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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XX
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912.
NO. 35
f
I
THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION
An Important Resolution
Conirrei-stnan Scott Kerris of this
district h-ts introduced a joint re-olu-
tion in tionirres-, authorizing'lhe Pres-
ident of the United States to prepare
Held at Oklahoma City Thurs- f"r wl'",1anl of ^vereignty and
! for tbe (!«• lvery to the FiLpino p -o-
day. Delegation for Wil-
son and Clark
Last Thursday, the Democratic
State Convention ca led for tbe pur-
pose of selecting delegates to the
National Convention, nominating
Presidential e ectors and electing a
Nat onal (,'ommtt teem in, astern bed
in Oi<lahoma t it}' with (100 delegates
in attendance.
ivery to tbe Filipino p
pie full possession of the control and
government of the Philippine Islands.
It is thought bv manv that these
Inlands are mo-t too expensive a lux-
lur. to tbis country and that tbe best
I interrste of aT will b' served ti grant-
ing to tb>* Islands In lependence. It
I is estimated that it is costing the
i American penp'e a hundred million
dollars anuu 11ly to govern and thke
| care of the Islands. A bearn.gon the
resolution is promised at an eirly
The convention was called to order j d^te by Chairman Jo ies of the com
Thursday afternoon at l:30o'c!ock by mittec on foreign affairs. The pro-
State Chairman Brandon, of M isko- : pos tion ma\ become quite an issue
gee and tbe recommendation of the i (Q be c imtng cunptign
State Committee as to the temporarv j
organization officers of th. convention | an(- Wj sQn )orce8 |n u,e ,.onvelI„on.
was acc-pted. Justice Tom Doy e of 1q tbe ((f the selection of
Perry, took up the gavel as Temper- dp ^ an(] f.lec,0.i| thcre was „„
ary chaiiman and Luther Harrison | wrantfllnP) lt be, left ,0 the con-
University Lecture Course
Fourth number on the t'niversity
Lecture Course
Two Lectures by Dr. Newell Dwigbt
Hillis the successor of Beecher and
and Lyman Abbott as Preacher in
the famous Plymouth Church, lirook-
lin, New Yo'k.
I-'irst lecture, Tuesday morning,
Mitrch ">th. 10:30.
Second lecture, Tuesday afternoon,
arch 0th ;i:45.
Admission to each lecture 50 cents
Seats will not be reserved At the
Op -ra House, March 5th.
Newell Dwlght Hillis' Published
Works
"A Man's Value To Society" ;$5th
Edit on in tbe U. S. 10 Editions in
Great Britian, Revell Company.
"The Internment of influent;" :i2nd
gressinnal d tr cts to select and re-
pnrt to convention a Wilson and Clar
delngnte snd to recommend iwotlect-
s und the 5 Wilson and "i Clark dele-
of Wetumka, the duii s of Tempor-
ary Secretary. At this point the ba>-
tle between tbe Wiison ar.d Clark
forces (or supremacy in the conven-
tion opened b. a mo.io>. An ihe part j "t jar?p were aRreed llp0n by
of tbe lar« forces that tbe commit- ;
tees of the convention consist of one
tuemb'-r from earh county in th * ]
stat. and a suhstitute by the Wilson I
fore, s that theConventlon lommitte-'
es consist of unn member from each
Judicial District in the State.
Eor several hours the battle raged
furiously and final y was won by the
Wll-on forces in a close vote. This
victory gave the Wilson forces con-
trol of the committees and practical-
i be Wi son and Clark forces in caucus.
On th" same being repurled to tbe
convention ibe state o' deiega'es and
electors so repnrted went through
without opposition
The n^xt thing coming up in the
convention was the election of a
National Committeemnn. A realign-
ment of .he forces in the convention
was made in this flgbt and asiiiin an-
other b.ttie royal was matched and
a Hni.-bed light f uglit by means of
Washington Letter
Special to the Enterprise.
Washington, Feb. 27. The amount
of business being done by the rail-
roads, steel mills, manufactories and
banks of the country at the present
time is considerably in advance of
that of a year ago.
The gross earnings of tbe railroads
for the lirst week of February were
'J.Sl per cent better than a year ago.
For the fourth week of January the
reports from forty-four roads indicate
a gain over last year of 12.27 per
cent, lleports for December show an
increase of net earnings over Decem-
ber, 1910, of no less than 7.S3 per
cent.
Hank clearings last wiek were bet-
ter tha.: a y> ar ago.
Foreign trade in January was very
large. The exports <.xceed.nl those
Edi ion Revell Company.
•Great Books As Life Teachers" -
28 b Thousand Revell Conrpauv.
"The Quest of Happiness" The
lv insured ttie success of the Wilson 1 the bloodless weapons frenzied ora
forces in tbe convention It was about
2 o'clock Friday morning bufore the
committee on credentials made its
report, all of tbe other committees
of the convention having reported or
reported ready to report. As soon as
the report of the credential commit-
tees report was adopted the real work
of the convention was resumed.
D. H. Linebaugb, ot Atoka took up
the gavel as permanent chairman of
the convention, and proved to be an
able and fair presiding officer, a very
fortunate happening, for there is no
tory and lung power In this battle
the Clark and Wil-on forces inter-
mingled. The candidates entered in
this ra'ce were Robert Gilbreath, of
Tulsa, Robert Gilliam, of Ardmore,
Dr. Hailey, of McAlester, Mr. Craw-
ford of Ad> and John Duo in, nf Alva,
the latter oeing the choice of Gov.
