Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-07-16
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own unlive five hntilies Of land.
How many aEulans who have been
less proyidcnI than these gentle.
men who have been shrewd
enough to fence up thousands Of
acres in one farm, and whose claim
extends "a quarter Of mile in
width around the already nam
moth estate, are ekeing out mis-
cradle existence upon some barron
homestead, or, worse still, are liy-
ing by sullerance as day laborers
on these large estates, although
they own their tribal share of
these lands, which they are too
poor, weak and powerless to secure
or demand. | have no document
ary statistics from which | can
form an accurate idea Of the proper
ton Of population in the several
nations who are hireling daylah0r-
ers, but | have been creditaI .;IsAeN
formed by very intelligent re 57pro
citizens that the ratio Of thispS dai
in the Cherokee nation, incltfA1g
those who cultivate less thanf&ve
acres, is one-sixth; amonJ2 the
Choctaws, Chickasaws and Creek s,
about one fourth, and that among
the Seminoes the ratio Isl even
larger; 50 it is clear that larger
part of the population in each Of
these nations are held down below
the common level of their own
race by stress OF poverty and the
weight OF daily necessities, unable
by reason Of present misiortunes
to avail themselves Of any oppor-
tunity or means to possess them
selves of their equal distributive
shares Of land and to so utilize
them as TO place their families
upon a higher social and financial
plane, needs some potent influence
or power to dispel this system and
establish new order of things.
In word, TO raise the down
trodden people to their proper
level
Mr.. Oberly, in his concluding
remarks as to what is best for the
Indians holding lands in common,
has this to say: He must be taken
out of the reservation through the
door of the general allotment act
and he must be imbued with the
exalting egotism of American civil
lization, so that he will say
instead of we, and this is mine in
stead of this is ours, but if he will
not learn, if he shall continue to
persist in saying, | am content, let
me alone, then the guardian must
act for the ward and do for him
the good service he protests shall /
not be done, the good service that
he denounces as a bad service; the
government must then, in duty to
the public, compel the Indian to
come out Of isolation INTO the |
civilized way that he does not de-
sire to enter, into citizenship, into |
assimilation with the masses Of !
the republic, into the path OF
national duty, and in passing along |
that path he will find not only /
pleasure in personal independence |
and delight in individual effort in
his own interest, but also the con
summation Of that patriotic enjoy.
mcnt which is always to be found /
in the exercise Of the high privilege /
of contributing to the general wei /
fare.
As the people can see what |
have written is not overdrawn, the /.
present situation demands greater /
change than what may be expected |
from a majority Of those who are /
about to contend for office at the /
election next month 1t is to be /
hoped that by that time those who !
are interested in raising domestic |
cattle will at least know how TO /
vote think | can predict what /
will be the result. 1t looks to me /
that Mr., Halsells speech at Chel. /
sea, defending Mr.. Mayes as not /
caving anything to do with the
how law, for, as | am informed, |
Mr.. Halsell shoulders the whole /
by buying up coun-
ell and having such control Of /
same that even had the chiet un
dertook to veto the bill Mr. Hal /
sell would have had it passed over
his veto by all the majority re-
quired This a double or twolold /
First it shows The
influence of wealth. Second, it
shows the depravity and rotten
ness Of our public servants, who
have sworn to guard and protect
the interests Of the people. This
affair causes me to think of how
Mr.. Burchard, in an over Jealous
display of eloquence in New York
city, in 1885, when speaking on
behalf of his friend, Mr.. James
Blaine, he (Burchard) made the
of the three RS, that
is, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion,
to the democratic party, which re-
suited in Blaine's defeat an elec-
ed Cleveland.
II now remains to be seen what
effect the Chelsea speech will have
on the old crew. For my part,
have long ago made up my mind
to vote for not one of the diaboh-
cal gang Of frauds and corruption
lists. Yours fraternally,
TOM HOWE
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ALLIANCE POLITICS.
CLAwENoRE, l. 4 July, 10, lssl.