The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-04

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zeal sou--.g,- dls1o-es-g. soon drift
81. L--o crzc.-ces -1s. ,ae balance d
re ee.-.-y te-oy-,ss - s,fsigat-O1.
.-.e7.,y There ls 70 q-ezt.on that
-a.s crzc-1ce. Hben o1ce D@gan. viii
e-u -1s co1sc.eoce. Ike gambling,
---- a-y means rba, vii 5ring tie
z-1-s TI, 5e tolerated.
Wez Eo,1 5egaa 70 q, e guard
lz-s and administrator for the Sc
-z,es q Indians. and q. vas easy 20
argue themselves into the belle. thzt
. &. ro1I9 Do 10 good u t1rn the money
ore, ~ the fall 5lOods 70 bs go55lsd
W by bootIe egge-s, policemen and
gamblers and this as the way most
of IL would have gooej, 50 they did.
ui,hog, much conp1nction of con
scleuce VIA, theT c1ce EO1ld have
denounced - strz-gat-out theft, and
thus dsTe,oped : dsplo-a5le state Of
affairs. ut mis- Tzs 10. the univer-
ssl rule. though & % Is FAR too com
non There we're many honest sd-
nl1is.rs-oEs I'D guardians. who can
sh1T Z faithful stewardship. B1I
ths o,hsr class -zs n1mer-
o1s enough u css. suspicion q
al. and 70 The Eaols body Q, set
,ierE hare had 10 s1t:s- from IL IT.
!s Iow me grez,es. iApedlnent 10
Z speedy ad.gs,ne.- - al lsrd ma.
te-s, and final Ti-9irs Up o. III
TRIAL gover--1e1-s. l. is tue thai
rnzoy guardians srd administrators
hare stolen the rncT=g they he'll f.
trgEr L Is true .Sz- gamblers zn5
boo,lsgge-z have rO55@d ,he Indians.
l. IL true IL some -ss.z- e, thzt she
Do.lce Authorities have helped IN this
and shared ,he U1nder. !, is per-
Lscs tine thai Indians have been
m1rderd by poisol and Otherwise 70
get their estates. B1. we nlEEt re
rsm5er that al trustees, all peace
officers. zrd al citizens. or even
majority Of them. have not engaged
!n these practice.
And ve must also remember thai
eTen Ia the mos cultured and edu-
Gated parts Q; the country occasion
ally Z brutal murder IL committee
70: the purpose o. getting possession
of the property u those Those lives
are thus taken. We must also re
n inter that ge have many honest
officials Who are doing al in their
DoEer 70 protect the v'eaA and thrift
less indians.
We mus, sigO remember that rhe
raoEt persistent, lade.ens:5le. and
shameless graiters tha: have affliCt-
ed this country have ben fhe Indian
officials and leaders III TBrlyes. they
have been al II for hal: a century,
and have had the ears Of the pow
erg a. Washington all this time They
we're making merchandise Of the in
tereE'B n their people, before the in
nu1 Oi white adyenturers directed
public attention 70 the country. They
knew of every outrage perpetrated
upon the ignorant members Of their
tribes aud could have righted all these
wrongs. Many of them today are con-
iuslng the Issues and preventing a
final settlement Of the Indian mat
tcrB, delaying, until they can prey
as long as possible upon the magnifi
cent patrlmOny which the government
holds for these people. The admin
lstration OF the affairs Of these people
is shame and a disgrace, but 1t
dates further back than the reign Of
the white man, and Is not even now
confined TO the white race. And the
vast majority OF the citizens OF east
ern Oklahoma are decent, just and
honest American citizens who want
to see fair play. They have no OBJ
lection, in fact they desire, to see
dishonest men who have betrayed
their trust, treated like felons in
other countries are, and our officials
can now be trusted to deal justly with |
these matters. 1t would no doubt be !
best for the national government to |
exercise It's supervision over the ar
fairs Of the tribes until all these final !
are made. But it should |
be fastened, and the government, the |
responsible heads Of the departments |
having these matters in charge should |
not be influenced by these charges
OF graft, but should investigate close
ly. shut out the grafters, both white
and red, from their counsels and
settle these matters firmly, speedily,
and justly.
The deeds of the grafters are be-
ing used today by the biggest grafters