Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1898 Page: 4 of 8
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The State Capital.
By the SUte Capital Printing Co.
PRANK H. GREER, Editor.
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•PFIC1AL PAPER OF OKLAHOMA.
||r Ritctmrrt o* tlw L«jtllltiir .]
equal to the best.
I Mens' ability precedes their reputa-
ItfMti. It is >ears bef re a man re ^ives
(the public recognition due him. Th .se
who heard Hon. a. C. Scott's lecture.
; The Mistakes of Jeremiah." under
I-he auspices af the National Ly ium
I lecture Bureau, althou
heard him spoken of us i
equalled In Oklahoma, w
il for what they heard
man to be compared t
FUSION DON'T GO.
SUBSCRIPTION HA 1 t S.
«trl««lv In Adr oc«
Dailv 1 vear •
D*ily 1 month
Weeky 1 year
Weekly 1 months
SATURDAY, JANUARY
h they had
n orator un-
ie unprepar-
Instead of a
iny s -i tlon.they
| heard an orator who it the eoual of any
"atform lecturer in the country. I li-
the title. "Mistak s of Jeremiah
he handled the pessimism of the times
y. no ... j. « iv that ' inpr- •: is all ta-- pre-
ceding civilization! of history
review, the lights and shades
epoc are painted with th
artist. The materit
forces—art. science,
each age are made t
iler
-Hanna would he
I told yo
elected.
There is nothing new in a sewer pipe
pool, except that it is in a mighty bad
fix.
Of course his enemies will say his
barrel, not brains v.on the victory for
Hanna.
Mrs. Urlrtith Is an example. If w<>ni-
evalled, the wife would
In his
f each
skill of a-i
and intellectual
religion, law « f
to give th^ir c.>lor.
The great drama of the rise and fall of
nations and empires Is reproduced to
the Imagination. Wh n the era; t hM
shalled all his forces, he asks, as a
Umax of optimism, the pessimist if in
all the history there Is any time In
cruisers of %00 tons displacement an 1 ;
twenty kn >ts speed—two of these at
Armstrong's, one at the \ ulvan works
ettin <. *rn • t.> ind • it F>iRepub:ic"ns Refuse to M end Joirt
• hantiers, France: one protected cruis-
r of ab ut 4.MO ton* and about twen- '
. - three knots speed at Armstrongs:!
f ur thirty knot torpedo-boat destroy-
. > at Yarrow, England. and four mot e
of a similar type at Thomps n s: eight
ninety-t n torpedo-boats at the Schi- ;
< hau v rks Elbing. Germany, and four!
more r f a similar type at the Normand
•wrks, France; three 3000|ton protect -1
•1 < ru -ers of twenty knots, three tor-|
> do pun boats and a dispatch vessel
at the Imperial dock yards. Yokosuka.
Japan, and an armored cruiser of WOO
tons and twenty knots, to be also built
;lt-%*ok s'.;ka. All of these \ -ss ds are
expect-d to be completed by 1£03.
an suffrage pr
win every time.
With a magnificent sombrero. Mr.
Bryan expects to do some more tall
talking through his h it.
A cranial""utopsy of Foraker would
reveal a condition equal to that of Fort
Smith after the cyclone.
Nat Goodwin is a comedian; but his?
placing one thousand on Kid Mi
against Choynski is no Joke.
According to the powder suppl>. this
country in ase of war. would have t
w hp her enemy in 30 mlnut<«.
which he had rath* r lived than the
..r any nation of which he
lather be a citizen than our o\%n.
Mr. Scott's lecture was
cholarly and cultured but
differs from the majority of
not
the
pre-
had
only
H
plat-
form lecturers of the country in tha
there is no false note in his oratory. i
not the orati n an eloqut'.onis
speaking other men's thoughts that h
gives his audience but his own mature
>nvlctlons that come from the heart
and that are for that reason in them
Ives eloquent. Adding to this th
skill of a trained orator, the product of
briliant intelect stored with the
knowledge and the literature of many
ountries. the speaker holds his audi
ence under a spell to the end of his d;s
course.
