The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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Oklahoma Farmer & Laborer
; citizen."
The full report of the president
may be found on pages 14-53 of
Motto—''Organization Is the Spirit of t^e official printed proceedings.
It is commended to your careful
and thoughtful consideration, to
the end that you may be fully
cognizant of the subject.
the Age.
Officers: W. T. FIELD, President;
FRED C. JOHANNES, Editor and
Business Manager.
Entered as second-class matter Jan-
uary 21, 1911, at the postoffice at Sa-
pulpa, Oklahoma, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
TERMS OF SRBSCRIPTION:
One Year - - $1.00
Six Months - - - 50c
THE NEWEST
Former Endorsement:
Resolved, That the Guthrie and Logan
County Co-Operative Union does
hereby endorse The Oklahoma Farm-
er and Laborer as its official organ,
and recommends to all affiliated or-
ganizations that they give considera-
tion to advertiseas that use the col-
umns of said labor paper;
Published Every Friday at Sapulpa,Ok.
POLICt OPPRESSION MB 1HIHD DtEREf
In the report of the president
of the American Federation of
Labor to the St. Louisconvention,
reference was made to the police
oppression, or what is commonly
known as "the Third Degree."
The committee on the president's
report, having this subject under
consideration made the following
report, which was adopted by
the Convention:
"We endorse what the presi-
dent says, speaking as follows:
'While it is the very maxim in
criminal law tnat every man is
presumed innocent of crime un
til proven guilty, the police sweat
box proceedings are based on the
idea that when a man has been
arrested the presumption that he
is guilty must amount almost to
a certainty, and that if sufficient-
ly frightened or put in pain he
will tell the truth.'
"The president protests againt
this cruelty that has no warrant
for its existence except the bruit
power of barbarism and the tra-
ditions derived therefrom.
"The exercise of torture, men-
tal or physical, is prohibited alike
by law and by ordinary human
feeling. Its practice on the part
of the police is usurpation that
must be stopped. .
"To this end, we recommend
to the State Federations and to
city central bodies that they urg
upon the legislatures of their
separate states the enactment of
such law as shall put and end to
this barbarism perpetrated upon
those accused of crime and guard
the rights inherent in humanity
and presumably sacred in every
Recent dispatches indicate that
war is inevitable between Russia
and China. If this is carried out
to its final conclusion will include
Japan and Russia on one side,
and China, England and the
United States on the other. Peo-
ple will wonder what interest
the United States has in the row.
The United States has lots of in-
terest in it. That is, the J. P.
Morgan Syndicate has, and that
means the Tnited States in the
eyes of a great many people, in-
cluding the aforesaid syndicate.
As to the interest of the or-
dinary plug citizen, there is ab-
solutely none at all. We are told
that we are demanding the "op-
en door" in China. Some of us
have been demanding the "open
door" at home for a good many
years, and it would seem to be
the part of wisdom to secure that
before we go to prying open the
doors in other lands
revolver is whipped out from its
concealment in a hip pocket,
there is a flash, a report and the
thud of a falling body. The mis-
chief often comes from the fact
that when rage or panic seizes
him a man unfit to own a deadly
weapon, with no excuse for being
armed, carries nevertheless, a
concealed gun. In no other civ-
ilized country is the practice per-
mitted.
The practice of carrying wea-
pons indiscriminately is defend-
ed only by men who do not un-
derstand the meaning of civiliza-
tion. It is a practice that should
be ended as quickly as possible.
The increasing number of homi-
cides represents the reason why.
Oklahoma is making a good
start. With the law enacted and
properly enforced there will be a
a decrease in the number of kill-
ings in the state. — Oklahoman.
JUDGE DIIIIS HONORES
Monday morning when Judge Brown
| announced his first term of trial court
in Creek County, the entire bar associa-
tion of Creek County was present and
embraced the opportunity to present to
retiring Judge Davis a handsome silk
umbrella with a handle of solid gold in-
laid with pearl.
The presentation speech was made by
Attorney Frank Smith, and Judge Davis
was so overcome with the sentiment ex-
pressed that he could not reply. All
the attorneys present spoke briefly and
stated that they believed that Judge
Davis had conducted the office in a bus-
iness like manner and that he tried to
be fair and impartial in all matters.
