all about your scheme for weeks...
and I think it's the dirtiest,
filthiest piece of politics...
that ever came into
the State of Oklahoma...
and I'll smash you
and everybody connected with it...
- before I'm through with you.
- You ain't coming in, then?
Then I'll smash your chances
for governor...
and I can do it, too.
Yancey, you know about Cim and Ruby.
We can't live our children's lives
for them, honey.
Listen to this, the lead for tomorrow.
"The demagogues plan to rob them again.
"Stealing the vast ocean of oil gushing up
through the miserable, barren land...
"known as the Osage Indian reservation...
"again victimizing those duped and
wretched Americans, the Osage Indians.
"Their treaties broken, their land stolen...
"and now there's about to burst forth
the gaudiest...
"star-spangled piece of crookedness...
"ever played under the wing
of a double-dealing government."
- We can't print that.
- And why not?
This isn't the Cimarron country.
It's the State of Oklahoma.
You can't slur the government.
It's treason.
It's history.
I don't blame the government
for crooked politicians' tricks.
I'll show them.
I'll stop them if it's the last thing I ever do.
- But...
- Furthermore...
the time has come
to give the red man full citizenship...
so he can live as free
as the white man lives.
Citizenship for Indians.
Give them the vote.
The people here would mob you.
A prophet is never without honor,
save in his own country.
You could be one of the greatest figures
in this nation.
You are if you don't throw it away.
If you print that article,
you'll never be governor.
Never.
I've forgiven you many things
in the past 10 years, Yancey Cravat...
but I'll never forgive you that.
Oh, yes, you will, sugar.
Never is a long time.
Not while I'm alive, maybe...
but someday you'll be able to turn back
to the old files...
and read this article
and be glad it was printed.
No, I have some position
to maintain in this community.
- I have some voice in this paper.
- I know that.
Well, then I say you won't print it,
not in these columns.
When you take my name off
and put yours in its place...
you'll be editor of this paper.
Until you do that, sugar, I am.
Will you send Rickey in, please?
The proof's all right, Rickey.
Just think, our 40th anniversary.
Forty years.
Well, that's the longest time
I ever stayed in one place.
The longest time in one place.
Haven't you ever heard from the boss?
No. He doesn't write letters, Rickey.
The only news I've ever had
was from that captain...
who thought he saw him
at Chвteau-Thierry...
with his hair dyed black.
He's alive somewhere, I know it.
Now, you just keep on
believing that, ma'am.
Have you decided on the editorial
for the anniversary number?
Yes, we'll reprint the one
on Indian citizenship...
from the 1907 file.
I have that one marked.
I'll never forget the flood of clippings...
that came in from all over the country...
and they called him
the nation's leading editor.
Yes, and since then,
Congress has granted all he asked for.
Yes, that's it.
I'm setting it up in 12 point.
- And use the same signature card.
- Yes, ma'am.
The card, s'il vous plaоt.
The card, monsieur.
I?
I printed them.
Quite an affair, ain't it, Sol?
Yes, nice.
The card, madame.
The card, s'il vous plaоt.
I'm on the committee.
Sorry, Mr. Levy,
about your not being on the committee.
You see...
we invited representatives
of our principal families.
One of my ancestors was a signer
of the Declaration of Independence.
That's all right.
A relative of mine, a fellow named Moses,
wrote the Ten Commandments.
Ladies and gentlemen...
as Chairman of the Oklahoma Progressive
State Committee, I greet you.
We are here to congratulate
our new member of Congress...
and to welcome our noted visitors...
the senators and congressmen
from Washington...
who will accompany us on a tour
of inspection to