The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-16
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

Dennis Flynn viii return to Oklahoma
today from Washington.
Governor Barnes has gone TO St. Louis
until the cyclone passes.
The public building bin win be IN the
governorship fight all right
Governor Barnes did not visit in FL
Reno for a few days this week.
The chance win come again, and the
next time the mound-bafIders viii win.
Rick Messal can fairly taste the salt
OF bitter disappointment He is weeping
inwardly.
What they want to know at Enid Is.
after reading the message in full, why,
oh, why did he go and do it,
There is one thing sure. the mound
builders put up the prettiest fight that
has ever been made in the territory.
The Newkirk Herald. Thanks heaven
il viii be two years before We are again
cursed with a session Of the legislature.
The West side may conclude to have
governor. 1t is the seeono time II has
been landed on hard in a location ar
rangement.
BY this time Oklahoma City. which has
always hated him like loiso8. must be
able to see a good point or TWO in Cover
nor Barnes.
All kinds Of stories viii now grow cut
and good many bitter things would best
be left unsaid.
FL Reno is dead sure Of one thing. The
representation in the next legislature
from the new country to be opened VIII
be for FL Reno.
The next time the mound-bui1ders win
either have il arranged with the governor
beforehand or they VIII arrange for q
two-thirds majority.
It panied Governor Barnes to belt Sen
ator BeIlamy between eng eyes. but it
didn't hurt Barnes half as much as It
did Bellamy to be beIted in that fashion.
Governor Barnes argument that it
wouldn't be fair to the Indian territory
70 locate the public institutions now is
about as thin as a morning dream. Okla
homa viii never go ahead II she waits for
Ine Indian territory.
Some strange things happen IN public
life. For years the chief abuse Of Gov
ernor Barnes has come from Oklahoma
City. He has been vlllified time without
end, By Oklahoma City The last time
was when be attended the Rough Riders
reunion The saddle incident was exploit
ed in every way to make him appear bull
headed, little and discourteous. When the
public building bin came up in the leg
islature the hardest fight made against
it was By Oklahoma City. Its repre-
SenIatIVeS II the legislature, My. clark
and Mr.. Jones. fought the bill fike Turks,
but unsuccessfulIy. It came at last TO
the governor to decide. He nad a chance
to black both Oklahoma City's eyes. But
he didn't. He decided Oklahoma City's
way.
Oklahoma City Times-Journa1; II it is
the desire Of the interior department to
give the old soldiers preference in the
opening Of the Kiowa and Comanche
reservation, a new plan from any hereto
fore adopted must be evolved. In former
openings the preference given in the
laws has been absolutely worthless. Tn
der the law three plans for initiating a
right to a quarter section OF land are
provided, viz: settlement, homestead
fling and fling by agent for old soldiers.
Every good claim has in former land
openings been settled upon within two
hoursafter the land offices were opened
TO receive filings. Ten filings an hour
has been about the record made by the
offices, so that if those waiting their turn
al the land office to initiate their rights
to land by fling thereon should select
the most remote claims, only twenty per-
sons could secure claims n that man
ner The attorneys or agents Of the old
soldiers must take their chances with
those who file in person. 1t Is therefore
plain that preference in this case is flc-
ton pure and simple.