Were comparisons not odorous, name!
lUld be given. But there are n
The rewards of prl.e fighting makel™" on In lecture .-id whom the audi
It respectable. It should no longer be
considered brutal. It 1s business.
The ele tion of Senator Hanna means
seven years of untold torture for the
opposition and then fir.ai oblivion.
ence that heard all three would pr.
nounce greater. This is not only the
pinion of those who heard him last
night but of the majority of the learn
professions In the territory. The
inder to them ha- been that Mr. Scott
hau not entered the lecture field long
,1 c'
For accomplishing republican disor-
ientation the antl-Hannaites of Ohio
must be considered a great success.
With the aid of a microscope thi
scouts who failed to find an Indian up-
rising, might have been successful.
It must be remembered that Forak-
er'* inlluence in the Ohio contest was
impersonal. He was but a silent spec-
tator.
Fitzalmmons must be Indeed obdurate
when he refuses an offer of &>-'.000 from
Jim Corbett to trounce the whay out
of Itlm.
Kansas is always ready to skin some-
thing. A company has been formed at
Clay Center to catch and skin 8.000,-1 fi-..iri Ohio
HANNA AC.AIX VICTORIOUS.
Hanna is again victorious, and a 1
f perfunctory prophesy that he would
not be, falls lgnomlnlously. Hanna
has a way of surprising his eneml
n the midst of their lolapalutions and
aking them bite their tongues in tw
i that Is not pleasant. He
ways does that which men are surest
he cannot do.
But Hanna >vas Justified in his vie
tory. There is an instinct In human
iture that does not like to have even
s enemy vanquished l>y treachery
The legislative campaign in Ohio last
fall was fought on the Hanna platform.
There w as but one Issue, was Hanna to
the next United States senator
All the republican forces
S'O LONGER OKLAHOMA FAKES
It is a pity the lynchers of thos- Sem-
ole Indians had to drag their victims
ross the line Into Oklahoma and so
Involve the territory in another crlm-
nal sensation, specially as the news-
papers have made the crime of national
notoriety by exagerating It. The In-
lian uprising now proves to be a pur-
ike. I ut it got in its w. rk sufflclen
tot only bring out the talk of mill
S aid of Oklahoma, hut drew th
ttent: n of the secretary of the inter
to the need of United States troops
klah' i^ia newspapermen cannot b.
held responsible for this fake. Ther
now few fake writers in the terri-
tory. The eastern papers have found
■ ut that Oklahoma is no longer a field
working off unnatural criminal
fairy tales and refuse to receive them
Hut the Seminole Indian lynching t
place on the line of Oklahoma, seem
insiy with the desire of th- parties t
fall within the authority of this terri
tory. while the Seminole uprising scare
w as w orked up by the newspaper men
f South McAlester and Muskogee,
the Indian Territory.
Oklahoma is a better known country
than the Indian Territory ar.d fakes
worked on it are more interesting east.
Indian uprisings are impossible In the
sense th- eastern people conceive them:
but the present incident will have a
tendency to make many people scepti-
cal of coming to Oklahoma, and d
much Injury.
Conveoiion
ADOPTRESOI lil'N ANlujl'IT
1-r*e Mirer K<>ro « a oil a Repul>lWwn«
I'm Ait MMtchu-id ItMolutlni.i-
4*1 1II) ^4 L-ttT to
Hobl 4
Kingfisher. Jan. 14.—(Special.)—-The
republicans who met in this < ity yes-
terday declared against fusion under
any circumstances and adjourned
without attending the joint session of
the statehood convention. The> en-
dorsed the declaration made in 1896 for
statehood, the territorial and national
iministration. The republican party
ndorsed the free homes bill and will
use every influence to secure its pat-
age.
KING ELECl hD CH UltMAX.
iJIST*3,
jpjru
ore —i^re itest economy. Made only by
Iv. FAIRBANK COMPAM
New York. Boston I'll i: I'l-'lphl
L.tri:
Chic? so* fct- l
the
vigorous speeches made
he pr e sent a t1v e m e x.
