The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-30
PROTECTION OF NATIVE RACES.
Article Read at the w. c. 7. w. Meet
ina by Miss Daisy Nichols.
Madame chairman. Ladies:

In the assignment Of subjects foI
discussion this afternoon, unfortunate
ly the one just named has fallen vic
tim to the credulity, sentimentality,
and not 10 be overlooked, small In
telligence OF the assignee. There are
often times and experience in our dull
monotonous lives that call forth the
greatest longing and bespeak the most
strenuous endeavor OF the soul Upon
such occasions we feel the pressure
OF responsibility, and in our weak
ness, are wont to merge the power OF
fnity into that of the infinite. The
present hour is representative OF that
class
To me Indian Territory Is the fair
est land that nestles meath the pro
lection Of a flag whose emblem rings
out to all the wrold the message Of
the peerless Christ: Peace on earth
10 men" " is the fairest, because II
is the land OF my birth, the home Of
my nationality, the place about which
cluster the sweetest the tenderest
and the most significant joys Of my
life. have thought that to forget It
would be treachery, TO dishonor It.
crime. In reviewing its history, we
are made to think Of that splendid
lesson the import Of which needs
TO be written deeply upon our hearts,
Never until Time with his reckless
hand has torn from the book OF hui
man life half the leaves with which
to ldndle the fires of ambition from
day TO day. does man begin to see
that the leaves that remain are few
in number and to remember, family
mt first and then more distinctly, that
upon the early pages was written the
story Of career, the record OF whose
growth. possibility, and pristine hap
piness. we may not read again n
one may impartlally judge from the
prevalence of good and evil existing
in Indian Territory today, we may
rightly assert that In some respects
at least. the record of former years
casts a brighter halo about the ex-
istence Of its people, than does even
that which has just passed into his
tory Indeed in analyzing the condi-
tions. we are confronted by a situa-
tion terse In its complications. and
are reminded of the sentiment finely
expressed by a noted journalist: The
dissolution of the tribal government is
at hand; shortly congress proposes 20
take up and. we trust. amlcably set.
tie the question of statehood. There
is a pathos in the passing away OF
these tribes once as powerful as Eng
land is today but civilization knows
no boundaries, II stops at nothing, and
as the red man stood in its way, Il
has crushed him, When we will have
grown older, and children sit at our
knees and ask MS for stories of the
long ago we shall tell them Of peo-
pie who lived when we were young.
but Nhp hage ultimately passed
away / would not convey the idea OF
"Nonprogression." | love the bury
the hustle and din Of the city; lova
the pride, the thrift and energy that
makes and marks its populace. Bu7
II civilization here, always like the
Goddess OF Liberty points out hand
of freedom, honor and cuteire, than
in the quaint, (?) candid language It
the American humorist, we would 81
.o, t,,,..t , ,,up -
no.,.,,. .lZation, what
- Is oft perpetrated in thy
name" To speak of the sale of into@'
icating liquors in Indian Territory
would be rehearsing a happening ia
is commonplace to any pure, serene
soul that has contemplated 1t; that
drinks which are the source Of fruit
full crime, misery, insanity and pal-
perism are sold; that the liquor and
opium traffic Is detrimental to every
legitimate and honest business, that
II Is the greatest hindrance to the
progress OF the Kingdom of God, are
problems that demand no solution TO-
the well informed, but rather th'
startling query, why should We pro
tect the Indians from its sale?'
In the topics given to members OF
the Home Mission Society Of III
Broadway Methodist church for lis
cussion last week, there was on
which arrested my attention 1t re
ferred to the labors of the society
and came under the heading of WHY
should we work among the Indians?
The very theme suggests the sweeI
of the mission surrent Cardinal Rich
lieu. that mighty statesman of Franco
once said. MY heart travels not he
vond the man of France" We think o