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Newspaper
The Indian Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
2
Oklahoma politics and Indian Territory issues dominate reports as Republicans consider a constitutional convention to push for statehood. The Cherokee lease approvals, Dawes Commission reforms, and money disputes shape debate with figures like Hitchcock and Dawes cited, amid calls to settle accounts before the new year.
The Cherokee council is urged to increase public schools and raise education funding to ten percent. Advocates argue investing tribal funds in schooling will equip children for new conditions, with education seen as a key legacy for future generations.
The text argues against using illiteracy as a barrier to statehood. It compares the Indian territory’s literacy with that of states like New Mexico Arizona and Oklahoma, contending that lack of schools does not equate to hopeless ignorance and challenges carpetbag rule critiques.
The piece debates statehood for the Indian Territory and Oklahoma, arguing Senate Beveridge may pursue a presidency and praising or criticizing officials. It notes territorial politics, Cherokee lands, and school land issues, with calls for mutual understanding and shared benefits in a potential single state.
Congress approved a cattle bill that sets minimum prison terms for larceny of livestock in the Lodian Territory. The old law had no minimum, with typical penalties around fourteen years in the penitentiary. The measure, reported favorably last session, revises the punishment to no less than seven years, aligning penalties with crimes of a similar character.
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