Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26
WHERE'S THE ANARCHY?
All the Cities Claim to Be Satisfied Ex-
cept Guthrie.
The Convention at Guthrie, it is Claimed, Did
Not Represent the TerritOry-A Pungent
Letter on the Subject.

To the Gazette. q 49,
We're is not for The false impression
that such impromptu proceedings as
those that characterized the so-called
Oklahoma territorial convention at
Guthrie are liable to create in the mind
OF the public at large, relative to the
condition Of affairs in the Territory under
present regime, the majority Of the
people, who declared their opposition
through their representatives in re-
monstTance adopted at Frisco, could
well afford TO laugh at the amusing
struggle Of Guthrie, to pluck the terri
torial capital plum before the fruit has
emerged from the bud that conceals it
But, III the face of the communication
published in Fridays GAZETTE Justify
ing the headline, Anarchy or What?''
serious side presents itself for consider
alton, especially in view of the closing
paragraph, THAI assumes:
Now that the constitution has been
adopted by the convention, the question
is, will Southern and Southwestern Ok
lahoma support it, oppose it or not vote
the question then arises, will Okla
homa City, King Fisher, Reno, and the
other opposing cities submit to be gov
erned by it? Lively times are undoubt-
eddy i'll store for Oklahoma territory I'M
less congress soon comes to her rescue
and delivers her from an absolute reign
of anarchy.
After reading this written peroration
of your Guthrie correspondent it would
as necessary sequence follow that the
wisdom Of the delegates who framed the
constitution, formulated the address to
congress and labOTed so zealOusly in
the cause of peace and good order
have manipulated the grave affairs pre-
liminary to the conduct of a state, so
that there can be no possibility of Il
failure
The support, opposition or silence of
s"Oklahoma City, King Fisher, Reno
and the other opposing cities, though
in the majority, are of miner cOnsidera-
ton, further than ''liYeIy times are un-
dOubtedly in store for Oklahoma terri
tory unless congress soon comes 10 her
rescue and delivers her from an absolute
reign of anarchy. The citizens of
''Southern and Southwestern Okla
homa, pursuing the even tenor of their
way, secure i'll the belief that
they have no reason to complain |
of the system adopted by the govern |
ment to protect them, are content to
await the converting OF congress, without |
taking any preliminary steps toward !
establishing a provisional government, |
that within itself would possess no pow err |
TO enforce its mandates, viii, in view of |
the fact that they solemnly declared at |
Frisco that
Believing, therefore, that the at
tempt to establish a so-called provisional |
government would be detrimental to the
best interest of the people Of Oklahoma.
we not only declare our hostility to it,
but we also give notice that we Will re-
fuse to recognize any such gov
eminent by every honorable means
within our power, can
well look on with surprise
at the persistent efforts of the people Of
Guthrie to foster on them condition
that they are pledged to resist ''by every
honorable means within their power. -
More startling, because more porten-
tOus, are the closing words of your
Guthrie correspondent: Lively times
are undoubtedly i'll store for Oklahoma
Territory unless congress soon comes to
her rescue and delivers her from an alb
solute reign of anarchy
We pause and hit up our heads with
to ask: Does "an abso-
lutte reign of anarchy exist? If so, who
are the "anarchists?'' Surely not
the commanders, officers and soldiers
that the government has quartered
in the territory, for the ostensible pur-
pose of protecting the settlers-not the
United States maTshals and judicial ma
chinery of the courts? If not, then in
the absence Of any disturbing element in
: Southern and Southwestern Okla
homa Guthrie must possess monopoly
of the ''anarchists. - TO say the least,
it is a sad commentary on the intelligence
and patriotism of the law abiding people
Of the territory if the words of your
Guthrie correspondent be only partially
true. But if it has been the outcome of
politicians or for political or local aGds
t is reprehensible. EDGAR RssE