The-Signal (Idabel, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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1DABEL IND TER AUGUST 10 1905
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NO 12
MUSKOGEE
CONVENTION
Its Aims and How to Gain
Them
The following article is from
an authentic course and is a con-
dition cf the entire matter of the
aim and purposes in calling the
separate statehood convention in
Muskogee on August 21 The
perusul of this article will give a
fair and adequate idea of the
matter and of the various inci-
dents out of which this move-
ment has grown A little reading
between the lines will also give
tin idea as to the spirit that per-
meats the whole matter:
“The - conotiutional convention
to bo held in Muskogee August
21 bears th$ same relation to the
recent Oklrhhnia City stub-hood ’
convention that the Indian in
Indian Territory dots to the
white man The majority of the
people of Oklahoma are white
si:id they want one state out of
the two tcrritoiies The Indians
who own practically all the land
in Indian Territory want a state
out of Indian Territory alone
With them hi this view there are
fully fifty per ceut perhaps more
of this white population
'“The Indians want a separate
prohibition state They want it
immediately They have been
accused of desiring present con-
ditions to continue They desire
to express to congress the fallacy
of the accusation likewis' the
accusation that the inhabitants of
Indian Territory are not compe-
tent for self government and they
propose to prove this untrue by
forming a constitution that is a
credit to them and ask congress
to let them in under such a con-
'
stitution
“This movement will bear the
Indian label until it reaches its
final resting place wherever that
may be but tho fact remains that
it was conceived prompted and
incubated by the wb’tc people of
Indian Territory Here again
comes' a wide divergence from
the Oklahoma City proposition
In Indian Territory this move-
ment is backed by business men
and those who Lave long been
residents of Indian Territory At
Okluhoma City tho convention
was solely in the hands of the
politicians of both territories In
the Muskogee constitutional con-
vention theso have been craftily
barred from participation by the
Indian chiefs wuo have resolved
thenclves into a committee on
credentials -and the' politicians
vho have been active m single
Mate matters will not bo allowed
"participate iu the separate state
'constitutional convention
“Never before in either territo-
ry has there been a convention
thut has agreed upon anything
'definite and had it endorsed by
ote of the people This con-
vention proposes to formulate
something definite present it to
‘congress and then it can be acted
aipou It w ill fh'st be Voted upon
by the people and congress must
know that it is what a majority of
Vhe people want or it will Other-
Vise never be presented State-
hood boomers have constantly
'boon presented yv ith a curt ou
-fellows down there agree on
"something and we will see what
'wo cun do for you” from mem-
bers of congress Rut they haVt
uever agreed
“To the single state argument
hat a constitutional convention
'will keep both territories out -of
statehood tho Indian replies with
the old argument "any kind of
'statehood but give it to us im-
mediately” and says that ' if
Oklahoma wants statehood that
bad it ought to be willing to come
in under the constitution which
will be adopted by Indian Terri-
tory' and to this here would be
no objection by Indiad Territory
The call for the constitutional
convention states that a city shajl
be chosen for the capital of the
new state This will of course
start a -fight between every big
town in the territory but when
choice is made will place that
town squarely in opposition to
uny town or group of towns in
Oklahoma that limy be - running
fora capital location if the two
territories come in as one stale
Under such circumstances Jndiau
Territory would have but one
candidate m the race and Okla-
homa would have at least four
which would likely result iuthe
location of the capital on Indian
Territory side if it is left to a
vote of the people of both terri-
tnries under single statehood In
event of separate statehood there
would be no contest in the state
mode out of Indian Territory
This matter in itself is of such
importance as to ilrnw a strong
delegation from every recording
district in Indian Territory as
members of the constitutional
convention
Under the call issued over the
names of the chiefs-it is proposed
to lay tho foundation for a new-
state If such a state is ever se-
cured then ’ the work is well
