Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-29

| prrvlslon NJ The United states and
! provides mat np such contrari Hhnl
| be- valid unless permission Ia u'ROtl-
ate tho contract has been obtained
! from the secretary ~ the interior and
! the contract Itself approved by tho
srrrrMry uf the Interior and by con
| grcts n provides further that any
prrosu whu uttcmpts 10 collect or
receive money or other consideration
under such contracts not approved
as required shall be guilty Of "A mis-
lrmcanor ana upon conviction there.
40 shan hr punished,
Mr. Murray cuutcudh that this pro-
vision iH d restraint upon the free
dom uf contract ana goes on 10 point
oul the superior class of Intelligence
thnt rNais among the unrestricted
Indians NJ the rive riyilizcd Tribes.
llo siut' mat o. great number Of
lhrm uro officers uf the state Of OK
Mhoma and ut the United states and
thlt. aa a representative of this in
trlllgcnt class he rcscnts this new
form Of indiguity which is sought 10
be- placed upon them Mr.. Murray
CLOSES his letter with this statement:
t. therefore request, as a
member of congress ana as "a member
~ the Chlokasaw tribe of Indians
that you eliminate entirely this OBJ
iecllonablr paragraph or that II be
changed ro as to apply to no other
than run blools.
Before replying to Mr.. Murrays
argument, let me state briefly that
the reason We have asked for the en-
actmcnt nf tho provision referred to
ls to prohibit the M blng OF con-
tracts hy individual Indians whereby
they improNidently disposed OF their
interests NJ the undisiributed prop
crty ~ IA, nation before their por-
uOu has ben given t0 them.
In other words. this PROV lsiou In In
tended 10 prohibit the making VI
contracts OF the nature Of those held
Of McAlcstcr okla. who has indi.
Nldual contracts with probably so per
cent Of the Indians of the ChoctaW
and Chick1sIw nations. under which
contracts the Indians employ Mr.
McMurral To represent them as their
attorney ana among other Consdcra-
tuu, the contracts provide that hc
Ia to receive ten per cent Of
the amount received by the Choctaw
and Chi.kasaw people for all OF the
property e Whatsoever kind held in
common hN them. O." Individual
alloUmeuts have left great amount
of property, the utlu to which is
vested In the nation ana not in the
WdiN idull mumhcrs of the nations Al
the lowest estimation, this property is
worth thirJy-nyc million S35.O0O.
value of this property which Is held
i'm common by tn, Choctaw and
ChickasaW people woulu, at the low
est estimate be three hundred mil
hon. i've hundred thousand dollars,
$500. .500.OO0.OO0l
The department of the interior has
sold approximately nine million dol
lars t$9,0O0.0O0) worth of the un-
allotted land belonging to the Choc-
pW and Chlckasaw Indians. The
land was sold ON deferred payments,
Approximately i've million dollars
t$5.0O0.0oop has been paid into the
treasury of the United states for these
Indians on the unallutcd lands which
have ben sold MIR McMurray has
mot rendered any assistance of any
character whatsoever, in the sale of
this property or the collection of
money for which It was sold. Yet if
ho is allowed to enforce his iudiyid-
ual contracts, ne would be entitled
to this time To- collect approximate
ly five hundred thousand dollars
tS5O0,0OO)l and as soon as the out
standing payments for unalloted
lands which have been sold have been
received. he would bee entitled to APP
four hundred thousand
dollars C$4oO.000) more, making a
total that would hc due him on prop
rrty already sold, of approximately
wine hundred thousand dollars CS900.-
uUOD. which amount he would re-