The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-22
SAYS rrs CUT AND DRIED.
non. Robert L. Owen chsraeterizes
the Statehood Convention.

the Statencod convention.
The Hon Robert t. owen has the
following statehood article m the
PhoeniN.
10 my opinion ninetenths of TIE
Indian Territory people and taNpayen
are opposed % giving Oklahoma pow
or 70 tax ps and the other tenth would
be- in uil harmony when % was TOO
late b. abate the disastrous grievance
The past is The only way by which %
Judge the future and well remember
the Cherokee who received ailotments
in tho Cherokee cutlet iu Oklahoma
whose aliotments were taxed beyond
the productive value OF the land and
thus rendered valuelcss Lei John W.
Jordan and hia family tell the sorrow.
ful storg.
The only plan of union fof Indian
Territory and Oklahoma that has a
ghost OF a show Tor adoption is the
one mentioned Dy Hon Tams BIxby
Annexation Of the nation gets ready
for IT,"
IN other words the Oklahoma state
craft will hold O. constitutional conyen
tion and establish an organic Law
suitable 10 its own plans and its own
ambitions 10 own selfish Interest and
purposes not 90 say the private
schemes of politicians trained by OK.
pert practice in the art that viii give
Indian Territory ana Us people what
the Oklahoma craft calls the worst
~ it ln the establishment of this
constitution and its organic law the
people Of Indian Territory will not BE-
permitted 10 open their mouths When
the traps are an laid and To- good order
the annexation will come a. the ma
tion gets ready for it,
have some comprehension of the
motive Of the Oklahoma craft that see
sport IN this ambitious game. bat no.
thoughtful citizen Of Indian Territory
should give support % such a scheme
Indian Territory has a territ0ry
much larger than many Of the admit.
ted states n Eiii be a state about the
Size o. Indiana. q state that holds a
distinguished place in the Union Il
has a population greater than a dozen
o. The present admitted states and 10
Eve years viii rank over twenty of the
states in population. % has magnlf-
cent coal great gas oil and mineral
prospects. a. well a. suDerg aTricui-
tural areas and fine timber and build.
ing materials ~ granite. marble and
stone ID is capable o. entering imme
diatiy into high position a. one ~
TIE states ano Viii Do ~ a. soon a. the
land titles are settled which uII only
b. year OF tEo longer. Until thar
time We had better bear taxes ue
have than r. ~ 90 those we wot
not o.
The single statehood movement Is.
ln my opinion a plan t0 make Indian
Territory APPEAR as iarorIug me FLYNN
till and thus 90 persuade -the c0mmit-
tees 0, congress that tte people of
indian Territory desire tle passage of
ue FLYNN bHI A. the Indian Terri
tory people are not invited to partc.-
pate BOZ rho convention and their
views are not desired but only those
peu1is .a favor ot union vith Okla.
Eoma are invited $50 resolution pas
el oH November - al 1Iusfosee by
this proposed pretended convention
can be construed a. committing indian
Territory % the approval of the FLYNN
liI
The fact that none opposed % sIn
gle statehood are invited 10 attend
the already rut and dried Statehood
Convention is palpable aclnowl
edgement that the venerable states
meu Hooker and Castle knew that a
fair convention OF Indian Territory
would be- strongly against the scheme
10 let Oklahoma tax our people. and
dominate the laws OF life in our coun.
try.
To use the Single Statehood Conveu.
tlon resolutions OF November llth
next. as the voice OF Indian Territory
would be a fraud and viii not be per.
mitted.