The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-08
TEaaIroRY COURTS.
Morgan's Amendment Providing
For Three New Ones Has
Raised Big Fight.

WASHINGTON. Feb. THE fight
for and against the Morgan amend
ment to the Indian appropriation has
commenced in earnest. This amend /
ment creates three federal courts IN .
the territory and viitually destroys
the tIioll relations of the tribes. I
While this latter NAV not be direcoly
provided for every one knows, includ-
ing the representatives. Ct the In
dans hero, that this will be the final
result Of the amendment.
The fight against this amendment
will be carried on by the Indians ahd
those who want the courts at Paris
aud Fort Smith to remain as they are,
1t IS sad tnat senator Jones. OF Ar
kan,as. is behind the Morgan amend
meat, as the AlJ0aml mln has NJ
real interest il the matter, though
the Arkan-aS cous eNNmen are all f.tv-
orable to opening up the tcllito.y TO
the whites.
Senator Berry has intIJduced bin
TO territprialize the Indian Territory,
Just is the Ordinary ter. ito,ies, with
the ultimate object OF b insiug it in
10 the union. lie is supposed not 10
he favorable 10 this amendment. Le-
cause it goes at the indtter in rOund
about way. However. whether or not
hc is opposed TO the Morgan p an of
entering tn wedge, lie st3nds with
those whD w raid destroy the present
form Of government in the territory.
The advocates of Such de>lrucl on
are not confined 40 the Arkansas peo-
pie. Such advocates. can be found
from every qua Ter of the United
Sl2eS. and tins makes the fight of
rc,sslInce We = had.
The Saliuo.iai friends Of The Nor
gan amend nant fad one z eat oo>td-
Gle in [ Ic way, aAI nat is Goa, e-s-
ma CniDer>1I. wa does not pIop59c
t. We up ,hr jrgi~dic,;on of the PARIS
c,drl bl, ia the lnd'aa TctItor} if
hac3u hr , ii. lie states j..at n. m
teni> 10 HeGu Tie amca iment at
ctc.N step through me senate and
house. and ,heA intends 10 ti,ht il if
it pas,e, before the president hm-
self Tn. president ha> always shown
a great einciiua,ivn 20 approve any
measure wli-h woJ.d vio.atc The
trratY with the Ind an~. and if lie
concludes lnaJ tle effect ROW or in
the future woalu b. in mat d,rection,
he might reuse II give il his sane
ti0n.
The amendment IS put as a rider on
an appropriate IN bin, Il favorite
method of congress 10 rush ma ter
over the president. For several days
the friends Of tne Morgan amend
mcnt have been trying 10 compromise
with Cuibcrson. lucy first proposed
that if he would make no fight they
would allow the Paris court to have
such jurod cCion in the territory as it
now possesses for fiitcen months, and
then sucu ID ,ner time as was nece>-
sary u cleaf the docket of such In
dian Territory cases aS were then or
it. He rejected this oner, and today
they came back ana offered TO extend
the time to eighteen months. He
1t looks like there would be some
kind of an agreement made, but ever
if there is, OF course il can not inciud,
the preside in it. If the amend
ment goes through and the president
a>SenUS TO it, which | very mucl
doubt. there viii be three courts t.
tablised, and while all this may be il
very remoue future, if such court
are established the chances are ten I,
one that Congressman kilgote Will be
one of the judges. He is not an ap
plicant, aud the prospects of becom
inga Judge would have no effect Oh
him Il, far is his vote is concerned
Yet his associates state poSitivcl!
that n will get one of the judgeship
if tile courts are created.