Wichita eagle., 1889-02-07
TO OPEN OKLAHOMA.
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE TODAY
OF the Consolidated Oklahoma Associa-
ton, to Arrange Date and Other
Details for the Great Ratif1-
cation-OJher Matters.

The proposed Oklahoma meeting to be
held in this city at a very early DAY for the
purpose OF giving the people OF the great
southwest an opportunity, In mass con-
vention, to ratify the action OF the house
in passing the OklahomB bill promises to
be one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic demonstrations IN the history
of the Oklahoma agitation. Large dele
cations will be present from nearly every
town in southern Kansas and it is ex-
pected that nearly all of the vast con-
course which had assembled on the border
of the promised land just before the bill
passed the house win also be on hand to
give expression to their sentiments.
The executive committee Of the Consol-
idated Oklahoma association will be
held today and a date determined on for
the great ratification meeting. Other ar
rangements will be effected at the same
time Should the senate have acted favor
ably upon the bill in the meantime, the
meeting will be all the more full of enthu-
sasm, instead of a part ratification and
the rest memorializing the senate and the
president.
Major William Gordon Lille Pawnee
BilD and Oklahoma Harry Hill who were
at the head of the colony which had
formed to enter Oklahoma, returned yes
terday afternoon from the border, and an
nounce that the idea of entering the terri
tory will be postponed, pending the action
of the senate and the president. The move
ment is not disbanded but is subject to a
call for reorganization. AS soon as the
bill becomes law and the territory is
opened by proclamation the col
ony will enter in compliance
with the laws and locate upon
some choice portion of the territory, with
the topography and general character of
which, the leaders of the organization are
better acquainted than almost any one
else.
In speaking of the colony yesterday, the
two leaders said the people constituting
the organization were not discouraged,
but anticipated that the territory would
soon be opened to settlement and then
they would be repaid for their time and
trouble of waiting Speaking of the gen.
eral character of the persons in the colony
they said that person would be sur
prised to find, what is not usual in expedi-
tions of this sort, and that is an
entire absence of tough or wild
characters, which are popularity associated
with everything pertaining to the opening
OF new country. On the other hand,
these people are remarkably well equip
ped and we'll provided lot of earnest men,
who are going into Oklahoma with the
honest intention of making homes for
themselves and the families, which they
left, to bring on later when their homes
had been prepared for them. They were
all prepared to stay there and live well
until with their more than unusually
good facilities for farming, they could be-
gin to make their livings, out of the
virgin soil, which has for years been the
pastured land of thousands upon thous-
ands of buffalo and later, of cattle.
The following are the officials of the Con-
solidated Oklahoma Association:
Otficers-President, Samuel Dolman, To-
peka, Kansas.
Vice Presidents-J E. Cochran, McCook,
Nebraska; L. W. Pack, Topeka, Kan. Kos
Harris, Wichita, Kan. c. II. Keller, Wei
lington, Kan. DR.. A S. Cloud, kiowa,
Kan; John Dale, No Mans Land; A. B.
johnson, Arkansas City, Kan; J. B. Tar
Ter, Anthony, Kan; J. d. Rorick, Corbin,
Kan; NJ. Mcclure, Carlinville, Ills; Allen
Thomas, Kingman. Kan, Cyrus Corning,
Emporia, Kan; j. B. Brisbin, Lyons, Kan;
A. d. Holstein, Fl Smith, Ark; j. II.
Anderson, Newton, Kan.
Secretary H. L. Pierce, Wichita. Kan.
Assistant Secretary. f. W. Farrar, Ar
kansas City, Kan.
Treasurer, j. o. Davidson. Wichita,
Kan.
Executive committee, Samuel Dolman
Topeka, Kan; George L. Rouse, Sr.,
Wichita, Kan; G. W. Clement, Wichita,
Kan. d. A Harvey, Topeka, Kan; II. L.
Hill, Wichita, Kan; H. L. Pierce, Wich-
tia, Kan; George Reilly, Caldwell, Kan,
and Joseph Rich, Wichita, Kan.