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NATIONAL NOMINtEA
-Aawiatarat Chioi.
PLATFOnM
OK THK
Nntlonol rnrty.
1st. The National Parly ilftl
pca itself to uphold mid maintain
the txiftiiiK foi in uf ovcrntuent of
the Cherokee pcojdit, and will Mirk
to trniiHiuit it unimpaired to their
pohterity.
"Jd. It will strive to retain the
National domain entire, that then;
may he land and Iioiiich lor every
nieinher of the Chorokeo Nation.
iird. It will endeavor to ni-cure
a faithful and impartial adminis
tration of law toward every liicni
her ol the Nation.
ith. It will endeavor to place
tho mean ol a found education
within the reach of every child in
tho Cherokee Nation, and thus
give its support to M-bools and ed
ucation; recopniainjr. tho declara
tion incorporated hy our fathers in
framing our constitution, that re
ligion, morality and knowledge are
necessary to pood government, the
preservation of liberty, and the
happiness of mankind.
Ctli. It will neck to obtain nn
economical administration of the
L'overiimenl of the Nation hy elect
inp men of capacity, integrity, elli
ciency mid patriotism, to every of
fice or place of honor and trust un
der the government of the Nation.
Oth.- It will endoavor to merit
and receive the regard and protec
tion of the government of the Uni
ted .States, hy an honorable course
ol' conduct in its dealings with nil
persons, and hy a faithful adher
ence to the, letter and spirit of the
treaties with and laws of the I in
tod States now in force for their
lirotection in tho Indian Territory
7th. It will try lo preserve the
honor of the Nation by promptly
and faithfully mcetine all of its
past just obligaiions, and its cred
it by avoiding every unnecessary
expense, whether in the adminis
tration of law at home, or by the
employment of needless delegates
or attorneys in transacting me puu
lie business elsewhere.
Htli . It will favor the reunion
of tha Cherokces as one ueoido. un
der one government and one set of
laws.
Oth. It will favor the invest
ment of only such funds as may be
actually necessary to properly eon-
duct the utlairs ot the nation, to
Movide for its educational inter
ests and any emergency that may
aries, and thereafter making an
equitable distribution of the re
mainder nmon? the weoole.
10th. It will lend its example
and influence in obtaining lair
elections for all offices under the
Constitution and laws of tho Na
tion.
11th. It will endeavor to culti
vate relations of amity and kind
nesa between the people of the
Cherokee and those ot other Indian
Nations.
12th. It will favor the fostering
ef industry, the encouragement ot
enterprise, and the development
of the resources of tho Nation by a
wise and liberal policy toward la
bor. 13th. It will use its influence
to develon. esneciallv. the aericul
tural and stock-growing "interests,
by lending its support to the estab
lishment of stock, agricultural and
mechanical lairs.
14th. In its efforts to carry the
foregoing principles into effect, the
National Tarty invites the co-operation
of all good citizens, without
regard to previous party connec
tion or association.
UNION NOMINEES.
X2oo dim. Thompaoa,
XVirtoipml CThiaf ,
ZZ on- QmtIm Rogers,
.flmariTt-Tiri CKxoi.
TliATFOIlM
OK THE
Tjrcioisr PAIITY.
For the better protection of the
rationality of the Cherokee people
to be UPed in this Present system
f government, aluo to nrp-inue
diimelvrs into ft political nsocia
tion to be known as the Kee-too-ivhah
society.
We tho people of the Cherokee
Nation in convention awmbled,
in view of carefully enmiderinj
tir common welfare. It if far dif
ferent from l;at it was in the nee
of our fori fathers. When in that
tim our awe-tori had a m If and
j- ,m,.r,t l,,.
