The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-25
TWO VERY HI)T SHOTS
Delivered Against Statehood
With indian Territory.
ADMIRE AND SEN. HAVEN
Speak Out on the South Meal
ester Convention.
ADMIRE AND SEN. HAVEN

EtatehOCd convention on december ~
strong Oklahoma leaders in thought
Jacob Admire OF Kingdsher, and senator
1iavens Of Enid, land hard on any state
hood action with the Indian Territory
Neither man minces his words. Senator
Havens says:
The Indian Territory is making des-
perate effort to hitch on to oklahoma in
the matter Of statehood. Familiar with
the objections to placing the Indian Ter
Tltory under a state government and
with the treaty obligations which make
statehood for that territory impossible at
the present time, their chief purpose is to
hold Oklahoma back in order TO use her
at some opportune moment to drag them
in over difficulties they would not other
wise overcome. Of course the opponents
OF statehood for Oklahoma favor their
scheme as a plausible means Of defeating
statehood without seeming TO be against It
If there were no objections to state
hood with the Indian Territory 1t should
not be permitted to stand in the way Of
Oklahoma Oklahoma has q strong case.
and it should not be weakened by an al
lance with a territory that really has no
case in the immediate future. The pro
vision of lIr. FIynns bin which would
permit congress to attach The indian
Territory whenever in the judgment Of
congress it is ready for statehood. ana
treaty provisions which forbid it have ex-
pired is all that the Indian Territory
ought to ask of Oklahoma. And the PEG
uIe of Oklahoma who really want state
hood should consent to nothing more An
r.. fa-,r.a- NO.
Sn demand for single statehood means
at least ten years more Of territorial gov
eminent ANY talk Of single statehood at
This time IS folly, and Is not expected to
he realized by those who advocate it. In
this territory it is meant for delay. In
the indian Territory it is intended as
means holding Oklahoma back to drag
that territory in at some future time,
when it could not otherwise get consider
alton. Let us take care Of ourselves first
and the Indian Territory afterwards.
JAKE ADMIREs ROAST
Jacob Admire says:
We have received copy Of the Official
call for statehood convention which has
been called to meet IN the town of South
NcAlester. Indian Territory, on the 10TH
DAY of December prox
We are asked if we favor single ssate-
hood-that is a single state to be made
cut Of the two territories, and the Job
70 be completed with the least possible
delay We are also given to understand
that unless we are thus inclined with
considerable vim and enthusiasm, our
presence in the town of South McAiester,
Indian Territory, on the 10th day OF De
c-mber, is not desirable
Well let us see about this
Oklahoma has been talking about and
g. favor of statehood ever since noon Of
april p. 1889 During au this time she
has. received uiaing encouragement from
TIE Indian Territory. The Indian Terri
tory has not only reviied and spit upon
Oklahoma Territory whenever this sub
ject was mentioned. but she has laughed
heartily. ana not altogether agreeably,
ct he idea that there was enough Of Ok
lahoma TO make a state or any respecta-
BILE part of a state And. she has given
q out with ferocious emphasis, that un-
der no circumstances, did she want to
have anything whatever 10 do with Okla
h3ma statehood She would not touch
it with q forty-foot pole We have
borne this humiliaung and scornful treat
menr an these years with patience and
submission. AT times we have cautious
IS wondered what sort of meat these In
dams of the Indian Territory fed upon
that caused them to swell up so big but
We have never been able to learn wheth-
er it was from mast-fed, razor-back
swine or the semi-monthly ration dis
trlbuted TO them by a generous and hui
name government That matter, there
lore, has remained s. profound mystery.
There has. however. recently been
great awakening among the indians Of
the Indian Territory. and General Brad
ford has suddenly become a heap big
cElef among them. Now then. whether
oklahoma likes it or not they have de
ciied to make single state out Of the
two territories. and on the 10th day Of De-
cemher In the town Of South AIcAlester
ttu.lt upon leased Indian lands Indian
Territory. the preliminary ceremony for
This purpose IS To take place.
We hope that there viii be no scaIping
on this occasion
For several weeks we have wondered
ln a perfectly respectful manner what
had caused this extraordinary change OF
tactics on the part az the Indian Terri
tory Why were they SD long opposed 10
any sort If union with Oklahoma. eth
Pr for business or pleasures When thev
told Us of their Millions of acres or rich
lands 20 which The lands 'f Oklahoma
Fould not hold @ candle; when they ex-
ulsed over their immense forests filed
with an sorts of wild game: when they
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