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SEVENTEENTH YEAli NO. 37
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29, litOK
#1.00 P^KYEA R
Bill Murray's Last
Word Why the School
Lands Should Sell
|OKI,;HUM \ KKPlBLlCANiS
COXK1DKNT OF VIl'TOUV.
Chairman Norris Says They art' VII
Aroused.
lands, consisting or sections 16 and
36, and it is my opinion that the in-
demnity lands ought to be sold for the
reason that they aro Blocked in large
numbers of contiguous sections. The
effect of holding ti.em by the state
would be in some cases to prevent
whole townships from having any
land subject to taxation, thereby
Tishomingo, Okla., Nov. 29, 1908.
To Oklahoma Voters:
In dealing with the question of
proper disposition o( t:ie school and
other lands of the state, the same
questions are involved as are involved
!in the settlement of any other great
public question, the greatest among
which is the effect upon public policy.
The amount in dollars and cents has j causing a tax levy upon the personal
but small weight with real statesman- : property of this township which would
ship where a policy which reaps the ! be burdensome. I am inclined to
' greatest amount in dollars and cents 1 think the public building lands ought
violates sound public policy. This is to be sold so as to raise funds with
the question that enters into the pro- | which to construct bailings for the
hibition of the liquor traffic as well as j state."
other public questions. The advo- j phus he recognizes the public pol-
cates of local option argue that j iCy 0f permitting communities to have
licensing saloons gives us a great taxab)e lands, ever, if the indemnity
revenue and saves taxation. The op-
ponents of the saloon and advocates
of prohibition reply that the open sa-
loon, irrespective of the amount of
money or taxes that it might save, is
'oo contrary to public policy and
healthy morals to take into account
)he dollars and cents proposition in-
volved therein, and they proceed to
argue that the efTect of an open sa-
loon on public policy outweighs all
the revenue that high license could
give. On the other hand local op-
tionists reply in rebuttal that the rev-
enue is not only considerable, but
that public policy is not measure-
ably disturbed or injured, and finally
the arguments turn wholly upon pub- i
with the settle- .
lands must be sold to do so.
He further states that the "college
lands ought to be granted to the re-
spective institutions of higher learn-
ing for which they are set apart; that
the questioll of the disposition shall
be left to the duly authorized authori-
ties of these institutions." This sums
up and states the proper settlement
of the public building and indemnity
lands. But since the constitution will
not permit of the idea expressed in
the Ames article on the college lands,
and the question must be submitted |
to the people, certainly it is just as
wise to dispose of them as to autho- j
rize any set or board of regents of
any institution to do so. The entire
ulelj
tht
will
• the
>s of
11c policy. Just so .
aient or the school land question, argument made by .«r. Ames is that
iVhat public policy underlies the set- the common school lands should not
tlement of this question? We may . bo sold.
answer first the opening up of this j I have read recently quite a num-
land for homes lessens the baneful j her of newspaper squibs, articles and
effect of the tenant system upon so- j editorials, all of the same general
and minimizes a system of lienor, bearing the earmarks of Inl-
and destruction of soil on the | reau dope, that the bill submitted to
and other- a vote of the people was^ the school
land lessees' lobby bill, without mak-
clety,
waste
public land by washing
wize, caused by neglect always in-
cident to a tenant system. The state s
tenant will stop planting trees and
will chop down those now growing;
stop terracing and ditching, and let
'hose made be destroyed to save ex-
pense. The state owns in public
lands an aggregate of 3,100,675 acres.
Of this amount sections 16 and 36
frlong to-the common schools; sec-
tions 13 and 33 to the public buildings
fund, and the college lands consist of
the following; Oklahoma University,
250,000 acres; Agricultural & Me-
ing an effort to argue the question.