never Uen aUli-hed. And also I sources of the Nation which can
tbcieexi'tcd'th str.-ig-t ties t.f and will I done if the thinking
fried-hip, it m one familv as- citimis min in and help run the
rn.bled around the fire mix king party. No man r t of men with
tbeir tobacco tii-l a-iimr . ach ! in the party has any pre-emption
.tb-r and for the protection of! arid yon can take bold an 1 pu-h
llo-r lor. e they w re pr' i U d 1 thing" into proper chape. These
ill, a little ammunition. ! j rne:pl.- ar r-d and b men
J-t. Tl. rtf. re, we ple--e ciir
f. li ti su port ite another arj
nio we wi J le a one family join
ed t ; :' r by this platf nn, ft if
rnt had art'nuel it i'h nn v;th
i,d n ill im k to tr.-innit it unim
rare,l !o nor i un-
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n ill he made u.' the obji t i t mu h
nn-etiilg and fucli til -.t: ii t limnic
adv. nice the nalinn of iitruitit-r ul
the Krr to i-IihU r-Vi i.-ty to I.He
It wintered in the ip'llelul C 'II V 11-
.".d. Our eic.it aim i'l be that
our t'ole-titulioit and I d oi out
(.HVeiiiiiieul i-luill be Mipreme and
Iti-peit'd
'l int our treiitii nn 1 Hi-tereolir-tO
I'1 made hetwei-ll the
t'.S eon innn lil It 1 1 1 the t helo
Li e Nulioll. and nil compact made
Iihv.mmi (he -eventl till d In
dian hall he auprciiie.
ih. Uu nipliatn-iillv oppi-
uniting with eilher of the political
oaitii of the 1'. 8.
tit II . lit HIo roii-M ii(.-iiio!-i
ver iieing placed Under the hum ol
the V, 8.
7th. AH secret association that
are detrimental to our govcruineiit,
onginnt'iig Iroin the I . Jv, can
never be accepted as mcitit'cia oi
the Kco-too-whah Society,
Hlh. It Will be the duty o the
members to defend the Kee-too-u
hull platform and organization
from all imposition.
lit i. Abo it will in) our tuny to
courageously protect the govern
ment. . .
ldlh. It will be the duly or the
several dihtricts to elect their third
Ceneral Head Managers, also,
there will be three district mana
gers elected in each district by the
members, for the purpose of man
aging their several districts, and
three district lodge managers in
each district, to organize lodges.
11th. The three general head
managers will convene semi-annually
in general convention with all
the members of the Society.
Pith. All by-laws shall be made
in general convention and tdiall
have the force of the platform, the
Constitution and laws of the Cher
okee Nation.
l.Xth. And all platforms or parts
of jdafforms and bv-laws conflict
ing with this form and laws are of
no force and are liorciiy repealed.
J -1th. Thero shall be no Micret
in the Kee-too-whah Socieiy.
The Xatloniil PliitCinu.
The National Platform is a now
crful appeal lo tho intelligence of
the country. It presents a nolde
nucleus about which the good citi
zens of the Nation, without regard
to previous party connection or as
sociation, may gathor and form a
strong party and carry out the nrtn
ciides of L'ood irovcrnniciit. ltead
and study these principles and ask
what more you want.
1st. To maintain the existing
form of government.
2nd. To retain the National do
main entire.
3rd. To secure a faithful and
impartial administration of law.
4th. To educate every child.
5th. To obtaiu an economical
administration of law hy only elect
ing honest, capable men.
Oth. To merit and receive the
regard of the United States bv hon
orably observing the letter am
spirit of tho Treaties and Inter
course laws.
7th. To pay off National debts
and incur no more.
8th. To favor tho reunion of
the Cherokees as one people.
9th. To invest only such funds
as may be ueuessary to support
the (."ovcrnment and to divide the
balance.
10th. To obtain fair elections
by example and precept.
' 11th. To cultivate kind feeliing
between Cherokees and other In
dians lth. To favor huhtitry, enter
prise and Me de.celopmriit of the re
sources of the Nation by a wine, and
liberal policy lo'tard labor.
13th. To develop ayriadturc
and stock raising.
14th. To invite all good citizens
to take hold 'and help carry out
these principles.
