The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 7, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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The Muskogee Cimeter.
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Vol 8
jlluskoee I. T.f Friday IDoeombop 7
1906.
No 12
COWARDLY ATTACK
On A White
Woman.
Of all the cowardly attacks
we have read for many a day
tlio one of the Phoenix the
morning democratic paper of
Muskogee on Postmaster Alice
Robertson is the worst.
If it had been done by a color-
ed paper some of the Lilly
White brcgade woukVhave join-
ed the Tillman democrats and
at once proclained a race war.
The Phoenix has been openly
a democratic paper for about a
week. It has boomed Fite.
Haskell Owen Rncherford
Hopkins and Sundry democratic
candidate for various offices al-
most every day and in looking
around to see whom it could at-
tack oulside of its stockholders
and Lilly White supporters il
finds one poor lonely unmar-
ried woman for its first victim.
It certainly should feel
proud of its job. If its unknown
Editor dout we know of no one
outside of its stockholders and
Lilly White satelites who do.
This is a big state. The Con-
stitutional Convention is in ses-
sion. The State is full of men
holding Government and Muni-
cipal jobs. The' Congress of
the United Stated is in session
with iOO members in both hous-
es. Washington is full of fed-
eral appointee.
The great rail roads of the
Country are doing all kings of
bad things from gaining rebates
to offering bribes to judges
lawyers jurors congressman
and members of the state legis-
latures. The great corporations of the
land are defying tho laws and
s tying the people be darned.
The President has just deliv-
ered a long message to congress
saying all kinds of things but
the democratic Phoenix can find
n )thing to attack but this lone
good woman whose heart is as
-big as the new state and whose
c uiracter is better than the best
must be attacked by this stran-
gled sheet.
Well white men stand up and
rebuke this attack on a good
woman or forever after hold
your peace when they speak of
outrages on southern women.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
James L. Gary who has al-
ways been able to get jobs from
Tarns Bixby and U. S Marshall
Bennett let a crazy man get
away from him on the way to
St. Louis Monday.
They did not stop the train to
get the inferior man but went
on to St. Louis.
Gary claims the train was
running 40 miles per hour but
claims he did not know his
prisoner was gone until some
time after he had jumped off
the (rain.
The mans name is William
P. Wills from Ardmore and
Gary claims he left the train
some where between Masthes
ville and Duthan Mo.
The fact is Gary dont know
where he left the train Was
Gary asleep or what?. If this
had been done by some poor
colored guard who was compeld
to stand out in the cold and
guard some federal prisoner ho
would be bounced in about a
second and reprimanded also.
Think for a infinite of the
barbarous conduct of this agent
of the Marshall's office A
man jumping from the train
under guard of a pet of the
Marshalls office. The train was
running 40 miles an hour. Ho
may have had his legs and arms
both broken. But what mat-
ter he was only a federal prison-
er. It was of so little impor-
tance that Gary did not even
speak until he had reached
St. Louis and got something to
eat and something.
Well Brewster here is another
case for you. Reporter.
THE PHOENIX NOW
DEMOCRATIC.
The Phoenix has come out
now as a democratic paper. Dug-
las is out. His name has been
taken down from tho editoral
page. Pite Owen Ben Martin
West Jackson Rutherford now
own it and run it- Every re-
publican should stop it. By.
taking it and paying for it you
are giving food to tho enemy
let the republicans get out of it
now
A CRIME OF
NOV. 6th.
Living near Wybark is a far-
mer named H. P. Ewing. Ho
is a colored man and came here
from Kansas three years ago
Every knew him as resident
here a legal voter. On Nov. G
he came to the polls in tho 70th
district and asked to vote lie
was promptly challenged by
one of JIaskells hired men.
Iied Moore Wm. Harris and
Jleliry Ward were the Judges
of the election. Mr. Moore
one of the judges said he had
known Ewing for three years.
Ewing then asked the judge to
swear him so he could vote.
They refused to do this.
Section 8 of the compendium
of the Election laws provides
that the judges of election
shall administer all oaths. These
judges had been instructed to
swear in no colored man.
There was no Notary Public
any where near. Ewing start-
ed away discouraged. Mr. A
A. Kinney a Democrat and an
architect in Muskogee who was
one of Haskells hired men then
came over to Ewing and said
"we will fix it up so you can
vote without gbeiug challenged
if you will vote for Haskell.
Ewing said all light then fix
it with the judges and I will
vote. The Australian ballot
system was in force as you well
remomber. Suction 17 pro
vidos that if any man shows
his ticket so as to reveal how
he has voted he can bo sent to
the penitentiary for five years
Kinney after talking with tho
judges about Ewing and be-
ing informed of how strong a
Republican ho was said to Ew-
ing ''If wo let you vote you
must let me see your ticket so
I can know that you really vo-
ted for Haskell.
Ewing then said to Kinney
"Why is that tho law forbids
you to look at my ticket."
Kinney then said "well I guess
we wont take chances on you
and you cant vote.
Mr. Republican how do you
like this busineas. Yet this
had the Endorsement of P. L.
Sopor Republican National
Committeeman Mr. Archer
Secy to Executive Committeo
Grant Victor Chairman exec-
utive Committee and others
all holding places just because
they claimed to be Republicans
s there any wonder the stato
went Democratic.
The fact is our Republican or-
ganization sold out our Party.
They have dono it many times
before and will do it again.
They should all be removed
from placo and offico and real
Republicans put in their place
When this is done wo will win.
If it is not dono wo will lose a-
gain. No Republican should ever
voto for these betrayers of tho
Republican Party in its first
great fight in the New State.
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