The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-18
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

The Enid Wave claims for orc Of is
/ candidates that he has the appearance
, OF statesman
! Il is a terrible thing to read IN New
/ York paper that Dick Plunkett can 1peab
/ five different Indian languages
Joe Cannon and I'm sherman. who ars
/ mentioned Tor the speakership. have beer
in the past good friends 10 oklahoma
The Amszonian hand Of Edmond Is the
most popular feature OF the anniversary
celebration AT Enid L consists Of = Ok
lahoma girls
The mayor OF Enid On the big day Of
/ Enid 5 fair, excluded teams from tbs
streets where the crowds collected This
/ is the right way.
Today the civic and military parade AZ
Enid takes place. q. ~ Parks is mar
shall OF the day and Colonel Billings and
Major west are his assistants.
The people OF the Cherokee nation arc
rot in favor q double or single state
hood. They do not favor statehood az all
when you set right down 10 brass tacks-
The two men who have been arrested
and indicted for the murder Of the sheriff
Of Roger Mills county have been put in
the Enid jail. a change OF venut has been
taken.
4 runaway horse. last Monday. in Enid.
ran into saloon. and as ne galoped ID
70 the bar an old man who has had rheu-
matism for ten years, gained the TOP Of
an ice chest five feet nigh at a sinsl
leap.
Chief Buaington's excuse for not visit
ing Oklahoma before-that he didn't think
much of il. as ne thought il was a
drouth-stricken secu0n-is evidence Of the
fact that the people Of the Indian nations
ought 10 be given 4 few excursions 10 the
West.
When Bill Cross goes 10 place TO
speak he ought at least 70 know what
county he is in. The other day he talked
fifteen minutes 10 my fellow citizens Of
Woodward county" when he was in
Woods county al the time.
Bill Cross has a streak OF '-yaller' IN
him or he would have taken up the invi-
taition of MCGUIRE TO debate with him al
Ames. It is rot always necessary for one
70 so about hunting for an argument. but
when he IS around where the opportunity
is. and he is challenged. it looks as II ne
might take it up if ne believes in his
cause.
In a nominating speech the other day
in Oklahoma. the speaker described his
aspirant as "a man who stands pre-
eminent as a Democrat and who viii
harken to the voice and 70 the sentiment
OF his constituents when elected as he viii
be. as the foliage of Australia which low
ingly turns TO the gentle kisses of the
morning sun
The FL Reno Democrat thus advertises
for d boy: The Democrat VIII give en-
ployment TO a good. honest boy Of intel
ligence and education 10 make himself
generally useful about a printing office.
We do not want a boy VINO has worked
few weeks in some print shop and left
knowing more about the business than the
proprietor. We just want a common boy
o. intelligence. born on earth. without
the traditional silver spoon in his mouth
Down at Anadarko the other day. a
Democratic orator told how Bill Cross
would be elected, and what would fol-
low. And this is he things that viii
happen including the "hundred-le legged
centipede" and the "hydrophobia skunk
az reported in the local paper: Then
win come pure state government. and
you Will have a chance TO turn the rascals
out of office. then YOU VIII hear the
whistle Of the factory, the hum q the
splnning-whael, the ring OF the anvil, The
distant chimes of the church bells. the
laughter and glee OF the school children
Uron the playground. and then you will
see in this lovely country beautiful, wav
ing golden grain. The huntsman. the
hound and 1.-The horse viii come and chase
the pestiferous wolf away-the rattlesnake
with its poison-the furry tarantula. the
hydrophObia skunk ana the huncred-leg
will disappear with turning out
o. oTice the Internal and corrupt Republi-
can office-hoiders. and there viii be joy
and gladness. Thanksgiving and the voice
OF melody in the land