The Moore Messenger. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 30, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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Progressive Young Democrat would Be At-
torney General of Oklahoma; His
Record Clean and Strong
HE CAN HARMOIIIZE THE PARTI
Sound On All Questions Involved In Campaign;
Vote For H m August 2nd; Congress-
man Hull Eulogizes Him
♦♦♦+♦♦+♦+*+++++++++++++++♦+++++++♦+♦
f> CONGRESSMAN HULL OF TENNESSEE THINKS WELL OF MR. KEY.
Congressman Cordell Hull, of tlio Fourth Tennessee District,
writes from Washington, D. C.. us follows, concerning t.eo. I). Key and
Ills candidacy for Attorney General of Oklahoma: "Am gratified to
learn that you arc a candidate for Attorney General of your adopted
state and with excellent prospect* of winning. In common with your
many friends all over middle Tennessee, I shall watch the progress of
your content with the keenest interest and earnest hope that you may
succeed. Having known you so long and wed, and recognizing your
splendid merits from every viewpoint, I hope you will kindly advise if
you seo where I can bear testimony to advantage to your high Integ-
rity. strict morality, splendid ability, such as amply qualify you for
the position you seek. I assure you that all Tennesseeans, <who have
known you longest and best, are likewise in accord with what 1 state."
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GEO. D. KEY.
Here is a faithful likeness of Geo.
D. Key, candidate for attorney general
of Oklahoma, subject to th,e will of
democratic voters at the forthcoming
primary election to be held August 2,
1910.
Those who know him best are most
enthusiastic over his candidacy. Law-
tan is practically unanimous for him.
Comanche county will give him a tre-
mendous majority and the southwest
counties of Oklahoma are taking a
deep Interest in his candidacy, for
not only is he a fine type of the south-
ern democrat, but be hai/s from the
democratic stronghold of the state,
where the vast majorities pull as sure-
ly and steadily for democratic party
triumph at the polls as does the polar
loadstone draw the magnet.
This portion of Oklahoma can be
counted upon as uncompromisingly
democratic, and naturally wants repre-
sentation on the state ticket. In Mr.
Key democracy has an Ideal candidate,
a lawyer of breadth and learning, a
man of large professional and busi-
ness experience, the descendant of a
distinguished line of lawyers, with a
clean record, particularly free from
partisan rancor and factional differ-
ences, who can enter the campaign
without encumbrances, personal antag-
onisms or entangling alliances and
wage a winning battle for both his
party and for the realization of his
personal ambitions.
Mr. Key has had twelve years suc-
cessful practice in Oklahoma. A gen-
tleman by Inclination and training, a
man of fine presence and congenial
temperament, the embodiment of
high intellectual qualities and a
warmth of nature, he draws men to
him and holds them by the Irresistible
influence of his magnetic personality.
The more he and his record are stud-
ied and understood, the more power-
fully his candidacy will appeal to all
citizens, who want a clean, able, eco-
nomical and intelligent administration
of the attorney general's office In
this state.
He stands for a strict enforce-
ment of the laws as he finds them in
the books and would not be swerved
from the plain pathway of duty by the
dazzle of his high position. He would
recognize no privileged classes, would
know no favorites, would tolerate no
compromise with wrong, for he is
rigidly honest and has both courage
and judgment in an unusual degree.
The times are sorely in need of such
a man in a position of power and pub-
lic trust, one whom a sudden eleva-
tion to high office will not dizzy, or
the dazzle, glare, pomp, pageantry,
luxury or fascination of sudden power
cannot swerve from the open pathway
of public duty.
Devoted to the law, duly impressed
with the range, versatility, powerful
influence and dignity or his profession,
he would make an ideal candidate and
an admirable attorney general as head
of the chief legal department of the
state.
FRIEND OF EDUCATION.
Then, too, there Is a close, vital and
important relation existing between
the Attorney General's office and the
educational interests of the state. At
the uead of our educational system is
the state University, the pride of the
state. The A. & M. College ranks
among the leading agricultural and
technical schools oi the nation and
nothing should hamper it in its mar-
velous development. The establish-
ment of five secondary agricultural
colleges brings scientific agriculture
! nearer the doors of the farmer and
| should receive our fostering care, and
(the half dozen Normal schools make
scientific training for teachers an es-
sential branch of learning, thus vital-
izing the whole system with the best
talent as instructors. But most im-
portant of all, because it afreets the
greatest numbers, is the enmon
school lystetn, especially in the rural
district!.
