The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-18
THH CALL IS Issuep
For Joint Territorial Single s,..
hood Convention, Dec 10

The following is the text ~ 3
call now issued jointly in osI.
4oma and the Indian Territorv 8 J.
single statehood convention. q 4, /.
composed Of delegates from ~ :
territories. The original con, J.
this call is signed by large n. q :
bers, of the leading citizens Of -,
territories, who authorized IN. :.
of their names for that puruo..
The call should be read care,ol,.
by everyone SO that the purnos.
may be fully understood.
To the people OF Oklahoma ,,s
Indian Territories:
1t is the judgment Of a Iarg. =.
portion of the people of the tvo - -
ritories that the amalRamat,o, - Z.
the two. territories into oue st,,.
territory is inevitable.
The people of Oklahoma fs.,.,..
they are entitled to statehood uo-
That they have the nee cessarv -.
lation and wealth and ought = !.
admitted without delay.
The people of the Indian Ta,,,..
feel that they have the pecs...
population and wealth to e.,;,s.
them to an organization Of -.
kind. and q representative at w..
ipgton, that the interests OF thu
citizen element may be cared =.
and preparation made for self s,-
ernment, in view of the fact that q.
affairs of the Indian goverum.,,.
are low undergoing preparation 4.
hnal settlement and dissolution.
The reasons for invoking orsan,,.s
government for the Indian Territo,v
are to numerous to mention. otI..
homa has asked for statehood ,,s
the Indian Territory for territOr,,,
government; and both have bse.
told to.wait; that although each bn
the requisite population and vealth
that the area is too small.
q The onward march of Oklahor.t
retarded by the disposition of ssn..
tors and congressman to wait for n.
Indian Territory and then annals.
mate the two into one grand stats.
The people of the Indian Territo,
are now ready. The combined nan.
ulation of the two territories il n.
600; their taxable wealth ss5. 600 On
which is more people and mor
wealth than was possessed BY srv
state when admitted into the fedsr5
union, and is more wealth and mo,.
people than several states Of "a.
union now possess. The number =
children of school age in the two tsr
ritories is greater than the popul.
ton of one or two states now In Tia
union. The soil is rich, the clim,.
is good, the water is pure, the min.
ersl is inexhaustible, the people N
Industrious. The people Of the L.
dian Territory want schools; tie,
want laws; they want roads and
bridges; they want to open mips
and develop industries: ths
want that better civilization vhj.t
these things will bring. They wait
the treaties carried out in good fais
and every Indian citizen of the an
tribes made q citizen Of the Unitsi
States.
Let the settlement of the Indin
nation go on, but amaIgamate tks
two territories into a state Of Il.
union, that the United states:cia,s'
may have aLgoverDment to look
for the redress of his wrongs.
We,sithe undersigned citizens
the two territories, invite all uas
persons of the two territories, Wit
out regard to race, political sfsh
tion, or religious belief, who tsFa
single-statehood, to meet in mm
in accordance with II
suggestions hereinafter made, a
elect delegates and alterns stes to d
tend a convention to be held 4
South McAlester, Indian Territc4 /
onsthe 10th day of December, BF
at p. M, for the purpose Of d !.
cussing the subject of single Stsz
hood and to take such steps a. ng
In the wisdom of the conventio1
deemed necessary to bring aboutn
desired end. Send wide-awake p
IIc-spirited men as delegates and
ternates.
The apportionment for the IDdil
Territory is as follows: One u b
gate and one alternate for esebp'
oftice, andione delegate and o. IS
seruste for each one Thousand ps
Iation, or major part Thereof
every town and city of the lpd q
HE
The mass meeting for the purp
of electing delegates and alters n