Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1907 Page: 8 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 22 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
SECRETARY TAFT'S GREAT OVATION
BY THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA.
Fully 25,000 people greeted
Secretary William H. Taft at Ok-
lahoma City Saturday.
Rejection of the constitution o!
the new state of Oklahoma was
the theme of Secresary lafts
speech at Convention hall as he
' sounded the keynote of the re-
publican campaign.
For more than an hour the
crowd listened to the secretary of
war as he took the constitution,
article at a time, and offered cri-
ticisms from the republicans'
standpoint.
People gathered on the streets
of the city to get glimpse of the
secretary of war as he was driven
by in an automobile in the
parade.
The Secretary's arrival in the
city was announced by the blare
of a half dozen brass bands and
the "hunk-hunk" of auiomobiles.
From the time of his arrival until
the close of the speaking. Sec-
retajy Taft bote his characteristic
broad smile and the people were
given an opportunity to shake
the hand of the man who "sat on
the lid."
Democrat, republican, socialist
and prohibttionist all joined in
the reception to the nation's sec-
retary.
Immediately following the
speaking Secre'tary Taft was es-
corted to the Threadgill hotel
where he met the state central
committee in private meeting at
the headquarters, l'lans of the
state campaign and other politi-
cal matters were discussed. The
banquet was called off at Mr.
Taft's request.
Secretary Taft remained in Ok-
lahoma City over night and left
on a special train for Joplin, Mo.,
at 8:15 o'clock Sunday morning.
Convention hall was 'crowded
and Crowds stood outside. The
secretary was applauded when he
entered the hall. The hand play-
ed "The Star Spanned li?nner"
and the audience cheered again,
rising to its feet.
The hall was decorated with
flags and bunting. The platform
was occupied by members of the
republican state committee, the
reception committee and the re-
presentatives of the press. 1
Chairman llolcomb of the re-
ception committee called the au-
dience to order at 8:30 o'clock.
He praised Secretary laft, Go-
vernor Frantz, former Governor
Ferguson and President Roose-
velt and referred in complimen-
ary terms to the lite work of Mc
Kinley and Lincoln. He closed
by introducing former Governor
Ferguson, who devoted his time
principally to an advocacy of the
cause of Governor Frantz, ref
ring to him as "a man who fol-
lowed the American-soldierstates-
man, Theodore Roosevelt, to the
storm of war on San Juan Hill
and placed our flag upon the bat-
tlements."
Fransz Forecasts heat.
Governor Frantz said;
"Ladies and gentlemen, fellow
citizens of the state of Oklahoma,
it 'S very hot tonight but it is not
one-half as hot as we are going
to make it for the democrats be-
fore the 17th day of September.
"Oklahoma is especially hon-
ored today in having here so dis-
plause—it was more than ap-
plause—it was a wild' flood of
sounds that hurled against the
rafters and broke like tremendous
waves, on the four sides of the
building.
The handsome man on the plat-
form raised his hands for silence
—but the audience was too royal
and enthusiastic to subside. When
finally the roar had spent itself
the secretary cleared his throat
and launched into his address
with short preliminaries.
His Personal Opinion,
He began by defining the is-
sues of the state election as two-
fold. First the acceptance or re-
jection of the constitution, and,
second, the election of a republi-
can or a democratic state and leg-
islative ticket and United States
senators; explained his attitude
as that of a republican, putting
himself in the plate of a citizen
of Oklahoma, and advising the re-
publicans of Oklahoma in respect
to Jthe wisdom or otherwise of
adopting the constitution.
He disclaims entirely any au-
thority to speak for the President
on the subject of the validity or
invalidity of the constitution, for
the reason that the function
which the President performed
was a judicial one as to whether
the proposed constitution con-
formed to the enabling act and the
constitution of the United States,
It was not the function of the
president to reject the constitu-
tion merely because he did not
approve its wisdom and did not
like its provision from a political
stnadpoint.
