Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-01
LAW AND onDgn LEAGUE
May lie orgontrcd In the Territory.
What Good People Say.


What Good People Say.
To The Gazette:
NARROW, !. n. oct. si.-There was
a meeting attended by twenty or
thirty of the citizens OF MARROW and
vicinity 20 consider the adylsabnity OF
organising o law and order club.
While everything Is comparatively
sAie anu quiet In this section OF tho
country, the too frequent Violations
OF law and deeds OF lawlessness COM
mitted In other portions OF the Terri
tory IT, creating feelings OF unrest In
the minds OF the iaw-nblding people
mere, ana fears are entertained that
they may not remain unmolested much
longer unless some change Is made
that VIII check the vlolators of the law
that now menace every interest In the
Territory. And II Is the sincere hope
OF every law-abiding person In tho
country that congress will no longer
be blinded M to the real condition OF
things as they exist in the Indian
Territory, and viii do something 10
protect the interest OF the good peo-
pie Who are here aud being made to
Huner the consequences OF lnwleas
deeds committed by the thieves and
robbers that infest the country.
II IL useless and idle TO argue about
the rights OF the Indian, or what this
government promised him, or rave
him. In the past. The fact In we ara
confronted now with u condition OF
AFFAIRS that cplla for immediate nc,
tipn, and very different arrangements
from those made nifty or sixty years
ago. md tho situation makes II abso-
lutcly necessary that aomrthing ba
done at once IN order 10 avoid doing
violence 70 the vested rights OF tho
In "a n -. f..lta
or the thousands " good. lnw-ahiding
white people who nrc living I'd tila
Territory, and who have conVortcd
the chiekaraw Nation Into d yerliahla
fnrmcra' paradise.
This section tweHicfn) or the Chlcka.
saw country ~ covered over wifH
beautiful farms. occupied by nm intel
ligcnt, industrioua aud lnw.hbidin.
class OF people Who. como partly from
most every STATE IN the Union, ana
there " one Indian 10 100 whites. Tha'
farms are well improvod; wen supplied
with improved farming Implements,
and the lands In ah Ugh state OF cul-
tivation.
The farmers In the Territory have in
vested millions OF dollars In opening
ana improving thousands OF valuable
farms. MlllorH and manufacturers
have invested millions more. and tho
merchants have added millions, which
together makes this wonderful rrun
try An important factor IN Oh ON
merco OF the country, too much so to
be ignored or even passed over lightly.
And all thia has been done by consent
or the Indians. but he sees now what
II good thing these people have built
up for him and he wants to rest his
case where II " ut the expense OF tho
people who furnished everything and
made the country what II IN and made
the nauyea rich.
To one unacquainted with the real
condition II ~ n wonder That the people
have boon nbla to make any advance
ment under existing conditions, but
when they learn more OF the character
OF the people the fact IL attributed
TO the fOrebcarnnce and inw-iovInir
disposition OF great majority Of tho
citizens.
These people have everything necess
snry 10 happy homca. except the pro-
tectlng cnrc OF the law and under
the present arrangement no protec-
tlon or safety can be Guaranteed; and
unless a change In made soon and Il
different form OF government estab-
lished for the Territory our prosperity
VIII soon depart, and what has been
accomplished by these good people
VIII 10 for naught ana IN that event
forbearance In many cases might
''Aut W Ht u NiIlut unu llltD the lust
state OF the Territory would be worse
than the first. Let all our congregx-
men who can visit the Territory IN
November aud 20 Into the homes OF
the people and talk with them, and
hear what these good men and women
have 70 say about the matter. dare
say that II q good number OF con-
Brcssmcn would come ana visit among
the people at their homes and zee
for themselves the real condition, that
In thirty days from the time congress
convened the indian Territory would
he a thing OF the past. n is sug-
gesled here that the good women OF
the Territory organize In every com
munity and make known 70 the au-
thorities the hirdahlDs that have 10
be borne by the fainlllcg OF the Terri
tory.
We say let something be done for
the present condition OF things. Theas
people are human, and Ioinmon hu-
mnnity and deconcy demands that
they be granted some relief
The weather Is all that we could
wish for and the business OF the town
Is good.
Cotton and corn continues TO come
In In liberal quantities.,
The wheat crop sown this fail will
double that OF las. year
The building boom Is stiil on IN the
city. both business and dwelling houses
are going IN. w. A. II.