The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-10

| Reed and Mckinley Men are Fighting Hard
and Their Followers are no Less Intense
Than the Leaders-LikeIy Now That the
Delegation Which Goes to St. Louis
Will Have no Instructions and Can Vote
for Either Mckinley or Reed as They
See Fit-Fear of Free Homes Bill the
Cause Of This.
Guthrie. o. T, March 9.-(Special.)-
Free and untrammeled. unpledged and
unrestricted will the Republican dele
gates from Oklahoma go 10 st. Louis.
This seems to be practically settled.
Oklahoma, both as regards the people
and the politicians. appear TO have come
to the amicable understanding that Ok
lahoma should keep well under cover
and by refusing to boom any one in
particular, offend nobody. Or in other
| words, neither the Mckinley men nor
the Reed followers shall know anything
definite in regard 10 Oklahoma until the
st. Louis convention meets.
| This has come about in a peculiar
way. Originally Oklahoma appeared TO
be unanimously for Thomas Bracket
Reed Of Maine. The reason for this
was that Reed is particular friend of
Dennis Flynn and has helped him get
through several bills in congress which
| were to Oklahoma's benefit. But the
great Reed pull was the fact that he was
| speaker of the house, and, as such, could
push the Free Home bill through con-
gress, or at least materially aid Dennis
Flynn in securing its passage. But a
part of Oklahoma politicians broke
away from the Reed camp and pro-
| claimed for Mckinley. This raised a
| row which has continued with great in
tensity for a month of two. The Reed
men first said that if Oklahoma Joined
in the Mckinley howl Reed would GER
tainly withdraw his support from the
Free Home bill This was a sockdol-
ager and the Mckinley men were driven
| back under fire. About week ago the
Mckinley men came out of their hole,
however with a bomb. This explosive
was the assurance from Mr.. Grosvenor
of Ohio that the Mckinley men in the
house Of representatives at Washington
would also take a hand in the Free
Home legislation if Oklahoma didn' t
| have care.
SHUT OKLAHOMA UP.
This shut up Oklahoma like a jack
| knife and forced her into her present
position, where for the sake of the Free
Homes bill, she is neither for Mckinley
nor Reed, and is again for both.
AS the territory gets only six dele
gates to the St. Louis convention and
as it is reputed that delegateship is
much more to be desired when one is
not to be instructed. there is going to
be wild scramble for the place.
The choice of only one man is at this
time conceded. This is John l. Ollie of
Canadian county. He has no contest
ant in his county for the honor. In
Logan county where Guthrie is situated,
| Henry Asp and Cassisus Barnes are
fighting for the honor. At Oklahoma
City General Thomas, Henry Howard
and Sam Murphy are pulling counter
wires. AT Enid Senator" Havens and
Editor Buckles are mulching sturdy
bOomlets, while it is said that Whiting
hill is fixing it so that he (Whitting-
| hilD can be national Republican COM
mitteeman. Perry has not put a can
| didate forward, but there is talk here
about Judge Huseller of that place.
KINGFISHER Is DIVIDED.
over in Kingfisher where they always
| have a hot old frolic, things are dread
| fully tangled, The Kingfisher crowd is
| apparently no longer to be famousfor its
unanimity for Jake Admire, A. J. Seay
Bill Grimes and j. c. Roberts all want
| to be delegates. At Norman, Major
| MacGuire is the favored son. AT Pom
ca City Bion Hutchins and w. II. Bak-
er have locked horns. Arapahoe has
five candidates, and the news reaches
! here that ]. B. Butler is slightly in the
lead. Watonga will, it IS said, ask a
place in the Pullman bound to st. Louis
| for L. B. Ferguson. Alva has candi-
date in the person of c. w. Bicknell.
Woodward, Tecumseh. Chandler and
| Shawnee are said to be without candi-
| dates but they will undoubtedly bob up
! in sufficient time to complicate the stu
alton.
The great fight will take place right
! here in Guthrie. 1t will be between
! Henry Asp and Cassius Barnes. Its
| feroeity is intense at present. Satur
| day, Barnes got the old soldiers here to
| indorse Mckinley and in consequence
| thereof, the Barnes boomers are howl
| ing blissfully. The resolutions passed
by the old soldiers of Logan county are
as follows:
G. A. r. RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, By the old soldiers here in
convention assembled, that We believe
| that the interests of the soldiers Of
the Union will be best subserved by
| the nomination of a man who has him
self been a soldier in the war of the
| Union.
Resolved, second. That in our opin-
ion, Of all the candidates now before
| the country we favor the nomination of
that gallant soldier and statesman, Will
liam Mckinley OF Ohio.
Resolved, further, That We recognize
the eminent ability and faithful service
of our delegate in congress. Hon. Den
mis- T. Flynn, and especially in favor
| ing legislation for free homes for the
settlers Of Oklahoma and in aid of all
measures looking to the relief of all poor
and disabled soldiers.
Resolved. further. That we are in
favor Of the passage by the congress of
the United States of the Tribune SER
vice pension bill and the Picker pen
sion bill. now pending before congress.
and hereby request our delegate in
congress 10 use his best efforts TO that
end"
On the same day at Oklahoma City
the old soldiers endorsed Mckinley.
The resolution which is said 10 be VIC
tory for sam Murphy. is as follows:
Resolved. That the old soldiers OF
Oklahoma county in mass convention
assembled favoring the nomination Of
Hon. William MCKINLEY of Ohio for
president by the Republican National
convention to be held at 81. Louis.
June Is. 1896"
COLORED MEN TIED.
Guthrie. Q. T. March 9.-Ths territorial
colored convention finished its session
in the opera house Saturday. and held a
rousing meeting there last night. Prof.
Austin Of this city presided. and Rev. (.
E. Ware was secretary.
The race question in all its phases
was ably and eloquently discussed by
prominent men Of the territory. The
endorsement of q delegate - the na-
tional convention did not come in until
a late hour but when IL did il was red
hot. E. p. McCabe and J. F. Norris