under way the moment the en
aiding act is pa-sed If this fails
of its purpose the Indian Terri-
tory "will be organized and trained
in fighting battles in constitution-
al conventions Its desires and
its demands in tljo way of a con-
stitution will lie clear cut and
decided -It would then go into
a joint conststutional convention
with Oklahoma knowing what
she wanted and how tv gel it
whilo Oklahoma would be un-
organized and uncertain as to
what it really wants ami how to
get it So in either event those
who favor a separate statehood
constitutional convention can see
nothing but good results to follow-
their efforts at state build-
ing: A Comparison
As tho promoters of that state-
hood convention in Muskogee
observe the daily defections from
their ranks their frame of mind
is something like that of a Har-
vard sophomore who was reciting
a memorized oration in one of
the classes in public speaking
After the first two sentences his
memory failed and a look of
blank despair came over his face
IIo began as follows: “Ladies
and gentlemen: Washington is
dead Lincoln is dead” — then
forgetting ho hesitated a moment
and continued “and — I — I am
beginning to feel sick myself
— South McAlister Nows
Northern People Interested
F C Stier who returned re-
cently to Muskogee from a visit
to Kansas City Mo and Leaven-
worth Kansas snvs that every-
body ho met whilo away wiis talk-
ing about Indian Territory
“They look upon Indian Ter-
ritory as th6 lnnl of promise the
place of fulfillment for their
dreams of wealth and independ-
ence Of nil tho men whom '
met not one but was interested in
this country They Asked about
ho climate the condition of the
soil and of tilings generally Mot
of them are men who contemplate
making investment in Indian
Territory who Jieliuvc there are
great opportunities for money
milking in real estate -investments
and the establishment of enter-
prises This fall and winter will
witness a great influx of investors
from the middle west”
WHY
Buy
your Cold Drinks at
CROOM'S
ICECREAM-
PARLOR
SAVE YOUR TICKETS aND GET A
Ladies’ Vatch Free
NOTICE
Wo liavo just opened a new Mont Market on Central
Avenue just beyond the pot office
Will keep on hand a fresh supply of fresh meats at all
times
T
I’ve just opened a new lunch room on Central Avenue
in same building with the Mayhall Meat Market
Will servo Hot Chile Steak Eggs and Soup or anything a
man whiles in the saort order line
We cordially invite the patronago of all at all hours
Rev J T Jones Ue Blind Preacher
YOUR job work Solicited
TERRITORY
CROPS
Prospects This Year Are
' Fine
As a rule tbruout the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nations crop
condition and prospects arc fine
The hay crop is above average
the coin is maturing splendidly
for a big yield and cotton prom-
ises to exceed the expectations cf
arly in the season Other crops
are equally us good including
fruits and vegetables
The follow mg from th Ard-
moreite is of especial interest
along this line:
“Basing their opinion on pres-
ent crop conditions merchants of
Ardmore state without restraint
that the business outlook for the
present season was never better
in the history of the town Dis-
counting the fact that unpropi-
tion: weather conditions u ny
interfere with present excellent
conditions merchants are pre-
paring for the greatest fall busi-
ness in years and tlieir staLim nts
would indicate that they are more
than pleased with prospects The
stories told of the shortage in the
cotton coupled with tho fact that
worms have attacked it sound
most plausible when farthest
away from a field of cotton fr
as a matter of fact farmers in
Ardmore tell pleasing stories of
crop conditions and wear a smile
that won't come off
“Crop conditions have wonder-
fully improved within tho past
week Tho distressing stories
told of the poor conditions have
largely been imaginary As a
matter of fact there has been
nothing radically wrong with
crop canditions in this immediate
section Tho state itei rouse of 1 j
per cent in cottrai has been dis-
puted Farmers agree that the
decrease around Ardmore will not
go over 8 per cent W F W ar-
reu of that city who has watched
crop conditions for years states
that five per cent is an extrava-
gant estimate and he bases his
opinion ou actual observations”
N(OT
M Mayhall Prop
Converted Dead Beats
Merchants in England and
lyalcs are happy over the fact
that the great religeous rivival is
tiding people to pay their debts
Here is a substantial good re-
sult of religions enthusiasm which
even the hard headcst materialists
mu t acknowledge
Missionary work in heathen
lauds make good customers for
