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Vijiita, I. T., Dkj. 11, 1002.
T he e'ar ol elhpl f tatehnod
flaming bright npntn
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' It Ir i rhUrily -Meet not to refer
(lo'jt't roniii.iin oi tlie rot.u'a when
talking Ufa ciiintryman. ,
jTho aetelnn til the Claremote
rtngls statehood convention nap
bort but wry much to the point
The members of the national
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council hie very
busy drawing
Otherwise de
beir per dltme.
onent eajitb i ot.
LTbe Sallies w Star has about con
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luded that it was not so bad to
e'toal that (120.0CO from tbe Cherokee-people,
after all.
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'President Roosevelt, in his talk
on trusts, ruipht have eaid that
Unite, likt-Indiane, aro only good
Undtr terlain cnqdilinne.
Tho statehood situation will not
bb complete until the Inlrodco'.ion
of another "JeUus-llnger-a little-longer"-
bill by P. Lelnnd Soper.
Thrre. are an unusual number of
territory n publicans in Washing
ton Bfu lby are eingii g in uni
Bon, "all colore look alike to me."
Secretary Hitchcock evidently
baa a new edition of rules which
be desires to iifllct upon tbe terrl
tory before bis euthoiity is abro
gated, The presidents tneseago ia re
ferred to by tbe republican press
aa a
"sane messago." Tbo logical
inferenco
1b that it might have
been otherwise.
Mr, Dooley defines a fanatio as
"a man who does what be thinks
the Lord wud do it He knew the
facte Iv tbe case."
The South McAIeater Capital's
report of the sit gin statehood con
venlion at Clarrmore h nbnut the
tilllest thing seen in puhl'O prim
in many a dv.
Whin Sfcretury Hitchcock
turned Bub Owen down in the
matter of thu collection of tin- $4,
000,000 Cherokee claim he did ai
leabl one good thine
Tbe republicans oi Oklahoma
are conidrring calling a conven
tion, to go on record as t3 what
they want in the governmental
line. Tbo resolutions no doubt
could be condensed In one word
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Ous Ivey baB assumed editorial
responsibility for tbe Sallisaw Star
and starts oQ ae windy as ever
Tbe bump of self esteem is abnor
mally developed in Ivey'a cranl
um.
Secretary Hitchcock's attitude
toward the Indian Territory is ap
proved by tvery carpet bagger and
political henchman, and con
dpmned by all those upon whom
tbe development ol the territory
will depend.
It is a question wnutner any fee
or per cent should be allowed for
the collection of the four million
dollar Cherokee claim, Tbe gov
ernmunt of tbe United StatcB ac
knowledges tbe indebtedness and
ought to pay it without tbe cost oi
an attorney.
Ii tbe bill reported by the Ben-
ate committee on territories blocks
the way of Oklahoma to eeparat
statehood it will have rendered
tbe Indian Territory a most valu
able service, even though it never
becomes operative,
Witbln a lew days tbe first ol
tbe new year will be here and it
should behove every busiuesB man
and In faot every individual, to be
gin to straighten up accounts. It is
always well to begin the new year
with a clean settlement. Collect
all that Is due and pay what you
owe and thus get an even start.
Tbe proposition contained in tbe
Nelson single etatebood bill to
take the ICtb and 32ud sections ol
the five tribes for school lands is
not well considered, and is scarce-
. ly possible under existing land
terms. ' Tbe government would
. necessarily have to purchase the
Ah md in question as It is tbe prop
f arty pf the Indians. But tbe land
is not for sale, in tbe Cherok e
Nation, at leas, and tbe Indians
could not afford to part with it, on
account of the small prorata shares
tbey have left. Tbat 'portion oi
tho measure may as wel) be atrlck?
n out,
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The National Indian Association
will bold I's arnual meeting in
Washington City Wednnday,
Thursday andFrdtj o'tbfs week,
There will tie wbiui 1U0 delegates.
Mrs. Roofevelt nil) give aiocep
tion to Ihcoi IbtiMlay Comuals.
.nn.- nf Imlluii All Im .Innrh will
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I address the culi HK during the
MAONIFY 1HE SCHOOLS.
The action of tho Cherokee
council in increasing the number
of pnblio schools and of ralsine
the salaries of members of tbo
board of education Is to the com
mended by evirv ohe whohas the
good of the Cherokee people a
heart. 1 he schools are about all
tho'ChefOkees have left that is
worth preservation and the more
of their scatily treasure they can
spend upon their children in the
Way of an education the better, A
peoplf, who in their dying hour as
a separate nationality seek to
place posterity in a position to
cope nilh tbe unequal conditions
that confront Hum in tho struggle
Incident to absorption into a dom
inant race are worthy ol tbe high
est praise. The Chieftain does
not share in tho too common bo
lief that only evil can come of in
creased salary and largo oppiopri
allbns by the Cherokee council.
