Volume 18 , Issue 42

NW Okie's Journey

It is my promise that I accept their difference without condemnation and will do all in my power to protect them from perceived danger. I stand in solidarity and unity with the "Safety Pin" brigade! Will you join me, please?

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Walking With Sweet Silly Sadie

With all that is going on in the aftermath of the 2106 US Presidential election, acts of hate and intolerance were reported in alarming numbers. That is why NW Okie and I (Sweet Sadie Pug) have donned our wearing of a single Safety Pin in Solidarity, unity and strength as a symbol of tolerance, inclusion, support and empathy. The racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia and fear of the other that characterized the election cycle must not be tolerated.

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1898 - Indian Territory Bill Provides For Four Judicial Districts

In the Indian Sentinel, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, dated 18 February 1898, Friday, on page 1, we found this bill that would divide the Indian Territory into four judicial districts, to authorize the appointment of two additional United States judges; one additional United States attorney, and one additional United States marshal and to amend the laws in force in the Indian Territory.

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May, 1894 - Condition of Indian Territory

It was in the Muskogee Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma, dated 24 May 1894, Thursday, page 1, that we found this "Full Report" of the Teller Committee on the condition in the Indian Territory. It was a continuation of a May 17, 1894 report a week earlier.

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Populism Illustrated In 1894

We found this in The Semi-Weekily Messenger, Wilmington, NC, dated 25 October 1894, Thursday, page 4, concerning"Populism" and what "The Chronicle" wrote of its own State says about "Populism:"

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NEWS Compounded From Initials of Four Principal Points of Compass (N.E.W.S.) Is A Fallacy

WOW! I did not realize this until I was researching through old news archives, especially the Weekly Atchison Champion, out of Atchison, Kansas, dated 30 July 1870, Saturday, page 2: "NEWS." It was a pretty conjecture, only it had not a morsel of foundation, though.

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1891 - The Strip Meeting - A Bill Providing For Opening of Cherokee Outlet

We went back to 1891, November 19, Thursday, page 6, of the Weekly Republican-Traveler, Arkansas City, Kansas, for this story of "the Strip Meeting." We find the Opera House crowded with home seekers and speeches delivered by distinguished guests.

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The Electoral College & Federalists Papers No. 68

With Hamilton and the President-elect in the news in the 21st century, let us look at the Electoral College for some insights of the electors who actually hold power under the Constitution to select Donald Trump as president. They should take that responsibility very seriously. They owe it to all Americans to deliberate on their choice in the manner required by the Constitution.

The fact is that the Electoral College was primarily designed to stop a demagogue — a tyrannical mass leader who preys on our prejudices — from becoming President.

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