Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-03-20

/ hOma. Those providing for court
7 in our country remain untouched
and are therefore justas they were
. as stated in former cOmmunics
tions.
Repeated efforts were made
. especially except our strip land
from the confines of Oklahoma 70
any purpose whatever, not ever
for judicial purposes only as it /
claimed. Either the unimpor
tance of our objections to such in
| fringement on our stipulate'
rights, as may be held by tn
house committee on territories
or some hidden and ulteriOr inten
ton or possibility lying behind
the output of mere judicial pur
poses, may have caused the com
mittee to withhold their consen
to any change of language tha
would specifically exempt these
lands from Oklahoma.
In consideration of the unssiis
factory condition in which thi:
bill puts the outlet, and the presi,
dents proclamation to the cattle.
men, there can be but little reason,
if any at all, why We should hesi-
tate for a moment to sell for the
greatest possible price, all oui
claim to that country. Should the
senate concur with the house in
this matter, our control of the
lands viii have passed fIom US
forever. If there is a way out Of
this, it IS in the adoption of some
measure by which the presidents
proclamation, at his consent. may
be suspended. 1t could not be
otherwise effected, because any
opposition to it openly attempted
would certainly bring about more
serious complications and disas-
trOus results.
In the event the conference COM
mittee should so amend the bill
that the outlet will not be includ-
ed in the boundaries CT Oklahema,
it seems that no great advantage
will be gained while the presi-
dents proclamation is in force,
either as pending or actually car
ried out. There ia, therefore, as a
consequences, nothing left to Us;
nothing more than the money We
may realize from the sale Of the
lands.
II would hardly be reasonable
to suppose that any excuse, con-
sistent with the dignity Of his Of
fee, could be offered that would be
sufficient to induce him TO with
draw or suspend his proclamation.
What he has done was after ma
ture thought and a due considera-
ton of all the legal points involv-
ed in his order, it is reasonable TO
suppose, and if he has been too
hasty or has committed an error,
the acknowledgment of such a
thing on his p art need not be ex-
pected.
II cannot be accepted as ressona-
bic or respectful to the president
for congress to review his action in
this matter and legslate against
it; not that he Is infallible, but be-
cause of mis- position and that his
actions should be entitled to re-
spect.
The conclusion ofthese thoughts
is clearly in line with our interes:
to sell the lands as soon as it can
be consistently done and for the
highest possible price.
Other matters may and should
constitute a part of the considsra-
ton for the lands-the uncondition-
al abrogatiOn Of the 18th article Of
the treaty of 1856; the permanent
and everlasting removal of all in
truders from our country; the
privilege of defending our lands
and homes and all or vested
rights before the courts of the
United States.
These considerations are posi-
bic, but the question may be asked,
viii they be posi- bic should We
neglect the opportunity We now
have TO come to some friendly un-
derstanding as TO how and upon
what terms We may dispose Of the
lands? tits a question of sale and
best bargain Eor, and not how we
shall manage 10 keep the lands.
Respectfully, JOHN L. ADAIR.
JUDGE SCALES LETTER.
He Expresses Himself on the Land