The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-05
ASTOUNDING POLICY is
ADOPTED BY HOUSES
OF CONGRESS
BILL OPENS WAY FOR
GIGANTIC INDIAN LOOT
Figures Showing Robbery Policy
Embodied in Indian Appropria-
ti0n Bill
(By Associated Press.l


Washington, d. c., June Sit Is
estimated that If the indian appro
priation bill as amended by the
senate committee on Indian affairs
becomes law. the Choctaw
chickasaw. Creek. Cherokee and
Seminole tribal treasures viii be
depleted within five years without
the money having been distributed
pro rata among the individual mem
bers of the Five Civilized Tribes.
The Indian appropriation bill as
reported to the senate skaters all
former policies and instead OF tend
ing to speedy settlement of the
affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes
merely taciSs additional burdens up
on the Indians themselves ana
slaves off indefinitely a settlement
OF the affairs of the Five Civilized
Tribes.
Curtis Gives Warning.
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas,
a member of the senate indian COM
mittee, when the bill was reported
out by Senator Clapp, of Minnesota,
declared on the floor OF the senate.
Mr.. President, | hope the acting
chairman of the committee will give
notice when he expects to call up
the bill he has just reported. de-
sire to say to senators that IT inS
creases appropriations over the above
estimate to the extent of some So
100000; that it increases appropria-
tons over those contained in the
Till as it passed the house by some
$500, 600, and that it carries gen
eral legislation private claims. and
other kinds of legislation. | desire
the opportunity to he here when the
bill is taken up and to make po'nu
of order against those items.
Ferris lndignant.
Representative Scott Ferris. of Ok
lahoma. the ranking member of the
house indian committee, which re-
ported the most economical Indian
appropriation bill In seventeen years.
Is indignant over the action of the
senate committee, and makes no at
tempt at concealing his dfspleasure
over the most remarkable and start
ling Indian bill ever reported by a
senate committee.
In commenting on the bln, as re
ported to the senate, Mr.. Ferris to-
day said
: Il the people OF Oklahoma want
the affairs of the Five Civilized
Tribes settled up in the lifetime OF
anyone now living in the state, they
better get behind and give their sup
port TO the house Indian committee.
Those whose heads are about to be
Topped off, under the provisions of
the bill as it passed the house, are
displaying great activity in getting
signers to petitions praying con-
gress to perpetuate them in office.
The S4000,000 added to the bill in
the senate, $3,O0001O of which is
above the estimates of the interior
department should be carefully
studied and thoroughly understood
by every man in Oklahoma before
he writes to the house committee
to yield to the increases as tackled
on lby the senate committee.
Some persons in Oklahoma I'M |
agine that the larger the appropria- |
ton for Indian affairs in Oklahoma, |
the more money will be turned loose |
in the state. This is a mistaken
idea as all the increases added ny
the senate committee are not to be |
paid from the federal treasury but |
from the tribal Indian funds. which |
would be depleted in very few |
years"
Where the Money Goes.
The bill as reported by the SEN
ate committee raises from sf50.0o0 |
to $4,000 the appropriation for the
administration of the affairs of the |
Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma
As amended in the senate the bill |
places no limit in the amount of |
money that may be expended from
the tribal funds for the employment |
of tribal officers. attorneys ann other |
officials, and places no restraint |
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