The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-24

Two states Demanded. - Judge
Charles A. Stuart. who. during the last
! Cleveland regime, was a Federal Judge
in the Indian Territory, has been in Wash
| ington for the past week looking after
! Indian claims before various committees
OF Congress. Judge Stuart resigned from
the bench, and is now one OF the leading
! lawyers and politicians of the Indian Ter
! ritory. II is generally conceded that he
| will come to the Senate whenever the
| anomalous political conditions now exist
| ing in his part of the country are straight
ened out He thinks that it will not be
/ a great while before the present tribal
! relations in the Indian Territory are
! abolished under the terms offered by the
| Dawes Commission, and that region is
| completely transformed. socially and DO
| litically, by being thrown open 10 white
| settlement Whether or not the people
! there will consent to be annexed to Okla
/ homa, or the people of Oklahoma would
| consent to their annexation, Judge Stuart
| is dubious The general understanding
| all over the country is that the two Ter
/ ritories viii be consolidated for statehood
! purposes. But this does not seem 10 ac-
cord with the dominant sentiment Of the
people directly concerned. Oklahoma is
| Republican by a small margin. The In
dian Territory is Democratic by more than
seventy thousand majority. Consolidation,
I therefore. would mean a safely Democratic
| State This would not suit the purposes
OF the Republican national managers any
better than II would suit the ambition
Of the Hon Dennis L. Flynn and other
Oklahoma Republicans who have a han
kering after the flesh pots a Washington.
Each Territory in respect to area and pos
sibliues Of wealth development is big
enough for a State. But to erect each into
a State would not give either party the
advantage in the Senate for which each
is looking. Hence it is thought that it
will be a good many years before either
the Indian Territory or Oklahoma becomes
a State Should the Democrats get con-
troll Of all departments Of the Government
within the next six years il Is considered
not improbable that both Territories would
be admitted as States under the impress
sion that each could be so manipulated
as to send Democratic delegations TO the
Senate But in the present circumstances
there IS no likelihood that the Republicans
would risk either community. COnsolida-
tiou would not guarantee them two, or
even one Senator; and certainly the ad-
mission Of the Territories separately
would give the Democrats two Senators.
The Figure Too Iowa New York
paper has started story on the rounds Of
the Democratic press to the effect that the
Mckinley managers are preparing to wiring
from the trusts the small sum OF $50. OOO. 600
for the next campaign. II is believed that
a Typographical error is responsible for the
low amount stated II is held that obviously
the author Of The story meant to put the
amount at $3.50, 600 600. II Mr.. Hanna. il
is pointed out, could milk the trusts for
$50 GOO 600 for the reelection OF Mr.. Nc
Kinley. why could he not as easily make
the Octopus cough up" $3.50 900 0O0? Mr.
Hanna does not deal In small figures II
he can make il appear to the Octopus that
Mr.. McKlnleys defeat means death, then
he can convince the Octopus that unless
three or four times the bagatelle of 800
coo 600 are produced there will be not even
a tenscle left II the Democrats win the
election in November. Still. $50 000, 900
would mean a continuous round of pleasure
for the voter in the forthcoming cam
paigu. and il is conceded that even this
amount is not to be sneezed at There
are forty-hve sovereign States in the
Union at present A $50. 600, 900 campaign
fund would mean about $3.50 GOO to the
state In states like Nevada Idaho, Mon
tgpa. wyoming and Washington, each in
dependen, voter. by properly managing
himself through the campaign, could come
ont a plutocrat and the master OF a small
Octopus of his own. OF course II a typo
praphicaI error has been committed by the
newspaper which originated the story and
the amount is $3.50, 600 600 instead OF
measiey $50. coo coo every frugal voter can
anti work after the next Presidential cam
paign and leave his heirs secure from the
rayages of the octopus.