The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-03
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THIS NAT
IoNAL BODY IN SESSION.
FOR IT'S LAST SESSION
Governor Douglas Johnston VIII De
liver Message to the Members
Tomorrow-This Marks the
Passing Of a Nation.
Ardmoreite Special.

Ardmoreite Special.
Tishomingo. Sept. 3.-The passing
of the Chickasaw Indians as a nation
is near at hand, and within few
days this proud tribe of Indians will
cease as a distinct people, like the
children of Israel have long since
done. and mingle with the nchoaching
white man as an individual. The re-
presentatives of the nation have all
gathered to take council together for
the last time and make recommen~
dation 10 the great white father at
Washington as to what they desire In
the way of relief and as to what they
desire the great council of the nation
to do with the funds in the hands OF
| the great chief, the secretary of the
! interior, who has the funds in his con-
| troll .u,S
The members of both the senate
and lower house are gathered in the
| city of Tishomingo, the capital city of
these people, a city named after one
of the great chiefs and warriors of
proud race Of people.
The members present seem I'M
bued with the solemnity of the occa-
sion and will endeavor to represent
their constituency of the various sec
tions OF the once nation. but which Is
| at present a section Of the baby state
OF Oklahoma.
The opening of the lower house
was marked with the greatest solem-
nifty and sadness in as much as IL
was announced that Frank Reid. an
| honored member of that body from
Pontotoc county. had gone to the hap
| py hunting grounds of his forefathers,
and his body gone to mingle with the
dust of his ancestors.
The first session of the two assem-.
bles was to have been held yeste~.
day morning but on account of the
fact that no quorum was present no
meeting was held. The council has
many things of importance to be con.
sidered at this meeting, in as much
as statehood is now at hand and the
| disposition OF the segregated mineral
lands, the disposition of the tribal
funds and the general winding up of
all tribal affairs Is TO be considered.
| While considering these questions.
the body will also consider the ques-
tions of schools and from what can
| be learned It seems that the Indian
is desirous of again taking his schools
| from under the federal Jurisdiction
and allowing his children TO go to the
same schools that the other citizens
children attend.
4 prominent Indian remarked yes
tcrday afternoon that the schools for
Indian alone was school of that ma.
ture I'm name only. and that but few
Indian children are found In atteni4
ance.
The governors message will N alT
probability be short at this term nd
! after today an adjournment will b. a.
ken until after the general election
has been held.
Among those In attendance are the
following members of the senate:
NJ. V. Cheadle. president: G. w.
Young, Nelson Chigley. Tishomineo
county; Joe Myers. Dave Seeley. Jim
McCurtain, Pickens county; Henry
Grimslade, Dan Collins. Martin New
berry. Panola county; Newton John
son, Amos Harp, Isaac Fillmore. Pom
totoc county: Clerk O. ID. White. In.
terpreter George Colbert. Sergeant
Bob Humes.
House OF Representatives, Tisho-
mingo County-C. II. Brown, speaker;
Dixie Colbert, Dave Folsom, Joe
Brown, Dump Melton: Pickens ooun.
ty-F o. Smith. Guy Keel, Elmer Nc.
Cauley. Joe Burris, Haire McDuffy:
Pamela county-C. w. Colbert, w. d.
Kiersey. NJ. c. Murray, Joe Guess. ID.
II. Collins; Pontotoc county-Robert
Imotachy, I. A. Brris. Thompson
Johnson, Wall Kirk, W. T. Ward: In.
terpreter A. 6. H1D,isii.
On account of the absence of Ser.
geant Tom Short, A. II. Nesbit. a
member OF the Indian police was elec.
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