Oklahoma Eagle. (Stillwater, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume II.
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N13M8I1IU
VIEW
Stillwater, Oklahoma Territory, December 15,1893.
Number 22.
ordered them dis-
hen,Governor," said there-
lie tin; outcome of this
1 these men whom you
to malfeasance in of-
remain and still
continue their iiial-udailnistratlon a*,
before?"
"Well said the governor, "I can do
nothing more. 1 have done all within)
my power. If the courts hold that I
haye not the power to remove, then I
am helpless."
"Are you convinced that the su-
Covernor Renfrow In Convinced That
lie luw no | „m,r t„ neill„ve T,.r.
rltorial OffloiulHApp,,|Ilte,| lor
a "peolal Length ol" Time
'■<! Boldly SajH so.
In late editions of the Press-Ga/.ette
we have made mentions of rumors to
the effect that Governor Renfrow has
directed Attorney Oalbraith to dis-
miss the mandamus case against
<Juein and Kwlng.
As we now learn, action was taken
•on the governor's Instruction and the
case dismissed without prejudice to a
new action, on Decetuiier 4, 18113.
A representative or the I'ress-Gi-
zette called upon the governor at his
«>fflce in Guthrie this morning, where
we found him quite busy.
After speaking of his action, we en-
quired as to what prompted the dis-
missal of the mandamus case.
The governor replied that almost
immediati'lv after his inauguration
and after Mr. Galhniilh was appoint-
ed attorney general, it came to his
knowledge that the regents (if the
agricultural and mechanical college
at Stillwater were mismanaging and
vised liy the attisriiev general as u> his
HOMK PIGIIHGg,
A Comparison oftheCounty and Ter-
ritorial that with Tux of ]a*l
Vear. The Cause of
High Tax cm This
Y oar.
There has been considerable com-
plaint among the tax payers t'his year
Itecanse of the .fact that the taxes are
higher and a great many farmers
think exorbitant. Whether the
complaints aw just will l>c seen by
the folkAyug comparisons of the tax
Preme courts will so hold?" inquired ! 1,'*les for?T two 5',!ilrs- 1892 and 1893,
the reporter further, <ta1,
'In pursuing this course 1 feel jt
betterlfor the public that] take no
further chance at present," replied
the governor.
n" '' saiti reporter, "do vou
consider our laws are defective and do
not give vo« the power to remove for
malfeasance neglect of duty, Incompe-
tence, etc, in office?"
"Not by any means," replied the
governor. "Ourlaws on this subject
are Identical, so I am advised by the
attorney general, with those or Dako-
ta. Kansas. Missouri, Illinois, New
^ ork, Ohio and other states, and the
supreme courts of all those states,
have upheld the governor in the exer-
cises or this power given him by stat-
ute. In my Judgement Judge Hale
and Hurford have indicated by their
cision would In'.
power of removal, this jx.wer was I
promptly exercised and the regents
•removed and commission issued to
their successors. At this they refused
to surrender the effects and bclonirings j
or their office, and action commenced i
in the supreme court to compel them
to deli \cr up what etfects, records and i
Ix'longlngs the> had in their jxissess-
ions. An application was made to
Judge Scott, ,w. associate uslicc. tor
a writ or mandamus. This was l.in a
lew days arter his appointment, and a
few days before the meeting of the
supreme court. October 7, 1893. Al-
Ilence I am
prompted from that belier to dismiss
these cases."—Press-(
■nzettc.
RAILROAD TALK.
Delegates troni Nebraska. 1 hikota,
Texas, Colorado and Kansas met at
Topeka last week to formulate a plan !
to build a railroad from the north I
lien frofci the county treasurers rec-
ords by an Eaoi.e report.;!'. These
tlgnres are prepared and presented so
that all may see for themselves just
where, and how the extra tax happens
to exist. The following list by town-
ships show the levy of each, both last
and the present year, and the amount
of the increase:
Towkhhou l.evjmtt Levy 1«M lncrenno
Cherokee
Ciniiirr6n
< 1*rkKun
< I nylon
< "U*nr « rerk
Kim (irove
Howry
InOlnn
Prtrudlse
Pawnee
f'-rkliiK
stilltr liter
I'nion
still wMter t.'jfty
Perkins
Mills
4*1 4
Mil In
514
51",
51"«
fiO'j
40",
.V) 1 -2
r i i-2
4l 1 2
561 -2
51 1 2
4*1 a
4« 1 t
51 1 J
u J10
Hi 1 -J
154
8'/,
HI 2
IS ].«
15 1 a
10 ti
5 1 2
7 la
4 l a
is 12
SMo
to Galveston j.
