The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1902 Page: 1 of 12
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The Chandler News.
FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN LINCOLN COUNTY. H. B. GILSTRAP, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
ELEVENTH YEAR.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, JUNE 5. 1902.
NUMBER 38
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Read the Call for Republican Delegate Convention in this issue of The News
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SNAP SHOTS IN THE OSAGE NATION.
Needed Legislation
' | "HERE are two provisions in the general ap- j
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Why So Sensitive?
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S remarks in his
propriations bill which affect Oklahoma and | A Arlington address on the cruelty of lynch-
which will meet with general approval. One is' ers in the United States were so general in na-
the provision for a redistricting of the territory ture that the democratic outcry on the subject is
into - legislative districts. This is made neces-
sary by the opening of new reservations since the
last apportionment was made and by the rapid in-
crease in population in some sections of the terri-
tory. It will make it possible for the different
portions of the territory to. be given representa-
tion in the legislative assembly in proportion to
the present population. The apportionment will
be made by a board of. three men, to be appointed
by the governor, not more than two of-whom shall
belong to one party, and the expenses of the work
will be paid from a congressional appropriation.
It has been charged for some time by democratic
papefs that it was tHe intention to deprive the
southwestern portion of the territory of represen-
tation in the uext assembly by preventing a re?
something of a surprise. The president men-
tioned ho section, and if offense is taken by any
particular part of the country it must be for rea-
sons not creditable to itself. "From time to
time,'.' said the president, "there occur in our
country, to the deep and lasting shame of our
people, lynchings carried on under circumstances
of inhuman cruelty and barbarity—a cruelty in-
finitely worse than any that has ever been com-
mitted by our troops in the Philippines ; worse to
Is not that statement true? Who
Time to Begin.
THE RECENT period of excessive rains and
high water has emphasized anew the import-
ance of some systematic and immediate effort at
road improvement. The roads in almost every
part of the county are in the worst condition since
the opening of this country. Bridges have in
many cases been washed out, great ditches have
been cut, and in some of the bottom lands the
mud is so^deep" as to make it impossible to travel
with*any load. This condition of affairs received
considerable attention at the meeting of the com-
mercial club last night. The question of good
roads is nothingjiew, for, like the poor, we hav^
it always with us, but it was emphasized in sev-
the victims and far more brutalizing to those.) eral of the speeches made last night that the con-
ditions now are unusual and call for a special
guilty of it."
can venture to dispute it in the light of facts per-.effort. This is a matter which should interest
fectly well known? As the assertion is known to everybody, but too oflen it is regarded as being
be accurate, the point of of objection must be that the business of some one else and so is neglected,
a reference to the matter in a public oration is , It should concern the farmers who have to use
portionment, but it will be seen that these papers improper or that the localities where lynching is these roads in. order to get to market, but it should
have, as usual, proven-to be bad at guessing, most common hold it to be wrong to mention their concern in no less degree the business men in
Another good provision is that the legislature I misdeeds. But the masses of the people applaud*; town who want the farmers^to come here to sell
shall not pass any'laws in relation to public build- i the president's utterance as wise and timtly, as their products and to dtf their trading. As The
ings. It is believed that the section is so drawn | well as appropriate. It touches a diseased spot News has pointed out before, the business future
as to completely head off any efforts at engineer- in.certain states, but that is the business of sound of Chandler will depend in a large measure upon
ing any public building schemes through the next and courageous statesmanship. Betweeh* the whether the roads leading into this town are put
session in the way that was done in the last, water cure of the Philippines and the fire cure of ^ into a fit condition to travel, and in any mevi -
This will prevent an extravagant waste of time the lynchers there could be no hesitatioh in mak- ment to bring about such improvement the peopl<
and will make it possible for the legislature to ing a choice. There have been a few cases of of the the town are expected to take the lead,
take up the work that really needs their atten-' the reprehensible water cure practiced without There is no time-to lose now, for it will be but a
tion without having every proposition linked in authority, but lynchers carry into effect the fire few months till the cotton crop of this year will
some public building scheme. In the legislature cure without the slightest fear of arrest or pun- be ready^to market, and there is much ^jr'< ,n be
of 1901 the public building combine was strong ishment. They pass upon the question of guilt in done before the cotton season begins
enough to control to a large extent the legislation j complete disregard of the laws, tie their prisoner
and to dictate as to what measures should pass to the stake and burn him alive, taking carg, after
and what should be killed. This made it rather the manner of savages, that he does not die too
difficult for a man to get a bill passed, no matter quickly and thu6 escape torture. The World's
how meritorious it might be, if he was not in sym-
pathy with the "mound-builders," as they were
Almanac for 1902, page 242, in a paragraph gives
the lynching of 102 negroes, 23 whites and 2
called. The removal of this disturbing subject | Indians. The total was 127, of which 113 oc-
from consideration at this tim is la good thing, curred in Southern states and fourteen occurred
regardless of the merits of the controversy, j in Northern states and the territories.—G.-D.
There will
be several new towns this year in the county to
compete .with Chandler for the cotton business,
and the town-that offers the best inducement to a
farmer will get his business. One of the greatest
inducements that can be offered is a good road
over which to haul the crop to market. If we
hang back in this regard we will lose thousands
of dollars' worth of business, and it will be gone
for good.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1902, newspaper, June 5, 1902; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117579/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.