The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-20

| City observation-disclosures News
Guthrie, O. T, March 19-Those who
| do not think that Reed and Mckinley
are fighting for the Oklahoma delega-
ton at St. Louis are mistaken.
Oklahoma is young and a small ter
ritory, but it has six votes and the Reed
and Mckinley forces are fighting as
| though those six votes would be deci-
sive in the st. Louis convention.
Many peiple have believed that Nc
Kinley's and Reeds anxiety TO get Ok
| lahoma was alleged and fictional. But
the indications are that it is not. The
| Mckinley men in the territory are today
| pointing out that Grosvenor of Ohio,
McKinley's manager in congress, not
only said he would stand by the Free
Homes bill, but he made talk for it in
| congress.
| They say that Grosvenor, outside Of
a presidential campaign would have
paid no attention to an Oklahoma meas
ure.
But Grosvenor certainly did take an
! interest in Oklahoma the other day. The
| Congressional Record just received here
shows that GrosvenOr made the follow
ing speech in favor of free homes while
! Dennis Flynn had the bill up for pas
sage Monday:
Mr.. Speaker, il is scarcely necessary
| for me TO take any of the time of the
/ house in support Of the provisions of
| this bill. This bill simply carries out,
in the interest of the settlers of Okla
homa, the true policy of the government
| in the matter of homesteads. l do not
| wish to make partisan speech or make
| any partisan reference. The policy of
| free homesteads to actual settlers is the
! policy now of the United States govern
! ment, and is the policy of the people of
! the country regardless of party. 1t has
! grown up to be essentially an Ameri-
| can doctrine. The lands affected by
| this bill are lands that is said 10 cost
] the government a larger sum of money
| than the public lands on an average;
| but that has never been a consideration
with the government in the matter of
the granting Of homesteads to actual
| settlers.
Gentlemen on the other side of the
house have said something about the
grants made by the government in that
same territory to railroad lines. l am
one of those who believe that no wiser
act has ever been done by our govern
ment than the giving to the railroads in
that part of thecountry what are called
land grants. / am not here to DISCUSS
the question of the abuses of the gem
erosity Of the government, but there is
a region rapidly becoming an import
ant portion of the United States, filled
with most enterprising popula ton,
which, under existing laws, would be
put at disadvantage as against the
ordinary system and policy to the ex-
tent of large number of millions of dol
I N he
ment itself, the aggregation of the peo-
pie of this whole country, will be better
off, will be richer, five years from today
by reason of the passage of this bill
than if We eXacted the price of these
lands from actual settlers. Any other
policy than this would destroy the hope
of acquiring homes on the part of a
great many of the people of that ter
ritory; so 1 trust that the bill will be
passed without further contention"
BUTTON MANDAMUSED.
The Oklahoma City Journal has the
following: Yesterday D. f. McMartin,
candidate for nomination for police
judge on the Republican ticket. filed a
petition in the district clerks office ask
ing that writ of mandamus be issued
commanding the mayor to issue call
for the city election.
The case will come up for hearing on
Friday, March 20.
The difficulty arises from a difference
of opinion as TO the year of holding the
city election. The cities of Perry, King
fisher and FL Reno hold their elections
on odd years while Oklahoma City and
Guthrie elect on even years. Judge
Burford and Judge Bierer have decided
that the elections should be on odd
years.
Mayor Button was interviewed this
morning and declared that he intended
all the time to issue the call, that he
would wait now until after the Goth and
if the court decided that he was not
legally elected he would Immediately
resign and let his successor issue the
call. or if the court held in his favor he
would issue the call the first of next
week.
NOMINATE A TICKET.
The Republicans of Oklahoma City
nominated a ticket as follows:
Mayor-C. C. Jones.
City Attorney-L- NJ Keys.
City Clerk-M. Spencer.
Police Judge. McClelland.
City Treasurer. z. Johnson.
City Assessor-F. NJ. Riley. -
Justices of the Peace. W. Davis, J.
H. Lawry.
Constables-Joe Cannon. John Hamil-
ton.
The ticket is regarded as a strong one.
while the convention was in session a
telegram was received from c. G.. Jones
in Washington saying that the Sapulpa
railroad bill had become a law without
the presidents signature.
Two resolutions were passed, as fol-
lows:
Resolved. That the Republicans Of
oklahoma City in convention assembled
unanimously favor the nomination of
Hon. William Mckinley OF Ohio for
president of the United States, at St
Louis June Is, 1896
Resolved, That we hereby endorse
the action of the Hon. D. T Flynn IN
passing the free homes bill and the St
Louis and Oklahoma City railroad bill.
REPUBLICAN RIOT AT GUTHRIE.
Guthrie. O. T, March 19.-The Repub-
lican city convention ended in a riot
last night after nominating a ticket half
made UP Of negroes. q. y. Perkins. a
negro. who three years ago got up a mob
and threatened % burn the city, was
nominated for police judge
STUCK ON MRS. LEASE.
The following from the Perry Enter
prise shows what the people OF Perry
think OF Mrs. Lease; on no occasion
have the citizens Of Perry been so we'll
entertained as they were last evening
when Mrs. Mary z. Lease delivered her
lecture, Christ or Caesar" a the opera
house. She was greeted by a large au-
dience OF the best citizens OF Perry.
when. a. $50 o'clock. she appeared on
the stage and was introduced by Mrs
hinnick. OF our city. in a very happy
and appropriate address With 4 very
pleasing and attractive grace she enter
ed at once upon her subject. and from