| Show Territories That Are Asking Uncle Sam For ForThe Statehood i I The Present Congress to Decide as to Their Claims J N his hlA message me n to con congress I III 11 1 Y 1 gress at tho opening o or tho regular r session y the pr i broadly too mui h time hal had already been ml given to consid consideration fa of nf lon Ion nf nt New Indian Territory and Oklahoma and that thy they huld bo ba tho privileges of d without I bout further delay Mo did not however that el s crone crout tour four new nw H would hotter he ht declared to mako only two states of the four territories When tho matter com a up for tor action In Inthe the tho national It will noon lioon bo como omo evident that thero U Id H II marked diversity nt or opinion on the There Thera to be little of or as to th tho of and Indian Territory for f All 11 of ot tin till prelim inary to tho hav been for tor torome come ome time U It la Is nUo by hi tho those o vho ho havu ted the tho mutter matter that every citizen In botti lotI li I in III favor of at If It can mn bu Ie without to tho con contra cn tra oral good failing In a largo I ot or ot fJ both hoth Iles art aro perfectly resigned rt to tu n a Joint Many persona in Oklahoma Aro ro opposed to Joint tinder und They Thoy do not to bo linked with n In rny nil way and prefer to remain tho fold until Oklahoma co 10 that U It run ran compel the grant grantIng Ing of ot statehood backward It would seem that no territory over pr knocked at tho door of ot S with a 11 claim to 1 than Oklahoma U Jl li I not only olly able to the tho population but V V VV V O A ff H V I V N s i Jia pw i i i i fy I I k i I if t I T I eif 1 J appears to pl overy ov r other requisite site for statehood wealth commerce Industries and nit alt tho rent resL Taken ns as Ii 1 whole it Il compares very favorably with Uth Kansas or Iowa Tho ratio of ot Illiteracy Is less than that of Tho rho per capita wealth Is greater than that of or Mow o England Int In t SPANISH AnD III NEAR SANTA SAUTA ft fI dlan Illan Territory also his has tho required population wealth and Industries to tomake nuke make n a but tho Iho standard of civi dI civilization falls far 11 below that of Okla Oklahoma Oklahoma homa und and must remain MO for reasons that are obvious As far as Indian Territory Is con concerned concerned something will havo hao to bo done It k i o So fio positive In ro tho of or the In 10 Interior deportment that K at a t ltd Its present tension e flon would the mat matter matter ter that they the failed to tl a temporary The fhe law dl trUm organizations will operative March Inch 4 next and there will willbo bo no central c government after arter that n oJ c N n HOUSE OUSE IK m SANTA date U It would that Immediate statehood sta would bo n necessity After A fler March Mu 4 there will be no authority to Imposts taxes except In municipalities Whon the tribal officials go out of Ilowe nil taxes Clase There will be no nl money mone for tor schools roads or any uny other public purpose except In tho municipal 6 Hies U It li III Utile wonder won er that tho pros d nt culled tho tl of to the Imminence of the In tho Indian Territory will have hao to make mako provision fur the education tion of Indian children and tho white will bo bIJ expected to take of ot their own In Is tho In Indiana diana cannot bo bu taxed SomethIng must mURt bu ilono llano for tho of or and bridge and lat other o tilE public charKO When of lands they nil from tax and no mailo for tor educational purpose It II hns ha be been n sus SUH thu tho trust fund fun belonging to tho Indians now In the pO of or thu tho federal federo government bo hI for that hat purpose that tho Interest t ho It turned over to the several Tin lh themselves them would prefer to bo paid tho monty with no i Ic citric lion but tho plan pili II nuy 11 For Kor some time there linn been a 1 move moe movement ment In progress to permit tho I ml Inns to lIell their lands lalu without restriction Tho and cannot sell nil of their land for tor II he years y ar without the tho approval of at tho secretary of or tho in interior Tho lands went equally men women and chil children dren everybody r nn on allotment of ICO acres or more Under tho law III forty acres for ench Individual In tn tho family must bo be r rt ono the chI chil children dren cannot sell until they thc becom ff lf age In III the country thet ato litO no restrictions After March 4 next member of the tho con can sell his hll allotment without conditions The Tho and can c m sell lIell u Ii fourth In ono one year 11 fourth moio In n two years the remainder a 11 homestead of ot forty tides In Ihu Ue years There Thero Is nothing tn to restrain r nn 1111 Indian from leaning his land and u II good gool many white settlers aro obtaining farms In that way renting r until the law permits them to purchase Ilio peoPle of oC Indian Territory lid A not walt wait for They I state constitution selected tho ua ne came to congress Mh Ih 1 complete organization fr v i 1 11 h they the demanded in lne was to a 0 y Vo e n I tho people on Nov n 7 There was nih agre lv about uv It t wa merely lle to fad 10 statehood and was Wall not especially tu Pour of any nil Intention Int on the thc t f at 01 tio tIU to precipitate n t n 11 AH All to Arizona Arl onu Now ow J ih 11 ca o In not lIot to 0 evident Arizona Arlon It I I pretty strong o 1 being linked with Nw M and Inti members of congro i M h hImlIe A ti II tour of Investigation Ine durm during Ih pa t o with hi h i 1 1 northern purt ot oC Arl ona a avery 1 very desirable a population n poi u i n composed etl ot of Am n would bo a Q credit to any ally com i wealth Tho southern halt half of the t rn tory torr Is III by b v o know little about n out tho United g Sill t 3 gov and ml care caro j I s So Tim American part ot u tho Iho poi y J n 1 ellot that If Ie tho two tor terII it irs bo h united led In H II Mat ta i I Mexico would dominate th tl Is still lit tin 1111 echo of ot tho public south of or tho OranJe it clings to nil ull of ot UK ancient In with u II constancy tint that Its pi Jr Jre e but udd w to u It advance In the of It In hi not difficult to tl understand un 1 I nv IV u It is that the tho rich of ri o t tare are oro not over fU n n j They rhe dominated matters do so doIn I nl In tho that I any allY change chang h I ui welcome ome They The art are out In full fuli f t o ready to demonstrate to u o oboth 01 both houses cs of If congress that the t T r tory Is I wholly for tor th a e ft statehood HUH |
