The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-11

} liahoma. Sir: In the Daily Oklahoman
To- last Friday | notice your second
Gttempt 10 answer some OF your ofli-
lCal records 10 which ! have called
Ithe attention of the public,
Briefly stated you say. in sub
Is'ance. this:
Number One
That Flora Hin did not make the
lease with you.
Number Two
That Flora Hin is not an Indian,
she is a negress.
Number Three
That you would be benefited by
validating the Flora Hill lease under
Senate Bill six thousand three hun
dred and thiry.nine is a falsehood
Number -Four
That Senate Dlu Six Thousand,
"hree Hundred and Thirty-nine only
permitted the secretary 10 validate
Ceeds made in good faith where the
lalottee was actually paid the real
lard true value OF the land and that
IN my statement | concealed the es-
! sential part OF this law which you
( say limits the validation of contract
where the real and true value of the
llnd is paid
Number Five
That | charge YOU with imposing on
the government printing department
! 10 pay Tor printing your speeches
when you claim the fact is that YOU
liaid for printing them yourself
| Number Six
Ihat you do not own seven thous-
and, one hundred and twenty acres in
the Caney valley, and
Number Seven
| That you are not the principal own
er OF over seventy thousand acres of
land in the valley OF the Boggy Riv-
ers and adjacent thereto.
Number Eight
land in Atoka or Coal counties.
Number Nine
You say YOU have disposed of your
land IN the Caney River valley.
Number Ten
You say that your Senate Bill mum.
ber five thousand, three hundred
l1orty-hree TO use the irrigation fund
f'r the purpose Of draining swamp or
,oVerflowed land was in response 10 a
temand by the Oklahoma legislature
,and approved by the governor.
senator Owen, it would be much
more satisfactory 10 the people oil
this state if instead of sparring with
on at long range through the news
lapers | could present these records
ana hear your attempted reply in an
|cpen, candid, joint debate before the
'emocracy of Oklahoma and | am
ready TO have such debate at any time
YOU viii name the times and places.
Inc Democracy of Oklahoma are en-
titled to know how absolutely and in
every important particular your cam
lalgn literature anu your newspaper
statements are directly contrary 10
your official record.
senator Owen, | desire to say that
eyasions Will not answer definite
statements of fact, although notice
that YOU have no hesitation in calling
all kinds of official public records de-
lberate falsehoods.
Number One
Answering you declaration Number |
One. | would say that your own sigma. |
ture is attached 10 the Flora Hill
Lease contract. How do you explain |
that?
Number Two
You wrote the Flora Hill lease YOUR
self and inserted in that lease the
statement that she was Creek cir
izen which would make her an In.
dian However, If she was Creek
freedman or negress | cannot see thar
that changes the serious character Of
/our ofense. She was a HELPLESS
woman no matter what color she
might have been and to have taken
her property away from her needs
Liore explanation than to simply de.
Iehd Yourself by saying YOU were
taxing the property OF a negress.
am one of those who believe that
Ihe negro race is an inferior race
ana not entitled to dominate the gov
eminent OF our state, but the govern
ing race does owe the greatest de-
5fee OF protection TO the inferior
ace to the end that they may not
'llter from the intrigue or imposi-
ons Of the white race
Number Three
assert that you viii be benefited
y Senate Bill number six thousand.
hree hundred and thirty-nine and am
eady to show in any joint debate ]
NAT you VIII consent TO that Won have '
. least three thousand, one hundred r
md sixteen contracts, leases and /
'seds, that viii be benefited by such
aw and the principles therein LAID
own.
lumber Four n
As TO Number Four, | am amazed d
nat you will dispute the plain Ian. [.
uage of the bill that you. yourself. S
ltroduced in the senate to validate d
our VOID contracts. leases and deeds b
nd that language is this: ii
Second When. the purchase or d
ontract was made in good faith and n
D fraud was practiced, but when the n
)nsideration paid was not sufficient ("
cover the real or actual value of W
Ie iand conveyed; provided. that in n
rs class Of cases the settlement a,
IN only be made upon the condition n
at the Indian aIlottee be paid a.
I'M sufficient to make up the reas
lable value of such lands "
| know You Will not hesitate 10 n
II every man a falsifer who expos. y,
your record, but, Senator. let US
e you call that record a falsffier III
zen the world can know it's truth VI
simply reading the bin that you.
urself drafted and filed in the sen
You know very well. Senator ,,
ven, that the declaration made in re
od faith and no fraud practiced" is ua
conclusion in the mind of YOU vour plS
y. when you drew those contracts
tn over three thousand unedIcateJ AZ