Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register.
SEVENTEENTH YEAR NO. 13
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2:'-, 190s.
♦ 1.00 PER YEAE
The Merry Widow Hat Is Making Merry War—The Nickleodium Fiend Hates it and Now the Preacher and Baseball Fc/^Want it to the Mat.
STATE CAPITAL CAUGHT Id HUMILIATING
POSITION BY STATE PRINTING
NTATK ti.
A. R. REUNION
TO UK I.RE \T H K HI .
Putting In a bid before the state printing board at less than the price
.the work can be done for, in order to defeat all other bidders, the State
Capital's contract was thrown out Tuesday morning by Governor Haskell
on a discovery of an outrageous fraud. All other bidders were held up for
weeks in the attempt of the State Capital's fight to get this printing that
every evperienced printed knew could not be done honestly To protect it-
self the board demanded a safe bond, and the first bond offered was found
to be no good, and a legal security was demanded. Tuesday morning a suf-
ficient bond was given and the contract was offered, and the board in the
governor's office, proceeded to award the contract, when the governor found
that the contract had been altered so as to read to furnish just one-lialf of
the original work.
Five weeks ago the printing board advertised for bids. Six schedules
were prepared, embracing all state work and county records. About fifteen
bids were received on the different schedules. Schedule No. 2, among other
things, called for the furnishing of Crane's linen paper, bond and ledger. No.
25. On this the Capital bid $9.04 for each 100ft sheets. Crane's paper is a
patented paper and cannot be bought for less than $36 per 1000 sheets, less
20 per cent discount and plus the freight. The printed words "one thou-
sand sheets" was erased and "per ream" written in in ink. Governor Has-
kell called Greer's attention to this and made him acknowledge that it was
Ms handwriting and that he had himself changed the bid from the one
originally made. The governor's examination of Greer took place in the
presence of several persons and was taken in shorthand. The governor has
- tained the fraudulent contract as property of the state
The following interesting correspondence is made public:
A I'ointed Letter.
Guthrie. April 21 1908.
State Capital Company, Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Gentlemen: The state printing hoard has before it your proposed con-
tract which you submit to the board to be signed covering the printing and
Material provided for in schedule two for this year's state work, which you
■ aid contained an exact copy of your original bid. In examining the same
arefully before approval, we find to our surprise that you haw made a
hange in one of the inside sheets of the schedule, as follows: In yuqr
original bid, which we have in our possession, this item reads 'I bond pa-
yers; Crane & Co.'s standard first quality glazed; 17\28, No. 25, per 1000
-heets." Opposite this item your original bid pt'ii the figures "!M)4'." In
preparing your form of contract you borrowed from the state printer the
i.'uplicate of your original bid and we now find that you scratched out the
igures and words "1000 sheets" and interlined in place thereof the words
per ream." Had we signed this contract as you changed ii. the state would
be get^ng only 500 sheets of this grade of paper for instead of lftOO
.-heets for the same money.
This mutilation of your contract and attempt to get double the amount
i money outof the state treasury that your bid entitled youto. was made b'
ou without an, know'.udf,. oi. the part of the slat.- printing board and was
iserted on an inside sheet in tha proposed contract without your calling
ur attention to it. It is fortunate, indeed, for the state that we carefully
examined your proposed contract and did not blindly take your word for it
that you had attached a true copy of your bid to the formal contract. The
i-tate printing board is now in session and we ask you to immediately come
t*fore the board and explain why you thus sought by erasure and inter-
im iat ion to double the price you bid 'for this important and large amount
f state worjt
We trust you will realize that the taxpayers' money, when it finds its
way into the state treasury, is a sacred fund and that no contrac tor, printer
r otherwise, is warranted in trying to rob the taxpayers by erasing, inter-
Hning or otherwise changing and doubling up the bills that he desires to
make against the state. The state printing board stands as the representa-
tive of the state in incurring these bills, and will not tolerate any attempt
to graft the state treasury. We await your immediate explanation.
Yours very truly. M. E. TRAPP,
Chairman State Printing Board.
Guthrie. Okla., April 21, 190$.
The State Capital Company. Guthrie. Oklahoma.
