The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-01-01
WHAT HE SAID.
Some of the Salient Points Made by
judge Stuart In HIS Speech on
the Treaty Yesterday.

1 ~ AAoA "AAC AASN0hCh W
Stuart's speech yesterday on the
meaning of the Dawes Choctaw
treaty can doubt that he is very
much in earnest in his opposition
to that document. He said in
part:
After carefully considering the
provisions of this remarkable
treaty" l say the Dawes COM
mission have made no agreement,
they have simply submitted to
terms. In this country each man
carries his soveieigntysunder his
hat, and while at times some of
them may go wrong still in the
main they are right. and they can
never sanction such an outrageous
measure. 1t has been said that
have an AK to grind. That is a
mistake, for my aX is sbarpened.
The Choctaw road which | repre-
sent rs protected by the treaty in
their working coal leases and have
! tse To right -uader the treaty to re
lease the eleven unworked proper
ties in their control. There is
nothing ambiguous in the meaning
OF the townsite clause. referl .ng
to the value OF lots for tell YOU
as Il man, and as lawyer, and
from frequent conversations with
those who have signed the docu-
ment that as sure as / stand here
it means present market value. If
lot Is appraised at $1,000 and the
improvements thereon are worth
$1,000. the owner has preference
right of purchase. il he fails
within 30 days to pay one half the
appraised value of the lot the en-
tire property is put up and sold.
If it brings $1200 the nation gets
the $1,000 first and the loss occas-
ioned from the forced sale falls on
the owner of the improvements.
If you own a lot OF lots on which
you have orchards, flower gardens
fences and shrubbery, even though
It join your home, you must go in
to competition with the world and
get your tile by being the highest
bidder, and when whenever it
suits the commission to force the
sale. IL this treaty is ratified by
Congress there Is no appeal to the
courts, this action is final, and il
means LoT eiess bankruptcy to the
tc c.ritory. 1t will draw every dol
lar of money from this country
and sink it in the treasury at
st. Louis. Col. Ainsworth was
asked in my presence by a man
who had just paid $1,000 for n lot
il he would have to buy it again,
and replied, Yes, if you gave
\ $1,000 without receiving a title,
certainly you should be willing to
pay that much more TO get a title, "
and sCOl. Ainsworth is the head
and shoulders of the Choctaw com
mission that signed the treaty.
Senator Dawes and Major Me-
kiunon recognized the injustice of
it all and said they would protest
against the townsite feature of the
bill and they did protest, but with
out avail. Does this seem To any
easonable man to leave a doubt OF
the meaning of the treaty! The
Creeks have made a fair and just
agreement for their townsites, and
believe. knowing the ChickaSaws
as do that an agreement can alsC
he made with them on somewhat
the same basis.
And the farmer God help him
: he is wiped out rs though from ;
prairie fire, and 100000 people il
- this nation are pauperized and ren
t dered homeless. / talked Will
: Bishop Brooke about this matter
and though not resident of tn
2 territory he has interests in hi
: hospitals and churches here, AM
> he will oppose the ratification q