BY
iditions upon which
•ko
lieve that the present law on this sub- t nd if n ■
ject should be modified or amended so it should be made.
that the av nues to official positions Wi.-n I n ' >",J an<^ ,1'' " v ! '
shall be open to all the citizens of the of above, on the d <> agreed i >r ia-
I'nlted States. 1.. r, a City. I enter-d into an agr.-. ment
"That we congratulate the republi- tor a tall to consider-statehood matters
cans of the state of Ohio in the selec- as chairman of th- republican < oiunut-
At 2:30 o'clock the republican con- ti«>n of that stalwart and invincible tee of the territ ry. u'n ' '
vention met in the opera house. After i standard bearer of republicanism. Hon. chairman. 1 b dieve I ni«i ul > ai
rayer by Rev. Harrader of Henness- j .M. A. Hanna of the T'nited States sen- d <s to my party
y. Mr. Randall of Kay county, nom- ; ite. his selection being a victory over subsequent
nated L. P. King of Garfield county.
were arrayed under this banner, and
those of the enemy against it
The republican victory was won on
that basis. All the other republican
leaders equiesced. None entered the
ampaign as aspirants against Hanna
That a drummer could impersonate I It is therefore natural that e\en wen
llryan and make people believe he is i. the people forced to vote last fall with
great man Is no greater deception than | Hanna as th
000 Jack rabbits.
An innocent discovery has been mad
by a New York confectioner. He
makes "whisky drops" for the use of
church members.
Bryan is practicing.
Speaker lteed and Jerry Simpson are i
at last agreed. Speaker Heed never
consults Jerry and Jerry never con-
sults Speaker Heed.
In addition to hU lioa.l smiles \V. J.
Bryan has now another attraction to
draw votes in 1900—a broad sombrero
that he brought tr im Me\ieo.
The crowd that burned the Seminole
Indians at the stake first offered pray
er for the welfare of their souls They
will take care of their own souls later
A Law-ranee, Kansas. University
student, who drinks whiskey, w hen he
goes to see his girl never breathes
shout It for fear that she might smell
his breath.
Mrs. Griffith, of Ohio, has not jet
entered the lecture platform, but she
will do so In due time. It would be a
pity to let so much notoriety go to
waste.
tjueen Victoria is to have a floating
palace built that will cost $1,000,000;
and colnctdently the floating debt of
tti( people will be increa.---1 exactly the
same amount.
The public need not expect a telegram
from Bryan congratulating Hanna on
his election. The amenities of public
life do not require a man to pay re-
spects to his political grave digger.
Was there no tree in the Seminole
country big enough that those Indians
bad to be lynched across the line tn
Oklahoma? The governor had better
find that out before he pays that thous-
nd dollar reward for the lynchers
Miss Emma Kolley, who is said to
have married a Klondike mllllonair. I;!
the daughter of H. B. Kelley, who ran
for the first mayor of this city.
Had her father succeeded, she would
probab'y have married something bet-
ter than gold—one of the many young
Christian, society gentlemen of Guth-
rie.
•hief issue, having done
they desired to have their wish-
carried out. If they had desired to r
tire Mr. Hanna they would have done
so at the polls. It Is for this reason
that Hanna had country burroughs
behind his back in the contest just
ended. The people did not want to b
tricked.
The victory makes Mark Hann
stronger than ever. The "president
maker" has not only redeemed himself
but has vindicated his name as the
■ boss." He is no longer a boss in th
sense of a politician who thwarts the
will of the people, but one who thwart
ed a combination of machine politl
clans by the will of the people. H
new position is due to the men w 1
attempted to destroy him. Unwilling
ly they have made him greater. In
the meantime, where, oh wheij
they'.'
JAPAN'S NAVAL I'oWKlt
If the powers do not soon do their
work in the east they w ill find that in
the future a squadroon will not be
enough to intimidate any one port,
should Japan take a notion to Inter-
fere. Japan, like England, is an Island
power. If It does not scatter Its Inter-
ests by trying to get a portion of China,
it will retain the same delation to the
eastern nation. England does to the
western. That it has some such inten-
tions there is every indication by the
large appropriations for the increase of
its navy. It is at present building the
largest number of ships of any nation.
