The Oklahoma State Capital (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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STATE ADMINISTRATION IS NOW MAKING ITS BIENNIAL COLLECTION (?) OF $646343 FROM NATIONALIZED STATE BANKS
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OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA SATURDAY SEPT 23 1916
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About Four Hundred Share in the
State Deposits With an Amount
Totaling $555007591
rlAUY HANDLED SCHOOL LAND FUNDS
Facts Would Indicate they are Bled from Two
Political Angles—Surety Bond System Offers
ing disclosed the best opening display
Opportunities— Assessment of $5 cn Facb i in practically ever line that lias ever
I been assembled at an exposition
$1000 to Be Added to the Democratic Ma-
bine Campaign Slush Fund ' ' ternoon gorgcous
I flower parade was given and at night
State deposits must be secured according to law by outstanding the mainstreets were thronged with
state bonds warrants or surety bonds consequently the great bulk
of state deposits arc secured by surety bonds since state bonds and
warrants are not available The state treasury and depository had
hoarded on August 1 1916 $555007591 (not one dollar of it sur-
plus) and the bulk of this was secured by surety bonds if the state
treasurer compelled all banks having deposits to comply with the law
Prior to assuming office State Treasurer Alexander was the sen-
ior member of the firm of Alexander & Dpshcr engaged in the surety '
bond business After he assumed office this firm became Upshcr &
Unshcr and continued in the surety bond business The premium
on surety bonds is $5 per thousand The surety bond premiums on
the total state deposit at this time would amount to $2775037 — a
snug income for an ordinary bonding company having a monopoly
of this business
The following copy of ji letter is self-explanatory:
Gentlemen:
Through the courtesy of the State Treasurer’s office we have been
handed your Depository Bond to be executed covering School Land
Funds in the sum of $500000 in behalf of your bank
We herewith enclose blank application which the company re-
quires to be filled out by the bank which if you will kindly see is at-
tended to and return to us) upon receipt of the application we will be
very glad to give the matter immediate attention and after the bond
has been executed we will file it for you in the State Treasurer’s office
Yours very truly
UPSHER & UPSHER
sent a circular letter to banks having state deposits assessin
S5 on tbc thousand deposited in their banks for campaign purposes
Since this is to be assumed as a fixed policy a similar assc-sincnt is
undoubtedly being made for campaign purposes this year which if
the banks show ordinary business acumen and do not care tojmzard
the loss of their state deposit will yield a slush fund of $2775057
for the use of the democratic machine in this campaign
The banks of this state are a considerable political factor at least
in a financial way
HER TRICK BALLOT
iCR STATE 1ICKET
MACHINE HOPES TO SAVE RUS-
SELL BY BUYING HIS HOME
USUAL ORDER OF BALLOT HAS j
CARRIED NAMES FOR REGULAR
PLACE ON COMMISSION AT TOPj
OF STATE TICKET— PROPOSEDl
THIS TIME TO PUT THEM
BOTTOM— FURHER PROOF
DISREGARD FOR JUSTICE
AT
OF-
The administration machine has fig-
ured out that a trick ballot will re-
dound great benefit to the candidacy
of Campbell Russell to be a member
of the state corporation commission
Unless the state election board re-
vises the present plans which ap-
pears to have been agreed to by the
democratic members tho general elec-
lion ballots this fall will be changed
from previous arrangement so as to
carry the names of Campbell Russell
and Frank Parkinson as nearly as
possible In the center of the state
ticket— at the bottom of the list of
state officers and above the nominees
for congress and the legislature
Heretofore the name of the candidate
for corporation commissioner has
headed the state ticket
A letter from the state election
board to the republican county head-
quarters is as follows:
Mr L J Sartain Chairman
Republican County Committee
308-9 Campbell Bldg
Oklahoma City Okla
Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of the l’th inst
would state that the following Is the
order In which the various offices to
be filled at the November election will
appear on the ticket:
Presidential Electors
Justice Supreme Court Third Dis-
trict Justice Supreme Court Fifth District
Judge Criminal Court of Appeals
Northern District
Corporation Commissioner t Unex-
pired Term)
Corporation Commissioner (Long
Term)
Congressman District
State Senator District
Representative
The enclosed pamphlet will give
you the names of the candidates to
be voted on
Very truly yours
STATE ELECTION BOARD
By E DUNLOP
The author of this letter can of
course have his mind changed at a
subsequent meeting of the state elec-1
tion board It Is -doubtful however
if such will be the case The demo-
cratic machine has never scrupled to
' stoop to any sort of trickery to cheat
the voters of the state out of a free
expression of their ballot The fact
that this juggling will cost Mr Park-j
Inson the nominee against Campbell
Russell several thousand votes is
ample justification In the minds of :
this administration for printing the !
