The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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NEW OKLAHOMA
FULL TEXT OF BILL AS PRE
PAREO BY SUBCOMMITTEE
OEMOCRAFS Will PRESENT SUBSTITUTE
A Majority Report Will Be Made—In-
dian Rights Protected—Provision
for School Lani.1—This Is No Doubt
the 0<M That WIS! Pa t
eelpt ol tha
e re- Uiy. t
ill of ben«tl
vote* I Hrhol,
I In
111*
nmlKMluu. to I
unwind the i
tiier«ni|>< i
«ult of said
Hi., proponed
State of Oklahoma wtiull I hi iidmlttad
C*ongr« s Into the Union, under and toy
vlrttW! or UilM Art. < n an «*«|Uul rooting
with tiie original Htat«* from ond erter
the fourth <Hv of Mm'*h. nineteen linn-
fired ami six The original of nald con-
rad tion h, qmg |"-"J
fftitutlofi. art lela*, propoaltlow
tiutu:«'M. and the efeetlon '<ti
and
I h« Stuti-
l In
caul
aid • h < Uu
rltory of Oklahoma to
III** of mild Htate.
He< . f . That tin- mi
thousand doll irM. or ho
may l e ncccMsar.*. Ih he
T«
iato)o the imopie of Oki.dionii nnd
... Indian Territory lo form a ewinditu-
iion and Hlate government ami be ad-
mitted Into the Union on equal rooting
Willi the original 8l lf*
IMM plc of New M'
to
a tale
■oust It utlon
id l e admitted
footinK With
ami Mixoim
I Hla.li- gov-
ito I he Union
I he original
united
HI IIO
ten
That
or the
HtitUt-
td i he
lie It ©muted I>y the H<
of IteprexeiituliveH of ti.
of A morion in liongnw aHHemhie
U.r inhabllantN or all Hint purl
area of the United Htnlen now id
log the Territory of Oklahoma
* ndhtii Territory, as et imaont dew r7Ti.mi
frtai adopt ti eonstttutlon and Imtoiim Ih<
Htate of Oklahoma, us hereinafter pro-
vident Provided That nothing <-on-
ti lined In the wild ooinditutlon sli.tll «•<
«onetviie<« to limit or Impair th# right*
of person or property pertaining to the
liolV-i.. «. f Mid Torrltorie?* (no long
ouch rightH kIiuII remalh unextinguished!.
«>t to llinlt or atlee I the authority of «(.«•
«•overnmont of the United Hi cf*H to make
utv law or regulation rciapentiio
Indians, their hinds, property (>•
fights by treaties, agreement. i.
otherwise, which it would have i o■
petent «<• make If UilH Act had
Hoc. t That all intilr per oi.
Ilio ago of twenty-one yearn, w
ijtUeuK of tin United Htateii. o
are mem Iters of any Indian nnt
tribe io enid Indian Territory
lahoma, ami who have rMidttd
the KmltH of laid proposed HUibj
leant nix month* ne*t preceding tlj
tion. are hereby KUtlmrlzi'd I •
nnd >hooM delegates t<> foi
I iona I convention for sdd p
nnd nil persona qualllled to
itolcgiites ahull I Ilglhie to
ttalogMlex*, and the delegate* to fo
convention shnll too one hundml
in number, nlxty « r whom shnll h
liy the people of tho Tei
honiii nnd nfty by the |>
■rltory; and \*<
therwli
apense
ml ro
BOf. I
upliiitnd. ro
d election i
the poynv nt or
>f seventy-five
irh thereof an
appropriated.
Treat*ury not
defrayltiR the
^ the
uV'regnla-
M i ItJI
provided hy law Tor the payment
TsrrltortoJ legislature of the I
« r oklahoma.
He, That until the next #ene
sum or until olhet wlw
the Hi11.1 Htflti
tith'd If live Hepr.-HOUiaii\f« «•'-
I loifc of ltepr«'l«'Ut(iliven of tin■ I nited
Htatoi* to !>•• elected from th- loliowing-
denctihed distrlds the lioiimlarlet
which rttmii remain
next general ceioon
Tlnit dlftrh't nutnln
prlNi
I «'en-
ny law.
ikiahoniH shall in- en-
untll tin
shall
field. Noble, l'i
I.in
prlsliin the (
. i . tion
Tina illstri
Blaine,1
llti.'S
laddo
ic. Klngfldhe
,d the territory
ml K'anwiiH irnllii
Oklahoma
Lngu
•om-
three nhnll eom-
ow «•ooHtilntlng
I Memlnole na-
vithin
WlHKl: .
That dlatrwt mtmNn-i
pHse all the territory
the Cherokee. Creek
t Ions, lying Mfrrthwint •' the Cherokee
Notion, within enid Hint*'
That dlHtrlet nnmls-red four Hhali « om-
tirlRc all that territory now oouetltutlng
I Hie t'hoecnw Nation nnd that part of the
UTilcknsaw Nation lying ea*t of thf
! Dim tv-si ver.th merhflau of west longl^
I tilde.
That district numbered live Hhnl! com-
pi Itiii lite eotintiea of tlieer, Roger Mills,
Kiowa. Washita. Comnnohc tTleveland.
I ami Pottawatomie, aiul that
temlorv nunfirlHlitg i
I Hon lying west of il.r ninety-
Ullan of woat longitude
,cK,
And tin
| (•'Ifty-nlnt!.
onntitu-
peaed Htate;
otc for Maid
| I he
Maid
I Itepr
ngrcflN. together
dher oflbers pr
UKtltntion. shall ti*-
to tho
ultii the
! (Ill
the eio
I foi
the
all-
NONE TO OPPOSE
! DELEGATE M'GUIRE RE NOMINAT-
BV ACCLAMATION
(AST TERRITORIAL REPUBLICAN MEETING
jCottcral. Tetterick, Foot®, Foaeett,
Jackson and Lowry Delegate* to
National Convention—C. M. Cade
Succeeds Wm. Grimes
Tho rftpubllcunw of Oklahoma, ar-
I cording to call issued by the terri-
torial central rommlttee, met in dele-
I pate convention In Guthrie, Thttradav,
I April 71 h. The (onwntion wan called
irna-M'!. 10 ordor M Cade, chairman of
the territorial central committee, af
ter which Vernon Whiting, secretary.
