Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-21
OBSERVATIONS AND INTERVIEWS.

w. +. Green, city assessor, had been ap
pointed sargent-at-arms by the board o.
trade. He selected as assistant. G. Mccoy
with Geo. Harris and II. ID. Heiserman door
keepers. They did the work quite accepta
bly,. The press representatives are very
much indebted to Mr.. Green for his special
attention in getting suitable table room
and in fact work so hard that he had room
for the representatives of weekly papers
who in fact took more space and seemed
more excited than the daily workers.
Concerning the work of the convention
and the'Oklahoma situation, c. S. Gleed
of Topeka, last evening thought the reso-
lutions adopted were sufficient in every
respect. ''It was useless to try to argue
.he case in a mere set of resolutions in
tended to be telegraphed all over the
country. 1t was useless to try to specify
in the resolutions any of the influences
that had operated against the passage OF
any of the proposed Oklahoma legislation.
The cattle interest, the views of various
people and organizations devoted to the
dnfense of the Indian tribes, the opposition
of the Indians themselves, the differences
of opinion in congress in determining the
matter, the personal or political unpopu-
Iarity of those who are virtually backing
the various proposed measures, and the
apathy of outright hostility of the presi-
dent-all these things, and others, should
be left for settlement in Washington and
should not be discussed in resolutions de-
signed to merely give expression to a
Macedonian cry for help in opening
the new territory. The object all
sublime is to get the territory
opened in the near future and what has
helped or hindered in the past cuts little
figure. For instance those who damn the
cattle kings hardest would most likely
change their positions any minute if some
body would give them an interest in a
good cattle company. The cattle men
are no more trespassers than anybody else
without rights in the territory, and sur
plus abuse of them is wasted" Mr.. Gleed
thought also that Messrs. Plumb, Peters,
Perkins and others of the Kansas delega-
particularly the first named gentle
man-had far better ideas of how the
Oklahoma business should be done than
were set forth in what is known as the
Springer bill and it is pity that such
men had not framed all the legislation in
the matter, but as Mr.. Gleed understood
1t, the Kansas members were not inclined
to be over particular, and would support
any measure giving substantially what is
desired. Mr. Gleei thought the conyen-
ton an admirable one in nearly every re-
spect. The delegates were men of a high
class almost without exception, and would
command the respect of the most fastidi-
Gus critics of the suspicious east, where
Oklahoma boomers are considered
something like cross between a sneak
thief and pirates If the members of the
convention and their sympathisers would
agltate, agitate, agitate without ceaSing
there need be no fear OF failure. Little if
anything should be left to formal commit
tees by whomsoever appointed Every
man Observation-Disclosures as a would be
homesteader, merchant or federal officer
by the grace of General Harrison-should
constitute himself a committee of one 10
do anything in his power to bring about
the desired result. If the Kansas men in
CONGRESS want TO make amendments or
changes by the corporation of their own
ideas, they should be encouraged TO do so
up to the point of endangering the main
issue. Mr.. Gleed thought the convention
more of success than it would have been
had the railroads by cheap rates flooded
the town with cheap rate fiends with no
particular interest in the convention and
its work. AS it has turned out every msn
here was dead in earnest. Hence the har-
mony, enthusiasm and success of the con-
ventiol.
The Hon. Sidney Clark, concerning the