Wichita eagle., 1890-03-08

| 4 great many Kansas papers are anxious
to see Oklahoma get territorial govern
ment and sincerely wish that everything
for the citizens welfare should be done,
| aside from a political interest. The Salina
Republican is one OF these. Id says: 1.-The
people of Oklahoma are entitled to a terri
torial form of government, and the delay
| on the part OF congress is not Tor the pub
lie good"
Indian Agent Bennett reports to the In
| dian bureau that il has just come 10 his
knowledge that an act was passed by the
| legislative council OF the Choctaw nation
| about two moths ago Incorporating the
! Choctaw Lottery company. The agent
represents that great secrecy was main
| tanned concerning this act, aud It was
! with the utmost difficulty that he sue
| ceeded III securing copy OF 1t.
! Superindent Wilders reports of the fire
/ insurance business of Kansas for the past
year show that risks 10 the amount OF
IS, IA, 432 49, - were written by mutual COM
| panies and and Sl34. .5S6, 1882 by stock
! companies. Total losses paid, mutual
| SIS, 5.4 20; stoch-Si ,053. 1903. Average
| rate of premium on the total fire insurance
business OF the state was sl31 per hundred
! Per cent. OF losses paid to premiums re-
/ ceived 81.
/ The Oklahoma City Journal gives the
/ following account of the first day OF the
! Repub lean central committee OF Okla
! hona and the endorsement OF j. Y. Ad-
mire for governor.
'.The people of 'Kingfisher don't do
things by halves. It was right royal re-
ceptIon they gave the members OF the he
publican central committee a5 their Tues
day's meeting. The hospitabie homes or
the citizens were thrown open TO the
visitors and their visit WAS made exceed
! inglv pleasant.
By tuesday morning most OF the COM
mittee had arrived together with 4 hrge
contingent of candidates and the political
pot began TO boil furiousiy. The johnson
House lobby suggested very strongly the
scene of q political convention. 1t was
understood that the matter OF endorse
ment of candidate for appointment TO
Office would come up, and the three or four
aspirants for each Office were decidedly on
the anxious seat. at about O'Clock IN the
afternoon the committee met III pnblic
hall, but Chairman Cannon announced
that the executive committee would meet
in private session and the full committee
would not be called together until 100 ii
the evening.
After session occupying most OF the al
ternoon. the executive committee, upon
the reassembling oc the full com
mittee, reported that they were unable to
come to an agreement in the matter of en-
dorsements, and asked TO be discharged
from further consideration of the subject.
\ resolution WAS then offered by Eaton, of
Hennessey to the effect that Hon. j. Y.
Admire would be declared the choice of
the committee for governor. The ayes and
nays were demanded and the vote stood as
follows: Ayes. Eaton, Bector, Garrett.
Murphy, Outright. Jensen; nays, Wikoh,
Freeman, Clossen, Marquart. Wilson.
Dodson (by Parsons, proxy. The vote
was Il tie. The chair said: There being
tie, and it deyolvlng upon me
to cast the deciding vote, / vote
aye The hall was packed and
when the chairman cast his vote, the au-
dience rose and and waved their hats and
cheered again and again. AT this point
Mr. Classen, of Edmond moved that all
the spectators be excluded, and this being
the manifestly proper thing to do, 1t was
carried, and the crowd dispersed. But
from that hour until midnight pande-
monium reigned in klngfisher. Bonfires,
tin horns, songs and speeches testified TO
the delight of the admirers OF Admire.
This little skirmish left the mem bers of
the committee in better temper than might
have been imagined, and entire uuanimity
characterized the subsequent proceedings
The endorsement matter was dropped ald
no more endorsements Will be made.
Various arrangements looking to politi-
cal census OF Oklahoma, etc, were made.
With good humor entirely restored the
committee adjourned at midnight to meet
at the call Of the chairman.