Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26

'waded in until friends pulled you
apart" Practicing law in those days
In tho indian courts .equired nerve,
and Bell and owen both had this
qualification. Ever after that they
were friends.
The Negro steal.
Then Gus Ivey said: "Boh" (talk-
ing to the senator), do you remcm
Der the negro deal and steal which
was put thru the Cherokee national
council, of $500, ,00O-how the court
Of claims at Washington fourd for the
negroes-former Cherokee slaves and
their descendants - SS32. 900. but
which was not enough TO pay the
negroes ana satisfy the b0odlers who
managed this claim; how these hood
lers, contrary to instructions from the
Cherokee people-the Cherokee ma
tionai council-contessed this judG-
ment and asked the court to decree
s400, 900 more for Doodle 1t proved
TO he, as the negroes never did re
ceive cent IF this $4O0,0O0); how |
fought II with my newspaper, aud nov
they trunped up charges asanst me
to get me out of office and killed my
influence, as | was at that time
member of the Cherokee board of
education-its secretary as we'll as
editor and how they attempted to de-
stroy my flashlight by charges until
they could get their dirty work APP
proved by the council, and how they
succeeded; and how, afterWard, the
! Cherokee council. seeing their leaders
had betrayed the nation. a resolution
was unanimously passed by the Chero-
kee senate cxpunging the records
| against me ard generating me fully,
to the disgust of the conspirators?
Restore d 10 Favor.
Eyes, some whisper around now
that ! stand discreditcd among the
| Cherokces when they know they are
uttering falsehood - the Cherokee
people know better. Oh. those were
strenuous days in Cherokee affairs,
and out of this Verg act of shame Oh
the part of some leading Cherokees
| Is the very ground upon which the
Cherokee people are now asking for
$4,000 900: for their leaders per fidy
| in not appealing their case to the
SUPREME court rs they should have
done-as the Cherokee national coun-
| ell instructed them to do Had tney
done this, had they been honest with
| their people, thore would he no eX-
cusc for this large claim against the
government. Then | went to Wash
inrton, after this disgraceful affair or
some Cherokee leaders, and had the
! secretary ol ne lIltllpi lilNtStlSdNN y
this whole $500 600 steal-and had
the satisfaction Of seeing the report of
Inspector Mcconnell. published in
executive document No. 10l, Fifty
| fifth congress, he giving the names OF
all who shared in that slush. over TINS
my life was threatened more than
once, vet I'm living, but most of the
old gang have gone don't know
where. I'm now serving the Chero-
lee people as ket per of their records,
tee to collect the great claim referred
to: also I've Just been honored by be-
ing made charter member of the
Cherokee Historical society. recently
organized by the Northeastern State
Normal school at Tahlequah, the old
Cherokee capital. where | lived and
moved for a quarter Of Il century, Am
doing nicely In Tulsa and expect to
remain here among these big broad
yuaged people. with my famlv-wife
and bows, another Gus Ivev. = years
old, who will be here maybe when I'm
gone with hopes he will make good.
Have Cause to BE Proud.
"D!d you ever think of it - the
i Chcrokees have three members OF
Il congress - Carter (more Cherokee
lthan Chickasaw), Hastings and
Chandlor-and United States seu
ator-R. l.. owen? Have we Chcro-
KEGS occasion to he proud of our race
our congressman and senator, with
the probability that the latter may
Il Join Wilson'S cabinet and in 1920 be
4 Tho nominee Of the Democratic party
for president? Well, we are"