The Hugo Husonian (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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TheHugo Husonian
Published by
Husonian Publishing Co.
m. p. Mcdonald.
c. w. b. hinds
. Gen'l Mgr.
Editor
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
If Paid !•) Advance
PaMUbed ever}- Thursday, and entered at tbe
PoetoBtoe at Hugo, Oklahoma, as Second Clas
matt matter.
duties will be many.
No democrat but what wishes for
the best under the direction of the
Wilson administration. No one ques-
tions Mr. Wilson's purpose as to what
he proposes to accomplish. 1 he peo-
ple demand relief. Cause of trouble
is numerous indeed. There has been
a building up of special privilege un-
til the many have paid etlormous trib-
ute to the few. Wrongs have been in-
flicted to maintain a few in places
where trusts breed like guinea pigs.
Under democratic readjustment these
evils can be overcome; not as rapidly
as one might wish, but in the fullness
of time without a revolution in busi-
ness.
Everyone realizes that Mr. W ilson
will be confronted with tremendous
difficulties and that it will be hard
for him to meet each emergency as it
arises. His task will be made the
harder because the schemers of spec-
ial privilege are not delegated to
work upon any one political party.
There will be the suave and the
plausible to persuade the new ad-
ministration that special privilege
must yet have sway or the nation is
doomed, and it will require both abil-
ity and wonderful executive power to
prevent the commission of error
which may cause the present victo-
rious democracy to be thrown from
the place of authority. Bluntly, the
democracy must make good or it can
never hope for another victory at the
hands of the people. It has been held
together because of the strong souls
who believe that the teachings of
Thomas Jefferson are absolutely
right, and it will always have a fol-
lowing of strong men who will adhere
to it because the sage of Monticello
taught society how to govern itself.
Put the active agitators and the men
who know that there is something
wrong and that there must soon come
a change are not inclined to be pa-
tient—they are of the now and they
demand something whilst they are
alive.
Mr. Wilson tomes of democratic
stock and has lived a democratic fite.
He has been tearless in expression
and clean in his acts. He has th«
public confidence. He will have the
advice of older democrats who know
how to steer clear of the trusts and
who have fought the good fight
through the years find who have prov-
en by their acts that they are true to
the people. It is a matter of Mr. Wil-
son's own selection whether he re-
mains ahe popular idol or is sent
Taftward.
old order is passing.
Looking over the battlefield after
the late contest. The Husonian sees
signs of a great change.
Some of these oncoming springtime
days will see the march of the last
carpetbag brigadiers from our midst.
Long have they swaggered among
our folks—these men from the older
states, sent here long ago by republi-
cans of influence to prevent them be-
ing a home incubus.
It seems to The Husonian that it
can hear the thump, thump of the
regime as it marches on—e'en though
no one knows not whither it will go.
When the exodus happened before,
there were other territories where
they might go and a friendly power at
Washington to give balm. Nowadayg,
the territories are made states, and
the Washington power will be antag-
onistic to carpetbagism.
There is Mott, North Carolina im-
portation, and J. George Wright, from
somewhere North—there are dozens
and dozens of notables, some of them
so long with us as to look like home
• oik, and all of them grown grey-
holding office in a state where they
could not be elected justice of the
peace. Let it not be forgotten as to
Gregg, Victor, Cade and all the nu-
merous attaches who have laughed
at us for trying to oust them.
There will be new officers—let
them come from Oklahoma. The
Huronian w-ould like to send some
Oklahomans back to these older
states to hold a few olfices. that
those people might understand how it
feels.
But, in kindness, the old "•der is
ready to march. The last carpetbag
regime in the Southland will soon be
on its way. It has some splendid
men in its ranks, men who will be
welcomed as citizens, but none of us
will be untruthful enough to say that
we are sorry to know that the last of
the carpetbaggers must soon go from
authority in the Southland.
PURCELL BIDS PROGRESSIVES A
FAREWELL.
Everett Purcell has been postr.iasi-
ering at Enid so long that he has had
little time to do much editing. In
the halcyon days Purcell was the
master spokesman for the crowd of
territorial editors who said things so
hot that farmers had to keep the dry
pastures burned off before bringing
the family paper home for the family
fireside around the buffalo chips.
Purcell is the standpatter who orig-
inated standpatism, and compared
with Purcell Jo Cannon would be call-
ed a wild muckraking reform organ
with a steam caliope horn attachment.