Now granting this should be true,
whether the bill in its terms is right
or wrong, manifestly this statement
is made, not for the purposes ot ar-
gument. for it is not argument, but to
create a prejudice against the bill
without showing tl'e voter wherein
the bill is wrnog, and I do not be-
lieve for a moment that such state-
ments will have much weight with
the voter. The voter cares little for
the cry against the lessee or any oth-
with the bill.
leal College, 230,000 acres; normal j er person connected
schools, 300.000 acres; University jWhat the voter desires to know is the
Preparatory School, 150,000 acres; t terms, and the efTe<! upon the state,
Colored Agricultural and Normal of the bill itself. In the first place,
100,000 acres. These lands j however, the bill is not the result of
with two i the lessees' lobby. This bill does not
conditions to them which cannot be i give to the lessee all that he desired,
violated by the state. First, the 1
University,
are granted to the state
but it does give, to him justice, and
justice must be given to him under
the grant of the land .to the state un-
der the terms of the enabling act and
Just why such cry
of should be made against the lessee
when many of them are among our
best citizens I do not know, and I
trust that a patriotic and intelligent
citizenship will not cast a vote up-
be used exclusively for I on this bill base'd upon such preju-
for which they were dicial and false statements
see has the right to buy one quarter
■action at'the highest, public bid, and
he has a right to the value of his im-
provements, and this right inures to, the constittuion
him, irrespective of the amount
rents he has paid the state or terri-
tory for the land. The second con-
dition is that these several classes of
lands, and the funds derived there-
from. shall
the purposes
granted to the state, that is to say,
common school lands, to ne used for
common schools; college lands for
the various colleges named; public
building lands for public buildings
only. Now we shall need something
like live or ten million dollars with
which to construct the various public
institutions of the state. Without any
funds with which to construct them,
which is the wiser policy, issue that
amount of bonds, bearing interest,
and borrow the money, retaining the
lands for a higher price, or sell the
lands and realize the money for the
construction of the public buildings,
loaning out the excess, the interest
derived therefrom to be used in keep-
ing such buildings and institutions
in repair? Manifestly, to sell them is
the wisest policy. This disposes of
this class of lands as any individual
citizen would handle such property if
he owned it himself. No onf has de-
nied, not even the worst opponents of
the initiated bill submitted to the
voters on the third day of November,
but that the indemnity lands should
lie sold because they are located In
the richest portion of the state, where
increase in valuation will not be
marked for many years to come as
the other lands, and because they are
in solid bodies where they will need
to be taxed.
I have before me a paper prepared
by C. B. 'Ames, Esq., of Oklahoma
City, submitted to the Constitutional
Convention. In it he uses this lan-
guage:
"In thiB paper I will deal more
particularly with the common school
The lessee is entitled certainly to
justice, and this bill gives him that.
Nothing more; nothing less. In the
next place there are two classes of
lessees. Those who came here with a j
view of making homes for themselves, !
and another class which has taken
large bodies of this land with a view
of speculating upon them. The for-
mer class are entitled to all the con-
sideration that good, sound public pol-
icy and honesty in puplic dealing can
give them. The class who came with
the design of speculating upon public
property should have but little consid-
eration at the hands of the public, and
this bill gives him but little. Indeed,
by strict provisions of criminal law
as found in section 3 of the act, his
effort at graft and speculation is pro-
hibited. At the same t,me 1,10 1<,s"
see with Improvements Is protected In
his every right.
Why should not the lessee desire all
that we have given him, and even
more? He came to uklahoma when it
was but a territory and took up these
school quarters. He noticed his
neighbor settling about him on home-
steads. He observed a little later that
these homesteads were given to his
neighbor and that during the time of
the improvement of these lands his
neighbor escaped taxation and escaped |
all rental, while he was paying rental |
to the state to assist in educating the
children of the state. It is but little
wonder that he feels that he has some
rights by -reason of his improving
these lands, and the cry against the
lessee as an argument against this bill
(Continued on Page 8.)
"The Democratic party, both na-
tionally and in Oklahoma, seems to
be plentifully supplied with campaign ]
funds, while the Republican party,
nationally and in Oklahoma, finds dif-
ficulty in getting barely enough to
keep the wheels turning; but never
have 1 seen Republicans everywhere
so thoroughly aroused and confident
of victory," said Joseph H. Norris,
chairman of the Republican state
committee, recently. "I ndcr the lead-
ership ot Wm. H. Taft, the Republi-
can party is making a clean-handed
light, and is being backed up by the
American people. Now, as at the
time of his nomination. Judge 'I aft is
standing squarely on his plat! rui
that his election will come s
from the people, and not from
corporations. As President, he
be free and independent to serv<
people and carry out the poiicic
the people, for the policies of Judge
Taft are the policies of the people-
not the policies of the corporations.
