People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1896 — Saucy Chief Comes Out on Top. [ARTICLE]

Saucy Chief Comes Out on Top.

After a spirited contest that would have done credit to the political sagacity of the paleface the Osage Nation council has organized and filled its cabinet. In the late election the ConnorBig Heart combination was defeated for the first time in its history by the progressive party, whioh inoludes among its membership most of the half breeds. Sauoy Chief, a full blood, was elected governor, and, in the face of returns, the progressive party has a working majority in the council, but its indefatigable antagonists annoyed it by filing contests and other dilatory tactics. —Kansas City Times. The quaking grass and sensitive plane symbolize agitation, the'peculiar habit possessed by these of trembling at the slightest touob having no doubt suggested the symbolism. Only 11 days are required to send a letter from New York to Brindisi, in Italy.