Since the recent election the Pur-
cell party has been editing a trifle,
and, after a two column explanation
of what happened to Taft and the reg-
ular republicans, this gem of blister
and bludgeon is turned loose. It
should be kept as the memento uf
what one man can do to others when
he is good and sore and sort of mad at
the whole universe:
"Gone, dissipated, otveJ away
and frizzled out is the bombast and
bluster of the demogogues and muck-
raking magazines. They have pulled
down the temple upon their own
heads and never again will the peo-
ple place any confidence in their ut-
terances. They uttered too much,
they promised too big, they failed in
everything. The Stubbses, the John-
sons, the Osborns, the Hene;"is, the
Clapps, the Pinchots. the Pixnns, the
Munsevs, the McCormicks, the 'jar-
fields, the Beveridges, the Kansas
City Stars, the Collier's Weeklies and
the entire tribe of filthifiers vi'l nev-
er deceive, befuddle and lev! astray
the American people again. They have
led Teddy's followers about by false
claims and promises, but their power
is forever broken and .10 jj-v wilt
again consider their evidence as com-
petent. The lion with tb ? ass' e;irs
has finally been disclosed. a'm i! is a
pitiful band of liars Who no-w n> nt
the scorn of the people .'ue\ have de-
luded. Back to thy kennel,, rv/ps—
and never more interrupt the conver-
sation of men with thy senseloris clut-
ter."
The Husonian would not be filled
with that proper spirit of brotherly
love to administer a rebuke to th«
Events, for when a man has been
postmastering so long and gets jarred
loose with a club that does not even
leave the tooth hold, it is well to al-
low him to expostulate or do some-
thing to relieve his feelings. In the
meantime, if the other prominent re-
publicans over the state are going to
take it so hard, what WilPbe left of
the poor bull moosers who contri-
buted so much to the loosening of the
hold? „
In passing. 4t is well to remark" that
all men have their good points," and
perhaps those bull mooseri. upnin en-
tionally. have contributed mightily to
the welfare of the nation. In causing
the triumphant return of democracy
to power, they have given the peo-
ple an opportunity to right many
grievous wrongs, will therefore con-
tribute to the advantage of enlighten-
ment and help to spread the doctrine
of democracy and Christian citizen-
ship ti the ut "most parts of this,
splendid republic.
Let us pray.
measuring bryan.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal is
the most powerful daily publication
south of .Mason and Dixon's line, save
the Courier-Journal, and it has de-
voted no little of its time antagoniz
ing William Jennings Bryan, although
giving him honest support for b'.r,
presidential races. In Sunday's issue
the Commercitl-Appeal pays the fol
| low ing tribute to Mr. Bryan as the na
j lion's greatest man:
I "Wilson is elected.
"Democracy has triumphed after a
series of defeats that might have tak
j en the heart out of a less loyal and
optimistic constituency.
"And the man who made this great
victory possible, the man who clear-
ed the stage- and censored the parts
cut out the rotten specks in the plat
form is the same man who suffered
three of the preceding defeats.
"Three times William Jennings
Bryan, with a democratic Aaron and
Hur bearing up either band, stood at
Kephidim. leading the forlorn hope of
a trust-ridden democracy.
"Each time he saw his banner go
down in defeat; each time he came
out of the struggle keen for another
fiKbt. There was no bitterness gen-
eiated in him, only a determined and
persistent demand for the people's
rights.
"This last time he asked jio lead
ership, put forth no hand for the par
j ty standard. He fought,his fight for
I the party in the nomination hall;
j drew that party's line straight and
taut, very taut, and shrived It clean
j ot money taint. Then stood by and
saw another vested with the leader-
ship that once was his. Without Jeal-
ousy and as earnestly as though the
race were his own, he labored for Wil-
son on the rostrums of the country.
His clear logic and his matchless ora-
tory did their full share in the pie-
election contest.
"Anil now it is all over. Democracy
has won by a majority unparalleled
in the history of parties, and 'lie i>an
who gave the race its clean t'l 'ts
best impetus, stands quijiiy in the
shadow—colossal in outli.ie--and
helps to acclaim the triumphant bal-
er. Amid the general uproar lie is
practically lost to sight and memory;
but when the smoke ot .?<••'« lia^
cleared and history sets out to write
the story of this wonderful 1 • I'.'t'.sn,
she will not overlook William Jen-
nings Bryan as she ilc;>ls mil her
victory palms."
opportunities of now
Today Southeastern Oklahoma pre-
sents greater opportunities than ever
before ill our history.
