The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-16
9aiiy 49, Eagle
NJ. M. MURDOCH. Editor.
Free tiomes-The Man and the Treasure.

We subscribe to that for every measure in
this world there man. above all other men iden
tica with that measure mparts the stamp
own personality.
We believe that without Dennis Flynn free homes
would not have been a possibility We believe il
Dennis Flynn had years younger, free homes
would have failed; if years
failed that had his personality differed one
ota from what it is with graces his faults
We believe if Dennis Flynn had
free homes would have failed
other words personality, his age and
faculty environment gave life to homes measure
made free FIynns bill.
Why? Seven or eight years ago this young man went
down Washington. He youth and inexperience
inability thank heaven to deliver oration
surplus of official dignity parliamentary
knowledge TO wad a shot gun. place all
these omissions idea The government paid Indians
for the bulk of Oklahoma; settlers the
law pay the government money, to
the $150Oo0O0 or So Oklahoma was
trying crawl, and the payment this money
ffteen-ton cannon-ban baby ankle.
Flynn decided chain On centered his
thoughts efforts he sacrificed everything For
studied every parliamentary movement for that
he studied every ramifcaon many-branched de-
partments. that studied the whims and crotches
the ambitions personal every leader.
worked for them He listened them n humility. He
took their advice with admiration
he never asked anything in but their support
free homes The bulk them they
for it, because they wanted please him,
he and inexperienced because self
important, because he wild woody
and without a vote. If Flynn labored
preston that he a not have been
possible If he had had than idea whose
interest he engaged would
But the who felt kindly interest n the member
from Oklahoma, who liked Flynn or Delegate
Flynn Dennis Flynn never heard but one desire
from his lips Few men, in congress
which network obligations and return favors can or
do refuse single request happened scores of
congressman, free homes would never have
been for it had they not been by named Den
mis- Flynn a vote from the wild and woody west
good fellow and behalf as we'll as his
He belonged house. of course but he was Just
active in the house more active in
the departments branch of congress He
within passing it several years ago The
ing That Callahan more identical with free
homes than he identical with the Monroe Doctrine
One day the permanent congress- the men who
elected reelected years saw Dennis Flynn in
their midst again. friendly ever They listened
for his request It still The idea of free
homes then took the strong Of sen
Here country full of pioneers asking not
help but relief from positive and mpediment
Here the pioneers again pleading for this and
nothing else The men in congress free
homes before because Flynn good fellow to be
for because right for the most part un-
consciously the delegate Oklahoma had impaired
TO them the fevor of his cause his psistency
and his fidelity the infected them Other
advocates Of the sprang up In the coming cam
paign Oklahoma Flynn cares to run again. his opposi
ton win claim that these advocates not Flynn were
responsible for homes They must have defense Let
them have this 1t is harmless being untrue
The chief beneficiary free homes measure is Okla
hcma its neghbor southern Wichita The man
who breathed life into that measure who
up with with undivided maternal solicit
tude who life life, was Dennis Flynn South
Kansas and Oklahoma today are thirty years in ad
of where they be if free homes were dead
today.
oklahoma viii never again receive so important a
benecence fo the government and whatever his future
political rewards. the IrIshan can
ever accomplish stands now accomplished
The Republican State Convention at Topeka Today
The Republican state convention will at Topeka