the products of civilization It
has long been recognized that in
broad way the dollr in the mis-
sionaiy box is the best investment
the business man can make And
now the English and Welsh mer-
chants are learning that money
given in support of revivalists
comes back multiplied many
times
The mystery of some people’s
financial irresponsibility 1ms
never been fathomed They may
be the soul of of conscience in
every respect but this Perhaps
they never get a dollar’s w orth of
any commodity without a firm
intention to pay for it But
somhovv they never pay for it
and all the while the thought of
uot paving for it Is barrassing
and even shocking to them There
is needed "an authortative phys-
chological study of tho respeita
bility well meaning “deadbeht”
Probably no one on caith gave
a bishop of the English church
would have beeu found to object
to the revival which began in
Wales and is spreading in Eng-
land on the ground that it i-
causing people to pay their debts
The bishop of Charles in a recent
address expressed his scorn of
of this sort of conversion an 1 in
timated that the man whose mor-
al seiiso had not already made
him iionest was a doubtful ae-
quision under an iuuuotional im-
pulse to any religeous organiza-
tion A man he said should be
honest lip and (low n on J thru and
thru A “religion of emotion
ami crocodile tears” might cause
the nian who was not thus honest
to pay his debts but it would
hardly transform him into a per-
son or real conscience
- The idea of the man who is as
religeous’ out of the tjiurch as iu
it and never required any conver-
sion to prevent Ins buying things
that be had no serious intention
of paying for is attractive There
are many such men Yet it is
easilly to be fancied that the
merchants and shopkeepers cf
w hatever failli or moral system
are pleaded when they see the re-
vivalists pricking dulled con-
sciences and causing long-standing
accounts to be settled
In spite of the adverse opinion
of the Bishop of Carisle the com-
monly accepted view among level-
headed business men must be
I that the coin ei sioi w hich causes
deadbeats” to pay their debt-
in a first rate kind of conversion
The convert who takes time
from his praying to hunt up and
square his accounts’ may not
stand the highest with the bishop
but he makes a hit with all the
rest and no doubt a harp already-
tuned awnits him on high
TERRITORY
BRIEFS
ItiWorK and Progress
Western Newspaper Union is
constructing a building 50x120
feet m size to cost $20000 C
W Huber will build a business
structure 75x125 feet m size to
cost about $45000: Norris Cab
& Carriage Co Las been organized
with a capital stock cf $30000
Purcell Bank & Trust Co re-
cently commenced business in
temj crary quarters The com-
pany has plans and will at once
commence the construction of a
bank building
Iowa Building Block Machine
Co of Waterloo Iowa have re-
cently installed & machine for the
manufacture of sement Links in
the plants of J L -Borden of
Sulphur
C L Wood of Honey Grove
Texas awarded ? contract to
Jake Flin of Boswc-11 for the
construction of a business’ build-
ing 5ixi00 feet in size to cost
$3000 Existing business con-
ditions are in very fine shape in
Boswell
Marietta: — W W Smith will
construct 1 ' and 2-stoiy brick
buildings The school board
awarded a contract to W Stoqv
for tho construction of a school
buil-ling to cost about $!63uOC
M E Moore architect Excel-
lent busine-s condition- exist
thruout Ibis vicinity
F II Na-h J L Loqdwirth
and Joe Mayor of Fort Gibson
are preparing to com-truct a
building to cost approximately
$121 000 Preparations are beirg
made for the construction cf an
excelsior factory
Preparations are under way
for the construction of a broom
factory at Duncan
‘ A company has lieen formed
composed of capitalists from
Oklahoma City Holdenvillo and
Weleetka for the purpose of cut-
ting a canal across the loon hi
the North Canadian Kiv-r at
Weleetka A large plant will be
constiucted to supply Siiawrre
with power and it is thought that next M:inL but Supt
a uumber of factories will be in-
duced to locate there which will
be operated by water pover
The congregation ot the First tho new state cau be
Baptist church at Soutli McAles-tc-r
has accepted plans for the
construction of an edifice The
-truoture wqll bo built with South
McAle-tcr brick and trimmed
with nativ e stone
Citizens of Sulphur raued $3-
000 for the construction of a
brick school building Plans
are being prep '’Ad and the erec-
tion of the structure will soon
commence
Ilugo Compress Co recently
commenced business Hugo
btnvo raitorv recently organized
w ith W II Wahrev' Mgr aul
will soon commence one ration?
