The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18
HIS PARTNER LOSES
Began in 1896 With Charles
+. Winton, Signing Contracts
With Many of Indians
LOBBIED FOR MANY YEARS
Was Twice Turned Down by
Old Dawes Commission, but
Succeeded With Congress
by BASCOM ~ TIMMONS.
worlds Washington Correspondent.

"oIiH w hhhlukluh Correspondents
WASillNGTON. June 1.-THE
final decision Of tho court OF claims
this week In awarding TO Senator
Robert l.. owen OF oklahoma 3l75.-
600 as compensation for his services
In getting tho Mississippi Choctaws
on the ChoCtaw tribal roll In Okla
homa, ends IA case that has been
pending since october 1905. on
March Z, 1891. the supreme court
iseued n mandate to the court OF
claims to find for owen In the case
and Just compensation. This the
court VI claims did this week. The
additional findings of the court OF
claims, following the mandate Of The
supreme court. were as follows:
Tho Court Decision.
The court of claims having Con-
hidcrcd the mandate OF the supreme
| court of tho United States and tho
| opinion OF that court In this cas-.
and the record herein, makes and
1 flee the following additional find
! ings In compliance with said man
date, and answers the requests pro-
pounded by Plaintiffs Winton and
| associates referred to In the opinion
| OF the supreme court, and by its
mandate required to be answered,
| thereupOn answers and finds as fol-
lows:
II. That tho labor of Robert /.
owen In behalf of the rights OF the
Mississippi Choctaws to citizenship
did result In gome benefit to the
Mississippi Choctaws.
"2. That the i.Gi3 Mississippi
choctpws referred TO obtained tho
right TO such citizenship and there-
by to receive allotmonts as result
TO some extent OF the labor and
work done by Robert l.. owen and
aSociates. said work and labor hav-
ing been done during the period
stated In the request, and that the
Just compensation therefrom is the
sum Of $4,000.
The court concludes upon the
uriSinui anu auuitiunai innings tnat
| Robert l. owen and associates are
entitled TO recover said sum, ana IL
Ia therefore adjudged and ordered
that Robert J.. owen and associates
have and recover OF the Mississippi
Choctaws the said sum of $4,000
nnt that the same is payable and
shall be paid In accordance with the
provisions OF the jurisdictlonal acts
herein"
An Old, Hard Case.
Hundreds OF thousands of words
OF testimony were taken in the case.
1t was argued in the supreme court
In 1919 ana 1890. The court OF
| claims at one time decided that
owen or none OF the other claim
ants were entitled to anything. Tho
case was taken up to The supreme
court. where owen won. but his
original partner, Charles L. VIM
ton and others lost.
The case grew out OF the famous
Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty Of 1880
! by which the Choctaw nation ccded
! to the United states all their land
east of the NJ Mssssippi river aud
agreed to remove heyond the Mis-
s.ssippi Many of the ChoCtaws.
however. remained in Mississippi and
were given land there, ON Deccuu-
| bcT "a, 1883, the ChoCtaw nation in
| Oklahoma momOtiallzed congress,
| recitlng that there were large NUM-
! bcrs OF Choctaws yet in the states
| OF Mississippi and Louisiana who are
entitled to all the rights ana priyi-
! leges Of the Choctaw nation" and
requesting the government TO make
provisions for the emigration Of
these Choctaws To the ChOctaw ma
| ItiCn. I'm 1898, the Dawes comm.s-
sion was created ana I'm 1896 the
ICommiRsiOn was directed 20 make a
ICOmplcte roll OF tho five civilized
tribes.
Owen Saw His Chance.
/ Winton and owen seeing the pos-
| Isihilitics for large fees by getting the
! NJ Mississippi Choctaws on the rolls
leutCrcd into an agreement that Win
ItOn should proceed 10 Mississippi
land make contracts with the Chor-
| Itaws there while owen was 70 re-
Imain In Washington and handle tue
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