The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

state universities of Indiana and Him
o.s. There are also representatives in
harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and smaller
eastern colleges
POLITICALLY the republicans are in the
large and ever victorious majority The
uelegate in congress, Dennis T. Flynn,
IN spite of his democratic ancestry, is
q stauneh republican, and a power in
the party councils There has been but
one democratic delegate to congress,
ana the people of Oklahoma were not
satislled with him. The territorial leg
stature sits 90-days, and is in session at
the present time.
Inere is powerful movement in the
territory to secure to women the right
70 vote, and at the time of Miss Make Is
ueparture there was a petition being
circulated about the territory for sig
natures faVofing the women's rights
enactment, and so marked has been the
favorable reception accorded it, that she
ieeis hopeful that the legislature will
need the petition and give women the
right of suffrage.
VI course an easterner always in
cures about Indians in their horrible
Businesses. Miss Maxey claimed The
spy man of his fears by assuring him
that the Indians in Oklahoma are of a
! most peaceable and peaceful DISPOSE
tion, and there were never any Indian
disturbances. The Sacs and Foxes are
IN large numbers, and they are seen at
thelr best on circus day, which is the
occasion for general outpouring of
indians from the reservations The cir
Gus appeals to their mind, and their
own striking array adds an additional
attraction to the festal occasion.
western girl is as thoroughly in
formed upon the temperance as upon
the political questions In Guthrie the
w. Z. u Y. is very strong, and has the
same aggressive plan of campaign as
IN the east. However, Guthrie con-
tinues to keep a large number of pros
porous saloons alive, and while it has
It's spots on its general high morale, it
compares favorably with other cities of
its size.
Miss Maxey says that the people in
the east have strange ideas as to their
cousins in the west, and she has to
laugh meTTily over the fanciful notions
with which the eastern brain is full.
notions about wild Indians, border ruff
fans, DeadWood coaches, Judge Lynch
and other Ku Klux chimeras of the
imagination
During her stay here she has been
asked if Oklahoma were not part of
the Indian territory, and other ques-
lions equally wide of the truth How
ever, with true western courtesy, Miss
Maxey forgives the easterner his mar
row conception of the west, and in her
bright, vivacious manner imparts to
her misinformed friends the glorious
picture of the west as it is, and sh. aid
be.
Before coming to Worcester, Miss
Maxey was teaching school in Marshall.
Oklahoma. However, as smallpox
broke out in a place 100 miles away,
the board of health of Marshall
thought it advisable to expose the chill
dren to no risks, and the schools were
closed temporarily, until the plague
might become checked.
A westerner is never contented with
inactivity and looking forth for new
worlds to conquer Miss Maxev decided
to come east, and make a study Of hy-
gienic foods, as afforded in the Dread
school. Being a friend of Governor c.
M. Barnes of Oklahoma, she is the rep
resentative of her state, and will pur-
sue her duties here with new zeal, with
which the work of the future has in
spired her.