The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-25

the burdens Of tribal taxation the task
Of providing their own schools.
| We ask the passage of law authoriz-
| ing the creation of private corporations
in the Indian Territory and recommend
| senate bill AL and house bill 1859, now
pending before congress.
We ask the enactment by congress of a
law authorizing the issuance by incorpor-
ated towns of bonds, to be used for the
| establishment of water works and the
building of school houses, such bonds not
to exceed an amount the interest on
which at . per cent per annum would be
iiquidated by a tax of ) mills upon the
dollar Of the fair Valua ton of the taxa
bic property in said Incorporated town;
said bonds not to be issued except upon a
three-fourths majority of the qualified
voters voting at an election called for
that purpose. and upon the finding Of
these prerequisites by the United States
court exercising jurisdiction over said
town.
. That we urge upon congress of the
United States the justice and necessity
OF allowing the Indian Territory repre-
sentation in congress through a delegate
10 De elected Dy us people.
We ask congress to repeal the laws
authorizing citizens or non-citizens to be
elected from the Indian Territory by the
executive branch of the government and
ask that the personal liberty of indi-
viduals in the Indian Territory be not in
any wise abridged, except after present.
ment for crime and trial. had according
to due process of law in the courts
We favor the ratification by congress
Of the treaty negotiated with the Creek
nation, with such amendments as con-
gress and the commissioners represent
ing said nation may see fit to make.
We also favor the ratification by con-
gress of the agreement between the
United States and the Cherokee nation.
We favor the passage by congress of
the bill introduced by Mr.. Gaines, of
Tennessee, to enlarge the jurisdiction of
United States commissioners in the In
dian Territory.
We ask the erection and maintenance
by the government of an asylum for the
insane Of the Indian Territory, to sup
plant the inhuman method now neces-
sarily practiced Of combining them in jails,
and we especially call attention to section
81 of the agreement between the United
States and the Cherokee nation, wherein
provision is made for the donation by the
Cherokee nation to the United States of
the Cherokee insane asylum buildings
and 100 acres of ground. TO be used by
the latter as an asylum for the insane Of
all classes in said territory.
We also ask an appropriation for the
support of the orphans and the blind of
the Indian Territory.
We ask for the creation of temporary
agencies and sufficient appropriation to
protect the public health of the people of
the Indian Territory against epidemic
and contagious diseases.
We petition the secretary of the in
terror to remove all records at the de-
partment touching matters relating to
people Of the five civilized tribes. to the
Indian Territory, and that they be placed
under the control Of an agent who shall
permit such records to be examined and
inspected by those who have business
with said agent or who are interested in
said records, and that legal advisor. to
be a resident in said territory, be ap-
pointed to advise said agent and other
dStilCleS VI lIe department IN the terri
tory touching matters that may come
before said officers.
These men were elected to present the
memorial to congress: Leo r. Bennett.
Muskogee, for Greek nation; c. B. Stew
art, South McAlester, Choctaw nation; E
j. Toilet, Talequah, Cherokee nation; S.
B. Bradford, Ardmore, Chickasaw ma
ton; Henry E. Furman, at large and
chairman
An executive committee of twenty-five
was selected. as follows: Judge Yancey
Lewis, at large; Chickasaw nation; II. S.
Wade NARROW; C. C. Kean, Wynnewood:
A. H. Hauk, Purcell; L. T. Russell,
Ryan; A. T. Hutchins, Regain; Choctaw
nation, r. L. Williams, Durant; F. S.
Genung. South McAlester; Ed McKenna,
Poteau; r. ]. Lamb. Krebs; Creek ma
ton, ]. NJ Givens Muskogee; ]. NJ. Hall.
Tulsa; c. II. FULLY. Eu1aIa; Bailey Wag-
oner, Deross; A. w. Bell, Okmulgee:
Seminole agency, S. T. Virgins. We
woka; Quapaw agency, Horace B. Du-