The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-17

nent 10 pay St ltoSl u llNl NlOIA Va '"N /
sum due them. The association took
favorable action upon the Murray suS-
gestion and rPesident T. p. Howell
appointed a committee of eight men,
bers to attend to the circulation OF
the petitions and to see that they are
brought before congress.
The association also decided to keep
three representatives in Washington
during the entire time of the present
session to look after such Legislative
matters as affect the tribes. The dele
gates to Washington are the same as
those kept there last winter. They
are DR.. T. p. Howell of Davis, DR.. J.
NJ. Miller of Antlers, and Ed John
son of Norman.
p. ~ Kerr of Pauls Valley was
elected permanent secretary-treasur
er of the association.
Following is the full text of a mem
oral sent to congress:
Memorial Of the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw Treaty Rights Association Rel
ative to the Mississippi Choctaws,
Opposing the Re-opening Of the
Tribal Rolls and Asking for Speedy
Settlement Of Tribal Affairs and
Compliance with Treaty Stpula-
tons.
We note from hearings had before
the committee of Indian affairs and
from proceedings reported in the Con
gressional Record, that attorneys rep
resenting several thousand MISSISSIPPI
nj Choctaw claimtns are eXerting
strenuous effort to reopen the Choc-
| taw and Chickasaw rolls. These attor-
| neys rely on a INSTRUMENTATION or
the fourteenth article of the treaty of
September 81, 1890. The object and
| purpose of said article of said treaty
was to permit members of the Choc-
taw tribe of Indians to remain in the
state of Mississippi, acquire title to
lands in said state, and become Cit
| izens of the states, or if they chose
they could retain the right of Choc-
taw citizenship by renouncing their
allegiance to the state of Mississippi
and by moving TO the Choctaw Nation
in good faith, and sharing in the
burdens of the Choctaw government.
The claimants whose attorneys are
now clamoring for the reopening of
the Choctaw and Chickasaw rolls,
have never brought themselves within
the provisions of the fourteenth ar
ticle of said treaty. For seventy years
and more the Choctaw people in the
| Choctaw nation earnestly solicited the
Mississippi Choctaws to remove in
good faith to the Choctaw nation and
assist in bearing the burdens Of the
| Choctaw government. During said per
iod of time number of said Choc-
taws did remove to the Choctaw ma
ton, while others remained in the
state of Mississippi and refused to
renounce their allegiance to said
state.
The march of progress and the
Growth and DEVELOPMENT of the In
dian territory demanded the abolish
ment Of tribal government and the al.
lotment of lands in severalty and un-
dor 2 solemn treaty with the United
States We agreed TO the allotment of
our lands in seyeraltv and to the
aho,ishment of our tribal governments
under the expressed promise and
agreement that our tribal rolls would
no closed and our tribal affairs speed
uv disnosed of We have lived I'M to
each and every letter of that agree
mani and have kent faith with the
United States. and we now ask that
tbo United States keen faith with us.
bo,d sacred orr treaty stipulaticns.