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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 352, 17 September 1889, Page 2

The people of Oklahoma territory, U.S., recently settled by a great rush on the opening of the land, are very proud of the enormous progress they have made. The address which was adopted by the delegate convention, which met for the first time in August, after congratulating the people of the United States, said “In less than three months thousands of American h ones have been established, populous cities have been built, municipal governments acquired, and peace and order secured throughout all the lands opened to settlement. At no time in human history has the world witnessed such marvellous and rapid development of civilisation, and nowhere in the United States in the absence of State or territory authority has there been greater security of life, liberty and property. Conscious of the high obligations resting upon us as the representatives of this convention of more than 50,000 people, thus exemplifying the best elements of American citizenship, and thus engaged in the materia! development of the most fertile and beautiful portion of the political domain, we declare it to be impolitic and unwise to enter at this time upon the formation of a provisional territory government."