The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-09-24
is ALWAYS
GREAT DANGER
Whiskey Element Con-
stantIy on the
Alert.

ln tule tottNoIy nhu a. sHN '0f
tors who come out from Washing
ton would apply an X.ray machine
TO Philip Kohn and some OF his
kind Of people there is no telling
what discoveries would result.
The correspondent says the ooun-
try bootleggers are cloaely pursued
and punished but 10 many OF the
larger towns whisky may be OBJ
tanned without great difficulty aud
an Influential dealer who 10 rea'
sonabIy discreet escapes AZ 9 rule
with only iine, his Jail sentences
heing remitted. Different pol
cies are followed In different
judicial districts, A certain malt
beverage, supposed to contain
more than 2 per cent Of alcohol, is
not permitted TO be sold IN the
central district, while in others II
is dispensed daily over the bars OF
the reireshmant Joints"
There II an element among the
whites tnal would make merohan
dlse Of their nelghbors' weakness,
tina, are not Ia sympathy with the
prchibiloy laws, OF with their
application TO the whites.
This sentiment, when the op.
portuni,y arrives, will not be
overlooked by the brewers and
disliilers who nave m enormous
slush iuud Ia readiness for lobby.
ing Indian territory prohibition
from the statute books. They
have camped in Washington year
after year watching for a chance
TO break down the bars. In 1905,
when many OF the barriers erect.
ed by the government are TO go
down the fght will begin In ear
nest in legislative halls.
"The certainty Of single state
hood" says the correspondent.
"becomes mpre apparent every
day. This is admitted In both In.
dian Territory and Oklahoma
even by persons who prefer sepa
rate statehood. Single statehood
will have direct bearing on the
liquor question. The brewers and
distillers are strongly inlrsnched
In Oklahoma, aud could operate
, from there as advantage ground 10
Indian Territory. Leaders in the
tribal governments are aware 0I
this, and the resolution adopted
: here last May at a convention o.
tribal governors clearly expressed
, their fear. One section OF the res
D olulions recommended that "ths
general council Of each nation ad
/, dress memorial TO the various
: religious and temperance osgani
{ cations Of the United States re-
guessing them TO assist the In
dians al the five civilized tribes ID
their Effort 10 prevent The annex
alton Of Indian Territory TO Okla
, homa ami stcurs and indspend
! int state government Tor Indiaf
,, Territory under constitution
} which will protect the Indian IRON
4 the baleiul influences Of intoxicas.
log liquors There was some slrAt
egy in this resolution, 40 the tri'
. bal citizens are hostile 10 single
5 statehood, hoping to Hsssrvs
s their racial identity by erecting q
4 separate state out OF laaCk which
) they own, and believing ihst they
: cpuld array temperance brganlIa.
& ton against single slat5hUod by
8 makiug the liquor qusaspn an h.
z sue
Z No psrsOn familiar wI1 Indian
Z Territory would deny, powsveF
Z that tribal rulers are not iuIly jus.
I tilted In employing elnoss any
: means in protecting T.. Indian
from the temptations the So
loon. II given unrsstrilsed access
to intoxicants ihe indian popula-
tion OF Indian Tertiary would die
appear 81 before psstilsnoe."
n Big School lttspdauce.
The eurolfmantI II the uhlte nuh