Gentlemen: In response to our letter sent you this morning demanding
;ji explanation as to the erasure of certain parts of your bid for state print-
ug and the substitution of other prices, doubling the cost to the state, in
/our formal contract presented to the board. Your admission that this
hange was made without calling the attention of our board to the changes,
,-.i without the consent of said board, being unsatisfactory to the board, and
•ipon your failure to consent to go forward with the execution of the pro-
posed contract in accordance with your bid, the board rejected your bid and
;J1 other bids and directed the state printer to advertise anew for bids for
rhe said printing work and material, due notice of which will be given and
r.ew bids received for all said proposed work and material
Yours very truly. M. E. TRAPP,
Chairman State Printing Board.
(iutlirie to Royally Entertain Ten
Thousand Veteran Hosts of
the Joint Posts.
Solicitors have been busy for sev-
lerai days getting subscriptions for
the G. A. R reunion of til entire
state, which is to take place in this
city May loth to 22d Everybody is
giving liberally and the preparations,
r entertainment are oil a lar^
ale. The city council has stepped
and donated the electric tigMs for
ornamental purposes on the streets
ItKSTRICTIONS OH.
M cG li i it Kill liiiombly Reported in
I onirresw.
The house committee on Indian af-
fairs has reported faiorubiy tile Mc-
Quire bill to remove restrictions from
the following lands in t.ie ti\civi-
lised tribes of Oklahoma:
AI1 land of intermarried whites, in-
cluding homesteads: all lands of the
freedmen, except homesteads; all land
of adult allottees who have been non-
residents of the reservation for the
paat three years; all lauds, except
homesteads, of mixed bloods having
white blood.
TULSA MADE
YORK ANO OINED AT THE HOTEL ASTQR
This will he the first union of th- j half oi more of
Indian Territory and Oklahoi. .-. ^ MINISTERS' \ 1,1.1 VNt 1 >1 hi*,
both sides are jubilant at the pro!-- ,
pect.
OKLAHOMA* OKI'S
FOR MEXICAN LARD GUAM
Traveling over almost half of th-
world in an endeavor to seelir- -
settlement of a suit against Mexican
land owners for possessii n of sev-
eral thousand a.-res of land in th-
Guif of Lower California, purchased
for $40,000. and no v worth millions,
F. E. Bates, owner of a tent and
awning factory iu OklaiK.tiia City,
lias returned from London, where h-
was given judgment in the sum o\
$250,000.
When Bates purchased the land
several years ago and established a
colony, he was not given any deeds,
but had a concession from the Mexi-
can government. !!•> brought suit for
damages in ti; sum of $40,000. While
suit
er.ditu
lan.
'IKLAHOM A\S TO HE BRYAN
GUESTS ON LINCOLN FARM
shawnee Herald.
to do with his enthusiastic and nu-
merous guests is not knewn, but it
is hinted that there will be bread
breaking as well as the address the
William Jennings Bryan wants to | Oklahonians will insist upon hearing
•x press to Oklahonians a measure of tvoni Mr. Bryan About four hours
his appreciation for the Oklahoman j wni |>e allotted to the Lincoln stop,
way of accepting Bryanism and put- j A movement is on foot at Guthrie
ting its effect. He wants to entertain'to select a handsome and costly
is many Oklahonians as possible ill't badge to be worn by every Oklalio-
liis own way and at his own farm j nian making the trip The idea is to
near Lincoln. j have something that will not only at-
A few days ago at Des Moines, la., tract attention, but which will ti' in
Mr. Bryan insisted to Governor lias- demand as souvenirs
.sell, State Treasurer Menefee. ( apt j National Committeeman Tate Brady
Jim" Brooks of Guthrie and others, ■ h s endorsed the Idea of taking along
that Oklahoma's big delegation to the | the largest band to be seen at Den-
Denver convention should be detoured | ver. This plan includes combining
y way of Lincoln. "I want to enter- two or three of the largest and best
tain iny friends from the youngest
state," declared Mr. Bryan, "and 1
vant to have them as my guests aod
teh guests of my city. I ask you Ok-
lahonians to insist that the special
trains I understand will convey your
state delegation to Denver, be de-
toured by Lincoln."
The promise was given and the
mmlttee in charge of arrangements
for the Denver trains has promised
governor Haskell that Mr. Bryan's
will be gratified.
According to present plans the big
klahoma delegation will arrive in
Mncoln in the afternoon of the second
lay out of Oklahoma. The party will
be taken to the Bryan farm, about
three miles from the heart of Lin-
coln. Just what Mr. Bryan intends
bands In Oklahoma, uniforming them
attractively and pushing them at the
head of every demonstration held en-
route. It is likely that the "boosters"
will spend two hours in Kansas City,
and if this is done there will likely be
a street parade. For the Lincoln vis-
it the band would be especially popu-
lar.
