The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-24
OUTLINES OF OKLAHOMA.

II is mighty plain 10 see Why BIZ
Cross doesn't want TO debate statehood
Dennis Flynn and Governor Ferguson
are having great series OF meetings in
Tie west
At its opening session the supreme court
o. the United States takes up the Lone
Wolf case.
One foreign loan company advertises
that it has loaned $1,000 in Oklahoma.
81. 600 Of this being in Oklahoma City.
From the number Of barbeeues being
given by the politicians. il is a fortu-
nate thing for some candidates that COWS
cannot vote
Cross is evidently la5oring under the
delusion that a large part OF the popU-
lation OF Oklahoma doesn't want state
hood; he seems 70 be talking for their
votes
Judge Gore. the blind candidate for the
legislature on the Democratic ticket down
IL the new country. is a great admirer
OF President Roosevelt, and so says in his
speeches.
Waynoka has a maidstone. Just received
from Tennessee. which will not only pull
away at a dog-bite. but will draw at 7
spider bump like a mountain climbing
locomotive.
For heavens sake. Democratic politics
have reached the place in Enid where Per
cy Glaze is openly charging that Sly ODER
lander voted against Keaton in 1895 and
for that reason can not serve as a dele
gate 10 county convention.
Nearly all the papers which give fair ac-
counts OF Cross meetings say that Cross
IL good tslker. but that he shows nerv-
business and embarrassment most OF the
time. Probably he is afraid that MCGUIRE
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Editor Rover Of Apache SAYS that il
seems easy 10 find a remedy for the trusts
which the tariff is supposed 70 be the
mother of in this country, but what. i;
asks. can be done for the poor. mother
less trusts OF free-trade Europe?
The Apache Review. in writing up Cross
speech. says: Several times he (Crossl
became somewhat confused. but he attri-
buted his nervousness 10 his tight pants
and assured his hearers that If he could
have appeared in the usual garb Of a COM
mercial traveler-bib overalls-he would
have felt quite at home"
Lone Wolf Echoes: In the big show at
MangUm. Monday, a man taking a re-
served seat handed a 500 bill to the man
ager to change, expecting to get $40 bask,
and the manager gave him a 81 bill. say
ing: Il can't change that" After the
SEtN WIS ONtI he lOulQ tlG t4d0 q y b4Ai
and had paid 800 for his fun.
Public spirit always pays. although its
burden has frequently 10 be borne by j
comparatively few. In order that a $50, 000
bonus TO the Oklahoma City and west
ern railroad could be raised at Lawton.
l. became necessary for 100 business men
TO sign a note for the remaining 81, coo.
The note is now due. and each Of the 100
Oklahoman: 1t is announced that for
mer newspaper man Of Guthrie. editor Of
the News at that place in the earlier
times, is now in the confederate home at
Holden. No, where he will spend the
remainder Of his days. Many of the older
settlers OF the country viii remember
Thompson. He was unique character in
his way. and that way was usually one
that never failed to impress his readers
that he was still on earth.
Lawton News: Last Monday a bunch Of
soldiers were in town with - pack mules,
all equipped for the tramp. They were
government mules, returned from the
Philippines. and may have 10 go back
I, the Philippines in the spring. so Uncle
Sam is keeping them in practice. which
accounts for their appearance here. The
animals were in excellent condition and
looked as though a trip to the Philippines
and back had agreed with them.