Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-10
AN AwFulLY UGLY THING.
BUT MURDER WILL OUT AND vIR-
TUE TRIUMPH.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK Fer THE TEX
X As-oKLAHoMA UNION - RING
Z WILLIE GOING TO THE WALL. BE-
CAUSE IT CAN'T STAND THE
PRESSURE OF PUBLIC OPINION.
coMANcHE. l. T.. May Z

Special Correspondence.
As an eye-opener to those who think
4 the Fort Sill country is a reservation.
] reproduce clipping sent from Guth-
rle to the St. Louis Republic:
Guthrie, o. T.. April 26.-william VIII
ilams has returned from a two weeks
tour Of the I1iowa. comanche and
Apache country, where he has been
leyying taxes on personal property.
Under recent statute tax in that
country must be levied for the years
1892. 1893 and 1885, rs wcll as for the
present year Mr.. Williams reports
that he has thus far assessed personal
property to the amount OF s2.0O0.O0O.
and thinks he Will end A.0O0,OO0 worth
before he gets through, one-half OK
which viii be taxable this year. The
property owners there do not offer any
objections to paying this years taxes.
but they protest against paying those
OF tho previous years.
For years the cattlemen in Texas
would move their cattle north OF Red
river on juno l and escape taxes Like
the income tax to wall street money
kings taxation on their millions Is an
outrage. Only the common herd are
supposed TO obey and pay taxes In this
country, About four million cattle In
Smith & Co.'S government pasture do
not pay the tax. Further. can any man
Of ordinary common sense say that
there IN any business In sending Indian
children East 20 educate and then
bring thcm back to the mountains IN
the middle Of u cattle ranch. as
means of progressive ciyilization2 Tho
work of the Interior department for tho
past eight years has to my knowledge
been 20 keep the Klowa and Comanche
Indians from becoming civilized; nt the
same time to hold their reservation for
n prlvnte cattle ranch, free from taxa
tlon. and without authority OF law
l have been trailing thrm for eight
Scnr9, and documents In this office will
prove that Rrresting settlers In tho
past for getting old dead wood IN the
territory was not TO protect the Eoypru-
mont wood. but simply To- gcnre the set
tiers nnd keep them out OF the pasture.
wild and woolly was tho "Rngvlllc
Banner' last week. II has lust found
out that tho statehood people ana Fort
SIN settlers are Joining hands, and
without consulting the ring, and organ.
izlng for home rule and squire deal.
when We throw OF the tribal yoke last
year they denounced and advertised us
~ guilty anarchy md treason. Why?
bocause we asserted that United StateB
lnw and court WINS the highest law IN
this land, We dcacd the tribe 10 collect
taxes or our heads at the end OF II
gin: that they could not get Judgment
for Il In the courts Despite their raw
Ing and threats and "innooencc," the
retilerH stand their grounds and over
100000 people today In the territory arc
backing u1, But the Banner IL scared,
ana we'll u may be. u rants Mt Chick.
hshn, NARROW COmouChe and Ryan. tho
best Rock Island towns In the terrific.
ry. II scores she Gazette about an ok
lahoma boomer. Like a wounded snake.
81 strikes mt everything In sight, and
would excite pity were It no. for the
nnrt played In the pnst Let IT rant,
,Ihe settlers Won In the past and viii
IN the future We appealed to the Ban.
ncr ye1r ago to lend the fight In be.
half OF this country and the sctllcrg.
u preforrcd 20 advocate the other aide.
lis town divided on the anarchy reso-
tuition, but the 'rlnE" decided Il cnr.
ticd GU. ana thus committed the town
TO a most shameful position that can
not be MD, nor can II attract settlers
until tho ring is repudlated
me rapid growth OF tho aettlers'
champion at the expense OF Rlngviils