I 'nivc rally P
hundred and lifty thonsiad
the Iwaetlt of the Agrl.-ult.urul
and Mechanical College, ivu. hundred and
llfty thousand nor*«s; for th** benefit of
the Colored Agricultural mid Normal
I niversdty. one hundred thousand acres;
for tin* Is-netlt of normal schools, three
hundred and llfty thoueaiid gcres.
Hec. 1 . That any restrlctloiiH upon the i
alienation of allotte<l hinds In Oklahoma i
and the Indian Territory, except so far
as such restrictions apply to the home- •
stead of the allottee-, nnd to tin- full-
hlood Indians, shall ceaee msui tlie ad- (J
mission of such Hlate into the 1'nlon;
hut nothing In this A<t shall he con-
strued at* lo iiire. l. the right- of allottee.4
under any r>xlsllug treat ten or agree-
ments ridaling to the taxation of alioited
lands.
Hee. 14. Tliut asid Htate when udmitted
ns aforesaid siiall constitute two judi.-ial
dlMtricts. io I..- known an the eastern .lis- !
trlet of oklahoma and the western .dis-
trict of Oklntiom.i ; tin- said Indian TArrl- |
lory shall coiistitute the eastern district, j
and the sitid Oklahoma Territory shall !
constitute the western district. The eli- '
cult and district courts lor the eastern I
distill ( shall he held at Muskogee, and
the circuit ami district courts of the
eaeteru dlstrh t shall be held at Outhrie
for the time heln*. And the said ills
trlets shall, for Judh-tal purposes, until
otherwise provided, he attachcl to the
eighth judl.-ial district. Ther>
appointed for eacli of suid dlstrh t
•listrh't JuilK". one railed Htates attor
i ey, and one I'nited ritntrH marshal
There shall 1st appointed a clerk for each ,, ... . .. . ..
of suid districis. who shall k.*. p iheii of- road thr call, ( hairman f ade then
' r 'he court is held asked the convention to arise and 1h>
ie renu a enn •_ ,n A(", . ]c*d in prayer by Rev. McDcrrmOtt of
hi Jauni.ry^and the Guthrie M. K. church.
"and'one1 net It' Ju5y ! Mayor C. M Barnes, former gov-
ernor of the territory, welcomed the
convention to the city. In his address
at two o'clock In the afternoon with
the house packed, many of the guests
being women.
The committee on rules aud order
of business was the tlrat to report, the
report being read by J. Thompson, of
Pottawatomie county Th© commit-
to« recommended R. A. Cameron of
Wooda county for permanent chair-
man. Chas. Goodwin of Custer for per-
manent secretary and the two tempar-
ary secretaries, as assistant secre-
taries. The committee recommended
that speeches be limited to three
minutes.
The committee also recommended
iba following order of business: Re-
port committees, nomination delegate
to congress, selection national dele-
gate to Chicago, by roll call the coun-
ties to vote for all six on each ballot,
a majority being required to elect.
The alternates were to be selected in
the same manner. The selection of
territorial committeemen by the coun-
ties was last on the order of business.
There was only one contest, that of
Comanche county, where two conven-
tions were held, both endorsing Dunn
for national delegate, but each had a
held
on tin- lira! Moudu
first Monday in Juno
only grand jur> a
shall be suminohed hi
euli and district court*
disiie i courts for ea.l
and the, Judges thereof.
Itory of okia-
ople or Indian
nor, the chief
loathe nnd the 'secretary «'r said Terri-
tory shall apportion the Territory or
Oklahoma Into sixty district* as nearly
equal In population uh may Ik . which
11Ion or reJeoUoi! of the constitution:
and until auk! of flee r" are elected and
rtualifleii under the provisions ol such
condition ami tin said Htat' is admit-
ted into the Union, the Territorial oftlc-
.'is of oklahoma Territory siiall continue
to dlsnhan;e tin duties of their respective
>fliC(
aid Terrltoi
I'lint upn
the
nlmisi
of
towuahlp in < > It lain
portlonnietit hIiiiII include the Osage In- |
hian Reservation, and one delcR.tie shall I j
- i".. * i from each of said <11:-*!rlt:
m United Hlatcsj 1
•Itory shall i
tho judges of . I
11.11.t« . InJIan Terrllorv si.;.II ;.y- vutioim r .- iViiHr.ni.l |mr-
Kill.I {,<01111. Tm uwv l..l..| ' «:™'"„lrlimn.' t..
rm II!. nwtrl, .'dual la l y'""- u.. .urtenilllt) pr«ivli.l..i.
;.v.id..',""'' v":,^ L,i ... tm a-i. * . iii«r
i.rti dlstrlcta.
lion as may
elected from each
th. i:OS .-mor of mtld Okh
loget hei with tin- Judge
of I lie t-iiti.l Htate;. <•
•t'errltory. ahull by prpclu
nlection or tin dele,-at
t.posed Hi.
