The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-31


a portion OF that time from the great
/ state Of Texas 10 the state OF Kansas
and that during sli that time he wors
/ one OF those brosd-brimmed hats 20 pro
/ tect his head and face from the burning
/ rays Of the semi-tropicai sun. or course
/ he didn't say it. nothing thar sounded
/ ike II, nothing that could be construed
that way; but that is the kind Of poll
| tics We have been getting in this cam
paign have no disposition 10 criti-
cize anyone. but you have a right 70 take
that into considersuon-and so also have
l. But more than that. When Mr. Cross
anu I were talking on the same platform
he said: Mcclure came 70 Oklahoma
with commission 10 his pocket" Two
weeks before then I had heard OF Mr.
Cross saying that and 1 sent him word
that II he would desist from making
that remark il would save me some en-
I barra ssment in denying It: that I as the
Republican candidate was carrying some
responsibilities and that he could not az
ford 10 make these statements when
they were not correct knew that he
had this information. because a gentle
and you can imagine my surprise when
ne turned 10 me and said that Mcclure
came 20 Oklahoma with commission in
his pocket" II il had not been for the
fact that there were men IL the audi
ence who knew Mcclure when he came
TO Oklahoma. Il would have been a
question OF veraeity These men were
not Republicans. either. but they knew
when Mcclure came 70 the territory and
they told the people In the community
the facts In the case. My friends. I was
here two years and half before | sue
ceeded Colonel Roy Hoffman as assist
ant United States attorney under Pres
ident Mckinley I was practicing law
in Pawnee county. and yet Mr.. Cross
says. after he had learned differently.
mat Mcclure came to Oklahoma with a
commission in his pocket
Il have also learned something else.
followed Mr.. Cross the other day in
Comanche county; went to a number OF
cities where he had been before and in
each Of these cities ne said; I pay 81
taxes and Mr. Mcclure pays Ss.g Now
the people down there did not know bet
ter. I first made inquiry II Il was given
10 those people in all seriousness. and /
found that II was. and that they thought
that Mr. Cross paid more taxes than Nc
CURE did You may write 20 the Demo
cratic county treasurer OF oklahoma
county. and he will tell you whether FIR.
Cross pays taxes or not And ] will tell
you what you do; You write 20 J. NJ
Coulter. the Democratic county treasurer
OF Pawnee county and ask him II MCGUIRE
pays taxes. and ask him how much he
pays. and II you find that Mcclure pays
less than 800 IN taxes turn me down. You
say are they doing that? Yes sir. that is
the kind Of politics you are getting IN
Oklahoma say 10 you Mr. Cross might
have his hopes IN reference TO this matter.
bat 7 say I have ben nominated By the
great Republican party. and I owe it to
the people Of this county. 10 the people Of
this city. and Of every section of this ter
ritory 70 give 10 you the truth absolutely
as far as I am able 20 ascertain What the
truth is. Mr.. Cross mag play any kind ~
politics with the people OF oklahoma ter
ritory that he desires Now my friends
those are some q the things going about
the country. DO you wonder they attack
the school land question and say that the
lessees viii never get paid Tor their I'm
y they vote FOR Mcclure. and
ask you 10 repudisfe the Flynn bin. the
most liberal bin 20 the people and the ter
ritory that has ever been introduced in q
congress 81 The United States ID .A -he
history % this great republic Why &C.
they not tell az some of the good thirg1
that have been done. WIS O. thcy not say
1ers rs.fH Il
lars that have come 90 The peop. a this
Territory Why Do they not cay some
thing % section sixteen and ihirtg-siE
and thirteen and thirty-tbree sd lands in
lieu thereof why don't fh-f teii us
something good that has bern gwen -
This territory ~ Okiahoruar Tts. ~ Ire
kind ~ politics We want. ard fhe kini (
politics ~ ought fc have. 49, ani they
not give that Information - ne people
II viii contribute more r. ils ii.nies and
fres.des q me people 70 Okith1-at Ter
ritoFy than anything eise they can say.
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81 n wearing preraus Have sol ever
beard sir. Cross Accused = yeaftrr 0Fef-
ais by any one except 3fr- cross hlfraeif7
Ese RS made himseif arsTae - saying
over inis territory tnat thes nee
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