His function was wholly judi-
cial almost exactly the same what
it would be if it was submitted to
the supreme court. Whereas the
attitude of the secretary here was
a member of the republican party
discussing the political issues of
the day and pointing out the poli-
tical weakneses and lack of wis-
dom ih the proposed constitution.
The secretary then character-
ized the constitution as a code of
laws and by-laws rather than a
fundamental instrument, and com-
pared it with the simplicity,
scope and beautiful, comprehen-
sive diction of the constitution of
the United States, whice for one-
hundred and thirty years had met
the needs of the nation.
Taking up the various provi-
sions, he commented, first, on the
initiative and referendum clause,
which he said, went further in
thi^ regard than any referendum
provision tried or adopted in any
state ot the union; that he ap-
proved of referendum principle of
local option laws and for the de-
termination of the conferring of
franchises and the granting pre-
vileges to quasi-public corpora-
tions but thought to induce such
an entirely novel system and radi-
cal change, which would work
only with a people alert and used
to the exercise of political privi-
leges, into a new state, one half
of which had been Indian territory
in which the exercise of political
privileges had been little, was a
very doubtful experiment.
Second, he approved a great
many of the provisions with re-
ference to the restriction of cor-
porate franchises and the con-
prevent the union o! railroad* in
one line, a union and consolida-
tion that had done so much to fa-
cilitate railroad transportation
the country over. He approved
those restrictions upon tbe con-
solidation of competing lines, but
he pointed out that a prohibition
of consolidation of non-compet-
ing lines would much interfere
with the facility of transportation
jn the state. He also pointed out
that the restriction upon the
union ot private corporations and
the massing of plants for the pur-
pose of producing economy in
production would be an obstacle
to the growth of the state because
combination of capital was just
as necessary as combination of
labor, and that the best way to
reach the evils of combination of
capital was by anti-trust laws and
prosecutions for that purpose and
not by preventing that which was
a necessary part in the world in
continuing the economies, to-wit.
the combination of capital. He
called attention to other sestric-
tions upon railroads, which he
thought would be mabe to work
rather in the interest of railroad
constructors than in he itnterest
of municipalities 111 whose favor
the restrictions had been pro-
posed.
He commented at length on
the necessity for maintaining the
power of the courts, and condem-
ned the requirement that jury
trial should intervene between an
order of injunction and punish-
ment for its violation. He said
that this would pratically result
in juries passing [on the merit
of the order and would utterly
deprive the state court of a power
which would always reside in the
federal courts. This would re-
sult in giving to non-residents an
an advantage in matters of ligita-
tion that the residents of the state
could not enjoy.
He said that the writ of injunc-
tion was one of the most benefi-
cial writs that a court should
have, and that it was just a use-
ful in defense of the poor as in
defense of the rich, and with any
weakening of it as an instrrment
for remedying wrongs wJuld op-
erate in favor of the rich male-
factor and wrongdoer. He com-
mented at length on the hyproc-
Isy ot the framers of the co;tstitu-
tion in purporting to make an in-
strument by which the will of the
people should be ascertained pure
and undefiled and then by the
merest political trickery and chi-
canery adopt a plan by which
there could be a majority ot 30,-
000 for the republican ticket in
the state and yet there could be
a democratic legislature and two
democratic senators to represent
a republican majority, but this it-
self shows what a mockery an at-
tempt by initiative and referen-
dum to ascertain the true will of
the people was and how empty
their declaration "Let the people
rule."
(WWR
that that would have a very de-
cided influence upon many peo-
ple to make them accept the con-
stitution, however vicious and
however defective, with the hope
of amending it in the future. This
brought him to the jsecond issue
which was whether the republi-
can or democra'k state and legis-
lative ticket should be elected
and upon that issue the argument
that he advanced against the con-
stitution were doubly strong in
favor of the election of a repub-
lican state and legislative ticket,
and if the defects were to be eli-
minated, only republican legisla-
tion could be depended upon to
re-introduce as law those things
which they really favored but
which they had stricken out of
the constitution lest they might
lead to the rejection of the con-
stitution by the president.