The men who secured the adop
tion of these priueiplca as a party
platform find it very difficult to
have them carried out fully. There
are lots of men belonging to the
National party who don't under
stand government, and don't under
stand these principles or care any
thing about it, and it is very di fa
cult to carry the principles out
strictly. But tho Party is trying
to carry out the platform and in
many points has done so. For
instance, planks 1, 2, 3, are ob
served; 4th, tho public schools are
increased to one hundred, and
every child has a-chance; iith, the
administration has been economi
cal, tho' the men elected have not
been in every ease Solomons or
Saints; (ith, it has observed the
treaty very well till this per capita
business bent the backs of some
weak brethren. The Chief, how
ever, ttood nobly to his plat form in
spite of general desertion. 7th, Mr.
liushvhead has paid off the Nation
al debt and tickets are as near par
as county script can ever be; Mh,
the North Carolina Cherokees have
been given every encouragement to
come home and manv of them luve
done so. The ilth; liHh and 11th
planks have been obxerved. 12th,
the National party changed the
625-a-month law "to $1.0" per
month for lalmr, ft reasonable lee
when you reflect that every Chero
kee family of five pay a tax of M(
cst-h, pr annum, for running our
government and is no more than
the ordinary Mate tax. jneroare
j many thine o be done under this
head ot development rc-
lo
' i'-M J ' ft i:.cni are
.)'. in l,.-n,r and c c faith
1 thereby. If thf T do
brve ti.e-m tin ri they are not
n-die n. I.t it bave indle.J
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Hi I nieit I'Ut 'mat.
lo it I;.r4 eoiicil tivU tha K-e.
i.mi tth.di S.H-ietv u inU nded H
ja protection
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,n and -af.ty to its
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ll 111"1 I'liniii '.! ' r
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r. liell open II gineiuno m
f lll to protect, tin II men bo Lnett
t-.uh other hioi.l together llloh r nil
oatli of mutual plot,-, tine. Thii.
tt:i ih.i f.e-e Mhellthil War ol the
I, b, Ihon opened mid Kee too-tt hull
fnnoed. Tldn idea H the
pl.ilA: " I'hi t' foli' e pledge our-m-1vis
to Mippoil t'li.i liliolhu
,n if we I. id i.l!iimcd it with n
oiiill ." Iti" be-l kliottii to (ho-e
who bot kliurt Kei' too-bah that
the Kee too-w huh obligation was.
and is yet by ome, londdend
mole binding'tban ait oath on the
llolv Uible audit bus been held,
tiiitit within the hi-l few year, a
tiiiiMin ileerviug ilciith to Vote
against your Kee-loo whah. W'o do
not und'erstaud that this platform
iinpoM-nlhc fame obligation on the
nieiiiliem ot the i nion party, nui
allude to it history for the pur
pose of giving an understaiulidg ol
u force-. Ki e-t(H tthah was fi Hill
ed for mutual protection. It pur-
pose were good Pill Hie indiscri
minate promise to protect each
othor gave the chance for evil men
to join it and demand protection.
U'lien thevL'ot lirotection kco-too-
whah got to be a Very dangeroui
orgauiation. This evil ha hmn
in a measure weeded out. out an
know it is very dillicult. if not im-
possllde to convict a nienioer oi
Keu too-whah, with n Kce-too-whah
jury. A good many of this
society understand very well the
ihoiL-er of this and do their dutv as
jurymen without considering kee-
too-whah, Put uniortunaieiy a goon
many do not understand that their
first duty is to the constitution and
the law,' but believe that the kee-too-whah
outranks the constitu
tion and the law, as shown in the
12th jibink of the Union platform,
to-wit: "All bij-Liw shall be made
in general convention and shall
have the force of tho I'latkohm,
constitution and law of the Chero
keo Nation." The by-laws and
platform are mentioned first and
then comes the constitution and
law. The wording might be pass
ed by were it not made so signili
cant'by whatwa know to he tho
fact. We regard this 1st plank inju
rious to the administration of law
just in degree as it keeps alive the
old spirit. The 1st plank pledges
the members to vote for each other,
the 2nd provides fir getting all
the votes possible and to have them
-registered. The 3d and 4th, for
maintenance of law, are good. The
oth is nonesenso and buncombe to
tickle the lull-blood. "We emphat
ically oppose uniting with either
of the political parties of the
United Slates." To be a Democrat
or Republican you must haveafd
eiul vote; no Cherokee has a J'edi ral
vote, and a union with Democrats
or Republicans is impossible, ac
cording to federal law. It's pretty
good buncombe, however. The
(ith is good enough, but the protest
is out of place. The 7th, pointed
against Masons, Odd l'ellows,
knights of Pythias, etc., is a little
more buncombe, and contains some
nreiudice against charitable socie
ties. Is is. perhaps, worthy of
comment that the two most clli
cient and prominent candidates for
the position of Principal Chief and
the Secretary of tho convention
were all Master Masons.
