The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-01

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disposed Of the preliminary work in
many Of these cases, am sure Is
true. but If that is calculated 70
raise a presumption against the hon
esty Of these judgments, that same
presumption would be raised against
the judgments OF almost every state
in this Union. and especially among
the older states. | undertake TO say
that today In the great state Of New
York more of the work OF every
court there is done by referees than
Is the case in the Indian Territory
Even If It happens that referee in
this case should hereafter become in
terested In a similar case, / would
hesitate a long time before | would
say that he decided the case referred
to him In expectation of a benefit in
the decision of the case where he was
this argument that this cloud Of
doubt and suspicion shall be made
TO involve the lawyers in that Ter
ritory. The senator from Wisconsin
exhibits a list of two hundred and
some odd names which he says were
improperly interpolated in one of
these judgments, and afiirms that
this fraud would have become fixed
If the Dawes commission had not
found and exposed the wrong If
the Dawes commission served that
useful purpose, I am glad 20 know
that Il has made at least some effort
to earn the salaries which the mem
bers have been drawing for almost
ten years for work that ought to have
been done in five. But, as a matter
of fact, the Dawes commission did
not discover that mistake, unless my
Information is widely at fault, be-
cause before the senator from Wis
cOnsin ever exhibited that paper
had heard Of a particular case. AS
| recall II, It did not include any 2G7
names. but It included a large mum
ber that had been fraudulently in
serted in the judgment and the Judge
Of the court himself and of his own
motion, struck them out IL IS, sir q
strange conclusion to draw, that be
cause a fraudulent attempt was de-
tected and prevented, therefore ev-
cry judgment of the court shall be
tainted with suspicion. II, as a mat
ter Of fact fraud of that kind should
be attempted in court and should
be defeated. | would consider that
circumstance strongly tending to es-
tabllsh the diligence and attention
OF that court. rather than to cast sus-
picion upon it's proceedings
The second provision which provoll-
ed much discussion related to the
disposition and sale Of town site prop
erty in the new towns in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations. Senator
Jones, at an opportune moment, when
practically all of the senators were
at lunch, moved an amendment to
section "a. which provided that all
holders Of town lots in the new
towns should pay for their property
at the fun appraised value, instead
/ of 30 per cent, as now provided by
law, and as the agreement provides.
Without any discussion, the amend
ment was agreed to. Senator Bailey
4 hot
had been adopted, when he returned
TO the senate chamber. and immedi-
ateiy moved 20 reconsider the vote
whereby the amendment was agreed
to. Senator Bailey discussed the
question at length. pointing out the
injustice II would be to the settlers
of the new towns, and finally com
PEELED Senator Jones to consent to
modification, whereby people owning
property in the new towns at the
time OF the ratification of this agree
ment are to pay for their improved
property at 80 per cent. of the ap-
praised value, but all persons acquir-
ing property subsequent to the rati-
fcation of this agreement in any new
towns are to pay the full appraised
value. With the understanding that
this provision was to be accordingly
modified in conference Senator Bal
ley did not press his motion to recon.
slider the vote whereby the amend
ment was adopted.