, 1890-01-30
HOMES FOR NEGROES.
Thousands of Them Flock
ing TO Oklahoma.
A BIG EXODUS FROM KANSAS
They Are Ambitious to Form a
Commonwealth in the In
dian Territory.

TopFKA, kas., Jan, ls.--lt would be
dlniuult to real ito In the Fast the oAtcnt
| ut the oNudu, 10 oklahoma iron, Kansas
/ cry since that territory wa opened tO
settlement in April last. over ten years
ago there was IN exulus irum Mississip'
Fpi and OileT sltIicn states u kansas
which ut tliat time excited surprise
throughout the Union. Tho nrgroes
cUmo In by the thousands They
cnnped In Union Pacific purE, on Stntc
House square, and evcrywherc. ~
least lg,uOJ mAIie their permanent homes
In TOpckn aud lI,OO IN Lawrence. ~
to the present Scrr thay'cut - blg hgur"
/ IN politics, they having their own clr'
/ gart and com m Odions trick schoolhous
cs and their quarters Ia tho cities, upon
which the white pOpululun doc
uut intrudC, For some time thrN
were a recognized i..ctor. ~
. puiittrS ono Ut q or most intelligent
/ men brin,; elected ata,c auditor ohc be-
, M appointed minister to Liberia. one
an clerinr on the Harrison ami Morton
] ticket aud rne flst cl'clc county rlct''
I uG Sh wu.r ynuuty tn most I'nlulul~
/ county IN ilir st ate. Uut the Tollticianf
. we've rlurN Oi Uyurs 70 their Ethi'p 40
/ Glhr, and tur intelligent cOlOrsd .",I
utgln to feel thut their influence was no
/ LONGER valued. With tug opening 81
/ oklahoma there began un exodus 10 The
| western .nnt district about kinRhshcr.
/ There vas 0r'lIiiyeI the uklntoma I'm
| migration sUctttN, having ~ ucaN-
/ puur'crs In thss city, nnt Ouc ot lhc
| irading irull linrs vH- itiuced to
give special low IA. tuCnlJHi-t Every
week unt,l lnst wycEH special train Mas
l.U..t -. 4
I lInd, ant every trpiu WIS crUNucI with
IongUufY tnd household guOis. lhr
I exodus became craze. In ttr firat
| ward, the hufN lest 90 Utc,' settlement IN
/ the city, rhc negroes lcii until Yesterday
[ the pastor Of u once tlnuiishiug cougtv-
. l.gtiOu found bus siN Iugiubors ie,t,
I turned over the church property 20 the
trustees. au ,urg,It work To earn MS
4 daily broad, lur cUlorru vote IN this
ward, ouco ih" - trunrlui'l ot the rvpuh-
hcIns, j. rc,,ugnI tu nothing.
POISED ny THorsNSrs,
In Tennessee town occul led entirely
by negroes pruJehy has bcen sold out
o nominal prices. What is true Of To
peka is true OF Lawrence, and every
other city in tho state. W. / EnelcSon,
business manager u the Oklahoma I'm
migration Society, saws there aru low
- OpO neyr,cs III Ok,ahoniH, and there
will Ur 5O,tOJ before spring. Letters
have been sent To i.rncll and other
Soui hvrn points where Outru .-os hayl
/ been reported. inviting general immi-
grAuou to DhlUhOIna, and letters
/ received state that tlOus uf's Of
! colurtd people are PomiUg tlt rpugh In
wagons this winter TO take IN
claims IN the new territory. The
! Chcrukecs nrc Willing that tOiOnd peo-
/ pie should settle In tho strip, and would
I sell 1, for thc,r settlement exclusively
I while they would not sell 10 white set
/ tiers. i.aglcSon thinks they ought IN
l have That country, which he says Linz
] coin aud tine rcpu nlicnu purity promised
l to s.vc them. I'VE Hre determined VI
l take II. 10 h" sHys "unb inpke u one Oi
I tnv grEuuc.r states IN the ntuu. IA
I Nor Colonel MOtN'nS = sUnemt 10 PUT
chase the Cherokee strip ana other LANDS
I IN tue Indian Territory exclusively tor
uerrp settlement GIVE us the
I plnir hill, he Indian terri
tory and senator Buti"r- 5000
80 and We Shnit De Cunlcut,'
| Professor Souiuou Ndtktp- ~ tuc To-
pckl public schools, hn- issued an all
dress tn the negroes ut NUUsg- ur;Iu'
upon them the i'm uprinncc ~ scttilus In
I the lniinn territory fnd making " thrir
own. lie Cluluis that /, congress i,as tuu
I right TO appropriate money t. ucpUTI
cX-,lhyr- iu tho Congo valley J. 70. b tn
right to buy lasd Tor colorCd people,
Ihu latitude OF O.,diiumh " Hctty l.lt
Of the co,tOu-griwius sales. Colonisi.