All of these depend upo the wise
handling and dls|x> ltion of the state
school lands, the funds derived there-
from and the legal safeguards thrown
around thera by the principal law de-
partment of the state, that the rich
heritage of Oklahoma's present and fu-
ture generations may not be imper-
illed and our children's splendid pat-
rimony may not be squandered. Mr.
Key favors the very highest develop-
ment of the state's educational sys-
tem, from Its higher institutions of
learning to the elemental schools on
the hillsides of the rural districts. He
wants to see more school houses and
better equipment, eventually leading
! to a system of township high schools.
II wants the best talent for Instruct-
ors and teachers and tho complete
separation of the whites and blucks
maintained. All this may, and often
does, depend upou the vigor, wisdom
and integrity of tho attorney general's
office.
Thus It must appear to the reader,
that this office occupies an lntimnte
and vital relation to the laws of the
state, which control, touch and regu
late the farmer's life and business at
many points. If Mr. Key is elected at-
torney general, he will make himself
felt In this Important brunch of the
public service and will use his best
efforts to enforce the laws as he finds
them in the books. If his attitude on
these vital relations meets your appro-
val and if not otherwise obligated, you
can win his lasting gratitude by voting
for hiin at the August primaries.
THE PUBLIC ROADS.
According to tho views held by Geo.
D. Key, democratic candidate for At-
torney General of Oklahoma, another
place where the proper construing ami
enforcement of the law touches the
farmer's life in vital spots, Is In the
matter of public roads. An adequate
system of public highways is second
only in point of consequence to out-
rural population, to an adequate sys-
tem of public schools; in fact they are
necessary to the greatest good from
the schools. They not only bring the
farmer closer to the markets, but they
enhance the value of every acre of
land he owns, of every bale of cotton
he grows, of every bushel of grain he
sells, of every hoof he raises. Not
only this, but good roads will increase
his comforts, make farm life more
easy and attractive and Increase the ,
farmer's opportunities. If he were at
torney general, he would lend all the
powers and talents of his office to a
correct interpretation of the laws that
have fori heir purpose the encourage-1
ment of all agricultural interests, and
especially the public road systems,
such as have made Massachusetts,
Now York, Ohio and Indiana famous
for their public highways and connect-
ed them into one great, linked, pros-
perous and ideal community, and large-
ly wiped out the differences between
city and country life.
Another boon that's soon to come to
the farmers of Oklahoma, by encour-
agement of the national government,
is that of Irrigation. Its beneficent
era is coming and its legal status Is
to be worked out; Its great plan and
system inaugurated. In the unfolding
and development of this great system
the Attorney General's office can be of
invnluable service to the farmers.
Thus, in the wise construction and
administration of the road laws of the
state, in promoting irrigation, in the
enforcement of quarantine regulalion
and the eradication of all evils inimi-
cal to tho farmer, so far as law pro-
vides, in the restraint of corporate
greed that seeks to encroach on the
property rights of the people, in the
construction and application of the
road and stock laws of the state and
in the apprehension and prosecution of
the criminal classes that seek to prey,
upoti the public, the farmers, in short,
upon all individuals of society and the
people's possessions, both by direct
methods and by co-operating with the
county attorneys of the state, the At-
torney General's office can render a
distinct and powerful service to the
farmers of Oklahoma, upon whose
broad shoulders too often rest the bur-
dens of the commonwealth, as well as
from whose toll, energy and Industry
come the largest measure of prosper-
ity to the state, and in whose sturdy
citizenship is Oklahoma's greatest
hope.
A BROA D-GUAGED MAN.
Mr. Key Is a broad-guaged man, cap-
able of comprehending every interest
of the state, and would devote his pow-
erful talents to the commercial and
industrial development of the state by
Imposing the fewest legal impediments
to their orderly progress, consistent
with the rights of all the people and
compatible with sound business and
fiscal policies. He recognizes the sane
principle that labor and capital are
mutually dependent and have indepen-
dent as well as co-ordinate rights
which must come within the range and
protection of the law.
Mr. Key is the stuff out of which
statesmen are made. He has a clear
head and an honest heart, a fearless
courage, a discriminating mind, a
warm, frank, congenial temperament,
a high conception of moral honor an'I
integrity, a broadly sympathetic na-
ture and a fine sense of the amenities
that should exist in the ultimate rela-
tion of persons and things.