• indlar
erald in
JHBHHIHHV time designated
them' within six month* after the ftp
iiroval or this Act. Wflloh prOelomHlion ,
pliali be issued at least sixty days prioi v 1 ln
to the linn- or holding nald election ol i take
dele«ates That the judgv s of tho ft nited |
Htates oourls In Indian TerrttOry shall.
tor the purposn of said t h etinr.. estahllsii
• nut den no the iioeessary election pre
rrlnet.s nod appoiul three jUtlgt'-' Of 'he
of any trllai
to tho imin
until the. re
tlnguishtul i
ulioi
other
• shall land o
udtviduai mer
led to the grur
viseiiia Of ttiih
shall have bee
mid districts.
'.(,t!v,',lyh"!Vvl1 BaUl
me M.IIIM- |«-in nod Jurisdiction '
aud perform the same duties required to
he performed hv the other cln-uil and
district courts and Judges of the rnltist
Htates. and siiall he governed by the
Kit in. laws and regulations. Tin mar-
shals. dlstriet attorney, and clerk of each
of the circuit and district courts of said
districts, and all other officers and per-
sons performing duties ill the admlulstra-
tloh of Justice therein, shall severally
possess the powers and perform the
duties lawfully required to be performed
by similar officers In other districts of
the I 'idled Htates. and shall, for the serv-
ices they may perform, receive the fees
and compensation now allowed by law t
officers performing slmlli
the I 'nited Htates In the Territory of Ok
lahoma; and that the laws ami procedure
« r the present Territory of Oklahoma, as
fai as applicable, shall extend over and
apply to said Htate until changed by the
legislature thereof
Tliut all cases of appeals or
rits
heretofoi
prosecuted
pending In the Hupn
rotted Stales or the circuit court of ap-
peals for tin eighth circuit, upon any
rec.nl of the supreme courts of said Ter-
ritories. or that may hereafter lawfully
he prosecuted upon any record from eith-
er of said courts, may he heard and de-
termined by said Huprenn- Court or the
I nited Htates and the said court of up-
peitls. And the mandate of execution or
other proceeding shall he directed by the
Supremo Court of the fnited Htates or
said circuit court of appeals to the circuit
or district courts hereby established with-
in the said atnte succeeding the Terrt-
les from which
Im> pt-
din
lands he
All to
to
for
eh pr
not
oahl hirtgeii
Hhali soperyli
Npectlvo pr
mini!
liflcui party, which Judges nifty appoint
Ilu* uceoH.uirv clerk or clcrka, thai tin-
oleotloii, So uppoinled,
e election In then r %-
•erlnots. and canvass and make
of the vote east tn th< judges
of "the Hulled States courts in Ralit Indian
Territory, who shall constitute the ulti
mate ami float canvaaslng twaixl of said
election anil whose eertlflcales of elm
«n.n nil all he prlfia facie evidence na to
the election of delegates, and the election
fra delegates
bom a shall he
•undo, the result
tlfhwes of ll persons
eon vent Ion Issued In llu<
4n prescribed by the lai
lory regulating ©tedious
of
oomtuMed.
tied to
for l>rlegn
vole of the
at an etec-
■ legislature.
Thai the capita I
tt'.apiravlly be located
Guthrie, in ihe present Territory oi ok-
lahoinn. and shall not be changed then
from previous to Anno I lonilnl nineteen
hundred anil ten. but the location oi said
capital may after sold yet
entlv fixod by a majoril?
electors or said Hlate voti
lion lo lie provided for by 1
Bee. :: That the delegates u« in.
'ventlon tlni!* ele^te<l stoill meet at Ihe
neat "f government of said Oklahoma
Tcn iiory on tho fifth Tuesday nrter their
election, excluding the day of election In
(,«:c such day shall ho Tuesday, and,
oflM ortWilllaation, shall dwlan on be-
li i. ■ i lie • ople ol -aid prop 1
that they adopt the Constitution of tin
(Inded Hhito*; whereupon^ llm si
Ventlon shall, and Id nei-ehy an
to, font, a constitution and State Kovern-1
liienl for said propose*! 8tn*n, The (on-
stilutioo shall bo republican in forir. : ml
tnake no distinction in civil or political
rlgtit-. on anount of rare (>r color, and
^hsll not tie repngnnnl to tin *Jonstttu-
tton of the United Slates nnd the prin-
ciples of till |Jer I a re non Ot tmnpenio n. C
And said convention shall jpmvld© by or-
dinance irr^vneatdo without Hie consent
of the Culled Slates nnd the people of
eatid State
Pnst. That perfect toleration of
ligtmis fssnliment shah is- secured and
that no Inhabitant of aaiii Htate shall
ever oe ioole ted In person or property on
account of his or her mode of rollglous
worship, and Mmt polygamous or plural
marrlngea are forever prohibited.
Hecoml. That the imople inhabiting said
propose.) State do ague and deviate that
they forever dlselnim nil right and title
in or 'o any unappropriated public hinds
lying within the boundaries thereof, ami
to all lands lying within oalU limits own-
ed and held by any Indian, tills*, or na-
tion. and that until the title t-. iuvjr such"
t.tihiic land shall have been extlnictiNhed
bv the Coiled States, the same shall be
.in' remain subject "• th«* Jurisdiction.
Hup.. ,il and control «'i the fnited Bbite.-.
'PIia I. land belonging to eltlaoriS ot tho
tluitci States realdiiiK without the limits
or said Hlate shall never be taxed at a
higher rate than the land bulongtmr to
residents thereof; that no taxes shall be
Impose.i bv tin* Hlate on lands or prop-
ertj lM 10URtng to or which j
PHVHHH he public dom!
ed. That there Is sufllclent un-
puhllc laud within said Htate to
...... this grant: And provided, That in
case anv of the lands herein granted to
the state of oklahoma hav«- heretofore
l.eeii conllrmed to the Territory of Okla-
homa for the purposes spe.ltied in this
Act. the amount so coiiOrmed shnll Is; de-
ducted from the ipmntlty specllled in this
Ant.
