The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-31

of unoccupied lands Unite the two |
territories and in fye years the W. !
dian Territory will contain the most .
people and cast the largest vote. Al |
NIT Oklahoma now and provide for /
adding the Indian country by peace |
meal, would be an injustice to four |
hundred thousand American citizens !
that reside i'm the Territory, who are |
or ought to be as sacred to the United |
States government as the people Of
Oklahoma. Oklahoma would frame her |
organic law ithout our help or con.
sent. She would appropriate that vast |
school fund and locate all the elc- |
moscnary and institutions of higher |
education on her side of the line. |
to the disadvantage of the people of !
the Indian Territory.
To oppose single statehood and ad
vocate double statehood and then in
sist that the Indian Territory is not
ready now. will aid and abet in the
accomplishment of the Flynn bin.
whose advocates insist that the Indian
Territory should be admitted by piece
meal for the reason that she is not pre-.
pared for statehood or territorial gov
crnment now
Why is the Indian Territory not
ready now? She has the people. the
wealth. and intelligence. She has four
times the people three times the
wealth. and ten times the need Of or
ganized government that Oklahoma
had when she was given a territorial
form of government. why then. say
the advocates of double statehood are
we not given some sort of organized
government? The reason is that single
statehood or single territoryhood. is
"ineyitable." know the wod newt
able falls heavily upon the ears oi
some. but the fate has decreed it, and
every bill but one introduced in con.
gross on the subject admits IT,
The Indian government exercises no
control or jurisdiction over the United
States citizens The four hundred
thousand United States citizens now
in the Territory have no gov
Iernment except the courts.
Their children, scyenty-Gye thousand
of them, are forbidden the privilege Of
the Indian schools. the only schools
that are assisted by any form of law.
They are growing up in ignorance and
vice. The insane have no benefits OF
the asylums. SurGenig humanity has
no place to go for relief and life and
property are unsafe for want of gov
ernment. All this is known TO the In-
dian governments, and has been for
years.
The Dawes commission cannot make
laws or rules for the government OF
the United States citizen.
, 1t has ~ jurisdiction over the prop
orty or person of the United States
citizens It was sent here to settle up
the vast estates of the indian govern
monts How can there be a conflict Of
government? The Indian legislature
makes the laws for it's own people The
state or territorial government can not
, make the laws for the Indian. or dis.
turb his property rights under the
treaties. There are Indian governments
, in almost every state in the northwest
and west and not complaint of con.
;iict is heard
The talk of conflict is n myth inten
ded to bolster up that sentimentality
that has done more to retard the set.
tloment of affairs in this country than
anything else II Is akin TO that other
, myth that has SO completely begulled
the National W. c. r. T., until they
, have raised their voice in favor of
double statehood, a theory that if put
into practice will keep in ignorance
, seyontyHye thousand school children
, an our iails and penitontiaros and
, thousands OF premature graves.
We have the most stringent anti
liquor law known 20 any portion of the
, government, More money is expended
, annually 10 enforce it than any other
, one law on the books and yet it is
! violated.
r The National W. c. T. L., therefore
is in the attitude of advocating a syo-
{ TEN that will keep sev6nty-hve thou.
sand children ont of school and at last
r fail to accomplish the desired end for
should double statehood come the
+. people would make their own organic
laws the same as in single statehood.
= The legislature of Oklahoma at it's
?. last session adopted a ringing mem
orial to congress for single statehood