The people now here have demon-
strated that this is the land of pro-
duction for almost every profitable
crop; climatic conditions good and
natural resources undimmefl.
Those who come after will have the
benefits of what has been done in the
past.
There is not cn acre of laud in
Choctaw county but will be worth
more a year from now. The same ap-
plies to surrounding counties. It
spells good times—means that those
of us who toil are to accomplish not
only the necessary feat of making a
livelihood, but that we are building
for a great future.
Hugo is to be the trade center of a
vast producing area. It has unrivaled
opportunities; nothing can impede its
progress save the lack of foresight of
its own citizenship.
There is room in Hugo for a thous-
and hustling men who will do things
for Hugo and surrounding country.
There is no place for a drone and he
vould be in the way.
J. a. wayland.
Say what you will of socialism and
the error of its teachings, no newspa-
per man but will regret the suicide of
J. A. Wayland, who founded the Ap-
peal to Reason at Girard, Kansas, and
made of it the most powerful agency
for the cause of dream and theory
that the world has ever known. Way-
land was a sincere man, and he was
also a splendid1 exponent of whatsoev-
er he believed right. He was not
the powerful combatant that Fred
Warren, the editor, is. but he was
more far-seeing, and, if we be not
mistaken, a triile more conscien-
tious.
No one will ever know what was
the cause of Wayland's suicide, for
all newspaper men know that Fred
Warren alone could be held respon-
sible for the articles which the gov-
ernment is trying the Appeal to
Reason for. Wayland was rich, as
we compute riches here in the coun-
try west of the Missouri river states
—he owned a quarter million dollars
worth of property in Amarillo, Texas,
and be had vast interests in other
localities—-the Appeal to Reason,
which lie and Kred Warren own, is
also worth much money.
- All men regret that one who has
played a part in the making of his-
tory gets discouraged and concludes
Jhat life is not worth the living—it is
a reflection upon the enlightenment
of the age. No sensible person will
believe that Wayland was insane—
all men border on insanity when they
pass from mediocrity and stand out
for some great idea, but VTayland was
llttional. was tremendously intelli-
gent, most terribly in earnest and
mighty in action. He thought ahead
of his eva; worked incessantly and
forgot the trivialities of life. What-
ever bad he accomplished, he has
done much that will redound to the
good of humanity-he taught thous-
ands to think for themselves, and h
taught independence of action along
with his dream theory of making a
government like an individual family.
After all, a Providence lias de-
creed that none of us can attain all.
Wayland taught the doctrine of per
tection. and because he did was at
war with organized society. He in-
cited many ignorant people to wrong,
but he never taught that doctrine.
His was the dream of brotherly love,
and his big heart was ever responsive
to the cry. of those oppressed. He
has taken his case to the High Court
and those behind who know him will
speak of him as one of the thinkers
of the age.
When we reflect that he took a
country newspaper in a country vil-
lage and made it the most powerful
weekly newspaiier in the world, we
must admire his commanding Intelli-
gence. '
o
capital puni8hment.
Governor Cruce's advance letter to
the slate legis.n!ure which doe* not
convene until January is of moment.
It contains many captious, some of
them to be treated later, but his mes-
sage regarding the death penalty is
of extraordinary Importance to the
people of Southeastern Oklahoma and
deserves attention now.
Governor Cruce places his position
against the legal execution of citizens
upon a high plane. He pleads for the
exemplary citizenship and calls atten-
tion to the fact that in the states
where capital punishment has been
forbidden that the status of citizen-
ship is high and that crime is reduc-
ed to the minimum. The governor is
correct in the major of his deductions.
He speaks of a citizenship that has
rounded to under our form of govern-
ment and where the average man re-
spects and obeys the law.
What of Oklahoma?
Have we traveled to that high
plane?
With a very large majority of our
people the most law-abiding found in
the Southwest, we are compelled to
admit that we have not over the en-
tire state been able to rid ourselves
of bandits—the murders are frequent,
and men with weapons strapped to
them are so often seen as to not ex-
cite comment. We have not been
able to convince some of those who
are, it is true, fast disappearing, that
man does not need to be armed to be
happy and safe, and the killings in
some of the isolated sections are so
numerous as to appal tbe intelligent
citizen.
Certain it is that too many
bad men still reside here.
They have no respect for the
law nor fear of God. All they
ask in the game of existence lis to
retain their lives. Take from them
the fear of death and they become a
menace to society. They can be held
down to law and order only through
the instrumentality of fear.