The 8th plank, requiring the
Kee-too-whah members to defend
the platform and ortjanitation from
all opposition, we really do not un
derstand, unless it is to suppress
freedom of speech and uf political
opinion whenever opposed to Kee
toowhah. These are constitutional
rights, and Kee-too-whah's "great
aim is to respect the constitution."
So we don't understand the Nth
plank. The !Uh plank is good, but
a repetition of the 3d. The HUh,
11th, 12th and 13th planks provide
for political organization; and the
14th sets forth what should cer
tainly be true, that there shall be
no secret in Kee-too-whah. This
is said to be a new feature, though
we are told tho National Kee-too-whah's
have for some time
done away with secrecy. The gen
eral spirit of this platform seems
to us to be a pandering to the full
blood element, and it is our convic
tion that it is not good policy even
to win full-blood votes for they are
sensible people and shrewd politi
cians and after awhile they see the
trick ami lose confidence. The
Union party ought to meet and
adopt a platform more suited to
the genuine opinions of its most in
telligent men. If its intelligent
men cannot be recognized, they
had be tter support and be a part of
the National party. They are un
der no obligations to support a
party that will not recognize their
sentiments nor what they know to
be the true policy of our little gov
ernment. National mil t'ninn.
If you ask the ordinary voter
what" is the distinctive diilereiieo
between the National and Union
parties he will have some ililliculty
in telling. If he is nn intelligent
thinker ot the Union party he
knows that his ideas of government
are very much the same as the
ideas of like men in the National
party, and he don't clearly see his
liiliierence of position from such
National men. The National
thinker is apt to feel that he does
not di!T.-r in his real opinions from
the Union progressive man. In
the same wav Hie anti-progressive
t -lenient of both parties, composed
more larg' ly of the I'lll-hhini, con
servative lovers of the pa-t, see no
Fpcci.-d diffi n-nee of ei imVin in
;,(h tithtr. ltmmjt.) both srts
of loen that thi ir i
as ure alike,
.iiol voii wii bear that tin le is
..ww-tul i..ii 1,. tween the 111 i.ar-
tn s;t!iat it i merely a matter of
Ibis wt of mm orthfitfet of mi n
to be i'e-ti 1. Tl.11 j t,.,t true.
'1 lore is a j !e d.-timtiotii.f pi;n -
r.yW Utaeen the two .i.iti-,
!ehl tn-wsf toixpJain.
-p.,. N.ti.,,,.! jsrtv c..mp.Hcd
,.f (, ii'i--. 1-t, s ti.ii.'kirg.
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l id WHeveili il l. Ilij t tiff leading
Tin flf t I' I'tr'-I.V l"df bleed
, ml adopted cilin. n; the f t"ie
a.-t 1 .WJ'i V lull I. loo. I. (.Ol
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live cut. nn loving, unedliciti-'l
i I.i-h Mho caic nothing for pnics-,
but tire willing t give intelbgi uce
ju t muiih n cotillion pi h'dd a
i. -..j i, r I. 11 oiievmi'
I Clt.dll Vol OUl plupOMI HI HI"
the can limn lit Iim ll, and have a
lull blood ( hii f b' id, ail edu
cated, i liti ipiising i bi, ho mi
dciMM.d eoM lliloi I.t very Well,
but who imagine that good faith re
ijUlri them to mippoit lorever the
tow ning party or the Ros party,
It is true the Downing and the
Hum parties ilii-appcari d with the
birth ol the Union party, but their
various Simon's nay they must
Mick to tho Union, that it is the
same paity, though the Ross and
Downing clement were always vi
olently opposed to each other, and
each paitv must mm' suppuil the
met opposite of itself, if the Ron
and Downing parties were ever op
poMto. Some of the intelligent
leaders of this 2nd elm doiibliH
feel that they can control a full
blood Chief, and hence urge him
forward.