DBDMSD FEUS EBB THEMC
11 EN WO VOTE
From present conditions on the
Asiatic continent one can foresee
that the most effective conqueror
in the coming war will be the
Bubonic plague. The burden of
"over population" will be less of
a problem in both China and
Russia after the war is over.
If our "statesmen" can work
the United States into this war,
it will defer judgment on some
perplexing domestic questions
the people are beginning to de-
mand judgment on in this coun-
try. Foreign war has always
been an effective side issue used
by kings and statesmen to divert
the attention of the people from
wrongs perpetrated at home.
Johnny get your gun and prepare
to die for the grand old flag in
distant lands where .it has no
business.
THE GUN-TOTING LAW
Oklahoma's legislature has
properly given its attention to
the menace to the public peace
represented in the indiscrimin-
ate carrying of concealed wea-
pons." Other states are doing
the s'hme, and it is high time.
The homicides in the country
amount to 8,000 or 10,000 a year.
Men, women and children become
the victiftls of the deadly practice.
Unexpectedly, and often with-
out the slightest provication, a
All women whp are qualified to exer-
cise the prerogative of the ballot in the
election of school board members in
Ok'ahoma are entitled to, and must
register, if not already registered, be-
fore they can vote, in the spring elec
tions, and registration clerks must keep
separate registration lists for women.
With the approach of the spring mu-
nicipal elections Secretary Seth K. Cor-
don of the state election board is being
besieged with letters from parties in
all sections of the state requesting in-
formation concerning the holding of
primary and regular elections in muni-
cipalities.
Secretary Cordon construes the elec-
tion law to provide that cities, towns
and villages shall hold primary elections
for the nomination of municipal candi-
dates on the third Tuesday "in March,
which will be the 21st day of March.
The general election in cities, towns
and villages will be held on the first
Tuesday in April, which ife the 4th day
of Arpil.
The general election law governing
registration provides that registration
books shall be open Thursday, Friday
and Saturday prior to the election day,
for those who could not qualify for reg-
istration when the books formerly were
open.
Municipal elections are held under
the supervision of the county election
boards.. li} the state elections the state
supplies the registration books, but in
municipal elections, municipality .must
supply them. The election board, how-
ever, has a supply of registration books
on hand, and will furnish them to mu-
nicipalities at actual cost.
The state election board says those
who were duly registered in the last
general election are not required to
register again in order to be eligible to
vote in municipal elections where they
otherwise°qualified to vote. "
Registration lists are permanent, and
subsequent registration is for the bene-
fit of those who an ay become qualified
to vote since the last general'election
in November, or who may beciwtfe qual-
ified before the occurance of the muni-
ciple elections April 4, which are held
simultaneously over the state.
Blanks have been sent out from the
extension department of the Kansas
State Agricultural College asking the
farmers to report their proposed frilit
plantings foi; the spring. Most farmers
desire to have a small orchard but few
are familiar with the many varieties of
trees. Too many buy their trees from
traveling agents who invariably try to
sell them stock of which they happen to
be "long" at the time. If these agents
were experts in horticulture, if they
knew anything about the proper soil and
other conditions for the trees they sell,
or if they were responsible instead of
being transients, the farmers would not
be victimized so often with worthless
stock. The college is eager to advise
the farmers in their tree planting if the
necessary data is sent to the extension
department on the blanks supplied.
The college will furnish plans and sug-
gestions tor orchards free. If a visit is
desired* an expert will be sent upon ap-
plication and the payment of the actual
traveling expenses. If applications for
these services are made promptly one
expert can travel over a circuit and be
constantly busy.
■On the morning of election a farmer
came into Hiram Mose's blacksmith
shop to have his horse shod. "Purty
busy this mornin, Bill?" inquired Mose,
as he ral>ed the embers together on the
forge. "Yep," answered Bill. "Haint
got hardly time "ter go ter the village
an' vote." "Wall, I'm purty busy my-
self," said Mose casually. "I'll tell yer
what we'41 do," he added after a mo-
ment's thought. "'Long's yer a repub-
lercan an' I'm a democrat, we'll pair
off, jest as they do in congress, an'
neither on us vote. What do yer say?"
Bill agreed to th(> proposition, but after
election it was found that the black-
smith had paired off with every repub-
lican customer who had come into the
shop. — M etropolitan.
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Johannes, Fred C. The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911, newspaper, March 3, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc101720/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.