balot in this form
While the printing of the ballot in !
this form Is not a direct violation of!
the law it Is a violation of the spirit j
of popular government and a breach
of faith with the public w ho entrusted
its officials to deal fairly and impar-
tially with its interests The men
The attorney general has instituted
suits for the state banking board
against 143 Oklahoma banks who
T" wu“Jr ‘‘o w w1iZVvlchan8ed frora tate t0 national nks
° I in 1909 and 1910 for a total of $646
330 which represents the balance of
a five per cent assessment claimed
they regard their oath of office which
pledges them to administer govern-
' n’lTifp ' npnnLThU action
-in in cmnhiBiynathn5 utter riiareeard
' Ka p “
trickery can be Indulged in to ddvan -
tage in the coming election it will
' as in all past elections be freely re-
sorted to The only restraint will be
! the conscience of the honorable men
whom a scarcity of democratic rogues
have made it necessary for the gang
to appoint on election boards
The democrats have secured Speak-
er Champ Clark and Senator Joe Rob-
inson of Arkansas successor to Jell
j Davis as their rally orators at the
MONSTER CROWD
THRONGS CITY
State Fair Opens Under the Most
Favorable Auspices
Displays Are Best in History — Agri-
culture Livestock Machinery and
Educational Exhibits Particularly
Interesting — Flower Parade and
Fashion Show Success — Amuse
ments Extraordinary
The State Fair opened today with
Oklahoma City packed with visitors
! and the prospects that this fair will
I be one of the most successful in the
llistory of th6 state
A visit to the fair grounds this morn-
Oklahoma and possibly in Uie south-
' d
to accommodate the crowd Oklaho-'at
people witnessing the annual fashion
show Street cars and automobiles
were kept off Main street between
Broadway and Harvey for two hours
and the entire street Tvas necessary
ma City merchants excelled all pre-
vious window displays and their show
was characterized as extraordinary j
The principal features of the oren-
inS day was the judging of the depart-1
“ts at th® falr and the aaaual
ball game of the Oklahoma University
vs the Central State University which 1
was held on the infield in front of the 1
randstand Makovsky's band sup-:
plied the major music for the general
show
and five vaudeville acts were
sed ing ' :
auto show in tlio automobile building
takes place tonight
Exhibits Are Extraordinary
The livestock show Is one of the
most interesting features of the fair
and the poultry display Is exceptional
That the Interest in poultry raising
in Oklahoma has greatly increased is
evidenced by the entr'es
That Oklahoma has had no failure
schools and the various institutions
0f higher learning in the state Grad-
ed schools also have a splendid show-
ing among the displays
Machinery and farming implements
are one of tlio features The tractor
is especially altracMng the attention
of the farmer County exhibits aro
liberal and the contest for the host
county exhibit is keen
Amusement Features
Wednesday and Saturday the auto gard for government They are com-1
speed demons will ocupy the track mercializing its functions and patron-
while harness and running races are age lowering the standard of service
to be held on four days and demoralizing its general efficien-
The most pretentious attraction— cy
a wonderful spectacular and awe-in- If the cost of a campaign meant only
spiring pyrotechnieal display — will be these assessments however the com-
"The Last Days of Pompeii" which is plaint would not be so great but as
to be presented and Is an innovation a matter of fact and of general his-
in state fair entertaining tory dating back to the beginning of
The weather opened fine and the statehood there are few departments
prognostications are that it will con- from which the heads and a portion
tinilP favorable (Continued on paite 3)
If SUIT BROUGHT
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FORMER BANKS THAT NATIONAL-
IZED ARE ThE VICTIMS
Biennial Pre-Election Stunt of Collect-
ing $646330 from 143 Banks That
Nationalized in 1909-10-11 Revived i
—Issues Tried out to Supreme Court j
—State Won but Is Looser — Origin-1
al Scits Just Filed
I tbe board be due the bank guar -
anty und and pro rata sliare ° these
banks of outstanding warrants and
special assessments
The liability of these banks under
llie original bank guaranty law has
(been a court matter since 1910 and is
revived about once every two years
by a strange coincidence just a short
time before each election
Tbls issue was carried to the su-
preme court and nearly two years ago
was decided In favor of the state
In the case of the State Banking
j Board vs The First National Bank of
Cushing all of the issues were not
decided The Cushing bank however
decided not to take an appeal to the
Continued on page 2
ISTATE EMPLOYES
ARE HELD UP
Lowest Paid Stcnos Taxed Additionol
$9 for Campaign Slush Fund
Assessment May Reach $20000— Only
One of Many Collection Sources—
Policy Is Vicious and Destroys Efficiency-Akin
to Turning Officers
Into Campaign on State’s Salary and
Expense
The executive committee of the
machine organization of state govern-
ment composed of state officials
adopted an order this week assessing
a'l employees of state government one
per cent of their total annual salaries
Lr campaign purposes There are
something over 500 regular employees
of state departments not including
the appointees of departmental work
throughout the state who receive fees
and other perquisites for their politic-
al services In addition were are
something over one thousand on the
state pay-roll as attaches of state pen-
al charitable elesmosynary and edu-
cational institutions
One per cent of the total salaries
being paid to employees of the state
this time will possibly reach $20 -
I 000 All employes of state depart-
ments are assessed one per cent of
their salaries to maintain democratic
headquarters and a democratic press
bureau consequently the total assess-1
ment for the year is two per cent of
their salary and the present assess-!
