Show Now UELAHOMA comes forward wita a claim for statehood A convention will beheld be-held on the 15th pror when the matter will be discussed and in all probability the s preliminary steps taken towards the fram ing of a constitution In the matter of population the territory does not loom The last census gave it a total of 01 SM and we recently saw a correspondents estimate r placing tho number at SOOOO Neverthe I less if the people want a state government I and are willing to accept the financial bur I dens incident thereto they should have It It Is unAmerican and cruel to hold people under the territorial system after the community com-munity has become able to govern itself THE HRRALD hopes Oklahoma will be successful suc-cessful In her efforts to escape the offensive territorial rule and get into the Union 0 and the earlier success comes the better will we be pleased |