The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-03-15

N"b'l ulHdN'o III ll' once OF me DdW
os Commission and the Indian inspcc
tor. Almost without exception thes,
are men with high character and the}
are doing their duty. II is no rone.
ton on them that they had Ilinoi.
strength enough to secure for them.
selves these positions of trust and
profit. ! enumerate them simply By
way Of concrete illustration of the
proposition that our claims for relief
must be great to Outweigh selfish con.
s%iderations on The part of senators
and representatives. ON this account
II would be dangerous to advocate
any sort of delay.
The amount of ignorance i'm Wash.
ington concerning territory affairs is
isheartening. There are too
old 10 change their opinion that this
Is an Indian reservation, inhabited by
blanket Indians who are preyed npon
by a gang Of Indian traders and
scoundrels. The house has a better
conception Of affairs. Such enato
as Long, Bailey and Stone have done
much to enlighten the less numerous
but exceedingly powerful branch OF
congress. but our people may despair
Of any relief until We have our own
s. majors. The rules of The senate pre-
riudo the passage of any law when
% rcsuurcclul and determined man
sets his head against it.That explains
failure to get restrictions removed. on
the ether hand a senator is almost all.
powerful in matters affecting his own
state.
The suggestion that 4. p. Murphy.
a new republican congressman o
Missouri, who stampeIed congress by
introducing four bills for the admission
Of each Of the territories as a separate
state is worthy the late Bill Nye. Pat
Murphy Is an energetic and likabla
young fellow and he may cut a little
more ice than the usual new con
gresham, who is in luck il he gets
past the do%orkeeper toward the end
his term without having TO OK.
plain that he is entitled To tn priv
ileee OF the floor, but it is certain
Murphy's services after the I'm.
reduction of the bill will be con
fined to abolt a five minutes speech
roasting the speaker.
Many of us believe that Indian Ter
ltory has the resources and w.. have
he population to make a splendid
state by itself. We would like to see
I, though there are many compansa !
ions for our union. But ! believe the
Oldest advocates of joint statehood
viii admit that The chief one is that
[ is our only chance to get into the
'nion in twenty years. / seriously
uestion whether it would ever /.
one without a political revolution.
is certain that there would be no
nance for many years. Unless the clio
are is adopted in the senate, il
never happen.
The morning after the passage OF I
,c late hin Inv Tho s.nat. ,ho nrobo
of a .sp.r,t. .-,o,,bna1 ,,a,.~
.rpt from olI,bon,, b,.au. ~,
and in mony orar,.r. ,.,r, +;
..tast,ruI amendment to tho hons.
m WAS suggested IN r,.. sanato. /
sycridre chairman or IN. rommi,. I
20 ON Territories for IN. r,yt a., \
.ars. To- use every effort TO get a con 3
renee agr. omeut before a~diourumcp, +
e. replied that he would resist such \
narato statehood movement ro the Y
most of his now as long AS ne re. <
aimed I'm the scnat, Two week. la <
p senator Bcyerider made m. fol (
wing statmeut to mo. 3
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,,r.,. hot. n.u n,t,, ,,a ma Z
,d lrl .,rIr a., ,hn Iona 10
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n fails. You will get statehood prac K