Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-07

tickets are mixed blood tickets.
DIFFERS VASTLY
PROM WHITES VOTE.
The contest is in few respects like that
Of white men in a national campaign.
There are no paramount issues, no
platforms, no large expenditures OF
money.
SO far as is knowns every nominee Of
every ticket favOrs the extension Of the
trust period of the osages from 1891.
Honors are the chief concern OF the
Usage
Every man Of them knows that the
whole world knows how independently
rich they are.
Oil production and the greatest lease
bonuses In history have made them in
tcFnationally famous.
The distributions Of office holding
favOrs enters into the campaign.
The greatest feature Is that of man
asement Of the affairs Of the tribe.
In n nutshell, It is the business OF
efficient government
While the department of the interior
Is largely business and governmental
manager for the Osages, II IS not arbi-
tTary or dictatorial-
Rather Is il a mediatorial guardian.
No other Indians have mightier
voice before this department Of the gov
eminent.
There are ignorant fullbloOds among
them, as in all tribes, but the educated
fullbioods and the mixed bloods are IN
tie majority.
These know. how their estates should
be managed.
The Osages have not been reservation
Indians They bought and paid for
these lands with their own money.
LANDS WORTH
SOC Ooo. 600.
II IS estimated that the lands Of the
Ozages, comprising 100000 acres. are
worth 500. 100000, which means that the
potential wealth Of each shareholder in
this vast estate Is about 500. 600.
n Il is not surprising. therefore. Jhst in
teligent. patriotic men Of the tribe want
to have a voice in the affairs Of their
nation.
Hence the chief significance Of the
election
The fullbloOds have nominated as their
candidate for chief, Arthur Bonnicastle,
an educated young man who has fought
for the honor OF America.
He is Interpreter for the tribe before
the. agency az Pawhuska and the de-
partment Of the interior.
He is a big strapping fellow with a
fetching smile, who wears clothes, shaves
and exhibits haircuts after the fashion
Of the well dressed American.
Really he is the thinking machine that
creates the stuff that most fuIlbloods
think
He assimilates the white mans ideas,
he knows what the ideals OF the full
hioods ought to be-
Louis Bigborse Is nominee OF the full
bloods for assistant chief
The original list Of nominees for cOun-
ell membership consisted Of Joe Shun-
Kah-Aom- Of Hominy, Simon Hen
dersoR OF Grayhorse, Kah- Wahhotest Of
Grayhorse. Luther Harvey >of Hominy
Fred Lookout Of Pawhuska, Wsh-Sho-
Shah of Hominy. Perry King of Gray
horse and Moh- Shah Ketah of Pawhuska.
Recently Mt Pawhuska the fullbloods
held th-ee-day mass meeting at Gray
horse to place two mixed Hoods on the
ticket They were to take the place Of
Luther Harvey aud Mo-Shah- ketah.
LAST FULLBLOOD
ENDED TERM IN 1916.
Chief {. W. Brown. whose term ex-
pires June 80, was elected two years ago
on the mixed blood ticket.
The last fulIbloOd chief was Robert
Ashegah- hire, who served in. the term
ending June 50, 1916.
The inaugural ceremonies and festivi-
aties scheduled for July / &, Pawhuska
give promise of discounting all former
occasions in wealth of regaIia, richness
Of color. iavishness Of expenditure. i'm
pressirnesS OF settings and in dignity
Of tae administration of the official oath
and attending ceremonies.
Nearly every man, woman adm child Of
the tribe will be present. In the mat
. ter OF dress, transportation. equipment
and pocket change no such gathering
ever has been held in the history of the
aborigines of the American continent
Arthur BonnicastIe says there are
many politicians among the Usage In
dams. Campaigns before this have cred
tied much higher temperature and given
the orators opportunity Of displaying
their choicest wares.
John Palmer, whom some have said is
the greatest man. OF the tribe. and who,
in fact, is of Sioux extraction AND an
Usage by adoption, is reputed to be the
greatest living Indian orator.
Choice mOrsels bf speed flow from his
lips like streams OF nectar.
THEIR CAMPAIGN
Is SILENT ONE.
Another orator, and no mean politician
as well Is s. J. SoIdani OF Ponca City,
who was Il member OF the first state SEN
ate IN Oklahoma.
He is one-quarter Usage and three
3qrsrters French, his grandfather hav-
4 ing married into the tribe while the
Osages we're yet huddled in reservation
AZ 81. Louis
The campaign has been conducted
thrOgsh the instrumcntaii;y Of silsnHif
prolonged mass meetings.
osages Journey en- masse to these con-
yentsons ike white politicians to a
county convention.
In them what Oratory is let loose is
for the edihcation only of the partic-
ular faction or clan.
Voting in the general election is by
ballot
The names of those eligible TO vote
are taken from the official records Of tho
Indian Agency and placed In the hands
OF the judges of election.
None is allowed in the room during
the balloting save the judges and clerks.
One or more electors may vote at one
time
Next day the council canvasses the
returns and proclaiBs the result.
The records are sent TO the secretary
OF the intsrior. aud be announees official
eosnszaHca Of the result. thereby. IN the
absekee Of contests, Approving >tas sc