Wise in tne practical affairs of men,
he realizes that a state or nation can-
not be greater than the quality of its
citizens and that a high order of citi-
zenship can only result from a well-
fed, well-clothed, well-educated, well-
housed and steadily employed, happy,
contented, thrifty and prosperous peo-
ple. It is not the Btation in life, but
the man. that appeals to him. and se-
riously engugei his mind and consld
(-ration.
It 1* the businesi of statesmen tr
see that the conditions above ecumer
ated prevail. None knows better than
he, nor more unreservedly recognizes
the fact, that first of all, the great la
boring daises, the national wealth
producers, the mighty constructive
force of the republic, is the basis on
which rests the state's and nation's
prosperity and ultimate strength and
greatness. He recognizes the Okla-
homa constitution as the nearest ap-
proach, in all history, to the attain-
ment of these ends, as the finest em-
bodiment of the common humanities,
where first pritaciples predominate and
the mun is placed above the dollar.
Hence he would resist in every way
consistent with reason any attempt to
change that sacred document.
A VOTE FOR KEY.
A vote for Key means a vote for
good, honest, economical government.
He stands for a rigid enforcement of
the law and for every official keeping
within the powers and limitations of
the constitution.
Don't Forget to Vote fcr
C. F. Reynolds
For Sheriff
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
L. J. SARTAIN FOR CLERK
OF THE DISTRICT COURT
WHY KEY SHOULD
BF. NOMINATED
He should be nominated because he
stands for a white man's government
and that Oklahoma is logically demo-
cratic territory, and because he is a
popular man with the people. He can
be elected over any opposition and the
republicans can't beat him in Novem-
ber.
Mr. Sartain is of that type of man
*ho believes that efficiency in public
jffice is one of the essentials to sue
j ess and anything short of this re-
I lulrcracnt is a mark of demerit
| jgainst official capacity.
His experience in the public service
has been that of a Couit Reporter for
.he Distiict Court in Oklahoma County
the past thiee years, and of the U. S
Jistiict Couit for three years previ
ous, and the business has been con-
aucted in that w y which has always
proven satisfactory to the public and
to his superiors.
He Is a young man of sterling
worth, an ardent republican, though
not of that uncompr mlslng disposi
ilrn, which would cause enmity or
harshness to exist as betwen those of
opposite faith and himself, or party.
Ha- believes in personal liberty, po
He is a new man, who has always
fought tie battles tor democrats and
democracy, never auked place before
for himself, and will introduce new
blood and vigor into the state cam-
paign.
TflriOli suo BE NOMINATED
Office of State Examiner and Inspector
One of the Most Important in
State Government
He should bo nominated because of
his moral courage, high character and
unquestioned qualifications for the
place.
He should be nominated because he
Is a democrat of the standard type, al-
ways regular, in harmony with his
party platform, state and national, and
typifies all for wulch his party and Its
/eaders stand.
He should be nominated because he
has indulged in no hostile criticisms
of the present state administration
and put himself in opposition to the
party leaders, thus weakening the
democratic party and playing into the
hands of his party opponents and ene-
mies, diminishing chances for demo-
cratic success as his opponents, West
and Graham,-have done.
Mr. Key, if nominated and elected,
has pledged his word, to enforce all
the laws of the state, and especially
the prohibitory laws, invoking the vi-
gbr of the law, every expedient of tho
courts and the full police powers of
the state, to suppress the liquor traf-
fic in Oklahoma.
T ransportation
A Texas evangelist says: "Persons
who speculate on the stock market ot
bet cn horse races are bound for hell
in a racing automobile." But the ex-
perience of an observer is that those
who speculate on horse races or bet
on the stock market usually arrive
there as pedestrians.—Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
litlcally, and accords to a'l the same
rights of opinion as he himself enter
tains. We have no doubts as to his
ability to properly conduct the officc
to which he aspires, end if chosen at
the primaries, we helieve lie will be
successful at the polls. Ho is in line
for a brilliant future and his friends
will rejoice at his elevation to any po-
sition within the gift of the people.
His standing as a citizen is of the very
best end he has a'ways taken an ac-
tive interest in all which pertains to
public welfare and progressiveness.
