The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-07
THOMAS B.
FERGUSON
BEWARE
Keep Friends" and Fellows
at Arms Length.
COUNSELS JACOB ADMIRE
New Governor Is Given
Friendly Warning
COUNSELS JACOB ADMIRE

Guthrie. o. T. Dec s.-The new gov
ernor of Oklahoma, Thomas B. Ferguson.
it is expected win take Up the duties OF
his Office the first Of the week. He is
now on his way to the Oklahoma capital
from Washington, his friends here hay
ing been apprised of his departure. His
commission has been made out, and on
arriving here win Immediately take the
oath Of Office. It is the impression Of the
men most interested in territorial af-
fairs that there will be no inaugural cere-
monies, and that the new governor will
begin work as though he had been gov
ernor and was just returning from
trip. The first act OF Governor Ferguson
will be awaited with interest, but it is
hardly likely that he viii DO much work
for the frst few days. other than get
ting acquainted with his duties, etc.
A number of designations VIII be ready
for him when he arrives here. 4 ma
jority of the officials responsible TO the
governor, have decided to resign. Some
of them viii resign, not asking TO be re-
tanned. and will leave their offices un-
stay Others will resign and then ask
that they be retained.
Jacob Admire of the Kingfsher Free
Press, who is acquainted with the new
governor. as well as any one man in Ok
lahoma, has the following to say edito-
rally in the last issue Of his paper:
The Free Press has no boquets to throw
away just at present. Winter is coming
a. ----4r~c
We have got a better opinion Of Mr.. Fer
gusons plain, rugged. home-spun hon
esty than TO believe that he cares for
any such display Of enthusiasm. He has
plenty of ability TO be governor of Okla
homa He has not heretofore shown that
he was a case Of perfection, and we have
no idea that he has developed into that
ecstatic state since last Friday afternoon.
On the contrary, he is pretty stubborn,
self-willed, aggressive, human. We have
have sometimes differed from him, not
often-but more than once. On these oc-
casions somebody was wrong. We have
not changed our opinion. We have al
ways admired one thing about Fergu
son-it is never necessary to send out
secret agent to find out where "he is at"
HIS red head may be the torch that al
ways discovers his location. We believe
that Mr.. Ferguson has plenty of horse
sense. There is no other like it. nor
half so good. When he talks, one needs
not to make an ear trumpet with his
hand to understand what he says. 1t is
not necessary to say; what? How's
that? ] did not understand you" You
understand at once. That's a great say
ing Of time, of labor, and of WEAKNESS.
In this busy world economy of these items
are important
Ferguson has lived in Oklahoma long
enough, and has been in touch with af-
fairs so closely that he knows how mat
ters stand He knows the "fellows''-he
knows both sides of them. Some of them
/ have bean his co-workers-have been
members of his team-some Of them have
not been Some Of them have been his
friends" Others have been the friends"
/ of someone else. While ell these Eel
lows" and Friends" have had one great
common purpose in view. they have diff
fered widely at times. as 10 the best way
TO get at il. None of these have ever
forgotten that their own, individual. sub
stantiai interests hinged materially upon
The result Of these contentious They
gave not been unmindfuI. in other words,
of the location of the plum tree. Il
was all right for Mr. Ferguson to have
friends" among the fellows then, and
it wiz be all right for him to have them
now. But he must have no enemies now
no enemies to punish. He must rise
above that in spite of his red head He
is governor of the Territory. now-gover-
nor OF aud for all the people Individual
! interests must be subordinated to public