Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma
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Register
FIFTEENTH YEAR NO. 7
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 190(5.
$1.00 PER YEAR
Organization Into Counties
of Indian Territory the Right Coorse.
Whether it is true or not that there Is a seheaie on foot to or-
ganize the Indian Territory into counties and throw the laws of
Oklahoma around it, such a step should be taken, as a preliminary
measure if statehood is secured this session of congress and as the
best method of government of the territory until it is secured.
No state was ever created without a preceding territorial form
of government. Under territorial organization a more representa-
tive method of elections in the various steps of acquiring statenood
can be secured. In the Indian Territory there is at present no po-
litical organizations able to take the initiative of primaries for the
selection of a ticket. The nucleus of such movements in now in
the different political clubs. Organizing the counties under the
present laws of Oklahoma would furnish the machinery under
which all classes could have a voice in the primary formations and
elections of party.
Governor Frantz cannot be charged with any Oklahoma fac-
tionalism or territorial prejudice. He is new in Oklahoma poli-
tics, and could just as well belong to Indian Territory as Oklaho-
ma. In appointing men to county offices he would stick strictly to
home rule, selecting them from the bonafide residents of such
counties—countenancing no carpet-baggers.
There is a large population of Indians that now virtually has
no voice in public affairs, that would be given equal representation
with the white citizens under a county organization and appoint-
ment to office.
Indian Territory, as Oklahoma, desires to send its best and
most representative men to the constitutional codvention, and the
legislature. It desires its portion of all the state officers, includ-
ing the supteme court judges. There is no better way to prepare
the people for exercising their elective franchise with judgement
than the experience of county machinery, Theie are thousands of
citizens of the Indian Territory who have never cast a ballot or
attended a primary. They will be hard to bring out. The leaders
of the people of the different sections do not know each other.
These can become acquainted.
The thing for the Indian Territory to do is to ask for a terri-
torial organization as a preliminary to statohood as the most feas-
able method of a most representative expression of opinion in its
formation. It will solve all perplexing questions of how to begin
to organize as the first step to statehood.
Territorial Notes.
Geo. S. Barger is making the Fallis
Star a good paper where others have
failed.
Wheat in Oklahoma is in better con-
dition for this time of the year than an
during past years,
Receiver Can Take
Standard Pipe Lines.
Indipendence, Kansas,Evening Star:
A Star reporter went to the office of
the Sabine Oil and Marketing company
to 3ee what Col. M. L. Lockwood" one
of the most extensive operators in the
_ . ,, _ . ... i Kansas-Indian Territory fields thought
In digging a well on the Frisco right-, of ^ latest thoat of the Stnrdard.to
of-way, near Fletcher, a good vein of .j ^ down nndrcfuge to tran,po,t oil
coal was struck seventy-five feet below , throu(;h Miss&uri un)ess Attorney Gen.
tne sur ace. j eraj fja(jjey called off the ouster suit,
The Muskogee Democrat has absorb- . which seems to have at last caught the
ed its evening rival, the Times, and j criininal with the goods on him
the field] is simplified and bettered by j Because of. the foolish trust of the
the change. j operators who fiirst came into the field
Ret Millard has taken charge as In- the standare was given full swing as a
dian agent of the Osages at Pawhuska, buyer and transporter of oil and in
and his friends, including the Indians, spite of repeated warnings no effort
are having a hee big jolly dance.
As a punishment for having knocked
out the Oklahoma jury law Ira Ter-
rill is going to appeal his case to Judge
Phillips of the I St. Louis circuit court.
H. T. Ardery will retire from the
school land office and be succeeded bv
was made to induce independent con-
cerns to ceme in, and no incourage-
ment whatever was given them until
the shoe began to pinch. As a conse-
quence the Standard has matters in its
own hands Knowing this, the reporter
asked Mr. Lockwood:
What dojyofu think about the Stand-
Chas. Cunningham, combining the job | ard stopping running <3il through the
of bookkeeper and assistant secretary.
Should we have trouble in China,
Col. F. S. "ovr.ton, of Kingfisher, has
already spoken for a broadsword and a
commission to go over and down the j lal Proce89. of transportation for oil
pigtails.
state of Missouri?"
"Nothing in it. This pipe line is an
inter- state highway for the transpor-
tation of oil. It is the most economi-
flarshall Fossett Steps
Out Like a Man.
United States Marshal W. D. Fos-
sett steps out of office and receives his
successor like a man. He realizes the
inevitable mutations in office, that it is a
game that you win or lose without any
demerits on your part, and when his
time of four years expires in April he
will leave the office as gracefully as he
went into it. Mr. Fossett has made
an ideal marshal. He has had the
highest commendations from the de-
partments in Washington, and no
charges cr criticism have ever been
made against the conduct of the office.
