The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-15
Where Blue Laws Thrive Not

l IvvuSiO DUO Laws bIutS bVOS
| Guthrie, o. T., Jan. 1.-THE crowd Is
thinning out. Most Of the visitors had
gotten to that point in their financial dissi-
patton where it became necessary to ride
home at once or wait few days longer
and walk. Considering the cry of hard
times and the demand for free homes there
was a great deal of money spent during
the past week. / would not be afaraid to
wager that during that time there was
more money spent in Guthrie than there
was in Topeka. The saloons had a har-
vest. 1 talked with a great many liquor
men and they informed me that their daily
sales were greater during the week than
during any week in the history of modern
Guthrie, with the exception of the week
preceding the opening of the Cherokee strip
The politicians of Oklahoma trot fast
heat when they get toge.her( but for some
/ reason they never get drunk or cross or
ugly. And talking about saloons and poll
! tics no one ever hears anything about pro-
hibition here and nobody ever thinks OF
proposing a bill for the suppression of the
| liquor traffic. License 10 sell liquor IS a
| policy that will be maintained in Okla
hcma until every person now living is
| dead and gone to a better land. Ii is not
improbable that some legislation viii be
u
bling if not to its entire suppression, but
! do not believe that any measure OF
| stringent character can pass. The people
| of Oklahoma seem to be unanimous IN their
| determination to avoid what they cali the
! Outrageous legislative mistakes of Kan
| sas." BY this they mean prohibition. wo-
man suffrage, curfew ordinances and such
| things They are perfectly content, they
| say, to live as humans and not aspire to
| the angelic state until later in life or rather
until after life is extinct. The average
| Oklahoma man is disgust incarnate when
| he talks about or thinks about the Kansas
prohibitory amendment to the constitu-
| ton.
During the week a great many ladies
have been in Guthrie from other cities and
hence society has had a field day. Many
of the senators and representatives brought
their wives with them TO attend the inau-
guration banquet and ball and incidentally
to see the organization of the legislature.
1 believe the fairest ladies in the world. I
mean on the average, are in Oklahoma,
and they are not only bright, but have that
other pleasing quality of being charming.
Mrs. Judge Tarsney, 1t seems to me, knows
more ladies in Oklahoma than any other
woman and yet she has lived here less
than year. Everybody agrees that she
is one of the most remarkable women in
the west. That she is the most deserved
ly popular woman in Oklahoma will be con-
ceded by all who know her or are able to
appreciate her good qualities. She is a
wonderful factor in making the week de-
lightful for the visitors. Mrs Thomas H.
Doyle of Perry is also a woman of the
most charming qualities and of pronounced
beauty. She is accompanied by her sis
ter Miss Margaret ONeill of Kansas City,
Kansas, who is a great favorite in Guthrie
society already. Mrs Doyle is also ac-
companied by 3-year-old daughter, who
is so pretty that one of the most famous
artists in the United States is now paint
ing her picture, having selected her as a
model upon which to lavish his artistic
genius. There is a pretty little romance
connected with this fact which 1 viii re-
serve for another time. Mrs. Tousley OF
El Reno, wife of the speaker of the lower
house, came over from FL Reno to witness
the inauguration of her husband. She is
lady of most excellent qualities, among
which is unbounded faith in the integrity
of her husband. She is very sincere in the
belief that he Is beyond the possibility of
doing wrong, personally or politically.
was invited TO a seat at her side during the
Inauguration of her husband yesterday
morning. 1 watched her during the cere-
mony and am sure that the fair Josephine
was not more happy when the crown of
France was placed on the brow of her I'M
mortal Napoleon. While visiting with them
at their apartments afterwards 1 hear her
make an appeal to her husband for the ap-
pointment of a widow with a young child
to some position connected with the legis-
lature.
But. my dear" said the speaker, "she
is a Republican"
She laid her hand on his arm and said:
'Mr. Tousley if 1 were a widow with one
child to take care of, would you think it
right that / should DC barred because had
political views different from the speaker?'
1t was home hit and the speaker, who is
really kind-hearted man, could not re-
ply to it.
Another delightful lady visiting here Is
the wife of Judge McAtee. of the supreme
court. who came over from Enid for few
days visit. She is highly accomplished. |
has a very charming disposition and is a
brilliant conversationist. The wives of |
Judge Bierer and Judge Keaton are also |
ladies of refinement and were leaders in |
the social event of the week. Mrs. John |
Havinghorst OF Perry spent a few days in |
the city with her husband an6 became popu |
social accomplishments are here. A very |
nice bevy of beauties were here from Okla |
homa City.
I talked a great deal last night with |
Senator Marum OF Woodward county over |
a pipe of tobacco. IN the days of the |
boom in Wichita. found. the senator was /
in business in the metropolis of Kansas |
and ofTiced with Colonel Jocelyn. He came |
into Oklahoma at the opening and settled |
in Guthrie, but soon afterwards accepted |
a position with the government at Camp I
Supply. While there he studied law and |
when Fort Supply was abandoned he went |
into partnership with Temple Houston.
Combined, they make as good team of !
lawyers as Oklahoma can boast of. For |
the first time / learned frcIn him that the |
original intention was TO have two coun-
ties located within the present limits OF I
Woods county, and why the plan of the
government was changed. Governor
Swineford, who located the counties in Ok
went to the town of Woodward |
and located county. He then drove west |
TO locate another county between Wood
ward and Beaver. Arriving at Camp Sup
ply his team gave out and he asked the !
officer for transportation and |
that gentleman referred him 10 Mr. Narum.
WHO dt tne uIle, Hdu seen bHc "iS0oih W
making one big county and the folly OF
Swineford's idea He told Swineford that
II would be mistake TO make two coun-
ties. but the emissary of Mr.. Hoke Smith
would not listen to him MI Marum then
gave a quiet tip TO the driver TO drive
Swineford TITO the worst country he could
find. The driver took the tip and drove
afr. Swineford into the toughest and most
desolate desert he could find Mr.. Sinve-
ford was very thirsty and requested the
driver to find some water The driver took