Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-08
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
President for Union Of Okla
homa and Indian Territories.
WILL RECOMMEND IT
INFORMS A NUMBER OF CALLERS
OF HIS ATTITUDE.
Royal Commission Presented by the
British Ambassador-Good Places
for Former Rough Riders.


statehood for Oklahoma and the Indian Ter
ritory in his Forthcoming message to Con-
gress. He has informed number Of his
callers of his attitude, and when a delega-
ton of prominent Oklahoma men saw him
today they were pleased to know that he
had not changed his opinion.
The delegation consisted of Delegate Nc
CURE Chairman Charles H. Filsen Of the
republican territorial committee, c. NJ.
Cade. republican national committeeman,
and Vernon w. Whiting.
we hope Congress will give US single
statehood" said Mr.. Filsen, one of the best
known republican leaders of the state but
we hope that 1t will be done without i'm
posing prohibition a part of the condi-
lions of admission. l do not undertake to
say what the sentiment of the people of
the territory is on the subject of prohibi
ton, but l can say beyond doubt that the
sentiment Is unmis takaby in favor of per-
hitting the people of the new state to settle
that question for themselves. No state has
ever before been admitted to statehood with
conditions OF that kind
The talk in favor Of prohibition IS that
l. is needed for the moral protection of the
Indians of the territory. That Is all stuff
oklahoma contains more Indians that need
looking after than the Indian Territory.
There are few full breeds in the Indian
Territory. and the people know what they
want and do not want. 1t looks too much
like coercion to force the people of state
to accept conditions. Even If they should
favor those conditions they would much
prefer to adopt them by a vote of their
own. If the new state is created there is
little doubt that this question will be sub
mitted to the people for their vote. They
ought to be allowed to vote without coer-
cion of any kind. They are familiar with
what the Indians need, and the principle
of self-government ought not to be rele-
ted to the in this T hay
no doubt that the people, If left untram-
meled, would settle this question properly"
Delegate Mcclure and the other members
of the party agreed with Mr.. Filsen that
the new state of Oklahoma ought to be
left free to dispose of the prohibition ques-
ton the same as any other question to
come before the people. They regarded
the attempt of Congress to impose prohibit
ton in the new constitution as meaning q
purpose to compel the people to accept that
view when they submitted their constitution
TO q vote
The Oklahoma people were greatly
pleased that the vote In the Indian Terri
tory yesterday defeated the proposition of
separate statehood.
For Separate Statehood.
The election In the Indian Territory yes
terday resulted In the defeat of the pro-
posed constitution for the new state OF Sc
quoyah, and the sending to the House of
Representatives of four men to look after
the interests of that proposed state.
The constitution for the proposed new
state was adopted in August at a conven-
ton representing every part of the terri
tory. Four representatives in Congress
were also nominated. Two of them were
white men and two Indians, divided equal
ly between the two principal political par
ties of the country.
EX-Judge John r. Thomas. one OF the
nominees for Congress, called on President
Roosevelt today and left with him a copy
~%;+ i +111 +I,a
dent that the Indian Territory has so 600
more people than Oklahoma. having a to-
tai population of 10000, and that in every
respect she is fitted for a position in the
sisterhood of states.
Rough Riders Get Good Places.
Two men who were captains IN the Rough
Riders during the Spanish war have landed
good places, according to official announce
ment at the White House. One of these
men is Capt. Frank Frantz, at present agent
of the Usage Indians. He is to be appointed
governor of Oklahoma at the expiration of
the term of Gov. Ferguson. Delegate Nc
CURE, Territorial Chairman Filsen and Ma
tional Committeeman Cade today recon-
mended the appointment OF Capt. Frantz,
which is likely to create stir in Oklahoma.
1t has all along been supposed that Gov.
Ferguson would be given another term. The
fact that the political leaders of the state
recommended Capt. Frantz puts the respon-
sibilfty entirely upon them.
Another Rough Rider captain who gets a
good place is Capt Joseph L. D. Alexander
OF Phoenix, Ariz. He has been made United
States attorney of Arizona to succeed Fred
erick S. Nave. the present United States
attorney Mr. Nave has been appointed
as associate justice of the supreme court of
the territory of Arizona in place of Judge
Tucker, who recently resigned under press
ure. In the case of Mr.. Nave and Capt.
Alexander their appointments were recon-
mcnded by the Judges and bar of Arizona.
English Royal Commission.
Sir Mortimer Durand, the British
bassador. presented to the President today
five members of the British royal commits
sion for inquiry into the care and control
of the feeble minded. They were w. p.
Byrne, Dr. Donklin, DR.. Dunlop, W. H.
Dickson and Mrs. Hume Pinsent The
members of the commission came to the
United States about month ago and have
been devoting their time to the study of
institutions for the mentally afflicted in
sthlS country. The President took a deep
interest in the visit and talked to his visi-
tors about various institutions of that kind
that are doing good work in this country.
Conditions on the Isthmus
Representative Wanger of Pennsylvania,
who has been to Panama on a visit. talked
to the President about what he saw there.
Conditions on the isthmus are much bet
ter than they were some months ago." de-
clared Mr.. Wanger.
The Americans who are there are
much better satisfied with things. They
want some further Improvement in the
matter or their food, but they will get that.
l am unaterably in favor of constructing
the canal along the lines already begun"
Bat" Masterson, formerly a western
sheriff OF renown, now a deputy marshal
and newspaper writer in New York. called
on the President and talked with him soma