The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
TERRITORIAL SUGGESTION TO BE
REPORTED FAVORABLY
BY Secretary HItchcock--The President
TO be Urged to Recommend TerrIt orinl
Government In His Annual Mes
saRc-Other Washington News.
Special to the Ardmoreite.

Special to the Ardmoreite.
Washington. Sept. 25-If congress |
adheres to the recommendation of |
the commissioner of Indian affairs,
territorial form of government will |
be accorded the Indian Territory
within the next two years. In his
annual report to the secretary of the |
interior Special Agent Wright |
strongly recommended such legisla- /
ton by congress, and after careful /
examination of the subject Commits |
sioner Jones has not only approved |
Special Agent Wrigbt's recommen-
datiOns in this respect, but will en-
body them in his annual report to
the secretary of the interior and urge
their enactment into law by congress.
As to what course Secretary Hitch
cock will pursue is still a matter of
conjecture. He has not yet consid-
cred the subject sufficiently to reach
any definite conclusion. An effort,
however, will be made to have the
president embody in his annual mes
sage a strong recommendation for
territorial form of government. The
success of this, however, will depend
largely upon the decision of Secre-
tary Hitchcock. Should he approve
the plan the president will probably
recommend such legislation, but
should the secretary deem it mad
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condition Of affairs existing, it is
almost certain that President McKin-
ley will not refer to it in his annual
message to congress. Such questions
are invariably considered by the
rious cabinet officers under whose
departments they come, and their
recommendation are almost without
exception respected by the president.
So the success or failure of the move
ment to give to the Indian Territory
territorial form of government now
rests with Secretary Hitchcock, un
less congress should see fit to take
up the question and act on it inde-
pendent of any cabinet recommen-
dations.
Several bills are already being pre-
pared for introduction on the con-
vening of congress, dividing the ter
ritory up into counties. These bills
are being formulated ostensibly for
the purpose of preparing it for ter
ritorial form of government, but III
reality to compel the various cities
to maintain large lobbies here to
look after their interests. And from
present indications they will succeed,
for these bills will be introduced by
prominent men and pressed for con-
sideration. One of the bills already
prepared places Muskogee and Wag-
oner in the same county, thus in
surfing, in the event of the passage
of the bill, q bitter fight for the
county seat. Such a bill will neces-
sarily become law, unless the cit-
zens of the territory should neglect
the matter and allow it to go through
without opposition, which, of course,
! they will not do.
| The appointment of Joseph a. Gill
to succeed Judge Springer on the
Fourth bench of the territory IS now
in the hands of the president and ac-
tion is expected every day.
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| Recently large number of letters
have been received at the depart
ment from what are known as intru-
ders in the Cherokee Nation urging
an investigation of recent decisions
of Judge Springer.
Some of the communications even
go so far as to charge the Judge with
being the paid consel for the Chero
kee Nation, and defending their in
interests in all cases in which the
tribe is interested and which came
before him for decision. 1t is also
asserted that Judge Springer intends
to come to Washington as soon as
his term expires and represent the
Cherokee Nation here before the de-
partments and congress. 1t can be
authoritatively stated, however, that
no Investigations will be conducted,
as Judge Springer's term has already
expired and his successor is expect
ed to be appointed within q few
days.
Blotches and excrescences, which
so often annoy people are simply ef-
forts.to throw off ff.impediments to the
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