"In going through Kansas and Ok-
lahoma with United States Senator
Albert J. Beveridge last week, I felt,
as every other Republican felt who
saw the crowds, enthusiastically for
the Republican party and William
II. Taft, that there was no danger of
Democratic success. Some of our
Democratic friends have been talking
about Kansas for Bryan. This is
laughable after a person talks to
Kansas people, in the streets, at their
homes, or at their places of business,
Kansas people are predicting a ma-
jority of from 40,000 to 50,000 for
Taft. The New York Herald's fore-
cast places the estimate at about
65,000.
"Notwithstanding the fact that the
Republican campaign in Oklahoma
has been sorely pressed for campaign
funds, I predict a tremendous surprise
for the Democrats when the votes are
counted, and that surprise will be the
defeat of Mr. Bryan in Oklahoma. The
people of this state are no Ion
willing to be made a political foot-
ball. They had grown weary of the
un-American conditions of terrltm-ia
days, when each wpa a ward, rather
than a full-fledged citizen of the
United States. When they voted for
statehood they had been led to be-
lieve that Oklahoma would enter up-
on a safe, sane and progressive ca-
reer, one that would give no room
for the political demagogue and
mountebank; that outride capital
would be encouraged to seek a home
in the state, and that Oklahoma's pro-
gress and development would be con-
stant and unfaltering under the guid-
ance of capable business men at the
heUd of affairs. Instead, the state
and its people have been kept in con-
stant turmoil and anxiety by the noise
and clamor of professional politicians
who seek to piomote their own selfish
schemes and ambitions at the expense
of every business man, every farmer
and every wage earner in Oklahoma.
They find that classcs are being ar-
rayed against classes, neighbor
against neighbor, church against
church, friend against friend; and
that investors of all kinds have grown
so timid and alarmed that they dare
not move. This kind of thing is not
the result of good business conditions
nor good business management of the
state; it is the result of the pernicious
activity of rule or ruin political ad-
venturers.
"The patriotic peer*' of Oklahoma
rebelling against this ruinous
course. With all its handicaps, they
recall that the Republican adminis-
tration in territorial days caused the
Henry Johnston in Guthrie Saturday.
Hon. Henry S. Johnston, candidate
for congress in the First*district, will
address the Democrats of Guthrie
Saturday at 2 o'clock. The place has
not been given out. but it will probably
be 111 the opera house.
It All \ M KKLATK1) II ALLOTS.
The State Capital cheated its jani-
tor of his pay in order to waste the
money in front page red Ink headlines
misrepresenting the printing of the
statutes, and now it is to lie assessed
uamages by the state printer for fall-
ing to fulfill its contract in printing
the election ballots. .. .ot only did it
f^il to furnish them on time, endan-
gering the election, but county after
county ballots were printed Incor-
rectly and hud to be sent back to be
done over again. And when the bill
,s presented, its friends will have to
take up another street collection to
.nake up what it loses on the job.
laft\s Great Triumph \
of New York, Like a\
Voice of Pros ** rity
GARLAND PKKKLKS
1IIS COKSi TO Oil,
tutlior Is Harvesting Crop While
Wintering in Oklahoma.
Muskogee, Okla.—"I am more con-
erued in getting good men to plant
corn than 1 am in bringing in oil wells
on my farm," is the statement made by
Hamlin Carland, novelist and author,
who is here looking after his invest-
ments. "1 sold my corn for 50 cents
per bushel in the field this year and
that may or may not be as good as an
oil well, but it is gooc enough for me."
Two years ago a plan was started
to establish an authors' colony and
ranch near Muskogee. Hamlin Car-
laud, Irving "Bacheller, Mrs. Emry
Pottle and Juliet Wilbur Tompkins
bought tracts of laud adjacent. Be-
cause they could not get large enough
tracts of land, Bacheller became dis-
couraged and Garland bought his in-
terests. The other authors stjll own
their land and Mr. Carland plans
building a bungalow in which he will
spend some of the winter months. He
says Oklahoma has the finest winter
climate he ever knew.
