Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1888-11-30
OPENING OKLAHOMA.
Tho Friends OF Oklahoma Assam
bio 4 WIGHT. Kan



uloraI 3 ira ~ yesterday hruu ght hun
dfs1s more % d.lesatr 10 the ittcr-Stats
ukishams coavealoa. tbs d'legaies sud
si.iiurs met at the Bis d q Trade head
4uarislE Ahaui ten o'c.vck Hon William
Springer. 81 limo q; Colonel Mansur. Of
Al suur. General Weaver. % Iowa ar
uvel and sefe Eiven a. ovation. shortly
tcfore = svsu u'cl1os = prose- o. was
formed beaded v a band and marched Co
The CaNfuI uierA II use. The meeting
va ca eI - uulsr b. Gs1rgr 9. Rouse,
Wio usrulu-e Julse } S Emory. Of
law feBcs. a temporary chairman.
Mr Waller, ol Wellington. was made
tsmuo A. secretary. G mmlitres were
appoi ttst Ia the ual mauuor-lf twen-
ty-uu6 H=H 4 q sIcl. Judge + T. Jew
cit. 81 81 &C.. a. cha rmtu ~ the a mint
tee OF permanent oIFal "a ION; rcsoiu-
tious ful mono iL Sidney Clark. of
Law rsuea. claimant; selection 81 dele
gates O. a~sbingtuu, MrJor j. y, Allen,
OF WITCH "a; nance n. " Levy, Wichita.
chairman.
AT ass sumsnts of places Tor commit
tees b. meet he COM eutiou adjourned uu-
81 tWo D. IA Tuat hour found most Of the
delegates not occupied ON committee In
lNtf'"H W Htff ANHAt MNHN WNNfAAN NNNNAAHA
spectai r.. representing many towns In
thi, aud adjoining state. la the absence
81 cammI T. reports there were cnthusi-
astiC calls Tor "Wcnvor! =" "~Spriurerl"
Charlie Muu-ur 2" and Others. The dis
tiugui-hetl gentlemen had MOI arrived and
the chair amp liuted George II. Block
weideg and !. o Davidson to escort them
from he hoiei aud in the meantime George
81. C!emeu Of W,ch'ta, spoke on tho
question Of tho dny.
Tho arrival Of tho champions Of the Okla.
homa hiii va, gre ted with prolonged and
IN hasiasitc ,hee.s. Nit. Springer was ia
tro ueed Ia an ~Culngi,t,c manner 10y the
chairman. aft which he spose a. fol.
lows. The obi ct ~ The convention. II ]
am cor teIly .ufarmoi. a. b. give cxures-
sion 20 tic sentiments OF the people
Of the SouthUp,t in reference TO the
opening TO settlement 90 that portion
Of the Ia liam Territory west OF the lands
occul t.i hy the 1--WE civilized trllcs II
wo include what b. known a, Groer County
the uren Is u'Hrly -10H 90 ~acres-nbout
the sira 1f the SJnto ~ OHIO. More than
half at this area b. now occupied bY lu-
dian tribes uulcr various trcn stipula-
tons and ieitr msutul orders. That part
Of the proposed Territory. however, which
&, known a. the Cherokee outlct-Okla-
homn proper-1ud the Public Land Strip,
embracing ll.D0o 600 acre, is not acquired
by Indians nui only u small norton ~ il
has ever leeu orrupo hy In liau tribes.
TEr-c lor Il ought TO have been opened 90
actual settlers unIer To" provisions OF the
Homestead law.
Two cpu s have operated 10 DELAY the
opening 81 these lands ia settlement. The
Il s Is the complication growing out Of In
dian titigs and The second from
cattle syniicatos, who under pretended
Indian leases are usng large areas Of
those lands FOR gte7ing purposes. The
bin now p pdiug IN Congress proposes an
~equl'Uh'" adjustment II he Indian claims.
There will b. no difficulty in coming 20 an
agreement with the Greeks aud S-miuoles
in regard TO what is known a. Oklahoma
proper. The ludinn claims on these lands
nre OF II very shndowy and IN .ubstan-
tihl character. Tho Gov rnmcnt has
n title already TO them in fee
simple end has paid tho price
which was agreed upon at the time OF
purchase. hut the Cove um4nt having
declared It's purpose TO settle friendly In
diaus upon these lands, u Is Of the utmost
importance that the hill for the ~Orgauiza.
ton 81 the Territory # Oklahoma shall be
pa,scd ut tio ensuing session Of Congress.
'he lougar the opening OF the lands Is do.
Ned The IrtuiCr vii be the complications
md G.hurTJssmcnis which will confront
-. The tide OF civil zntion has already
4eH stayed too long upon the borders OF
Ms Territory. The people are inpatient
, enter upon and possess the promised
and
"1hc settlement OF these lands IL a
question Il time and that time eau not
h. long delayed The opposition TO such
settlement Is confined TO n great cattle
syndicate having a lease OF G,ON,0JO acres.
Tho cattle S. Indicate Insist upon using
these lands cor cattle pastures, the people
insist uUon having them FOR homes. Pub
lie sentiment viii 10 longer Tolerate the
arrogance Of IL portion OF our citizens
who demand "A iarE' part OF the public
domain for then private gain aud u
the exclusion Of actual settlers. Civil
izatiou viii not bs slopred at the command
OF individual greed. Private interests
must give way to the public veal. II
these cattle compan'eS were more patI lot,
and less sslGsh than they are they would
"ANHaA ~ NFNfA NIl."ff'NN 49,
and unite with the other cit en- Of the
Unitel States IN demanding thu immedi'
ate opening Ok this Territory to settlement
but whether they surrender or continue
their OPPOSITION TO the advance OF c%iyiliza,
ton and progress the time OF their occu'
pancy Is short and the cattle kings musl
go.
THE time approaches and now Is neaI
when these lands must lie opened to the
people. There Is an irrepressible con1ic
between barbarian and civilization, TIT
result OF that conflict Is not a matter oil
doubt 30 portion OF this continent eau
be held in barbarism 10 the exclusion OF
civilized mon. In the organization OF the
Territory the hopes aud aspirations of our
fathers will be realized. Every portion Of
our great domain will have been brought
within the protection Of the Constitution
and the laws. In Oklahoma will be
rcaliEed In It's fullest f~ruition the prophesy