The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-09-06

which emancipatcs the mixed bioode
from the clutches of the gr8fters and
gives them the benefit Of commercial
competition and conditions. is man.
fastIy. unjust 10 ;ha iL.rbloods. 10
not question the motives Of congress
in thus seeking 10 protect the inter.
csts Of the full-b'oods, but the inter.
eat which has been manifest along
this line is misdiroctcd II is TO bc
hoped that the exact facts and condt
tions may be 80 placed before con
gross as to bring about the action by
1t In the matter Of the removal Of re-
strictions such as will relieve our pco
pie and be- beneficial to all classes
without distinction
I therefore have 10 recommend that
you pass a suitable memorial cmdody
iur rh, suggestions herein contained
together with such others ass may %.
appropriate.
"lt has been nearly q year since ]
began the execution Of allotment pat
ruts for Chuctaw and Chickasaw cit
ilcus \ very considerable number OF
the whole number of patents has been
.igucd. and an have been signed which
have been presented to me for that
purpose bv the department Of the in
terror / am continuing TO sign pat
onts as they are furnished and shall
continue to DO so promptly until all
have been executed. have insisted
from time to time upon prompt de
livery of such patents and they are
now being delivered through the Of
fee Of the commission to the five civ
ilizcd tribes
This Is the seventh annual message
which / have transmitted to the leg
islature as governor Of the Chickasaw
nation. and | deem it not imprOHp
io call attention tC the fact that .
period of time covered by my several
administrations as regards its boarina
upon the welfare Of our Nation and
people have never been ana will uoyoi
bc cUualcd by another like period OF
time in their history \ brief retro
spcct from the beginning of my first
administration in 1898 to the prcscn
| time is of continuous and absorbin.
! interest. Notwithstanding the conflict
| ing sentiment of regret for the past
felt by some. and Of hope and conf
| lcucc for the future. fclt by others
| Whatever may be our regrets for tn,
past and hopeful auuoipations for IN
! future. the Chickasaws are in tn,
midst of condition which is real
! ty and that condition Is that the Gus
| toms and traditions of our father
are no longer our rule and guide Il
so far as the protection of our right
md property is concerned, but "
must now contend, side by side, a
citizens of the United States and q
he new state of Oklahoma with NOR
han million other like citizens. Th
policy Of the government of the Cni
"a States, inauguratcd in 1898 by In
raUncation of the Atoka agrocmer
by congress, some three months befor
my Inauguration as governor, mark
The beginning, and this policy ha
been pursued step Ivy step and yea
by year to it's practical consumatio
it this time.
fortunately our people have full
realized for the past eight years III
gradual changing of conditions and I'll
inevitable tendency toward those
he present and ! am happy to 81
hat the result of a close Observable
If their course and conduct throug
put the past years that they are ;
Ncll prepared for the change and 10,
O the future with as much hope, co
idence and cQuanimity as could
Npcctcd under the circumstance
While the radical changes which Il
government Of the United States HI
'orccd upon our people with more
'oss hostility ut first, they have !
llizcd the tuility of opposition al
layo accepted the inevitable, and NC
hat the change is practically compile
heir original hostility has in a lar
measure suhsidcd
- AS citizens of the new state Of q
, ohoma, being permitted as they q
4 assist in its organization and
, me- construction of the constitution al
, avs, they fully realize the duty {
, 'umhcut upon them to see that su
, constitution ana laws are So draft
D., rs to afford fun protection To IN,
- rights and property, and to this du
. hey are now addressing thcmscly
, with industry and good will, instead
indulging in useless and proftloss s,
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