The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-28
Outlines of Oklahoma,

Frank Gillett is among the best. X not
the best. presiding officer in Oklahoma
The council at Guthrie now has nearly
forty employees and the constituents are
weeping.
The single statehood idea, while not
brought directly to ar issue, was para
mount in the statehood convention
s " Hopkins, territorial auditor and
also territorial superintendent. receives
as compensation for filing both places
about 1900 annually.
Jim Diggs Of Perry. was present at the
statehood convention, but as Tom Doyle
kept quiet, Jim muffied his voice and
kept peace.
II a legislature is elected under the
Haven bill next December it VIII be a
state legislature. And how on earth can
it draw its pay?
Biddison of the council Is growing to be
an idol in Oklahoma He is singer
when he gets mad and the Oklahomans
like sharp tongue.
In their letters Of regret 10 the state
hood convention Governor Barnes and ].
Callahan both avoided making any W
terance favorable TO statehood.
The woman suffragists still have the
legislature of Oklahoma under surveii-
lance. The legislature viii make mis-
take if it passes a woman suffrage
amendment.
Senator Haven has introduced a bill
which takes a crack at the Alva Normal.
It provides that mo appropriation shall
be made in excess of the amount author
lied by law
Harry Gistrap, who was secretary of
the statehood convention, has been
against statehood in his paper and has
moulded a sentiment in Lincoln county
which is against statehood.
Grimes. Flynn, Barnes and Harper Gun
ningham. Jake Admire and Ed. Wig
gins were not present al the statehood
convention. None Of them knows what he
missed
At the statehood convention Frank Gil
lett, in taking votes. tried an innovation
by asking delegates to raise their hands.
1t was not like a Chinese submarine
painting.
g. W. Schlegel of Chandler, proved in
the statehood convention that he viii
make the orator of the territory II he
viii practice up little and sand-paper
his most imprisoned periods some.
The people Of Woods county will lregret
in time the county seat contests which
they are slowly edging. There are now
five aspirants for the counry-seat In that
county. Embitter the fight, and there
viii be bloodshed sure.
The statehood convention requested all
the newspapers 70 publish the reasons
set forth four years ago why Oklahoma
should be a state. In 1894 a committee OF
congress recommended that Oklahoma
be made a state and published these
figures as an appendix to their report.
Boo Nen says of statehood: LAS an
unorganized territory Oklahoma was led
to the mourners' bench, confessed her
sins and was taken in on probation. To-
day she asks to be baptized in the name
of Uncle Sam, the Goddess of Liberty and
the star-spangled banner and be taken
into full membership OF the church of
statehood"
T. ]. Leahy, the young orator from the
Usage nation, who dwells in his talk
little too much on the richness Of his
people" wants 10 be a delegate to the
legislature and the lower house is now
considering his petition. Tom Doyle is
helping his cause. Postmaster Mac
GUire Of the Pawhuska postoffice, wants
to be admitted TO the council
Mulhall Enterprise: One woman in
Orlando, who sleeps in folding bed has
become greatly alarmed at the current
stories of their shutting up rather I'M
tremendously with the sleeping occu-
pants inside. Accordingly every night she
straps one side of the bed to the sewing
machine and the other side to the dining
room table. In this way she sleeps in
absolute security, knowing that she and
the sewing machine and dining room ia
BILE can't all get inside of that small COM
pass allowed for the bed when folded Up.
Enid Wave: W. r. Dawson, living one
mile east of the city on Ham Sawyers
place, found a ladies' Crescent bicycle
hurried in a straw stack on his place last
Sunday evening. The rats had eaten the
cork handles and leather tool boxes
which indicated that it had been there
for some time. Mr.. Dawson turned the
bike over to Marshal Thrasher who soon
found the owner in a niece of Mrs. Nc
Cristy. 1t seems that during the fair
last September the bike was stolen from
the front porch of the McCristy home IN
the south addition to the city. This
straw stack business Is becoming mo-
notonous, in fact. we believe that trust
should be formed 20 purchase all the
straw stacks in the country. Those that
have been examined closely IN this coun-
" have contained dead men, household
goods. clothing, harness, bikes. etc. The
nest hiding was all done by the same
gang for whom rewards are being offered
by the territory and county.