The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-09-07

TO I HE SENA T. A4Nb llOb'b VI
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE
CHICKASAW NATION IN LEG
IsLAg URE ASSEMBLED:
Fully realizing the responsibilities
that rest upon me as the Chiei Exec
utiye of the Chickasaw Nation, upon
ihis solemn occasion (the assembling
of our National Legislative body N
regular session. communicate to YOU
my annual message, for the purpose
of giving you definite Information Oh
what has tranapired, of most import
ance to our nation and people,
| throughout the past year; and OF SUD
hitting my recommendations as 10
what legislative action should be ta-
| ken in connection with the problems
| that now exist or may arise, before
the adjournment of your session.
This Is the sixth occasion upon
which | have so addressed you since
my first elevation TO the high Office OF
Governor of the Chickasaw Nation IN
! the year 1898.
Whether II shall be the last message
/ of a Chickasaw governor to Chicka-
| saw legislature, no man can say, nor
would IL be profitable to speculate. we
are now charged with the duty of ar
riving at a correct understanding OF
the status of our matters at this time
and i'm bring ng about just settle
ment of all problems affecting the wei.
fare of our people before final tribal
| dissolution.
Before proceeding to discuss. in
their proper order, the various mat
tcrs proper 10 be considered In this
communication, | cannot resist the
impulsc TO express my gratitude To the
Chickasaw people for having Deeu
called to thnir highest Office and
charged with tine duty of administer
ing their important public affairs, lol
a period of six years. ! hope that
NAV be able tu prove myself worthy
of this trust and deserving of these
/ conhd noes. which my children an'
the future generations may LOOK i'
with pride. II later years, when oui
Nation will exist only as a memory
and when uu~ people will owe allegl
ance to none except the great govern
ment Of the united States.
have had the active and patriotl'
support of our people at the polls anl
b in the legislature, and 10 this condition
r is largely due the credit of what has
: been accomplished; and | have every
confidence that the patriotic devotion
To the interes,s of our nation and peo
! ple which hts characterized tormel
legislatures will be brought to beal
upon the problems that now demand
solution at your hands.
Citizenship.
In every M ssage heretofore com
municated by me, the subject of cit
iZenship has been of more importance
than all others. Now | am happy t'
say that with the final defeat of The
fraudulent claims Of those persons
known ns "Court Claimants 10
which / and an who have been con
nected with my administrations have
laborod i'm season and out of seasoI
b and the consequent restoration TO th'
ii Chickasaw and Choctaw people of trl
bal property Of the approximate value
of twenty millions of dollars, the pre-
eminent importance of this subject M
LONGER exists Since my last message
the laburs of the Choctaw and Chick
asaw CitizGnship Court have beer
concluded, its final decrees have beer
recorded and carried into execution
and on Docembe' 81, 1904, the c>m
passed out of existence, by ,im,tnrlo'
of law
The history of the creation Of thi
= court and wh2t has been accomplished
I'm righting tac terrible wrongs tha
- threatened the ChiCllasawS and Choc
Jaws. rs too we'll known to require eN
tended reference here. The struggle
TO bring about the creation of M
! court stands tor the history ~ my ad
) miniStratiou of ChiCkasaw affair
since 1898. and the work of the cour
, stands and WI ever stand throughou
the ages as q monument ia the coul
age and fidelity To duty of its mem
4 hcrs and the uprighness Of our guard
T. ian government
The dangers from fraudulent an,
unworthy citizenship claimants haN
by no means passed. There ar
s yet standing before the Com
e.. missioner TO the Five Civilize,
Tribes and the Secretary Of th
Interior the applications OF many pei
i sons who demand citizenship, but VIII
+ are not entitled. Our attorneys are giN
$ ing these cases the same vigorous an
, conscientious attention that has a
ways characterized their efforts here
tofore: and everything necessary 4
I dflllA llhlttA Allf lhN'l'0'o VI '''N 80
9 ton viii be done until all such app
: cations are finally disposed Of
o Patents,
, Much has transpired within the pas
" year in regard to the execution an
l. delivery of patents in the ChickasaN
D. and Choctaw Nations. Some have u
d ken il upon themselves Ia misrepr'
sent my position, AT the present tim'
on the subject and in order that a
may understand the facts, as they 81
4, ist, | shall give brief history of IN
Is controversy, up 10 the present time.
y When the matter of the eXccuuo
7 ami delivery of patents first arose, III
Secretary of the Interior took ihe p'