Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06

| building him up. educating and making q
citizen of him is of the last l. years.
The population of the Indian territory
| now includes @oo,CC0 white men and 80,
bD ''intruders. as they are called The
intruders" are men of Indian blood who
have come in and claimed a share of the
land. The 100000 whites have been in
vited TO come.
The Indian is lazy. and 50 long as he
can induce the white man to till his land
on shares he is content In this way the
Indian has become landlord and the
white man the tenant.
The sudden growth of the southwest
ern states soon found the indian terri
tory surrounded by states which de-
ma nded transportation across the terri
tory. The Indians granted concessions
and railroad was built south across the
territory. Then another was built from,
east TO west. There had to be stations
! and new towns sprung up. that became
populated by white people
The self government by the Indians is
menace to our government Criminals
are safe within its borders. Such gov
eminent is impossible. The whole pur-
pose OF planting the Indian where he is
has been forgotten and perverted. The
United States had intended to let them
work out their own destiny. The dele
ton on both sides has led the govern
| ment to decide to put an end to their
come up. and govern the country They
are intelligent and crafty. They passed
a law that every Indian should own /;
| mile of land in every direction of a dis
coVery of coal. the government to have
IA small per cent of the proceeds of works
ing the mines. Then they sent to Penn
sylvania for expert coal miners and.
standing beside the miner. the Indian
discovers coal. He leased the land to the
pennsylvanian at big advantage to
himself
The half-hreeds have also succeeded in
passing a law whereby the half-brceds
got control of thousands of acres of
grazing lands. which they have leased at
an enormous profit to the Texas cattle
men.
The Indian government is a refuge for
all criminals from justice from the states
about 1t. The governor of Arkansas has
made ten acquisitions on the Indian ter
ritory. and not one has ever been hon.
ored. The judge of the United States
court at Fort Smith has sentenced 10 In
dams to be hanged in the past four years
Twelve murders occurred in one day
within few miles of where the commits
sion was stopping about year ago.
The government sent the Dawes COM
mission to the Indian territory to do two
things-change their government and
change the titles to the land. that all In
dams might have the same allotment.
IL is also important That the white man
of the territory should have protection
The 100000 whites own no land: they have
no courts, no schools. The 10000 white
children born in the territory have had
only such schooling as their parents
could give them. 1t is the duty of the
United States to provide for these people.
The Dawes commission has labored
four years with the nations to induce
them to change their government This
would have been accomplished long ago
had not the land-holding half-breeds held
back the common Indian. 1t is for their
gain to have the government exist as it
is.
The United States has passed law
which will take effect Jan. /. 1898. unless
the tribes sign the treaty of the commits
sion. This law will take from the Indian
government it's criminal and civil courts,
which will have the effect of settling
the question of the allotment of lands.
and will break up the tribal autonomy.
In conclusion ex-senator Dawes said:
II am looking for the time when the ter
ritOry shall be clothed in it's right mind,
and the government shall be of our own
constitution and the beautiful country
added as a state to our glorious galaxy of
stars"