The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-19

Ienthusiasnn. The last congress r.
fused their appeal on political
grounds The new state win be dem
ocratic. The National Editorial
Association went to Oklahoma, ii
saw the progress OF the peopis. visit
ed their thriving cities, naarve1ed at
the wcnderfuI fertility 0f tho soil,
| we're pleasurakly surprised st the
| intelligence ond progress of the citi-
zenshiP IT saw that these territories
are being denied right to which
they are justly entitled. and unani-
mously passed a resolution fayoring
/ immediate admission to the unien.
Every newspaper man at that con
yentton will demand that congress
do its duty BY Oklahoma and | want
/ those who are prone to scott at the
/ power Of the press, directed IN a
/ righteous cause. to mark the pFedse-
( tion that the next congress viii cTe-
ate q state out of Oklahoma and In
! dian Ferrifsry. The PEOPLE there
favor single statehood CITIZEN and
/ and cfGIce holder a3ike. so Gar as
| my personal Investigation went.
were unanimous for the almalgama-
ton Of the two territories into ore
state Already the two hara a popu-
/ lation OF one and q half mjIlian
I people T<ev have cities Of ten.
/ twenty aud thirty thousand ponula-
zion. modernly built and vita az
/ modern conVeniengae Guthrie and
| Oklahoma City have paved streets.
! electric street railway systems and
1 will soon be connected witch an inter
urban line. Lawton, and Enid and
! Shawnee ara all large. thriving cities
peoped by industrious. Intelligent.
thrifty people and as much susitled
to the benefits Of statehood as are
We IN Texas The soil il fruitful.
the land Is fair to lock upon. and
the country only awaits the right
OF statehood TO become one OF the
greatest and best Ia the galaxy com
posing the union
The association was pleasantly en-
tertained st Guthrie, the territorial
capital. Citizens Wed with each
other in showering attention on the
| visitors business was practically sus-
pended and the time given over TO
entertaining the newspaper men.
| Those who could not find aeeommo-
dations at hotels were cared for at the
homes of the residents Guthrie is
! a splendid little city, well built and
full of progress. The State Capital.
the morning paper. has fine three
story building of It's own, the Scot
fish Rite Masons have a magnificent
temple, n Carnegie library occupies
a whole block in the center of the
city and is one Of the finest library
| buildings in the south. For a city
| of only sixteen years Guthrie is a
| marvel. bat not more SO than many
others no older in the territory
On Friday afternoon, June @, the
association left in two special trains
for a trip over the territories. Visits
were made TO Enid, Lawton. Anar-
darko, Cleveland. Snyder. Oklahoma
City and other points. Monday the
l2th was spent in the Indian Terri
tory. leaving Muskogee at midnight
for Dallas. The territory trips / did
not make. but on Tuesday. June -,
| joined the party at Dallas aad travel
ed with them 10 San Antonio One
day each was spent at Dallas. Hous-
ton and San Antonio, and the editors
We're given good taste OF Texas
hospitality ri they marycfleo at
what they saw in the territories they
were astonished at the sights which
| greeted them in Texas That Texas
| had such cities as the three visited
| was q revelation 10 many Of them.
and that Texas people should be SO
/ gracious, so cosmopolitan and liberal
minded opened the minds OF the first
visitor 20 the fact tEat wetsern at
mosphere eniarges "A man vision as
well as his heart. Many Of them
| left Texas with longing 10 stay.
and all went away with q better i'm
| PRECISION Of the lone star state than
| they ever had before Each Of the
cities visited gave the body q warm
welcome and entertained the editors
| in royal style ! believe that much
good viii result 10 Texas from the ex-
cursion, and If so / shall feel amply
repaid for the time. trouble and ex-
pense incurred IN securing this visit
Of the National Editorial Associa-
| ton 30 MY beloved state
| The Association viii meet next
year al indianapolis. Ind, the good
| old Hoosier state. and having had
taste Of Indiana welcome last Feb
ruary 1 shall begin preparations early
80 attend Through toe Partially
| OF my friends | am again the exeCu-
| tive committeeman for the Texas
| Press Association. aud hope % be
able 20 continue spreading the gos-
/ pei OF grand old Texas among the
press Of the north and east,
W j. b.