Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-11-21
F EAR JUSTICE
Cherokee Politicians Tremble
at Growth of Statehood
Movement.
SEE THEIR FINISH
In ths Enforcement Of Stable Laws
That Will Follow the Admis.
sion Of The Ter
titory to State
hood.
hood

A wall OF despair has come out
OF Tahlequah. The Cherokee pol
itician has added his voice to the
discordant howl of the oarpetbag.
ger against enfranchisement.
The dawn OF the day Of reckon.
ing is at hand, and their wall, is
the wall OF death. The following
petition, praying for yet a little
time in which to complete their
plundering and to cover their
tracks has been passed by the
council and will be presented to
congress. Senator Gideon Nor
gan was the only dissenter. The
application for a further license
OH life reads as follows:
Whereas, the question of "Sin.
gle Statehood" by a union Of To-.
dian territory with Ok lahoma, is
now being agitated by the Public
Press and by public meetings aud
otherwise, and
Whereas, a call has been issued
and given wide. publication re.
questing that delegates shall meet
al Muskogee, Indian territory, on
the 14,h day Of November, 1901
expressly favorable to the admis
sion Of Oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory as a single state and to me.
morializing the congress Of the
United States urging such admis.
sion, and
Whereas, to incorporate the
Cherokee nation within a state or
territorial form OF government
without our consent, holding our
lands and annullies in common, as
we do, would be a dangerous men
ace to our common property inter-
esls and in direct violation of the
most solemn treaty pledg made
to us by the United States, mas.
much as the new state or territorial
government would be represented
and ruled by non citizens who have
no interest with us, in our lands
and moneys, but who would most
certainly direct radical legislation
disposing of or destroying our said
valuable interests and lights; now
Therefore, this memorial to His
Excellency, the President, aud to
the Honorable the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the
United States Of America, respect.
fully and humbly showeth:
II IS the sense Of the national
council of the Cherokee nation, ID
regular session assembled, tina. II
would mol be conductive to the
best interests or happiness Of In,
| Cherokee people for the Cheroke,
nation TO be included within any
state or territorial form of govern
menl; that their common property
interests and valuable treaty righti
would be endangered thereby.
that the actions Of those who are
insligating and agitating this "sin'
gle statehood" move are hereby
emphalicslly denounced as funda.
mentally wrong and unjust to the
Cherokee nation and people; that
all and any resolutions or memo.
rials purporting to come from
Cherokee citizens are hereby de.
clared to be not from real Chero.
kee but from .oitizsns who
have no interest with us in our
common property.
The Cherokee nation hereby
earnestly protests against any kind
Of union with Oklahoma and
against being included, without its
consent, within the limits Of any
state or territorial form Of govern.
ment whatsoever at the present
time, and an appeal is hereby
made to His Excellenoy, the Pres.
ident, and to the Congress Of the
United States for protection for
the people Of the Cherokee nation,
the owners Of the lands, to the end
that these statehood promoters
may not be successful in carrying
out their propositions.
Adopted by the Senate Nov. IA,
1901.
WOLFE Coon,
President OF the Senate.
ST. PARKS,
Clerk of the Senate.
Adopted by the council branch