The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-11

/ of looking elsewhere than TO Democracy
/ for help. amounts to nothing.
Many of the newspapers and politicians
/ Of the indian Territory Guido the herces
! Texas pardsans in their fidelity to Dem
/ ocracy. For it IS true that the bitteres
/ attacks made on Flynn in the last cam
/ paign appeared in papers not published IL
/ Oklahoma, but in the ChickasaW nation.
J Outbreaks such as the one that follows
I vii mot aid the Indian Territory The
only thing which could would be a little
more partisan fairness on the part of In
dian Territory editors, q little less wor-
ship Of every Democrat who happens tc
be born that way and little less natrel
for every man who happens to be a Re
publican
The following from the Purcell Register
win give an idea Of the southern bitter
ness. which would have been entirely alb
sent If the national administration over
the Dawes commission had been Demo
cratic:
The Indian Territory is now, has been
for years and VIII be so long as it is pos
sible to keep 1T so, looked upon by the
large majority Of the. officials having con
necuon with it in very much the same
light that China is today looked upon by
the representative of the allied powers
simply as a field from which each one
may gather as much loot as he can get
away with, each being careful to observe
that csde of honor said to prevail among
thieves and refrain from interfering with
each other while unite8ly piIfering from
the victim they hold in common. The
Muskogee Times recently published an
article presenting the argument that the
quickest way out Of present condi tons is
through the purchase Of the various
councils OF the FIVE tribes. obtaining the
passage Of desired legislation by means
of bribery and corruption We believe
the Times to he wrong in this assump-
ton While it is an indisputable fact that
such actions have not only been possible
but were of open and common occur
renee in the past, we believe that high
er standard has been reached and we
know that the chief officials of the five
tribes now in Office are regarded by those
who know them as meh of sterling in
tegrity and unqueshonable honor. The
cynicism of the Times is by no means
unfounded, but the spirit of commercial
ism, which gives color to the thought Of
the easiest way out being by purchase.
hovers not only over the tribal councils.
but makes its influence felt by all who
nave official dealings with the Indian Ter
ritory Congress IS In no particular
hurry 10 wind up the affairs Of a coun-
try that affords so rich picking for a fay
ored few so fine a political pasture for
broken down political hacks, repudiated
at home, yet having some pull that
makes 1t necessary to pension them at
te- public crib. We say this in no par
tisan spirit as both parties have follow
ed the same methods. The interior de-
partment don't want the Indian TERRITORY
question settled with this matter out Of
the way at least one-haf the work of
that department would be at an end. The
large army of clerks now employed could
be considerably reduced Of course these
clerks, who think the only purpose Of the
existence of our government is to fur
nish them soft berths, are not doing anv-
thing to hasten the day of their own Un
doing. Yet congress, paying no attention
to the prayers Of the people, asks CON
sent Of the secretary of the interior be-
fore passing any legislation affecting us
Every move that has been made toward
the settlement Of questions Affecting this
territory has been converted into some
form Of private graft. Ofcials sent
here 70 perform certain duties have I'M
medlately upon their arrival began maxi
ing their supposed duties secondary ia
their schemes for frightening the life
time Of their fat jobs. The Dawes COM
mission has been IN the territory nearly
seven years and has only one CONNECTED
roll Of citizenship and two completed
treaties to show as the result of their
IaDors One commission has been en-
gagged about eighteen months in plating
and appraising lots at Ardnore and have
even quiz guessing at the time when their
work in that town VIII be completed. The
imperial dictator. J. George Wright IS
harrassing business men in the collection
Of unjust taxes, that benefit no one ex-
cept the collectors. Citizens are robbed
by keeping barnacles in Offices that only
serve TO uselessly cucumber the situation
This is the result Of UNDERSTANDING ID.
tween the Dawes commission and the M.
hcial Indians through which mutual as
sistance is pledged to each to aid tia
other in every way possible in holding on
to the public teat Through this under
standing the most cumbersome ana te-
clous plans have been given preference
over those much more simple ana less
expensive with view to prol0naing the
work TO the utmost limit The work has
never been conducted i'm systematic bust
ness ike