There Is hereby apptopiitilwi. out or
nnv moneys in the 'fronsury not other-
proprlateil, Ihe sum of live mill-
wise approprt
Ion dollars foi
t'ommou schools o
sections sixteen an
lands of (lie India
proprlathui shall I
hp-r of the Unlte«
nnd to such person or
• ' " ' Id Ht
etlt of the
in lieu or
and other
Bald ftp-
paid by the Treas-
aml In-
said State
I ttdrty-slx
• receive tho
Ider laws to be enacted by said
Kti.t - and until said Htate shall onncl
Much laws said appropriation shall not
h. paid but sit Id Statu shall he allowed
Interest thereon nt the rate oi three per
centum per annum, uhich shall lie paid to
said State ro. Die use and be nefit of its
public schools. Said appropriation of live
million dollars shall be held and Invested
bv said State, in trust, for the use and
beneht pf said schools, and the interest
thereon shall bo paid quarterly and used
exclusively In the support nnd mainten-
ance of ho id schools.
See. S. That neeth n thirteen In the
Cherokee Outlet, the Tonkawa Indian
Reservation, hint tho 1 awnee Reserva-
tion, reserved by the 1 'resident of the
i'ldtcd Htates bv proclamation issued
August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-three, opening to settlement the
said lands, anil bv any Art or Acts of
Congress since said date, and section
thirteen in all otln r hinds which may !>c
opened to settleini'id in the Territory or
Oklahoma, and all lands heretofore set-
tled In lieu thereof. K her. t
« I tied In lieu ttiereol i
.... i- j and granted to wild Htn
ihoiixed ■ benefit ««f tho University of Uklahi
■ the
md
normal schools, nnd the agricultural
nnd mechanical college or said Htate. one-
third to each, the same to bo disposed of
as ttie legislature of said State may pre-
scribe: Provided, That the said lands so
reserved or ihe proceeds of the sale
thereof siiall be safely kept or invested
ami held by Haul Stale, and the income
thereof. Interest, rentals, or otherwise,
onlv shall he used exclusively for the
betioht of said educational institutions.
Such educational Institutions shall re-
main under the exclusiv e control or said
State. an*l no part of the pr
Ihe
ale
dlspo
Is herein granted for educatloua
loses, or the Income or rentals ti
hall bo used for the support
1 pi
any
llglous
university
That set
beietnfor*
tofoi
aria
school,
oilege
set
:l Ac t.
tutton:- and public huihlt
portioned and disposed
luture of said State n
Sec That said set
hlrty-slx, and lands
thirty-three, and all lauds
eteil in lieu thereof, here-
:i under said proclamation,
charitable and penal msii-
shall If up-
s the iegis-
pr
Tibe.
•lxte
of. lu
d fo
afte
Or
Isb p.'
zed for Us
l by the
nit--
Sta
Third. That the debts
[>f said Territory of Ottta
nsnumod and |Mild b> -«ai
Com tb That oroviaionn
r« r I ne establishment an
of a syatom o: p.itdle s. iiot
a •• clilldrei
Bn ;ll tb
iol I
from
ahull
Prov
dude ih(
always he
nt. That
aid public SCh*
fifth. That th« UO ^
enact any law restn, ti
the right or suffrage on
oolor. or previous condii
ht to purchase butng
I fund, the interest of
expended tn the supp
Hut said lands may. under
Htm us the legislature
teased r. r periods not t
s, aud such lands shall not
homestead entry under tin
the I nited States, wliethe
tnstirveyed, but shall Ik* re
•ho.,I pui)M ses only
tt said sections thirteen nm
Ifoiesahl. when sold, ma
and sold under such rule:*
US as the leg!
•escribe, prefe
K given to the lees*, at the
hi. but the same may
rtods of m.i more than ti
emulations
III
rlbc
Hill
ijtiallfu
or tint'
Colony.
id «
alike to nil cltls
That tr. caa. .
>v« rmnenl shall is
with the peovlsii
iw. Tlin
othf
111!
id tin-
the supr
SUlte
therein .
said
irts of
nnd dls-
tiid Slate
•ssors of
lively, he tin
ie courts of oklahoma and linlhin Ter-
Itorles as to ail such cases arising
It bin the limits of tne Territories de-
cribed in tin ilrst section or Hits Act,
.'itli full power to proceed with the same
ml award mesm- or limit process iherln;
ml that from all Judgments and decrees
r the supremo courts of said Territories
In any case arising within the limits ot
Id State prior to admission the parties
such Judgments or decrees sluill have
right to prosecute appeals and
rlts
to the Snpreifie
the
tilt* Cldted Stat
tppeals or the eighth circuit as they
shall have had by law prior to the ad-
mission of said State Into the I'nlon.
ee, 17. That lu respect to all cases,
iceedlugs. ami matters now pending
the supreme or district courts of said
rrltorles at the time of admission as a
State and arising within the limits of
eli Stat*' whereof the circuit or district
urts b> this Act established might have
had jurisdiction under the laws of the
fnited Htates had such courts existed at
ihe time of the commencement of such
cases, the suit! circuit and district courts
Hitch, respectively, shall be the successors
of said supreme and district courts of
said Territories and in respect to all
other cases and matters pending In the
supreme or district courts of satd Terrl-
lorles or In the United Htates courts for
the said Territories at the time of the
(mission of such State, arlslns within
ie limits of said proposed Htate, the
•urts of said State shall, resi ectlvoly,
be flic successors of said supreme and
itlHtrlct Territorial courts and the United
States courts in said Territories. Am! all
the illes, records, indictments and pro-
reedlngs relating to any such cases shall
l e transferred to such circuit, district,
mil State • courts, respectively, and the
-a me shitII he proceeded with there In
lue course of law; but no writ, action, in-
llctment. or proceeding now pending, or
that prior to Ihe admission or said State
shnll lie pending In any Territorial courts
mid Territories or the United States
rts for said Territories siiall abate by
the admission of said Htate Into the
Ion: but the same shall be transferred
1 proceeded with In the proper United
Htate.- circuit, district, or other State
rt. as the case may be: Provided, how-
r. That In all civil action, causes, and
•eedlngs tn which the United States is
a party transfer shall not be made to
circuit and district court* of tho
United States, except it be a case which,
littler existing laws, might be I
erred from a State court to the courts
f the United States, and upon written
"The people of Guthrie, regardless
of politics, are always a unit tn wel
coming visitors to the city. Every
citizen is today a republican. In sym-
pathy with the object of this conven-
tion.
