The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-06
soUAw MEN WILL MAKE
A HARD FIGHT.


Washington, D. C., Aug. 5.-Man-
damus proceedings were today instituted
go the supreme court OF the District of
oCiaHibia against th. secretary of the i'm
ttiIOr by William q. Williams Robert
Curtis, Willis West Lyon H. bingham.
g. N. McCaw0bcil Jack Mclean. Ethel
NtnRms. Lillhu williams. Nauna ZOdO-
ka. TLad Smith and Emmet Cox TO com.
pea the allotment IN the Wichita and lki-
oAu countries Of quarter section Of lauu
20 each Of the plaintiffs. Each of the pc
Gtioncrs are adopted citizens OF the Wich-
itd and NiOwa tribes. having married In
dian women and having been regularly
adopted by tribes. Most OF them have re-
siueu on the reservation "a great many
yeats; Williams about thirty years and
Emmett Cox about forty years
The department admitted I'm IFS decision
rejecting their applications Tor citizen
ship ana allotment OF land thnt they
nave hcen examples of progress 20 the
Indians and have helped the government
rem r.-.,S.' in civi ing and clcvating
me. eis Of che tribes TO their present
COY O. '. b. Tbs mapority Of applicants
o. y tmitted by thc department extend
ed h.ster.al assistance and aid to Indians
before they received amy tribal annuities
from United states, Iu many cnscs saving
lives Qt Indians by furnishing them food
ana clothing
I'm his decision rcjccuu gthe applica-
tion OF Williams. the secretary states that
his action Is taken because Williams is
"a NHNhtI anu Nnes NNl ntfN lNn NuN ANH
piled for Ina She case OF Curtis the Sec
rotary states that his application Is re-
lected because no s the owner OF large
herds Of cattle ana is comparatively rich.
The application OF Willis West was zee
jected because his Indian wife had died
ana ne had married another woman.
II be- admitted az the department that all
oi the applicants were adopted hy various
indian councils, as and late as iast May
"a delegation came Co Washington and
urbed upon the department that each OF
tho above named applicants should De ale
lotted lands the same as an other mem
hcra OF tho tribe. They stated that each
Of the present petitioners had not only
been regularly adopted into the tribes.
but that they were 'Ge friends of In
ditns So time % hcrd
The act OF congress under which this
country was opened rovides that an cltl-
zcGs, 10th native and adopted. shall each
De allotted 100 acrGcs of land. These are
the adopted citizens referred 90 iu that
act. but Secretary Hitchcock saw nc 30
roicct their applications because praC-
ticaliy AN of them hase acquired COM
Portable fortunes
Emmett Cox. one of the petitioners.
brings an action against the secretary 70
compel the latter to allot him q quarter
section Of land adjoining the tOwnsite
Lawton. II is admitted By the department
that Cox Is entitled 10 an allotment the
only question being It's location some
timo ago Cox selected @ quarter section
adjoining the twon Of Lawton. but his
selection was denied by the department
on the ground that all land adjOining
towns in the Klowa and Wichita countries
should be reserved for homestead entry
so that Il could be eventually proved up
and made a portion OF the towns. Tie
Indian title being lnallouable for a poriod
Of twenty-five years, ID was argued by
the officials would prevent the growth Of
towns.
The attorneys in tho case are Walter
Field of Oklahoma city and William G.,
Shelley and W. "A. RobcsOu Of this city.
.it is expected that an early hearing VIII
DE secured. Tho attorneys announce taht
" they fail 70 secure the sessary order
10 compel the allotmr-t 0f the land 20
the Supreme Court of the United States.