Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-07-28
announcement
OF C. D. CARTER
Congressman From this District Asks
for Rc-ElecetiOn, and Tells of His
Work I'm Congress.


To the Votes of the Third Congress
sional District of Oklahoma:
1 announce herewith my candida
cy for reelection to the Sixty-Fifth
Congress. In submitting my claims
for reelection choose to stand
squarely on my record OF deeds ac-
tually performed.
In this short space It is impossl-
BILE to call attention to all the many
matters With which l have had 70
do during my nine years service as
your representative. and only few
and be i'm charge on the floor of the
of the localan National items con-
sidered as most important are set
forth herein for your consideration.
/ had the honor to draft. propose,
House during its debate and passage.
the per capita paymtent of $500 to
Choctaws and 5000 to Chickasaws,
which will cause the distribution OF
more than seven and one-half mill
ion dollars of Choctaw and Chicka-
saw funds. and have assisted the In
dian Bureau in liberalizing the rules
and regulations for the distribution
of the payments to the end that every
beneficiary, restricted and unre-
stricted. should receive his full share
by checks through the mails. unless
laboring under some legal disability
The Investigation conducted by
the subcommittee OF which 1 was
Chairman. exploded the spurious
Mississippi Choctaw claim, prevent
ing the exploitation Of the Oklahoma
citizens by avaricious agents and at
torneys, and made passage of the
payment amandment possible.
1t was my bill, H. r. No. 14,055,
which authorized the sale of the sur
face of the segregated mineral land,
with direction for the payment of
the proceeds to the Choctaws and
Chickasaws.
1t has been considered my duty at
all times to urge upon the Depart
ment the necessity of expeditions
sale of unallotted lands which are
now completed the surface of the
segregated mineral land and timber
reserve land, the remainder OF when
are now advertised for sale
My bill, H. r. 1854 for the sale
of the minerar deposits, has been IA
vorably reported by the House Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, and is now
on the House calendar for action.
When this bill is passed it will be
the last legislative step necessary
for final settlement of tribal af-
fairs of the Choctaws and Chicka- |
saws in accordance with their treaty |
agreements.
My bill for removal of restrictions |
was the first introduced on that |
subject and resulted in the passage |
of an act removing restrictions on
nine and one-half million acres of
land
We have now a competency COM
mission in Oklahoma with instruc-
tion sto seek out every competent
restricted Indian of the Five Civiliz-
ed Tribes, remove his restrictions,
and place him nhis own RESPONSE
bility.
My amendment restricting the de-
partment in the expenditure of tri-
bal funds has saved the Choctaws
and Chickasaw people many thous-
ands of dollars.
Another of my amendments placed
in the Indian appropriation bill pro-
vided the consolidation OF the two
Indian bureaus at MusXogee under
one head, and has eliminated much
duplication work. unnecessary ex-
penses and delay.
AS ranking member OF the COM