The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-02
DENNIS FLYNN
SURE OF THE
OPENING
Declares That indian Protest
VIII Not Count.
THEIR COMPLAINT ANClEN 7
And Has Been Aired Time and
Tine Again in Congress.

POSITIVELY the Apache, Kiowa and
Comanche country win be opened to set
tiement not later than August, and /
think it likely that by June Is the presi-
dents proclamation specifying the man
ner in which the lands viii be opened by
drawing, win be made public.
This is what Delegate D. T. Flynn said
to a reporter for the Eagle yesterday,
when he was asked il the protest of the
Kiowa Indians against the opening would
delay that event.
Mr.. Flynn has spent several weeks IN
California recuperating. He is in the best
of health. and has taken on enough flesh
10 look fat. Proceeding with the eluci-
dstion Of the matter OF the opening he
said;
Il have read that the Kiowa Indians.
who are ribbed by the cattlemen. claim
that the congressional law providing for
the opening was obtained by dnesse and
sneakery- This is not true. Take the
history of the matter. la the fifty
second congress Delegate Harvey intro
duced a bin % radfy the KiOwa-Com-
Bnche and apache treaty. The Indians
fought IT, In the Fifty-third congress
I re-intr0duced this bill The Indians
ribbed by the catuemen. fought it again
and acquainted everyone with their side
of the case. In the Fifty-fourth congress
] again introduced the bin and Quanah
Parker and the Indians begged that no
action be taken until the Medicine Lodge
treaty expired, that was in 1896. Dur
ing all this time the Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians insisted that the KiOwa.
Comanche and Apache reservation be-
Ionged 10 them, the same as the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe country, and declared
that they should get Sl-25 an acre for
it. In the Fifty-ffth congress a bin to
ratify was passed first by the house with
q provision that as soon as The money
was received from the settlers for the
land it was to go into the treasury and
was to be held htere until the court
decided to whom il belonged. The bill
also provided for the fling Of suit to
test the title then in dispute. This bill
passed the house. but not the senate.
In this congress. Judge Stevens. of Texas,
and myself both introduced bills opening
the reservation to settlement. The house
passed it as q separate bill but the
senate refused to act upon it. 1t was
then. after The passage Of the Fort Hall
Gdaho) reservation bin by the senate,
that the Kiowa-Comancbe bin was added
as rider in the house. and after weeks
Of conference ii finally passed.
''The subject was fully and completely
discussed and congress understood the
matter perfectly. Talking about tricky
work, why, in the Fifty-hfth congress the
e
rules which necessiuated two-thirds ma
jority. Il was favorably reported on by
the senate in that congress. IT passed the
house of this congress twice under sus-
pension Of the rules.
The fact is" said the delegate, with
emphasis, there was more attention paid
to this bin and more publicity attached
10 il than any ten bills that ordinarily
pass congress
'I want to say again that the reserva-
lion VIII be opened. The department of
the interior understands perfectly the an
imus Of this attempt to delay matters,
and no delay viii be granted"
what about Che new counties in the
new country
We'll as to county lines and county
seats. I know nothing except that this
entire matter has been placed in the
hands Of Governor Richards. assistant
commissioner OF the general land office.
HIS long experience is assurance that no
better man could have been selected for
the work He was governor of Wyo-
ming. and his experience in the West. ex-
tending over years. makes il sure that
his selection by Secretary Hitchcock for
this work means that there VIII be no
jobbery, but that everything VIII be ar
ranged for the best interests of the peo-
pie who intend to occupy these lands"
What do YOU know about the an
poiuments Of Governor Jeukins2 lis he
going to make a clean sweep of the
Barnes appointeese"
81 have seen no papers from this part
of the country while absent. and L do
not know what Governor Jenkins win do
in that matter But have This to say:
j hear THAT The appointments of Nfr Jen-
kins aad 1r. Grimes was received with
general approval from all the territory.
and I ann glad Of that I shall do au I
can to help Governor Jenkins give Okla
homa q great administration So far as
his appointments are concerned. 7 know
nothing about them. but ann sure thar
De w.il use his best Judgment. ana when
the time comes VIII 90 what he thinks
best Tor public service and The success
or the Republican party"
'Whac about statehood?'
Statehood IS what wo want. We have
The population An we need IS the con-
sent Of congress-. we can only get that
by making Oklahoma mere pouuIous.
stronger. greater, ana think the general