The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-09

other obstacles have caused delay ana
| produced severe criticism by tb< outside
| press. One, however, seems 10 !. ave g,
! capped, and instead of being roasted
! wherever it appears, it scatters the ;. cd
| of untruthfullness. misrepresentation
and detriment to Oklahoma. That Is as
none other than George Washington
Steele, father of his pet, Guthrie. We
| certainly do not wish to heap unjust
criticism upon the man appointed by
| the president of the United States to act
| in the capacity for governor of the peo-
| pie of Oklahoma; but we do want 10
show up things as they are and as they
exist. We must be brief as your space Is
valuable. Everywhere the gov
ernOr goes he makes the state
ment to the reporters that
| the people of Oklahoma are on the verge
of starvation. Now, this statement, no
matter who it comes from, Is untrue. To
be sure, there are few people IN this
! territory in need of aid; but not In such
numbers that congress. by special mes
sage from President Harrison-who GER
tainly has been Observation-Disclosures,
! by special act, appropriate a certain
sum of money TO provide for the sutter-
ing poor(9 in Oklahoma. 1t Is a piece Of
political humbuggery, and has the ring
of steal from beginning TO end. Kansas,
during all her plaques, was amply pro
vided for by the generous people OF the
United States, and the few in Oklahoma
suffering, perhaps, for food, can be pro
vided for in the same way, if they have
not already been looked after by the
good people of this territory, who believe
in sharing their IN eSs with their fellow
men. Then, this man Steele, in Chi
cagO interview, makes the statement
that the capital question was the cause
of no laws being enacted until the last
moment. If this We're so, he Is the cause
of it. If he had said in his first veto of
the capital bill. locating the capital at
Oklahoma City, what he did in his last
veto, Just a few days previ-
Gus to the adjournment of the
legislature. the capital question
would have long ago ceased and the
legislature settled down to hard work.
But he led them on and on. and at the
last moment. when hearts were beating
warm with happy expectations of secur-
ing the permanent Location of the capital
OF Oklahoma, he stuck the dagger OF
veto right through them and left them
bACGOliiS WIN i'Olil44IClAb sAAAN
nation. Do you wonder then, that the
people of Oklahoma, outside Of Guthrie
and a few sympathiZing hamlets, have
no respect, no use for such 4 man as
Governor Steele:
Then on top Of all this, he returns to
his old home at Marion, Ind, and scat
tiers on his journey seeds hurtful to
Oklahoma. Can you wonder that the
people are indignant: What would you
think of your honorable mayor, George
| w. Clement, were he to run down Witch
/ tia wherever ne goes, now that
the Peerless Princess" like many
other cities is feeling the effects
of the hard times; Would
you respect him? Would you
be apt TO return him to Office when his
term will have expired! But the people
Of Oklahoma have no such recourse to
redress their grievances. They must put
up with it until Harrison's successor has
| been elected or Oklahoma admitted to
statehood. In the mean time let us pray
! that no more carpetbaggers will be APP
pointed or elected to any Office. What
| Oklahoma wants is men identified with
it in every way-whOSe interests are our
interests, and vice versa. Then. and not
till then, will it receive its due merits by
the press, by men holding high positions
and by the country at large.
WALTER NJ. ELLIS