Will we strike out that fear and al-
low them with their murderous weap-
ons to run rampant?
The governor must make answer
to the people. Of his integrity and
high purpose The Husonian has 110
doubt. Hut it protests against his
proposed abolishment of capital pun-
ishment as a newspaper printed in a
county with forty murders to its
everlasting disgrace in the past twen-
ty-two months.
Uoes the governor realize how im-
portant a question it is to the^good
citizenship of Choctaw county?
a correction.
In the first returns published, it
was stated that President Taft got
twelve more electoral votes than The
Husonian in the presidential race.
This was an error.
The president got only eight more
votes than The Husonian. v
The correction is made; jn order
that justice be done to the running
record of all parties.
It is said that Governor Wilson \v(ll
trek to some isolated place where }ib
may be free from applicants lor jobs.
The Husonian trusts that he will find
that point, but if he does, he will have
accomplished something that no other
person has been able to do. There is
110 place in this country where a
man elected to the presidency may
go and be at rest. The job hunter is
a detective and lie will pass over any
obstacle to attain an audience with
the appointive power. The Husonian
will direct Governor Wilson as it has
Governor Cruce—he may do just as
he pleases. If he lollows that ad-
vice, it will make him think he has
an )easy boss and probably make
him about half happy, which is as
Happy as a president can ever ex-
pect to be.
o
Leavenworth, Kansas, sti:i stands
out as the most solid republican city of
the republic. Leavenworth was larg-
er before the war than now aiid had
every opportunity to become the
great city west ot tile Mississippi
river. But in an evil day the people
there got to voting the republican
ticket with astonishing regularity and
about all that now gains the city any
population, is when some poor devil
is sentenced to the federal prison.
Be it said of all so sent .that imme-
diately after getting out of the peni-
tentiary all freed convicts hike for
some more enterprising place.
o
Latin-American counties are glad
that Wilson is elected, expecting
from the democratic party a square
deal. That will be given, of course,
but the democratic party has some
land grabbing reputation and a Latin-
American country (caught steajlinfc
chickens in tbe United States is like-
ly to lose a few ailes pf soil. The
American wants land and plenty of It.
He will work hard to get it, and if,
by the fortune of war, a few extra
acres are thrown this way, do not be
afraid that It will be refused.
Hurryln' in order to get the Christ-
mas shopping early and to provide
the toothsome Oklahoma opossum for
the Thanksgivln' banquet, still we
have lime to listen to National Chair-
man Jim Harris of the erstwhile re-
publican party, if he has anything to
say about what caused the recent
misfortune to his crew.
In the meantime, men and brethren,
there are thousands of industrious
young people in the older states go-
ing westward to seek homes. Arc we
doing our part to bring them to
Southeastern Oklahoma, the land of
hope and happiness and ever-increas-
ing prosperity?
Governor Cruce will enlighten the
people a month in advance 011 mat-
ters partaining to legislation. It takes
a long time to make people see wis-
dom when it is concentrated, but it
is presumed that it can peireolate in
a sufficient length of time.
Do not be afraid that democratic
government will not spell prosperity
for the average man. Republicans
were in power long enough;to prove
the fallacy that republicanism and
prosperity were twins.
The man who will build tife another
railroad will be regarded as more im-
portant in these parts than the man
who dispenses pie next spring, and
that's saying quite a little.
Never mind whom the republicans
put into office now; there will be no
continuation of jobs. Wilson is a
Jacksonian democrat and republicans
will get their walking papers right
away.
Report that Standard Oil was about
to go out of business was probably
« nt out by some agent of the con-
cern. The rubber and electric trust
cencerns are Standard Oil property
and so long as they make 200 per cent
annual dividends the old mother trust
need not fear that the wolf of fimlnl
will bother her.
Would it be too much to ask what
is being done about good roads. We
nave good roads commissioners and
good roads advocates and all we lack
is a good road or two.
Lost—One George Priestly, who
was bull moose national committee-
man in Oklahoma. Finder ship him
to the ilasbeen club at Bartlesville,
c. o. d. and get reward.
Maybe that fellow Daniels of Tulsa
will understand that the way to con
gress is not along a path where self-
dictated obituary notices tell of finan-
cial success.
Although we have read the papers
closely, we have failed to see an in-
terview frojn National Committee-
man Jim Harris of Oklahoma, telling
why the republicans failed.
Since time has elapsed-and -mounds
may be healed some, let us ask what
became of that New Jersey Jim Smith
who was going to prevent the election
of Woodrow Wilson?
