The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-03-06
TAKE ALLOTMENT EpbT.
|O''hen Indian People VIII Beon, ,e cit
10 zens of the United STAYS.
Special to the Ardmoreite.

monr Territory take their alhtnents
'"e"e they wi become citizens d the
IN, United States. Such is th pro
vision OF an apparently hairless
measure which has received ecu
tive approval and which passec he
house and senate immediatelye e.
AZ fore congress adjourned. The n
W provides as follows;
That section ) of chapter ! |
of the United States statutes ai
large numbered "A, page 800, are
tn hereby amended as follows: After
the words civilized life,' in line
thirteen of said section 6, insert
n the words and every Indian in
~ Indian Territory"
.---- In explanation of the bill Sena-
Rep tor Thurston said in his report on
>oooe, it to the senate:
The statute proposed to be
's'e' am'nded provided for the granting
% late OF ciezenship to all Indians upon
\ r. by receipt by them of their alot.
e Moudapents but it made an exec? ion off
p1e palu@Se five civilized tribes, who, at the
~" time, protested on 'he ground that
Tites, they were condr"t lg governments
their own, which would be
n weakened by such a step These
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governments are now completely
~ fhanged and this reason has dis.
f-N1ippeared.
MI Under the operation of the
s>-'tatute referred to, the Indians in
oklahoma, such as the Pawnees I
= he Sacs and Foxes, Pottawpta
MES, kickapoos. the Cheyenues
nd Arapahoes, and in Indian Ter ;
'ry the e apGws' the Senecas,
Vyandottes, the Ottawas. the
Compare as aud &c., s---'I,"..,.
eyelY lie Modocs
Fidho 4" oeeni granted the valuable
vonand s7nited States citizenship
shown b. nAsse Indians are so high
almost any maNprl the I'VE Givilized
al none so well prepure red 10
For less United States citizenship.
Inc independent sell RONtIu- |
pdyent of the Five Tribes has prac-
cally ceased. The policy of the \
This 4 government to abolish classes i'll
nv pendian Territory and make hom-
genous population is being car
led out. To enable Indians of
r indian Territory to, properly pro-
- H.. 81 oh Ia |
.iven the rights of United State 5
citizenship Immediately. They
ARDNthould at once be put upon level
---lnd equal footing with the great
population with whom they are
how intermingled.
There are about 10000 In
iians in Indian Territory, many of
whom are already United States
citizens, 1t is doubtful whether
under the statutes these Indians
}an perform any of the personal
business engagements which are
n taking place daily on large scale
Hin Indian Territory, without 4
" A.echnical violation of the laws re-
-luiring supervision of Indian peo-
t,le. It is true that these laws are
'egarded 10y the people of Indian
i'Terrtory as applicable to them.
puiBut all questions with regard to
m llhis matter should be eliminated
oy giving them legal rights equal
with other men.
BY the terms of the act For
Srsihe protection of the people of the
fUs,ndian Territory and for other pur.
rhDoses, the members Of the Five
of Civilized Tribes are authorized to
,orng suits in the United States
'ourts to recover possession of prop
.rty, they are permitted to vote,
sl nd, under existing laws they act
m juries.
"A, This bill simply extends to the
lembers of the Five Civilized
Y tribes the same privileges that are
g njoyed by other Indians to whom
y ilotmeuts have been made. :"
n Good Cough Medicine for Children.
"I have no hesitancy in recon-
Vending Chamberlain's Cough REM
Wiy," says f. p. Moran, well known