The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-09

surface il could and ought to be sold
as disclosed In my speech accepting
the speakershlp found in the iourn-
! ais OF the house, to actual farmers,
and could be confined TO citizens Of
Oklahoma. Whereas, II the Federal
government sell the surface no man
in Oklahoma will scarcely have an
opportunity to- buy these lands for
homes, but other citizens OF the Unit
ed States from other states would be
permitted for the most part to buy
this surface. | am interested not In
the citizens OF other states. but
in the citizenship OF Oklahoma. II
the Federal government does not
choose to sell them to the state then
shall favor, as have favored, the
sale by any other method both OF
the surface and the deposits Of coal
as we'll as all other Indian property
to the end that the Indian question
may be settled, and that the Federal
government shall take its hand Of
carpetbagism out OF the state. And
as stated by me last winter. | have
long since given up all hope of the
states ever pui chasing any of this
| property because the desire and
wishes OF the coal operators Them
eslves will receive the first sanction
at the hand OF the Federal administra.
ton, and therefore shall make no
more effort, whether as governor or
as private citizen to purchase this
property. as ii would be futile and
there are too many other questions
that can be handled But you so
much desire to inject into this can
vas Indian questions wirn which the
] governor can have nothing to do, |
wish to state that | am in favor of
the sale of all Indian property as
speedily and as quickly as II can be
done under any policy that the govern
ment VIII adopt and take their hand
out of the state. AS you remember
In 1902 went upon the stump and
supported the supplementary treaty
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw In
dams, which brought about speedy
allotment, without which there could
| have been no statehood, at the same
time assisting In striking from the
|
application OF four thousand fraudu-
lent citizenship claimants, who sought
to take from the Choctaws and Cchck
asaws twenty million of dollars, and
that you at the same time fought the
/ ratification OF this treaty before the
Indians, and that the Cruce firm, OF
which you were member, and In.
terested, represented the larger per
cent of these claimants, and that
stand now opposed to the reopening
Of the Indian rolls in either of the
Five Tribes whether by the Nc.
Guire bill. which seeks to enroll the
neg oes in violation of the property
rights of the Indians, or whether II
would look toward the admission Of
the court claimants you and your as
sociates represented. How do you
stand now? Do YOU favor reopenine
the rolls in any particular? Have you
changed your opinion on the supple
mentary t! eaty and do you yet hole
an interest In the contracts seeking
: to enroll these people in violation o.
the property rights and interests o.
these Indian tribes?
Because of this fact aud because
Of being the confidential adviser dur
Ing that period of years to Governo
Johnston of the Chickasaw Nation,
, was In the course of such struggl
assisting In performing the work a
citizen OF the tribe that resulted
by the legal service of Mansfield
MeMurray & Cornish, firm dlssoly
ed. you have sought by reason o
; my necessary associations with them
to leave the impression that | was In
terested In the sale of the coal land
and in the matter OF the Indian taxa
tion; Ii not di ectly. Indirectly, b.
! the statements of your managers an
the inuendo of the Daily Oklahomar
wherein 1t Is argued that Murray
friend OF the Indians | came I
: : the Indian Territory. not at their SO
lcitation but. upon my own respons
btlity They treated me fairly, an
by reason of subsequent ma riag
. gave me valuable property when tn
Indians had the full sway of trbG
= government aud absolute control {
: the Indian Territory country. Bt
= since conditions have changed an
they are out numbered ten TO one
I every county of the state by whit
men. a new government is formed an
- theirs is abolished | shall be the la'
man found trying to rob them OF
single right they possess. and Sine
J conditions are reversed and they al
in the minority, even for the purpo'
OF giving me political strength,
shall not forsake them when the
are right have protected them al
their Interests In the constitution
convention and the first legislature
saved them t ON the disgrace of beii
classed with negroes of the stat
and whether elected or defeated
shall continue to subserve their re
rights as ! have during that entil
period looked carefully to the inte
ests of the laboring man and Il
farmer and all other weak classe
holding. as | held them, and ho
now, that the wisest policy of an ho
est statesman Is to protect the po
and weak-the rich and strong ca
protect themselves--and this shall
my policy whether dealing with Il
Indians, the ia mers, the laborers.
any other class.
eth. With reference 10 the Gran
father Clause | call your attentiC
to the fact that | was born and rea
ed and have resided all my live
the state of Texas and in the Chic