We bespeak for him a cordial con
sidoration et your hands and predict
that he will give a good account of
himself at the battle of the ballots.
He Is a young men, vigorous in ac-
tion and will make a whirlwind cam
paign for election in the event of his
nomination.
Mr. Sartain has resided here for the
past twenty-one years and though of
youthful appearance, is one of the
'89ers.
This is his first appearance in the
political arena and but for the fact
that he feels ho can render the pub-
lic efficient service, he would not of-
fer his name as a candidate upon this
occasion.
Vote for Joe Sherman Tuesday, and
you will secure the nomination of a
clean, capable man to represent the in-
terests of the plain peop'e.
Bearing Periods of Fruit Trees
Some one has estimated from statis-
tics that fruit trees and bushes will
bear for the following periods; Apples,
25 to 40 years; blackberry, 6 to 14
years; currant, 20 years; gooseberry,
8 to 12 years; pear, 50 to 75 years;
plum, 20 to 25 years; raspberry, ti to
14 years.
Few hard Coal Stoves
In Great Britain anthracite stove!
are rarely seen, and up to the present
British-made stoves have failed tc
gain favor. The British seem to stick
to the old custom of open fires, and
even in the anthracite district the coal
is invariably used in open grates.
A WAGER
$485.00 Against a Brush Runabout.
James S. Bryan bets h. H. Egglos-
ton, manager of the Southwest Motor
Co, of Oklahoma City, $4S.">.00 against
a Brush Automobile, that hi:; brother,
G. T. Bryan, will be nominated and
elected President of the State Board
of Agriculture by 25,000 votes.
Mr. Kgglestcn concedes Bryan's
nomination and e'ection but bets the
Automobile thai. G. T. Bryan will not
be elected by a plurality of 25,000
in the ivovember election.
J. L. Wallace, President State Bank
of Capitol Hill, is the stakeholder.
Wisdom From West Africa
West Africa is responsible for th«
pithy saying, "He who falls by his
foot shall rise again; he who falls by
his mouth shall not rise." From tho
same region comes the retort, to one
of waspish disposition, "If you were
medicine you would be very bitter.'
MS Will IE
Incredulous
There are Ioib of people In th«
world who won't be satisfied that th«
high cost of living is bad enough un
til they have bought books from
agents on the subject.—Atchison
(Kan.) Globe.
Bad Teeth Hinder Nutrition
Medical inspection of 1,000 five-yean
old children in Surrey, England, re-
vealed the fact that those who had sev-
eral decayed teeth weighed on an av-
erage of 2 3-4 pounds less than thosa
who had sound teeth.
Pepsin in Bread
Pepsin in small quantities is being
used in a new process of bread mak-
ing in England. It renders the loal
more digestible, and does not affect
its appearance or flavor.
Same Thing
The Grocer's Wife—Achl no, my
child, we cannot to de beach go in
de winter; but veil de gustomers have
vent away you may take your llddk
pail and shofel and play mit de gran
ulated sugar.—Harper's.
State Builder's Canvass Indicates He
Will Succeed
"Entnusiasm running riot" ex-
presses tersely the situation wherever
C. G. Jones is appearing in his canvass
for vites in his race for the nomination
for governor on the republican ticket.
He is making a whirlwind campaign
on the east side and great overflow
meetings have been the rule. Those
over on the Indian Territory side of
ihe state have not forgotten that Jones
stood up and fought for them when to
do so meant going against his own
political friends. He did it because he
knew they ought to have the benefits
enjoyed by Oklahoma and he was de-
termined they should have them.
This is the last of a series of six
articles jvritten to bring to your at-
tention the fact that Jones has been a
state builder. We desire to impress
this upon the reader rather than what
Mr. Jones has been politically. When
the state is in the throes of a fierce
struggle to forge ahead in spite of
great obstacles, it is pleasant to be
able to forget that a man is a republi-
can or a democrat, and remember only
that he is one of the great galaxy of
good citizens who has contributed
time and money in the work of up-
building the commonwealth.
Strange, indeed, would it be if those
who have benefited by reason of Mr
Jones' good work should fail to rally
around his standard, and proclaim him
their choice above all the rest.
Do not forget that before Mr. Jones
is a politician he is an Oklahoman -a
man who loves his state, and has
shown that love by doing more for It
than any other single individual.
