The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-23
ouILInEs OF OKLAHOMA.

When Bill Cross wants 20 be real mean.
he calls editors -gimlet heads
Bird Mcclure stands ready at any time
10 arrange a joint debate with Bill Cross
Where does Cross staEd2
The newspapers are making life mis-
cradle for Bin Cross over the fact that re
/ doesn't pay any taxes in Oklahoma.
The man who knows all about the equi-
Ecctial storms and can tell within a day
when they strike, is now having bis IN
ming.
In the smaller counties in Oklahoma
the point Is made IN campaigns that the
candidate for register Of deeds IS a god
penman.
The FL Reno Democrat thinks that more
people have been killed IN Oklahoma b.
gun-toters than have been killed in the
Philippine var
The friends OF Bill Cross are now saying
that statehood isn't an issue this cam
paign. Which means that it is getting
! pretty warm for Cross.
Soon after Abe A-ulkey the evangelist
arrived IN Shawnee some woman said or
him: Why. he talks Just like Mig
ger" Mr.. Mulkey scored his critic in
/ recent sermon
Occasionally travelling specialist goes
/ through Oklahoma delivering lectures 70
in the advertisements that he is "a man
1 OF mature years"
| The Democratic papers are now tell
ing the laboTing men, not the farmer.
that the same amount of meat and pro-
visions that could be bought in 1897 for
six days labor now costs eight days
labor.
Shot by the Geary. Bulletin: If some
| lawyers would devote more OF their spare
time TO the study of law and less 10 sling
ing slush for newspaper they would be
more successful. both mentally and f.
nancially.''
An Ell Reno slot mach ne is in the hos
pital. A visitor could not win from It
and shot four holes in il. slightly dis
i arranging the mechanism. and il is now
thought making il impossible for the next
player to win unless it is fixed.
If Leslie Niblack has any influence with
| Bill Cross he should use it 10 get Cross
TO stand for a joint debate. Cross is no
toriOusly afraid and a whole lot Of his
own followers are laughing at him. Les
lie is the one man in Oklahoma who can
bolster Cross up TO the point OF going
in
The editor of the Gosnell Enterprise has
| discovered that Lawton discriminates
rankly in favor OF the red man. saying:
''On a recent trip TO Lawton the writer
noticed that nearly every big painted
blanket Indian carried one or two big
/ Six-sho0ters. A white man doing such a
thing would be summarily dealt with
Who is responsible for such state OF
affairs? Will not the law ebidlng element
OF the country sit down on the gang who
arm these half savages in a civilized coun-
try?"
Saltwater Gazette: with fond eyes the
Indian Territory looks TO the eastern man
who has discovered compressed booze tab
let's. He claims 10 have all the properties
OF pure whisky contained in a small tab
let. which, dissolved in a cup OF water.
furnishes a fine substitute for the pure
article. And far more important is the
statement that compressed booze Will es-
cape the revenue law. With whisky tab
lets popularized in the territory, standing
room around the town pump will be at
premium.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Bill
Cross couldn't get much help from the
states in his campaign. Senator Bailey
is an ardent and loyal Democrat. but
his brand OF statehood Is not right. Sen
ator Culberson is in the same predica-
n.ent. Every member OF the lower house
would also he taboOed for like reasons.
save stephens. and he Is not on record as
crossed 10 the Flynn bill. The Arkansas
delegation has forfeited its right to ride
with Bill Cross. or to speak for him, be-
cause they openly favor the Flynn bill.
And that delegation includes the chairman
of the national committee. Missouri can
not be drawn upon for speakers. because
it's delegation is solely for the Flynn bill.
When Bill wires the national committee
tor speakers he win receive the answer.
Sorry can't accommodate YOU. but ali
speakers opposed 10 your form Of state
hood Democratic congressional caucus
unanimously for Flynn bill