A committee has been selected to
name the official railroad to be used
for the trip. Competition is quite
strong between the Rock Island. San-
ta Fe and Katy. At a meeting of dele-
gates to the Denver convention held
a few days ago, t ehpassenger men
were given hearings, but the commit-
tee was selected to whip details Into
line and select the official route. A
contract for service will be executed.
M.'xii
yndic;
the under-
that
New
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nig
York cit;
ortv-sevei
jive t.'stiii
uned bei
defendam
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sp
this
sold b
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standir
assumed.
Efforts to t
C*U1., and Nt
York
ready t
was pc
v for t
rom gout
Several continuan
considerable money
ing depositions. Expenst
in valuation figured in th
recently in fiondon. and
was giv'en judgment in
$250,000.
The defendants ha t no witnesses to
produce at the trial. Mr. Bates has
returned from Europe to take charge
of his business interests after devot-
ing many years of his life to what
seemed endless litigation.
It is said that the land purchased
by Mr. Bates for $40,000 is now worth
in excess of twelve miilior dollars.
>nt in tak-
, increase
suit tried
Mr. Bates
le sum of
Enid Itetecthe Vgency Wants Fees
for "Bootlegging" Evidence.
The ministerial alliance, composed
of five ministers of Enid, has been
-u.*d by the Oklahoma Detective agen-
i y of Oklahoma City for $252, alleged
to 6e -due for services rendered under
a contract to secure evidence to con-
vict "bootleggers" iu Enid recently.
RESTRICTIONS ON MIL-
LION'S OF ACRES OFF
N ti nal House Passes Kill tdding
Much Wealth t« State.
As a result of the persistent work
of the. entire Oklahoma delegation,
the house lias passed a bill removing
restrictions from land owners of the
five civilized tribes, without a dis-
senting vote. This will place 9,000,-
000 acres of land ou the market and
adds inestimably to the taxable
wi-alth. Members of congress from
Oklahoma aiv much elated over the
outcome of their f.glit.
Tl:< passage of the bill scores the
most record during the present ses-
sion of congress. The bill was agreed
i: niisly for passage by the house In-
dian affairs committee. Sev ral
1 speecln s were made favoring the bill,
out not one against It.
I by the legislation are those having
i* ss than one-half Indian blood, al-
-o intermarried white persons and
freedmen who have, by previous acts
of congress, been provided with allot-
With a brass build, a delegation of
citizens from Tulsa is in New York
city. They went from Washington
on a special train. The party travels
in style. On oae of the special cars
the Tulsa literary men publish a daily
newspaper ou the road. The trip will
cost $27,000 for sixteen days, and
Tulsa is proud of it. A mere nothing,
the ictizens say. The party of 11;!
are worth $10,000,000 among them.
Not satisfied with the private train,
the Tulsa party went to the Hotel
Astor on reaching the city.
The party was surprised not to find
the mayor or his deputy, or a mem-
ber of the Chamber of Commerce
waiting for it on arrival. Nobody
seemed to be there in the iterests of
New York to tell how well that city
was doing and to encourage com-
merce between the two places. No
one even passed out any little circu-
lars to tell that New Y'ork invited
settlers, and offered the inducements
of an ideal city government—borough
presidents, board of aldermen, fuayor
and nil. There wore some representa-
tive of the police department around.
but they seemed just to be there any-
way. Al least they were able to tell
the bandmaster the way to the hotel.
When all had signed at the desk of
the Astor, writing Tulsa extra largo
and plain and dittoing all the way
down; wheu all had assured the man-
agement that the brass band would
not play on the premises, they found
that there was a surprise for them.
Who was there? Why Governor
Hughes, wlioui they had all h«ird
about. Some of the band players
must have piped up a little bit, be-
cause the governor, then at the ho-
tel, got word that the Tulsa party
was on hand. Ha se«* word that as
the representative of the Empiro
state he would be pleased to meet
the visitors.
