Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-30
cato SELLS.

Mason City Globe Gazette: Cato
Sells, the Indian commissioner for
the interior department, is good
Indian. He was raised on the res
servation Of Benton just next to q the
Tama Indian reservation, with other
Indians like Ben Mu, rhy and Mike
Tobin and Charlie Marine and Tobin
the Good, who is "a brother Of Mike =
Cato was q democrat when there 4
weren't enough democrats in Iowa
TO fill the places on the state central
committee, but he said he believed
IN the principles Of jefferson and
Jackson and Judge Kline and he
would stay hitched. He wasn't par
sficu'er, however, to confiae his
friendships to Just democrats: When
n i; came to that. all republicans, DEM
s3'ocrats aud muggety wump Indians
looked alike to him. Cato at last
came cam into his own POLITICALLY which
I he richly seserved. When Cleveland
transferred his residence from Buff
\ falo to the, retic-i capitol, Cato was
\ made the district attorney OF north
\ erns lows. That gave him prominence
I. and experience in his law practice
4 an after having won q number of
biz cases arc Eat fees, he went to
Texas and invested in Texas dirt at
i fle right time. ut the right place,
and in the right quantity. But, of
course, he could not keep out OF
4 politics any more than the web
footed duckhng ON his farm could
s: -lI'sp out OF the drink" which is the
y I 'elt' name for bayou. When the
4 s.! scholar in politics was called from
New Jersey to Washington he want.
ed good Indian commissioner and
Il q: having read in the Latin, Cato thou
I>eeasonest WE'LL" decided the phil
Dsopher an law giver meant Cato
I. o. Texas, and hence Cato is i'm Wash
ington making the best commission.
s$er who has talked the jabberwock
! language to the red man in the last
hu l1l years. Cato has been pleased
/ to keep his Iowa friends on his
list and the editor, Of this journal of
civilization happens fortunately to be
q on the score card. Cato married
q. one OF the most charming and cult
ured women OF Iowa who is noted for
her literary talent and this Christ
mas time she decided that the greet
angs should show what the spirit of
the Indian department is, and her
distinguished husband by coming
across with enough of the new re-
serve long green appropriated the
sentiment which was engraved ON
his Christmas cards to his friends
along with an illumined pipe of peace
and done in his own autograph. The
sentiment which IS worth while fol-
lows: -
Opened armed the red man well
coined,
Paleface pilgrim to his shore
4 Greetings glad as his send you
And good will, forever more.
Let us strive to help this brother
Greed and graft, injustice, cease.
.+s Let us seek his lodge of council
5 Let US smoke the pipe of peace.
So here is right back to you Cato
from all the good Iowa Indians of
especially the days of Eighty. A
right merry royal Christmas with the
privilege Of being the chief medicine
man of the department as long as
you want the mission and commits
sion, and the earnest wish that you
may never be compelled to let go
your good grip on prosperity and use
fumess which you now have in your |
prehensile digtts. Please put this
IN your pipe and smoke it. ,.