The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.
Noble Prentis is going 10 write up Okla
homa.
What do the politicians of Guthrie do
| between elections:
The cabbage raiser will soon be on deck
with his cabbage stories.
Base ball is more prevalent in the terri
tory now than the grip.
| The marriage license crop in Oklahoma
has never been better.
The Guthrie town site board has quit
| business tor lack OF funds.
| The Creek nation has begun the constrc-
| tion of an orphan asylum.
| The city election, contrary to the rule,
| was a very harmonious affair.
Twelve hundred stamps were cancelled
| at Ell Reno in one day, recently.
Somebody ought to call a convention in
| Oklahoma to renounce his grounding.
The Norman Advance defends Adams.
1t thinks the death sentence disgraceful
A man by the name of Czapousky was
married at Oklahoma City the other day.
The Oklahoma City Journal has gone
back to its old, and more attractive, form.
Cotton seed is in great demand in Okla
sold.
The big mill at Oklahoma City. will be
run by the water OF the canal inside oftwo
weeks.
There is said to be less sickness in the
| territory than at any other time since the
opening.
The judges in Oklahoma are said to be
working themselves TO death. They
oughtn't to do that.
The rumor that the little town of ingalls,
is going to change its name to PETER is
probably unfounded.
The colored people of the black jack
region are said to be putting IN an I'M
mense amount of cotton.
An Oklahoma City man took lantern
down town the other night so that he
could see the new electric lights.
When an Oklahoma man wants to shiver
he thinks of Kansas. Kansas in Oklahoma
has the reputation of being arctic.
The "powers at Washington" seem de-
termiued to repeat the Oklahoma opening
with the new Indian lands. 1t is not
laudable.
Mort Bxler. the editor of the Norman
Advance, is said to be up in Kansas some
where, posting up on the marriage laws OF
that state.
Oklahoma City Journal: The school
fund from the lease of the school land will
amount to 50 per capita for all children of
school age.
Governor Steele is in receipt of letter
from the secretary of the interior in which
it is urged that those now in any of the
Iowa. Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie and
CHEYENNE lands vacate at once, rs the mil
itary will, in n few days. be ordered to
force all intruders off Every one is emit
tied to ard shall be given fair and i'm
partial start" concludes the secretary.
This letter was in answer to one sent by
the governor asking about the matter, and
should certainly be sufficient TO convince
all that sOonerisIn will not be tolerated IN
the settlement of the new lands. Keep
away until the proper time, seems to be
the dictum. Another grand rush, with
every fellow for himself and the ID take
the hindmost"
After quoting the last treaty made by
the United States government with the
Chickasaws and Choctaws, to show that
allotment was fully provided for at that
time. Senator Sam Paul gives his own
opinion as follows: while do not be-
lieve that it is the intention of the United
States government TO extinguish the In
diaus' title to their lands, yet do believe
that the United States government does
intend to carry ont the provisions of the
treaties to the very letter. The United
States has offered eveey lnducemeut posi-
bic to the civilized tribes that they might
become an independent people and not
wards of the government But now II has
come To pass and is settled tac5 in my
mind hat the Indian tribunals are soon TO
be swallowed up by the mighty tide Of
civilization and progression rolling on
toward the setting sun.
Ny opinion is that Uncle Sam viii have
to further extend his Jurisdiction over his
1f,f in, o-ip nat Lov ms hs2 hotter
protected in person and his property. And
the sooner the five civilized tribes organ
ize themselves into a territorial form CT
government, the better, for / firmly be-
lieve that the United States government /
expects to carry out the provisions OF the
treaty obligations. II so, there viii tie
but little left for US to do, and we would |
be forced to make the changes as best we /
could
Would il not. then. be far better to hold |
our lands 10 severslty? IN which case we
would be much better protected IN our |
rights IL is an Old saying that eTeTy
bO1yis business q Dooo1y's business, so /
Is IN holding the lands in common. The /
ChoCtsws and ChickssaTs can By treaty /
rights set apart 100 acres TO be inalienabIe |
for twenty-one years. The remainder tneT /
could divide among themselves with tie /
school lands and town sites; ;he proceeds /!
from the towRsites 70 be placed II the /
national treasury for the Indians /
Everything necessary for a TERRITORIAL /
gorerument is provided for-nothing IS /
omitted and each and every provision is in /
favor Of the Indians, looking toward their 4
future prosperity sud advancement.
I cannot understand why 50 many II I
dams oppose allotment, ShouZn / Can /
readily see why the adopted cittz@1s oppoee t
il. a. Il would interfere with their eIte1- /
sive farming and thsir many heads q 4
cattle would have 10 be disposed Il " hile i
q change OF this kind would be death 1
blow 20 this class. y would Re tie eleTa-
ton OF the greatest number 81 people, VINO
are now small financially. placing teen
CT an equal footing WIKI tie land oarofs
and cattle kings We would Dc allowed /
the same privileges a. other c.fIzsns ci tie
United Stztes-in fart sge would te c1t1zenS
Of the United States. There = nothing
unprovided fer IL tie treaty SID Why no. i
avail ourselves Of this grand opportunity /
aud become q free peop.e- We would then
be heard IN the halls Il COZ gr@ss es sTs
o1her people. And again. by aIiosrlEg orr |
lands, 4 5Fe see e, we coa4d ST. -. c.