The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-29

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partment to agree TO open up the Usage
nation. no more than he would be able TO
| secure in q Republican congress commit
tee representation sufficient TO enable
him TO push through advantageous legis-
lation of any kind"
And there are other things to do Cor
receive legislation is needed from congress
on the matter of dead Indian lands, rich
! tracts in the choicest valleys, which the
Indian does not want and which ne can
not now sell. The situation in this mat
| ter is as follows: when alIotments were
made the Indians, big and little, took their
| aIlotments in family groups up and down
the valleys, the very pick Of the land.
This was true in the cases Of the Paw
nees, Sac and Foxes. Cheyennes and
Arapahoes, Kickapoos, Pottawatomies.
Kiowas. Comanches and Apaches. Many
of these Indians have died and hundreds
/ of Indians have more OF this land than
| they can handle or want. Their desire IS
| to sell the surplus. The white man would
! ike to see the Indian sell it naturally.
| It is the pick Of the land. 1t is not, while
| in the Indians hands, taxed, and is that
much a burden. It's present state keeps
down the total production of the terri
tory. When the Indian was allotted the
land, in the majority of instances, the law
held that he could not sell it for a period
of twenty years. The Indian is petition
ing the government for the right to sell
now, and I hope I shall in congress be
able to secure this right"
Then. too, there is the matter OF the
great pasture reserves in the new coun-
try. These can with effort be opened to
settlement and will be. The people Of the
new country desire this, and with good
reason. I think that the department will
grant this This large body of desiable
land, big enough to make another large
county. viii come in and will be quickly
settled"
What about your campaign this fair
'I expect TO make a hundred speeches
or so. will cover the territory. be-
lieve in a Republican campaign. More
than at any other time in it's brief but
brilliant history, political belief in Okla
honaa is definite and certain. The COM
ing campaign is to determine Oklahoma
political character. is to give it its indi-
viduality among its sister states. In the
mast Oklahoma has been engrossed in ter
formative state, growing, developing
shaping Today she is ready 10 blossom
She is no longer part of Texas part or
Kansas. part of Missouri, part of Ar
kansas. She IS Oklahoma. a new forIna-
ton, new character. a new Individual
ity. On the side of political manifesto
ton what viii that be? Can any one
doubt? 1t will be a Republican charac-
ter. The northerner and the southerner
have here come together. They live and
commingle in perfect amity and accord
They borrow ideas, and are of mutual
advantage And out of the combination
and nou1ishing it has come a prodigious
prosperity. a prosperity which permeates
every nook and corner of the territory,
which has reached every individual in It.
a continuation Of that prosperity is the
chief aim of the territory Through it
Oklahoma will come speedily TO reali-
zation Of her hopes and designs as COM
monwealth There is the choice left to
the individual Oklahonan Of two parties,
one of a party at present disorganized,
unsettled in its designs. divide in its
creeds. the Democratic party; the other
a party of coherent plan. a set purpose.
a united energy, a party that has brought
prosperity and continues IL As the in
dividual Ollahoman chooses, so he elects
Oklahoma shall be regarded by the ma
ton. The question OF statehood is pend
ing The whole nations attention has
been directed to the youngest Of territor-
les What is its politics? is the question.
With Congress promising action on state
hood in December all the nation viii look
to see what Oklahoma does in November.
believe that oklahoma viii cast its lot
with the Republican party. 1t is the child
of prosperity, and its guiding star will
be the party of prosperity. And it has,
as part of its community. an experienced
element which viii try, and may succeed
in keeping. in all the extremes of head
long good fortune. saving equipoise.
For I am confident that Oklahoma is TO
escape the day of collapse which follows
reckless imitation. that we have in our
territory factors who win hold tight reins
on that portion Of the community which
would run into speculative extremes.
what a wonderful territory it is. TO be
sure. Think, every foot Of it almost is
corn land; a large part of It is wheat
land; a large part of it is cotton land.
The farmers are going in FOR fine live
stock our big white farm houses and
our big red barns are becoming famous.
Count the thriving cities which dot the
map. Oklahoma is prosperity personifed.
And the Industrial and sociological Gevel-
opment Of Oklahoma. owing 10 method Of
settlement unusual. is to be in harmoni-
Gus keeping with its political faith. per
manent and without vacillation. Okla
hema is not to be a doubtful state at any
period. It is going to progress in pros
perity without going to an extreme. and
TO take its stand politically and stay
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