The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-15
Outlines of Oklahoma

It was one statehood convention with
which everybody was satisfied
1t is stated that one of the Indians
burned near Maud was innocent
Tom Ferguson was the only postmaster
in the joint statehood convention at night
IT is nearly proved again that King
fisher has the smoothest politicians in the
territory.
4 coming man in the territory is young
Mr.. Carver of Garfield county. he has
good stuff in him.
The beauty about all statehood eonven-
lions is that every man IN II knows that
congress will do as II pleases, any way
The chances are that Governor Barnes
wouldn't DO a thing TO Governor Seay and
Jacob Admire. now, If he had a chance
McMaster is said to have been loaded
with a speech for McAtee at the state
hood convention. But McAtee didn't show
up.
The permanent statehood convention
consists of 10. Wisby, Sidney Clark, c. c.
Hudson. Colonel Bradley and 7. b. FeTgu-
son.
At the night statehood convention at
Kingfsher two speeches were made
which the chairman should not have per
mitted.
The people who burned those Indians
are feeling mighty nervous just now.
Uncle Sam is relentless in matter OF
that kind.
L. P. King Of Garfield county, makes the
best chairman in Oklahoma, as the Re
publican statehood convention at King
fisher proved.
In the blondes of the territory, Judge
Conkling of Garfield county. occupies the
same exalted position as Leslie Niblack
does among the brunettes.
Isenberg and Hudson acted assecreta-
ries of the joint statehood convention.
Some fellow started to kick on Isenberg,
but the convention sat down upon hi.
PEOPLE who speak of nothing but an
Indian scare" don't know what they are
talking about. In most cases an Indian
scare is nearly as bad as an Indian mas
sacre.
The Joint statehood convention wants
to make Frank Gillette permanent chair
man for all statehood conventions, but
Gillette didn't want it and got 10. WHISKY
to kill the plan.
The only fun in the Republican state
hood convention Thursday afternoon was
created by a man from Garfield county
and he got his views from Jerry Cunning
ham of Kingtisher.
In the statehood convention at night,
that is. the joint convention, McMaster
! tried to get a fight out of Pitzer, but
after thinking about it a little, Pitzer de-
cided not to jump in.
! The Canadian county Republican dele
| CATION did not arrive in time to take part
| in the statehood convention of the after
| noon But they made up for it in promi-
nence before the night affair.
| Frank Gillette is a member ex-officio
| of the permanent statehood executive
committee. That gives the Republicans
three members of the committee and the
Populists and Democrats three members
| One of the sensible things done by the
/ Joint statehood convention was the brief
| ing of the resolutions they adopted The
| Republican resolutions were too long. Nc
! Republican congressman or Democratic
| for that matter, will ever wade through
| them.
| Oklahoma City Times-Journal: AS any
| sane man might have expected, the Uni
| ted States government proposes to take
| steps to bring the Indian burners TO JUS
| tice. Every man connected with that
| atrocious crime will suffer for his mis-
| deeds-perhaps with his life; but if not
! at least long terms in the penitentiary
| for If the Oklahoma courts fail TO con
| Wet for murder they will be carried into
| the Indian Territory to be tried for kid
| mapping. They will know when they are
| through with them, that the Indian Ter
! ritory courts could have been depended
! upon to punish the two Indians as their
| crime demanded.