The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-29
". +. BOURLAKD, INDIAN DELEGATE
RETURNS FROM NATIONAL CAPITAL
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ss- s1 months aid As and Governor
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To- over a.s expense account while
.z Washington and this Bill. Ike the
one appointing MIN. All come before
the interior department before 10 goes
10 the president for approval The
tribes are not allowed - enact laws
without first having them approved Jy
the president M Bourland fayors
he McMurray contracts with the In
dians and used his best efforts 70 have
them approved He says President
/ Taft attempted 70 have the respons!-
bnity for these contracts shifted from
/ the departments and placed upon con
gress hence the necessity OF Sena-
tor Cores resolution. Bourland says
the attitude Of the Indian is simply
this, that he wants his money; he
wants the segregated lands sold, he
wants the mineral and the surface
sold together with regard to both coal
and asphalt lands, the Indian wants
all the monies in the United States
treasury belonging 70 the tribes turned
over l. them now in preference 70
. having the FUNDS divided among future
. generations. ne wants the money now
and is willing 10 give up the per eat.
age called for in the McSlurray con-
. tracts Ia order TO obtain an Immediate
: payment. the indian maGes the arsu-
ment that II is 10 the advantage Of the
, white men OF Oklahoma that these
, payments be made now for the reason
} that it would turn loose in Oklahoma
: vast sum Of money that would find
its way into the channels of trade
and for these reasons Bourland fay0rs
/ the approval of the McMurray con-
! tracts calling for ten per cent OF all
the monies that may be collected for
the Indians This sum is estimated
al thirty million dollars which would
= net TO J. F. McMurray Of McAlester.
the sum Of three millions of dollars,
Governor Johnston OF the Chickasaw
! nation in his brief filed before the
Indian Affairs committee estimates
the payments a. twenty-five millions.
, MI Bourland says the president Is
Of the opinion that the Indians should
have council TO represent their inter
ests in the collection OF their monies
and in the sale OF their properties
p but Mr.. Taft intimated that the
p amount called for by the McMutray
contracts might be in excess ut
! reasonable fee. Mr. BOurland il com.
. meuting upon the insinuations OF Sen
, ator Gore admits that the Oklahoma
senator did not resort TO the charges
? until he considered that he had used
every other means OF defeating the
approval of the contracts and when
his charges We're exploded the approy-
Twas defeated Eourland says Gore
has already receded somewhat from
his statements made upon the floor
OF the senate with reference TO mem
bers OF the senate Indian affairs COM
mittee being interested in the con
tracts The senate committee appoint
ed under the Gore resolution has
somewhat a limited scope and be
thinks the senatorial Investigation
viii not amount TO very much.
The house committee. Mr. B-urland
says. will investigate the Ballinser *
Lee contracts. The firm Of Bauinger
d Lee is composed o, Webster Bal
I linger. a newspaper man and a lawyer
OF Washington and Albert j. Lee. a
7 lawyer OF Ardmore. This firm has
contracts with a vast number OF people
to place their names on the citizenship
rolls fer a portion of the lands secured
by their enrolment. Among the Bal
/ linger d Lee clients some are OF mixed
Indian and white blood which may
have been left of the rolls by mis-
take and others are mixed Indian and
negro blood. The contention OF these
I T,ag,v