.Madison Square Garden, New York,
Oct. 2N.—William II. Taft and Charles
E. Hughes were the attractions at a
great Republican mass meeting at
.Madison Square Garden tonight. At
every mention or Governor Hushes
the hall resounded with cheering, and
when he entered the hall the crowd
which filled every available, space in
the auditorium cheered him sixteen
minutes without stopping. Governor
Hughes made a characteristic address-
which was received enthusiastically.
But it remained ror Mr. Taft to in-
spire the greatest demonstration. For
nineteen minutes Madison Square
Garden trembled with the stamping of
feet and the roar of voices. Mr. Taft
trienl to. quel I the outburst, but was
powerless to do so.
When the noise ceased Mr. Taft be-
gan his address. His voice was hoarse,
hut the crowd was satisfied merely to
look at him, and every word he spoke
was cheered.
A Parade of •2.1,000.
One of the features of the night
celebration was a big torchlight pro-
cession in which more than 25,000
marchers were in line. Along the line
of march tons of fireworks were used.
Thirty military bands took part, and
many of the marchers were in uni-
form and carried torches or transpa-
rencies. Mr. Taft and Governor
Hughes reviewed the parade from
their motor cars, which were driven
down the line of march.
Waited Hours Outside.
Hours before the doors of the gar-
den were thrown open long lines of
ticket holders had formed. There is
lio other structure in New York which
can hold such an audience as Madison
Square Garden, but it soon became
apparent to the police that it would
not have space enough for the crowds
gathered outside.
. At 7 o'clock a heavy rain set in and
it was thought the throngs would
dwindle. The streets for blocks were
alive with persons holding up um-
brellas and few deserted. By 8
o'clock the police had to bar all ex-
cept reserved seat holders. Thousands
were turned away. The galleries in
the garden were girdled with Ameri-
can flags, the dome was hidden by a
mammoth American flag, and over the J
main entrance a big Yale b'.uner, with
portraits of Taft and Sherman on it,
and iu the center "Yale '78." Mr.
Taft was graduated ill that year.
A Band o loo Pieces Played.
A band of 100 pieces kept the crowd
from becoming impatient the hour or
more that elapsed before General
Horace 1). Porter, who presided, called
the meeting to order. When Senator
Henry Cabot l.odge appeared on the
platform the music was drowned out
by applause and cheering. Senator
Chanuueey M. Depew and the state
chairman, Timothy 1,. Woodruff, were
greeted with similar demonstrations.
General Porter was iutroiluced at
8:30 o'clock and began by saying that
he had never attended such an en-
thusiastic meeting. Then he attacked
William J. Bryan, saying that he was
suffering from political and financial
delusions. Presently General Porter
prophesied the election of Mr, Taft.
At the mention of the candidate's
name there was prolonged cheering,
and when, a moment later, the speaker
mentioned the name or Governor
Hughes there was an outburst that
lasted more than two minutes. Hun-
dreds of small American flags were
waved,
Senator Lodge Spoke.
General Porter finally made his
voice heard, and Introduced Senator
Lodge. Senator Lodge praised the
administration ol' Governor Hughes,
then turned his attention to the Dem-
ocratic party and Mr. Bryan.
Sixteen Minutes for Hughes.
Senator lxidge received a round of
cheers when he foretold the election
of Tal't. Oscar Straus invited a burst
of applause by alluding to President
Roosevelt as the greatest President
since Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Straus
was interrupted by the appearance of
Governor Hughes. The crowd sprang
up and waved (tags, the band played
a lively air, and for sixteen minutes
there was an uproar. The excitement
increase when Governor Hughes ar-
rived at the platform. Men were
standing on chairs, throwing their
hats into the air and shouting at the
tops of their voices. Governor Hughes
stood smiling before the turbulent au-
dience and General Porter found it
(Continued on Page S.)
11 mi! Kit OK 101 K A.Nl'H SHOW
IIIKS IN KATAL K1HHT.