During the greater part of Terri
torial Government in Oklahoma, there
was practically no systematic check
upon the collections and disburse-
ments of revenue aud public funds In
Ciklahcma, although the statutes pro-
vided for various auditing boards
I yet these laws were practically dead
: letters.
The leglshmre of 1905 attempted to
correct conditions by passing tin-
County Auditor s law, but this, also,
was more or less ignored. Evidently
these conditions were fully known to,
and realized by the Constituional Con
vention and as a remedy it created
the office of state Examiner and In-
spector, clothing It with executive au
thorlty, and providing that the per
son eligible to hold said office must
be an "expert accountant of at least
three years' experience." It provided
that his duties Fhould he to examine
all county treasurers' and State Treas-
urer's -books and accounts in their
hands or in the banks, without notice
to the treasurers, at least twice each
year. It provided further, that the
shall be a member of the State Board
of Equalization of Taxes and Asses
sors of Itai'roads and Corporations,
and that other duties and powers
might be added by law.
In pursuance to th" last clause, the
first and second legislatures provided
additional duties, that the Examiner
and Inspector shall examine the books
and accounts of all state officers who*
Collect or disburse funds of the state
or under the "managfment" of the
state, to examine the financial trans
actions of all public, educational, char
"able, n"i al and reformatory institu-
tions of the state, to prescribe meth
ods of b"oklfr-plng for these and all
county offices, to examine all tax lev
les end order the correction thereof if
excessive or erroneous, to expose
false and erroneous methods of ac-
counting, and to instruct officers when
necessary to keep books and accounts
in the proper manner, and In order to
Insure a thorough examination, power
| is given to the Inspector to issue sub
; p^enas and administer oaths. "Full
protection against fatso reports ba-
ilie Examiner is provided o ho pub
j lie as well as the officers examined,
'hat each deputy Is required to give
bond to the state in the sum of $10,00('
and that the making of false reporte
constitutes felony."
The statutes also provide for the ex-
amination of all other county offices
under the condition thnt the county
commissioners ask for It. or, by a pe-
tition of 5 per cent of the voters of tin
county.
Those are In general the duiles of
the State Examiner and Inspector
I'nder this last provision, the rec
ords of many counties have been ex
untitled, with pitch satisfactory results
both to the officers and to the public'
that a large major..y of the present
county officers favor a systematic ex
ainlnatlon of their records a'ong th<-
; same lines now In force for county
I treasurers.
Under the constitutional provision
a new system of accounting for the
county treasurers has ben estab-
lished the receipts and disbursements
of public fund3 have beon regularly
audited, and every dollar passed
through their offices since statehood
lias been properly accounted for.
In view of the fact that this depart
] ment was practically without prero
dent In other states. :md further eon
T Tt K, AtlP faof th8t ",most two-
thirds of the counties of this state hart
no organization nor records or prece
t'w' VfW(!'.lI(1 b? abs,,r(1 presumt-
th.it perfection has been reached Yet
(compared with conditions prior to
statehood, great advancps have beer.
n,nny Inconsistencies,
j must yet he remedied.
„,7he ''ons—"fen did not place th.-
One Term ' restriction on the office-
of State Examiner and Inspector, tne-
I framers of it undoubtedly realizing
the advantage of experience neces
sarv „ a department whlct, requires
rhiVt A £n,nc of ItR "fleers, and
Charles A. Taylor, the present Exam
Z ™ , 'T9pt"'Iu>r he renomin-
ated and e'ected to this office, to carrv
on a work so important to the finan
cial Interest of the state
He stands strictlv upon his record
as an officer, a citizen and a demo-
crat and a vote for him means a vote
i for honesty, fairness and strict busi
ness methods in government.
Books as an Investment
Next to the common necessities of
life, books aro the cheapest things
one can buy.—Thomas Waugh.
The Oil Trust and kindred interests
are opposing the nomination of Joe
Ze™™,t0r roJ!Rre8S- simply because
they can t use him.
STATE EXAMINER & INSPECTOR
Elsewhere is published an article
relative to the office of examiner and
nspector. This is a very Important
office, one_ needing an experienced
Hnn'.h" M°r S reason the notnina-
l' " "i! iK° ? ,lll! Present Incum-
bent. Charles A. Taylor, should be
named. He Is experienced anil knows
the needs of the position
VOTE FOR
w. H. DILL
Republican Candidate for
STATE TREASURER
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