The Labor Signal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1903 Page: 2 of 16
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MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS
Indian Nation Objects to Being Made
Part of Oklahoma.
ARDMORE: The governors of all
tli< five nations of Indian Territory
have joined In a memorial to congress,
which has Just been submitted to the
house and senate by Secretary Hitch-
cooperation of the non-citizens In this
movement. They are soliciting their
co-operation and are assured of their
hearty support.
The five tribes do not base their
cock, congress to refrain from adding appeal for a separate state solely on
and portion of Indian Teritory to Ok- j the pledges of the United States gov-
lahoma when the latter Is admitted as j ernment. The area, population, min-
a state, and to permit at the present Pra] resources and fertile soil entitles
time the creation of a state out of In them to a state for their territory. In
dian Territory. This memorial is in | area Indian Territory is twenty-nine
the form of resolutions adopted by var-
ious tribes.
The Choctaw nation has also sub-
mitted a separate memorial in which
the reasons why the people of Indian
Territory are advocating separate
statehood are set forth in detail as
follows:
times as large as Rhode Island, sixteen
times as large as Delaware, three
times as large as New Hampshire,
three times as large as Vermont and
three times as large as Maryland.
"Indian Territory has 0,000 square
miles more than West Virginia, 1,500
I square miles more than Maine, 1,200
"The Indians desire a state formed square miles more than South Caro-
out of Indian Territory at the expira- j ]jna, is practically the same size as
tion of their several 'tribal govern- Indiana and is four-fifths the size of
ments in order that they may incorpo- either Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia or
rate in the constitution a provision Tennessee. The Choctaw nation alone
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liq- j is larger thah either Rhode Island,
uors. A prohibition clause could not j Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachu-
be embodied in a constitution for a setts, New Hampshire, Vermont or
state formed by the union of Indian
Territory and Oklahoma, because Ok-
lahoma is now a saloon territory.
"It is well known that the political,
civil and religious condition of the In-
dians in the territory of Oklahoma are
seriously affected by the liquor traffic,
which is nowhere more arrogant than
in Oklahoma. The extension of the
liquor business over Indian Teritory
is earnestly desired by the wholesale
liquor dealers of the United States.
The daily papers of the middle west
have published a statement that whole-
sale liquor dealers have already pooled
Maryland.
"According to the census of 1900 the
population of Indian Territory was 392,-
000, which exceeded the population of
five states and two territories, namely;
Nine times that of Nevada, six times
that of Alaska, four times that of Wy-
oming, three times of Arizona, two
times that of Hawaii Territory, two
times that of Delaware, two times
that of Idaho, and two times that of
New Mexico.
"Indian Territory has a population
of 148,000 more than Utah. 78,000 more
than North Dakota, and 113,000 more
their interests and arranged to main-1 than the District of Columbia. The
tain a strong lobby in Washington j population of Indian Territory in 1900
until Indian Territory is made a part
of Oklahoma. The Choctaw people
are inclined to morality and religion,
yet if exposed to the liquor influence
of Oklahoma our present high stand-
ard of religion and morality will be
lowered.
"The treaty of 1830, under which
this treaty was segregated from the
public domain of the United States as
a continuing home for the Choctaw
people, solemnly guaranteed 'That no
part of the lands granted then shall
ever he embraced in any territory or
state.'
"The Atoka agreement of 1879, rati-
fied by act of congress of June 28, 1898,
commonly called the Curtis Act, after
providing that the tribal governments,
as modified by that instrument, should
continue until March 4, 1906, says:
'This stipulation is made in the belief
that the tribal government so modified
will prove so satisfactory that there
will be no need or desire for further
change until the land now occupied
by the five civilized tribes shall, in
the opinion of congress, be prepared
for admission as a state to the union.'
"Again, the United States govern-
ment has maintained the strictest laws
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liq-
uors within Indian Territory. The
agreement of 1897, and the act of con-
gress of 1898, above referred to, con-
tain the law: 'The United States
agrees to maintain strict laws in the
territory of the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw tribes against the introduction,
sale or barter, or giving away, of liq-
uors or intoxicants of any kind or qual-
ity.'
"Practically the same agreement ap-
pears in the treaty with each of the
five tribes. This protection was
claimed by the Indians and was read-
ily assented to by the commissioners
on Ihe part of the United States and
enacted into law by congress. TTnlon
with Oklahoma as a state means a
total disregard of these pledges and
that protection.
"Section 7 of the said resolutions
ef the chief executives provides for the
was greater than that of Idaho, Wyom-
ing and Alaska combined. Since the
last census the immigration to Indian
Territory has been enormous. It is
safe to say that the present popula-
tion exceeds that of either Oklahoma,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Washington, Colorado, Florida or New
Hampshire.
"In natural resources Indian Terri-
tory is not surpassed by any state in
the union. Oil and natural gas have
been developed in each of the five na-
tions, but on account of the holdings
of land in common have not been oper-
ated. The same condition obtains with
references to lead, iron and other min-
erals. The coal and asphalt deposits
of Indian Territory are superior to
those of any state in the southwest.
The coal industry is but in its infancy,
and yet the annual report of the Unit
ed States mine inspector for the year
ending June 30, 1903, will show that
during that year more than three mil-
lion tons of coal were mined in the
Choctaw nation alone. In each of the
other nations are extensive fields of
coal, which are being rapidly de-
veloped and operated. In the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nations approxi-
mately 444,000 acres of coal and as-
phalt land have ben reserved from al-
lotment. These lands will be sold
at auction to the highest bidder in (!40
and 9C0 acre tracts.
"Indian Territory has the most pro
ductive soil, four-fifths of which maj
be profitably farmed. Two-fifths have
never been touched by the plow.
Wheat, oats, corn and cotton and most
any product of the soil may be grown
here. Crop failures are imknown.
"Citizens of the five civilized tribes
have been prominent in the upbuilding
of Indian Territory, and are today
foremost in all enterprises for its per-
manent development. Proof of this is
that of the board of seven commission'
ers selected to co-operate with the
interior department in the manage-
ment of Indian Territory at the Ixwis-
iana purchase exposition, five are citi
zens of the five civilized tribes,"
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miles
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The Labor Signal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1903, newspaper, December 25, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc120736/m1/2/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.