The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-05-04
PLEA FOR ALVA IN
NORMAL MATTER.


coming about over the Alva normal
Wichita Eagle.
In this the Eagle is right as il gen
orally is. IL Is too bad. O. the pity
and the shame OF the thingl One sec
tion Of a nineteenth century common
wealth greedy to abrogate the school
Of another section And the
thing is still more pitifully degrading
when we stop to think that this sec
tion not only pays for its school and
and its building, without dollar from
old Oklahoma, but helps that section
TO keep up its own institutions OF
higher learning.
Some OF them still cling TO their ex-
ploded theory that the school is not
needed This day the editor OF the
Courier inspected for himself the en-
rollment Of the school and found il to
be lG2 The catalogue ISSUED by the
Edmond school last summer shows, on
page &c that its entire enrolment at
the completion Of the sixth year of its
existence was IT'S, but thirteen more
than the present enrolment Of the
Alva school. We do not write this as
against the Edmond school, but as a
statement against which no sane man
can stand and still maintain that the
Alva school is not needed. This school
will yet be the largest institution Of
learning in this territory.
The little Norman Transcript bobs
up in its wisdom and declares that
our building is "twice too large. How
about the university building at Nor
MANI Is it too large2 We understand
that the president of that school will
ask the next legislature for a 100000
addition to this building. We also
understand that both Saltwater and
Edmond have found their buildings
too small and will plead for more
room. 1t is just such mistakes as these
that the present administration is try.
ing to avoid in the erection of the
Northwestern building. The other
buildings are too small, and we say
give them more room IL they need it,
but we would remind the Norman
Transcript that IL would be just as
well perhaps for it to hide its hog ma
ture till it gets the s4O,O addition.
Jake Admire, over at Kingfsher,
has an office, and his appetite is grow
ing upon what il feeds. lie wants
some more. He thinks he sees a
chance to make political capital out
of the Alva normal. II won't do,
Jakey. You can abuse the Populists
on this score all you want to, but you
will find there is no politics to be
squeezed out of this school question.
Republicans, Democrats and Populists
are one on this point, and the strip,
with whatever friends il has in Old
Oklahoma. will oppose you to man.
Brother Admire, you will have TO at
tack something that does not lie so
close to the peoples hearts as does the
Northwestern normal.
Admire sends up long wall over
the cost of our building. (Jakey, won't
you please let the people of the strip
spend their own money as they please?)
lie knows that the building proper
does not cost $50, 900. The Edmond
and other like buildings OF the terri
tory were first put up without heating
plants, protection from fire, suitable
science rooms, outhouses, walks, or
any modern improvements of any
kind. The contract for the North
western calls for all these things.
In fact, the buildings must be com.
pleted TO the turning over OF the key
i this, the administration has shown
the best of business sense, and Admire
knows it. 1t ruins fine building TO
attempt to patch it up and put in its
heating at later date. Ali our pub
lie buildings so far, are a disgrace TO
respectable commonwealth. And
yet, when Edmond gets the addition
she expects TO call for, her building
will cost nearly as must as the North
western, and IL Norman gets the addi
ton she win call for, her building
will have cost much more than the
Northwestern, and she will yet net
have as good bui lding.
The Courier has always hoped for
complete unanimity between the two
sections of Oklahoma, and we thought
that the letting OF the contract for the
Northwestern normal would demon
strate that our interests were one.
But Old Oklahoma is not satisfied "a
allow us our just rights, and can ac-
cept nothing but war. We say come
on We think you'll find every man in
the strip With his sleeves rolled up. We
lie ievejevery dollar from the rental a
sections l3, 10, 33 and 3G, in the strip
belongs to the strip, and we are ready
to take that issue with you TO the
United States supreme court. Free
homes" might possibly have put
another phase on the matter, but we
doubt il. Take section 80, for instance.
From this section the people OF the
strip are annually paying into the
treasury nearly 100000 And yet we
are not entitled TO a school building
that does not cost as much as the
average cities in the states pay for
their high schools. For what is the
rental OF section 1872 "For public
| buildings" "Ies, screams Old Ok
lahoma, "bHt that means the capitol
or penitentiary." Do you believe that
a constitution enacted by free peo
Pile will permit such a burden to bt
placed upon one section for the benefit
OF another? As we'll might KingfisheI
county claim a right to tax Logan
TO tuild court house at Kingdsher
for which Kingfisher would not pay a
dollar. A free constitution can not
permit sectional legislature OF this
! character. II Is slavery, and that &,
unconstitutional.
In politics this paper IS Republican
TO the backbone. We want perfect
harmony in the ranks OF our party
who should lend every aid to support
the wisest and best administration oul
territory has ever had. We want, too
harmony between the two sections o.
Oklahoma, but when IL comes 10 tn,
education Of our children all else 4,
secondary. On this point the strip Il
united to man, and we will fight fol
our rights as long as we have a dollar
or foot Of ground 10 stand on.
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