The Daily Chieftain

BOYCOTT RESOLUTION.

Petty Fight by the First National Bank.

Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the directors of the First National Bank that certain articles have recently appeared in a newspaper known as The Indian Chieftain reflecting upon the honor and integrity of a large part of the stockholders of this bank and also urging the officers of the United States to enter upon a course of unjustified hostility towards a large part of the stockholders of this bank, and it appears that the attacks and insinuations made therein are uncalled for and unwarranted and made out of a spirit of malice,

Therefore, be it resolved, by the directors of this bank, that this bank do not further patronize said paper and that the executive officers of this bank be instructed to withdraw all advertisements and that hereafter to have all printing necessary for the bank done by persons other than those interested in or connected with said Indian Chieftain.

Passed Oct. 13, 1899.

FROM OTHER SANCTUMS:

Other Territory Papers on the Chieftain Boycott.

The Indian Chieftain has taken a decided stand against the cattlemen of the Cherokee nation, and has caused a great deal of excitement in Vinita. We think The Chieftain is right in this, and should be upheld to the letter.-Chelsea Reporter.

"Muzzle not the ox that treadeth out the grain" is a very apt quotation in favor of the newspaper man, and modified to suit the subject would be "Muzzle not the newspaper that giveth out the truth." As one said not long since, the press is a power, in a large measure the mold which casts public opinion, and surely strictly facts only should make up this mold. It is the watch dog which thieves fear, and should be the weapon which all destroyers of the public good should fear. But when the press is manipulated by men who fear power and who cater to its whims for the sake of personal favor, it is degraded and its true end and aim aborted.-Indian Citizen.

We are glad to see that the Vinita Chieftain has come out for law and order, truth and justice, condemning men and measures that place everything upon a money basis. This is the right position to assume and maintain by newspapers as well as individuals. People actuated by mercenary motives can never be right, and never a success in life, although they succeed in accumulating millions. Men die, riches vanish, nations perish and empires pass away, but principles live forever. The great Socrates uttered a sublime truth when he said: "Anathes and Em ethes (his principal accusers) may kill me indeed, but injure me, never." They could kill the mortal body, but the principles for which this great and good man died shall live forever.

The love of money is founded on selfish and sensual desires, the basis of sin and misery-a real hell.

"Who lives in darkness and in sin,
Already dwells in hell within."

Truly, "the love of money is the root of all evil." "He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves besides."

"They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three."

We congratulate The Chieftain on the stand which it has taken in the cause of truth and justice, which will ultimately triumph.-Fort Gibson Post.

Vinita Chieftain says the cowmen have organized a boycott on that paper because of its attitude on the revenue question. People sometimes try that scheme on papers, but probably the best treatment of them is to say nothing about the matter. When a prominent citizen gets mad because the editor gives expression to opinions or states facts, it is not worth the while to dignify the p. c. by giving him free advertising. Let him swell up by himself and by and by he will find that his neighbor has also been hit somewhere and he will be tickled nearly to death and declare that after all the editor is a mighty fine man.-Phoenix.