The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-08
GREAT SPEECH
OF D. I. FLYNN
FOR STATEHOOD
Presentation of Facts Deemed
to be a Masterpiece
OF LOGICAL ARGUMENT
Met Shrewdest Debaters and
Beat Them in Contest.

Guthrie, o. T, June THE fun text o
Dennis 7. FIynn's speech advocating tn
passage of the statehood bin IN congress
has arrived here and everybody who Ia
read it regards It as a masterful presen
tation OF the logic behind the nOvenen
for statehood. H. took high ground ii
every step he made IN the debate inciden
! to his argument and fed from no sdver
sary. Even frem man Of such prestige
and leadership as Grosvenor. he no
only did not shrink but proved himself
greater in general debate than his ad
:. versary. Nr. Flynn showed excellent
{ Judgment in the grouping Of his facts
for they not only proved ths justice o.
t0klahoma's claim 10 the rights OF state
, hood, but they make a very valuable
indueement TO persons as we'll as capital
4 to seek homes and investments in the
territory. Mr.. Flynn among other things
said:
AIR Chairman-It may not be out Of
place. in the first place. TO state that the
bill under consideration is a bill which
met with the unanimous approval OF all
the Democratic and the Republican mem
hers Of the committee on the territories
L have heard criticisms of the chair
man OF that great committee for having
consented to report this bill 10 Congress
Who is the censor Of the opinions of men,
/ bers Of This house and chairmen OF COM
tmitfees2 I have been asked How does it
fhappen that Oklahoma was not reported
! aIeae7' viii frankly state it was not
! reported alone because the committee was
! pnanilnbns in the opinion that it was
/ right that all three of the territories
should be admitted; and it was their
/ judgment to report this bill ia the man
ner in which they did to the house.
"A great deal has been said with refer
ence to the rights of the territories 10
statehood. Members of my own party
say. as was said by tho gentleman from
Ohio CALr. Grosvenor) this morning. 81 am
willing to vote for Oklahoma Yes. Vote
for oklahoma; vote for one proposition.
and then have the opposition vote against
Oklahoma, and use that as a means to
beat the entire bill. CApplauseD There
has never been any rule laid down which
would specify what shall be prescribed
as the requisites for the admission OF a
territory. The nearest to that was in
the ordinance of 1857, when it was pro-
ton of 609OO should be admitted into the
Union as states, and that was so far
changed that even under it they could
not have admitted the great state OF
Ohio itself, as it only had about A.
when admitted The ordinance was not
enforced as against ii.
There are today in the territory of Ok
lahoma one-third as many people from
the state of Ohio as there was population |
in the entire territory OF Ohio when it !
was admitted as 4 state. (Appla0se) |
What are the requisites for the admission I
OF territory into the Union? We have /
been told this morning that it was poIiti- /
cal Who lives today that can prophecy
what the great and undeveloped west /
VIII be with reference 10 political affilia- /
tons in the future? Do you believe-I !
talk now to my Republican friends-do /
you believe that the way TO make Re
publican states Is TO vote 10 keep them
as territories, and give the credit for
their admission 10 the members Of the
1t has now come to this, that IN the
Of this bnl IN the language
Of DID, just and due. consideration of the
rights of the people Should be the parae
mount question considered. -Fhepe are
more people in every one OF these terri
tories now applying for admission than
were in many Of the states now repre-
iented upon this floor.
Mr. Chairman. there has never been
I territory that applied for admission into
he Union since the organization Of our
government that had within one hundred
y two hundred thousand as many in
iabitants II the territory OF Oklahoma !
iow has. Is geogra phical area Ia be con-
ideredZ II il is. then are we disquau- /
ied2 Bat IL you disqualify Us. you must
isqualify Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky.
Youth Carolina and about one-third Of /
he states now in the Union. So that
Geographical area cannot b considered.
he exact area comprises = On square
aiies more than the states q Vermont
'ew Hampshire. Rhode Island. NeW Jer-
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ize of Ohio. and larger than Indiana.
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