Now that the time has arrived to ask
questions, wonder how the McAles
ter News-Capital feels about the bull
pat stand-moose republican electors in
this state.
Maine to California; Oregon to
Florida, with barely a state left out,
it looks like the democratic tidal
wave could only be tided out b> a
Noah ark.
Wallace Irvin, erstwhile author-
manager of the Roosevelt campaign
might write an advance poem, cap-
tioned "The Outgo of Old I'ostmas
ters."
Some folks kick against Improv
ments, but they are never slow in
taking advantage of what is done
along that line.
In the meantime we await another
sconher from Kmporia, Kansas, on
what really is the matter with th
Sunflower state.
0
We will wager that Gore does not
get excited about tbe cabinet. A
United Suites senatorship is one
thing Gore can see miles away.
Somehow we forgot to state that
the only state Arkansas Jeff Davis
campaigned in went against demo-
1 racy.
President Taft can at least be hap-
py over the fact that some one will
express him a Thanksgiving turkey.
Taking of Idaho frflin Taft was not
the winning of the West, so much as
the taking cf what little was left
Jo Cannon can at least be proud to
know that he stuck it out in congress
longer than the average man.
.Meanwhile get the humping harness
on and push for your own city, that
may enter into its very own.
*
Jur idea of a good time is 10 ica.1
the republican newspapers that are
explaining how it happened.
It will be found as easy to get pav-
ing put down as to get the money to
pay for the jobs.
Our idea of a man who has trel.ed
poorly in Ithe presidential race is
William Howard Taft.
Wish we were as sure of a big job
as that Bryan could have one if he
would take it.
f 7*5 0 '
If we had our way, elections would
either come oftener, or much lej«
frequent.
a
What has become of the old fash-
ioned man who thought Gif Pinchot
was a hummer?
From what we read of that Turk-
ish war, Greeks can do more than sell
fruit.
We repeat that Tennessee mug-
'.vumpery passeth all understanding.
As we trot along, remember a word
spoken for the great city in South-
eastern Oklahoma may make a few
hundred residents of the right sort.
Mr. Wilsou will probably make up
his cabinet without the aid or ad
vice of folks In the newspaper busi-
ness.
This will be remembered as the
year the trust ridden republican par-
ly went out of existi nee for all time.
The republican paper says it will
leave politics alone. Result of the
election justifies the line of action.
West Virginia and prohibition do
not rhyme.
slaps and slams
As we pass, pass the pie.
' Hurry with the Christmas holidays.
The population of this state is eith-
er growing or there are some folks
asking lor two jobs.
Anyhow, Woodrow Wilson will be
a president who will not appoint any-
more republicans.
Guthrie folks who wlsji to get re-
miniscent can go behind the barn
and .reminisce jot) w hen-a nigger was
efe'ttcd to thejle^islatuoe.
i r — &j
Time and tifeiawait nit man. but if
a fellow tries he can get a good bath
standing still.
Our idea ofjpbnishm&lgt is to make
a mistake and nave all/' of the w ise
guys come in and tell ajjput it.
Among other things, ft is next to
hell to want to go deer hunting and
not have the time to spare.
Someone must be disappointed, but
the man who raises a good crop need
not worry over w ho holds the places.
Republicans are getting so excited
over fear that democrats can not hold
the jobs that it is disturbing the
peace.
In bidding republican postmaster-
editors goodbye. T ie Husonian slap
and slam column u sires to be fair,
still it can not say i: is extraordinari-
ly and distressingly sorry.
Those republican editors who think
the war Is over triitst remember that
they kept blowing hole# in our tires
for sixteen long years.
Roosevelt's statement that the war
is over only for the short horses re-
minds us that the progressive poiiy
he rod*- "as easily curried.
Closing and happy, remember that
this was the year when democrats
trounced all who 1 -^irie up against
them.
Following election cj ne< Aunt Sa-
lah Behrnhardt on the 20th tare.,eli
tour.
Those who did not get what thev
wanted can retire to their corner
til the gong Is sounded.
r
Some folks like to think of what
might have been, but whnt would It
niean If Wilson had Carried all of the
states?
Pnsh two and two,together. It Hh
Hie repuhllcoa part} had asked ^r
a divorce.
1
After the election cornea Thanks
giving and the turki y and opossum.
After that Christinas and the tooth-
some Oklahoma opossum, the most
toothsome product of the Southwest.
If 1 lie movement to abolish offices
is correct, abolish those held by re-
publicans.
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