The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-18
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tory have been protesting these many
years Is the condition of political vas
salage and slayish dependence on de.
partmontal moods and red tape meth.
ods which the republicans have built
up and pcrpctuatcd in that carpet bag
ridden province particularly during
the past two decades. The people
of that splendid section of the new
state under the atuocratic domina-
ton Of the Interior Department have
been worse misgoverncd than an
Oriental satrapy. and they have pro
tested and petitioned in vain for re-
lief from the plundcrbund Of official
grafters and the reactlonary policies
OF the administration. After years of
struggle and by aud with the aid of
Oklahoma aud friends In the states.
an Enabling Act embracing them was
passed and the possibility Of self-gov-
ernmcnt has encouraged the people
OF that dumping ground for broken
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day of their dcliverance was at hand.
Much as the people of Oklahoma de.
sire statehood, the need for II, and
the demand for II in the Indian Ter
ritory Is hundred times more In.
tense, for their lives. their futures.
and even their honor are at the mer
cy of some department clerk or sub
ject TO the whims OF red tape bu'
reaucrat. Relief had been hoped for
when Hitchcock retired and the young
MIR. Garfield succeeded to the head OF
the powerful burea that has In the
past so wrongfully oppressed both the
Indian and his white brother In that
territory.
Mr. Garfield knew nothing OF the
condition except what Is current In
department headquarters, and he was
urged to make an official visit to the
territory and he promised and prom
ised to come and make some person
al Investigations and inquiries.
He has arrived! lie came into the
Territory Tuesday on n special train
I'm charge of Geo. 7. Nicholson. vice
president and J. Il. Hurley. general
manager OF the Santa Fe.
He was wined and dined by the cii'
zens OF Guthrie yesterday-for Guth'
rie is what she is by the grace OF the
Department OF the Interior.
After the reception and a visit to
the various officials and beneficiaries
OF his Department In the Oklahoma
Capital, the secretary was joined oy
Governor Frantz and his retinue and
the party reached this city last even
ing where the attorney OF the NJ, Is. "
r. was awaiting these fledgling aris'
tocrats with President Aliens PRIV
ate car to take them to Tulsa where
they will spend the afternoon and
evening telling the people that they
must vote the republican ticket II
/ they want statehood.
From Tulsa they will journey as the
guests OF the Frisco to Sapulpa ana
| Okmulgre. the ancient capital OF the
! Greeks. where there will be more
promises and more partisan politics.
( and from there to Muskogee to spend
/ Friday afternoon and night.
/ Billboards there are placarded with
posters announcing that Secretary
| Garfield and other prominent repub'
lican speakers will address the people
AT Muskogec at the Opera House Fri
/ day night Alongside Is the announce
mcnt that Governor rranz and other
candidates ON the state ticket will
address the public at the Opera House
Friday night
This is the official C?)" business
that brings secretary Garfield TO the
territory AT this time. lie has the
power Of an autocrauc sovereign III
that section OF the state. lie Is ne
oyccload to whom every Indian al
lottee. every oil lessee, every pros
pcctive property owner Is beholdeh
for his title. 4 ruling from his means
bankruptcy to any man or set OF
men who may incur his disploasure-
and he has come here-has been sent
here. to tell the hundred and htty
thousand voters Of the Indian Terri
tnr, yyhn they must vote for II they
ever expect to receive statehood at
/ the hands of this administration
The business interests OF every
class OF people in the Indian Terri
tory would reap untold benefit from
visit from their lord and master. the
/ secretary Of the interior, II he came
there to investigate the abuses OF
power and reform the vicious meth
/ DDS under which much OF the business
must be transacted there, but When