Uu if port, Miss.—Lon Seeloy, cham-
pion steer thrower of the world, and
a feature attraction In the 101 Ranch
wild west show which is touring this
section, and P. L. Varnrdo, a popular
member of the Gulfport police force,
were killed in an exciting riot which
developed here late tonight as a re-
sult of Varnado's effort to arrest the
steer thrower for being a party to an
alleged attempt of the wild west show
people to hold up a number ot' Gulf-
port people.
The shooting took place while the
show was in progress and occurred
within 150 feet of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad depot, it precipi-
tated a period of intense excitement
and for a time a battle between the
people of Gulfport and the cowboys
and others with the wiM west show
was Imminent. The arrival of the
southbound Louisville Al: Nashville, on
which the show left for New Orleans,
prevented further troublo.
KA1LK0AD AND COTTON
SHIPl'KHS HAVE TKOl'BLE.
liouds 1'iiy no Attention to the Order
of (lie Board.
llefylng on the theory that otton is
an Interstate commodity, the Oklaho-
ma railroads, almost without excep-
tion. are regulating cotton marketing
and rates. The fact ciiat the eventual
destination of the commodity is outside
the state is the loophole for this eva-
sion. Ou this theory, a shipper is ask-
ed by the carrier's agent for the des-
Secretary of State
Wm. Cross Returns from
a Trip to Europe
tination of his cotton. According to
name of Oklahoma to become known j tjie commissj0n's recent order, the
in every hamlet in the land as the
home of prosperity and progress, and
a place where a man with even a few
hundred dollars could come with the
certainty that he could Invest it with
safety iand profit.
"The people of Oklahoma are de-
manding a business, not a political
administration, both at home and in
the nation. That's why they are de-
claring their allegiance to the Repub-
lican party and Wm. H. Taft, and re-
fusing to risk the visionary promises
of Mr. Bryan, supported by Haskell-
isni. They want business, not poli-
tics; progress, not political uproar.
shipper is entitled to ginning privi-
leges at the nearest compress. When
the shipper protests lie is informed
that the cotton, being subject to inter-
state commerce regulation, is without
the jurisdiction of the state commis-
sion and hence their rule is not appli-
cable.
informed of this action by numer-
ous complaints, the commission has
advised shippers to tell transportation
agents that they do not know the des-
tination of their cotton—which Is lit-
erally true—and on this ground secure
the privileges accorded the shipper by
the commission's regulations.
Secretary of State Wm. Cross re-
turned this week from a three months
visit to Europe, where he went as rep-
resentative of Oklahoma to the World's
Educational Congress In London, and
has a delightful story to tell of the
things he saw, which he tells in a de-
rlghtful manner.
Mr. Cross Is an experienced travel-
er in America, having been a "drum-
mer" tor the biggset dry goods houses
in the country for thirty years, but
this was his finjjt trip across the pond,
and his experience in life and the
great contrast in country and social
conditions aroused his imagination
and the love of the beautiful and the
marvelous until, if the crowd and oc-
casion inspires, he tells his story like
an artist-poet.
Sitting in the lobby of the Royal
hotel on the evening of his return to
the city, his friends gathered about
him to shale hands (and everybody
is his friend) and soon the lobby was
filled, and "Bill" forgot himself, and
it looked very much like a lover of
the world delivering a lecture on
"Seeing Europe." Bill is an uncon-
scious rhapsodist, and pictures every-
thing in its own atmosphere and with
Its own flavor. You have to hear him
tell it to appreciate it.
To begin with: "New York is a
baby by the side of London." Glas-
gow, Scotland, is the cleanest city in
Europe and most like an American
city, and next Is Berlin, in a way Ber-
lin is the handsomest, not even ex-
cepting Paris. However, and of course,
Paris is the most interesting in every
way, and .Mr. Cross has a special lec-
ture on its street life. art. theaters
and places of amusement. The Boule-
vards, Parks and—"Maxim's." There
you go to bed in the morning and
wake up and begin to live at 12
o'clock at night.
Then there are the different races
of the different countries. Handsome
women? Le diable est inort! "The
English have the finest complexions,
but the poorest teeth,' Mr. Cross
says. "The handsomest woman in
Europe is the black haired Irish girL
Tzvo Big Republican Rallies
Republicans will hold two big rallies here Saturday. Congressman
McGuire, who has been Guthrie's consistent friend, will speak at 2:30 In
the afternoon.
