The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-19
COURTS coULo INTERVENE.

Judge Louis sliz5ac1er vss plAeel
q ne supreme bench % Porto Rico
shortly after the UBlt-I state as
sune1 s.y-reiE1ty over Ast ISLAND.
The .gess sa~ al The ezects % tyr.
AMY su1 Injustice d; Spanish az
there ard ~as l1s,---ertal 10 re.
f.ruing .' Af.er he oJzp,e..g1 .
Do .aDgrs 10 Porto Rico be ~ss a.
.aEuet ~ -Ae Dreslceli 20 Indian Ter.
riDry. where be ls nJS a Judge oi
tie United states eyur- - Judge sal.
zsa1bsf has had excellent Jypor.ua
ity - compare government under mil
.tary -espslsn lE Porto RICO aud
s9vernu ant under q republic an1 g.yl.
sHeers 10 lutian Territory. It be has
made t.l- -Jmpar.son be u1st hay.
reached he conclusion that life vas
more ty.era5.s ln Spanish P0-.o RICO
than .- American Indian Territory
Judge sl.zbaraer o. man u posi-.
i've cylFI.flor- and .s inclined %
talk o.. loud against g.aung ~rouzs
h- thinks have been perye.ratei The
Judge has been quiet 20 far since his
arrival 10 'te territory He perhaps
las been Oyers he.met By The yOlumin-
ra detail -yrE incident 20 his ne~
.YJ b-t those ~hy Know him are
wondering aha, might happen u some
ra-e should bring lp fJr his rs,le u
and decision the entire system and
--l.ul'ra-lou u government ln In
dan Territory We viii state a hypg-
geI.a. case Mr. A buy az yi. lease
~ eighty acres u land allotted 10 In
dian p Hr a is a poor man and sita
-iMcll'y compiled with all The regIla.
tons ~ the interior department,
Thereafter this department promul-
gates new regulations and attempts TO
subject a. 10 them. then A seeks
relief in the court He pleads the sta
tute hat MAKES every Indian In In.
'ian Territory an American citizen
ana a.Bo the statute that declares
every Indian i5 such citizen who
has received an allotment under any
Treaty. 'See section .. page 3J. vol.
Ime : Kapplers compilatonJ lie
th"n contends. a. B. is a territorial
lIdian, and has received land IN ques.
+ ton by allOtmen, under a treaty. that
neither the secretary Of the Interior.
tie Indian agent nor the Dawes com
mission has any right Of control over
he lease In dispute. and hence he
asks a re4raining order against these
officials
These officials, On their side. nrst
deprecatiug the brazen impudence OF
A in dragging them into court. and
then making a general allegation that
no Indian nor white man has any
rights hat they are bound TO respect.
set forth as the specific grounds of
their defense, thousand and one
statutes which they admit they never
read but earnestly believe are good
and applicable. and also the abJect
submission Of the people OF the terri
tory ty their arbitrary rule for q suiii.
n.aur length Of time To- establish au-
thority by prescription Thereupon they
ash as a counter judgment that the oil
l"as" of A. be burned by the public
'yoculoucr and that he be- hanged.
drawn and quartered for lose majesty
Such case as this would present
for consideration by Judge Sulzbacher
the entire state Of affairs in Indian
Territory lie would find that not one
American farmer has been allowed ru
yet claim In the territory, while hun.
urods upon hundreds of acres have
fallen under the control OF Cobb, Ow-
ems, Adams, McAlester and others. He
would find that Mansfield, McMurray.
. Cornish, Murphy and other lawyers
had made in the aggregate millions OF
dollars In fees of Of Indians for whom
congress had 10 appropriate moncy
In several Instances 10 keep them
from starvation He would ind mat
the influential Caduhys an dthc Cher
ohce company each got section ar,
section ~ oil lands without cost or
trouble. while the prior prospento-
must put up fees bonds and $4,000 n
bank. aud wait years before he can
eo. an oil lease approved. even ON a
.fpaIo tract The judge would furtn-
ur ruI that tho territory was being
D,p'oi,oi by eraftors instead Of being
developed by the old style boomers
and pioneers; and as a result the In
Hians are being reduced to boggary
and the negroes TO crime, while no
mall number Of white children are
sinking into ignorance and illitcracy
because OF the want Of schools and
equitable laws.
And what would Judge SulZbaCher