"Gentlemen, 1 congratulate you,
upon tho circumstances surrounding
this convention. Harmony prevails.
This is a campaign of organization
There are no factions and tbe rank
for | and file Is in the saddle. The people
of Oklahoma are r«:ady to support th«
republican party, because it is the
party of principle."
Governor Barnes spoke on state
hood, saying that it could not long be
x "the | delayed, lie favored Immediate state
hood, as congress desired to give, say-
ing that lie did not believe congress
would take Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory in as one slate oxcept on
Just and equitable basis Governor
Barnes was frequently applauded dur
Ing his addresB and the names of
President Roosevelt and Delegate Mc
Guire brought forth frequent hursts
of applause.
A H. Geissler, of Carmen, respond
ase ^d to tho address of welcome, briefly,
i He said: "This is the last territorial
convention to be held by the icpubli
can party and it is meet that it
should be held in Guthrie, which has
been the capital of the territory, and
that the delegates be welcomed by a
man who sat four years In the guber-
natorial chair. Before we meet again
Oklahoma will have received state-
hood."
Mr. Geissler then spoke enthusias-
tically and eloquently of republican-
ism. statehood aud the Issues before
Oklahoma.
M. C. Garber, of Enid, was called
upon for another response and as he
stepped forward he was enthusiastic-
ally cheered by the convention. Mr
Garber dealt with the Importance of
the national Issues^ chiefly industrial.
Jndge J. K. Bcott* of Perry was
! nominated for temporary chairman by
Noble county. Hon. J. M. McNeal
seconded the nomination. No other
! name was presented and Mr. Scott
was selected unanimously.
\V. A. Maurer of Canadian nominat
ed A. H. Geissler of Carmen and G. W.
, Sowner. colored, of Chandler for sec-
retaries. Both men withdrew their
names and William McCully of Woods
and R. Emmett Stewart, colored, of
Logan were elected.
James Gandy of Woodward moved
that the roll of the counties be called
and the chairman name a member on
i eacji of the three committees, resolu-
tions, credentials and rules and order
: of business.
After naming the committees the
convention adjourned until 2 p. m.
i The convention was called to order
■n
HON. BIRD S. M'GUIRE
Renominated as Delegate to Congress
candidate for territorial committee-
man in J. Hamon and R. E. Miller.
Tbe Hamon delegation was seated by
the committee on credentials, the re-
port of which was adopted.
On motion of Job Dobson of Enid
the order of business was suspended
aud the nomination of delegate
was called. Henry E. Asp of Ixjgan
county moved that Hon. B. S. Mc-
Gulre bo nominated by acclamation
which was done.
The convention then proceeded to
elect a national committeeman and
Cash Cade was elected without oppo-
sition. Judge W. R. Asher placed
Cade in nomination.
The only fight In the convention
was made when the chairman an-
nounced that the roll would be callcd
for the nomination of delegates to Chi-
cago. When Canadian county was
called Hon. Dick T. Morgan moved
that the order of business be suspend-
ed and John Cotteral of Logan, Sey-
mour Foose of Blaine, Robt. Lowry of
Payne, W. D. Fossett of Kingfisher,
W. C. Teterrlck of Kay and A. H.
Jackson of Canadian be selected as
delegates to Chicago and J. T. Dudley
of Cleveland. Omer K. Benedict of
Kiowa, (leo. Carr of Day, J. S. Hoover
of Roger Mills. O. P. Elliott of Greer
and E. N. Yates of the Osage nation
be the alternates. This motion met
with considerable opposition from the
anti-state faction, but ln the end the
foregoing were selected as delegates
and alternates.
Delegate McGuire was officiality no-
tified of his renomination and appear-
ed before the convention and made a
brief speech.
After thanking the convention for
the honor that it has bestowed upon
him, he spoke briefly of the republi-
can party and its future In Oklahoma.
Delegate McGuire does not believe
that the new state of Oklahoma will
be overwhelminglly democratic and
on this subject he said: "I believe
that if every republican will do his
duty Oklahoma will be safely a repub-
lican state. The national and terri-
torial outlook is promising. Thor-
oughly American, endorsed by the re-
publican party, and the American peo-
ple alike, after the renomination of
President Roosevelt, you may look
for a breaking in the ranks of the op-
position. With harmony in Oklahoma
and that standard bearer at the head
of the national party, large majorities
in Oklahoma will settle the question
as to the politica.1 complexion of the
future atate, and leave no doubt but i
that in the future Oklahoma will be
safely republican "
Immediately after Mr. McGulre's
speech the committee on resolutions
reported, of which the following is a
part:
*'We hereby give our enthusiastic
and unqualified endorsement to Theo-
dore Roosevelt. We commend his high
citizenship and exalted Ideals of pub-
lic policy. We believe his administra-
tion is the highest standard of popular
government, for which the republican
party has always stood. We believe
tho nomination and election of Roose-
velt will be a declaration for the pur-
est and best government, worthy of
the most exalted citizenship. We
hereby instruct the delegation elected
by this convention to vote for Roose-
velt as the enthusiastic desire of the
people of Oklahoma.
