The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-02-13

right kind Of a memorial the senate
committee who went through this
country will be- in line with you, and
will take it from the department Of
the interior and put it whore IL ought
10 be-, and this commission, after the
adjournment Of this convention, can
then go TO the tribes and deal with
them and after asccrtaining the value
from the various reports Of the gov
crnmcnt which are ample they can
strike some terms. or at least asccr-
tain from the tribes definitely what
they will take for them, and make
their report to the governor as soon
las he Is elected, he would transmit
that contract to the legislature, and
the legislature could provide for It's
expense. by that body. or by refer.
cndum vote refer II to the people Of
this state, and q the people wanted
It they could take IT,, and If they
didn't they needn't take IT, There
wou,o be- nothing binding under this
proposition. suppose we could get
la sufficient number ON this commits
sion who will serve without charge
if necessary because they must get
their funds from the future state be-
cause they couldn't get them under
this proposition am sure If they
had done their work we'll am
equally sure that IT the people Of this
state saw and believed that that com
mission had done the work worthily
of IT,. that body would make an APP
preparation to pay them for their
services, and am go ially sure there
are sufficient number OF men In this
convention who woull undertake. the
risk. Replying to Judge Bakers
question as to the power o. this CON
vcntion. The power is Inherent in
this convention to create the office
Of coal and asphalt commission as II
is to create the office of governor; It
has the same power to do that Hs IL
has to create the election machinery
for the election to ratify the con.ti-
tuition which It has under the enab.
ling act. 1t has ample authority to
create these offices as any other and
In creating them by an ordinance
It could either be done by ordinance
Of this convention not to be submit
/ ted to the people, but the idea con
tanned in this act and in this report
t'"o D appoint them Immediately so
. .Eoplccan get their report ready by
th3 to of the meeting or the con,
vcning of the first legislature. say
to you. gentlemen, you cant apprc.
ciatc the importance of getting con.
.trol Of those lands. You have the
opportunity, you have the people on
the other side willing to negotiate
direct, and they are willing to &c
more than half way. They realize tn,
Importance; they have known in tn,
past what it has done for them II
the matter Of education becaGse the.
have provided for high schools an,
for colleges and for primary educa
tion. The Chickasaw IHtion ha.
even provided that each and ever!
pupil that attends school shall hay,
ten dollars a month Cor board. The'
have been so liberal that they pro
vide for each pupil in the common
schools. ten dollars per month. TheI
when they get a little further advanc
ed they go to the higher schools, an,
then when they get beyond that the
send them to the surrounding stat,
universities. A few years ago the!
selected eighteen boys To go to IN,
best universities in this country, an,
thirty dollars per month They know
what it has uOuo for them, and the,
know what It will do for the publi
schools of the state of Oklahoma
Realizing the importance of education
as they do-and / say to You the
have appropriated more money pc
capita for education than any peopl
on earth realizing as these tribes DC
that Il Is the highest wisdom for then
as well as for YOU, they want {
turn these lands over to you so tina
II will benefit all of the people 4
this state. hope the provision wi