The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1901 Page: 1 of 10
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The Chandler News.
FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN LINCOLN COUNTY. H. B. GILSTRAP, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
ELEVENTH YEAR
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER 31, 1901.
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Single Statehood Sentiment Seems to be Spreading in the Two Territories
The Fight on Jenkins.
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/Considerable has been said
recently in territorial papers in
regard to the charges that are said
to have been filed with the secretary
of the interior against Governor Jen-
kins. While the interior depart-
ment has not given out any informa-
tion in regard to the character of
these charges, it is understood that
they relate to the letting of the
contract for the care of the terri-
torial insane. Soon after Mr. Jen-
kins became governor the old con-
tract expired and, as only one bid
was made, he awarded the contract
at the old price of $200 per year for
each patient to a company that had
been formed and which had pur-
chased the buildings in which the
insane are kept at Norman. The
point on which the fight seems to be
made is the charge that the governor
took stock in this company to which
he had awarded the contract to the amount of
$10,(100. • Another theory of the matter is that
the stock was placed in the hands of the governor
to be turned over to some of his friends who
wanted to purchase it. In either case the charges,
if proven, would not appear very credifable to
the governor, but, we are glad to note, there
seems to be a lack of evidence at this time that
would go to show that Governor" Jenkins has
been guilty of either seeking to profit himself or
of helping his friends to profit at the 'expense of
territory. So far the record of Mr. Jenkins as
governor has been very clean, and we do not
believe that an investigation will show anything
unfavorable to him. Until something more than
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THE FEUQUAY BUSINESS BUILDING.
Corner Manvel Avenue and Ninth Street. One of the Best of the
Many Buildings Erected in Chandler This Year.
A Common Complaint.
A FARMER came to The News office last week
and asked that we register a kick for him.
We do not make a practice of doing a short order
business in regard to other people's grievances,
but this particular man had a kick "coming,"
without a doubt. The subject will be easy to
guess. Yes, it was about the condition of the
roads. He has several bales of cotton to market
but does not see how he can get them to Chandler
if he must pull through half a mile or more of deep
sand. He would prefer to bring his cotton here
if the roads were so that he could pull an ordinary
load with a good heavy team. He would not be
satisfied by the thought of the thirteen new steel
a mere rumor materializes it is only just to assume bridges that the county is to pay for, because he
that these charges are of (he character that are j insisted that bridges would be of little value if the
brought against nearly every official by some of roads were in such condition that one couldn't get
those who are unfriendly to him through dis- to them. He even intimated that the business appreciated by intelligent people, and it is the
appointment or for other reasons. men of Chandler ought to see to it that the roads more intelligent class that we would attract.
Interested in Oklahoma.
A GREAT many inquiries are be-
ing made about Oklahoma just
now and a great variety of informa-
tion is being sought for. Much as
Oklahoma has been advertised and
talked about by reason of the "open-
ings" and various other happenings,
people who have never been in the
territory can only appreciate dimly
the opportunities it offers to home-
seekers and to business men. People
in the states are interested, though,
and there is not.a paper in Oklahoma
that does not receive many requests
for iaformation about the territory.
The postmasters, too, are besieged
with questions. It is probable that
the forthcoming report of the gov-
ernor to the secretary ot the interior
will tell a story even more interesting
than those in the several excellent
reports of Governor Barnes in regard
to the development of the country
and the growth of towns and the other achieve-
ments of our people. Statistics are much sought
after, but it is difficult to give accurate information
along many lines, because of our having no board
of agriculture or other means of obtaining the
facts. The governor's report, however, is the
standard text-book on Oklahoma affairs, and its
appearance will be looked forward to with unusual
eagerness because so m^ny realize that the past
year has been one of unusual importance to the
territory. Our Indian territory neighbors, realiz-
ing that they are likely soon to be united with
Oklahoma, are taking a greater interest in our
affairs than ever before, and is not at all strange
that they find union with Oklahoma less and less
objectionable as they become better acquainted
with the true conditions in Oklahoma. In fact,
Oklahoma needs only to be known in order to be
Endorsements, Etc.
I "HE endorsement business is overdone some-
* times, and sometimes it is done under
peculiar circumstances, which, of their own
nature, practicaUy annul.the eneorsement, For
example, nearly every judge in Oklahoma and
the Indian territory has been numerously endorsed
for reappointment by the attorneys practicing in
his court. This might, at first, seem a very high
tribute to the fairaess and ability of the judge,
but the appointive power, to whom such endorse-
within a mile of Chandler are kept in good condi-
tion. It would be hard to tell the direction from
which this man came, for his troubles are those of
many others who reside on different sides of
Chandler. We do not see what we can do to help
in this matter except to point out the existing con-
ditions and their disadvantages to both business
men and farmers." The county county commis-.
sioners have arranged for the expenditure of
nearly all the road and bridge fund in bridges, but
there is a balance in the 1899 road subscription
fund if it could be collected. According to the
published statement of the committee there are
ments must'go, will not be very likely to overlook nearly two thousand dollars of these subscriptions
the' fact that, as a bright Oklahoma lawyer once
said, an attorney cannot well afford to refuse an
endorsement of the judge before whom he must
try many important cases. We are not question-
ing but that most of these officials are worthy of
re-appointment, but the best testimonial might be
a review of their several records from a disinter-
ested source.-
that have never been collected. This amount
would accomplish much good if properly expended
on roads in this vicinity. It is unfair to those who
paid their notes to let the others escape their share
of the expense. We do not care much how it is
is brought about, but there is a pressing need
of some substantial road improvement in the
immediate vicinity of the city of Chandler.
He's Not Dead Yet.
IF IT is true that the democratic papers really
believe that Dennis Flynn is politically dead,
as they profess, then they surely are all believers
in ghosts, for the "Little Irishman" looms up be-
fore them in such a way as to cause the same un-
rest as though he were in the prime of his political
strength, instead of being dead, as they claim. It
is too bad for them to keep on devoting so much
space to a dead man, too, especially when they
assert their preference for live issues. It is more
than probable, however, that in referring to Flynn
as a deceased politician, their wish is father to the
thought. Flynn has been left for dead by his
enemies a good many times, but he wouldn't stay
dead. Today he is one of the livest men in Okla-
homa, and it will take something better than a
one-horse lawyer or a Cleveland appointee to bea
him, next year or any other year, and the fellow
who tries it will wish he had kept his coin.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1901, newspaper, October 31, 1901; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117468/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.