The most important functionary
we have left Is the board of educa
tion, and as present constituted is
worthy ofernn trust and confid
ence. The CbtrokeeB have quite
a large scV o fund, large compared
with tholr other interests, and it
all the funds of the tribe could bo
turned into the mcaoa of education
ol the young children of the tribe,
it would be n fine thine. In the
few remaining years ot Cherokee
tribal existence they should mng
nlfy their rohool facilities and
make a last tfkrt to equip 'their
children for the new conditions as
well as i ossible.
IS NOT ILLITERACY.
We aro repea'edly told that tbe
Indian territory is low in tbe scale
ot illiteracy, and tbat without
schools it is in a bad way and
therefore not entitled to the privi
lege ol statehood. From the pub
lished reports of illiteracy in the
various states it appears tbat the
Indian territory without schools
makes about as good a showing in
point oi general intelligence as
many of the states and as either
New Mexico, Arzona or Okla
homa. II this territory without
schools has as few people who
cannot read and nrite as terri
tories and states which have .bad
chools for half a century what
would it be milt teltled govern
ment and an iflii'ient school S)b
(em in reach of ul ? The gii'g nl
tun en Mer-it-re rclin art fijlhniit
statehund nd who clntm that the
territory lite au idtal government
under carpet bag rule have spread
the report that the people of tbe
Indian ten it i ry are hopelessly
and viciously ignorant.
DONE UNDERCOVER.
Au ixcbange takes tbe Chief
tcui to task (or its criticism of tbe
Sooretay o' tlm luterior with re
ferine? In the m nroval of the oil
lease at Barlltsville. Tbe Cbero
keea were led to believe tbat il
tbey would ratify the agreement
pending and voted on on tbe 7ib
day of Auzust that no leases
would be approved. The ap
proval of this lease was postponed
until the day of tbe election for
tbe ratification or rejection of tbe
treaty. It might have been ap
proved earlier, and it could not
have been approved later on ac
count of provisions of tbe agree
ment. A cabinet officer certainly
ought to have tbe vir'ue of frank-
oess in dealing with a defenseless
Indian tribe. As this lease bad
not been approysd up to the time
of tbe election it was fair for the
Cberokeea to assume tbat it would
uot be approved at all, Tbo
agreement would no doubt have
been overwhelmly defeated as
was its predecessor, had tbe facts
been known in time. A lease wbb
thus surrepticiously secured that
was without doubt illegal and
without standing in law.
Now that the council has pro
vided tbe Cberokeea with a com.
mission to negotiate a eupple
mental treaty it would be well for
tbe Cberokeea to determine what
should go Into it. A supplemental
treaty ia supposed to be for tbe
purpose of dealing with business
left unfinished by the treaty rati
fied last summer, and under which
tbe Dawes commission is now get
ting ready to allot tbe land, Tbe
Tbe time for such a treaty has not
fully arrived as there are many
thlngB tbat will ebow themselves
t3 be proper subjects for suoh a
fealy, as tbe work progresses,
Tbe finishing up ol tbe business
with the least loss to the Cberokees
should be the aim of the commit
tee or delegation recently created.
When their work is finished Ibere
should be nothing left to treat
about.
Old Morgan is charged with' hav
ing caused the appointment of tbe
Dawes Commission. This is a
,eerlou8 offense if true, and should
be investigated. Tbe serpent's
trail seems to be over nearly every
leading man in tbe Cherokee na
tion.
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One of tbe arguments used by
Oklabomi people agiinst einule
statehood is that Oklahoma would
gain nothlqg by suob a union but
would be compelled to share their
school Ian Is with section of 'be
country ttiit h; ntf such assets.
The dominant issue In congress
at this time is statehood for In
dian territory and Oklahoma
It is said that Senator Beveridge
aspires to the presidency, and hie
frionds point with pride to bis reo
ord as a town boomer InKaneas and
a book agent in the middle west
as proof of his strenuous cspablll-
tlOB.
