Show THE PROPOSED is cue thing evident if dakota mexico and one or two others aru granted admission into the union at this term of congress provisions had artter e made with a view to the or of some new territories in order to give employment to broken doai politicians probably congressman springer had this in view when he introduced his bill in the giouse last week to organize ore anize the territory of oklahoma alie bill provides for the creation of a new territory out of the public land strip and all eliat part of indian territory west of the five civilized tribes covering an area about aa large as the state of ohio it provides all the machinery for territorial government like other territories but does not assume any jurisdiction over the indian tribes except in conformity to treaty stipulations section 1 I opens the public land strip to settlement for homesteads only and sections 5 and 0 provides for the settlement of the cherokee outlets and oklahoma lands by actual settlers through a a commission to be appointed by the president to negotiate with alie cherokees and seminoles Semi noles so far as such negotiations might be necessary section 7 contains stringent provisions to prevent fraudulent entries and requires three years actual residence before any patent shall issue to a seihei provision is made for alie settlement of kotlier unoccupied indian lands but in all cases said lands are to be reserved for actual settlers only and at a price not to exceed per acre the cattle leases are declared void and contrary to public policy and it is made alie duty of the president to remove the lessels lessees aiom said lands all alie grants made to railroads are perfected and the power to create any public indebtedness by voting bonds or subscribing for stock in railroad companies or other corporations by territorial legislature or by townships cities or counties is strictly prohibited |