The secretary then took up all
the national issues, the traiff and
the disastrous effect of a revision
of it, the policy with respect to
our dependencies in the Philip-
pines, the question whether we
should have government owner-
ship or railway regulation, the
treatment by the present adminis-
tration of trusts, the foreign po-
licy and the navy, and urged that
the new state of Oklahoma, if it
was to be a state, should range
itself under the progressive prin-
ciples of Thedore Roosevelt who
did things, than in ths ranks of a
party of inefficiency and nega-
tion I'ljc the democracy which
had the'support only the states
of the solid south united by the
ghost of a past issue in the un-
founded fear of so-called "negro
domination.''
ID THE mU0E OF TIE
HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR DOLLAR?
The legitimate expenses of conducting the first Republi-
can State Campaign are necessarily very heavy. They must
be borne by the friends of the Republican party in Oklahoma.
We are not soliciting funds from corporations, trusts or simi-
lar organizations. We are asking the rank and file of the
Republican party in Oklahoma and Indian Territory to con-
tribute to our urgent needs. We must all do our part.
HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR DOLLAR?
If you have, you have received a souvenir receipt testify-
ing to the fact that you have materially assisted us in con-
ducting our campaign for th«/good of the New State—that
you have recognized the ability of the Republican nominees—
that you have endorsed our platform—that you have driven a
wedge for statehood and struck a decisive blow against
threatened Democratic misrule. You have done yourPart.
HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR DOLLAR?
If you have not, we urge you to realize the position of
your Campaign Committee. If every Republican voter in
the New State sends in $1.00 we shall have a splendid fund.
If they do not, we can not carry out half of our plans for suc-
cess, Do not say "My Si.00 will not do any good." Drops
of water make oceans. If every loyal Republican heeds this
request, and sends his'dollar NOW we shall achieve great
success. WE NEED THIS MONEY. One Dollar Now
is Better 1 hail Ten Later. If you have not sent in yours.
You have not done your part.
HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR DOLLAR?
Address all contributions to C. E. Hunter, Chairman, and a
souvenir receipt will be sent to you by return mail.
O.A WELLS, C. E. HUNTER,
Secretary. Chairman, Republican State
Central Committee.
i ji
Early-Day Oklahoma A Bridge at
Divorce Annulled. Pleasant Valley.
Vowing vengance upon her husband's ] At a meeting of the Retailer's asso-
He commented on the
expenses which tbe state
This is not duct of corporations, domestic .
. . . . 1 tinu
tingmshed a guest.
the first time he has honored us j and foreign contained in the cor ;
•with a visit to this territory. The 1 poration clause of the constitu-
the
time he came 111 an official ca-; tion, but they might very much
ty. This time he comes with better be in the statutes, than in
milk of the world. He come? a constitution. There were, how-
.1 member of the president's offi-1 ever, some provisions that were
ciai famuy and we arc proud to j so drastic as [likely to interferel
welcome him, but the next time | with the development of the state j
visits this city we hope it will and to drive foreign capital away ; than tQ amend jt
t be as a member of the presi- j from investment in the state. The ngte de{ects an£
dent's official fatnilv but as the
head of that family. I now have
the very great pleasure and honor
to introduce to you the secretary
of war of the United States, who
will now address you.
A; he rose and bowed to the
throng a pandemonium broke
com The air was rent witli ap
development of the state was de-
pendent 011 foreign capital, and if
that was discouraged the -tate's
progress would certainly be de-
layed.