Not included in the above are .020
levies created by the boards of several
school districts among which aw, dis-
trict No. 53 in Cimarron township;
No. II in Elm Grove, township: No. 31
in Paradise township: and district No.
4.") in Onion township. In these dis-
tricts the tax payers are assessed from
.061 to 06fti on tin; dollar, an increase
of more than .024 in most of them.
Last year the Vrritorlal tax levy
was .04 and .03 is year with a half
mill added lor «ach the territoial
University and Normal school, niak-
enthiisinst ic one
build the road at once, and mapiied
out their line 1 spinning in North l)a-
,, , , , , , kota and running thence nearly due
though Judge scott admltt de- st(Ulh t„ (;;ilv„st<m Tt.IaIi y
Iv, ring his opinion wh • Idering j Th„ rml(e l(lf) ,,r|
the matter that the right u;, dear niart Umi;1Kh su„w^ a|ld 8from
for p' :' ,i,p"i|y writ in the first in- here it will go south through Perkins,
",lr- >Pt ""l.v I Chandler and Tecuwse
•drt .lteni.ilre writ returnable be- te^e to be travemed is 2,500
rore the supreme court on October s.
When the matter came up for hearing
at that time council for the defend-! j,..
ants moved to quash the writ for th
line of North Dakuta
Texas. I ing .04 virtually the same as that of!
The meeting was, to say the least, an ' 'ilsl 'car n,,twUhstandingan increas-
They decided to
VlotoriOuw Oucc 3lOre!
ELI YOUNGHEIM & CD.'S
Stock of Men's and Boy^s fall and
winter stock of
CLOTHING.
The only Complete Stock in Stillwater.
EVERYTHING
marked at such prices that cannot be du-
plicated any place in the Territory.
COME IN *
and get your Overcoat at prices that will
astonish you before they are all ^one.
BEYOND
the shadow of a doubt the largest and low-
est priced clothiers in the Territory.
PIITELIITB
Of childrcns clothing aud overeoats and
don't forget that we have the largest and
Cheapvst StOek Ol" UatM iu town,
ELI YOUNGHEIM k Co.
First Door North of Payse Co. Bank
reason that it was signed by Judge
Scott, instead of being signed by the
clerk of the supreme court. "I could
only regard this as technical,"-aid the
governor, "and si nn-niis of evading
the real quest ion. Judge I ale and
Ilnrford, however, being i majority or
the court, took a liferent view ot the
nutter from Judge Scott, and sustain-
ed the [point.
"Application was then made by the
altoruc) general ror a peremptory
wri' right then liefore the supreme
court, ami this the court refused to
even hear, by the same majority.
After tie' adjournment of the supreme
court th' attorney general, by my <11-
Tlie dis-
Oinw to ls> traversed
and the estimated coot is l(i,000.
I"■ r mile. i he most discouraging
ature about this road is that it will
cost ooo,ooo and the persons who
an' going t • build it have no money
and are opposed to letting,any money-
ed men have any thing to do with it.
The convention expatiated on the
condition of t lie poverty stricken tar-
incrs. and then concluded that the
money tor construction or this entire
road could be secured fiom the far-
mers right along the proposed line,
another railroad meeting was held in
ed valuation of 24.">,000.00' The coun-
ty sinking fund last year was ,0fi, and
•Q51 this year, a decrease of a half
milL but a Wind interest of .03} virtu-
ally nukes the sinking .09. County
school fund is one cent both last year
and this, but this yearls added a road*
an/1 bridge tax of .02} increasing the
county fund .il'<} The following items
ishow the county siukin? fund
levied:
its Friday morning's issue. VVedonot
know just what ingredients the Times
administered to the interested-.parties
in order to ''draw blood." but will say
that tl^ voluminous '"whitewash" Is
liroad and sweeping in its character,
so much so that anyone can see that
it ought to have been marked "if"' in
order to show more plainly thatit was
paid rot. If the Times thinks for a
ti o-n mi I ""'"lent that the democracy of Peotin-
.i.i.v,'c i I ty is going U> ei«lors<; iu "supposed
_~15. 1 vindication" of unscrupulous olUcials,
«i;i5o.ui j k has missed its guess, and i,he Morn
ing Sentinel, the nigh democratic in
principle, will endeavor early next
week to lay befoic. its readers theouiit-
they have existed since
Topek i last week in which moneyed |,.lV(, ;l |m|a„ce of 2,32
men tiHik part. This convention also] aiX)V(, ijahilities.
sinking fund levied .