On the 20th of this month a 5000-ton
protected cruiser will be launched from
the Cramps at Philadelphia and on the
22d another at San Francisco. In ad-
dition to these two vessels, Japan is
having built in various places nearly
forty battle ships, armored cruisers,
protected cruisers, torpedo-boats and
torpedo-boat destroyers. These include
three 14,800-ton battle ships, which are
well advanced at Armstrong's. Thomp-
son's and the Thames Iron works, re-
spectively, in England; one battle-ship
of about 10,000 tons, also under way at
Armstrong's; four first
THE COST OF LIBERTY.
Besides the cost of life the cost of
freedom has been tremendous in Cuba
One of the worst phases of war is the
destruction of permanent improve-
ments of civilization that takes years
to recuperate. Without taking into ac-
count the legitimate losses occasioned
by the war in Cuba, it is estimated that
the depradations committed by Gener-
al Weyler upon the property of the in-
urgents will closely approximate in
alue the sum fit $77,000,000.
The bill of charges against the Span
ish butcher is itemized as follows; One
hundred thousand country houses and
0,000 dw ellings In villages and hamlets
iestroyed. $16,000,000; 800,000 cocoa tree!
cut down. $5,000,000; 1.000,000 palm trees
destroyed. $10,000,000:2.000,000 fruit trees
destroyed. $1,000,000; 5,000,000 banana
plants destroyed,$125,000; 1,000 tracts of
bonlatas and yuccas destroyed, $2.t.oo,
000 ; 4,000,000 coffee plants destroyed
$480,000 ; 3,000,000 small cocoa plants de-
stroyed. $1,500,000 ; 2.000.000 horned cat-
tle kilted- outright. $200,000 ; 500,000 cor-
lels of fencing burned, $3,000,00'^; 2.000
horses killed. $200,000; 300.000 hives of
iomestlc bees destroyed, $1,450.00): 650,-
)00 head of sheep and swine destroyed,
$2,300,000; 500,000 tierces of tobacco ap-
propriated. $5,000,000.
But if the island wins and gains its
independence, this loss, w ith the name-
less butcheries of men. women and
children by Weyler will be nothing to
the great boon of self respect and na-
tional pride gained by the people, al-
though many years will not obliterate
the results of the ravages of w ar.
for temporary chairman. He was un-
inlmously elected and Mr. Wiggins of
Woodward, and George Orput. of Enid,
escorted him to thestage.
Mr. King made a vigorous speech in
accepting, in which he worked up re-
publican enthusiasm, saying also that
the issue of the hour was free homes.
Geo. Laing of Enid, placed in nomina-
tion as secretary of the convention
Harry Gllstrap. Tom Ferguson of
Blaine county, placed in nomination for
the same place C. A. McBrien. Jake
Admire then moved that both gentle-
men be elected. This was done.
Harper Cunningham moved that a
committee of five on resolutions be ap-
pointed by the chair.
Mr. Grimes moved that a committee
on credentials be appointed.
The committee on resolutions were;
E. W. Hoyt of Ponca City. F. E. Gil-
lett. El Reno; Seymore Price. Oklaho-
ma City; Harper Cunningham. Guth-
o; J. V. Admire, Kingfisher.
Mr. Hoyt was placed upon this com-
mittee in recognition of the newspaper
men.
The committee on credentials con-
ist-il of J. V. Nichols of custer coun-
L. W. Sargent of Grant county. (
I. Miller of Kingfished count/, S. 1
vViggins of Woodward.
Mr. W. A. Phillips moved that a com-
mittee on rules and order of business
be appointed/This committee was com-
posed of N R. Eastman of Payne
Ferguson of Blaine. Edmonds of Gar-
field. John McCartney. W. A. Knipe of
Payne, James Gibson of Kingfisher. J
J. Houston of Noble county.
While the committees were meeting
speeches were called for. Sam Murphy
was first. He created enthusiasm by
saying that two great events had hap
pened lately. Oklahoma had a rain
and Mark Hanna was elected
Governor Seay made a short talk say
ing he was free homes and statehoc
—accenting statehood. Secretary Jen
kins also made a short talk
Governor Barnes was esc rted to the
■Stage and made astrong speech for par
ty feality.