Joel Spring and L S Hire Lave
a contract to construct proposed
2-story brick school building o
coat about $15000
TERRITORY
SCHOOLS
Improvements are Eein
- - Made
Ardmorite: When jtho rural
schools of Indiau Territory open
September 4 one Lu wired and
fifty communities that have not
heretofore had educational ad-
vantage? wilt be favored with
schools Superintendent Bene-
dict said it would be possible
with the aid of tho additional ap-
propiiation made by congress
last winter to establish that
many new schools This will
mean a olal of 750 in the territo-
ry oi l-i !o of incorporated town -t
The appropriation provided by
congress is $150000 ami foc
collected by United Stalps clerks -in
access of their salaries will be
turned into the school fund mak-
ing a total of about $200000 for
educational purposes during tho
comming school year This will --
be distributed as equally as pos-
b!e among tho Creek Cherokee
Choctaw and Cl:l'la"u'v Nation
the Seminoles beiitj provided in
connection tv ith tho Creek appor-
tionment This will give each
notion about forty schools White
children will be allowed to attend
these schools free and where In-
dians attend the Indian Nation
will pay their tuition This Is
the plau that was used last yeaF -but
it will be extended over a
larger territory and rural districts
that have been vainly petitioning
for schools for years will be givu
teacher next fall for the fh-f
time fci each case the communi-
ty is required to fumi-L the
school building w Lich it is always
glad to do and the tribal and
United Statis government join iu
paying the teachers each bearing
a share of expense iu proportion
to the number of Imbu-is and
whites attending Among the
new school? to be e-tubli-hed are
also a uurnber for negroes altho
the exact number of tin-s? Lis'
uot yet been detcrmiind
Iu Indian Ten-Lory negroes
never aLud the same sehoch
with whites or Indians the r o-
men being as chary of sr-nd"'
their children to school with" ima-
gines as their white brothe-s
With the eet-blishmont of n’ '
schools this fall Indian Tcrritoiv
will have one country school for
every one hundred and fifty pupda
bipt Benedict srys that cadi
country teacher should not h‘ie
more ‘than fifty ibildren undo
his care Mr Benedict is plead-
ed however at tho present ana
sajs tLat the white children in
die territory will have a much
tetter opportunity for schooling
chan in any previous year The
only serious draw back is the with-
draw al cf tribd support with the
devolution of Indian geverun ent
believes that congress will take
seme action to carry over the tu-
bal schools until tho system of
made eTeo
tive
Tho need of further education-
al advantages iu Indian Territory
is illustrated by the fret that Ark-
ansis has 7000 schools Indian
Territory Las a iiwlo-ovcr c un-
truth Lat number Tho territo-
ry Lovever has more boarding
sdio-iL and seminaries than Ark-
ansas in addition to a number of
good eoIL ges aud in tho incor-
rotnt0(1 tm-nS uiiic- school? a
1 r '
?ood aa tll° ‘m"rad°
Weil La? conru ri cd " ou the
coastrcction of building to Be
occupied by the $40000 clock
factory to bv locate t at Tulta
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