Colo, vii be churched. Is that an
cestral name to become the national
hOOdoo?