The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-03-30

meht we We're bound to put thes
murders out. They complained !
the method Of expulsion by II,
secretary Of the interior and Is,
principal chief. They demanded
another method, namely: that tht
United States should authorize d
commission to determine whethe,
Iney were citizens or not; that the
United States court should pass
upon the question is each case.
congress granted that request.
Inc Tune has now come when this
court must determine whether this
law OF congress shall be enforced
or whether it shall be made q
mockery and this whole proceed.
ing so lar as ejecting these intru-
uers Is concerned, shall become a
lraVesty upon justice. The time
has come, | say, when the United
states government must determine
That question, and it has reposed
mat responsibility upon this court.
believe that is my sworn duty as
an officer of the government
sworn to execute the law-that ii
1t my duty now to execute that law
IN the spirit in which congress has
passed it, and SO long as / occupy
THIS position | mean to do it. In
the course of events the time has
come at last when the intruders
must go, and, under the provis-
IONS OF this law, they are not TO |
stand upon the order of their GO |
ing, but to go at once. This court
VIII not allow the officers of this
court, nor the processes of this
court, to be used to defeat the evil
lent and unmistakable intent of /
congress in passing this legislation.
| desire also to say, but
ion't know whether it is necessary
o make the statements or not. H.
NOW that there has been great
Ieal OF bad blood and feeling man
tested on this subject by many
'ersons IN the Indian Territory.
want to say, however, as a mat
er caution, that this law will not
e enforced in any spirit or op.
ression. 1t will be the duty of (
ne officers of the court to execute
MS law in. the spirit OF
umanity and kindness, not
+ith harshness or oppression.
nd while it is the duty Of the of '
GERS to do so, it is the duty of the q
ersons IN possession of this land s
surrender it in the same spirit.
hose who stand in the way of ).
lese officers and defy their author
y, or undertake to resist the pro- +
'ss of this court, will render b
emselves liable to severe penal
es. They must 60 cheerfully and j
good citizens They have =
ught a long and protractea bat q
?, and the courts have at last de- II
ded against their contention. 1t s,
now their duty as good citizens Il
go in peace. If they do not J,
ey will only bring disaster and =
lamity upon themselves. There II
behind this court all the powers
the greatest government in the di
rid, and nobody can stand in II
0 way of its officers, or resist its :.
ocess. The law must be enfor- o. o.
!, and those who are made the L
Iect Of these processes must ac- W
ot the result cheerfully and Ii;
'mptly, otherwise they will add 81
their distress more than they
ve ever anticipated. y
The motion, therefore, filed by VIC
plaintiff to suppress this super on
leas bond is allowed, and the to
rk, on the demand Of the attor- ~
for the plaintiff, or of the -
intiff himself, will issue an ex- Dy
tion for the immediate restitu- to
! Of the premises involved in sa