George Orner was then called up and
made a speech. A reference to Mark
Hanna's election brought down the
house.
Tom Ferguson of Blain- county also
the famous colonel Bradley of King
fisher, and Judge Asher of Grant, and
McDonald of D. The latter made
powerful address. Mr. I>i'*k Morgan
of Perrj also talked. Captain Mctz of
Washita county, and Mr. I'm of Paw-
jesires. However,
velopments after the call
attempted perfidv In an effort to thwart v. • « made, and the dis-ussion of the
the manifest will of the people of that subject to many persons of my ov.-n
sta.e party, through the press and otherwise,
"That the homestead law is the orig- has led c.e to believ- that the cause we
inal invention of the republican party, were all so earnestly and honestly
Under its operation the great west has working for canno: be advanced, by m-,
become populated with industrious, as chairman of th" republican commit-
prosperous and patriotic American citi- tee. being further concerned or a party
zens. The law Is founded in Justice, t. a non-partisan or interpar'lsan call,
humanity, broad and liberal states- I do not. make this announcement at
nianship" The republican party of Ok- ti is time to bind my party to any policy
lahoma now asks to have this law re- they may desire to follow in the future,
ired to the people. It has. under the as to all parties meetinn in convention
ante of the Free Home Bill, received on the day set. but, desire to say. that
he endorsement of the national re- unless notified by an authorized • om-
ublican party. The convention which mitte- of republicans that assemble on
imlnated President McKinley promts- the 13th Inst, at 2 o'clock p m.. several
d the people this law should b^ restor- hours prior to the time agreed upon It
d. and Incorporated this pledge in Its Is their desire to act, then there wil be
national platform. We. now. therefore no asenibling of the several parties so
respectfully but firmly demand that the far as the republicans are concerned,
epublican members of congress shall I would be sorry indeed should th s
fulfill this sacred pledge bv the pass- Minour.< ement, at this time, incon^n1-
age of the free homes bill, which has ence any considerable number of citi -
already passed the senate of the Unit- z- r.s of this territory and of the oppos-
ed States and is now pending before the ite partl - t-
house of representatives, at the earliest I
practicable moment.
That we endorse the
■ nv nine- he^ t«« no pui -
Hut 1 learn from you that there
is to be a conference of your diff-rent
declaration parties on the same day ar.d prior to
made by the republican party of this th* time s.-t for the joint ••all. H
territory at it*5 last congressional con- take this opportunity of giving pub.M*
>f notice, believing that there can be no
ce or set-back to the cans ?
1 if all that attend are in
vention in upon the question
tatehood which is substantially as fol- i' :;vei.i
.f stateh-
>ws:
earnest in the rdv<
• s ea h party cm f
The committee on credentials show-
ed f >ur counties unrepresented: Bea-
ver. Day. Roger Mills and Greer.
Joe McNeal made aspeech making th*
'list rvnti'-n of Dennis F ynn kxieat
applause resulted. Colonel St. Clair of
Kingfisher spoke.
ADOPT RKsnLTTIONS.
administration endorsed by
the C< )nvention.
NOT LEGISLATION Bl'T
TION.
"Edison's new discovery f
monstrates that he has be
more to this country, and ti
then all the presidents betwei
ington and Lincoln," says th
INV EN-
igain de-
•n worth
world
■n Wash-
\\"u hita
Harper Cunningham th*n read the
report of the committee on resolutions,
which were as follows:
•Resolved. By the republicans assem-
bled at Kingfisher. Oklahoma. January
13. 1S9S. in conference, under the call
of William Grimes, chairman of the
Territorial Republican central commit-
tee. that
• Whereas. Since the return of the re-
publican party to power in these I nit-
ed States, the country is restored to the
old time prosperity that has ever char-
acterized an enforcement of the prin-
ciples of that party, we declare an un-
swerving faith and allegiance to its
platforms and patriotic purposes. .
"We congratulate the people of Ok-
lahoma upon the prosperity now enjoy-
ed under the national administration
of President McKinley and the re-es-
tablishment of the protective policy un-
der which this country has been rap-
idly developed and the people have al-
ways been prosperous.
