The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
FORMER KANSAN IN OKLAHOMA
In What Way There Has q Residence
Changed Them.

comes from Enid that there be held IN
! Oklahoma a reunion OF ex-hansans. with
the annexation that such gathering
would prove large and notable one
| 1t is a fact that the ex-Texans. the ex-
Missourians and the former citizens Of
several other states have occasionally
gathered together at Oklahoma events
but the ex-Kansans have. for a number
of reasons, failed TO re-unite. One OF the
/ reasons is that the ex-Kansan in okla
homa is so numerous that there is no,h-
! ing outside township big enough tn the
territory to hold him
The Kansas has not been materially
changed by a residence in Oklahoma.
Western Kansas, which emptied into
Oklahoma, however, gave Oklahoma a
contingent which had graduated in from
tier life and carefully eSchewed rope
tltion Of their actions in the Colorado
ward end Of the Sundower state
For that reason Oklahoma has largely
escaped the bitter town animositjcs and
county seat contests which characterized
the settlement of western Kansas. The
citizens Of western Kansas, who permit
| ted themselves to be led into a whirlwind
Of bitterness. in some cases over a town
that now does not exist, to the peril Of
their peace of mind and in instances OF
their lives, resolved when they came 10
! Oklahoma to keep cut of foolish contests
and for the most part have. \ fractional
| fight will satisfy the appetite Of the aver
age man for twenty-five years. So 81 hap
pens that the man from western Kansas
who wore revolvers and would fight az
the drop of the hat for his opinion. turn
ed up a few months later ia Oklahoma.
a man of infinite peace and civic decorum.
A great many Of them who had devoted
their entire time in Kansas 10 politics
tossed all thought Of It over when they
reached Oklahoma. on the other hand
men from Kansas who had not given
much thought 10 politics during their
residence there. took W with IL vhen
| they reached Oklahoma Dennis Flynn
was one of these.
| Parts Of Oklahoma are settled almost
wholly by Kansans It is said that half
| the people in Woods county. Oklahoma.
are related TO the people in Barber and
Comanche counties Kay county Is SINH
larly related 10 CowIey county n Kan
sas. and Grant in Oklahoma to Sumner
county in Kansas. The state line will
never be as distinct as the line between
Missouri and Kansas.
| Passenger trains in and out Of Kansas
and Oklahoma are crowded constantly
with local travel Oklahoma people going
to see their relatives in Kansas and vice
versa. The people have expressions IN
common and thought IN common. The
interest in the campaigns Of Chester T.
! Long as the Republicans of southern
| Kansas do in those Of Dennis Flynn
And in the previous campo. gus you would
/ JUST as likely as not hear at a P0pulst
meeting in Oklahoma the cry "Hurrah
for Jerry Simpson"
r. the Kansan has been changed a. al
/ b. a residence IN Oklahoma it has been
on the side Of conservatism lie g.
doubtful Of anything which appears
cratic or novel lie refuses "a lend him
self 70 an Improbable excitement
For the most part the former Eausan
in Oklahoma sticks 20 the crops that he
raised IN Kansas For awhile The former
Kansans went in for cotton. but Tor the
most part they have dropped t.
Il would not be possible 70 get them TO-
gether In Oklahoma. but y even por-
ton could be assembled. the remlris-
ceuces OF The days Of 'ss-T would bind
them together. for few hours. wish fast
ties
Almost all % raen are prosperous
They have lost none u their progressive
ness and their patriotism. and as tbe
papers o. Oklahoma show. theg ere resd-
ers. as ounivofaus ~ their Kansas ra'a-
t.ves as quick % erect church aa4 a
school house and az a-.sr .y ~-ogal-
sorry ~ the matter r. thslf ca.I5rcu's at
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