The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-03
FLYNN MAY
HAVE TO
WITHDRAW IT
Second Homestead Provision
in Danger--May be Lost
.lF OPPOSITION INSISTS
He Will Give Up, but Only
After a Fight
IIF OPPOSITION INSISTS
CspecIaI Correspondents . Eagie)

Special Correspondence % Eagie)
Hvashinston. Feb. 2-0klahornas fsht-
ing delegate fully sustained MS sspusa-
ton In the house this week.
The g.adiatoriaI contests in the arenas
os ancient Rome we're IS naught couQar-
"a with the clash between the I4ttle
Giant and Representative stephens %
Texas
with armor and lance drawn. each went
az his opponent. and The house seems
rather 70 think that the doughty dele-
gate got the better OF his opponent FROM
the staked plains o. pemocrac5- giddea
Texas.
The Associated Press dispatches have
gsven something Of the detail % the cun-
aicL Bot words cannot depict the fuL
giory Of f. The spectators alone can ao-
preciate the interest and vim iAat were
aroused white the fight was or
IL al arose over the provision in ~
biz 10 open the Kowa-ComRnch eountre
giving second right 70 homestead sntr,
ia the new country
Mr. Flynn has been endeavorlng Coz
some time 20 have date Ter re CO..
s-derati9n OF his bill 20 dispose az thse
lands dxad. and sought 10 do 81 b. uuanl-
nous consent When he asked fer unau.-
nous consent. Mr. stephens. who hfs
never forgiven Mr F.yna fer putting Ia
this provision. stated that ne Objected
and then the trouble began
Everything but the passing ~ the be
direct occurred. Mr. Stephens was viror-
Gus and almost insulting: Mr Flvnn
sharp and Quick, and, so the ori0eke-s
insist. kept his head the better oy. far e
the two
AR Flynn charged Mr. Stephens sth
having slipped the provisioa ln the biz
which passed last summer. permhflre
Immediate settlement on mineral lands
Mr. stephens denied this. and after a hoi
passage the speaker called both gentle
men on
Mr. Flynn was simpiy trying % eefr-i
Oklahoma and 60 secure far Oklah .n-.
everything that could be secured Wheta-
CT he Tiil win or not viii depend on iIr..
but as be generally gets everything he
goes after. Sc s. likely he VIII ia this ess
The provision in fuH. TO which M.
Stephens objected. follows.
Persons who shall have enterea pub Is
lands IN the Territory ~ Oklahoma under
the homestead laws and who. go perfect.
Ing title under their homestead entriss.
shall have paid for The land o. the prl q
per acre then fixed by law. in adaft 80
TO otherwise complying Rfth the prsvfs-
ions Of the homestead law. shar noe 80
thereby disqualified or prevented fr8m
making homestead entry ~ lands 80
coded by the Wichita and amBated band
~ Indians or by the Comanche. Kleut
and Apache tribes n they be- otherwise
qualified within the meaning az The home
stead law"
speaAtng ~ the matter. Mr. F1ynn ssii
To-Day 10 the correspondent for the Eagle.
II shan insist 07on every rixbt aad
every opportunity fer The people NJ Okis-
hema. no matter who may object 70 st
Bus am interested iu the success ~ rr
hili. and = J and that the provision ~
ferred to win 5eopardlze The BITS sue
cess. VIII reluctantly withdraw o.
am simply trying 20 secure alI / can
for Oklahoma"
And all Oklahoma knows that SIS dele
gates means what he says
Judge Burf1rd Of The supreme COURT ot
Oklahoma is IN TIE city assisting IN svr-r
way poTs bie to secure su enlargement ~
the suoreme court ~ TIE territory Ju8s-e
Irv'iu also ie here f9r she same ruraae
F1l1v soper United States district at-
trruey for che indian TcrHtaEy. ruaaa
flying trip t9 tho capital iart week DE
waa ONLY here fwo 4svs.
T. - Rcushaw 70 Ens. g in the rltv
r. n FAEGE