The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1902 Page: 1 of 12
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The Chandler News.
ELEVENTH YEAR.
FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN LINCOLN COUNTY. H. B. GILSTRAP, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
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CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, JANUARY 23, 1902.
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NT' J £R 19.
Chandler Has Some Very Substantial Inducements to Offer to Secure New Lines of kailroad
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Campaign Year.
I ^HE biennial revel known as
*■ campaign year is coming on.
Already old campaigners are begin-
ning their political forecast, making
their deductions with the same accu-
racy and egotism which assures the
"oldest settler" when he prophecies
a hard winter from the habits of
the wild animals. Campaign year is
an expensive season ; it is hard alike
upon men's pocket-books, their cor-
sciences, and their ingenuity. It
leaves many of them bankrupt in all
^thesc respects and it takes the inter-
vening year to make up the losses
in purse and repentance for the moral
backwardness. But for all its draw-
back^" campaign year is welcomed
upon its recurrence. It furnishes a
form' of entertainment which the
American voter would be loath to
lose. As a matter of fact he
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J. F. COLLAR'S STORE BUILDING IN CHANDLER.
One of the largest and most complete repositories of wagons, buggies,
implements, and harness in Oklahoma.
I "HE Globe-Democrat published a cut
^ week of Mrs. Selwyn Douglas, president of 1 for railroad connection with Guthrie, but
Guthrie and the Choctaw.
TT seems to be pretty nearly a set-
* tied fact that Guthrie is to get the
the Choctaw road. It has taken a
.great deal of hard work to raise the
required bonus, but in accomplishing
this a degree of municipal pride has
been aroused that is somewhat un-
usual in Guthrie and means much
for her future. The time was when
Guthrie could have secured railroads
at a much less expense than the
the fight for the Choctaw has involv-
ed, but a short-sighted policy on the
part of some of her prominent men
stood in Jhe way of progress at that
time. This tardy awakening is bet-
ter than none* and if Guthrie from
this time on pursues a sensible course
she will yet make a lively race for
the other towns that are after the
permanent capital. Guthrie should
not stop with winning this fight, but
should make it the beginning point
this | for greaterthings. Chahdler has always wished
his wish
would not know himself as an
American voter without the excitement of
addresses, controversies, schemes, and abuses
which precede election day.' No form of intel- the woman's federation of clubs of the twin terri-. seems not to have been reciprocated by Guthrie,
lectual entertainment appeals as strongly to the tories. Mrs. Douglas, whose home is at Olcla- It remains to be seen whether Guthrie will seek
voter's humor and sense of combativeness as does ! homa City, is in St. Louis attending a meeting of to cultivate friendly relations with the capital of
the opportunity to go after the "opposition." club women from different states.of the Louisiana | Lincoln county by helping Chandler to get the
We may expect some interesting times in Lincoln purchase relative to the general federation's* rep- Santa Fe and the Choctaw and the Ft. Smith &
county next summer. Men will be "exposed" resentation at the'St. £ouis Exposition. The Western, or whether she will be so short-sighted
and "schemes laid bare," and the public will be club movement in Oklahoma is only another in- as to miss the opportunity of winning valuable
agitated for the public's good ; the professional stance of Oklahoma's progress in social and in- \ support for a time of need. It may seem that
politician will get some unsophisticated "angel" teilectual improvement, and the women of "the it matters little to Guthrie how Chandler fares in
to blow himself in the p. p.'s behalf, and the territories will rank favorably with those of the the distribution of these ne^ lines of railroad, but
hard-working and horny-handed will invest his older states with the additional advantagestof here is a chance for the capital city to make
earnings in a brief and passing political glorifica- versatility and resourcefulness. The touch of another mistake. Chandler does not expect any
tion. And we shall all enjoy it and enter heart Jhe breezy west irr the manner and vocabulary of other town to fight her battles for her, but she will
and soul into the redemption of the country, the the Oklahoma women'will be but one of the many not fail to appreciate any acts of friendship that
lowering of taxes, and—irredescent dream !— charms which the territory's representatives will may be shown at a time when her future is at
the purifiication of the Oklahoma legislature, lend to the club women's meeting at the exposi- i stalce. The strong sentiment of friendship for
There'will be soreness, and endorsing, and pay- ticn. * , Oklahoma City which exists here is due largely
ing off of old scores galore. Chandler will get . . to the fact that tht; present metropolis of the ter-
the usual amount of vituperation by people so # ~ ritory has treated us fairly and generously,
fortunate as to live outside of Chandler; there \\7TTH the building of the Fort §mith & West- There are many reasons why Guthrie should deal
will be "combinations" against the Chandler" "" era and'Santa Fe railroads large sums of as generously with Chandler and other tov/ns as
citizens with the usual results. The 'steenth money will be disbursed in and about Chandler. Oklahoma City. Every business reason exists
precinct will insist on representation on the ticket; The former road alone, it is authoritively stated, why Guthrie people should urge direct rail com-
will have a payroll of about $12,000 a month for munication with our city. Chandler and Guthrie
the laborers and thai, sum will be paid them in could, and ought to be'mutually of benefit to each
this city for three <jr four consecutive months, other. Our merchants desirt? the closest possible
Such a sum of money paid to the class of men intercourse with the people of other towns and
who usually work as laborers on a railroad, will there is absolutely no route for the Choctaw and
likel; all be freely spent among our business men. Fort Smith and Western road that would pro- e
of as much
•Chandler.
gain to Guthrie as by the way of
candidates will enjoy (?) the strenuous life for
awhile. The courthouse ring will have -a busy
time "explaining," and the newspaper men will
be proven the greatest rascals who ever went
unhung. It will be Lincoln county's sixth cam-
paign but will be the first and only for some
prominent aspirants. Political announcements With the completion of the two roads Chandler
five dollars per, strictly in advance. will enter an era of renewed progress and .will
become one of the best shipping points in the
.jA ' southwest, which will undoubtedly lead to the
| establishment here of more wholesale houses and
'"T"*HE St. Louis World's Fair managers an- factories. The advent of a railroad is always
^ nounce that they will have fully a hundred followed by an increase in population, especially
entries for their air ship contest, representing i in cities possessing other advantages. Property
inventors from ten countries. The prize of values increase and the absolute benefits to a
$200,000 offered for the successful operation of a town of a new railroad is hard to properly or cor- the reds to renewed activity. During the past
dirigible air-ship will prove a "good attraction." rectly measure. week they have distributed threatening literature.
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F^EMOCRATIC opposition before the congres-
sional committee of the proposed bills to
punish anarchists on the ground'that such meas-
ures infringe upon states' rights, has emboldened
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1902, newspaper, January 23, 1902; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117538/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.