The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-10
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

"Give the devil his due''-but who the
! devil is he?
! 1t is too bad that every town cannot have
a county OF its own.
The capital location question gets nearer
Christmas, every day.
No town in Oklahoma is accused Of hav-
ing a boom at present.
The Santa Fe seed wheat is already up.
And so is the Rock Islands.
If Daniels is really i'll, the fellows who
are guying him ought 10 let up.
Daniels was crowned with a wreath OF
roses at Oklahoma City last week.
The Guthrie papers ought TO quit quar-
relling. The Missouri papers do 1t.
Vetos are away above par in Kingfsher
and away below in Oklahoma City.
Philosophy from Frank Greer: 1.-The
darkest hour is just before the day"
An Oklahoma man has named his horse
Capital Bill, because it Is hard 10 pass
The wild game of the territory has re-
ceived about its tull share of time from the
legislature, undoubtedly.
There are a gang of shop lifters in Guth-
RE and the paper there intimate that there
are some capital lifters about. also.
The well at Fort Reno has reached a
depth of 265 feet, and the intention is TO
continue the work until an arteSlan flow Is
secured.
Occasionally there seems to be differ
ence Of opinion in Guthrie as to whether
the lobby or the legislature is representing
the people.
The first territorial convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
has been in convention at Guthrie the last
three days.
If one little girl can be page in Okla
homa history, Oklahoma Brown or Mer-
ten ought to have a whole chapter to
themselves.
How things change around. Now the
Guthrie fellows don't like COlson any
mora than the Oklahoma fellows do
Gardenhire.
If you believe everything all the Okla
homa papers tell you, you Will discover
that every man III the legislature Is
politically dead."
Every man, woman and child in Okla
hOma would have TO pay about 80 cents
apiece to meet the expense Of the leglsIa-
ture for 100 days session.
George f. Payne. the editor of the Bea-
yer Advocate and contestant for Council
lor Grimmer's seat, is in Guthrie, prepar-
ed to make his fight for the position.
The legislators bad records have begun
to arrive from their former states. They
brought their good ones along. A bad
record, like a fond dog, is hard to lose.
Major Hood thinks the administration
will open the strip to settlement IN the
spring. But how about the much-talked-
Of mistake of opening agricultural lands
in the spring?
Levi \. Coe, member of the Oklahoma
- H.. 4 S.F cit frrrc "a 70
signed and his resignation has been
accepted to take effect on Oct. Il or as
soon as his successor Is appointed.
Governor Steele says he does not agree
with the assistant secretary of the interior
that it is impracticable at present to at
tempt to make it a part of the territory on
account of its being 100 miles distant. He
says: "It is six miles nearer to the present
capital of the territory than what was
known as No-Man's-La and we are get
ting along with that very pleasantly"
Chicago News The president declines
to be entertained by "a war dance while on
his trip TO the west. Some of the enthus-
iastic citizens in one Of the towns he in
tends to visit proposed to bring in tribe
of Indians from a neighboring agency and
have an old fashioned powwow, but the
president has intimated to them that he
would great deal rather see some corn
1eIQS cultivated DE IIle luuldilS OF WlJutoS
their skill at mechanical pursuits than TO
have them revive their ancient savage
rites for his entertainment. He thinks 1t
is time that the wards of the nation
abandoned these savage amusements, and
VIII do nothing even as a spectator, TO
encourage their continuance.
Sol Miller. a leader in Kansas journal
ism, gives his opinion of the capital ques-
ton in his Troy Chief; They had an ex-
citing time in the Oklahoma legislature
last week They attempted to rush bill
through locating the capital in an irregu-
lar way In other words, they attempted
TO have a bill signed by the presiding Off
GERS that had never passed the legislature
and to rush it the governor for his sigma
ture. An armed mob pursued the mem
Der having the bill in his possession and
came near lynching him before he gave 1t
up. The speaker of the house was so
Frustrated that he was unfit for duty
for several days. He is poltroOn As well
as a fraud. 1t will be remembered that
the Democrats and Alliance men combined
to organize the legislature in the interest
of honesty and reform" This capital
bill was a sample of it