He commented on the provi-
sion which forbade consolidation
of the non-competing public ser-
vice corporations which would
heavy
would
be subject to in the unnecessary
number of officers and also upon
the severe impairment of the sys-
tem of education by limitations
upon taxation for educational pur-
poses, which in the Indian terri-
tory, it was said by those who
knew, would probably not afford
more than two months' education
in a year. The constitution pro-
vided for separate schools, white
negro, and made no provision
by taxation lor carrying out any
such a system. For these reasons
the secretary said that f he were
a citizen of Oklahoma, he would
certainly vote for the rejection ot
se he- be-
reat deal
institution
) as to elimi-
1 he would be
confident as a citizen that the I
next congress would come to the
aid of the people of Oklahoma by
Socialists Nominate Ticket
The Socialists of Logan county
held a convention on the 24th
and put out the following ticket:
County Attorney, E. Y. Free-
man, Seward; Judge, E. Barnes,
Guthrie; Clerk, Rich. Padgham,
Guthrie; Sheriff, Win. Steward,
Seward; Treasurer, W. D. Baker,
Mendon; Register of Deeds, C. E.
Ritchardson, Guthrie; Supt. Pub.
Inst., J. A. Reed, Seward; Com.
1st Dist., J, N. Anderson, Guth-
rie; Com. 2nd Dist., Theo, Wian-
Cko, Guthre; Com. 3rd Dist., H.
S. McNally, Mulhall.
W. H. Beckstrew was chairman
and J. K. Hoffman, secretary.
Contract For Ballots Let.
The contract foi printing the
two million ballots required for
the election on the constitution
and state ticket September 17,
and for furnishing ",500 stamps,
7,500 ink pads, all certificotes,
blanks, poll books and other sup-
plies needed by the state election
beard was awarded by the board
to the shawnee Herald for $12,
440, W. L. Chapman and W. E.
Verity, of the Herald, executed
a bond for $5,000 as a guarantee
that they would furnish the sup-
plies according to specifications
by September 6. It is presumed
that the work will be done by
the Western Newspaper Union
at Oklahoma City.
When the board met Secretary
Chas. H. Filson as acting gover-
nor, Frantz being in the Indian
Territory, presided as chairman.
Judge Clinton A. Galbraith, of
Ada, the Democratic member,
and Jerome Harrington, ot Wat-
onga, the Republican member,
were both present.
ing of the printing
sister, Mrs. Alameda Nichols, of Alle-
gheny City, Pa., because the latter is
trying to enforce her claim to a por-
tion of a 160 acre farm, near Guthrie,
Mrs. Anna E. Rodgers, of Allegheny
City, has arrived in Guthrie wiih her
son to obtain possession of the land,
which the courts have said she is en-
titled to. Mrs. Rodders is a determin-
ed woman, of handsome appearance, a
comely widow of middle age, and in a
very brief time she leaves the impres-
sion that she means business.
The Rogers family was living in
West Virginia in 1889, when Oklahoma
Territory was opened to settlement.
Desiring to better his financial condi-
tion, Rodgers came to Guthrie and fil-
ed upon a government claim, south-east
of the city. He remained on the land
until early in 1895, when he made final
proof. On January 26th of that year
he obtained a divorce in the district
court here, but still later in the spring
returned to his wife at Allegheny City.
On the plea of looking for employment
he went to West Virginia some time
afterward, and died there in 1898.
Following Rodgers' death, the widow
was informed by Mrs. Alameda Nich-
ols, her husbands sister, of the divorce.
| The widow also learned that Rodgers
had willed half of the farm near Guth-
rie to their son and the other half to
Mrs. Nichols. Mrs. Rodgers immedi-
ately came to Guthrie to iavestigate
and learned that Mrs. Nichols' state-
ments were true. She then began an
action in the district court to have the
divorce annulled. She lost a verdict,
but appealed through her attorneys,
Cotteral & Horner, to the Oklahoma
Supreme court, where the divorce was
annulled. The court held the divorce
void because she had never been legal-
ly served with papers in the case.