"Second—That we heartily endorse
the administration of Governor Barnes
Eagle. That is right, not legislation.
but invention makes the organic differ-
ence of a people. The world is wont to
psider as potent factors great states-
men or soldiers. These but change the
surface history <>f a people. A McKin-
ley and a Bryan run for the presidency.
McKinley is elected. But the differ-
ence of the number of people that
wanted Bryan is not so great but they and those associated with him in the
"'Resolved. That the republicans of
Oklahoma territory, in delegate con-
tention assembled, earnestly urge upon such declarations
the congress of the United States to
pass an enabling act at its present ses-
sion, providing for the admission of Ok-
lahoma as a state, with such boundar-
ies as. in the wisdom of congress will
best subserve the cause of good gov-
ernment.'
Mr. MacDonald of D. offered anoth-
er resolution, supplementary to the or-
iginal resolutionsasking that Fort Sup-
ply be made into a soldier's home.
W. A. Phillips thought the conven- 1
tion was asking too much. Tbis caus-
ed a debate. It turned out that this
was a flght between a home at Okla-
homa ntt and one at Fort Supply. Mr.
Wiggins then explained that th* people
f Woodward merely wanted Fort Sup-
ply made a territorial institution of
some kind.
The resolution for Fort Supply was
finally voted down.
Harper Ounningham then explained
about the rieht of individuals to enter
the joint statehood convention if they
wished, but not the party.
Before' this could be acted upon or
discussed. Mr. Morgan of Perry, mov-d
that a committee b*j appointed to find
some way to make the resolutions ef-
fective before congress.
Bill Walker then moved that copies
of the resolutions be sent to authori-
ties in Wahsington. This plan was
adopted.
An attempt to adjourn v. as voted
down.
At this point the Fort Supply was
adopted as an independent resolution.
Colonel Bradley of Kingfisher an-
nounced that the Kingfisher delegation
would attend the joint statehood con-
vention. The colonel said, at th-1 high-
s'. of his voice, that he wanted Okla-
homa to elect Its own officers. Bradley
then moved to adjourn. The vote was
very < lose.
A c ,unt showed that the motion t >
adjourn was lost.
Harper Cunningham then read a note
saying that Grimes had declared that
he w uld not come to the hall and ex-
plain. Then again the
to adjourn and carried.
tlon adjourned
The first refasal to adjourn was to
giv. a chance ti the convention to
be;- r Grimes on a joint convention.
When he did not anpear the convention
adjourned, en motion of Harper
ningham.
f the caus",
iselves make
may d sire
11 the subje
I desire to stat" further, that any
criticism of my action In this matter
should be made of me personally As
what was done at the time. 1 did be-
lieving that the conditions then justi-
fied. I do not know that the condition.!
have changed, but I desire to leave it
to the party when tiny assemble
I have the honor to remain, very re-
spectfully. WM. GRIMES.
t 'hairman.
FREE 81.1 XV K CAUCUS.
ADOPTED FREE HOME AND
ST A T E H OOD R ESO LI "TION S.
e of
dan
e was taken
the conven -
un-
rest quite easily under another pres-
ident not of their choice. It would have
been the same had Bryan been elected.
But an invention of science puts into
existence that which did not before
exist, and the whole course of history
of a people runs in another channel
ever after.
Yes. the advance in the world has
been the steamboat, railroad.telegraph,
telephone, printing press—all the util-
izations of electricity, metals and other
forces of nature. The material pro-
gress of a race precedes the ethical.
Statesmanship comes after science.
And as his product is more enduring so
is the fame of a scientist more last-
ing.
Life is short; one bottle of Dr. Sim-
mons' Cough Syrup may save your
life. Fifty cents a bottle. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed or money refunded*
-class armored ^ Ask your druggist for a sample bottle.
management of the business affairs of
the territory of Oklahoma and point
with great pride to the excellent man-
agement of the school land department
whereby the immense fund collected,
from the uncollected obligations left
over from the former administration.
proves the successful business admin-
istration of the present officials and
commends them to the approbation of
the people of Oklahoma-
"That we endorse the untiring ef-
forts of Hon. Wm. Grimes as chairman
of the Territorial Republican central
committee, through whose energetic
and untiring efforts our party has been
held intact and given the precedence
over all other political organizations in
the territory of Oklahoma
"That we extend to Hon C. H. Gros-
venor of Ohio, our sincere congratula-
tions for his able expose In the house
of representatives, of the tendency of
the so-called civil service reform
subvert the essential principles of a re-1
publican form of government. We be- as to whether we should make
LETTER T > HOBBS.
mr GltlMKS desired TO read i"
bl't could not secure
it from nagle.
