On the other hand. they say: We have carefully examined the agreement of the conference committee on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on Senate bill 895. to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma. and while we find what anpears to us many Inconsistencies and much matter of importance to the Cherokee Nation which it would have been better to have omitted. yet the measure as a .whole is so much superior to the one which passed the House that we feel like congratulating ourselves that it is no worse. Then they go on to point out two features only which they desire to bave amended if they can be amended. One is the provision which provides that the Indian may become a naturalized citizen and the other is that we shall substitute the word "title " for the word "interest" where we speak of the interest of the Indians in the Cherokee Outlet. That is all the objection the Cherokee delegates make to this report. They do not suggest in this letter that they understand there is anything in the amendment as reported by the conference committee which is violative of the treaty obligations of the United States.
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