On the witness stand Mrs; Rodgers
claimed that she knew nothing of the
divorce prior to Rodgers' death; that
when he returned to Allegheny City he
treated her as his wife and lived with
hor, and that during his absences from
home he continually sent her presents
and money for her support. It is now
claimed that the Guthrie farm has been
sold and Mrs. Rodgers blames her sis-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Nichols, with causing
all trouble regarding the land. She
posses a high temper and has even
threatened to settle matters with a
shot gun if more peaceable means are
not successful. It is believed, however,
she will have but little treuble in get-
ting possession of the land.
ciation a committee composed of Simon
Walters, W A Haines, Chas Howland
and Geo Rouse from Pleasant valley,
appeared and asked that Guthrie do-
nate $200 to aid in the building of a
bridge over the Cimarron river, two
miles north of Pleasant Valley, sixteen
miles from Guthrie, and six miles from
Coyle.
The association endorsed the request
and will appoint a committee to help
these gentlemen raise the $200 in Guth-
rie. The bridge will cost about $3oOO.
Two New Bridges.
Two new steei bridges are to be con-
strtcted immediately within the city
limits over the Cottonwood river, one
on Fifth street and the other in South
Guthrie. This will make five bridges
spanning the stream within the city
limits.
The award-
contract was
the only business considered. 3
The only other bidders on the
printing were the Hobart News-
Republican, 865,000, and the
Daily Leader. Guthrie, $15,7^2.
School Shoes the best for the price
$1.00 to $2.00 Robinsons.
CASTOTIIA.
Bears th ^Tlifl Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature
cf
First Published in the Oklahoma State Roister
August 29, 1907.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested
in the estate of Bartholomew A. Longstreth.
deceased, that on the 24th day of August. 1907.
Lorena Longstreth produced and filed in the
Probate Court of the County of Logan, and Ter-
ritory of Oklahoma, an inutrument in writing
purporting to be the last will and testament of
Bartholomew A. Longstreth, deceased, and also
filed in the said Court her petition praying for
the probate of said will, and that Letters Testa-
mentary with the will annexed issued thereon to
Floy B. Longstreth a proper and competent per-
son.
Pursuant to an order of said Court made on
the 24th day of August, liH)7, notice is hereby
given that Saturday the 21st day of September.
1!^7, at the hour of 9 o'clock, A. M . of said day,
that being a day of the regular September Term,
1907, of said Court, has been appointed as the
time for hearing said petition and proving said
will at Probate Court room in (Guthrie, ..in said
County of Logan, when and where all persons in-
terested may appear and contest the same.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of said Proba'e Court thia
24th day of August, 1907
J. C. Strang.
3t. [Seal.] Probate Judge.
First Published in the Oklahoma State Register
August 29 1907.
CITATION.
ToD W. Walters:
You are hereby notified that on the 2'>th day
of August, 1907, Rebecca Scott, formerly Rebec-
ca Walters, filed in the Probate Court of Logan
County, Oklahoma Territory, an affidavit setting:
forth that you were duly appointed administra-
tor of the estate of Daniel Walters, deceased, on
the 24th day r.f June. l'H)2. by the Probate Court
of said Logan County, and that you have perma-
nently removed from the Territory of Oklahoma,
and Have neglected said estate, and have neg-
lected to perform your duties as administrator.
You are further notified tlint your powers, a*
such administrator, have been suspended until
this matter can be investigated, and you are
hereby cited to appear in said Court on the 23rd
day of September. 1907, at the hour of 2 o'clock
P. M, of said day to then and there show cause
why your letters of administration should net be
revoked, and another administrator appointed in
your place.
Dated Guthrie, O. T-, August 26, l!K)7.
J. C. Strang.
LsbalI Probate Judge.
the constitution, bi
"ieved that it was
er to reject th
✓
a new enabling
institution.
Me said, however
ized there was a str
the territory for s!
act and a new
hat he real?
i',' feeling in
hood and
Liter's Implement Store
Changed Hands—
Having bought the stock of Implements and Vehicles of C. VV. Liter,
of the Public
solicit the patronage
WILL MAKE SOME SPECIAL PRICES ON WAGONS and BUGGIES
A. A. LEER,
DEALER IN
IMPLEMENTS AND
213 EAST OKLAHOMA
VEHICLES
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1907, newspaper, August 29, 1907; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112561/m1/8/: accessed June 3, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.