The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-29
X AMPANT FOR TWO
STATES IN THE
SOUTHWEST
SINGLE STATE IS BAD
According TO Pipe Story
Reeled Off in ST. Louis.

] 'N WV 'NiA -'-A nc NepNhir
says: Indian Territory TO have con
stituuonal convention on August 2i. at
Muskosee l. r..
Robert l.. owen. who was United
/ states Indian ugc from 1885 e. tSSY.
win Jurisdiction ofe, Indian Tcrritor, Is
stopping az Hotel Jefferson. Mr. owen
SAYS that this convention w,n ie 90 tar-
reaching Importance. that IL viii have
back OF Il almost every man In Indian
/ Ifrritory that even those that have
heretofore attended meetings in favor
OF single stote with Oklahoma viii
abandon this course and support ,heir
home people
Yesterday MI owen sai, ut has
been perfectly natural that come OF our
active and impatient citizens SHOULD at
tend the single statehood meetings. for
the mere reason or their anxiety 20 get
something done la the way Of lndepcnd-
ent government and 20 get cid OF IA bur
eau government which has bceoric ink
some and oppressive These vcrv men
viii almost unanimously give their sup
port to the movement for a constitution
for Indian Territory The, do not feel
that there Is amy Inconsistency in ,his
because. while they have preferred sup
agate statehood for Indian Territory
there was no organized movement vlsi-
bic to obtain H. while the single state
hood movement did at least have a ylsi-
BILE existence and held out promise for
better things
Population is 100000
Indian Territory has population OF
not less than one million people aud the
coming vote on the constitution win de-
velop This fact These people are edu
Gated people. They represent cdu,sted
families OF every state Ga the Union
There are no, less than 80 900 in Indian
Territory who were born n Missouri.
probably 80 600 from Illinois rhe -crv
fact that they went 10 Indian 'rcrri ary
is rroof OF their enterprise ana vlgor. !
Indian Territory has every rirht To ex-
pect tho congress of the Cni ed states |
10 accept her constitution
When II Is presented Il viii be the
best constitution the els Iizcd world has
ever seem
This constitution VIII carry out In /
good faith The pledges Of the national |
government TO maintain prohibition tn /
This country The Indians were domi- /
ciled there with this perpetual etmran- |
tee
This constitution viii be acceptable |
To the Indian reopie and viii involve no |
breach Of the national faith. which g ipr-
anteed 10 the Indian people that the .ov-
ernmcnt of no state or territory should
De eXtonded over the country without
their consent
"lhc prohibition people throughout tho
United states viii support this cousti- ,
d I.rft ]
Mohonk conference viii favor the con-
sttution the board Of Indian comris-
sIoners will favor f. There is good
ground TO believe that the secretary Of
the interior VIII favor Co.
There is good ground 60 bclicve hat
the representatives, " every ftate west
Of The Mississippi river win favor hls
movement otclusc g. adds TO the powerl
and dignity OF the West and Will assist
in bringing about moro nearly Just ap-
poruonment of power in the federal
senate where all important Legislation
Is determined
Moral Aspect OF Question
THE moral aspect of this question VIII
be the force that VIII secure tor Indian
Territory admission as separate state
~ has every qualification necessary n
iii" "N hAftA hH htNaf Ah llhN OF the fM /
England states combined; "a population ~
great as amy state in New England. ex-
ccpt MassochuHetts II g. capable of
supportlrg r. population far more d,pso
than that OF New Englnnd Ts na url
resources ln timber coal. mineral oil
ana gas and agriculture arc probably
greater than amy area OF given size in
The United smtes. IT. climate ls de-
lighuul lts poprlatou ls growing by
leaps ana bounls poiui1ti'n ~ rs high
intcllisence and Of us yood character as
The world contains.
ln demanding prohibition statehood o.
has che national good fiith behud b. as
"a powerful .evor
'"rhe interest of fhc Western country
demands fout states of tho fuur West. rn
territories AS ar as separate snte-
hood Tor ludnu Territory De- concerned
there is tho further rcuson that ia no
other way can the honor OF the United
states be preserved aud is ricleos fm.
iiled
10 ls ,he general belief put tho Mus
koseo constitutional convention VIII m-
yor the name of Jefferson for me rro-
Dosed state
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