VINO went there last summer raised
heavy crops bciQrr snow Cumr built
comfortable cabine, iuuud ubuuDant
tinUor, good water, and game In aJuud
anCc,
YiRED WITH AIUiTtoS.
The reports thty sent ont tircl thc
ambition Of their race. and thcrg L. now
q strong ami grow ~ ambition to furul
commonwealth that stall bClunr OK
cIu,iyciy To the iro- American. Ttrr,
Is not particle of doubt that, he con
grcsslonul legislation. what il may,
thcre will be built up on tile southern
border of Kansas In the newt two year
a community in which Coorct people
will rule as absolutely ns do he whitc'
In Kansas. There IS not u black man M
this country Int looks to this consum-
nation; the enthusiasm has spread
to their southern Lrethron the
tide oi immigration, already great
will soon be at the flood. That
the whites will eventually yield
this country to the black. IL 'forcgons
conclusion. The most interesting feature
OF the guyerun mt j. the certainty oi
/ the quick absorption Of the entire .Id!Hr
nation 10y the negroes ana tlic Omnlgg
IN Non Of the two races. What such j
union In the heart Of this republic means
| iur the future l. loft for tine Intelligent
citizen to decide. Already No Man.
/ Land is conceded to belong to the tract
I that is to be settled by the negroes, and
/ n loveli.r one does not exist IN the West
I On the south is the Panhandle af Texas,
| now inlinbitCd by outlaws and rcnerndes
/ This will f1ll an easy prey 10 the darn
race, and soon they viii control al
that territory stretching trDm tHa Cimar-
ruu to the INO GTande und l.Uu
the Arkansas 10 tie foothills of ths
Rockies. Congress need not NrestlG
with this problem, Tor II seems to 10 N
q fair way TO sotile itself Deputy
United states Marshal Naruuni. OF Nor
muh, Oklahoma, says that lots thai
were worth only $50 week ago are now
selling for $3.50. Norman Is on the Dor.
der of Oklahoma territory, jus. acros,
from the thickasaw county which LA,
long been freely cultivated and Is per
iect garden spot. lhls is the connect
ing link between tue King
Usher land disirirt and the Indian
nation, aud from here south the land
grows bett n, there icing now farms ol
b Uc1 acres la full cultivation and herds
vi from 500 to 1000 cattle feeding
along the " usnlsh rtNcr. ~ " hey Onu
question that there has been aroused
imone the colopd people Of the South,
MS well as the West, q great longing to
build up state IN this region, which
has for centuries been neglected ~ the
whites, and . portion OF which, mo
Mans Land has been without law oi
any kind, while on every side of Ii great
states have sprtin into cSi-tcnce and he
come powerful III ,iiv counoiIs OF she ma
/ : llainu her "a a
the ambition of tho negroes, and
II can safely he said, from letters re-
ceived from various points in the South
FROM the apathy with which the pro-