Delta chief., 1885-04-01
THE OKLAHOMA QUESTION.
Serious Charges Made by the CoIonists
Against High Omslnls.

Serious Charge. Made by III. CoIonI.t.
Against High Omst.Is.
CHICAGO. Illinois, March 27.-A
special to the Tribune Gays: Ex-Gov. Click
Of Kansas, Colonel s. N. Wood Of the Kansas
State Journal, J. G. Msybury OF the Usage
Democrat, W. F. Toler of Wichita, Kansas,
and Representatives Clark and Weaver are
here in the interest Of the Oklahoma boomers,
and will tomorrow have an interview with the
Secretary Of the Interior. Col. Clark. the
| spokesman Of the delegation, makes very ser
ious charges against Senators Ingalls,, Plumb
| and Teller, and declares that these gentlemen
are pecunisry interested in the Oklahoma
question; that piece Of land Of belonging to
| the Cheyennes and Arapahoes has been leased
for grazing purposes to Mr.. Malay, who re-
presents Senator Teller, 564, $50 acres being in
volved. II. B. Denham, 10000 acres, is only
another name for Senator Ingalls,, while A. G.
Evans and L. NJ. Briggs, with i5G, SEQ and 3ls,-
TO acres respectively, are the agents of sena-
| tor Plumb.
These charges they propose to lay before the
President, who, they say, has been imposed
upon by lawyers representing the cattle rAisers
and induced to Issue thdproclamation OF several
days ago. 1t will be shown that the dcclara-
tion that there were no wire fences In oklaho
ma is utterly at variance with the facts, and
map has been prepared by the Ksnsas STATE
Journal which gives all the information OBJ
tainable as to the men who have cattle and
land In this part Of the United stAies-
According TO Colonel Clark, Oklahoma is
covered with wire fencing, and there is not
an Indian In that section Of the country. i,
has been represented At Washington that the
boomers are n mob Of desperadocs whose sole
aim is pillage. "Pillage!" said Colonel Clark,
when the fact is that they are colonists who
want to 20 into this country and scttie II up
the same as Kansas Was coioni1ed. But TO this
the cattlemen demur, for soon as the ques-
tion is raised - TO the title to these lands II
will be demon strAted that they possess them
illegally and in violation Of Section 1910 OF
the Revised Statutes, which prohibits the Indi-
ans from granting or leasing any land or lands
owned by them
Two plans are TO be submitted TO the proper
authorities, with view To permanent settle
mcnt OF this dispute, one to have judicial
decision, and the other to have the President
appoint Commission, To Investigate the rights
Of the cattle. men, II any exist. Military, the
delegation say, arc not necessary. aud the only
question At issue Is whether the lands arc
public or not o BY the action OF Secretary
Teller, the cattle raiscrs were allowed to
pick up, without = shadow OF right about
10000 acres OF the fines, grazing land In the
West
Senator Plumb, 90 the delegation say, ia in
tcrestsd In several stock raising associAiions,
but Senator Ingalls, Is more cautious, and only
has one association, while Senator Teller ia
continually adding TO his stock. Thus far, the
agents Of the boomers have been hampercd in
their efforts, on account Of the many officials
involved, and other Senators have been offered
blocks Of stock in cattle, to obtain their sup
port. A lobby has been organized, and up
wards Of 100000 has already been raised
from the stockholders, 10000 of which went
It was said, To the Creek Indians, and the rc-
maindcr was sent 70 this city, TO be judi
ciously applied. under the direction Of senator
Plumb.