Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-11-28
THE CHEROKEE CAPITAL.
COUNCIL NOW LEGISLATING WITH
A VENGENCE.
The Inter- Marriage Law Repealed-The
Lower House Passes a Bill Allow
ing but Two Permitted Farm Hands
The FulI-Bloods on the War Path
Generally.
sneclal Dlsnatcb 70 THE cHIrrrArS.

houses and will become a law.
This is the means adopted for pre-
venting any more persons obtain
ing citizenship rights in the Cher
okee nation.
d. NJ. MARRL.
***
Thursday afternoon the name OF
Judge r. +. WHY was again sent
to the senate for confirmation as
attorney general, having been.sent
down one day last week, but at
that time failed to be confirmed.
The last vote stood IA to 8 in favor
of Wyly. The appointment of
Judge Wyly by Chief Mayes was a
wise selection and one that will
without doubt give satisfaction to
the whole country. Wyly is a
very competent man and his in
tegrity is unquestioned. The term
of Office of attorney general is four
years.
***
Ex-Congressman Sam Peel has
been here mixing with the boys
for some days. Peel is well in
formed on Indian matters, having
been in congress ten years and was
chairman of the Indian committee
a great portion of the time, and
had occasion to learn a great deal
about the Cherokee system of gov
eminent. Mr.. Peel does not think
the policy of forcing the Indians
of the five tribes to abandon their
governments and put on statehood
against their will, wise one, but
on the other hand says that if the
government would give the In
dians of this territory to under
stand that hands would be kept of,
and that they would be left alone
to work out their own salvation,
allotment and statehood would
be brought about a great deal SOON
er and altogether more satisfac-
torily when il did come. Mr..
Peel is one who can not see how,
under the treaties, congress can
fail to recognize that the title to
the landis absolute and cannot be
shaken without the consent of the
Indians. But like every well in
formed man he sees the danger of
congress enacting a law like the
old Platt bill introduced a year Oh
two ago, and which will doubtless
be revived again this winter, pro-
viding for individual citizens Of
the five tribes to 60 into the courts
and ask for their allotments, which
would, in his opinion, be the death
knell to tribal institutions.
*s*
The all absorbing topic now is
wha will constitnte the delegation
to Washington. The senate passed
bill last week providing for a
delegation of four members, but
when it got into the lower house it
reached its Waterloo, and was
amended so as to read two instead
of four. The senate, it is under
stood will make another effort 10
get it up to four, but the chance
for the concurrence of the lower
house is very slim at this writing.
1t is conceded that Col. Horris is
to be one of the delegates whether
there be two or four. A chapter
might be written about the men
who would likesto be delegates TO
Washington; a man could hardly
throw a stone without hitting some
man who considers himself avail
able timber. Every town on the
"Katy from Wagner to Chetopa
has one or more aspirants for the
position, and Vinita has a cool
half dozen gentlemen ready for
their country's call to service.
There are some candidates for the
place who certainly would be of as
little service to the Cherokee ma
ton were they TO spend the ses-
sion of congress in Washington as
they would were they to spend it
in their graves. But in this mat
ter, like office holding generally in
the Cherokee nation, there is
something very mysterious about
it. Men will spend much more
than the salary to get an office, or
will sacrifice a good business to &C
cept petty little office with $500
or $500 salary.
***
Last week a bill passed both
houses and was sent to the chief
for his signature appropriating
money from the balance left from
the intruder fund" to pay the per
diem of members, and other ex-
penses of the call session last fall.
The bill did not materially differ
from the preferred warrant" bill
vetoed by Chief Harris at the close
of the call session. The Down.
ings took the position that all
of4icers of the government should