The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-11

In taking UP and disposing of the bill &c
repeal the law creating and establishing
| the Southwestern Normal school new
located at Weatherford. the council has
done away with one of the vexarious
questions of the session. 1t was some
thing of surprise to Greer county peo-
ple that Mathews bill was killed, but
Mathews had to work against sentiment
| which was not favorable to doing away
with a normal school after the same mas
been provided for.
The vote in the council against the
measure was: Alexander, Foster, Wen-
ster, Champlin. Rickam. Campbell, Mas
singale. For the bill: Mathews. Winkier,
Updegraff, Woolsey, Blakeney Gore
The estimated expenditures necessary
to make a proper showing fer Oklahoma
at St Louis exposition aggregates soi,1vo'
according to the iteTnized statement made
to the council by the Oklahoma commits
sioners This statement was asked tor
in order that the council might be IN
formed of the conditions before taking up
the bill making an additional appropria-
alton for buildings and exhibit The
statement has been referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means
The hardware men of Anadarko are up
in arms against the country peddler, the
man who sells steel ranges. washing ma
chimes and other things. Representative
Dixie BaIlingef presented letters and pc
titions from Anadarko hardware mer-
chants asking that the legislature pass
a measure or measures placing a license
on the wandering statesmen. the same
to be as high as will be allowed by the
courts of the territory.
Some years ago, when it was question
whether or not Greer county was part
of Texas or Oklahoma, school warrants
were issued during the controversy,
amounting to some 5000 to pay teach
ers. These warrants were never paid and
congress refused to make an appropria-
tion to cover the amount of the warrants.
Robinson of Greer read letters relative
TO the matter, one from the attorney
general of Texas, stating that Texas
would not pay the warrants and that
the people of Greer county should look
to congress for the payment of them.
Dennis Flynn was written to and replied
tha congress would not handle the mat
ter, but that he believed those warrants
should be paid. The Greer county men
will push the matter and the letters were
referred to the committee on education.
Champlain's oil bill. which is known as
the administration measure, will un-
doubtedly be reported favorably~by the
committee on ways and means. The bill
has been carefully considered and the re-
port will be made in a few days.
The, members and employees of the leg
islature viii leave here tomorrow morn
ing on a Santa Fe special for Oklahoma
City to attend the cattiemen's conven-
ton. The majority of the members will
return tomorrow night to take up the
work which will be dropped tonight for
a day. The Santa F'e has granted many
legislative passes today ito Oklahoma
City and return" One clerk was kept
busy for an hour writing demands for
TO be signed by various
members of the house.
The house had to stop proceedings for
l while this afternoon, owing to the alb
sence of one of the clerks who had the
)nly key to the file case. The chief clerk
vas Sent for and the speaker announced
hat any clerk off duty while the house
was in session would be discharged if
The house would stand by him.