The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-09
DROVE FORTY
MILES OVER
THE PRAIRIE.
To Hear Bird S. Mcclure, the
Congressional Candidate.
BEAVER COUNTY ALIVE
They Don't Want to Divide
School Money With indians.
BEAVER COUNTY ALIVE

Mcclure TIE lktPUDtiCdi COi49i N7s'iO4e'A
candidate. was accorded most cordial
welcome in this city. He drove through
the county Of Guymon, a distance of
sixty-cight miles, and spent the greater
portion Of one day here. lie met many
people of this vicirity and made a very
favorable impression with the men who
are making Beaver county one of the
best counties in Oklahoma.
At a meeting held here on the after
noon of the day spent in this portion Of
the county, Mr. Mcclure addressed a
large audience on the issues of the cam
paign He talked for an hour and at
intervals his speech was Interrupted by
applause from men who were enthusiastic
over the sentiments expressed by him. He
talked freely Of the needs Of Beaver
county and stated that he is in sympathy
with the people of this county and anx-
icus and willing to 90 everything in his
pawer to assist them IN securing their
needed legislation.
Beaver people were especially interest
cd in the question Of statehood. Many
persons here have expressed themselves
as being unfavOrablc to the proposition of
making one state out OF Oklahoma and
the Indian territory, at this time. while
tkey might be in favor of such state
after the Indian territory has had ample
time to make an adequate preparation
tor suck step. Mr. Mcclure dwelt upon
the question Of dividing the school fund
OF the territory with the Indian territory
in the event that the two territories are
made one state, and from sentiments eX-
pressed after the meeting, Beaver county
people are not in accord with the Demo-
cratic idea in this respect. Beaver county
PEOPLE pay many dollars annually TO the
school land department and the men who
are interested in the upbuiIding of Okla
homa and Beaver county are unwilling
for a dollar of this money to be devoted
to the upbuilding of the Indian territory,
however urgent the needs of the people
in that territory may be.
In the audience which assembled to
hear MI Mcclure here there were many
men who have lived in this county for
sixteen and seventeen years. There We're
several who have been here over twenty
years and the majority Of these men are
well off and all that they have accumu-
lated has been through persistent efforts
il the cattle business in this county. 1t
vas a strictly western audience and as
Mr.. Mcclure is westerner and knows
what it is to develop a western country
he was in perfect sympathy with his
hearers. Republicans who have attended
every political meeting held in the city
were pleased with the success of Mr.. Nc
Cures meeting and have repeatedly
made the prediction that Mr.. McGuire's
majority in this county will not be
small one. There were number of men
at the meeting here who had driven from
twenty-five to forty miles to hear the con-
gressional candidate. They were men who
own large ranches and many cattle. They
were not disappointed with what they
heard and crowded to the front of the
hall to meet Mr. Mcclure and assure him
of their hearty support this fall. Driving
forty miles TO political meeting is not
considered hardship in this county and
many men are even willing to drive far
ther than this to hear a congressional
candidate