The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-09-08
MOSELYS MESSAGE,
The Governor Makes Some
Pointed Suggestions
TO THE GHIGkASAH LEGISLATURE.
Committee to Confer with the
Dawes Commission.
70 THE CHIcEGSGW LEGISLATURE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,


TIsHoMINGo, /. 7. Sept. 4, '95.
To the Hon. Members Of the Senate
and House OF Representatives:
Gentlemen-Another year has pass
ed since you were last regularly as
sembled to perform your duties as
legislators, and another chapter has
been added to the history of our
country, for which you are largely
responsible; but for which you are
entitled TO much congratulation.
And ! take this occasion TO con-
gratulate you and our people on the
present condition of our country
with reference to the peace and qui-
etude that now exists within our bor-
ders. No evidence of n disregard
for law of a character that would
shock the sensibilities Of law abid-
ing people has been had. Our people
individually seem prosperous and
contented with the efforts of our
government to enact legislation of
such a character as will stamp US
with other countries as being able to
govern ourselves.
1t has been the custom, and is the
duty of your governor in delivering
his annual message, to recommend
such legislation as seems to him ad-
visable, subject, of course, 10 your
wise approval or objection. I have,
therefore, in accordance with such
custom, briefly called your attention
to the following matters that, in my
opinion, should receive your consid-
Grafton during the present session:
EDUCATION.
First-I would respectfully recon-
mend that the law providing for the
education and maintainace of chill
dren OF this nation at nonresident
schools be abolished. In making this
recommendation / will give you two
reasons therefor: % II should be the
desire of every member Of our tribe
to maintain our own schools efficient
~ and keep them up to as high stand
ard as that compared with other
schools of d smaller grade. We now
have schools that are well equipped
with learned and intelligent teachers
and principals, and these schools af-
ford ample opportunity to educate
the children of our nation. But il
the nation should desire to send n
few of its children abroad to obtain
a higher education than is possible
within our borders, then il would
seem to me just that these children
who attend our schools and have
reached the highest degree Of prof.
cheney in their respective grades,
should be entitled, if they desire, TO
receive the benefits of such foreign
education. AS it is now, many chill
dren are educated abroad when we
have ample facilities at home for
such education. My second reason
is, that it would save the nation a
valuable sum of money without any
loss in point of education to our chill
dren. In this connection will state
that the report of our honorable
school superintendent of public in
struction makes the same recon-
mendations that | do.
PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Second-I desire to call your hon
orable body's attention TO a fact that
you all are cognizant OF, and that is,
the public domain of our nation Is
being rapidly enclosed by wire fences
and large pastures contrary to law,
and such fact is giving the present
administration much trouble, as has
been the condition for years past.
would therefore recommend that
your honorable body take such ac-
ton with reference to these pastures
as you deem most wise. | have at
tempted to enforce the law with ref
erence to the same by cutting down
unlawful fences, but knowing that in
consideration of the depleted condi-
tion of our treasury, and in the alb