The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-18


than tissues OF fraud That any thins
like the free consent Of the tribes or
"a majority thereof Nus rarely sought and
never obtained Bribery. threats. corrup-
tion. deceit. misrepresentation durcsa and
cunning has been the history OF Indian
legislation Let's be honest about & Let's
not add TO our record the contemplate
part Of Pharisees and hypocrtes beside
a may have been accomplished through
superiority IN numbers or IN race Il
may have come about through the natural
desire ln the human breast TO get the
best end Of "hoss trade. II may have
been triumph Of civilization, as we Of
the pale face tribe I'm our folly and our
justice was given that England gave 10
india ana is shooting into the heroic South
African republics today But We have not
time 20 Indulge ia mawkish sentifnentali-
can bee asked OF history is the charity of
ltnce and oblivion.
THE INDIAN TRIBES.
Tho five tribes are the fading classical
remnant of that once mighty race. And
without speaking vauntingly or Ia the atti-
tudc ot nravadu--I ttE1 NNDM WHAT
TO ENBEtI The process OF assimilation
has long since begun BY the light Of
history that may read the destiny Of trib-
al sovereignty ty-alrcady reduced To- "a shad-
OWN America. No sovereignty viii DE
permitted To- stand except that of the
states under the sustaining EraCe of the
constitution. Sooner or later an must sue
cub and the five tribes will De but a mem
ory. We would deny them no vested right.
We would take from them nothing that
viii not leave them the better for the
taking They complain that a rotten adj
ministration Of affairs is eating into their
Vtals, and we say Let's cut out the dis
ease. Throw away the wOrser parts" Make
an end Co this Malt Extract Tin Top. and
Smcose Mead Governnent. We've only
been here twenty-foGr hours and we've
got enough Of H. We don't want TO live
where it is "a crime TO introduce.
THE IDEA OF IT.
is Il not better TO accept the situation
while there Is time TO make the best Of it2
Wouldn't II be wen to get into the ptoccA-
sion as II Is moving along. and try 20 work
up to the head3 Would not that be the
part of wisdom raCher than 20 wait until
the tail end, and then be tackled on as
two puny scrawny insignificant states
the rag tag and bob tail OF ccration--
the whircracker of the balance of the Un-
ion2 The smallest west Of the Alleghaney
mountains-with boundaries so dwarfcd.
constrained and cramped that over here
you couldn't throw a brick in any direc-
tiOn without cripplhg somebody In Mis-
souri, Kansas. or TeXas-and we couldn
lie down to our sweet slumbers and
stretch out our limbs without having TO
pay lodging In Colorado or New Mexico.
We come 10 you a-WODing I'm the fun
strnegth OF our young manhood, and we
say 60 you ardontly. passionately, loving
ly, longingy, I'VE want 60 Join our des-
tiny to your For better or for worse, in
sickness or In health. while life doth last.
we VIII love and honor you always We
have fair words upon our lips and our
hearts are without guile. Like Lochinvar.
we come out of the West, but would bear
you away from nothing except the base
design Of those unworthy. We know you
VIII he the better half We are fully alive
to the magnificent dowry which Nature's
God has given you. With your forests,
your mines and your valleys. with a face
go surprising fair that every beauty must
have paused TO waste It's bloom you arc
indeed virgin queen a king might coyet.
We want you TO take our name. but
that isn't all we can give you. We are
not adventurous fortune seekers. We do
not come empty handed We have been
industrious, saving and honest. II not
honest,-ns honest as circumstances would
permit. That ls as honest as you could
expect IN government when the machin-
cry that runs II is 1000 mile, 1way.
OUR RESOURCES.
We have In round numbers 2,e51OOO acres
OF land set apart as basis for a perma-
nent school, college and public building
fund. This land is worth at fair valuation
$1,000 O0., and yields a revenue at the
present time of $4,000 a year
This sum Is expended In the education
OF our youth We want them 10 grow up
In state big enough to excite their pride
and stimulate their love for state and ma
tion.
As an example Of what we are doing in
that direction; in the county OF Lincoln
the county In which / in part have the |
honor Of representing here-we have one |
hundred and slNty-one school houses, In |
which something like 5000 school chiidren /
are today learning t. become good and /
useful citizens. In the Creek nation. un- |
Ter so-called government for forty years. |
With four times the area and thrice the /
you have not one-tenth the |
school facilities.
Our public institutions with the ex-
'eption OF some schools, have no perma-
lent site. They are on wheels and ready /
.or you TO hitch on ot Guthrie and ok
ahoma City have been sitting on their re-
ipectiVe hills and splitting venom at each
lther for ten years over the capital Ques-
ion. They have engendered a jealous
'ivalry, as keen as that Of the Roman SEN
lte at the period when It never began its
public duties without first consecrating
tself anew TO the vow that Carthage must
all. The result will be that eacn e. en-
ialtly VIII throw its strength to you, rath-
n than see the other get II, and you VIII
AIRY of the prize. and we've got $4,000
ave2 up and Appropriated by congress
eady TO build now.
we have all the various and multiplex
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