Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-01-17
ROAST FORJUDGE PARKER.
CONGRESSMAN LITTLE PRE-
PAIRING A SPEECH.
He win Doubtless show the Judge to
BE Of Defective Memory or Unduly
Jealous in Fort Smiths Interest.

sion than many enorts oil THIS sort.
He proposes to handle a subject
that he knows something about,
and believes he ought to under
stand it from years Of experience.
He will seek an opportunity when
the general Indian appropriation
bill comes up to get in something
about the Indian country. Mr..
Little is very much nettled by the
statements made by the Indian
delegates from the five tribes, and
also by the statements made by
United States Judge Parker, of the
western district of Arkansas. In
his opinion many of these state
ments can not be verified with any
sort of courtesy shown to the facts
and he intends to pounce upon
some of these efforts with the hope
of calling the attention of the
house to the misstatements made,
as he claims, evidently for the pur-
pose of misleading congress and
for the purpose of maintaining a
few rings, loothing the people of
that country with a freedom and
success never before known in a
civilized country.
The statement of Judge Parker
made before the house committee
on territories and judiciary to the
effect that there are only two in
stances of mob violence in the In
dian country will be taken up as
one Of the evidences of bad infor-
nation, if not evidences of
bad memory, of course, on the
part OF the judge. Mr.. Little in
sists that he has the record of
forty-two mobs in that country,
and it is understood that he will
give dates, and in each case some
one or more persons were killed,
either with rope or by being shot
by way of an emphatic expression
of the mob having matters under
control. This point will be dealt
with at length, showing full we'll
that the judge is wonderfully mis-
taken in this one statement he
made by way of making it appear
to the committee having the Indian
question in hand that no legisla-
ton is needed in that country at
this time to improve the law and
order regulations of the people.
Mr.. Little will spend some time
explaining how it is that the dele
gates here from the Creek nation
are not favorable to the plan of
taking lands in allotments. He
will exhibit the records of that ma
ton showing that of the 5000, 900
acres of land making up the Creek
Nation nearly one half is occupied
by sixty one cattle kings, and the
two delegates here making this
protest are of the sixty-one, and
are closely connected with the
half-breed government there, rob-
bing the full bloods, and who want
TO continue this state of affairs for
selfish purposes. Also,i is under
stood that he will show up some
Of the records of other delelegates
here who have a pull on the graz
ing business in their respective
nations, and who belong to the
rings that for years have been op-
pressing the people OF the tribes.
There are many other things
that will be touched upon, with
the belief that they will do some
thing in the line of discrediting
the statements made by delegates
and others brought here for the
purpose of preserving the autono.
my of the tribes. 1t is quite like
ly that Mr.. Little will bring in
something about the aspect of ali
the United States officials in tn.
Indian country being with the In
dians in all these matters. The
effort will be made, provided time
can be secured, to ascertain how il
is that United States officials in
the Indian country now empower
ed to impose on the whites in that
country but not on the Indians, ARE
standing in with the Indian gov
ernments and trying to prevent
legislation that will break up the
present condition of affairs. The
effort will be made to show that
the few United States officials
there are able TO make fabulous
amounts Of money yearly, and
while the Indian leaders loot the
whole country in grazing matters
the United States officials there
are making money off the whites
over whom the present law en-,
ables them TO preside.
Mr. Little states that if he hac
known that the Indian delegates
and the government officials com
bined with them would misrepre
sent matters as widely as they
have, he would have been able tc
have collected much information
in the line of refuting their state.
ments before leaving home, but h'
had never supposed that the lead
ers in the Indian country would
even themselves resort TO sucf
statements and gross representa-
tions as they have; much less die
he anticipate that the UniteC
States officials having control ther,
now would join them and bacl
them up in these statements. -BR
he chances TO have on hand dat
that will enable him 10 make quit
a stir on the matter as soon as h