At night he will speak briefly again. Hon. Spencer Blackburn, the
eloquent Tulsa lawyer, will deliver the principal address. Blackburn
was elected to the 57th and 59th congresses from a Democratic district
in North Carolina, serving with McGuire in the latter congress and vot-
ing for the statehood bill and the $5,000,000 endowment for the Okla-
homa schools.
Both meetings will be in the Crystal Airdome.
with blue eyes, and the cleanest and
most wholesome Is the Holland Dutch
with the wooden shoes. You have no
idea how fresh and pure they are.'
Mr. Cross Is being coached iu his
conversation, but he doesn t know it.
"lint how about the women of Paris,
Bill," says one.
"Oh, of course they are the hand-
somest women in the world. The most
fashionable—stylish—you know. But
of course they are made up. You un-
derstand what 1 mean. They are all
that culture, money and art can make
them."
Then Mr. Cross went into n descrip-
tion of how you ride on the trains;
how and what you eat and drink, and
the marvelous parks and gardens—
and—and—and universal none-prohi-
bition. He thinks its railroads travel
better than ours. Trains run an av-
erage of 75 miles an hour, cheap and
don't jolt your stomach out of place.
Mr. Cross states that his title of
secretary of state did him great ser-
vice in having courtesies extended
him. The people over there don't un-
derstand our system of government,
and most ot them conceived the opin-
ion that he was secretary of state at
Washington. Using only Ills Irish
when Iu France and Germany, his
card did the lest, lie saw the tomb
of Napoleon, and thinks Grant's a
sweet potato hill compared to a
mountain in grandeur, though Grant's
is fine, If you don't see the other."
But Secret;. r> Cross also performed
a good service for Oklahoma. All the
countries were tailed alpii; lietlcally
at the educational congress The near-
est mail from the United States was
from Chicago. I got acquainted with
him and kind of coached him up s«
he would swear to what I said,"
laughed Mr Cross. "Did I make a
speech? 1 didn't intend to. but when
Oklahoma v. as called I arose and re-
sponded in my seat, hut the president
insisted that 1 come on the platform.
There was a little applause rrom the
Americans. 1 'old them 1 was not a
college graduate anil made no preten-
tions to learning, but went on and
told them we had an educational fund
of forty millions, besides the taxes,
and two school houses ins'de of every
six miles square, and that we paid the
highest wages to our teachers, unless
it was Chicago. 11 wanted to boost
my Chicago friend so he would stand
for what I told.l They asked me
where Oklahoma was and to bound
it, and I did. They asked me what we
raised, and there is where I t--d them,
i told them, 'Everything.' We were
the greatest cotton ami potato coun-
try; raised two crops of potatoes.
Raised 121) bushels of oats to the
acre, averaged 80 bushel- of corn. <0
'lO of wheat. 'Now.' I said, 'I see
you people raise a little alfalfa. If
didn't raise any better stand we'd
plow it under and sow it over again.
We raise four crops a year." And
they just looked at me. Then 1 told
them I wished they knew what a
watermelon was. so they could under-
stand its size and sweetness; that we
have a yearly watermelon carnival in
Chicago—my friend's Chicago, you
know—and that Oklahoma sent sev-
eral carloads and weeded all out that
weighed less than 60 pounds. TUey
don't raise sweet potatoes, and 1 told
them we threw away all that weighed
less than six pounds, and raised two
crops. And m> Chicago friend stood
up for me in all."
Since coming home, Mr. Cross
states he has received many letters
from over there, asking about invest-
ments and chances of settlement.
Mr. CrcssMiad himself examined by
the great experts 111 London anil Ber-
lin in regard to his heart and kidneys,
and both pronounced both organs ab-
solutely sound, and simply cautioned
him against too much eating. He pays
a compliment to Dr. Duke, of this
city, by saying that he showed tho
written examination made by him,
anil that they both pronounced it as
absolutely a correct diagnosis. a«d
that no one could have done better.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1908, newspaper, October 29, 1908; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112621/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.