The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-11-05

world has been so generous as the
government Of the United states. No
spendthrift has eve been 50 prodigal
as the states he has carved out of
territories Oklahoma has been more
generously treated than any Of the
older states. She has the experience
Of sister states as a warning. What
is Oklahoma going 10 TO with million
acres Of public lana set apart for ed
ucational purposesg In less than ten
years these 2 million acres will be
wolth somewhere between % million
and as million dollars Good farm
ands in Oklahoma will rent for some
thing like SO an acre If there g.
suffllcent capacity asd willingne- IS
among the public men Of the new
S ate to devise a scheme by which the
state will get as much or approx
mately a. much for its lands az other
land owners wiz receive Oklahoma
university wiz be az fortunate as the
big institutions which multi-milho l-
aires have endowed and The pubic
schools will be- the most ibsrally
provided for in the union II is ha dly
to be expected that such constructive
statesmanship will be shown. But it
Is possible to approve it, and that ~
what the friends of higher educational
institutions in the territory are nov
pleading for
FOR the High Schools.
Friends of the university secured
an amendment IN the original Flynn
bill providing for statehood which
paves the way TO the protection Of
that institution BY the terms of the
original bill section 13 in each town
ship was set apart for the university
normal school and agricultural and
mechanical college purposes. Mr..
James D. Mcguire VINO had been a
director of the university for year
and is now the receiver OF the Law
ton land Office. opened a corespon T.
ence with Mr. Flynn. Mr. Mcguire is
man Of education and has always
taken the deepest interest in promo
ing the cause of higher education in
the new country In his letters to
Delegate Flynn he pointed out the ne
cessity Of making some provisions
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the share the state university should
have in the common benefits. He sug-
gested an amendment which gave one
third Of the benefits from section 49,
to each OF the institutions named. The
amendment in the language suggested
by Mr.. Mcguire was incorporated in
the Flynn bill now incorporated in
the omnibus statehood bill pending
for immediate action before the sen
ate when congress- convenes.
whether the Flynn bill is passed or
defeated at the short session of con
gress. It will in all probability be the
basis for all other Oklehoma sta'e1
hood bnll One-third OF section l9I
would give the university under the
statehood bin more than 100000 acr s
of land not including that set apar;
in Beaver county. If the friends of
higher education in the territory can
preserve their share OF the land a
proper management viii place the In
stitution on a more solid basis than
the state universities or any OF The
older states
Public opinion in the territory II
divided rega ding the disposal OF lhe
land Neither of the political partles
is willing 10 outline a policy for its II
and for the most part the politician
dodge the is ne. Some 5000 lessoes
now occupy he school land. They
want 10 buy them, and they want them
cheap They have organized 5000
strong and insist thai they viii vote
for no legislative candidate Who is
cppoccd to ceiling the lana. Moreoy-
er they want a preference right when
the lands are sold Eight thou and
votes in non-partlsan organization
together with the reTatves ana
friends easily mold the balance oil
power Ia the territory In the consti
tutional convention they could easily
II no concerted movement Is
started by he opposition SO log
as the issue can be deferred the poll
ticians will have nothing 70 DO with 90
Tract leaflets and interviews are
being circulated by those VINO urged a
retention Of the lands. but there is no
II any kind
The most comprehensive prasenta
tion Of the arguments in favor Of re