Whatever tho motive, however,
the National und Union have two
elapses with ideas much alike, i e.
the intelligent progressive element
and the null-progressive, unedueat
...i ,.i ..I ti. i, iiriie are coiu-
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posed of the same kind of people,
loo; Wirre aro goon rapiu'iu -
both parties and thero are some
genuine scamp in each, it guv
me a pain in the nacK m
National man foolishly accusing ft
Union man of villiany, or a Union
man absurdly abusing in like man
ner all National men. That kind
of weak folly is what has caused so
much political ill-feeling in the Na
tion, and ought to bo stopped.
Both parties are alike in having u
Kee-too-whah organization among
the full-bloods. Roth parties are
alike in having more or less politi
cal prejudice against the darkey,
and both aro alike in earnestly de
siring his vote. Well, what is tho
difference between the two parties?
It is this: The National party
has enough of the progressive ele
ment to control its movements and
it has the acquiescence of its lull
blood supporters to an enlightened
pol'iev. It boldly avows its plat
form of principle's, and appeals to
the intelligence of the Nation. It
believes in intelligence and pro
gress and puts its best man forward.
The Union party is controlled by
un progressive, unti-labor elements
and instead of adopting a platform
suited to the opinions and feelings
of its thinking men, it has adopted
the poor ole platform of ISoll,
whose only purpose seems to be to
catch the full-blood vote. They do
not publish it abroad, and until 1
published it in the Indian Ciiikk
tain, I do not suppose it ever saw
print. They put up an honest man
indeed, but not their best man.
Such men as Rev. V. A. Duncan,
whom I understand to have been
presented to the nominating con
vention without bis consent, and
Il.m Win. P. Ross could not be
nominated, but the present eandi
!r
, it
!.,! who eaiinot sneak Fnizlish
unit iq n 1 til, 1st finite blind, and who
ill il... ,.f l,w inter -
would ne ai uiu mini oi ; --
prefers and advisors for h is Joels j their solid hi pport to Mr. IJunch,
and his arguments, is prcfered. because ho endorses correct pnn
The character of a party is made ciples of government and because
bv the sentiments of a majority of j composed, as our community is, ol
i i ,.l must iinliri! 11 ! full-) iloods and half-breeds, it is
unrtv lie the niaioritv of its lead
cru and" its palpablt policy. This
party puts up a full-blood as Chid,
who'is blind and can speak no Kn
glish, they adopt a tuprenuly stu
pid platform. Ask and answer the
question, why! It is simply be
cause a controlling majority of tlu
Union leaders are opposed to pro
gress, to enlightened civil govern
ment and to the selection of their
leaders on a basis of capability.
Their platform and Chief's nomi
nation pander to full-bloody preju
dice to secure their vote. The Nation-
i 1 nnrtv has a controlling ma
jority with" opposite views, favor
ing liberal lanor laws, and legisla
tion is suited to our enterprising
class, and the selection ot the most
capable and honest men. It is
fair to remark that the National
party does not do all it iniglii do
in the selection of men nor in main
taining the principles efits plat
form, but its errors are d'ie to hu
man weakness and internal faction,
not for want of proper purpose. A
party should be judged by its gen
eral action not by individual errors.
It is not just to condemn the 1'ap
tist or the Methodist church be
cause you know a ltaptist or Meth
odist rascal. I have endeavored
in the above to sketch w hat seem
ed to me the main difference be
tween the two parties. I believe
it the truth, ami speak for only one
man, a Cherokee by blood, who
likes his country and his people,
who proposes to live in it some
thieg h-ss than one hundred years,
and who is anxious to see the
country manaued intelligently to
the good of the whole Cherokee
peoplo. O. C.
Hun. 1. VT. ISu-hTliead.
A good many of those w ho advo
cate the re-election of our present
Chief do so beenuse of the sudden
and extraordinary improvement in
our financial condition. They ex
patiate on his single promise four
years pgo to improve the Nation's
credit, and point triumphantly to
the payment of the National debt,
to the par value ot National s-ript.
as compared with tw t nty-ftve cents
on the dollar four yiarsago; tin y
point to our present rcvenu" of
(fl:!iMXi) one hundred and thirty
tl,.is!m,t il.iH.ir a compared with
i s! ( 1 1 thn e thousand doll.trsthc
ir l t,.re lii 111. I e irL'e 01 inc
. . 1 1 i .r.i.
