The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-09
Outlines of Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma legislature Is now worse
than the Kansas outfit.
The Alva Normal school bill is mixed up
ir the Johnson-Lynch racket
Seymour Price gives it out cold that he
VIII be secretary of the Territory.
The Presbyterian Sunday school al Nor
man has 100 pupils and fifteen teachers.
The American Book Trust has been get
ting in its work on the Oklahoma legisia-
ture.
The bondsmen OF Harry 81. John have
been released and the case against him dis
missed.
The factions in the legislature should go
down to Ritzsaupt's. break one or two and
forget themselves.
As the Eagle predicted. the legislature
can not be bluffed.
VIII McKenna Of Fl Scott is a nephew
OF the new attorney general He expects a
place in Oklahoma
At this rate the Johnson boom for con-
grees on a fusion ticket VIII never bulge
from its starting point
There is only one paper IN the territory
which VIII not put Indian" up. II always
speaks of them as indians"
Miss Mary Melton of Shawnee is making
a great race for city clerk. She viii prob
ably be nominated and elected.
Mr.. Lynch held that corn-knife up his
Sleeve for a long time but he had il there
just the same. sleeping and waking.
Jake Roberts of Kingfsher is very liable
to be filing a judges seat and squirming
60 u !,
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal says
there will be no trouble in getting the free
homes bin through the next congress.
On no.
President Johnson OF the legislature was
not cut out for a politician. He is too
human. A man must me marble 10 succeed
in politics.
The secretary Of a benevolent associa-
ton at Guthrie has the courage TO say that
it refused to help destitute woman be-
cause she was bad,
Up to date no one in the Oklahoma iegis-
lature has exposed a Doodle scheme. The
conclusion to be drawn from this is that
there is no Doodle there. Oh no!
The fusion fellows made their campaign
on the pledge that salaries would be cut
down. Now they refuse to do it. OF course
Did any one believe they would cut down
salaries?
Chaplain Newman confesses that hts
prayers in behalf OF the house have not
been answered. EVERYBODY knows that II
is very humiliating to conscientious man
like Newman.
The Republicans OF the Territory do not
feel so much encouraged over the legis-
lature's tomfoolery. The Republicans had
the best argument in the world in free
homes and yet the people elected Callahan.
Guthrie Leader: The mystery surround
ing the Identity of the dead body that was
found on the South Canadian near Nor
man several weeks since, and that was at
one time supposed to be Happy jack
Wilson, yet remains unexplained. A cou-
pie of weeks ago il was thought the body
was that of young German, named Solts.
and the young mans father was positive
such was the case. Last week, however.
young Solts was heard of being az work in
Texas.
Atoka is said to have been all torn UP
over an affair wherein a preacher and his
wife were the principal ones concerned.
Rev Carney was up before Commissioner
Campbell last week, charged with assault
ing his wife with a stick of stove wood.
The jury could not agree and the Rev.
Carney agreeing to leave town and not
return, was discharged his wife not want
ing to testify against him. We learn. also.
that the church requested him to resign
as their pastor. which he did. And so end
eth the first chapter.