The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-31

cents TO the pupil. and at another time
SO cents 20 the pupil; almost two DOL
lars for every boy and girl in Oklahoma
What does that mean 10 this city alone?
don't know bow many pupils you have,
but 1 will presume you have 200 pupils
as an illustration; then that means that
you have received about sl.4eo from the
school land fund for the support OF your
schools in this city annually
Now my friends. for that amount,
which is for your schools, you do not
have to go down into your pockets for a
single penny; that is one OF the gifts we
were talking about, made by q ma gnan-
imous congress of the United States II
be.ongs TO the school children OF Okla
homa territory. Now. what viii be done
if the Indian Territory comes in with
out one dollar OF school money or one
foot of school land? II they have 1850
more school children than we. under
this same proportion Of sl,4o0 coming TO
the school children in this city alone.
you will have the satisfaction of sending
the greater portion of it to the Indian
Territory, for the education of the chill
dren OF that country and keeping the
balance at home for the education OF
your own children. That is what Mr..
Cross kind OF statehood means TO the
people of Oklahoma territory. But Mr..
Cross said the other day from the plat
form when We were in Woods county
now notice this: The government owns
eighty million dollars worth OF mineral
land in the Indian Territory. and this
can be set apart for the support of the
-, 4
more than counteract anything we have
in the way of q school fund" Mr..
Cross owes it to you to know what he
is talking about. and so does Mcclure.
Mr.. Cross ought not to make these state
ments where there is no foundation for
anything of the kind. The government
has not owned a foot of land in that
country since 1ss2-and l have the law
here. I hold in my hand the last treaties
with the Choctav and Chickassw Indl-
ans. and the feedral government under
tnat treaty consumated on the 21st OF
last March to exceed 10000 acres Of
land. not fit for agricultural purposes.
was reserved as mineral lands. and it be-
longs 10 the tribes; and under that pro-
vision. consumrnated on the 21st day OF
last March and approved last July this
land is to be put up and sold at public
auction to the highest bidder by a COM
mission composed of three men, two In
disns and one white man. and when the
money is received ii is turned into the
treasury OF the United States. to be pro
rated among the Indians. and there goes
Mr.. Cross eighty-seven millions Of dol
lars he talked about CApplause) re
ferred him to the law. wanted to know
whether Mr. Cross would continue to
make that statement. and UP to within
the last week he has been making the
same statement wherever he appeared
before an audience, when there is no
fundation for anything OF the kind. 4
little later on / had a discussion with
Judge T. P. Gore in Caddo county. I de-
sired to ascertain if the judge man
of ability. a man of honor and integ
rity, would make this same statement
when he reached this matter. II do not
believe the great government OF the
United States would let the people OF
Oklahoma suffer" he said. II that
country were TO be admitted withe Okla
homa territory; It would be the duty Of
the government to make an annual ap-
have in oklahoma territory. and not
cast upon the people this burden" He
dIu not say anything about eighty-seyen
million dollars of mineral land. and he
did not say the government would make
an appropriation; but he said IL would
be the duty of the government to make
an appropriation. That is. the govern
ment would make an annual appropris-
tion OF a million dollars. Never has
such thing been done in the history OF
this country. The government at the
proper time will set apart these lands
for the use of those Indians. but the
government will not make an appropria-
ton, year In and year out. OF million
dollars to one part Of a state 10 edu-
cate the children Of another part Of the
state Now, that is not all; the school
fund for the support of the schools OF
the territory will amount 20 $4,000. Out
Of this We must spend s3o0c coo for their
education and keep 10000 for the edu-
cation of our children at home Then
there is more than that; we have 10 be
paid more than 10000 annually II the
Flynn bill passes. for that bill provides
for 900, 0c0 acres OF land for the support
90 acres OF land for the support OF the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
here. and 200, oOo acres of land in addition
to what has already been given 20 the
University Of Oklahoma 4 million dol
lars Of funds are set aside and II those
people get admission they would secure
the greater portion Of this money Why.
you say? They have already more school
children than We have; they have about
the same number Of people and they
might control the first constitutional
convention that ever net IN this state
They might control every Legislature
that meets in the state Of Oklahoma for
all time 70 come. What does thet rnean2
Mr Bradford IN his speech tells us
that they have forty millions u dollars
Of taxable property in that country and
ne didn't put Il any lower than Il vas.
He belongs 70 that country and was
making his side a. bright az possible
yes. and We have go millions IN okiaho-
ma But. you say. the last tax list only
shows seventy-two millions. That IS
fact ard ] presume the tax lists viii
sho~ now 10 millions. The tax list al
most always shows one-fourth o. the
property. or about that That f.. of the
real value of the property y this ter
rftory An ] not right There is not
man in this audience perhaps today who
would take for his property four times
what IL is listed at and I ssg % you vita
that 30 millions q dollars worth -
property IN Oklahoma. where theT have
forty mHiaus Of dollars worth q prop
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