Fossett is a Western man strong in his
friendships, generous to a fault and
loyal to his obligations. He has been
known on the borders of Kansas and
Oklahoma for thirty years, and his old-
est friends are his best—they swear by
him. You can hear a thousand things
about "Bill" Fossett, but you never
have to go round to find out„ where he
is in relation to his duty or his friend-
ships. He has filled the marshal's of-
fice honorably for four years, and hi3
friends are just as proud of him now
that he goes out as when he went in.
No official stain attaches to his name. I
No graft-smell about his clothes, which j
i3 strange these days when a man is , >T ~ ...
hardly considered worth while unless Man CjOeS Wrong,
he is crooked. ! ' hickasa Star "Uncle Tom" Ferguson
j appears to be digging his political
duty I owe to my party for honors con-
ferred on me in the past, but also the
right course to insure an efficient and
successful administration of the affairs
of the office, which will not only re-
dound to the crtdit of Mr. Abernathy,
but will aid and assist materially in fu-
ture Republican victories, which, after
al[, is the real point at issue
"While I am proud of the record of
the office during my four years of in-
cumbency, and fully appreciate the
many kind words from officials of the
department of justice, aid from
friends in Oklahoma and elsewhere, 1
realize that President Roosevelt has a
perfect right to name a man of his own
choosing for the position, and abide the
result with the utmost equanimity, be-
lieving this to be the duty of all true
and loyal Republicans. To otherwise
act would be ingratitude, a failing my
friends have never charged me with.
"When I leave the office, on April 1,
I shall carry with me the knowledge
that I have at all times tried to do my
full duty. If I can also take with me
the continued trust and confidence the
people of Oklahoma have heretofore
honored me with,ti shall be content and
satisfied."
Speaking to a newspaper man a few
days ago, he said :
"I made no extended effort for re-
appointment, but depende 1 largely on
the record of the office during my in-
cumbency. The work of the office was
before the department and the presi-
dent, and as there had come to me only
words of praise from the sources, I
realized that if they wanted me they
would say so. I also knew that if an-
other was to receive the appointment
it would be because the president wish-
ed to name a man of his own selection,
and one whom he believed would be
fully qnalified to render a good account
of the managment of gthe trust im-
posed.
"I fully appreciate the efforts of my
friends in my behalf, and I wish to sin-
cerely thank them for their efforts. I
have nothing but tho best wishes for
my successor, and I have instructed all
the attaches of the office in every coun-
ty in Oklahoma to extend every help
and courtesy^to the new marshal, and
will myself do all in my power to assist
him in mastering the details of the
work, .believing this not only to be a
grave with more rapidity than his old
friends ever thought was possible.
The writer was an admirer of Gov. Fer-
guson and has said many pleasant
things about him, hence we are truly
mortified to see him conducting himself
in the manner that he now is.
The Watonga Republican, since the
retirement of its editor and publisher
from public office, can be called by no
other name, when party interest is con-
sidered, than that of "u disorganizes "
Column after column of abuse is thrown
at the Republican organization of Ok-
lahoma. Little did his many friends
think him capable of waging such a
vicious warfare upon his erstwhile
friends and associates. Indeed, it is
true that out of the same substance
one stomzch will extract nutriment,
another poison; and so the same dia-
appointments in life will chasten and
refine one man's spirit, and ^embitter
another's.
When Hannay fsaid. ;"Sorrow turns
the stars into mourners, and every
wind of heaven into a dirge," he cer-
tainly diagnosed a case of which "Old
Honest Tom.s" is a duplicate-
Miss Maude Oloson, of Lawton, went
to Iloila, Philippine Islands, 11,000
miles, to marry William E. Chapman,
supervisor of schools on the island of
Penay.
John Abernathy, the new marshal,
has !, ,<! a banquet given him at Law-
ton and his own town of Fredricks and
at o-,h he made an address that won
his hearers, not onlv for its good sense
but felicity of speech.
Rev. Albert Negahanquet, a Potto-
watomie, is the only fuel-blooded Indi-
an Catholic priest in the LTnited States.
He is twenty-eight years old and his
name means "Scattered Clouds." He
will be a missionary among his people-
Col. Douglass, of the Muskogee
Phoenix, denies the story that he'll de-
sert his paoer and go with the new ven-
ture at Oklahoma City. The story that
McGuire is connected with it is '.equally
as rediculous ,startei as a piece oi' po-
litical buncomb.
The resignation was accepted by
Governor Frantz of James L. Wilkin,
of Oklahoma City, as a member of the
board of regents for the State Univer-
sity at Norman and Judge Selwyn
Douglass, of Oklahoma, was named to
fill the vacancy.
Glenn Peck, six years old, of Wa-
tonga, is an expert telegraph operator.
Both his parents are in the railroad
service, and it seems that he absorbed
the sound code before he knew his al-
phabet, sending his first message when
he was two-and-a-half years old.
