Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-26
FOR OKLAHOMA.
The Meeting ST The Courthouse List
Night Fayors the Springer Bill
fer New Territory.
The Resolutions in FulI-PresIdsnt Cleve.
land and Congress Relied Upon for
the BiIrs Passage,

At O'Clock last night some seventy-flv
or one hundred citizens met at the court
house to take some action in regard t,
the Springer bill for the establishment O
the territory of Oklshoma. Sam Emer
son was made chairman and J. B. Cobb
secretary.
On motion, Captain Joseph Anderson
in. Diehl and W. e. Bennett were ap.
pointed g committee on resolutions
While the committee was out several gen
tlemen sp ke on the SUBJECT.
The committee reported the following
preamble aud resolutions which were
adopted:
FORT WORTH, TEX, Feb. %, 1883.
Mr. Chairman and Cent men.
Your committee would respectfully re-
pert for your consideration the following
resolutions, to-wit:
l. Whereas, the progress of cIvIlizs-
ton within the jurisdiction OF the United
States hiss made 1t important that ell
peoples aud sections OF country should be
endowed and adorned with our republi-
Csn forms of government and civilization,
sen thst those cherished relics Of barbSr-
ism, p0lygsmy and the slavery Of females,
should be as absolutely prohibited by Law
everywhere among the aboriginal tribes
IS they are among ourselves, and
2 Whereas, the earth is the natural
heritage Of man, to be regulated by law
and cultivated by MIN for his benefit, and
that he is Tightfully entitled to adopt all
practical and convenient modes and
means Of bsbitstion, transportation, etc.
al fnrb hfd oagr
welfare, and
Whereas, with the present long ex-
listing dedication of the extensive and
beautiful country lying directly between |
our own great state and the state OF Kan |
gas to the bsrbIrous habits and uses not |
only Of the aboriginal bands, but also of |
many other wild tribes of ssvAges, taken
thither BY the authority Of the govern
msnt, and the asylum 1t affords for des-
persdoes and felons from al sections of |
'she civilized world, and the uncullivated
blockade 1t forms, constituting an OBJ.
struct!On and menSce to the harmony,
progression and besE interests OF the
whole country, and more especially so Of
this southern portion OF the United States,
and
1. Whereas, the government Of the
United States many years ago bought and
paid fair price for every acre Of land |
proposed to b. opened up for settlement
and SIS said lands for Lsny years past
have been unlsWfully enclosed and occu-
pied by large live stock syndicstes, who
have used them for their own benefit and
have obstructed our commerce with the
-tates and territories Of the northwest by
preventing the passage of our herds on
their way north, through said lands Of the
United States, and
8. Whereas, it is not proposed to dis
turb any Of the now existing land titles Of
the Indisn trioes In said territory, and
g. Whereas, Grover Cleveland, the {
President, and the Congress Of the United !
States appear to be ready and willing to
ensc! lsws looking TO the end OF said
reign OF darkness by creating said region
INTO territorial government under the |
name Of Oklahoma, and
z. Whereas, we are surprised that
some OF our citizens aDd leading neWsps-
oers, espKeislly in the northwest part OF '
our state, have lUsuguTAted active meas /
ares to thWart the great boon OF civiliz8- |
non and of new state 30 generously Of
Iered to our sou 'hefn section of the union
'f states, therefore be it {
s. Resolved, that 1t is the sense and !
Tlsn OF this meeting that said offer should |
Ilsdly be accepted and that we should re.
oicingly, and with our undivided friend I
nip, support our friends in Congress in {
heir pstriotic efforts to the end that the 7
Whole OF said territory, or SO much as
'osslole thereof, may be organized into 8 6
territorial government under the social c
d Springer bill, with or without Amend l
npufa |