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Show INDIANS CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS, j Senate Committee Listen to Arguments Argu-ments Against Present System. Muskogee, I. T. Tho entire thno on Friday ot tho senate Indian committee was dovoted to hearing arguments In favor of removing tho restrictions plnccd on the salo ot Indian lands. Tho morning session wns productlvo or much reeling. Colonel Hobert L. Owen, n Cherokco by blood, a prominent attornoy and a candidate tor tho United States senate, sen-ate, said In reply to a question as to whether ho had ever had his restrictions restric-tions removed: "I am ns freo n citizen citi-zen as any man on this senate committee. com-mittee. I am a free man. I will not bow my head to tho Interior depart-meat. depart-meat. I hnvo no personal restrictions. restric-tions. I hnvo nover mado nnd will nover make application for the remov-ul remov-ul of my restrictions. "Tho fntilt of this government which controls the Indian Territory lies In the frailty ot human nature which leads a man to believe that ho can govern n peoplo better than thoy can govern themselves." |