meut is called an extra assessment for '
campaign purposes
stenographers drawing $73 per :
month whiuh 3 lhe miulmum paid by
stHlo departments (the greater major-
ity"aro drawing'from”$10o”'up)''‘ pay '
io r t
l n
!!i !
commission supreme court and holder-
of the major offices pay from $S5
per year down for holding their jobs
Hardly fair nevertheless employees
who have heretofore failed to pay
assessments or made vigorous com-
jv'nts aheut rayh’-C have leer di
charged for one reason or another and
rigid - - 0
be passed by the next legislature pre- and spend most of their time looking depu are competent honost
venting the practice While it is not after their personal political interests 1 and well versed In the discharge of the
as bad to assess democrats holding1 or the interests of political factions 1 dutlf3 of the office He promises to
democratic appointments as it is to and combinations Instead of diligently condac) tho ofe at a3 ltUo expense
assess banks having state deposits or applying themselves to the work of !as efficiency will permit
contractors merchants mills and their offiecs 1 Like Mr Ifubatka Chas B Selby
others doing business with the state The voters of this county should candidate for county attorney needs
it is nevertheless reprehensible and J carefully consider each candidate for ( little Introduction to the voters of Ok-
those indulging in it are entitled to a county office and compare him with Iahoma County Mr Selby a3 assist-
the severest criticism Men who do other candidates for the same office (Continued on page 3)
these tilings have not the proper re- 1
HUGHES COM 10
OKLAHOMA VOTERS TO HEAR HIM
CN OCTOBER 21 AND 22
Senator Theodore Burton i Tourinj the State
Monday— Noted Labor Leader Plead Okla- are waijing t0 the fact tbat demo
homa Laboring Men to Vote (or nug ’”cratic party nationally is giving them
Spraking Dates of Dcdson Parkinson and
Other Republican Candidates— Campaign
Now in Full Swing
! has announced that Charles E Hughes
' wRi deliver a number of speeches in
Oklahoma during the latter part of
October He is to be accompanied
by Manager Frank H Hitchcock He
will arrive here on October 20 and
' make a two days’ whirlwind campaign
! across the state speaking from the
( rear end platform of his car Definite
placed and time will be announced
later
j Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio is
to make a two days’ tour of the state
this week begining at Tulsa Monday
at noon Muskogee Monday night
Norman Tuesday noon Guthrie Tues-
day afternoon and at Ponca City
i Tuesday night He will spend a few
I hours In Oklahoma City Tuesday
Col A C Rankin former treasurer
J of the National Federation of Labor
and who carries an iron moulders
card is touring the state In behalf
of the republican national ticket this
Continued on page 3
eoiDTV aommir
IGaNOTAOT ¥0 UOTEffi
Election of Right Men Means Sav-
ing of Hundreds of Thousands
of Dollars to Taxpayers
LEGISLATIVE TICKET EQUALLY VITAL
Good Government Demands Complete Change
of Policy and New Men— Republican Ticket
Offers Candidates Well Qualified for Places
They are Free from Entanglements’ and
Stand for the Best in Government
The tax payers of Oklahoma County
are more interested in county govern-1
ment Jn thlj eiection than in any other
!
