The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-08
DIRECT DESCENDANT
OF POCAHON TAS MAY
OCCUPY WHITE HOUSE
by 6. Il. Parker.
Editor The Oklahoma News

Editor The Oklahoma News
a direct descendant of Pocanhonia-
to occupy the White House?
This will come 70 pass if Robert L.
Owen OF Muskoecc succeeds in his am
bition to be chief executive Of tuo
nation.
owen is one.slxteonth Cherokee IN.
dian.
Pocahontac belonged to one of thr
seven tribes of the Cherokee nation.
owens Cherokee blood comes to hin
from tho same ancestors a. those
which Pocahontas boasted
Grandfather "a Chief
The senator's grandfather was an
hereditary chieftain Of the tribe. owen
is known among his kinsmen as Ocon-
ostoto. His grandfather bore the Eng.
lish name of Thomas Chisholm. ana
he was friend of Thomas jefferson.
As figure in the political life
ovens Indian characteristics evidence
themselves in one particular Way-by
his seeming air of distance when he s
among men.
The senator is a most aflablc com
panion in his office on homo. But
in a hotel lobby crowd his always
preocsupied manner gives the impro'.
sion of distance" And this trait
a reserve common to the Indian-has
always been regarded by owen him
self as a positive liability politically.
There are those, however who say
il is an assct--that .he public il got.
ting tired of and wise 10 the glad.
handing politician.
Family Of Romance.
Book. could he written Of tho 70.
nance of his family. His mother wa,
highly educated. As a girl she rode
overland 1000 miles to reach a
boarding school in Indiana Her Indian
blood was onccighth
After she finished school she won't
To Tennessee as a teacher There She
met % young engineer. Colonel Robert
Owen, a man Of no Indian blood
Robert l.. owen is the youugcs. n
two sons.
He was educated in private school
in Virginia and later graduated wi.N
Il masters degrSe from Washington
and Lee. Here he received the presi-
dents scholarship as the most diigan,
scholar and gold medal as the
best debator.
His interest in the Indians loA
him into public lifc--first as principal
OF the Cherokee orphan asylum later
AZ secretary of the board of cducr.
ton in Indian Territory as editor
OF the Indian Chieftam. and as Unit.
ed States agent for the Five Civilized
Tribes.
Takes First Step.
As member of the national demo
cratic committee from 1892 70 1896
he tool; his first step in party poli.
tics. He was on the resolutions com.
mittce which recommended blmctalism
in the famous convention Of 1895 that
uomina .ad Bryan.
His association with the Commoner
in the "a Years intervening leads
his supporter, 20 believe that. in event
Bryan himself doesn't seek The nom.
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MOST specl"cuIAr ol owen alghfneht'
WIFI bryan was III the Roger sum
van campaign IN llIihols IN whlch
owen stumped tho state to heat his
lehoW oehocra'' SulliNah' charging
MN WIN Deihs Il rihsstcr OF the "of"
type
handsome, weH'to-oo' owen aS
hiteu states senator since oNlaho'n''
S'atehood came mas oeeh Gr'1'
ura"lhs cdru as lecturer
IL ~ Saiu thdt durihg ms WORK ON
Ihe o"eh''iasS leuerdl reserve p'lh,
ing law ne paiu OUT more personal
luhoS hlrhg investigators ana eNperN
10 ana nm 'hah ne received III 'a'arF
as senator
Is uuitrilfrosressNe'
In tone he Is regarded as u'Ir''
progressive some chorge nm Win
radicallsm'
AS Il bosom friend OF Sa1hurI unt'f
meyer SIhce poFHooo' ne n"s peei' wv
frequent guest Ill llldt famous Ne"
YORK lawyers nome. There ne mas fle'
n N1H ...N