The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-30
GUTHRIE is
CONFIDENT
OF 6UCG-S0
Oklahoma County VIII Have
Seal in Band Wagon.
CROSS WILL BE SKINNED
People Realized the import
ance of Statehood.

Oklahoma City. o. T. oct. 2s-Ledra
Guthrie. the efficient manager q the To-
cai campaign. and who watches closely
the trend Of sentiment throughout the
territory, is absolutely confident that a
sweeping defeat awaits Bill Cross. He
said today:
THE work this week viii be confined
principally to the city. as We are per-
fectly satisfied that every candidate will
hsve a good majority in the county. In
this city there are about 4,5OO voters, a
good majority OF whom are Republicans.
and if our vote in the city is cast, there
can be no doubt but what the full ticket
viii be elected.
The Democratic orators and the DEM
ccratic press have, by their noble ef-
forts. made our work in this city COM
paratively easy and we never thought it
best to interfere with them in their
work. We have known all along that
the people were in favor of single state
hood. And we have been charmed by
the efforts OF the Democratic orators
and the Democratic press in their ef-
forts to educate our people TO single
statehood. If our friends the enemy had
been acquainted with the history of this
city since 1892 they would have saved
themselves all the trouble and time they
have devoted to single statehood, for
there has never been time when the
people of this city have not been in
favor OF single statehood. Every year
since 1892 the commercial club and bust
ness men have been advocating single
statehood and have been sending to Wash
ingtOn. at a great expense. representa-
tives to present TO congress the wishes
OF the people Of this city in this regard.
The Democratic orators and the Demo
cratic press have failed however, to tell
the people Of this city that the Flynn bill
is single>statehood BILL and now all that
is left for us to dO-anounce to the few
who do not know it. that the Flynn bill,
for which the Republicans are contending
IN this campaign. is 4 single statehood
bill. We will, therefore. put in this week
telling the people Of this city that a vote
for Bird S. Mcguire is a vote for single
statehood and that vote for Mr.. Cross
is a vote for no statehood at all
THE congress OF the United States
has had under consideration the requests
of our people for single statehood and
has prepared and passed through the
lower house bill (commonly called the
Flynn hilD which gives US the single
statehood that our people have been ask
ing for. for years. Congress has said to
US: We viii pass this bin through the
senate Il you still favor single state
hood and they have asked us to ex-
press our wishes upon this question az the
coming election. therefore, unless we
want 10 withdraw the requests that we
made 10 congress we should vote for Mr..
Mcguire. but If we do not want to with
draw the requests we have heretofore
made, and If we have changed our minds
and do not want statehood az all. we
should vote for Cross. The Flynn state
hood bin gives us single a 1tehood as we
want il. and gives US a only single
statehood that congress will ever give to
us and congress VIII give US just what
we have been asking for in December OF
this year. unless we have changed our
minds and do not want statehood at all
The Republicans always adept policy
IN public affairs and then they stand by
It. consequently every Republican in this
city should vote for Nj Mcguire. not
only because Nr. Mcclure is The nominee
of the Republican party. but because also
he stands for what our people in this city
want ard what they have been working
and spending their money 10 achieve for
the last ten years and we believe that
every Democrat IL this city who desires
to maintain and uphold those iieas which
we have believed 10 be 10 the interest Of
cur citv should vote for Mr.. 2fcGuire.
Under all consideration am Of The opin-