The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-25

| the batIIe. He is just as strong 2 Repub-
liean as ever, and will do hard work for
the nominee Of the convention. r. 3.
Steel was the successful man, and is the
committeeman from Washita.
D. ". liam. one Of the pioneers in Ok
| laho7na, and a resident of Lincoln
county, was an early visitor in Enid.
Ulam can give some of the younger men
/ pointers in politics. and never fails to
attend congressional convention. Ulan
! formerly lived in Kansas. and was we'll
known figure around Douglass, Butler
county.
| Marsh Lambert. territorial committee
man from Kay county, came in from
| Newkirk last night Lambert is inter
ested in keeping the Kay county men
lined up, and decided TO get here early.
! he was receiving the congratulations Of
| his friends today because of his. having
Y on out in the fight made upon him III
the Newkirk postoffice matter.
Z. S. Barnes another Kay county post
master. came over from Ponca City last
night. Barnes was one of the men who
had the honor TO campaign the territory
II.
delegates last night with stories OF the
campaign and OF Flynn's versatility.
Another man who never misses a hot
fight is jim Gordon of Ponca. Gordon
went into the Kay county convention
and got places on the delegation for HIM
self and number Of his friends. Gordon
came down last night and took off his
coat. in order TO let people know that he
was in fighting trim. Gordon is an old
timer in Oklahoma, and always goes by
the name of Jim among the boys.
Ex-United States Marshal Harry
Thompson was much in demand today.
Thompson has many friends who wanted
TO see him and talk over the situation.
Thompson says he has been too busy in
railroad matters to talk politics, but he
has been doing some still" work, just
the same. The x-United States marshal
is friendly to both Mcguire and Roberts. |
friendly 10 both Mcclure and Roberts. |
And those close to him state that either |
would be satisfactory to him il nomi-
mated.
F. S. Goodrich of Pottawatomie county. |
one of the candidates for the nomination, |
secured his political training in the south. /
He has the southern style of meeting |
people and placing them at their ease.
He has some mighty interesting things /
to relate relative to southern politics, |
and does not fan to have good sized |
crowd around him. Mr. Goodrich has not !
made an active canvass of the territory, /
but desires TO be in a good position in
the event of a deadlock in the convention.
Captain J. = Admire of the Kingfsher
Free Press, who never misses a political
convention, was early in Enid. This is
going to be q very interesting conven-
ton" said Captain Admire today 1t
starts off in good shape and it is unu-
sual in one thing and that is the early
gathering of the delegates. The conven-
ton at Wichita must have had some
influence over Oklahoma, for this is
repetition Of the early gathering of the
Kansas convention"
Rick AfessaI. Ivan Conkling. Frank
Frantz John Buckles and a number of
other Enid men were showing the dele
gates q good time last night If these
Enid men fail to provide the right kind
of entertainment it is useless for citi-
zens OF other cities to attempt it, These
men are trying TO make Enid a good place
to live in. and they are not failing to
impress the visitors with the fact that
Enid is a good town.
'sBilT' Grimes. national committeeman.
was anxiously looked for last night, but
did not arrive until today. He left Guth-
rie yesterday. coming to Enid from King
fisher. Many of the delegates wanted to
talk over the situation with Grimes and
where he stands in the conven-
ton. There has been a difference of
opinion about Grimes attitude Many
delegates feel that he VIII take off his
coat and attempt to secure the nomina-
ton Of Roberts, while others feel that
he viii stay out Of the fight as far as
possible and let the delegates settle the
matter without any assistance from him.
sly Oberlander Of Enid is having /
more fun than any other man at the ex-
pense of the Republicans. Sly is
member of the old political school and ]
has been through every political expert I
ence that man has in Oklahoma. He !
does not hesitate to give the Republi- 5
cans advice about the situation. and tells {
them that they must nominate the best
man in the party or "BnT' Cross VIII
down them next November.
Jim Robb the versatile grain merchant !
II king1isher is here. working for Rob | I
oerts- Robb IS one Of the good dressers I
IF Oklahoma. and brought q clothing I
store 70 the Enid convention with him.
The fight became so warm today that
ne pulled or his coat and went through :
ne delegates Ike the average wheat =
'hoeker in the oklahoma harvest fields. :
Dick Quinn OF Guymon. Beaver. county.
'ame down this afternoon 10 help noni- /,
late the next delegate 10 congress. Quinn
las been in Beaver county since the be-
Ginning and IS as radical a Flynn man as
an De- found During the weeks OF the
Quinn has been running FIynn's
lame Tor delegate 20 congress az the
OBJ Of his paper. the Guymon Herald.
The hot weather this afternoon caused
he delegates 70 take on their coats and
oarch for the cool places in Enid. il
vas a great time for ice water and 9TH
= refreshments Every delegate to the
onvention was hoping that the cool
Weather Of yesterday and the day before
would prevail until after the convention
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