II.M..I interest fuuil
Kojid tile] bridge Iflx ...
ToUil.
ller liabilities arp as follows:
Interest on oiiistHHdlnt; lioni- f«,0t0.'l0
Trn |*r cein reserve fur uiitstmiilluK
l>rui<lei| lliitela(sli|«MK . . j.^Kl.oll
I ill. on aiiH ill, 11, l,e reilciHiwj in is'.i^
n com|IIIred with ism i,|-J : ted facts
i,ib1 i the o)ieninc of tiii; Cherokee strip.
Taking this sum from the grand i No stone will he left unturned to uti-
total of the county's sinking and road |earth evidence that will tend Ui the
and bridge fund we dud a balance of1 conviction of friend or foe. democrat
i *4,542.18 left. We can take the road ! or republican, Jew or tientile, and in
; and bridge fund from this and still ! '.iir endeavor to turn on the electric
S>H over and i light it will lie for the fcood of the
decided to build a road, and like the
other one, proposed to build through
Stillwater. This conies from the
northwest and is aiming to strike the
coal fields southeast of here. We
The cjndition or the eountv
: democratic party and the people
hard I v county.
of 1'
warranted the .02} levy for mails and
bridges, and the commissi oner*, urged
Governor Renfrow nuv t > ,t
on by petitioners'from the different lady's man, but his know ledge of dein
road districts, were probably a little ocratic harmony aod Jacksoniau prin-
hasty iu making the levy. The(dpies can he placed within the eon
| not. one thing is sure, Stillwater will j township* ill the county produces j have space left.
get the best road that builds through
t lie country. No road is promised that
defend'! ignores Stillwater and thegreatf ertile
country surrounding it.
See ll.imiltons d Ispia.t or Ohrlstmas
goods heroic purchasing, lie carries
tile most complete slock <>r candies
nuts fruits lamps and ornamental
queciisware iu Stillwater and at prices
thai will astonish vou.
| the sum of $!),001.02 which makes the
♦2,.V>0,00 an extra tax over last year al-
together.
The grand jury meets i
morrow. Look out for
i Perry
storms.
The trustee* of Clayton and 1'ara- j clones and "sich"in a few days, unless
disc townships levim) an extra road tax ["things" can 1*' fixed. Out of the
Oklahoma is to have two more jud-
ges, thereby giving the judiciary
uf .03 over and above the .02} levy of
the commissioners, making the taxes
of the people of these townships con-
siderable higher.
rection, commenced a new action ami | |10p«, stillwater may secure Isith of
applied t" indue S, .ut lor a |icr,inp-, lh^e roads, but whether it does orlj/^i" towuslifp levy of the several! fines of a little girlV thimble, and
tory writ of mandamus to compel de-1 -* •- ...... . ..i
llverence by the d, reiidauts as U-rou
stated. The peremptorv writ* this
time were allowed, and the
ants revised to oIm'v them. Attach-
ments were issued tor contempt IlUt
liefore service could be had Judge
I>alc vacated tile writ and Issued an
alternative writ returnable liefore the
supreme court at January ternr
Judge llurfortl nf course approved
Judue lulc's action. The s range
part of this." said the governor, "was
that Judge 11ile and liurford signed
the nlteinative writ ol mandamus
and in addition the order vacating
Judge Scott's peremptory writ in the
same manner that Judge Scott signed
the alternative wrlt whicu Judge Dale
and lliirfotd i|uas|ied nt the sitting ol
the supreme court on Octolier T.
"It Is evident to my mind," said
the governor, "that Judk'e Dale and
llurfortl (Judging the past act-
ions in the matter) would continue to
lie! together III the final hearing in
■liiuuitrv I coucluijcd, rather than
take chance I, to let the mat ter stand gospel, and nil of theni think they can
#s thoiJgh nu case hud liver been colli
"TIIK WHITEWASH lillUSII."
