The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-23

til the last days of This session Of con.
es,ays il VIII be comparatively easy
thing for the senior senator from OK
ishoma to defeat the bib by delivering
"a speech or two on that notorious
measWf The fshi now OF consse Isl
too Keep the restriction hiil and the
infisdiclignal bin apart Secretary
Garfield wen knew that there was no
hope af the passage of the bin unless
linked with The restriction bin no
consequently called 10 bis office one
Jay Senators Ciapp Cunts and Rep
reseniatiye Sheiman. chairman Of The
house committee on Indian affairs 10
discuss The matter The first uues
ton pat tO his callers was Can the
iurisdiotional BIN become a law be-.
fore the passage of the removal Of
rcstri tions bolgr When informed thar
the Oklahoma DELEGATION WIS deter
mined 70 defeat ans such measure
end tho the bin could not possibly get
through the senate with Senator'S
Gore and owen opposing Il. be in.
mlred Il the biz cnld be passed af-
Ter the removal o. restrictions bin
had been disposed OF. TITS PROPOSE
ton met with the same answer and as
4 result Il was proposed to have Sen.
ator Clapp reintroiuce the removal OF
restriction bill With The iurisdictional
bill as a part of that measure The
ran was % force both down the
thrOats OF the Oklahoma conareseion-
al delegation IN the shane Of one bill
Il was dgured thst The delegation was
sufficiently interested on the removal
Of restrictions to take tho Mrisdic-
tiOnal bin as a condition of its On
actment into law Senator Clapp
quitely intgddued tho bill and for
time being it seemed as though the
Oklahoma congressional delegation
was face to face with a pretty tough
proposition They felt as though they
had been given the double cross By
the interior department
The fact that the jeridictional bin
was never discussed by the members
of the delegation with the secretary
and chat nothing was ever said at the
department Of combining 10 the two
bills Is considered a little strange Ia
the face of subsequent events BIT
Secretary Gardeld's plans have not
met with the SUCCESS auiicipated for
them senator owen. 81 oklahoma
Who is also q member of = senate
committee on Indian affairs insisted
on being appointed ch3irmon Of the
subcommittee having in chrge the
bsll on queti0n and although Sen
ators Curtis ana McCmbcr were
selected as his colleagues on that ocm
mittee they have not been able toI
force the luris1ictional feature on the
Oklahoma senator So iar As a mat
TEL OF fac that portion Of the bill isl
uonsnicuonaly absent from the sub
committee print of the bill MS agreed
10 by the various members OF the sub
committee The bill as agreed to per
haps dofs not so as far as the Car
field restriction hll. bit that can be-
explained because OF the attitude Of
Senator'S Curtis ana N Cumber whose
fomoyal of restrictions record has
never eXeitet any favorable or en-I
ihusiastlc comment for them. n was
because Of them that the feature
keeWRg the restrictions On tho lands
Of the freedmen was Inserted IN the
sub committee bill after Secretary
Garfield had agreed with the OKLA.
bOma congressional delegation that
the restrictions ought to .be moved
from this class of citizens. The con.
sensls opinion among the Oklahoma
delegation IS that the removal Of re-
stfictions would be the best thing for
The negroes because IT would have
q tendency to throw them on their
awn resources and make them work
2 condition Of affairs that does not ex-
Isl In East Oklahoma among these peo
pie al present Their farms as a gen
eral rule are the poorest TO be found
in thar nart OF the state aud In at
deplorable state of cultivation Yet
congress refuses 20 see the wisdom
70 make these very lands pay lust
proportion of taxes IN support of the
government
Senator Curtis has many friends IN
southern Kansas aud IN Oklahoma.
As matter OF fact most OF his
strength politically speaking mas be
found in Topeka ana soathorn Kansas.
All cf these people are vltally inter
ested in the prosperity Df their sister
state ana with which there exists
important business relations. The
question that presents itself Is what
VIII The people Of Eastern Kms. have
TO say ahont senator Curtis attitude
IN the premises A good many will
ne doubt resent the part he Is playing
Ia Oklahoma AFFAIRS