The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-01
HON. F. FINS FOX
Issues a Strong Address to the
Voters of the Chickasaw
Nation.

AulOkdodW NdllOll-d CllSlo Vi great
Importance and vital interest to ev-
cry Chickasaw citizen, whether by
blood, inter marriage or adoption;
crisis, the successful management
of which must be accomplished by
the application of sound, safe and
conservative business principles.
With the advent of March 4, 1906,
under present treaty stipulations,
the tribal government of the Chick
asaw tribe of Indians is to pass out
Of existence. On August 10, 1904,
the last governor of this nation will
be elected to wind up the unsettled
affairs of the Chickasaw people. In
his charge and under his supervi-
sion will be the settlement Of an es-
tate valued at many millions of dol
lars. Therefore il is imperative
that he should be man of acknow-
ledged business ability, Of unswerv-
ing determination, Of sterling hon
esty aud integrity, of recognized
experience in public life and Of in
innate knowledge and information
Of public affairs.
The mistakes of the party in
power which have entailed large
financial losses on the citizens of
the nation and its failure to bring
about needed legislative changes
should cause the voters to severely
rebuke it at the poles.
Let us now take up the record of
Douglass II. Johnston, who now
aspires TO be your last chief execu-
tive, and consider il calmly, dis
passionately and justly. Following
his first Inauguration as governor a
contract was made with Mansfield,
McMurray < Cornish TO represent
the nation in the many citizenship
cases then pending at an annual
salary Of 100000 per year. Short
ly afterwards Johnston induced the
legislature to increase the amount
to $40, 900 per annum and TO allow
them an unlimited expense ac-
count. The fabulous amounts Of
money WHICH this legal cancer on
the body polite of the Chickasaw
Nation has already received, both
from the Chickasaw ana Choctaw
Nations, is well known to all, but
as fabulous as they were, they pale
into insignihcanoe when compared
TO the graft of nearly s., 600, 600. 90
which they are now clamoring for
by virtue Of a contract made and
held in secrecy with Johnston aud
which they will no doubt receive
should a political catastrophe occur
and Johnston be elected. But that
is but a part Of Johnston's record.
He has permitted our schools to
run in the most reckless and ex-
travagant manner. In his letter Of
of the gubernatorial
nomination of his party he speaks
in the highest possible terms Of our
and says he favors continu-
ing them on the same basis as they
are now being conducted. We are
about SOS, 600. 90 per year
for the maintenance of our schools,
and yet they are costing us far more
than a hundred thousand dollars
annually. Our school warrants are
going begging at seventy cents on
the dollar when they should be
worth dollar for dollar. AT Wap-
anucka the school contractor, who
is unfit to have charge of schools
not only from an educational but
from any other standpoint, had
during the past year an average at
of less than twenty stu
dents and received the stupendous
sum Of So goo. His contract was
secured through the personal ef-
forts of Johnston. II is evident
from this that Johnston is not
man and surely at this
Iit;le we need a man who not only
has a just appreciation Of safe bust
ness methods but who applies those
business methods in the discharge
Of his duties. While it is true that
the school at ,Wapanuka is more
extravagantly and sliamelessly con-