J. W, Simmons, a resident of Davis,
I. T., has invented and patented a ma-
chine that will do away with hod-carri-
ers. The device will hoist a thousand
brick to the highest under construction
in the space of two minutes. One man
is needed to work the magic lever
power-hoisting contrivance.
Jack McCauley colleted money for
the Altus Times and Mangum Sun-
Monitor, stole a horse and buggy of
the Times and then skipped for Texas
He was caught picking [cotton. He
says his father in Iowa is worth $60,
000. He shoule have been left pick-
ing cotton, as the crop must be vary
late.
Judge Irwin's speech on the "glo-
rious life" of the farmer, declaring
that he was there and knows, reminds
us that nevertheless he left tnere, as
did most of the men to whom farm life
is a "dream of unalloyedjpleasure."
We were there too, and did the chores
before daylight, just as an exercise of
pleasure before going to work, and
again at sundown after coming in from
the fields, frequently up to nine, ten
o'clock. And then sometimes the hogs
or cattle broke out of the coral or pas-
ture in the middle of the night and we
had to chase them all over tho country.
Disgrace Killed
John ricCall.
John A. McCall, until recently presi-
dent of the New York Life Insurance
company, died at 5:83 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Laurel house in Lake
wood, N. J., where he had been taken
three weeks ago in the hope that the
change might benefit his health. He
had suffered a breakdown two months
ago. caused by worry. The news of
the death was not given out by the
family until some time after the end.
Oklahoma City's Greedy Wat On
Guthrie Disgusting Other Cities.
To that extent, at least, the producers
and consumers of oil are interested in
it, and it is a public highway. It bears
the same relation to the oil producing
and consuming world as the stream
highways, the railroad, bears to - the
producers and'eostume® of wheat,[corn
and cattle, and by no tftfeanery of sub-
terfuge can these highways 'for the
transportation of the products and ne-
cessities of the people release them-
selves from the responsibilites as com-
mon carriers. This question was judi-
cally settled longsgo"
"Fundamentally, 'the public welfare
is the supreme law," and that is the
basis from which all except corrupt
J udges work and reason. Now if the
Standard Oil company has committed
any crime in violating the laws of the
state of Missouri. Missouri has the
right to protect herself and her people
against the criminal. And if, doing so
it shall interfere with an interstate
highway, so that the public welware
of producers and costumers of oil
(and they are all the public) should be
effected, then the United States gov-
ernment, which, under our constitution
has jurisdiction over interstate and in-
ternational commerce (and oil is both)
will come in and appoint a receiver,
just as the United states court and ap-
point a receiver for one of the steam
highways when they got tangled up so
that they f cannot [serve the public.
And this receiver will run the pipe
lines just as a receiver runs a railroad,
under the direction of the court.
John Hale Is Bauk
Examainer.
Secretary Filson Monday night re-
ceived a telegram from Delegate Mc*
Guire stating that John Hale of Chan-
dler had been appointed national bank
examiner. He will succeed Mr. Filson,
who resigned to become territorial sec-
retary.
There has been considerable competi-
tion for this much-coveted (and respon-
sible position. The entire "Missouri
congressional delegation, headed by
Represena tive Shartell, brother-in-law
of Governor Ferguson, made a stren
uous fight for Mills of the Indian Ter-
ritory.
Mr. Hale is in Washington, and must
remain there for about ten days, re.
ceiving the comptroller's instructions
and studying up treasury department
methods and routine.
The appointment is regarded as a
great victory for M"Guire. The job of
examiner is considered senatorial pat-
ronage. Privilegejof naming Charles
Filson was granted to McGuire, but it
was not thaught he could controle the
appointment again. Many congratu-
latory telegrams were sent McGuire
and Hale from Guthrie.
Oklahoma City is pursuing a poor policy in fighting the Capi-,
tal provision in the statehood bi'l that has passed the House and.
is about to pass the Senate.
There is a sinister motive in the extreme limit to which this
fight has been carried,
At first a factional political question, it has grown until it has
been forced upon the commercial club and that body has declar-
ed an open fight on Guthrie that is full of malign and narrow prej-*
udice
How came this fight to develope to such terrific proportions at
such a late day, when Oklahoma City has had two 'special delega-
tion trains go to Washington to lobby for statehood, and each one
failed, by a vote taken on the train, to agree to fight the capital
provision in the bill?.
How comes the fight to increase with the increased chances of
statehood?,
Is it that Oklahoma City had rather not have statehood than to
have the provision in?. i
We believe that is true of certain politicians and certain railroad
interests, but not the general ditizens and business men.
The Oklahoman may deny that it serves certain interests, and
the commercial club may be brought to force others into the fight
that do not want to enter it, but the fight is a purely political one
and serves certain factions.
We could state what they are and who they are ; but let that go
for the present.
