The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
OVER PROOF NOTICES
Issue Between Democratic
Papers and Registers.
WASHINGTON HEARD FROM
Saying That Notices Must Go
to Papers Nearest the Land
WASHINGTON HEARD FROM

Guthrie. O. T. July 2L-The matter OF
the publication Of maj preot notices in
papers nearest the land - be provee ~
has come 20 an issue
This matter has caused she land iAce
ofhcl.lls deal II worry. The law stys
thar the NAL proof notices shall be rlb-
iiShed il paper OF general circulation
and accredited standing nearest the land
in question All the laad officials n
Oklahoma are Republican Naturally
, they want 10 give al the publication z0-
tees out. OF which there IS revenue 90
81 each u editors. 10 Republican paper
All during Flynns campaign FOR free
homes, most OF the opposition psprg~.
with few brilliant exceptions. r.diculcI
/ his efforts and called them dcmagosic
anC insisted that the people would have
/ 20 wait until a Democratic adrsl.aistra-
/ ton came IN before tree homes c74ld tc
secured This naturally stirred the psr-
| tlsan blood OF the land Office officials.
and when free homes actually became a
/ law and the editors who had s,ashed tic
/ Republican party. came " ana asked lar
part Of the publication notices. they were
met with frisid hand and "a uatb,,
heart The land officials thought The az
[ position editors were possessed Of .uimi-
table gan and proceeded 10 let thelr fe...
/ ings on the matter be known.
| simultaneously several weekly 2aIc-s
! in the territory which had been .ndeisa-
/ dent with Democratic tendencies suddenly
/ had Republican leanlngs To these che
land Office officials felt PARTIALLY k.a1. Fut
/ 10 the out-and-out opposition papers thu
giving Of publication notices was a pain
/ ful task and in many cases tae Oklahoma
/ land officials fatty refused 10 DO 50. Tho
| opposition editors then wrote 70 E.tttr
Hermann. lard Office comml ssioner Ia
/ Washington. and in every case knlwu. Ea
wrote back 70 the register Of the land
office 10 comply with the law regardless
! of politics. III the meanwhile the local
/ Republicans having been apprised Of che ,
situation hoped on 10 the registers
I back and told hin that he must s,aad
| by the Republican editors The xegI
torial politicians also called on the &C.,
listers to get more starch in their bat
/ bone and stand By the editors who b..
stood by the party In some cases a
/ registers followed this advice. 90 resolve
/ few days later a hair-ralsiug letter
from Washington.
! in the ease % the editor OF the Man
! chester Journal and the Alva land 5fleo
the matter r. coming 20 direct 'ssuc.
I The editor 0f the Manchester journal.
who has been against the Repuhl an
party. its officials. Us tenots and its Ideas
ffty-two issues IN the year. and who tc-
heyes that the Democratic party was as
much responsible for the passage 81 free
homes. 10 not more so. than the Repuo.!-
can party. asked Register Cameron q iha
/ Alva land office Tor the publication % the
application fog final proof OF Alonzo l..
/ Potter on the northeast OF 2l-2s-9 Reg
lister Cameron refused 81. Then the e5l-
| tor OF the Journal appealed 10 BlnEar
Hermann IN Washington There had been
! correspondence on this subject between
| the land office and Herman. and HeE-
man finally sent this letter 20 Alva:
Department Of the Interior.
General Land once.
I Washington. June 2. 1870
/ Register and Received United States Land
| Omce. Ava. o. r.:
/ Gentlemen. I am 70 receipt q your
( reply to my Ietger Of the 18th inst rcia-
tive 70 the charges ~ Mr. John ~ sim
mons. publisher ~ the Nanraester Jour
nal. 20 .the effect that you had uulgs;iy
| Disseminated against BIS paper
/ note your statement that his paper De-
not published IN your county or Jour lar4
district. and that you are not aware tEat
I Il has any general circulation 30 any p-r-
/ ton ~ that district
/ Your attention ie respectfully called -
the fact that you cannot disregard ibis
/ paper because II Is rot IN your land fis-
/ irict or she county in which The land IS
situated II t. Is a paper ~ 5oHsnds gee
/ era circulation auyah1re. and has aa &C.
/ credited standing as such q Fzper. it s.
your 5uty % publish PROOF notices I'D BE-
! 81 all cases where Che land involved 81
situated closer 20 See place - publication
/ thaa that % any other paper. II Sc is q
I fart THAI e. 81 not "a paper ~ b9Hahla
general circulation and accredited stabi-
ling sos F1u.d b. warranted in iguefint
/ lts sxs fence and sn pub isalng ulfi-as "a
/ tae nearest gapas ~ che character rfr-
/ toned bur before sou arrive a s2co
conclusion. 10 S. necessary Pr you ia sat-
I tsf, yourself ~ tha true facts. arf Ar
/ simmons should 81 called uaga 20 fur
.lsa ysa H.t1 sslssa-e ia support - bis
ssai-n taat h-s journal D. sspfr = FH4-
E s-al circulation and accredited Htau6laz
+ Very prsigig.
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