The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1905-09-13
THE MILK in A coooANUT.

Those who have charged the Globe Democrat with in
justice for asserting that the movement for separate
statehood represented in the Muskogee convention not
sincere have not waited for the action of congress
either vindicate u.s. After the drafting of
constitution for the proposed separate of Sequoyah
was practically completed the anmus the entire move
men was disclosed in the adoption of memorial to be
presented to congress at the time the draft of the
Sequoyah constitution is forwarded In this memorial
as matter of and necessity, the argument for
the separate state set out at considerable length
which, because it rests wholly upon sentiment and not
present or prospective condition. multiplies words in
expressing itself But less than half hundred words in
the document tell why it has been written why the Mus
kogee convention has been session. and why the small
force which inspired organized and controlled that body
and is made up OF men who know a hawk from a hand
saw have worked to lay the foundation Of state they
know they never build These words appear in the
plea that even if congress fails to single state
in the lands Of the five tribes these lands shall not be
Incorporated in and made part Of the state of Okla
homa.
There have been good politicians behind the
scenes in the Muskogee convention Amusing as the
work OF that body has appeared to the initiated it has
been impossible not to and admire the high skill dis
played in the direction Of the work along lines Of appeal
to sentiments and interests which it is hoped to arouse
to sympathy and effort at Washington.
Inc men who have dominated the "SeQuoyah" con- |
venton only accused the Globe Democrat of injustice
because it had revealed the real source and animus
their work to be in the desire perpetuate territorial
government means of promoting private interests
We have assumed that it would take a longer time to
make this fact plain to everybody because we had not
contemplated such amazing bunder as these shrewd
men have made in supplementng their elaborate and
really able constitution, and their memorial for sepa
rate statehood with the plea that separate statehood
impossible they prefer continuance of the territorial
life to an amagamation with Oklahoma for single state
hood.
Such plea in such document is no less than sur
render OF their entire 1t plea for the indefn
te proongatIon of the territorial government since
these lands will not be annexed by either Of the states
of Kansas, Texas Arkansas, and their partition
among these three states out Of the question When
separate statehood is denied "Sequoyah the natural
course of events will sweep into combination with Okla
homa, sooner later The little group Of able men be-
hind all the work which has been done at Mukogee
this clearly and their memorial for apostponement of
the inevitable and few years Of territorial govern
ment and special privileges and opportunities They are
playing desperate game, and they have allowed their
fears and anxieties to lead them into the making of
what would be a fatal bunder in a stronger case.
Globe Democrat