The visitors were just fresh from
shaking hands with the President in
Washington and they didn't cars if
they did meet the governor of New
York, woh semed to be a hustler and
a man after their own hearts. There
was a very pleasant quarter of an
hour in which the governor and his
new friends shook hands.
su n: UKINGS UTION AGAINST NEWSPAPERS AND FIRMS
TO BAR "HOOZE ADS" FROM l'I'BLK VIEW
The following lie
sas City Journal,
Democrat. Dallas
.spapers, tile Kan-
St. Louis Globe-
Morning News,
Guthrie State Capital, Fort Worth
! Record and the St. Louis Republic,
| together with the Dallas brewery,
i Palace Drug Company. L. C'adduck &
{Company, Sonnethal, Holbrook &
i Company. George F.ysell, the A. M.
j Jones distillery, tin- Hagner Distilling
I Co.. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co..
1 .lobn Mud Brewing Co., II. C Y
,S lUT'sch, Meyers A Co.. the Glasner
& Bra/.cn Distilling and Importing
Co., the II. Brandt Co.. John Doe and
and the placing of the publications
containing such advertisements from
tlie public view in this state of tlio
sale of intoxicating liquors, includ-
ing wine, ale, beer, whi&key of any
of the above firms or corporations or-
ganized in tliis state, or foreign com-
panies transacting business in this
state, and for the costs of th suit and
for further relief as the equity of
t'of i as" may warrant^
CAMERON INSTRUCTS
< Ol'NTY sri'lUINTI MUM-
Dear County Superintendent:
We wish to call your attention tj
the following things:
1. The school district lev;, cannot
ordinarily exceed 5 mills on the dol-
lar for school district purposes for
support of common schools. The con-
stitution also provides, "That the
aforesaid annual rate for school pur-
poses may be increased by any school
district by an amount not to exceed
10 mills on the dollar valuation oc
condition that a majority of the voters
thereof, voting at an election, vote
for said increase, i would advise you
to urge every district to vote more
than a 5 mill levy, as I am sure that
this will not be sufficient Byt tak-
ing advantage of this special pro-
mi
nade
vision the levy
mills.
2. A recent law provides that all
first grade county < ertiilcates must
be endorsed by all county superin-
tendents and shall be valid every-
where in the state. Second grade
county • certificates are valid only In
the county in which they are issued
and its adjoining counties Third
grade certificates are valid only in
the county In which they are issued,
and cannot be endorsed In any other
county.
3. No county certificate can be re-
newed without examination
4. Please report at once the num-
ber of cities of the first class in your
county and give the names of the su-
perintendents
5. Give a list of your incorporated
tow ns and names of school principals.
6. Give a list of federal schools
and principals In your county
8. Urge your senators and repre-
sentatives to pass a bill authorizing a
county levy of 2 mills for the sup-
port of the common schools.
l>. Send in all common school ex-
amination papers as soon as possible.
Sincerely yours,
STATE SUPERINTENDENT.
CONSTABLES OF REW si ATE
(IIT.il IMPROVE CON DITIONS
! "The law- of the territory of Okla-
horr.u discriminated against the con-
-tables of the territory. They were
paid less than in other and neighbor-
ing states for like services, and less
; than other officers with co-ordinate
! powers and concurrent authority for
j the same services.
"Such a law is unjust and unfair.
'-md we demand its repeal. The la-
l borer is w orthy of his hire. Equity is
I equality. There should be no differ-
jence in compensation for services
I fearlessly, impartially and faithfully
j performed, whether these services are
! rendered by the sheriff of the county
or the constable of the township."
Such is the preamble of a memorial
to the legislature adopted by the Con-
stables Association of the state of
Oklahoma at a recent meeting, and
such is to be the basis of discussion
at another meeting of the association,
to be held in Oklahoma City May IStb.
The association was organized in
Shawnee March 14th and its first reg-
ular meeting was held at Pauls Val-
ley March 28th. At this meeting a
constitution was adopted and the
members set about a campaign of de-
mand for the enactment of laws that
will grant them the rights to which
"_liey are entitled.
The man who has put life into the
new organization and who expec ts to
take au important hand in directing
its operations is C. M. Arthur, of
Shawnee, Its president, lie is a man
of executive ability und with years of
experience both as an officer and a
soldier. Arthur was a member of the
Seventh United States Cavalry during
the war with Spain, He enlisted in
Oklahoma, his home since the open-
ing of the territory to settlement in
1889.
Rochard Roe. doing business at the
Owl drug store; John Doe ami Rich-
art Roe, donig business at tlie Hotel
lone news stand and other newsdeal-
ers and newsboys too numerous to
mention are defendants iu a suit tiled
in the distinct court here by Attorney
General West in behalf of the state,
alleging that on the 19th of April,
190N, the newspapers mentioned so-
POW DERLY, COMMISSIONER
OF LAIIOK, IN SHAWNEE.
