Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-10-24
Representative Gathering of
Citizens Select Holden
vile Delegates.
WELL EQUIPPED MEN
Selected TO Represent Vinita, And
Much Interest Manifested in
The Proper Representa-.
lion of Territory at
Worlds Fair.

In response to the call of Presi.
dent Ra,clif, Of the Commercial
Club, FOR a mass meeting to select
delegates to represent Viuila at
the Worlds Fair Convention, to
be held at Holdenville Oct. 2Sth,
a number Of representative citi.
zens met in the rooms Of the Com.
meroial Club Monday night and
selected the following delegation:
Chief T. NJ. BuAlnglon, E. N.
Ratcllf, L. f. Parker, j, s. Daven.
port, VIM. Little, Davis Hill.
While the attendance at the
meeting was not as large as had
been anticipated, the meeting was
successful in developing pertinent
suggestions ou the questions that
will come before he convention,
and well de Gued course Of action
for The representatives Of this city
was proposed.
o. the motion ul Mayor Shana
han L. N. RatoliG was made chair.
man Of the meeting. The motion
was carried, aud on the request Of
the chairman Walter Martin acted
as secretary.
Nominations were then present
ed aud the above named delegates
selected.
Mayor Shanahan was put in
nomination as a member Of the
delegation but requested that his
name be Withdrawn, owing to his
inability TO attend the convention
through pressure of business.
After thorough discussion OF
the probable questions that would
come before the convention, mo
tion for adjournment was carried.
Mr.. Ralcliif then proposed that
Attorney j. B. Turner take the
chair and.a meeting for the pur-
pose Of an informal discussion OF
statehood be held. The PROPOSE
ton was put in the form Of a mo.
ton aud csrried. The chairman,
Judge Mcclure, L. N. Ratcliff, j.
S. Davenport, w. l.. Trolt and f.
S E. Amos made short addresses
on the various phases of the i'm
porlant question.
1t was decided to call a meeting
Of citizens, to be held prior to the
Muskogee convention, to thor
oughly discuss the advisabili,y of
a union in single statehood with
Oklahoma. The chair appointed
the following committee to select
the date and engage the speakers:
j. B Turner, Jos. II. Butler,
Judge Mcclure and II. Lee Clot.
worthy. On motion of Judge Nc.
Clure } 3 Turner was made chair
man of the committee.
A molion for adjournment was
then made and carried.
The committee IN conference,
after the adjournment Of the meet.
ing, decided upon Nov. 7th as the
time for the meeting and arrange
ments will be made TO hold il in
the United States court room. The
speakers will be announced later.
The Indian territory Court of
Appeals in lie opinion 10 the Mus.
kogee townsite Injunction case
reaches the marvellous conclusion
that "the lands Of the Creek nation
are not held in common because
the title is vested in the nation as
a tribe" Now il these learned
judges would have gone on aud
explained the meaning Of lhis dec.
laration food Of light would
have been thrown ou trouble.
some question. There are two
ways Of holding laud. 1t must be
vested either in seVerally or in
common. The patent was con-
veyed TO the tribe asa tribe and
certainly not as individuals
There is hairsP!illing distinction
between public ownership and
common ownership, but a disiino
ton without a difference. The
opinion IL a remarkabls one
Throughout. IL is readahls from
the fact that the case in point cost
Judge John r, Thomas his head
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