The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-27
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| The Tatoga Advocate is calling on the
| purblind voter to DO something.
The Republicans are going to have a
| rig blow out in Taloga on October 81.
The Shawnee Chief is the worst dis
| gusted Democratic paper in the territory
over Cal,shan. 1t simply can not sup
port hin. and pulls down his name
Free Homes has become such an issue
that the people in southern Kansas are
| beginning to talk it. And yet Callahan
said It was not an issue in Oklahoma
even.
The hottest fight on in the territory Is
| In D county. The Populist paper says
without fear that its candidate for
county attorney is ''the idle" OF the Pop
ulists.
| Callahan must feel awfully cheap. In
all his speeches he gives his audiences
to understand that Reed has no use Tor
Flynn aud didn't know what Tree
homes hill was.
The Oklahoman at Oklahoma City Is
making a good hard fight for It's eide.
The Populist Champion there. on the
| other hand, is so rabid that 1t Is helping
the Republicans.
| William X. Vanderbilt has been visit
ing in the Wichita reservation but the
average indian treated him with as
much contempt as he would man
worth fifty cents.
Somebody tried to assassinate LORD
Brooks near Tonawa. Brooks gets an
annuity of $4,000 year from England.
Brooks and his wife both fired into the
gang and brought one man nameo
| Graham" down.
The Populists papers have almost
wholly stopped their free homes misrep-
resentation of Flynn. They discover go
their mistake Just ten days before the
election. They offer no apologies for
what they did say.
A travelling man who has just been
through Greer county says that the peo-
p,e there are as enthusiastic for Flynn
as they were when he went through
He thinks Flynn will carry the county
and so writes to the Guthrie Capital.
The Pop papers Of southern Kansas
and northern Oklahoma should get to-
ge.her. The Okla homa papers claim
| that Republicans are being shipped
down into Oklahoma to help elect Flynn
and the Pop papers in southern Kansas
claim Republicans are being shipped
up into Kansas t. vote for Long.
Perry Enterprise: After thirty days
| and rllana riding
that oa today at Perry there would be
at least fifteen thousand people present
and twenty-five beeves roasted to feed
the tumult who would be hear to hear
the Rav. Callahan. The day came in on
time ana did the Rev. gentleman. but
4 the crowd failed to put In an appearance
There were ut to exceed 1900 people
all told, men. women and Children and
at least o.e!.aif of the voters Were
wearing Flynn badges. All that the
procession could muster was twelve car
riages and wagons with thresnine
machine TO hiring Up the rear. This was
doubtless prophetic OF the thrashing
Flynn will give Callahan on November
Is. At 2:30, after q few short introduc-
tory speeches by local candidates, Rev.
Callahan was introduced and began
speaking to about 1900 people. among
whom there were a large number o!
Flynn men. Everywhere IN the crowd
Flynn badges were thick. The reverend
gentleman gave bis audience a rehasn
of all his former speeches. stale anti
ouated Jokes and all. In a very lame
and feeble manner he tried e prove that
the Flynn free home bill was the Lacy
bill, but his efforts to do go, like they
have been everywhere over the territory.
were marked by the most signal and
dismal failure and fell fat. He made
the very erroneous statement, which
was q gross assumption OF the lack OF
intelligence of the people Of the county
and city, referring to the Flynn bill be-
fore the senate committee he stated that
an amendment to a bill destroyed It's
original personnel. which would not De
made by Callahan IL he was at al
familiar with congressional legislation.
His speech was a disappointment 10 all
who heard him and was principally
made up Of personal attacks against
Flynn's free home legislation. He con-
tinued to make the same stale assertions
which he began with at the opening o:
the campaign which have long since
been proved 10y the Congressional Rec
ord TO De wholly false.