The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-26
Is RUN TO EARTH
FLYNN,S MANAGERS PUT GALA
HAN In A HOLE

of One of His Speeches-Callahan has
FaIstfed and Now He Must Swallow the
Dose-Wm Bave q Chance to Prove His
Assertions or Else Acknowledge an I'm
truth.
Guthrie. o. T, Sept. 25.-The Capital
here tonight publishes the following:
The following is an acceptance or
challenge given out by the Populist cen
tral committee to Hon. Dennis T. Flynn
IN discuss the free homes bill with Rev.
]. Y. Callahan:
Guthrie, o. T, Sept. "a, 1885.
Hon. Virgil NJ. Hobbs, Oklahoma City,
OF;
Dear Sir: We enclose herewith an &C
eeptance Of the challenge issued on the
mart of Hon. j. Y. Callahan to Hon.
Dennis T. Flynn. The chairman of this
aornmittee will be pleased TO meet you
ut a. early date to make preliminary ar
rangamenfs for such joint debate. Any
communication addressed TO him at this
headquarters will be promptly attended
TO- Very respectfully,
VIM. GRIMES, Chairman.
H. F. ARDERY, Secretary.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
rERRTTORIAL REPUBLICAN CEN
TEAL COMMITTEE.
William Grimes, H. F. ARDEY,
Chairman. Secretary.
Guthrie, o. T, Sept. "A, 1896.
Hon. Virgil N. Hobbs, Chairmon of the
Free Silver party OF Oklahoma, King
fisher, o. T.
Sir: The following extract is taken
from a speech delivered by the Hon. ].
z. Callahan at Muihaf, September IL,
1896:
Wen, want to talk of another sub
ject. We are all interested in this coun-
try in free MONIES. 1t is true that you
folks here ere not directly interested.
The government has seen cause to give
Vou your llnds free, and / am sure am
glad of it, but we fellows over in the
Cheyenne, where live, have got to pay
To- our lands, and now want TO invite
your attention to that question, for my
TREND Dennis, for whom | have due re-
Epect, and L assure you that 1 have no
deslre to say anything personal about
Dennis, but as you all know his pubic
record belongs to You and me, and of
course l ann using my share of it for the
time at least. He claims that he is the
he paople in the new lands. Well now.
Net US See about that If that be true
me proper thing for you, my brother TO
io-dont care whether you have a free
home or not-is to vote for Dennis. for
u would be the greatest blessing to the
people In this territory that could befaIl
mem Tor the time being, notwithstand-
ng a Tree home without free silver
Won't De free very long. (Crise: That's
no lie efther.O Now / want to state
mat the government in opening this
and where We are at the present time
Ieen cause to give the land to the peo-
be The government paid for this l.
Sl,7O6 acres OF land s2,s57.10. Nothwi:h-
rtanding this enormous cost the govern
nent said to you people here, If you will
70 over and possess the land, you may
rave il free.
Now, / want to ask you, my friends,
What administration was it that gave
rou your land free? A Democratic ad-
ninistration- (Applause.) The law pass
I'd. was signed, and the date fixed by
Democratic administration. The next
and that was opened for settlement was
he Sac and Fox, Iowa and Pottawafo-
ME lands. The Sac and Fox lands, 49,
6S, the Iowa lands containing l22,872,
900, 900. The Pottawatomie lands, CON-
aiming 2s6, 2z3 acres, cost the govern
nent $3.50, 900. The Cheyenne and Arap-
moe country was the next TO open. The
lrnCunt of land was 3 500, sos acres; cost
.he government $500, 600. The next land
10 be opened was the strip. The amount
IF land was 6,343. 479 acres and cost the
government a fraction over 81 ,000. 0O0-
Now l want to ask what administration
brought this land in? A Republican ad-
ministration. The last act of Mr.. Har-
risosA before he went out was to sign
The bin bringing in the strip, placing
mortgage on every home In the new
lands, except the Kfckapoo country, and
Is a matter of course. as the precedent
had been established, that followed suit
Now in conclusion the government pays
for the land ali told, fraction over
no. 5s 900, and sells il to the people for
Bio, 0Ss S6s, making a profit of of US fell
lows who piow the sod, who build and
live in sod houses, a clear profit of S4,-
e63, SsS And yet Dennis says, send me
back g, goldbug Republican, to undo
what we have done 1t reminds me of
the fellow who was crossing a meadow
and a bull got after him, and he ran for
a tree but did not get there quite soon
enough to climb IL, so he took around
the tree and the bull and by and by he
was chasing the bull. and at last he just
took hold of his tail and very easily
glided around and around the tree, and
at last the bull began to below, and he
says: Below. you rascal. who begun
lt?' IaUghter.)
Now, gentlemen, when Dennis
comes and says he will give You free
homes through his influence with the
next congress. by virtue of being a Re
publican. just ask him who begun pay
Ing for homes.
Then again. when Mr.. Flynn was
elected We folks out IN The Cheyenne
petitioned him. and largely too, to pre-
sent a bill asking for free homes for the