"In Honorable B. S, McGuire, the
territory has a representative at
Washington who commands the ad-
miration and respect of all the people
and whose valuable services and care-
ful and intelligent attention to tbe In-
terests of our people at the national
capital unqualifiedly entitle him to our
cordial endorsement and to re-election.
"Wo are proud of the business sense
and purity exhibited In the territorial
government of Oklahoma. The condi-
tion of the public affairs of our terri-
tory under the wise guidance of Gov-
ernor T. B. Ferguson, proves the su-
periority of republican government
He has put into practice the principles
of public fidelity laid down by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, requiring a strict ad-
herence to them by all hiB official
family.
"We re affirm the declaration of the
republican party for the right of every
citizen to cast one free and untram-
meled vote, and to have that vote hon-
estly counted."
The administration was upheld ln
the Panama canal matter; the Hamil-
ton statehood bill now pending In the
lower house was endorsed aB was also
the irrigation project and national
and territorial good road movement.
The convention also declared ln favor
of early allotment of the Indian reser-
vations within the territory that In-
dian lands will be subject to taxation
and bear their just share of expense
of government. The resolution pass-
ed by the Indian Territory asking in-
corporation of the 'Quay Suffrage
amendment' in the statehood bill when
passed by congress was heartily en-
dorsed.
A resolution upon the death of Hon.
M. A. Hanna was adopted as was also
one thanking Committeeman Grimes
for his labors in the interests of the
party in the territory.
The last business before the conven-
tion adjourned was the naming and
ratifying of the territorial committee-
men from the different counties. The
committeemen selected by the differ-
ent county delegations are:
Beaver, Geo. H. Healy; Blaine. J. H.
Dillon; Caddo, Guy Gillette; Canadian,
Henry Lassen; Cleveland, J. A. Sher.
man; Comanche, J. L. Hamon; Custer,
Tbos. J. Harkett; Day, James ■
Wright; Dewey, R. G. Brownlee; Gar-
field, Ivan G. Conklin; Grant, Coens;
Greer. W. C. Shadden; Kay. C. B.
Baker; Kingfisher, Geo. W. Laing;
Kiowa, J. C. Gillette; Lincoln, John
Embry; Logan, C. H. Filson; Noble,
B. C. Hunt; Oklahoma, Ledru Guth-
rie: Pawnee, E. G. Gray; Payne, John
P. Hinkle; Pottawatomie, W. R. Ash-
er; Roger Mills, Henry A. Russell;
Washita, W. H. Gausenhouser; Woods,
W. T. Barrett; Woodward, Georgo
Brophy; Osage, Fred Farrar.
FURTHER APART THAN tVER
Many Bones of Contention in Indian
Appropriation Bill
WASHINGTON: The conferees tn
charge of the Indian appropriation bill
seem to be further apart In some of
the important amendments than ever
before. The disposal of the Sulphur
springs, in the Chickasaw country:
the transfer of citizenship cases to
the citizenship court in Indian Terri
tory, and the Turtlo mountain treaty
seem to be causing most of the trou-
ble. It is understood that som«' mat
ters are settled which will be of great
importance to the people of Indian
Territory. The conferees on both
sides are doing all they can to shape
legislation ao as to insure the closing
of all matters, so far as the Dawes
commission is concerned, by July 1st
next.
Tho conferees, it is said, have
agreed on the amendment removing
all restrictions on the? alienation of
the lands allotted to the Intermarried
whites and to the freedman and also
providing that Indians may file appli
cation with the. United States Indian
agent, who shall Investigate each ap
plication under rules and regulations
prescribed by the secretary of the in
terlor, and If he finds the applicant
competent to transact his or her busi
ness, he may issue a certificate to each
Indian allottee, which, when approved
by the secretary, shall remove all re
strlctlon on the alienation of lands by
the allottee. They have also agreed,
according to report, on a provision re-
quiring the secretary to make rules
and regulations in regard to the leas
ing of the lands belonging to full
bloods. It is understood that Mr. Cur
tis has been authorized to draw this
amendment.
This provision will be of great im
portance to Indian Territory, because
It will permit a large number of white
people and negro allottees to make
such disposition of their allotments as
they think proper, except homesteads,
and relieve those desiring to sell or
buy from the necessity of waiting for
each transaction to be approved by
the secretary. It is intimated that
conferees have virtually agreed on a
provision attaching the small Indian
reservation in Oklahoma to adjoining
counties but leaving the Osage reser
vation in its present condition.
An effort is being made to get th.'
conferees to agree to an amendment
to the citizenship court provision,
transferring all cases that remain un
disposed of September 3 aud now
pending before the Dawes commission
to said court. It is believed that an
agreement has been reached as to the
disposition of the coal lands so as to
permit the secretary to sell the un-
leased coal lands by scaled bids, but
no agreement has been reached as to
the disposition of tho lands now cov
ered by leases. About 138,000 acres
of coal lands are held by coal leases.
The principal trouble arising in the
settlement of the Sulphur springs
question is a dispute as to what shall
be done about the additional lands,
about 200 acres, to that already re-
served from the springs. There is a
great difference as to what it would
cost to pay for the Improvements now
on lots, which would be taken by the
government In case said additional
land were added to the reservation
Tho department Insists that it will nor.
cost over $200,000, while the people in
possession of tho lots claim that their
improvements are worth $1,000,000.
It is understood that an agreement
was reached to pay the Delaware In
dlans $130,000, representing the differ
ence of the depreciated value of silver
as compared with gold, in which their
claims were to be paid under their
treaty with the government.
The senate amendment, proposing
the sale of pine timber lands in the In
dian Territory upon sealed bids under
the direction of the secretary of the
interior, was not agreed to.
