The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-19
OKLAHOMA AFFAIRS.
The Cherokee Outlet and the Present
prospects for Statehood.

GUTHRIE, o. T., May 1S.-[SpeciaL l-The
| EAGLE man, in conversation with Hon.
Henry 4. Asp, who has just returned
from Washington, CLEANED the following;
| The bill granting the military reserva-
tion to Oklahoma City for school purposes
passed the house on May 10. Mr.. Asp
| thinks that it will meet no opposition in
the senate and will go through
Colonel d NJ. Ross and Hon. Sidney
Clark are doing good work for Oklahoma.
The bill giving Oklahoma two more
judges will pass, it having been favorably
reported by the judiciary committee.
Mr.. Asp said, regarding the outlet:
"While in Washington learned of the
plan suggested by Colonel ID. NJ Ross TO
issue the Cherokee nation certificates of in
debtedness upon which the proceeds of
the sales of the lands will be credited
This plan meets with favor, and | see
from the Washington dispatches that Mr..
Harris the chief of the nation, favors the
plan. think it Will be adopted, to obviate
the necessity of an appropriation at this
session of congress to make the payment,
and in my judgement this congress will
pass the bill and open the outlet TO settle
ment.
"Our chances for early stetehood depend
upon our feluUlOuS WIFI IDG ClNll.Zeu
tribes. Friendly intercourse wonld go far
towards accom- plishing this end. Hither-
to the citizens of the five nations have
felt that we were dictatorial in this mat
ter and had ignored them. This they re-
sent II the people of that section can be
convinced that Oklahoma will deal fairly
with them they will be ready to consider
propositions for statehood. We must
give them recognition if we would reach
early statehood. They do not like orr
laws as they now stand, and in future
legislation, while they can have no repre-
sentation in the legislature it would not be
amiss to consult with them OIL such mat
ters as may affect them should they come
in with us as a state. One prominent citi
zen of the five tribes said, when invited to
visit Guthrie: Il do not wish to come
while the legislature is in session.
what is known as the Chickasaw and
and Choctaw Doodle bill has gone
through, and the Indian attorneys. and
(it is reported) several congressman will
reap harvest. Congress will probably
adjourn about Sept. l.
Mr. Asp has done much quiet work while
in Washington. His uuobtrusive manner
and clear, logical mind have made him
many warm friends at court. Mr.. Asp
has been admitted to practice before the
supreme court OF the United States. He is
the only lawyer in Oklahoma, so far as the
scribe knoweth, who has been admitted.
Delegate Harvey is making hay while
the sunshines md repairing his fences
Dennis Flynn has returned from Beaver
county, and it woald appear as if the wind
was blowing in his direction.
Almost incesSant rains have rendered
the roads nearly impossible on account of
swollen streams. All trains are behind
time. but it only takes day or two to
rectify matters in Oklahoma.
Crops are looking splendid, and "the
man who can tell you all about it" must
needs address himself TO the corn plow and
let politics go to the dogs, or the weeds
will gain the mastery.
At the territorial convention of the AL
lance which met at Guthrie on Saturday,
TO elect delegates to the national conveu-
ton at Omaha, some overzealous members
rushed through resolution rejecting up
on some of the congressman who have al
ways favored Oklahoma. This was impolitic
and ungratefuI. In the main, the couven-
ton acted wisely from an Alliance stand /
point.
The Logan county Columbian society
held meeting yesterday, which was well |
attended. The money for the territorial |
building will be forthcoming.
The bridge across the Clmarron is intact. !
it WAS good job.
The Capital Is getting out ! 900 copies OF |
the school, laws for county A. Logan coun- |
ty needs a supply badly.
Governor Seay is on the west side,
spectator at the Democratic convention !
He has met ''em" before on the sacred soil !
OF old Missouri