Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-16 | Page 9 | Indian Chief Who Will be a United States Senator

I r I II I d I N I I I I t I I j 4 f I I I 5 l lA A S s z r t I S S GlEN N EJi ittYAV T TUR 2 UR CX NArran INDIAN CHIEF WHO WILL BE A UNITED STATES SENATOR When Oklahoma and Indian territory are made Into one state It will be bo represented In Congress Contress by b nn an American Indian a Creek Cree chief chic us a lawmaker In his natural element el ment the th a pure example of or the communist He lie does doea not want individual and says sas that Clod never designed the earth to be parcelled out to lo the children of ot men menD By D an act of at Congress the tribal distinction ufa will cease to exist on the fourth of or next March I and an the Indians will become 1 come voters voter under the Ha flag They will for tor the tho first time be privileged to pay taxes something they the have lave never done 1011 before beron For I or the first time In the history of or the tho nation an Indian may stand in Congress elected to represent ent his people There will be two ends to the new state tato and a Ii senator from each end The Theone Theone Theone one figure for tor United States senator from rain the Indian territory end ent en of or the new newstate newstate state is Gen Oen Pleasant Porter chief of ot ottie Creek nation Gen Oen Porter Is a n Democrat and tho the newstate new state will 1111 be Democratic Gen Porter Is h 65 years old and served In the Confederate army du ring the civil war