The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-08
'FOR GOOD OF ARDNORE
COMMITTEE MAKES A TALK TO
BRING LAND OFFICE HERE.
Their Royal Treatment at Mucko9ee.
Accorded a Hearing BY the com.
unission-chsnees Bright fer
the Offiee.

selected by the Chamber of Com
merce and the Bar Association called
upon the Dawes commission at Mus
kogee and the judges Of the Citizen
ship court. now at South McAlester,
and returned this morning Before go
ing our worthy mayor arranged Tor us
through Mr.. Clarence Douglass an In
terview with the commissioners for
Monday last. We arrived at Musko-
gee Sunday night at $3.50 o'clock and
were Immediately taken in charge ly
MIR. Douglass. United States Attorney
Mellette and other citizens Of that en-
terprising city and driven at once
TO the hospitable home OF Mr.. Doug
lass where we received from himself
and family a most cordial welcome
and in a short while we were conduct
ed TO the dining.room TO find awaiting
us-not a dinner in its ordinary ac.
ceptation, but a feast, so deliberately
and thoughfully prepared with the
unstinted hospitality Of our good
friend and excellent wife that much
.of II outlived the ready appetites Of
such heavyweights as Judge Camp
bell. Capt Wilmington. Messrs. Sid
ney Suggs and S H. Russell. not to
mention those Of dwarfsh proportions
as our mayor. Steve Douglass and
others there assembled
As the clock struck - the guests
with great reluctance said good
night to the home Of Mr. Douglass.
and with their hearts greatly i'm
pressed with the friendship shown
them by himself and Mrs Douglass,
who, with their three children, form
a happy and contented family.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock next morn
ing Mr. Douglass introduced us to the
commissioners and after each of us
had made a formal presentation of the
many advantages possessed by our
city as a location for the land Office
for the Chickasaw Nation, Mr.. Doug
lass also made an appeal for Ardmore
indorsing all that we had said with
personal knowledge OF the facts
and statistics furnished by us. The
treatment shown us by the commits
sioners was in every degree courteous.
They invited us 10 visit the entire de
partments and requested Mr. Doug
lass TO show us through the various
Offices thereof. which was done, much
TO our interest and benefit The
magnitude Of the work attaching TO
the commission simply rivals that Of
any one Of the great departments Of
the government, and the wonder is
that any body Of men could solve the
intricate duties required Of 1t. While
| II is true the enactments of con-
gress has largely prescribed the
methods within which their duties
are performed, yet the application of
the laws. the adjustment of the whole
system of details out Of chaotic condi.
tions is in almost an unlimited meas.
ure entrusted to the good judgment
and upright character of its members
Hon. Tams Bixby and Hon. c. b.
Breckenridge and Hon. Thos. b. Need,
les are the commissioners. IL is need
less to say that they are gentlemen
and business men OF well known re
pute. They are constantly watching
and supervising the vast machinery
from which comes the settlement OF
property rights TO all of the people OF
the FIVE tribes and the non-citizens
thereof who have acquired property
in the Territory. They have brought
order out of chaos, they have showr
wisdom amidst confusion and in oul
opinion IL has required wonderful en-
ergy and fidelity and business abil
ity to have adjusted and systematizeC
the grand results felt by all. In tn,
opinion of the delegation, they ar,
men Of such character and fidelity I,
duty that whatever may be their judg
ment in the exercise OF the discretion
entrusted to them, II should be &C
cepted by every conservative person
as being done in the best interest o
the government and all concerned.
Upon leaving Muskogee we visite,
South huAlester 10 call upon the citi
zenship court, comprised OF Chief Jus
tice Adams of North Carolina; Judg
Weaver OF Ohio and Judge Foote o
California, and TO our regret learne,
that they were absent at Tuskahoma
but II was our good fortune 20 NEE
the clerk OF said court, Mr.. ]. L
Cassada, an old North state boy, will
whom we passed several pleasan
hours. Later on, Mr.. Bayne. an al
tache OF the court, called on us an,
I l.