The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-09-06

MAM quite Well dAtel1A1h FeHAetA@ft /
Good order prevailed, and al present
seemed 60 be enjoying the occasion.
Il had been arranged TO have polit-
zeal speaking IN the afternoon b. both /
Democrats and Republicans, but as
tbs Democrats failed 90 make eonnec-
ton the Republicans had things their
own way. with Wade 5. Stanaald as
the principal speaker W. Il Davis a
close second and }. l. Murphy as
flffeen.mlnute time killer
T. wyInan Thompson actedas mas
ter Of ceremonies aud introduced the
speakers.
Dir. Stanield started out by feferr'
ing 10 the action Of the Democracy in|
is effort to prejudice tie Cherokee
Indian against the Republican party
and the officials who ara holding oiiice
under a Republican administration,
and proved the falslty Of such Demo
cratic argument by reading extracts
from the 10th annual report ~ the
Bureau 0f American EthnOlogy BY
). ". Powell, lsa7-as, some Of which
ara as follows:
I'm November, lssS, Andrew Jack.
son, frontlefsman and an Indian hat.
ef, was elected president
con December 20 enc month after
his election. Georgia passed al aet an-
nexing that part af the Cherokee
country within her chartered limits
and extending over L her jurisdiction,
all laws and customs established
among ths Cherokees we're declared
mall and void, and no person ol Indian
blood On descendant residing within
tie Indian country vas henceforth 10
be allowed as a witness OF partY in
any suit where a white man should be
defendant. This action having been
taken after Cherokse boy found .
piece OF gold In the country occupied
bg the Indians Tie whole territory
Us soon afFTT niaISsvi out into rSurfi-
ties and surveyed By state supervision
into land lots Of 100 acres each
nd gold lots Of 40 acres, which we're
put up and distributed among the
uhite citizens Of Georgia b public
lottery. each white eitlzen receiving a
ticket. Provision vas made for The
settlement of contested lottery claims
among tic shite citizens, but by the
most stringent enactment, Ia addition
q the sweeping law which forbade
anyone Of Indian blood 20 bring suit
or testify against white man, lt sas
made impossible Tor the Indian owner
to.detend his right Ii any couFt or 70
resist the seizure Of hlshomes-tead, o.
even his own dwelling house, and any-
one 80 resisting vas made subject 70
Imprisonment AZ direction q 3 0eof.
GA court.
Other Laws directed 20 tie same
end quickly followed. one of which
made invalid any contract between
white man and an Indian unless 81
tablished b the testimony IF two
white witnesses thus practically cam
ceiling eli debts due from white men
to Indians while another obliged al
white men resld'lg In the Cherokee
country to take special oath of allegi.
ance 70 the state Of Georgia. On pen
ats Of four years imprisonment Ia
tie penitentlary. this act being In
tended 10 drive out all the mission
aries, teachers and other sdueaion
who refuse e. countenance the spolla-
ton About the same time the
CherokSw were forbidden to hold
eonnclls, Or 70 assemble for any
public purpose. or o dix forbidden
gold On their own lands
The purpose OF this legislation was
70 render life in their own country
lnlolerahle To the cherokees by de-.
prlylng them Of al legal protection
ard friendly counsel. and the effect
uaa precisely IS Intended In 40 elo-
ausnf address upoa tie subject be-
foTe che Rouse Of representatives the
distinguished Edward Everett clearly
pointed oul the encouragement which
II gave to Iawleas men. They have
hus ID cross the Cherokee line they
hase but la choose the time and the
place where she eye of no white man
azH rest nnon thems aud ties mas
haFn the dwelling, waste tie farm
nIander tie property. assault the per
IN. murder The children Of The Chere
~ subject 81 Georgia, and though
Aandfods q the tribe may ha looking
Is. there IS BOT one of them that caE
= permitted 70 bear witness against
IHz spo|lef;
senafeH snfaoue 6 Maine sald d
IHa INV tHaE # devoted the property
II 8asn chaEokefa a KhA'nurIaltg o|
Eaa|E ne|ehIofs leaving them expvwd