The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-14

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J had watched his guest with interest Now
he said:
Mister, you're the damnest coolest man
) I ever saw"
! Rev. Mr.. Callahan and Others.
Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 81 met ]. Y. Cal
lahan tonight for the first time / was in
troduced to him by Colonel Columbia OF
Kay county II am glad to meet any man
from the Eagle" said Mr.. Callahan, '-as
am dead in love with that paper"
He was informed that in being in love
with the Eagle he was in harmony with
the feelings of every man. woman and
child in the southwest. / studied the
preacher boss of Oklahoma Populism and
have no doubt in my mind but what he
is one-term man. He Is remarkably Ike
Ben Tillrnan, the senatorial tornado of
Dixie The fire in Galatians eye is not the
| warm glow OF Christianity, but the blazing
| heat OF fanat;cism. He has a large chin
that indicates that he would fight at the
| drop OF the hat. When saw him he was
| sitting in the high boot-black's chair in
1 the Capitol hotel, surrounded by circle
of worsh.ping Populists. He has thrown
| down the gage of battle with Leo Vim
cent editor of the Representative and
| chairman of the territorial committee. In
the first round he gave Vincent knock
| out blow. He is of that school Of men who
| believe that the pulpit is more mighty than
| the press. He viii find out differently some
day. In all fights between the pulpit and
| the press the frs points are always scored
by the former, but it is at last knocked
| out and crushed. Vincent will crush Cal
| lahan some day and will crush him so badly
| that he will never rise again. I was in
| formed today that it was '1Sly" Oberlander
| who, in his quiet way, melted Callahan TO
attack Vincent, and that Oberlander's idea
| in doing so was to start war OF exter-
mination between both of them. He hates
| the two men as the Devil is said to hate
| holy water.
Senator Marum will be the author OF the
Sensible libel law suggested by the ed
itorial association. He says that he was
the first member Of the legislature to be
Ebeled. As Is well known here, he was the
SWEETEST dressed gentleman at the ball Mon
day night He escorted one OF the ac-
knowledged beauties Of Oklahoma, young
lady living in Sumner county, and TO his
great establishment he read In the papers
next morning Senator Marurn and wife"
There will be serious trouble when he gets
home to Woodward.
Frank Worcester, ex-sheriff Of Grant
county, was here today quietly looking
after his political fences. He has his eye
on the marshalship Of Oklahoma. When
I inquired * him. his mission at the cap
ital. he said: II am here in the interest
OF the passage Of bin to move the line
of the short-grass country thirty miles west
so that Grant county can have some hay
next year." He says that hay Is very
scarce in Grant county and commands .
very high price
The newspaper people are very angry
this year at Governor Renfre because he
will not accommodate them with advance
copies of his message to the legislature.
called at the governors room at midnight
last night for the message and while his
treatment was very kind, no argument
could be made that would induce him to
give 1t up before It's reading in the legislat-
ure. 1t Is strange that men cannot see the
Importance OF giving out such documents
to the press early. They are usually very
long, and IL they are given out IN advance,
under the usual newspaper rules that they
are not to be used until released, they can
be put In type without materially Gripping
other news service. The newspaper boys
here are hot at the governor and some OF
them will have very big and an entirely
unnecessary telegraph toll to pay.
The Pops still have some eld-fashiened
Farmer alliance ideas. In the caucus last
night somebody suggested that the eandi-
dates Cor reading clerk should prove their
ability by reading For an hour the hotel
was In an uproar with four candidates
reading with all their might, In the dining
room. The man who read the loudest was
the man who was selected.
great many of the unsuccessful cand-
dates for the lesser Offices went home sore
One of the sore men was L. B. Collins of
Woodward. who wanted to be ore Of the
chief clerks He could not get 1t because
too many places had been gwen to the
west side before Mr. Collins time came
The fact OF the matter Is that the west
side got fully as many Offices as 1t was
entitled to and more than were expected,
The assembling Of the legislature brought |
a great nanny people ef local distinction to |
Guthrie. Brooks Forrest Of Ell Reno came |
over last night. He IS said to be the great
est Shakspearian scholar in Oklahoma, II |
not In the entire west. Noticing his won /
derful control OF voice, i asked him how
he acquired It, and he said: Practice, |
study and dumb-bells, II use the Latter
he said, ''to develop and strengthen my |
lungs" Mr., Forrest gave readings to a
party Of friends last night with such sue
cess that another event like IL has been
planned on a larger scale for some future
evening during tho session Of the legislat-
ure.
Shoe-String Smith Of Grant county, one
of the members of the last legislature, was
here yesterday attending the meeting Of the
Republican committee and watching the
proceedings of his successor. When l |
asked him what he wanted, his modesty
got the best of him After biushing SER
eral times, he said he wanted TO be cattle
inspector for Oklahoma. with a compenss-
ton of $50 a year and expenses. Shoe
String" Is a pretty good fellow.
James Graves, the mascot from Oklaho-
ma county, although being considered the
most verdant man IN the lower house, Il
a man who Is not only considerable OF .
scholar. but has had previous experience
To my great establishment he told me yes
terday that he Is a graduate Of the Uni
versity OF Kentucy and that he wa. elected
a state senator Of that commonwealth
when ne vas twenty-four years Of age As
Kentucky has been IN the union only aboti:
100 years. the latter statement Is doubtful |
or elss Mr.. Graves u not a. Old as he
looks.
Aionzo A. Byers OF Newiirk, Is here with |
two pockets full Of Bills. He wants q