}
PLATT BILL REPORTED
i t ion i
of one of the pa
with In the prop
institutional <<
nee provide for the
lion of Officers for a rull state gov-
ment, including members of tV legis-
lature and live Reprtpentat Ives to Con-
L-iess and siiall attach the Osage and
Kaw Indian reservations to counties con-
11 c in hi.- and designate the county seat
thereof, and shall provide rules and reg-
ulations and define the
ducting tli
TO FORFEIT ITS FRANCHISE
Shawnee Goes After a Long Distance j House *nd Senate Conferees Get To-
il such Telephone Company j gether on Seminole Question
and*Tn j SHAWNEE: The city council has! WASHINGTON: The senate com-
h cases ortiered the city attorney to begin ac- mittee on Indian affairs has reported
afflci
r i tion to secure the books of tho Long
Distance Telephone company, which
recently was made a part of the Pio-
neer company, and is one of the big-
gest companies In Oklahoma, in order
that the city may collect taxes due
under terms of the franchise The at-
torney will also begin proceedings for
In
favorably the Piatt bill, which pro-
vides for winding up affairs in the
Seminole nation. The measure was
drafted by Chairman Bixby of the
Dawes commission, and efforts will be
made to attach the bill to the Indian
appropriation bill. The tomahawk
has been buried and the house and
the forfeiture of the company's fran- senate conferees on the Indian appro-
shall i
shall I
election ro
vldetl for ti
Senato
VnSin abevatne until tit. state ! chi8e here, it controls the busluoss in I prlation bill have announced that
admitted into the I'nlon "nd_tt e ^ Kectjon Gf Oklahoma. truce has been declared and that the
—— i bill would be reported to both legisla-
Enld'a New Waterworks System | tive bodies
State
fllcerH held, as pro
lids Act. The State lepJahi-
d Shall elect fy.o '
Prescribe!i ' by*'111e"lawV'*o"'tlie 1 ENID: Enid voted $75,000 worth of j The proposition to authorize the
i' nited states, .u d the gmernor and see- j waterw0rks bonds at the recent elec- secretary of the Interior to purchase
tion 'of' U ie'1 Sena to t a n d Representatives | tion. The money will be used in con-; additional lands at Sulphur
hi the manner required^ by^ hi\v; and^saU! 8(rucjjon of an entire new system, the | open but will be satisfactorily settled
enllUed**to"he adi'VtUeci'to sentsVn Con- I city having outgrown the present , in time for managers of the confer
11 the rights I Plant and a 'aclc °' water ondang- once to report the whole bill. The
If' the 'Vnite't ' ered property. The opposition to the amendment to open Choctaw and
states. A'ni Uie c rfl« yts ..t the state «i v- jB8UnnCe Df bonda Wgs small. Chickasaw rolls and throw them In
luiu'^n o'-e^d t«> ev | — I the citizenship court of that name has
ti the functions of such Slat" • ji i 4— "*l- — *—4— ~i—
"Uno" Is Booze
SOUTH M'ALESTER: In deciding a
telit case, the last of the criminal
docket, the United States court at Po*
teau ruled that "Uno" was a substi-
tute for beer and was intoxicating. J.
S. Kirkpatrick, the defendant, was sen-
tenced to six months in jail, charged
with selling Intoxicating liquors. The
case was hotly contested by Ft. Smith
liquor dealers and a Kansas Cltj
brewery. United States Attorney Wll«
Chicago capitalists are developing
a new oil field near Ardmore. A
townsite of 300 acres has been laid
out and regular oil boom started.
Coal Strike is Serious
DES MOINES, IA.: On account of
{he coal strike the railways have an
nounced that at least 500 men will be
paid off at once. Seventeen switching
crews and nineteen full train crews
running out of Des Moines and Valley
Junction quit work. Similar action by
railways centering at Boone. Belle
Plain, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa and Albia
will mean the loss of work to about
1.000 men. Churches here nre closed
on account of the strike and tho
kins represented the government, and schools have been closed for a week
says the action of tho court will stop
the sale of so-called light beers In the
central district of the Indian Terrfr
tory.
f Senators and Kepres
States 111 the CongreSf
tes. And the officer*
nicut formed tn pi
tltutlu
II laws of said Territories
lu' force! therein at the time of their ad-
mission Into the I'nlon shall In force
hi said State, except as muddled or
changed •> this Act or b> the constitu-
tion of the State, and the laws of the
t'ntted Stales not locally Inapplicable
A boll weevil has been found at been defeated. Other features remain
Montgomery, La., near Alexandria. ; u.s previously reported.
For Political Control
ARDMORE: The national party of,
the Chickasaw nation unanimously
McLoud Bank Closed
Gl'THRIE: As a result of the fail-
in.. same force nd" effect I lr"° --- --- I ure of the Capital National Bank, the
.isewin t. within i nominated D. H. Johnston, of Emet, Clti/ens Bank of McLoud closed Its
f°r governor of the nation, and Wm.j^^ u wag a corrd8pondent of the
M. Kemp, of Tishomingo, for attorney papltaj Mational and had $10,000 cap!
the
Flat
the
the
voles cast oil that q
lh- ' Mii.-ditutlou.
lioma Territory
ajority of
■ air C,t Okln-
and the judge senior in
i,ci vn ; of Indian Territory shnll certify j
Ihfl result to ihe President of the I 'nited
flttit'-s. together with tin- statement ot
Ihe votes cast hereon, and upon separate
«ahl constitution, artlc4« s. proposition*,
-md ordhn ncA Anil if tin- constitution
and ffovtirnment of said i>ropoKcd State
are republican In term, and if the pro-
is In this Ad have been compiled
in the formation thereof, tt shall no
en of the United
That hi lieu of the grant ot
i- ouriMof internal Iropmve-
ide to m-w States by the eighth
.f the Act of September fourth,
hundred and forty
rep<
hied
to
de-
i . iuhteen hundivd aud nrty ami set tion
I twenty-four hundred and seventy-nine of
hi., grant is hereby dec in red is not ex-
llovisnd Statutes, making a grant of
swamp and overflow lands. which
grant Is hereby declared la not extended
[ to said State of Oklahoma, the following
1 gram of land is hereby r.iade to said
State for the purposes Indicated, namely:
{ Per the benefit of the Oklahoma Unlvers-
Clubrran Makes Dicti^ction.