The following is the letter written by
William Grimes to Virgil Hobbs. which
Grimes desired to read before the
convention, but as Pat Nagle had it
Grimes could not secure it'.
Kingfisher. Okla.. Jan. 7, 1898.
Hon. Virgil M. Hobbs. chairman of
Free Silver Central Committee, Ok-
lahoma. Kingfisher. Okla.:
Dear Sir:—By request made m*.
after the holding of a meeting by tht
citizens of Kingfisher, in the fore part
of the month of November, by a num-
ber of republicans and citizens of this
county,I met you (Mr. Hobbs). as
chairman of the free silver committee.
Mr. O'Roark, as chairman of the demo-
cratic committee, and Mr Laverty, as
chairman of the populist committee of
this territory, in this city on the 25th
of November. 1897. At that meeting it
was agreed between us. that we would
adjourn to meet at Oklahoma City on
December 16. 1897. to further consider
the question of making n call for a
statehood convention, and. further, that
during th* time of such adjournment,
to consult with our respective parties
I'll.
The silver committe met in the after-
noon and passed resolutions favoring
free homes and demanding its enact-
ment and immediate statehood, with
this proviso, to-wit: That if Olakhoma
and the Indian Territory are included
in the enabling act. residents in e :< h
of the five nations and Oklahoma shall
vote separately upon the acceptaru •
or rejection of a state constitution,
which shall b • operative for su h of
said sections as accept. Th e resolu-
tions also call on congress to prevent
Secretary Bliss from leasing the Com-
anche and Wichita land? to cattlen-.en,
thus preventing their opening
In the evening the conwnti'-n met
again. It was soon evident
the republicans vere in the hi
gates. Kingfisher and
county had full delegation.
Frank Gillette, republican, was made
temporary chairman and censured
the republican convention of the after-
noon. Prominent in the control of the
invention were Laing. republican;
Pitzer. republican: Bradley, republi-
an; Seymour Price, republican. Ap-
parently the republicans had captured
a convention made up largely of free
silver men. Bradley, Seay and Mc-
Master and McCartney made spe h -s
A committee on resolutions of all
parties was appointed. This commit-
tee reported the platform of the after-
noon silver caucus, but restricting it
merely to fiee homes and statehood.
This platform was adopted.
Pitzer moved that Frank E. Gillette
and the other officers of the convention
be made permanent, and have power to
•all other statehood conventions. As a
substitue to this it was decided that an
executive committee on statehood be
appointed.
The convention was called to order
by Hon Virgil M. Hobbs. chairman of
the free silver committee, who made
a brief statement of the object of the
call.
Hon. E. G. Spilman nominated Mr.
Dan Peery of El Reno, who was unan-
imously elected chairman. R. E. Bray
>f Enid was chosen secretary.
The chair appointed Mr. French of
Chandler to examine credentials.
The roll of counties was called and
each delegate reported the names of
delegates electd, and all counties in the
territory responded to the call except
Beaver, Greer, Noble, Roger Mills,
Washita and Woods.
A committee of one from ea^h county
was appointed on resolutions, viz: T. F
Hensley, John Franning. O. D. Wood-
ruff. Harry Pattent, W. S Whitinghlll,
Wm. Garrison. D. Woodson. Jas. A.
Linsey, S. W. Frovolt, Jos. Wisby,
Frank M. Master. Col. Glazier and G.
D. Ferrell.
The committee retired and the con-
vention took a recess until 4 :50 o'clock.
Lhw interest.
I am now prepared to make farm
loans at a cut rate. Low interest is
ray specialty. Money ready as soon
as papers are signed —H H. Haoan,
over Bank of Indian Territory.
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