The democratic I'erry Sentinel is
one paper which believes iu regurgita-
ting from its party such uicii as Jupi-
niucli needed relief. The bill has | ter Maloue, It says;
tieen passed by the house providing tor That "investigation of reported
them and it is thought they will be swindles in t'heopening of the strip"
appointed in time to take their seats which appeared In yesterday's Kansas
sniui alter the first of the year, City Times, was nothing more than ii
paid for article. The Tituus is u noble
An exchange says that one-third or sheet, but Its truth and veracity Is
questioned a great ileal, especially in
the people think that thiy can bent a
nwyerexpoundlng the law one-hair of
them think they can beat a doctor
healing Hie sick, two-thirds th'nk
they can beat a minuter preaohlng the
bratuu editor running nuwspaper,
twenty-three jurors drawn there will
lie sixteen to serve, and we hope these
sixteen, whoever they may he. will do
their duty, let the chips fall where
they may,
#**
Keglstcr Maloue lumgotle to the frig-
id 7.011c of Wisconsin. The grand
jury meets next week and warm
weather is predicted iu < Iklatloina.
«*
Where is lieglsler Malone? The
grand Jury enliven- next Tuesday, and
lie may lie wanted,
THK MOUTH,
The mouth Is the ftont. door of votir
dow. The mouth is a hot bed of tooth-
aches, thehting-holeoif oratory and a
baby'scruwmi ug glory. It is the crim-
son aisle to ywur 15 ver and nature's ap-
paratus for Mowiog ott gas. It is pa-
triotism's fountain head and the tool-
chest for pie. Without it the politi-
cian would Is' a wanderer on the face
of the earth and the cornetist and the
chorus girl would go down toHnhoo'ir-
etl graves. It is th*' grocer's friend,
the orator's pride, and the dentist's
hope. 11. puis some wen on the ros-
trum ami many on Ue stone pile. It
is temptation's lunch corner when at-
taclmd to a niahten, and a tolmccon-
ist's friend when attwh^d ts a man.
WiUwiiit it ourricd life would lie a
pcr|«'tii.il siunnw-T dreata and the dude
would looee half of his attractions.
And most of all and greatest of all
if there were m mouths thejv would
lie no giKidt.vi's or happy greetings, uu
words of co; ii fort, of hope, no liKighter
full uf«iHslijne or songs foil of praise;
the hlre<l (a.'o 1(^1 <; ie>t lie calle<l t
dinner aivl iiooae nivuni miu^f "After
the lialL"
TD HE COMMK5DEI).
(iov< mur lieu trow it, to be coiai&tai-
ed for the course he has takrifl fn the
matter with the regents of the terri-
torl il college at mis pi**, wheo he
found hisa.'tion to lu> a wrong)vi«vd-
lire. The governor, who ha* Wit sn
valiant in hi* <'floris to have Uo-m
bounced from ottice, says that it has
Ik'cii hiscunvictlonsall along that the
|*iwer |4< remove them did not rest in
his office, but was following thead vies
of the attorney general. The gover-
nor should allow even the attorney
general to know that he is the gover-
nor of this territory and bad the man-
liness |o Mlo* his own convictions,
but it seems that the advice of Ills
friends, iu lluir insatiable desire lit
obtain some |iett.v officc, has lieen
li aened to and hooded, and now |{ov-
ernor Henfrow Is getting the blaine,
and it serves him about right.
The iMiartl of regents, will hold their
IMiSltlons yet awhile whether the gov-
ernor and advisers pleases or not.
this mutter.
The Kansas City Tint 's, the great! face. )t Is tho Hpurature to the cold They can only Is- removed for cause,
ev'|sineiit of democracy and the jieophi | storage room of your uuatomy. Koine and an investigation is what thdlsiard
of t ho west, devotes nearly three pages j mouths look like |Mtachcs and cream! has asked all the time. How many
10 J. IC. Maloue Co, register of the and some like a little chopped into it more lessons will Renfrow need to ill**
Unltud Slates laud ultlce ut I'etry, In j brick wall to admit a new door or win- cuvm Lliat lit U not. a Cleveland!1
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