The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-17
Outlines of Oklahoma

| Reed is an awfully stubborn man. Blu;
Dennis Flynn will work to bring him
around, and may do II.
| Secretary Francis may never be confirm
ed. Neither will any OF Cleveland's latter
Oklahoma appointments
Colonel johnson tried awfuily hard 70 be
''the whole thing at Guthrie but up 70
| date he has failed 10 make connection.
1t IS claimed that there are several mem
bers of ths present legislature. not Repub-
hcans. who voted for Flynn for congress
! If the free homes bin ever gets to Cleve-
land, Hoke Smith will probably go up to
Washington and beg Cleveland TO veto II.
The senate in passing the free homes bill
| asked the house that IL be made privileged.
This was an unusual request. Reed denied
ii.
The recent racket between Vinvent and
Callahan indicates what rip-snorting row
there would have been IN Oklahoma had
Bryan been electd-
If as reported. General Coxey owns cat
| tie in Oklahoma, he will soon get rich and
become a plutocrat. The cattlemen OF Ok
lahoma are never Populists-
Up to date about the only ones who are
favorable impressed with the Choctaw trea-
gresS VIII knock IL galley west.
Callahan has proved stronger since the
election than no was before No one sus-
pected for moment that he would have
the spunk TO tackle Leo Vincent.
The present legislature is bringing out the
fact that the smartest Popuists in Okla
homa, after all, are George Gardenhire.
Arthur Percy Daniels and Sly Oberlander.
Tom Doyle and Mr.. Hogan one week ago
were prancing around as early birds while
Speaker ToHsley was sleeping on a limb
confident that they wouldn't find the worm.
A recent number of the Congressional
Record contains fine table showing all
the Indian lands that have been purchased
by the United States. their location and
cost.
There Is no organized effort in the Okla
homa legislature TO consolidate the coun-
ties OF western Oklahoma into one big
county and the scheme Will not be consum-
mated.
One OF the most fervent desires for the
immediate passage of the free homes bill
and its enactment into law al this session
is Callahan. Callahan wants Flynn 10 pass
1t. He wants it out of the way.
1t is limited that one of the reasons for
elr. hec0 unirienOnneSS 70 Tree homes
now is due 10 the fact that after being In
structed for him some of the Oklahoma dele
gates to st. Louis voted for Mckinley.
letter received in the Eagle Office last
March from a prominent Okiahoman ad-
monishes the paper TO quit talking about
free homes as 1t would never pass either
house or the senate and that Dennis
Flynn was A fraud
During the campaign Virgil Hobbs was
accused of mismanaging Galatians cam
paign. But Callahan now appears and says
Vincent was at fault. Hobbs lives In King
fisher with Callahan and it is the old story
of Kingfisher against the world.
Flynn told the people in his campaign
speeches that he would rather have the
whole house against him than the speaker.
By this time Oklahoma must be getting on
10 the fact that there was mighty little
buncombe in what Flynn told them.
Dennis Flynn told the people in the cam
paign that his defeat meant the peril of
free homes when il got back to the house.
II is back there now and the congressman
are Guying him. They are telling him that
the people in defeating him said they did
not want free homes.
A prominent Indian called on Mckinley
the other day and had a long talk with
him about Indian Territory affairs. The
white citizens there should send a delega-
ton TO Mckinley. The new president
should not be permitted to fall into Cleve-
lands mistaken Indian policy.