Shawnee Herald.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at
the chamber of commerce the secre-
taries of commercial organizations of
Oklahoma will convene for a business
session.
At the Eagles' hall, zeginning at 9
o'clock, the Oklahoma Immigration
and Industrial Association will meet.
With an eloquent address by Hon.
T V. Powderly, commissioner of im-
migration. representing tlio United
States department of commerco and
labor, the 7 o'elock dinner served by
licited the sale of intoxicating liquors
in this state by Inserting the adver-
tisements of the whisky distillery and
other wholesale liquor houses, above
mentioned and the news stands and
newsboys did solicit and sell said pa-
pers containing the advertising. The
plaintiff alleges that besides the de-
fendants violating the prohibition
clause in the constitution the practice
should be abated. The plaintiff prays
that the defendants be enjoined from
: dvertising, soliciting, distributing
ladies to the delegates to the Okla-
homa commercial congress and indus-
trial association, the first day of a
notable gathering was brought to a
close at the Eagle hall late last night.
Despite the almost constant down-
pour of rain which caused trains to
be delayed and prevented many dele-
gates from attending, the dinner was
distinguished by the presence of two
score or more secretaries and mem-
bers of commercial organizations
from all over the state, a dozen immi-
gration agents representing the rail-
roads and a hundred boosters, repre-
sentative of Shawnee's citizenship.
Ill: EXEMPTS NATIONAL HVNKS.
Acting Comptroller Says Tlicy Need
Not Comply Willi Oklahoma's Law.
Oklahoma national banks are ad-
vised by the comptroller of the treas-
ury not to comply with the new state
guaranty law. This decision was ex-
pressed In a letter received here by
J. W. McNeal. president of the Na-
tional Bank of Commerce, from T. P
Cane, acting comptroller of the treas-
ury. Although national bankers in
Oklahoma for several months have
been trying to get a positive state-
ment from the treasury department
or the department of justice as to
what they might do, this was the
first definite information received
from Washington. The acting comp-
troller said:
"This question is of sufficient mag-
nitude and importance to the banks
of Oklahoma to obtain an official
opinion from the department of jus-
tice, if it can be obtained. This office
has spared no effort and lost no time
endeavoring to obtain such an opin-
io ail opinion to Govern i H us See! I
Attorney General West intimat-- that
l;e is in doubt as to what the state
supreme court or the supreme court
,of the United States would hold in
regard to the appearance of liqubr
advertisements Iu news pap rs in tho
■ate under the prohibition ci:v;-> of
the ocustitutlon. He says he is of
tlie opinion that the court will go no
further than the.v did in the Delmaro
case, iu which it held that a law re-
qtiiring whisky drummers making
sales for interstate shipments of
whiskey to be licensed was constitu-
tional. He states that for that rea-
son he brought only a civil action to
test the matter in the courts.,
The case will be argued before
County Judge Strang for a tempo-
rary restraining order, in the absence
of Judge Huston. If the Injunction
is granted no newspaper can be law-
fully sold in the state, as the news-
dealers are also defendants in the
case.
ion. It is probable that the opinion
will be obtained. And until this office
advises you in regard to the matter,
you would not be justified in expend-
ing any money under the law of Ok-
lahoma. In my opinion national
banks have no right to avail them
selves of tlie terms of the Oklahoma
law relative to insuring deposits, and
until the attorney general or the
courts decide otherw -e, | shall so
hold."
I rilon
^t of
peti-
of rep-
I I IRMERS IN ION KESOtVES,
I The following resolutions were
| adopted by the Logan County Farm-
ers Cnion Tuesday:
The Logan County Farmers
in regular session iu the ci
Guthrie, do hereby respectfully
tton the senate and the hous
resentattves, now in session, that tho
bill known as the bankers bill now
pending, be not passed for the fact
that its principles are not founded up-
on a "live and let live" principle,
neither is It in line with the princi-
ples of equity and justice. We fur-
thermore demand your honorable
bodies that the bill known as tho
/'ampbell-Russell bill, which is now
In the hands of the senate commit-
tee, he enacted Into law, or a simpler
measure In keeping with our consti-
tution.
We further recommend thi> these
resolutions be published in all the
leading newspapers throughout tho
state of Oklahoma.
AIJJERT PLOEGER,
President.
E. A. GRIFFIN.
S. O. DAVIS,
GEORGE COOPER.
Committee.
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