Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06
lays would find several million acres ready

| days would find several million acres ready
| to occupy, or at least "B. Harrison, presi-
dent" would be enough at the end Of a
proclamation to give it over to the people.
The Cherokee strip" would not be open
so Soon but the people could 20 through
| that strip Coming up to wire fence there
would be no law for that fence and no law
| for the Texas steer, SO the people could get
| the whcla thing out of the way with little
difficulty
| THE GOING IN QUESTION.
Always people preceded law and people
must be there before they can be protect
ed. Let the people 90 there and there will
soon be law to protect them. The civil
lization of the American kind is better,
higher and better than any statute that
| was ever written. When B. Harrison's
name is at the end of the proclamation we
will all pick up our grips and CO."
When the judge was taking
his seat Chairman Clement called for
| Star Spangled Banner" and at
that moment the band started up some
sort of dead march" This seemed to
go all right. however, as at the close 1t
| received the usual demonstrations of well
come.
Mr.. Emmett Callahan was called upon
and said he was fighting the cattle barons
who had been holding the southwest. The
barons would be dislodged from Okla
homa. Concerning the government
question" for Oklahoma he said the Amer
can people always made the gov
eminent wherever they go. He
insisted that Oklahoma is opened and will
be opened very soon.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Col. Murdoch read the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions which was as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That we, the citizens of Wich-
tia, IN mass convention assembled, hail
with great Joy and satisfaction the an
nouncement that the lost inheritance of
the people in public lands, has been finally
wrested from the grasp of the monOpOllStic
land grabbers and cattle barons, and has
been placed, under law, in position by
which it will soon be opened for occupa-
ton by the citizens of these United States,
to whom it rightfully belongs.
Resolved, That our thanks and the
thanks of the people at large are due, and
are hereby rendered to the senators and
representatives of the congress of the
United States, and to all other friends
who have labored so faithfully and so
great end.
Resolved That we respectfully and
earnestly request President Harrison to
use all the authority committed to his
hands for the speedy opening of this mag
niticent domain which is to be the future
state of Oklahoma.
The resolutions We're adopted by a
unanimous vote.
WHICH PAYNEs
Mr.. payne" was called for and some
thought in was for the payne"
of Oklahoma fame but very
soon that idea was changed
and Attorney W. r. Payne
appeared He had spent some time in the
far southwest and thus had smattering
of frontier life.
PIG ACT.
He insisted that some of the Kansas
delegation at Washington squirmed like
pigs when they found out the people were
forcing them to support the bill. 1t might
be that the country would be settled be-
fore Harrison would have time to pro
clamate." He cautioned the boys, how
ever, that there are fellows down in
Oklahoma who are taking names of those
who appear down there before time for
IHe purpose Oh Ildhlug a COuVeSI
He advised the boys to be
careful and not be caught on this hook.
Prof Hamburg insisted that Wichita
should ask for commission and moved
VIM. Mathewson be the choice of the meet
ing to be one of three to figure with the
Indians on the purchase of lands.
The vote was taken with large ma
jority in the affirmative. 1t was suggested
that such motion was very remarkable |
affair in the face of the circumstance.
ENDORSEMENT SURE DEATH.
In this connection Mr.. Payne stated |
that the recent experience OF the city !
in the appointment of a judge by Governor
Humphrey showed clearly that an endorse
ment was bad thing. He suggested that !
this of itself ought to be lesson. The re-
mark was replied to by a yell reminding |
one of political meeting just before a
presidential meeting This seemed to |
paralize the boys and the crowd dispersed. |