The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XVI.
HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, IQO6.
NO. 46
AROUSED OVER COAL LANDS.
La Follette has Stirred The Sen-
Ate To Depths..
Washingtom, March £1.
Members of Congress who have
talked with President Hoosevelt
abaut the Five Tribes bill, in
which leasing the Choctaw coal
lands is authorized, said to-day
that if the bill passed in its pre-
sent form Mr, Roosevelt v\oj!d
veto it.
Since Senator La Follette
made his sensational attack in
Senate on the lease provision
several members of the House
and Senate have discussed the
conditions in the Indian territory
coal tields with the President.
They found that he was in sym-
pathy with the effort to prevent
the disposition of any more of
the coal lands belonging to the
Indians. To-day Senator La-
Follette went over with the Presi-
dent in detail the provisions of
the Five Tribes bill and empha-
sized his objections to some of
them.
senator i.a follftte's
prediction.
The senator stated that unlets
Congress acted promptly the
railroads would obtain the coal
lands at prices that would prac-
tically amount to robbery of the
Indians. Mr. La Follette ex-
plained also the provision relative
to the closing of the tribal rolls
and the provision under which
the decision of Commissioner
Bixby would be made tinal in
enrollment cases. The senator
refused to discuss his interview
with Mr. Roosevelt. He content-
ed himself with the positive pri-
diction that the bill in its present
form would never become a law.
Since he delivered his speech
in the Senate Mr. Li Follelte has
received many letters commend-
ing his course. Some of these
letters some from the Indnn
territory and the senator* says
they throw more light 011 the
situation relative to the coal
lands and the railroads monopoly
of the coal trade there. If the
occasion should arise Mr. Lu-
Follette will 111 ike another speech
again st the bill. Tiie Senate will
take action on the conference re-
port 011 the bill Monday.
the senate is impressed.
Senator L >ng, who is a mem-
ber of the Indian Committee,
said to day there was no doubt
that the Senate would adopt a
motion recommitting the bill to
the conferees and instructing
them to insist upon the provision
adopted by the Senate under
which thecoal landscan be neither
sold nor leased. The disclosures
in relation to the Indian territory
coal tields has impressed senators
with the necessity of enacting
legislation that will prevent these
tields from passing under con-
trol of the railroads.
Senator Tillman has warned
the Senate that I he railroads are
endeavoring lo monopolize the
coal trade in the S mill west in
the same manner they have mo-
nopolize the trade in I lie Ji ist.
Although there are wide differ-
ences of n|iiiiiou as to the v.ilue
of the Indian coal lands, the be-
lief jiivvails in the N nate that
these lands are as valuable as the
rich coal fields of Pennsylvania
and that Congress should see
that they a"e placed beyond the
grasp of the railroa Is.
co U, L HD i NOl' r J tin SO I YET
Wuh'ug'nn, April t) —-The
conferees ou tin b II providing
lor the disposition of alfiirs of
the live civilized tribes in Indian
Territory today agreed on tho re-
port they will make to the senate
and house. The principal differ
ence between the two bodies re
late to the restrictions placed 011
full blood Indians in the disposi
tion of their lands and to provis
ions for the control of coal lands.
The senate rejected two reports
of tho cuiferees, and this is the
third that has been made. Con
coring tho full blood Indians, it
is now provided that they shall
not have piwer to dispose of or
encumber any of the lands allot-
ed to them for 25 years, unless
this restriction is sooner removed
by act of congress. These In-
dians, however, may lease their
lands other than homesteades,
under such rules as may be pre-
scribed by the secretary of the
interior. The house accepted
the senate amendment in relation
to the coal land*-, so that the pro
vision 110 .v reads:
"That all coal and asphalt lands,
whether leased or urileased, shall
be reserved from sale under this
act until the existing leases for
asphalt lands shall have expired
or until such time as they may
be otherwise provided for by
law."
P. C. Simons' Record as Okla-
homa Attorney General.
Guthrie Capital.
P. C. Simons retired from the
office of attorney general of Okla-
homa this week with a record
that has never been equalled in
the history of the territory. A
son of Senator Simons of Cald well
Kansas, a very successful young
attorney, and a good republican
speaker yet Mr. Simmons was
little known over the territory,
when he received his commission
winning the place through a
speech he had made at the repub
lican banquet at Oklahoma City,
but his record is the best proof
of tho correctness of Governor
Ferguson's judgment
The mentionof only a few cases
need bo made to bring out the
unusual successes that have at-
tended Mr. Simons' adminstra
tion of his office. He won the case
against the Frisco railroad for
trespassing on Oklahoma school
lands to secure gypsum deposits;
and many others. The office
pays $1,830 a year. I11 the bond-
ing case a'one, involving $'240,000,
his fee, had he been representing
an inpividual would have been
many times this amount. Okla-
homa has boon fortunate in liav
ing exellent legal repVesentat
ives, but it is to be wondered at in
view of the salary paid.