! JUefon that hey W '°e on par‘
ticularly J" lhfVe“?nt-lh®lt a
Sma P°tion of the state administra-
i!on '‘I1 be elefted this rail while
admlnlstratlon 18
in Okli
mooted
subject to change
Tho question of county government ! homa county and had the backing of
Oklahoma county has been a ' the democratic machine for Ills nomt-
one for many years During ! nation If elected it would be natural
the last few years the cost of county '
government has doubled and the pros-
peels aro for an Increase rather than
a decrease if the present policy is pur-1
sued County government is purely a
TineSB Proposition-a matter of 8et!c"s ha®
a“d 1
public officials whose attitude toward
position Is identical with that 0f
an employe in tlio service of a corpora-
tion or private business
What Oklahoma county needs is
public officials who do not consider 1
that they owe their election to a party j
!
machine that it is necessary for them
to conduct their offices In the interests
of politicians anil who are willing toas a P°ce official in Oklahoma City
THE FARMERS FLOCK
TO MR T W
DEMAND TARIFF PROTECTION FOR
PRODUCTS OF THEIR FARMS
Fact That Practically all Farm Pro-
ducts Are on Free List Makes Wise
One Think of What Awaits Them ' ases
When World War Turns Poverty
Stricken Millions Loose in Competi
tion to Them
T W Jones candidate for Congress
from the seventh district is in Okla-1
homa City
“I have covered about five of the
eleven counties of my district and
find a surprising sentiment for my
election My district is strictly de-
'le(j tQ agricuture and the farmers
the same line of talk they got from of the union proposes to the board
that party in this state at the begin- that if the theatre managers take
ning of statehood that its promises to back moving picture operators stage
do most anything are made for the I hands and musicians and grant the
sole purpose of continuing the dem- stage hands an increase in wages the
ocratlc party in power irrespective strike will be ended The main diffl-
of the rights of the people culty w ith the arbitration proposi
"Practically every product of the
farmer— wheat rorn broom lorn hogs
cattle beef — have all been put on tlie
free list while under the republican
administration these products were
all protected by a tariff that assured
the farmer a fair price
“The democratic party is pledged
against the protective tariff The re-
publican party gave the farmer a tar-
iff on his products that protected him
in the past and promises him that
protection in the future which he
must have In order to save him from
financial ruin after the European war
is over
"The thirty million men In those ar-
mies will sooner or later resume in-
dustrial pursuits Without the pro-
tective tariff our farmerV families
must compete with the starving famil-
ies of Europe
“The farmer who Is planning to edu-
They should seek out and vote for’lhe
mea who are bound to no combination
l°r machine ad who will go into office
jfree from entanglements such as will
j impair their usefulness They should
j as consider that good business would
recommend a careful scrutiny of
county affairs by a new set of men
Almost every candidate on democratic
ticket has held public office In Okla-
that these officials would protect their
Predecessors who have been also their
benefactors This would mean that
should there be any discrepancies in
the books or should any of the old
wouTdneve? find lt°oSt! V In Vact If tile
personnel of the tickets Is anywhere
near cMuab It would be good business
e republican candidate for sheriff
d°bn Hubatka is one of the oldest and
most reliable police officers in tlie
southwest IYe h?- served for years
cate his children to buy a farm to
pay the mortgage now on his farm
and home must look to the future and
! remember the condition which Is
bound to face him
"Will he vote for assured protec-
tion through the republican party or
w ill he face demoralized markets
through the democrats party”
Mr Jones Is one of the able men of
the state Ilis exceptional personal
! strength and popularity added to the
trend at this time to his Ideas pres-
hls election
ARBITRATION PROGRESSES
Theatrical Strike May Be Settled by
State Board— Other Disturbances
The state board of arbitration is
now- in session in Oklahoma City in
vestigating the difficulty between the
( theatrical employees and Oklahoma
City theatres where a strike has been
' on for some time and expects to be
able to report some time next week
I The manager of the strike an official
tion is that regardless of what the
board may find the theatrical manag-
ers may suit themselves about rein-
stating striking employees and the
board which is an expensive affair
may have performed all its work for
nothing
As an evidence however that the
board Is taking itself seriously one
member refused to go when handed
a fake telegram bearing the signature
of President Wilson asking the board
to come to Washington and arbitrate
the New York strike
Oklahoma City has other labor
troubles Thirty-seven members of
the electrical workers unions are on
a strike Only two firms in the city
have signed a new scale and the bal-
ance are listed as unfair The wage
demanded by the electrical workers
increases gradually to $600 a day In
1917
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Appleby, John D. & Gill, Eugene. The Oklahoma State Capital (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 1916, newspaper, September 23, 1916; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1792372/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed June 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.