Sallisaw Star (Newspaper) - July 17, 1903, Sallisaw, Oklahoma VOL. FRIDAY 17, NO. 42. I won't have my bald head tickled all summer I cart buy screen doors so cheap at A HADING ' What the Downing Party Done What Can They iln 1893 the had in 'the pf 14,000,000 acres of an amounting to drawing ifive per cent a very it and a citizen roll of only about when the federal what is known as Curtis there was left of out of the 18,000,000 than 5,000,000 the roll of citizens had increased to nearly 40,000 and the of invested funds had been squandered until nearly had to go to pay a public Had the Curtis been delayed just five years longer it is very doubtful if there had been left one foot of land or one dollar of money to be divided among the Cherokee Now who are responsible for the above mentioned The Downing Party has furnished us with chiefs since 1893 and it is their signature to the different acts passed by the National council their executive ability which has come so near our people to For an the negro more as the This appeal was taken the administration of C. by the advise of W. E. C. and and under the administration of S. H. Mayes the act known as the negro compromise was By this act there was appropriated the sum of for the purpose of paying to each a sum equal to to the other And it was further stipulated that the fees were to be paid out of that not mentioning the amount of the were paid to the attorney for the and if the affidavits appearing in the report are the advisors and counselors of the Cherokee pie were to their - trusts and caused the this dne and for 6 vidual to lose about and Frank Boudinot names both the Downing chiefs as parties to this transaction and also W. one of our most brainy who has held and still holds a responsible position for the Cherokee people and in whom the chiefs have placed a great deal bf Boudinot was the trusted council of the Cherokee nation at Washington before the court of claims and the United States His wife was with him and in her testimony she shows up the steal in all of its stigma and names the parties to the If any of the parties she named has ever denied sharing in the the writer has never seen the denial in print except the statement S. H. Mayes and he admits money was wrongfully By this same compromise there about 1,000 fraudulent names placed on the Cherokee rolls by the Clifton court and many citizen's names were left off. Louis T. Brown makes affidavit that J. Milton Turner shared bis fees in cases he had before the courts with R. H. one of the We that this one act of the National by the advice of the the Downing cost the Cherokee people about Then under Downing rule was the bond swindle enacted which amounted to about hall a and if the truth has been this was right under the very eyes of the Downing and by some of his his trusted Just who shared in this gain of half a million it is hard to but suspicion rests on some of the men well soaked with The very same men who advised the people and their council same men who shared in the and bond are the very men whp brought about the nomina tlon of W. Qi Rogers for chief and by their influence ex peut to elect of con trol who truth has been have robbed their their friends and their own and in time their crime will grow to them what Banquo's ghost was to his will never Time nor reason will never mitigate the crime committed by the trusted servants of the people when they willfully betray their trusts for a few paltry Can we afford to trust W. O. Rogers in the hands of such W. C. they is an honest We know that Levi Cookson is. In opposing the treaty he was honest in his After this act of Congress proposing the settlement was ratified by a large majority of the Cookson said in a speech in the Senate that he bowed to the of the majority and that hence forth the act just ratified should have his David the nominee of the Downing Party for second chief voted for the treaty in the senate and against it and at the In the face of all this are you unable to see why the government of the United States has said are of self-government and gave ns rule In the face of. all this can you see how the Downing party could have the effrontery to say or in any way represents a party so in its principles as the democratic party of the U is the man to be a just finishing up Of our unsettled He has manhood enough to have his own and backbone enough to stand by Roy in Vinita COOKSON AND smash it up Logers don't know how it liv and don't care if he He want 4t I Correspondent Petti A Letter From Indian Edytor lite it you letter from tell it me what you May be so it and go it Dis Al it time vote against nigger steal an vote it for Cookson and Coon dis time heap it Logers he liv it way up olos what all-time play da steal it office so he git it. dem nig gers job and rob it fullblood just like it Me old smart like it seminary gals and read it papers all He you fool Injun you vote it for chief dat have it Brut on fin Ivey cling it every ting in an old intruder fill it up Den old got it mad and brpom way over shoulder an Bay if you it be it dan dat battle uv toll it dat Heap it cute man dis may be so her go it Flint and pay it fullblood gals marry her till lection Den he be it all right tell it white man who married it ingun long time ago how she bis election got it more votes dan dat She owned by white mans and edited by dat Oust dat take it school money an- by He tell it lie jub lik truth an truth he tell it vicer Don't lik it much dat He too it poor injun all Who's dat mans Bruton dat edits dat paper at blanket in office and draw money and do it - He all wants an mak it caudate on Downer ticket pay him to in editor and watch white man man dat all time write it dat paper all Mine before and bug it gal. Mr. me close it dis let ter fore me say make you edy turs feel you never said it anything it of Their Bright lota of men in - neck of the woods are Nationals and Downings for the late treaty who going to for Cookson Coon for our next Chiefs or Whyt we know them to be honest and - We've tried Never have they betrayed or mistreated one of their Never have they betrayed their entire people and have they been accused of mean dishonest act in private or public These are the men for our next and of Cherokee ' j The voice of the people where is pleading for honest the not The North and South back in fought hard for what they thought The north was Peace -n was all have joined There were good men on both - So there are good men who worked and voted late They are all right They only the admitted it. Also stated since the fight was oyer he ready to assist with the U. * m Cookson 1b an honest and true tried and found to be so. Vote Doublet Gus Ivey's wind blow you A I. July 11,1903. The voice of the people and sayp The National Party of precinct met on the ilth day of Andrew was chosen is chairman and P. D. M. Lee was nominated for Senator by C. C. Seabolt was then chosen as Councilor on the two men both good strong men and add lots of to Old Sequoyah will roll up her time National August 3rd. Vote Cookson save what little is left of. this once vast Cookson and for with as Ellis Starr j D. M. Lee you may an honest Z
