The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-06

MONEY
FOR Us


E ohtcldl 10 Ddlll Leader.
Washington. June 6-Oklahoma's
"spoils' during the legislative scram-
bic just brought TO a close by the adj
journment Of congress represents q
goodly array of much needed legisla-
ton and remedicd laws. Indeed &c
is safe TO say that it is a good thing
that congress adjourned at the time it
did for as one Eastern member of con
gress put it chose oklahoma fellows
will run Off with the dome OF the
capitol next" Fortunately for them
selves and the country they did not
get the opportunity although Repre-
sentative Davenport, according to
some we'll defined "rumors" got away
with a large batch of telephone direc.
tories and sent them around his dis
trict much 20 the edlhcation and satis-
faction of his friends.
This may have been d0nothing
congress insofar as the legislation
recommended by the president ls con.
cerned but &c was not q douOthing
congress i'm the eyes Of oklahoma
which state carried off the lions
share of the legislation secured in
! Washington this session Represen-
/ tatiVe Mcguire. after considerable fig
urlng, announces that the delegation
| got a grand total of S27Gt GAO from
/ the government during the first ses-
sion Of congress. representing the au.
| thorlzed cost Of the construction Of
| federal buildings I'm the following
cities: Oklahoma City $3.50. 900: Mus
koEee 100000: Guthrie, (additlon-
$35000 Enid, 100000: Chickasha
/ $4,000, site; Tulsa, $4,000; Meal
ester, $4,000 Site and does not in
/ clude the LawtOn items for q build
ing and site which is made contingent
upon the sale Of r0"Lon townlOts and
the old land office building at Law
ton. On the other hand 70 includes
appropriations for the support OF vari-
Gus tribes of Indians on the West
side together with their schools. Some
of the more important items are here
with given: per capita payment OF
100000 70 every Kiowa, Comancho
and Apache Indian representing $685.
. coo altogether. Ferris IS 20 be thank.
ed for this item; support Chiloco
school, 1929 400. settlement with
Kickapoo Indian claim s21jO00. sup
port insane Indians 100000; $500, 600
for support Of schools on East side:
support Union Agency $4,000 for
completion work Of the commission to
the Five Civilized Tribes, Sl43AlO. In
J this connection IL should be added
tnat Carter and owen together drafted
> an amendment 90 tho Indian appro-
priatiOn bin which specified that the
work Of the commission should be
brought 20 an end and completed by
1909. Senator owen thinks that Ok
lahOma can rely upon this work not
being continued day beyond this
point. About $4,000 was procured 10
suppress the traffic lu intoxicating
liquors among Indians; 100000 was
included I'm the removal Of restriction
d bin 10 enable the interior department
TO assist the fun blood Indians TO re-
move the clouds from their titles and
j. procure the development OF their
j. landed property ANY Indian I'm this
q way viii have q counsellor and a
friend to protect his interest with
comparatively no cost According TO
d Senator owen the bin does not iu
yolve the proposition that the United
States is guardian OF any citzeuIu.
b dian of Oklahoma but permits The
United States TO act as friend and
). counsellor 10 has been impossible
l. for the interior department says the
Muskogce senator to realize the peo
PIE of oklahoma are better friends 10
the Indians of Oklahoma than tho
}. employees of the interior department
are likely 10 be- The fixed regular
II appropriations for the Five Civilized
a T-ibes, of course is included u this
$ list
T. 10 win thus be seen that Oklaho.
f. ma got her share iu every respect