The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-24
FLYNN PLAYS USUAL
DOUBLE DEALING GAME
But Tom Doyle, Of Perry,
Liable to Knock the
Willy Delegates Props

Yesterday was the day set for the
hearing Of arguments ca Dehaif Of
statehood for Oklsaoma before the
committee on territories An account
Of the proceedings says:
AZ soon as Acting Chairman Ham
ilton raped the committee to order,
Delegate FLYNN stepped Forward and
suggested that Dday be devoted to
arguments ia favor of single state
hood proposition and that tomorrow
be allotted those representatives who
advocated statehood for Oklahoma
alone This was agreed to by the
committee, and Delegate Flynn then
introduced Sidney Clark Of Oklahoma
City, who delivered carefully pre-
pared speech, setting forth the com.
mercial, Industrial and educational
( conditions Of the territory. He said
be spoke fro ma non-paItisan com
mittee OF the territory representing
all shades OF political opinions. who
were unit upon one proposition Of
statehood for Oklahoma
What the people o. Oklahoma
want said be IFS Immediate state
hood, because they believe they are
entitled 20 govern themselves. They
want it because they have the same
focal pride IN self.goveiamdnt you
people have in the eastern states. we
appear before you with clear case
and meeting constitutional and legal
qualifications for statehood
S. b Bradford. Ardmore. l. T.. fol
lowed and advocated single statehood.
Mr. Bradford contendeG that the
prosperity and wonderful develop.
ment OF Oklahoma was due to foster
ing legislation enacted by congress,
that the indian territory mad been de-
prived Of similar assistance and that
when Oklahoma was admitted as
state It's laws should be extended to
the Indian territory so that the peo.
pie and business interests might
equally profit by enactments OF state
legislature the same as the people of
Oklahoma ans her business interests.
He asserted that the Indian territory
was eqrats eatitled 20 benefits de
rived from the leasing Of public lands
ia Oklahoma received for the educa
tional purposes. He argued that the
organic act creanig Oklahoma re-
served these lands for the future
state anc apeciec provision was re
served for consolidation of the two
Territories later on He gave the com
miGee vivid description Of existing
conditions in the indian territory and
in2isted that the only proper solution
OF the present problem was single
statehood
Thomas II Doyle OF Perry, Follow
ed Nr Bradford He presented the
stronges. argument in FAVOR " single
rtatehood 50 FAR submitted to tho
committee
he cited the Organic act creating
the Indian territory of 1854. the sec
ond act creating the Territory Of Ok
lahona ia which provisions were
made that when officials OF the In
dian nations IN the Indian territory
should petition the president for un-
ion with oklahoma they should be
made part OF that territory by presi-
dental proclamation He then refer
red TO local conditions in Okianoma,
asserting that It was purely an agri-
cultural country He cited the fact
that the population Of the territory
WAS greater at the time or the open
ing OF various reservations than II is
today. lie then referred to the agri.
cultural and mineral wealth of the
Indian territory, asserting that singly
they would make two pretty common
woalths. while consolidated they
would make one Of the grondest states
IN me union
Doyle hea referred 20 the school
iand que.tIon aud presented a bin
introduced hy Stevens Of Texas. and
drawa by himself as substitute foi
the Flynn tAl He proposed to equal
Sc az scibol land problem between