I iiovi ronii el : they T.oint to a diniill-
, utimi of the exj-en-es of the iov-
ernmeiit: tlu-v point to the pain of ,
I i iii.H') three b iivlred tboii-aiid
! ,,,)inr en the old ae"iiii-nt of
, hm-U ..U th" N t IVr. Ae., a j
I a cb-ar an-l un'-xpi1 d g-.in on the
j M 4; :ee ,.t a -m. nt. and tl..yj
. di'-i!' rmny other finim ial ra.r .
, lliee .mt are p -i -- l-Z-t ami
M-rtiiniT t-miin 1. I Mr. l-u-bi ! al
dd.ie ,,..iir.i -uf. Win 1 It In re-
lucloh.led that the Cbof I the
head ef tii tiuvei mm ot and te
amed to not- tho law faithfully
ei i titi d, that every otliccr Con
duct chould be liiii.m to the Chief,
ii-rill-i, cleiU iill'ljlldge, board ol
lllciitioii Mild allspeiial olhccr.
that all financial matter, all at
fail, of thw Nation ut home idol ut
Wiisblle'ton. with a blliie lone-
poioh uce, are to be under his guid
ance and Control, it Will be nccll
ihere are thou f nt h of if iU, '
ic.ifAi'id iniiMi;iilt"il thf .Jciulur
, iurfiiifiif roil H"l It proptrUj nn-
fiiiifiii. This fact cannot be too
htrongly impreMd, vithout ur;n
iieoid'm'i of lho F.iemtire Prtmrt-
iiiriil there eon lt no pri rr (Vnrrni-
incur, liiiporniiii mailers win no
unrecorded, forgotten, or, if record
ed, without system, overlooked.
No officer reconl can be examin
ed because they do not exist or are
defective. The Executive doe not
know what each officer i doing and
can neither direct or corn et hi nc
tion. Without organiintion there
i mi (lorernment, in a true sense.
Mr lUihhyhead w as the first of our
treasurer who kept a rnrcful ami
coiiideti' record of monies placed
in Ins -'barge (we intend no reflcc
tions on his predecessors as the
Nation did not demand it cvun of
him) and ho carried his system into
the Kxecutive Department. Kvcry
letter and document is filed care
fully, and registered as to date,
person and substance in a large
'letter register." lie is full V ill-
formed us to the affairs of the Na
tion, and by this system ahum is
.,1.1.. I,, iietleorn Ihein It IS IICCCS-
saiy to keep three clerks employed
to attend this business, and there
aro found those who so little ap
preciate the propriety and neces
sity of this labor that they complain
of the extravagance of three clerks.
Suppose there were none, you go to
the k.ecutive ollico, find ask for
some document of great importance
to you. You aro show n several
barrels of letters, papers, tvc. well
crammed in. You aro told just
look through these, it may be in
there, if it ain't, 1 don't know
where it is. The papers are ft lit
tle mixed up; six hundred people
have gleaned thein over recently.
If you can't find them in those bar
rels I don't know whttt you will
do about it. That's all the papers
we have got left. People are com
ing in every day for information
important to them, and if tho Kxe
cutive is not organized it is impos
sible to give necessary information.
The thorough organisation of the
Kxecutive Department is theehiej
plume in Mr. Rushyhead's admin
istration, the successful financial
management is simply an incident
to a correct policy.
1I0N. It. ltl'Ntll.
The candidate of the National
Party for the possition of Assistant
Principal Chief, is a man of unusu
ally line appearance and of the
strongest character. He is tall and
straight and compactly built, with
.handsome, regular features and
keen eye. Intellectually he has
no superior among tho full-blood
people, ami has an extended ex-
i ' .....
lenence in our government auairs.
is earnestly to Pe hoped mat
those who endorse the principles
ef I he VillollH 'hit orill WllllVd
only l ight that the 2nd chief should
be in the executive ollico as a rep
resentative of that portion of the
people. It is very well known that
from the last election of two half
breed Chiefs that an argument was
framed to unite the full-bloods on
the two full-blood candidates at
this election. Tho fact was Wm.