The Oklahoma City Commercial Club, that passed those resolu-
tions, knowing or unknowingly, that they have been worked up by a
sinister and contemptible spirit of political factionalism, that
would rather defeat statehood than lose political control, is mis.
taken in its assertion that it voices the sentiment of other cities of
the territory. We read over three hundred territorial papers
weekly, and few have ever expressed an opinion against the pro-
vision. They realize that pklahoma City is just as selfish in
knocking out the provision as Guthrie is in having it in, and the
prejudice of the territorial towns is sironger against Oklahoma
City than Guthrie, for its spiiit to destroy if it cannot hog things,.
As for Oklahoma City boycotting Guthrie—let us see!
Guthrie merchants are willing to confess that they have been
foolish enough to allow their loyalty to a territorial city as against
an outside one, to buy goods of Oklahoma City wholesale houses.
Guthrie city bought its iron street corner sewer curbing, grating
and sinks of Oklahoma City foundry. Guthrie's rivalry did not
prevent it from giving a street car franchise to an Oklahoma City
corporation.
Guthrie is as loyal as one city can be to all the cities of Okla-
homa, including it« small-hearted, if big-bodied, jealous aival—>•>«.
Oklahoma City.
But if Oklahoma City politicians had rather ruin if theyVannot
rule, then Guthrie merchants had better retaliate, call a meeting-
and pass resolutions never to buy a stitch of Oklahoma City, so
long as the two exist. This would be no more niggardly spirit
than that exhibited by Oklahoma City in trying to defeat the
statehood bill because theie is a provision in it to which the ma-
jority members of both houses have agreed, which was placed
there by Speaker.Cannon, as reported by Oklahoma City's delega-
tion that went to Washington.
c tht r fabrics in co mmon use can be
sold within a radius of 150 miles beyond
the capacity of the mill to make. It
will be a profitable institution from the
start and the company will guaranty
the investment.
In a certain sense the Guthrie mill
will be better than the one being pro-
jected in KansasCity. Messrs. Coyle and
Douglass, who paid a visit to the lat-
ter, found out. While the Guthrie in-
stitution will not have as many spin-
dl es, it will be new throughout, whil
Kansas City purchased an old mill with
some old machinery.
Coyle and Douglass On a
Cotton Mill.
W. H. Coyle and J. E. Douglass, who
spent two weeks in the principal cities
of the South studying cotton manufac;
ture and on their return visited the na-
tional capital and gave a boost for state-
hood by a banquet to the friends of Ok-
lahoma, have their organization almost
completed for building a cotton fabric
factory in Guthrie. The principal
amount of the one hundred thousand
dollars necessary has been raised by
our own capitalists and the people will
have a chance to subscribe whatever
they are willing. It has been ascer-
tained that cotton cloth for tenting
purposes, sacks, rope, mats, twine and
Capitol Bank
Receiver Lost.
The receiver of the defunct Capitol
National bank was defeated today in
the territory supreme court in an at-
tempt to recover on a bond of $10,000
executed for Charles Billingsley, presi-
dent of the bank, by the Fidelity and
Deposit company of Maryland. A re-
port was made to the Maryland com-
pany by R. S. Briggs, assistant'eashier
of the bank, that Billingsley was not a
debtor of the bank. This report was
made a part of the bond contract and
accepted by both parties When the
bank failed the Maryland company
learned that when Briggs made his re-
port the bank held Billingley's note for
$5,000, and his overdraft for $35,693,-
24. Payment of the bond was refused,
whereupon the receiver sued, alleging
that Briggs was without authority to
make the report. The supreme courf
held that after acceptance of the bond
contract the receiver could not deny
Briggs's authority and then sue to re-
cover on the bond.
Guthrie's First Marshall
Dead.
The death is announced from
Hobart of Silas Anderson, age-
56, who was the first citv mar-
shrl of'Guthrie, following the op-
ening on April 22, 1889. He was
a native of Greenbrier county,
West Virginia, and later lived in
Lee county, Iowa, until his com-
ing to Oklahoma. His wife who
was Miss Elizabeth Haney of
Bonaparte, la. with four children
survivs him. He was a peace offi-
cer for twenty-seven years.
Restaurants Are Respon-**
sible For Customers.
A man can obtain damages
from a restaurant proprietor if a
waiter knocks him down with a
salt celier, according to the decis-
ion of the Oklahoma supreme
court in the case of Edwin Good-"
win vs Thomas M. Greenwoods
Greenwood went into Goodwin,s
restaurant at Oklahoma City and
tol d the waiter that he only had a
certain time to eat. When his
order was brought he had an al-
tercation with the waiter as to>
the time it had taken to prepare
his order. As Greenwood left
the restaurant the waiter hit him
with a salt celler, and the district
court held the proprietor respon-
sible, which decision is sustained
by the supreme court.
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