Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-31
1e|egrap|hic Tidings
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.
Sec Mobiles Stand on the Cattle Syndicate
Suggestions TO be offered the Gov
ernment Recommending an
Aggressive Policy.

Aggressive Policy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.--Sec. Noble h,
addressed long letter to Gov. Fairchilt
chairman OF the Cherokee commission
in which he denies the positions the dt
partment will maintain in negotiatin
with the Cherokees for the purchase of th
Indian lands i'll the Cherokee outlet. Th
secretary refers to the illesitimate inhu
ence OF Cherokee live stock association
in attempting to thwart benefcent pur
poses OF the government. The secretar,
reaches tine conclusion that the syndicate'
purpose is to outbid the United State,
lor these lands and to enter tho arena aI
citizens contending with the national gov
ernment. The secretary insists that the
cattle syndicate falls within the law pro
hibiting citizens making leases with In.
dians; that the leases of the~Cherokee
outlet are unlawful and illegal; that the
president has authority to declare invalid
the agreement or lease for grazing pur.
poses made contrary to the provisions OF
the law, which provide that the purchase
lease or grant Of Indian lands to be valid
must be made by treaty pursuant to the
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| authority to remove unauthorized persons
from reservations whenever their presence
is believed to be detrimental to the peace
and welfare of the Indians.
The secretary shows the syndicate pur-
poses to lease land at rental of $2O0,OOo
a year for first five years, $400, 900 for next
five years, and $72O 900 for last five years.
The government proposition shows the
Cherokees will get from the United States
at least seven million dollars after deduct.
ing payments already made. Cattle syn
dlcate he says is presumably one of ordi.
nary kind ofwhich hundreds have hereto
fore existed and disappeared with less of
their assets. No responsibility attaches
to individuals composing a corporation,
and if it did, they are persons whose for
tunes, however great they may be to-day,
are liable to fluctuations attendant upon
such adventures. Prices offered as rental
are deemed by all acquainted with the
subject as extravagant from first to last.
The government of the United States is |
seeking land only for the good OF the peo-
pie, to furnish new homes for vast num-
Der OF the citizens who wish by their la
Dor to redeem it from wilderness or plains
roamed over by scattered herds.
The secretary in conclusion SAYS: The
proposition of the. United States is not
only fair but magnificent, while the title
o the use of the land even by Cherokees
S precarious that the cattle syndicate has
10 authority to make the lease such as is
proposed, and by its evident intention to
lval and defeat the government, on which
t depends for all claim to indulgent con-
ideration, and can and ought to be ex-
,elled from outlet. The secretary there
ore announced in order that it may be
without delay to the Cher
kee nation, that in his opinion those who
'ropose to make leases do so with know
edge that such leases are unauthorized
nd may at any time within the discretion
t the United States government be set
side; that their interference with the ..
,eSotiations of the United States gives
ccaslon for the government to consider
he propriety OF laying its hands on these {
ltizens acting in defiance of the law and :
gainst public interest, and to restrain
hem from proceeding further in this
irection. /
1t Is deemed necessary that such lessees I
hould be compelled 10 leave said outlet I
18th their property on or before the 1st
June next, it being deemed proper not
fix the time earlier than they may {
scape without injure or suffering to J
'ttle herds. 1t is deemed to the best g
lterest of the Cherokee people to re- o
eive at the hands of the government il
lnds, the interest on which will give t.
lem q steady, reliable and abundant "
mount for improvement and advance
tent in place of future payments; that
ansient corporation no claim being
ade to the authority to take these lands,
ut that no right is hereby waived. Ii J
le Cherokees do not wish to sell, they u
e at liberty to keep their lands under "
road burdens resting. thereon in u u
vor OF the United States, unless y
le United States sees fit hereafter to as. II II
rts its rights by q superior title, and that 9
e Cherokees shall receive, under any p
the same indulgence and
'nerous treatment they have heretofore
I'd so long enjoyed. Of
Kansas City.-A special to the Times pj
ON Tahlequah says Chief Mays will ad- re
SO the Cherokee council to accept the tt
vernment's offer. Bushyhead will Join til
the recommendation, and the prospects to
e now that the Cherokee commission m
III meet with success. til
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