New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-26


MS class and is likely to make trouble. ne may
ceye very small part OF what is his due or II this
persistent kicker. he may be taken into the ring.
This Is way they have in the Five Tribes.
lie DOESN'T KNOW WHAT BRIBERY is.
Another popularity of the ful-blood IS his utter
inability to comprehend the moral turptude OF
cepting a bride when holding office OF trust at
the hands OF his Indian fellow-citlzens The bland.
innocent smile which overspreads his rugged.
swarthy features as he takes brbc can leave no
doubt in the mind of the observer that he is per-
fectly honest In 1t. so TO speak. and regards II a.
purely II matter OF business and Of courtesy due
him in his official place. If he happens to be a men,
Der OF the Council. and the merits of some pending
measure are pressed upon his attention. he is very
saw that this a Is IN Of FOR his half coo
leagues who in recent years have developed Won
have the guilty knowledge. which he has not In
this regard the Indian Soon. full-bood. half-breed
especially in the Choctaw Council, where those in
position 70 know say now costs $1,000 10 get an I'M
present year bill granting right of way to local
railroad company and containing a grant Of Land
line could only be got through the Choctaw Council
% Sss of the land graned t" the Company in
the bill. 1t is openly charged that thirty odd mem
tincates In their possession. Any lack of Adermanic
timber in the States be readily supplied from
lqulty of some of these Indian officials in respect
Of bribery and corruption in Office it. is related
to some OF his friends his Intention break with a
s eou he had found out that was
not an honest man; that when he was elected TO
fee in every he won in his court; that he kept
his word for q while but lately had failed to
which was a big one: consequently he should have
nothing to DO with him. knowing now tina; he
that the Indian courts VIGOROUSLY inefficient and
sCarCeiy ever convicted and punished such thing
compelling sureties. though perfectly soiveni.
unknown. Indian judicial decisions have little learn
ing and less justice in them and are often bought
courts Is farce. Indeed. the Indian citizens them
selves are disguised with them. often preferrns
voluntarily submit themselves ard their causes
10 the jurisdiction OF the other courts OF the leTI-
What wonder that the white adopted squaw men
here. whose indifference TO the relnenents OF life
in the States and greed for wealth led them TO
marry squaws. Join the tribes and pose as Indians
should pronounce this country paradise mat
wonder tina, the educated, INSCRIPTIONS haf-breedS
of possibly one thirty second ty-iourth IN
dian blood. who are no more entitled TO be REGARDED
and treated as Indians than the wooden INDIANS III
front of cigar shops should proclaim this country
both of white and Of mixed blood. should insist on
being let alone in country where the whole oil IL
and the best part OF it already In their grasp? NO
wonder they are ane mead ana roho o. now in tbs
Ter!orX rge n9mpsrs %! T., mem the
Acknowledged that they have much more than ihe,r
just share Of the common property. thai ianh ho'l-
in the Indian Territory is an outrageous monopoly.
that the time Is ripe for change. and that they are
ready for allotment and Territorial government BIl
the truth remains that It is the barons-men entirely
capable OF living in statehood-assisted 10y the poor
holding this country back from the place IN the
ssterhood of American states which X IS emlnenty
capable and worthy 10 I'LL
THE SYMPATHETIC EAEoNs
| The whole argument Of the barons. who are the
| voluntary spokesmen OF the opposition against the
| proposed change. may be summed UP in their own
lachrynose and oft-ropcated phrase, ON the po"h
| full hoods" If there Is one thing more disgusting
I than any other Of the many disgusting Things III
this Territory 1t is the sham sympathy and soh'l-
tude manifested 10y these mock Indians for the poor
| fuu-blood With one hand grasping his coal mines
and the other his richest lands. with not enough
! Indian blood in their veins to prevent their claim
ing relationship with the whitest Anglo-saNoh lam
| ule, in the East with scarcely enough kho"'e's'
| of Indian ways and weapons to tell toinaha"K
from a carpenters Ratchet. they yet assume 10 d.
| the special guardians and protectors OF the iul-
| hoods saying that only an Indian car symPa'n
with an Indian and understand and pfoViie lor nl'
wants and that allotment ana territorial BVyE,i
| r,ent means annihilaton for the full-blood Wine
the most that they urge against chhhee y ="
mud thrown az the target II Is ialr 10 say ' ,S
they have shot one that has sped true TO me
mark-that the full-blood Will lose ms lahi III !" W
| is allowed convey 1t at any tim ne secs u ~.
| But the commission meet THIS objection !. an" MI
rnent in severalty by proposing - make tne tui.-
boods share OF the land. or at least par 81 H.
sufficient for good home ,rr
| What the barons say about the advanta ages OF
! lsnd-holdng in common amounts TO nothing pc
cause only the title to this Indian lana j. common
! while the use is several. The Indian laws anu va.
fences az encctually prevent the common 1se n.
ENJOYMENT OF land section lines and lndivlavqm
ownership In fee. In their greer lol i,, na -
the barons have overreached themseNes, y! pn.
ceiling out among themselves with thelr WIG
the best lands in the Territory my are te ,h
! tees OF allotment OF hnds mar ny an al
| selves and to suit themselves nder an az a.
! lotment in seyeralty OF equai SNARE Il" ih.
OF the cD insists upon. the fublood would get
back his share of the 6 nGfe Would be cnt down
IN many cases to one-twcneth OF what ny ''0 ~.
enjoy Of all Of Whch ,hey Of afs se lH Who are taking
seriously OF importing Henry George mo ,hf nI
| holding in common that they take down thelr WIRE
ferces before he comes .,,, s.o,ed in ,be,r
The Commissioners have repeatedly staten III d"Vi,
snanches 10 these people that they are nrIe ~, 10
treat not with the non-ciizen whites. Uu' rrirnarv
,h oyners of this country They not only pro,
pose to protect the fublood py a".H az yaars I'M
~, nrofect The 5000 Indians against the l&co wn,s-
in this indian country by Gon, r dnsscendants dur
in1 me cyistence OF the territorial government
ir INK no,tend that as the Indians own this country
ne! h, 70 he allowed to control II. at least UNI
hey are fully capable Of American e., ss nt
me ind IN making the proposed change and undei
The new order Of things the way - Cd,,
~ Ia, NOT The shadow of reason LOT Us
IS ieit ny IN bis Territory The most painsakinl
and charitable investigation OF ekstins pot'" wopt
rsus On disclose a single one lndt "
ditons The whole rotten fabric OF these ndiai
governments should be s~ep linus Tus estabshei II
doing this however. care shouh De vi Indians ir
t bs rerritory about whom there need De tne deas
enc,,ude under a Territorial or STAR h1aat1n o.,
rr9'H III vi, ne propositions submitted by mem 10 '
Choctaws and Chckasaws II - theea Indians In
serious Ms Change and advancing them ms sueI
toward Statehood they 40 l not "''''' ''''
be Justly chargeabe to tneni'
rID TTRJIEES