The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-12-14
WILL BE FORCED.
Possibility That Congress NAY co-..,
the Five Tribes 90 Accept Anot-
meat of Lands

f public - one of the most reliable and
closes; observing newspaper men in
the National capital. tie never
breaks forth on a proposition until
he sees be- can give information that
can BE- depended upon. Hence.
when he predicts the early enforced
Z acceptance Of allotment of the lands
Of the I've tribes the AEDMnRKrrE
takes q as next TO an authoritative
statement His latest dispatch 10
the Republic taken 10 that light IL
quite significant and i a. follows:
There seems more promise for act
ual Indian legislation In this congress
than FOR several sessions past. There
Is a general activity along the line OF
those senators who arc interested in
such affairs. and there seems a gen
orally concerted determination TO
put an end 20 All OF this prontlesa
discussion and treating with unwiIi-
ing Indians and 20 take active con-
grcssional steps for the settlement OF
the Indian problem.
senator Jones. OF Arkansas, Chair
man Of the committee on Indian az
fairs, senator Piatt. chairman Of the
committee ON the i've civilized tribes,
have have come 10 the conclusion
that Il j. useless TO talk about the
treaty rights and inalicnable hunting
grounds of the Indian tribes any long
er, aud this mainly is because the
Indians absolutely refuse TO look al
the matter in a reasonable light, and
because they prove themselves still
incapable of deciding what Is best
for themselves. As was stated In
these dispatches, senator Jones had
passed through the senate a few
days ago n bin extending the time
set foe the eviction of ofthe''intruders''
in the Cherokee country from jan
uary I until such time as congress
should have acted upon the subject.
This resolution was to have passed
the iIousa today but for the fact that
Il was blocked by Representative
Grows speech and the early adjourn
ment.
Representative Little Of Arkansas,
will call Il up Monday and there win
be no trouble a. 10 its passage. This
Is the work of the delegation Of Cher
Uker "intruders" who came here az
the beginning of this session. Senator
Jones does not hesitate TO say that
he is in favor Of forcible allotment OF
Indian lands and opening them 20
sale and settlement. lie said today
TO the Republic correspondent.
'We have tried 10 be patient with
the Indians too long. IL We do not
come IN and protect them they win
be entirely ruined through their own
obstinacy. The better portion OF
their land has already been gobbled
by gsarps who have gone there and
married squaws and shut the Indians
out of their rights, and II the land Is
not divided up and given in fee sim
pie 10 each individual Indian. In 25
years they win have no land and
nothing to subsist upon. The gov
ernment will have 20 do this as a
matter Of self-protection. II will al
20 have TO see that the Indians are
estoppod from disposing of land they
may receive individually
81 am in favor Of reappointing the
present Dawes commission, TO return
To the Indian Territory with the au-
thority TO apPortion the land to the
members of the ave civilized tribes.
There Is no other way Of settling Il,
and believe the matter can be set
tied in this way at the present ses-
sion. Il j. one of those questions
purely n0npartisan and upon which
the leading member Of both houses
interested in such matters are
agreed