The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-01
THEY ARE TYRANTS
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT MADE BY
CHICKASAW NATION.


City Of Chickasha il Swept Down Upon by
the Indian Police and Most of the
Prominent Citizens Placed Under Ar
rest Because They Refuse to Pay a
NOxious and Unjust License Tax Levied
for the Benefit of the Indian Bosses
Observation-Disclosures Trying Hard
to save Cuba.
Guthrie. o. T., Aug. 31-(Special)-
| AS an evidence Of how high-handed the
government the Chickasaw nation is, a
sensational scene took place Wednes-
day in the city of Chiska, situated in
| that nation. Agent J. T. Wisdom and
| Governor Moseley, backed by the police,
| swept down on the town and arrested
the most prominent citizens of the place
because they would not pay an unjust
| license tax. The Express, published at
that place. gives the following account
of the outlandish proceedings:
| THE first move was to arrest j. A.
| DolSon, who they ordered TO lock his
| door, and when he put the key in his
| pocket, took it away from him. They
| then arrested j. A. Bohart, and locked
his bank, putting a guard over it.
| They then went to the mill and placed
| w. G. TAFT under arrest. While march
| ing him up town one of these offivers
] gave a police money with orders TO go
| buy handouts and make him carry his
| hands above his head. This order was
not carried out. They were very abu-
sive and insulting. c. n. Wray. A E.
| Camuse and c. w. Daniels were also
| under arrest
"Camuse, Daniels and Dolson paid
| the demands and were released, Bo-
| hart, Wray and TAFT refused to pay
| were held. During the evening each
| party paid the tax under protest, TAX
| ing therefore bond signed by security
| that the amount should be returned if
| the parties got verdict in the courts
| to which tribunal they will resort. In
| Wray's case. he paid s., was given
permit and allowed to go. Five dol
lars was better than no sop.
Our people have been led to believe
this tax unjust in that ii gave no shod-
ow of protection, nor did a dollar of il
go to the support of the schools, the
roads, nor in any manner innure to the
benefit of the tax payer. There is not
an individual among the arrested par
ties who would refuse to pay tax to
his government that protects him, but
they object to an unjust tax. II is not
American, and ii the first example, per-
haps, in America where taxes were col
lected at the point of gun. Not man
arrested would resist arrest at the
hands of a proper officer, nor refuse to
pay just debt or tax. The wealth Of
the parties concerned is sufficient to
guarantee the performance of any con-
tract.
Our whole people are very indig-
nant over the manner of the proceeding.
and words of condemnation are rained
upon them from every mouth. The
manner of collecting this tax was an
outrage upon any people, and more re-
sembled the operations of the Daltons
and DoolanS than of civil officers per-
forming duty. They make no threats
to kill, but their murderous weapons,
coupled with abusive language, was
very suggestive. There may be SEN
timent of I'VE are here and ought to
pay" but is soft. The military is sub
We need in the Indian territory a fey
Daniel Putnams and Moll Pitchers.
The conduct of a part of the party at
the hotel was too indescent TO print.
The civil law is American and will be
invoked in this case"
OKLAHOMA SAVING CUBA.
So far as Oklahoma is concerned
Cuba is saved. The toscin has been
sounded and geese-hunters are at the
fore. After several postpOnments and
a severe setback on the 18th inst. due
to Coxey's march through the territory
the active Cuban sympathzers finally
got together and last evening held an
enthusiastic meeting in the probate
court room.
The meeting was called to order by
s. c. Whitman. General John TWAIN
ley was elected president and Robert
McReynolds secretary.
After remarks by a few other citi-
Zens the following resolutions were
presented and unanimously adopted:
At a mass meeting of the citizens Of
the territory of Oklahoma, held in the
city of Guthrie on the 30th day of
August. 1895. called for the purpose of
expressing sympathy with the Cubans
in their struggle for independence the
following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas. The people of the island of
Cuba, a Spanish colony in the West
Indias, are now waging a brave and
heroic war against the Spanish gov
eminent for national independence; and
Whereas, Their cause is as holy as
that which nerved the arm of the pat
riots of the American colonies to throw
and
Whereas, Their grievance extend
back over a period OF four hundred
years, and while similar to, are far
more aggravated than those which an
imated the American colonies to de-
clare their independence from the moth
er country; therefore. be it
Resolved. That we, the people of the
territory of Oklahoma, United States
of America. assembled in mass con-
vention in the city of Guthrie on this
S0th day of August. 1895. hereby ex-
tend to the Cuban patriots now fight
ing for their independence our sincere
sympathy and moral support in their
holy struggle for national freedom.
That we most emphatically denounce
the atrocioUs and inhuman cruelties
perpetrated upon the native Cubans
and American citizens found on the
island, as barbarous and brutal. and
disgrace to civilization and humanity.
and We hereby call upon our govern
ment To demand that the Spanish gov
eminent Immediately cease such atroc-
titles and OF emphasize her demand by
the strong arm of the navy.
The Cubans in the present and former
struggles having by their bravery and
heroic conduct proven their right 70
freedom, and their capacity for self
government and a disposition 70 no
longer bend their necks 10 the yoke Of
foreign tyrant: and whereas the pres
ent war for independence has arisen
from a rebellion 70 the dignity OF a
revolution. Therefore. we request that
our government at once recognize the
CubanS as belligeTents and extend 10
them the rights OF belliCeren:S in war.
Firmly believing in the Monroe doc
trine. that 10 Americans belongs the