Penn Adair and D. W. Rushyhead
were elected tit the last election be
cause of their superior personal
qualifications. If they had both
been full-bloods they would have
both been elected ali the same. It
was their juaHfiention, not their
being half-breeds thatelected them,
and this is the test lor office..
(ir.u.mi'ATioN, not hack. We are
full-blood Cherokees before the law
we are nil equal under our law and
constitution. The fullest blooded
man in America is entitled to no
more rights than the halfest brced
ed man, whether one or the other
bo National or Union, Ross or
Downing, or Fonien; a Raptist or a
Methodist, a Quaker or a Monnan,
and he'll get our vote according lo
his qualifications alone. Mr.
Hunch's qualifications are:
1st, He openly endorses and ad
vocates good principles as set forth
in the National Platform.
2nd, Ho has lots of good strong
horsf sense and is open to reason
and is an upright, moral man.
3rd, lh will satisfy the desire of
more than half the Nation to have
a competent full-blood in the ex
ecutive office.
4th, lie is ft man of mature years
of great experience and a man of
much stamina.
5th, He is an earnest advocate of
Hon. D. W. Huehylnad, and suc
cessfully resisted the dangerous
efforts of dcmagoimcs to unite lull
blood agaititt half-breed.
JOHN ana CEORCE
Bullottc.
full New Stock JiiM lonL-li ID Snint
txia; at inwtut liolcna'.e p. anJ
not for tale at
Bed-rock Prices.
DRY GOODS,
GIKX'KIUKS.
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'J'l N WA1U ",
J I It 1 1JI l'AC.
C.h fail f-.r fura. Ii tie. Ch
rt e-naitire f cattir. Tra-V
. .!
;
TO STOCKMEN
The CHIEFTAIN lias a TiioKocon.cfrt ulutlon throughout the ( hemlceo Na
tion and rAiii, through the B. ! T. and adjacent towns. After March 9th we
II advertise uremia and wo respect fully solicit the potronage of those inter
ested in stock. Assiirinu tlii m we will
where it will be ef service to llieiu. Mahlt. as stock Is to .tray or to bo stolen,
the imi'Ostanci of Bilvertising;tli brands and marks need not be dwelt on.
Very Kineerely nnd Respectfully,
injdijblN chieftain.
So-nf ro-n-clsco 'ECo-tel-
ATVixi. Hondcreou, Prop.
I have recently taken charge of this House, and have put it
in FIKST-CLASS Shape for the Accommodation of the
Traveling Public. I set as good tables as any House
iu the .Southwest. Meals to Citizens, 05 Cents.
When In tho City Stop at The Triscol
VJNITA. IXD. TFH.
D. W LIPB,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Oowivla. . . .
Will sell (loot's for cash, as low as any store in tho
Chorokoo Xatioii,
Call and Examine my Stock.
Mitchell, LcAvis & Co
Racine,
Pan ii Sirii ftps.
The Latest Improved Road Carts.
lriT Send for Catalogue and Frices. "tot
Mitchell. Lewis & Co., Racine, Wis.
GH. LEWIS.
GENERAL
Store four miles east of Cho
teau. mouth of Pryor s Cretk.
Hc.t Mlede l at.H k of (iener.il
Menhamlise in the t hen kec Na
tion. ;ot.!n fid f.r ch or it cpiiv
ab nt.
t;iel out of eaop fold at d.t.
No trouble to f-le'W fxidf.
New rverr wet k.
IF YO V " 1 7- T ( O MK A VP SFF
i.okI f.rrr a!r rnnuint on i.rml
Yiivr ,innt l. ih !' Ciit-.m.Tf
Crossed Free!
Wi 1 tLe :" - ol arr kni'l, inl
III, 1j. Fcr-. Peei:". Ac,
'at hifbc't m.-.tkit pri.-e in ci-
MRrcliaiif ise.
OF THE B. I. T.
do all in our power to place tho paper
IIKALHU is
tar
Wis.