Tbtre is ctrtainly the element
of doubt in the minds of Territory
people as to whether any govern
nient official with a good eala'ry
really wants statehood, or nhelher
existing conditions are not about
right,
Tbe constitutional eestlon of tha
Cherokee legislation has about ex-
pired by limitation and there cer-
talnly does not appear to be a ne
ceesity for an extra session. A
sigh ol relief will go up from the
Cherokee people when the council
adjourns,
Tho South McAluter Capital is
strenuously supporting Oklaho-
'a minims for statehood, and is
equally vigorous in Its eflorts to
tack a territorial iuoubus on the
Indian Territory. Tbe dome of a
capilol building ia on the horizon
oi the Capital's vision.
Every other politician In the
Territory expects to go to Con
gress, end every other one expeots
something else in the pie line,
tvhethcr it be dished up at a lenl
torial or stnto counter. T he great
mass of cit ztns expect that some
of these txpt-otations will end in
bitter disappointment.
Walter Willlanis, the esthetic
editor ol tho Columbia, Missouri,
Herald, In an address at n press
meeting a few days ogo, asserted
that the ideal editor of tbe future
would be a gentleman. The aver
age Indian Territory editor will
insist that tbe ideal has already
been reached '
Tbe egltation with reference to
statehood with Oklahoma will con
tinue until it is accomplished. It
may be during the present session
nf Congrets, or it may be delayed
for someyears. It would,undoubt
elly, be fur the best interest ol
b th territories for the question o
he d fit Hi'ly fettled at in early
lay. A1 li'i'c ap rtrti hnml ie d
" eit it w.ll hr an nHuiUwni m
iit nay it urn-tinted progier
The frietiilH ol fixed and tangible
povormrett in these territories
ought to oouie to a mutual under
standing and woik together for the
common end spught.
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Our Holiday Line
Consists of the following: Albums,
Toilet Sets, Fine Mirrors, Medalions,
Qold Spccticles, Smoking Sets, Mer
schaum and Briar Pipes, Dolls, Fancy
Clocks, Fine Perfumery and Soaps,
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Tbere Is BOino consolation at
least in the knowledge that the
roads around Vinlla are no worse
than elsowhero throughout this
country,
It is not believed that the lour
coonjIiB which the land office will
be located in Vintia will be suffi
cient lima for all the citizens' in
the northern and western portions
of tbe nation to file on their allot
ments.
The chances are tbat there will
be little change in the grades cf
land in tbo Cherokee Nation. The
same men tbat graded It in tbe
first instance are doing tbe work
agntu and will be apt to sustain
their own work.
In the death ot ex-Speaker Reed
tho country at largo loses ono of
its too few really great men. Hie
iron rule in tbe House ot Repre
seniatlvee earned him tho lasting
eubrequet ol "Czar," but all politi
cal parties were forced to admit
tho Read rule was right.
There is a certain class of Ok
lahoma politicians who are con
stantly prating about "our school
lands" and are oppoBedtotbepeo
pie of tbe Indian territory sharing
in the benefits of statehood for
fear that tbey will get some of the
bent fit of this school land. What
are the facts with reference to this
poliool land. The United States
government refused to allow tbe
IndianB of the Indian territory to
sell it at 82.50 an acre, but erbi
trarily took it from them and gave
it finally to tbe Oklahoma people
without money and without price.
The people of the Indian territory
should be allowed a share in this
public larld and the lines ol one
state around both territories would
aocotnplish it.
For stock Thieves.
Congressman Curtis has secured
the passage by the House of his
bill, Introduced and favorably re
ported at the last session, fixing
tho punisbmont for the larceny ol
live stock in tbe Indian Territory.
Under the old law there was no
minimum penalty was fixed at
fifteen years iu tho penitentiary.
The records show that the maxi
mum penally was given in most i f
the, oases tried in the Indian Ter
riory oittrta, and the "at Ornpy
ffrerat reoniinerided the psssag
of a Ii W m-'kn g tho punUtneut
lor l.trcny of It ii ohc'rHCter not
lees than five n.. more than Oltsm
years. This provision was in
eluded in tbe Curtis bill, wblcb
passed the House this week,
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and see the many useful articles we arc showing
suitable for Holiday presents. For the Ladies
we are showing a handsome line of Furs. What is
more useful or appropriate for a Christmas present?
Our line of Handkerchiefs in lace and embroidered
goods is the best we have ever shown. Prices right.
Chatelaines and Wrist Bags in cut steel and fancy
leathers make nice presents. We have a fine line.
IN OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
we are showikg a fine line of Neckwear in all the new
popular shapes and coiorings. We have a handsome
lot of mufflers in the different styles that make nice
presents for the Gentlemen. For men and boy's our
Glove stock is large and well assorted. Prices right.
IN OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
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