The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-04
Outlines of Oklahoma


Another month has passed without Co
| lionel Blackwell again successfully dy-
| ing.
There will be no extra session. An extra
session would have helped Free Homes
along.
! The politicians seem TO think that so
! far as Washington is concerned Judge Nc
| Aztec has a life job.
| A good many of the volunteer Officers
| Of Oklahoma are trying TO get places IN
der the new army act
| The investigation committee VIII keep
right on. The adjournment of the legis-
| lature does not affect its tenure.
! The Ravens bill is now ready for the
/ governor. He is just now doing a lot of
| ornamental thinking and saying moth
ing.
There appears to be some likelihood
that the woman suffrage bill will pass.
If it does. Governor Barnes Will not
veto it.
1t is said to be a fact that in almost
all states. public officials get the interest
on state funds deposited. They shouldn't
but they do.
Brett's law giving the county surveyors
salaries and providing for their living.
has become a law, Governor Barnes hav-
ing signed il.
There viii be no election of state off,
GERS next winter. even il Governor Barnes
does sign the Havens bill. Section i've
was stricken out
Dennis Flynn says that congress viii
admit Oklahoma as state. Dennis must
know, and he is par excellence on sizing
up the sentiment of congress
Oklahoma City is said 10 have a slush
fund Of $4,000 to beat the location of ter
ritorial institutions. Guthrie is said 10
have like amount to cambat this.
Congress will admit Oklahoma as a state
but il is dollars to d0ughnuts that Re-
publican congress wouldn't let in two
Democratic senators from Oklahoma.
The investigation committee has had
territorial librarian Dodson up and has
tried TO get him TO admit that most OF
The librarians work is done by a clerk.
The legislature is now making rapid
strides in business and will close with
lot accomplished. II is wonderful how fast
q Legislature can go when it gets steam
up.
It is said that Agent Pollock, OF the
Osages, was recently called TO Washing
ton TO explain the charge that he was
insane, that some joker had made against
him.
Carl Brown, Coxey's famous leather
coated son-in-law, is in Oklahoma solic-
iting investors for his cooperative set
tlement in Tennessee. He viii catch very
few suckers.
It is reported that detectives have Sc
cured evidence against four legislators on
the Doodle line in connection with the To-
cation scheme, and that they will be in
dicted. Oh, nit.
If Governor Barnes signs the statehood
bill now Oklahoma simply adopts a con-
stitution after framing it and then asks
congress for admission. Thereafter the
election will be held.
Tecumseh Republican: Judge Burweus
order requiring the costs in the Stutsman
case to be paid Immediately. IS causing
great deal Of figuring and speculation
as to the outcome by some of the county
officials, and will undoubtedly leave the
court fund in a bad fix. considering the
fact that an eight or ten weeks term Of
court will convene in this city about the
middle of this month. The court fund
at present contains s., 598 90. The costs
in the Stutsman case is nearly 5000. 90
After these costs are paid there will re-
main about SEQ in the court fund and
when that gives out court will have to
adjourn unless some means of getting
more money into this fund is presented.
Considering the fact that there are sew
eral murder cases on the docket, IL IS
not likely that the entire sum now in
the court fund would be sufficient TO pay
the expenses of the coming term OF court
even though the costs in the Stutsman
case were not figured. Just what will or
can be done is not yet determined, but
if there Is any way 10 dispose of the
cases which are now on the docket it GER
tainly ought to be done.