The National tribune., 1906-05-10

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When they were forcibly moved from
their reservation in North Carolina
Tennessee and other Southern States
the expenses of the removal We're
charged to the Cherokee Treaty funds
and the Indians kicked right then and
there. They did not want to go. saI
they were perfectly satisfied with their
location. but in spite of this the Gov
ernment picked them up and set them
down further west. All these years the
Cherokees have been fighting for their
rights. and the Supreme Court of the
United States has at last given them
what they ask. The original expendf-
ture WAS something over 81, 900, but
has grown now to the enormous sum
of $4,000. 900. There are about 5000
Cherokees left to divide this sum
among.
Mr. Robert owen, himself an Indian.
has been fighting for this decision for
10 years. His argument was said on
the floor of the United States Senate,
by Senator Clapp. of Minnesota, to have
been pronounced by Justice of the
Supreme Court one of the ablest pre-
sentations ever made before that Court.
Mr.. Owen took the degree of Master
of Arts at Washington and Lee Uni
Nersity, Virginia, in 1877; was valedic-
torian. and received the gold medal as
the best debater. He has rendered
many services to Indian Territory. He
caused the extension of the National
Bank act to Indian Territory. He es-
tablished the First National Bank of
Indian Territory, and was President of
it for 10 years. The act making every
Indian in Indian Territory citizen of
the United States was written by him,
and was passed by Congress at his in
stance. and the pen with which Presi-
dent Mckinley signed this important
measure was presented to Mr.. Owen by
Secretary Cortelyou. The first United
States Court in Indian Territory was
due directly to his efforts to establish
order i'll that country at the close of
his service in 1889 as United States In,
dian Agent for the Five Civilized Tribes
of Indian Territory.
May in Washington is a rain-washed
month. The Weather Bureau has rec
ords to show that the average May has
but IL clear days in this city.
Announcement has been made at the
State Department that William Cary
Sanger of New York, formerly Assist
ant Secretary of War; Brighten. Geo.
Il. Davis, Judge-Advocate-Ge General of
the Army: Brighten. Robert NJ O'Reil-
ley. Surgeon-General of the Army, and
Capt. C.. S. Sperry, L. S. N, President
OF the Naval War College, at Newport,
will compose the American delegation
TO the he'd Cross Convention, at Berne,
in June. Gen. Davis and Capt. Sperry
have already been appointed Military
and Naval Attaches, respectively, to the
Second Peace Conference at The Hague.
This conference will convene next Fall.
The present indications are that
President Roosevelt is planning
swing through the country in 1907. He
has announced several times that he
does not propose to indulge in another
tour of the United States during the
remainder o. His term unless great po-
litical and other questions shall make
ii necessary for him to go before the
people 10 push forward his plans He
has turned down hundreds of invita-
tions in the last few months to take
part in various functions during the
present year, explaining that he could
not afford to accept one invitation, as
it would offend too many people.
For 1907. however, the President has
already accepted one invitation, and
indicated that he may accept another.
dents of the Missouri Agricultural Col
lege at Columbia, Mo-. June 5.
At an auction sale of boxes for n
concert to be given for the benefit of
the San Francisco sufferers the Fill
pinos in Manila outbid the Americans,
a prominent native purchasing the Gov
ernor-Generals box for $3.50.
The war is over Oh yes. indeedy,
II was fit out more'n 40 years ago, and
eyerythin' is bloomin' peace now, North
and South. The blue and the gray
lovingly intertwine their arms, and
scatter flowers, and all that sort OF
thing-on paper and when the Presi-
dent of the United States is touring
round down there-but as a matter of
fact the South simply won't stand for
anything that refers to the fact that
the North licked the South. and that's
all there is to ii. Last week great, big
scare headlines began to appear in the
Georgia newspapers. Really. you
would lave thought you We're back in
War-dayS sure enough. Father Sher-
man. son of Gen Sherman, was taking
ride over the Sherman sweep to the
sea along with detail from the 18th
Cav. and Immediately the Georgia peo-
pie had hydrophobia. Just went raw
ing, stark, staring mad. 1T Is an in
suit to the people of Gawja, suh," said
Senator Bacon. who Immediately took
pilgrimage to the White House TO
investigate the why and the wherefore
oi the War Department ordering an
escort of troops for Father Sherman to
go over the march of Sherman 10 the
sea 10 glOat over the sufferings of the
people who lost their all in that march
of wanton cruelty" and then some.
Well. now. as a matter Of fact. the
War Department never ordered an es-
cort OF troops to Father Sherman. New
er thought of doing so. and Father
Sherman had no escort. never thought
of having one. But the President got
busy right away. He was being so be-
ieaguered with letters and telegrams
and with personal calls from these peo-
pie who. living in Georgia. felt their
dignity and honor ingulted. that he had
to do something or take to the woods.
And this is the story that came to him
when he wired for explanation:
1T is a common thing for officers
interested in their studies to visit the
battlcfields of the civil war in order
to get q clearer idea OF what they
learned from maps and histories. 1t is
customary to have detachment of SOL
diers accompany them.
The fields of engagements fought be-
tween the armies of Gen. sherman and
Gen. Johnston along the route pursued
and Atlanta are favorite places of study
Of Army officers, because the strategy
and tactics involved in the operations
of Sherman's and Johnston's armies are
considered among the best examples OF
the art of war afforded by our civil
war
Recently an order was issued by the
War Department, requiring marches tC
be made through the country, some oi
them to last one day. some three days
and every post was required to have al