Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-12
FAR OFF
is TO Be THE OPENING OF THE
cAeRokEe STRIP.
more ysraiIous Delays Tor The Anrious Set
uen-Gnoimsnis Are The Cause
Hicks Mas a Plan

MhehinHfons May H. thitt p"''
nf the Cherokee nation and his col
leagues who have been here over w"
weeks 10 perfect the sale Of the outlet;
and arrange 10 place the contemplated
loan III SHNu.usD are becoming resiiNe
nj She delay. which. however, seems in-
asoidallr. attending the settlement ~
The prolinnnies required lay the nci OF
congress lefore the Strip can he opehtn
to settlement The trouble seems 70
have III origin h the regulations 10 be
prescribed governing the sevcnfy-one al
io,ments 20 be made by the Chernkecs
located on the strip and the allotment 10
Chief Rushyhcad Exceptions were tax
en- to thr regulations originally approved
by Secretary IIokc Smith, OIL the ground
that they operated 10 the disadvantage
Of m preference right gwen by the
agreement to the wives and children ni
tie nllOitcrS and Assistant Attorney
General Hall. 10 WHOM this question Is
referred. Is expected tn render his ollil'
ion on this matter tomorrow. IL ~ be
licvcd that somc change viii be- iundc IL
these regulations and that Chief Bu-hy'
head Will be- allowed to select his own
allotment Of lG1 acres. an allutiiuE agent
having b~'n appointed
The commissioner of Indian affairs h.
ready to press the aloiuients 10 q speedy
conclusion 40 that the same may be ep-
proved by The secretary Of the Interior
aud published for the information of the
settlers as required 10y law.
SERIOUS complications, however, are
likely TO arise over the fact that about
2ilO applications have already been filed
for The seventy ullotmpnts and The sri'
tcnieut OF this question will further delay
matters II IS understood That The Cher.
olec authorities have not yet completed
negotiations for the SGWU.Np loan.
'lhpy ara waiting until the contract decd
for the sales af the Strip shall be signed
and accepted before negotiating The loan
for which lively competition h being
nal. among New YOrl, capitalists They
state thut - far they are absolutely I'M
committed n, To the parties with whom
lhe loan shall he placed.
APPEAL 10 THE PRESIDENT.
New York, May H. An appeal Is al.
dressed to presi,lent Cleveland Ia nn
open letter In the Illustrated American.
ssncd today. by Mr.. W. H. Hicks. who
calls the attention Of the president tn
whit he calls the OWLS Inherent IN the
present mcihod Of opening the Indian
lands MIR Hicks says that two events
IL grrnt Importance 10 the Indian race
ara about 10 happen. Onc is the 0peuinl.
Of The Cherokee strip 10 settlement and
the other Is the appointment Of the com
mission Of three 10 negotiate with the
tribes IN the Southwest for the rest Of
their lands The opening will he made
under The provisions NJ the act Of ron.
gress nnd The executive can do nothing
to change the manner Of opening But
In rcgurd TO the appointment Of the com
mission Mr.. Hicks says that the president
has the opportunity To make his admin
istraton famous for solving the difficult
Indian problem. lie points ont that b.
cannot no this by appointing men ON the
commission who are IL favor Of nlloi-
mcnt. or who are welded TO nny OF the
old IDEAS which have been condemned
by the failures Of the past.
Mr.. Hicks denounceS the Indian Land
openings as nothing more than piranii,
real estate spcculaiions. lie proposes q
radical remedy. lie suggests that IN,
lands TO hc opened be- plated by com
| mission and disposed Of In leases on ~
annual rental fixed 10y upprisemrnt. Tia,
value of the rental being determined 81
| bnsis ut use, 80 that the spca,luto
would find no encouragement To cOrne
great tracts of land, as al present.
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