Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Indian Appropriation Bill
Shows Skill of OklahOmans

al leases, excluding oil ana eaE leaacs.
made boy Individual restricted Indian
aitottecs, or their heirs. 10 the see
rotary of the interior for approval
but all such undiaputod claims OF
uncoutostcd leases. except oil and gas
leases, now required 10 bo approved
under existing law by the secretary
Of the interior shall be paid. ap-
proved. rejected, or dtsapproved by
the superintendent for tho rive CIV
llizcd tribes OF oklahoma Provided,
however, That any party ABprioved
by any decision or order Of the SUI
pcrlntenGent for the rive Civilized
tribes OF Oklahoma may appeal from
the Same 60 the secretary OF tho in
terror within thirty days from the
dato Of said decision OF ORDER
"ilercaftcr'' Has Importance.
The Insertion Of tho word here
after" In conference changes the
meaning Of the entire section. ann
was placed there by members OF the
Oklahoma delegation who admitted
on the floor of the house during dis
cussIOn. that II was intended FOR per
inhncnt Legislation, During the dis
cussion of the bill tho opponents OBJ
icCted 10 the word thereafter" hs
npplykSg TO the {lRG 900 apuroprld-
tion, and tho speaker pro tom, Mr.
Crisp overruled a point OF order on
the ground that Il applied 10 only
the SlB5,U00 appropriation The OBJ
Jcctors, evidently overlooked the fact
that the word hereafter also ap-
pllod to all the section following,
and really effect the matter the OK
lahomans wanted affected. namely
tho approval by the superintendent
OF tho Five CIVILIZED tribes Of all
undisputed or uncontestcd claims
and leases. except oil and gas lolAes
Ohlabomsns Were Clever.
II the truth were known, the
smooth Italian hand OF some mem
ber Of the Oklahoma delegation
simply slipped asomethinR over on
the house and got what waH wanted
home Jurlsdictlon--w without the
house ever discovering the full pur-
port OF the meaning OF tho section
which Ia now the law OF the land
Another thing that the members Of
the house overlooked and which
means considerable to Oklahoma,
was the section requiring the secre-
tary OF the interior TO deposit tribal
and individual funds of the Fivo
Civilized tribes and the OsaRes In
state and national banks within tho
borders Of Oklahoma. Heretofore
the law applied only to tribal fuHds
and IL read may deposit" instead OF
shall deposit" and the operation of
such law resulted In millions OF dol
lara OF such funds being deposited
In tho hanks OF Iowa, Texas. Arkan-
sas, Nebraska ana New MoXico--
wherever tho commissioner OF In
dian affairs chose to place 1t, 80 long
as the banks put up the required
security or bonds, and paid the re-
quirod rate OF interest.
IL Is Il strange thaing that not
member OF the house from any OF the
states mentioned took cogni2ance OF
the fact that with tho passage OF
this bill there would he withdrawn
from tho banks of their several states
several millions OF dollars at low
rate OF interest, Here, again, some
fine work was done by some member
OF the Oklahoma delegation, who
has Indian blood in his vcins-and
there are threo such members In the
house.
Then again the banks were per
mitted to put up Liberty bonds AZ
guarantee for Indian deposits. which
of course In n nero perfunctory mA-
ter, as they already own those bondS,
ana In order TO get n deposit II will
not be necessary FOR them to hunt
up othcr kinds Of bonds.
Money Needed In state.
Not long ago the bankers from