Yet Mr.Simons has served the
territory faithfully without
thought of adequate remunera-
tion, and has made many new
friends and admirers, and a rec
ord that he may well be pi%lid
of. Oklahoma is his debtor.
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A Voice from Norman.
Through the kindness of Mr.
Nelson, a copy of the Hennessey
Cui'Peu was given me, and it
did me good once more to read
of the doings of iny old friends
at the old home. Truly the
world is moving on, when one
drops out another stops in to till
up the vacancy. So' let us all
keep on the move and Boon or
later the good Lord will say—"It
is enough, come up higher."
Four days more and I have been
away from Hennessey two full
years and I am glad to know that
you are all doing so well. Nor-
man is a tine little city, the county
seat of Cleveland Co. There are
many object of iuterest, but 1
will only mention two.—The
University located in the south
part of the city and the Sani-
tarium, located in the east part,
of whfcli I have been an inmate
almost two years. The main
building is three stories high,
located nicely at the end of the
main street. There are seven
male and four female wards, a
male and female hospital. Dr.
Griffin is an able physican, Dr.
Clark is proving to be the ri^lit
man in the right place as Supt.
Mr. Shives is a success as Super-
visor. Attendants known to
abuse patients are speedily dis-
missed The food is of good
quality and usually properly
cooked. The clothing is all right.
I11 good weather the patients
are taken to the park or for a
walk in the field Since my
coming many have gone home,
some have died, but I believe
great enre has been taken for
their restoration. A great many
visitors pass through the wards,
which is very cheering to all,
breaking the monotony. Last
winter Prof. Cole and his class
in psychology gave us a rousing
visit, Gov. Ferguson came and
paid us a visit last August,
Sheriff Love culled to see uie
once.
Now Bro. Miller if these
thoughts will interest the read-
ers of the cupi'EIi you are wel-
come to them, and if I find that
you appreciate them I will send
you some more perhaps.
Your old citizen and friend,
David A. Ham..
It costs but little to paper a
room, but it makes the home
look so much more cheerful that
it pays to paper. See my new
wall paper designs.
W. H. Andkew.
IS HE A FRAUD?
"Scotty" May Pan Out Bad in
Public's Gaze.
Denver, April? —Walter Scott,
faniiliary known as "Scotty", the
"desert mystery," who flashed
a big roll of greenbacks on the
country some months ago now
believed to be noticing but a
cheap desert desperado who has
used his dreamgoldtninein Death
Valley, Nev., as a means of luring
Eastern capitalists to the desert
for robbery.
Following his arrest in Port
land, Ore., last week at the insti
gation. of the Los Angeles author-
ities many circumstances have
developed bearing out the grow-
ing suspicion that Scott is a
dangerous fraud.
In Los Angeles "Scotty" has
long been regarded as a fraud,
and men conversant with the
desert and Death Valley say that
he has no mine them It is hint
ed that the money paid the Santa
Fe Railroad for hs spectacular
trip East was either Santa Fe
money for advertising purposes
or was obtained by "Scotty" in
some dubious way?
Th<>re are many conflicting
stories alxiut the desert tight 011
the way to Death Valley in which
Warner Scott, a brother of
"Scotty" was seriously wounded,
tie lies in a ljospital in Los An-
geles.
Warrants are also out for other
members of the "Scotty" outfit.
Scotty is held on a charge of
assault with a deadly wea]>on,
made by a member of the last
party "Scotty" conducted to-
ward the scene of his alleged gold
mine. *
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Refused to Work Their Poll Tax.1
From the (Juthrie Capital.
Waurika, Okla., April 3—Road
supervisor M. C. Clark and Uie
township board have decided that
all parties subject to road tax
must work or pay the same when
culled upon to do so. Last Mon-
day, Clarence Carter, who had
been notified to appear at a cer-
tain place to w.irk his tax, failed
to appear and according to the
statement of the supervisor had
refused to work or pay' until it
suited his convenience A war-
rant was issued for his arrest and
he was arraigned before Judge
Trayer and pleaded guilty and
was fined $10 and costs, making
his poll lax cost him $18, One
Loyd Shaw, a gentleman of pure
African blood failed to appear as
warned to do and a warrant was
issued for him and he was taken
before his honor, Judge Trayor,
and his read tax cost him $19.
The officers should be praised
for their action, it is an utter
impossibility for the supervisor
to allow each individual of the
hundred or more which he has to
work to select their own individ-
ual time to work. The law makes
it compulsory for a man, subject
to road tax, to work or pay when
requested.todo 90, and the officers
express themselves as being de-
termined to adhere to the law
and to enforce it without fear or
favor.
Decoratiu Day A# Ire**.
The committee appointed by
Fremont Post, G. A. R. to pro-
cure a speaker for Decoration
Day Address at Hennessey, has
been fortunate in securing the
servicesof Hon. Chas. P. Lincoln,
of El Reno to deliver .an address
on that occasion. „ J ndge Lin-
coln has a fine reputation as an
elognent speaker and we con-
gratulate the comn.ittee on its
success.
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