The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-03
Outlines OF Oklahoma

bob Nen made his first great hit n
Oklahoma in statehood speech.
There is no one in Oklahoma or out OF
it who can beat Flynn for congress this
year.
Bob Nen introduced the Rough Rider
hat long before Teddy Roosevelt thought
of it.
The Democrats were walked on cons,d-
erably at Oklahoma City. But they are
used to that.
Bob Neff had that convention all right.
but they came mighty near taking It
away from him.
All the votes Callahsn's friends could
muster at any one time in the conven-
ton was IS. Cally is dead IN
1t is going 10 De hard for Bob Men
to get through this campaign without d.
viding it UP into acts and scenes.
Cross was a travelling man, but Nen
could show a better record than Cross,
, that is. he had travelled more ties.
Nef will now have TO rustic around
and quiet that faction in his own party
in Kay county. which is against him
Cross, the commercial traveller. had
big push for him al Oklahoma City, but
he didn't get into the race soon enough.
The Democrats during the last three
weeks have been making considerable
fun Of Neff. They will have 10 take il
back now.
Cromwell, of Garfield, hurt his politi-
cal prospects in the future by permitting
his friends to put him in the race as a
dark horse.
If some of the candidates had spent
less time ridiculing the style of Bob
Neff's shirt fronts. they might have got
more votes
There would have been no fusion at
Oklahoma City If the Populsts bad been
refused the nominee. They we're deter
mined on that.
The chairman of the fusion convention
at Oklahoma City by refusing TO permit
a stampede beat Cross for the noGnina-
/ ton at one time.
In the supper recess at Oklahoma City,
when Bob Neff had 2l9 votes and was
wanting more, he went into his room and
sweat nineteen different colors Of blood
The Democrats now say that Forrest
made a mistake by Withdrawing his
name. But he didn't. He saved himself
a big lot of woe on a certain day next
November
In Oklahoma the Populists Will not
vote for a Democrat. Judge Keaton's
candidacy demonstrated that. 1t remains
to be seen Whistler the Democrats will
vote for a Populist.
Bob Forests boom is in sad shape
now. He wanted a democratic nomina-
ton and only a Popuist Endorsement.
But the Democrats weren't running
things a [ Oklahoma City.
Bob Neff's real ambition is to be gov
ernor Of Oklahoma. If Bryan should be
elected, NeN, as the defeated candidate
for congress, would have an immense
swing for this appointment.
Bob Forrest, in explaining why he got
out Of the race, says that there were
about fifty Democrats in his convention
bent on voting for a Populist, and the
Populsts knew IT, and he didn't PROF. ose
to walk to the slaughter.
Sipes withdrew from the race for ma
tional committeeman to help Cross OF
his county and hurt Forrest Of Canadian.
He was mad at Forrest for saying before
the vote that Canadian county would
give her vote, half and half, between
Jacobs and Sipes thus weakening the
Sipes forces.
Enid Wave: A great many horses are
being stolen nowadays, which is a
shame. A horse thief is the worst kind
OF an animal. Hanging is pretty hard,
and probably should not be resorted TO.
but something should be done o stop
the wholesale horse stealing now going
on. Probably it would 5e a good idea
to hang thieves by the legs TO a tele-
phone pole when caught, Just as a kind
of a scare crow The courts at Last,
should measure the fullest extent of the
law to horse thieves