The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-05
HOBART NATIONAL
BANK WANTS RULING
Regarding Right TO Take
Advantage of Guaranty
Deposit Law
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Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, d. G. Feb 5-W. r.
Blakemore Of Ardmore member Of the
law firm Of Cruce. Grace and Blake
more Of HE same city is here in the
Interest of several hundred Choctaw
and Chlckasaw freedmen who claim
they have been Disseminated against
by the authorities and desired to be
enrolled as Indians by blood The
status Of these freedmen is similar
to those identified IN the Bettie Lii
gipn case which wei debided in Judge
Hosea Townsend's court at Ardmore
and also ~ McAlester where the
court of az S sustained the Town
send decisi, iolding that a purely
political Qrcslion was involved and
that the government could do as il
pleased in its administration Of the
affairs OF the five civilized tribes An
appeal from the decision Of the
lower courts is now pending in the
circuit court of appeals at St Louis.
The Ardmore man after confarrng
with a number of leaders in bcth
branches of congress expresses him.
self rs satified that the Garfield re-
moval Of restriction bill will become
a law at this session of congress sub
stantialiy as introduced In congress.
Attention is called to the fact that il
will remove restrictions from 80 per
cent of the land OF East oklahoma
and subject the same to taxation al
most Immediately after the passage
cf the act
National Bank Wants Ruling.
Specific application will be filed
With the comptroller OF the treasury
shortly, by the City National bank Of
Hobart with a view of getting a rul-
ing from the treasury department as
10 tho right Of national banks in Ok
lahoma to take advantage OF the law
gnaranteeing deposits in Okla.h oma
banks There has been consider Die
correspondence between the hanI in
question, and Representative Scott
Ferris who took the matter up with
officials al the treasury department
and was informed that specific APP
plicatiou must first be made by a
national bank before the department
and attorney general rule on the law
points involved Mr. Ferris az once
informed the Hobart bank Of the posi-
tion assgmcd by the treasury depart
meni in the premises and his since
been advised that application for a
ruling will be made at once
II Is au open secret that there are
not few national banks in Okla.
homa who viii surrender their chart
or and become state institutions IL
the treasury department should rule
unfavorably IN the Hobart bank case.
Declares Roosevelt as Populist.
Judge J r Thomas Of Mnskogee
who served In congress from Illinois
with Joe Cannon and Champ Clark,
many years ago is visiting the city
Recently he called at the capitol to
pay his respects TO the Oklahoma con
gressional delegation
He happened TO arrive at the capi-
lol the day after President Roose.
vets now famous message had been
made public and with others ventured
the assertion mat the hero Of San
Iaan bill is populist plus q strong
adjective
No Difference Between eault and Full
ton
There has been no break in the
friendship Of Frank Gault and Repre-
sentative Elmer Fulton OF the Okla
hcma City congressional district Al
least Fulton denies the story Of a
breach between himself and his form
er campaign manager Il will be re.
membered that it was Gault who fin
nanceed the Fulton campaign and
made possible the defeat OF Tom
Ferguson Il cost Gault $1,000 and
more 70 dsfeat Ferguson and thus
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