M.tSrr.tCTCRKRS ok
WITCHELiLi
ST. I.Ol'lS
UNION
STOOK
YAnDH
St. h
Mi
Tbe
Only Wholesale Tarda in
Lcuii Acce b! hj Rail
and Water !
St
1. Fvrrv ril".l Milefffie Pi. t.ni
if it-iw tlv tni'imrr t tti- r.l.
. Tmux hvj.iw'Ti aw inforrwt that
rf nnotioii itli lh .rt fnwn lti
lr..n MonnMin A s.mrnm rir..l r.a
t 111. ir woh.H I - ".l an t -.th mm I.
it riinnkii.T "i" l" an otlw r.
i. Ine .rt ha the pet-near t-an1a-e
t ( U-imc .lej nn lti "1
Ij uiii m V "f tiir rier, fr. m hih
rie hiindrt llinn.l i-...e tr.
t( eir r r.oi.ion ii '.
4. 1 venr eni Imnw ia M. l.n
tf a r. 1- !"i'T t'eii"t
I nr- of r.ttl. Ii' ar.1 i--r. I' b
thr hv n urtM an l -lern
B-iit r ! 1 H". rtT--n'e'l.
Ji , c.n ( 1 I r..i mi im tSe-
Tri li.rt- ri'. -i.-r in tl e. sr.rr.
"j k. 1 nn of fif rt't : j f. h 1"
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ii
Jtr...l...l .... I.. (I K..lilt lif.ll.ti-.!
OUoii lop .a. I ulinul'li r, i ill. r i le,
nli t.rious iiiarka. Nuim ld i"lr
lol,, Hint--llllMiila rivur, 4 uilti
i l u(Tlil")ah.
i " '
Mw.l.nw-diik and umterliit in oU
rar and underalupe In ilia oilier.
It. It. TAYLOR.
PuMt-ortlcu,
VlutU, I. T.
1 ef I
Jiramlcit in hotli side. Crop off left
k. ami split in right, atxoa-lxictist
Creek.
B. F. MILSTEAD.
rusi-iiHii-o,
Pralri City, I. T.
ltraiide.1 with samn hratid on Imtli
fides Kiel hotli liipf. HAJfim Uka-I yf
lluane Creek.
J. W. ELLIOTT A Oo.,
Post-oniie,
Vlnlttt, I. T.
IIor niHrkH-itn lerliil in i'-ti aar,
crop offnftlia left. Cuttle lirunjtvl on
left hip anil Khuilliler. hamik -C.ii.in
Creek.
JOHN COUNTRYMAN.
I'llKt-Ooire,
Echo, I. T.
llranil-seveii-np, either aide. Murk
--crop oil left ear under flope oll'riulit
ear. UaiiKe IInrHC ('reek, C. N.
U.J J. -i
EVANS, HUNTER & NEWMAN.
Post-Oftloe,
Bvausvllo, Kansas.
Half br 1 cnttlo all biandeil
nn left Mi.h' iiml hip. Niiii- eHr-
1 If ... I 8-,-JT.Jl mill mine PiSTH
the hit- fii?S ter i' iill-'S,i'''l the
jiiije- bub mark. Ten a a
steiTH niail-baaiid KTEM "ear
Hide. Tariuns ear- inurkf.
RAN'OK Co ill ui allelic etiuuty pool.
LOUIS ROGERS.
Poat-OfBoe,
Ohotopa, Kansal.
Kpiit and bit in rinhtear mid awalluw
fork in left. Hoad-biuu l Ij hip.
ham. 11 Cabin Creek.
Missouri Paci
RAILWAY
Direct 11 out East !
"Vii St. IjOIxIs.
2 TRAINS DAILY !
Pullman Palace Hotel Cari through
to fit Louis, via Sedalia, daily.
Direct Route West nnd South Ti t
Via KANSAS CITY.
Al Kansas City,
for K.ins, t'olor.-i'!
T'liimi Tl...i t
w w - w
co and Cahforni i t - '. with V.s.
presf Trains' 4 a. I i.i. '.
At Atchison,
(.-.
ll .' I
prc l .i'ti f : a., i . - .o
fas and Nt-bra-ka.
At OtTldilHl I'lthali'li'ms
! vz t tbe North art ! Wc-t.
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