The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1902 Page: 1 of 14
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ELEVENTH YEAR.
FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN LINCOLN COUNTY. H. B. GILSTRAP, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, JULY 17, 1902.
NUMBER 44
Excursion to Eureka Springs via. Frisco Route Tomorrow; $5.00 Round Trip.
Congressional OwtlooK Good.
THE republican candidate for
delegate to congress has
reason to feel pleased with the out-
look at the present time, for it would
be hard indeed for the situation to be
more favorable to his election. To
begin with,the republicans are united
and harmonious in his support. If
there are any factional disturbances
they are not such as to affect the
giving of a united support to Mr.
McGuire. At the committee meet-
ing held at Guthrie last week nearly
every one of the defeated candidates
were present, and all pledged their
enthusiastic support to their success-
ful opponent. It will be given, too,
for McGuire conducted his campaign
in such a way as to leave no sore spots
among the friends of defeated candi-
dates. The organization of the com-
mittee is very satisfactory to the re-
publicans of theteiritory. Cash Cade
is one of the "old guard," as Fatty Smith calls
them, one of the republicans who has taken an ;
active part in the affairs of the party since the i
beginning of territorial politics, and he is well:
qualified for the position. There is a feeling of
confidence among republicans because their can-
didate is unquestionably identified with the terri-
tory and it's progress and, knowing so mn_h of
Oklahoma and Oklahoma people in the past, Mr. ,
McGuire stands for something definite with re-;
gard to the future of both. He has proven his j
steadfastness by the ma.111.er in which he has ac-
complished in the past what he set out to do.
His ability as an organizer is shown in the suc-
cessful management of his own campaign. His
energy and ability are apparent to all who know
him. There has not been one republican paper
that has deserted McGuire fur Cross, nor one re-
publican of prominence, so far as we have heard,
who tias refused to support the republican nomi-
nee. Even his opponents have been unable to
find any fault with him, unless it be that he is a
federal official, and no criticism as to his official,
record has been offered. He stands squarely
upon a platform of republicanism—a platform in
harmony with Oklahoma's best interests and a!
platform that will be lived up to just as the prom-
ise of free homes was lived up to. McGuire is
growing stronger every day, which is more than
can be said of his opponent.
THE coming fall ought to be the greatest sea-
son from a business standpoint in the his-
tory of Chandler. As nearly as can be judged
from present prospects, the crops of'this year are
likely to break all former records, and Chandler
has been growing in importance from year to
year as a market. Our business men should co-
operate in some plan to make the advantages of
Chandler e\en greater than before as a market,
and our cotton receipts should be increased from
14,000 to 25 ,000 bales.
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WHEAT SCENE.
Snap Shot Taken on the Fugate Farm Near Chandler
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The Genus "Boss Buster."
LIKE the individual who cried "Stop, thief,"
in order to divert attention from his own
pilfering, some men in politics try to prevent
the discovery of their own scheming and their
own shortcomings by making a loud outcry
against others. Now and then you will see some
pinhead politician who wishes to assume the en-
tire control of his party and the patronage
thereof, ana his first step is generally to assume
the roll of what is called, in the vernacular of
Kansas, a "boss-buster." He tries to make the
dear people believe that he is the only man of
any prominence who is honest; that all the other
fellows are trying to dictate; that the only salva-
tion for the party and the country is to set down
on the other fellows and turn the whole works
over to him; that any one who even associates
with Mr. So and So is digging his political grave.
Of course the dear people pay just about as much
attention to these upstarts as they deserve. As
a rule a man doesn't take it as any compliment to
have a newcomer tell him that he is unconsciously
being "worked." Most fellows don't consider
that they are so "easy" that they can be bossed
for years without knowing it. They observe
very quickly, too, that these amateur politicians
are anxious to "save" the party so that they may
appropriate the whole thing to their personal
uses. It is seldom noticed that these reformers
try to do anything for anybody but themselves.
The political boss, where he is a reality, even,
may have some bad traits, but, as a rule, selfish-
ness is not the most conspicuous, for he never
gains a following unless he is able and willing to
do favors for others. The so-called boss, too,
must be a man of his word and one who is true to
his friends—characteristics which are not at all
common among "boss-busters." In Oklahoma
we do not have any real bosses in a political
sense, but there are a great many ambitious jas-
pers who try to force themselves into prominence.
Our Friends, The Enemy.
OLLOWING the lead of Mr.
Bray an, who seems inclined to
"read out" of the democratic party
all those men who will no longer
subscribe to the free silver theories
of the Nebraska statesman, some of
the Oklahoma democrats are inclined
to withdraw fellowshir from some of
the the old-line democrats in this
territory who refuse to align them-
selves against the membeis of their
party in congress upon the; statehood
question. There are a good many
democrats in the territory whobelieve
that this is a time when the consider-
ation of conditions should take pre-
cedence to the exploitation of theor-
ies. Conspicious among thost who
seem inclined to rebel at the leader-
ship of the present organization are
Editor T. F. Hensley, of the El Reno
Democrat, Editor J. L. Isenberg, of
the Enid Wave, and Senator Sidney,
Clarke, of Oklahoma City. Hensley and Isen-
berg were running democratic papers when some
of the younger crowd were babies and some of
the other present democratic editors were run-
ning pop papers and abusing the two old parties
without partiality. They have both visited the
national capital and know from personal contact
with democratic congressmen and senators that
Cross with his theories could not get statehood
for Oklahoma even from a democratic congress.
Mr. Clarke is more familar with congressional
matters than is any other Oklahoma man,except-
ing, of course, Dennis Flynn. Clarke is for
statehood any kind that is obtainable at an
early date. In addition to these troubles of the
territorial democracy, there are a number of
newspapers and politicians of more or less promi-
nence which have refused to be swallowed, or,
having been swallowed, refuse to be assimilated
according to the digestive plan of Anderson,
Cross & Co., so as to add strength to the body
of the democracy. The method of treatment
decided upon for these undigested democrats is to
charge them with having sold out to the republi-
cans. Regardless of the manner in which they
have been recognized and trusted and honored in
the past, there is, according to the present crowd
in charge of democratic affairs, no argument that
will prevail upon a democrat to change his views
except a cash consideration. We think this is
unjust, but that's the way the democratic papers
put it.
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THERE is very little doubt that if the roads
leading into Chandler were in better Con-
dition we could secure several rural free delivery
mail routes. They are being established in
other states and in other parts ofOklahoma where
the population is not so great as here, and only
our bad roads stand in the way of our getting
this service. The advantages of this free delivery
can hardly be appreciated until seen.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1902, newspaper, July 17, 1902; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117591/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.