Sir William Harcourt is said to have
remarked, when he was offered *
peerage: "I prefer to remain an Eng-
lish gentleman." It calls to mind
the London clubman who put up a
placard asking "the nobleman" who
bad taken hU umbrella to return it.
Aaked whf he thought a nobleman had
takon it, he replied: "This club ia for
noblemen and gentlemen, and I am
aure no gentleman took It."
Saltness of Dead Ses.
Mr. Ackroyds, in his report of tha
Palestine exploration fund, says that
the saltness of the Dead Sea can not
be fully explained by the accumulation
of salt from Palestine rocks or by its
originally being an arm of the Red
sea. He produces evidences to ahow
that it is largely from the aimoa*
liberie transportation of salt fro®
the Mediterranean.
| general. Mr. Johnston was governor
tal. Charles Bilingsley was president
ot the nation for tour years, and la re- ()( bo(h bunkfl
garded as one of the ablest men In the
Indian party. |atcst ua( 0f club« of the south
The progressive party *111 nominat.- weg<ern league will Include the cities
, Rlchar l McLlsh for governor, and the I (jf wlnflf>,d Kan Enl(l ,;uthrle, Ok-
race this year will be bitter, as both; ,ahom|1 c(ty shawMe and chickasha,
parties are flRhtlng for political con j Wlch|ta wm bp dri)ppe,i -,nd the six
trol before the tribal government is
dissolved In 1906.
Bill for Insane Aaylum
WASHINGTON: Representative
Stephens hai introduced a bill to ac-
quire title to land for building, equip*
raent and maintaining an asylum fo*
the insane ln Indian Territory. The
bill provldei for an appropriation of
$50,000 for the purpose and leaves the
matter of location with the president.
El Reno is to have another achoof
building to cost $23,000.
until coal can be secured. Only one
school room in the city is open. A call
reconvening the joint conference at
Des Moines in a few days, at which
a settlement is looked for, will be
issued.
Speed Case Continued
Judge Frank Gillette of the federal
court has continued the case against
United States Attorney Speed until
May 31, at that time he will give bin
decision on the demurer of the plair
tiff. The judge stated that he had not
fully made up his mind on the decision
and would want a longer time.
ENGAGEMENT REPORTED
mentioned will comprise the
Suit Against the Railroad
SHAWNEE: Suit has been filed by
Judges Sheldon, Pitman and Hood
against the Eastern Oklahoma Rail-
road company, which is now a part of
the Santa Fe, for $10,000. A. B. Chand-
ler. a well known resident of Shawnee,
being plaintiff. He asks the amount as
damages for the killing of his son.
Thomas Chandler, on January 6, 1904.
Tom Chandler, aged 19, was working
on the construction trains of the com-
pany on that date, when ha fall off and
was ground to plecest
towns
league.
Indian Deperadtion Claims
ARDMORE: Hon. J. Stansbury,
special attorney for the department
of justice, and F. P. Clark of Wash-
ington, representing claimants, are
here taking depositions in Indian dep-
redation claims.
Playing "Lynch Him!"
The dear little school children out
in Springfield, Ohio, put a rope around
tha neck of a pickaninny the other
day and dragged him all over the
school yard In Innocent glee. Blood
will tell.—Indianapolis News.
To Drive Cattle Away
ARDMORE: Members of the Indian 0nJy a RUmor 0f a Battle in the Far
police reached Ardmore and, although; £ast
they will mako no statement, it Is PARIS: The St. Petersburg corre. •
learned that they have been ordered pondent of the Echo De Paris says
here for the purpose of ejecting cattle that Admiral Makaroff went out from
from the ( hickaaaw nation belonging p0rt Arthur, a Japanese squadron hav,
to stockmen who have refused to pay ing been sighted. It is rumored, tho
the tribal tax. { correspondent says, that a sea fight
pjace but nothing concerning it is
Indian Territory and Oklahoma has officially known.
established a record for furnishing
recruits to the regular army. The en
li8tmentg for March were as follows:
Oklahoma City 48, Ponca City 21.
Ardmore 15 and Perry 4.
Saloon Man Convicted of Robbery
SHAWNEE: William Hensley, one
of the wealthiest Baloon keepers of
Shawnee, was found guilty In the dis*
trict court of robbery. I. Ryan accus-
ed Hensley and his brother, Mart, of
robbing him of $80. Mart Hensley wag
acquitted.
Col. Raymond has been appointed
office deputy to United States Mar-
shal Colbert Col. Raymond has been
in the government service for twenty
years.
The Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma
railroad has increased its capital
stock from $8,500,000 to $12,000,000.
Odd Fellows to Meet at Durant
DURANT: In this city on Tuesday.
April 26, the I. O. O. F. lodges of
southern Indian Territory will meet
and cclebrate the eighty-fifth anni-
versary of that lodge in America. Rep
resentatives from about twenty towns
will be in attendance to the number
of about four hundred. Extensive
preparations are being made to enter-
tain the three-linkers in the Shuler
Park, north of the city.
Phillips, a small town near Coal-
gate, has made application for permis-
sion to incorporate.
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