Cruce and for wbof selection the
Gowrnor used his he-t effo ts but to
no avail. On the first nal ot Itobert
Galbreath secured more than two
thirds of the vote in the convention
and before vote was announced all of
tel'inp what would have happened to the other candidates were wi hdrawn
the conventton, had not the same been and the unanimous vnte o' the con.
in the hands of a masterful chairman,
who was firm in his rulings and so
fair and impartial that he command-
ed respect. The report of the com-
mittee on platform, in seeking to
drag in matter foreign to the pur-
pose of the convention, precipitated
one of tbe m"st unni-osary and sense-
less wrangles ever witnessed in a con-
vent! 'ti in the state, threatening for
a t me to entirely disrupt the con
v. ntion.
In an effort to eject the foreign
matter sought to be injected into the
ventlon was given to Hon. Bob Gal-
breath of Tulsa,
The convent! in adjourned sine Die
Friday afterno in at 2 o'clock having
been in almost continuous session for
24 hours. I wa sone of tbe most strenu
ous conventions e.erh^ld in the State
and for a time it looked Use it would
result in the arousing of a feeling
that would result in the arousing of
a fee iug that w uld rend the pa:t
into wkrring factions: but after it
was a 1 over, the fellows cou d dis-
cover on themselves no sore spots
convention plattorm and resolutions' and everyone seemed to think that
the Governor of the state was drawn j wisdom bad triumphed over feeling
into tbe fijht, and the drubbing that ! *nd passion in tbe contest. The few
the politicians in the state received congressional aspirants who had hon
at the hands of Gov. t ruce will long
be reme mber> d by them.
The G vernor was aroused to action j
and displayed a c< urage, the like of I
which was astonishing to both fri' nd
anil foe. The thing he sought to pre-
vent was the past-age of a resolution
by the convention, demanding that
ed to secure an extra session of the
legislature to lix for them congres-
sional districts, th-ugh feeling some
wnat keenly tbeir disappointment in
this regard never the-less were pretty
thoroughly convinced by the timber
of the delegates, that a special ses-
sion at this time, would have been a
the Governor call a special session of j poor political advertisement for votes
ti e legi-latuie, and this is the thing
that tbe politicians in the co nvention
seemed to be d termined upi n, hav-
ing faih-d in th ir every effort tocon
vin e the Governor that a special
session nf tbe legMatu e, was needed
and demanded by the pe iple. For
several hours a furi >us bat'le was dictates
fought around this point, with the
poli icians on one side, and the Cov-
entor mid a very fev on the other
side. When a vote on the matter
was reached the non-combatants very
largelv voted against the Special
Se-sio -, the vo e- stanning 220 for, t >
339 against
The platform with th • objectionabf -
or more prop rly sp-aklni-, I .reign
features eliminated was iidopted and
immediite y a motion to instruct
delegate- to th" N .tonal c mvi ntion
fo-- the Hon. champ Clark was made
b a Clark del -gate fuli i vetl by a
substitute tnntinn offered hv the lead-
er of the Wilson forces Hot. \V. H.
Murray, to the effect thit delegates
to the National convention be equillv
devided between the Clark and Wil-
son forces and instructed t bat when
(' ark delegate- left ' 'Urk tbev shou d
gn to Wi -or. aril Wilson delegates
under a like conei geil.v t> goto
i lark I'his prec pitated more talk
anii lurid ora ury 'tit when v i*e was
reached the sui>-ti ute won ny a vote
of 3141 to The vote practically
ended the battle between the Clark
for the party in the coming election.
Publisher and Merchants Prize
Contest
Below is the standing of can-
in the Publisher and
Merchants Prize Contest.
Sadie Hyde Beavers .
Ruby Bartholomew .. .
Kathrine Osterhaus ...
Judith Lindsay
Baptist Ladies Aid
Virgil George
Leona Grotts
Grace Bumgarner
Katie Kier
Ethel Monicai
VVilla Barker
Newcastle Baptist Oh.
Mary Black, Noble...
182,550
127,1)35
100,910
73,835
72,305
31 j, 2-10
MacMil an < ompany.
"The Quest of John Chapman" The
Mac vivian company.
"Tbe Influence of Christ in Modern
Li'e" Tbe MacVlillan Company.
"Right Living As a Fine Art" 80th
thousand. Revell Company
"Foretokens os Immortality' 30th
Thousand. Revell Company.
"David, The Poet and King Re-
vel1 Company.
"How The Inner Light Failed Re-
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"Across tbe Continent of the Years"
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"The Mafter of The Science of
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"Faith anil Character" Nth Thous-
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"Great Men as Life Teachers."
"The Heroic Age In American
Hi-tory"
SUBJECTS OF LECTURES
The America of Ted iy and Tomor-
row; rtenry Ward Beecher: Life and
Times of Sanonorola: The Romance
and Heroism of tbe Sclfmad-j Men of
tbe Republic: Ruskin's Message to
the Twentieth Centurj: OliverCrom-
well and the Story of the Common
People: The Tragedy of the Ten Tal-
ent Men: Seven Creat Novels: The
History of Woman, from Homer's
Penelope to Browing's Pompilia: An-
drea del Sarto: A Study of Men of
Genuis Who Have Been injured by
the Women Tbey Loved: Browning's [
Pippa Passes: Tbe Unconscious In
fluence of a Good Woman'
The New Art Movementf and the i
Education of Society through the I
Diffusion ot the Beautiful.
Accounts Reported I angled
It is reported that the accounts in
the the RegLtrv Department of the j
Norman Post Office are not in a good i
shape, a id f-ir several days the Post
Office department have h id auditors j
checking up the books in tin- depart-
ment of the office
Jack Carder, who has hid charge
of this department for s im • time, is
thought to be a very comp ;tent and
reliable toting mm, and his m uiv
friends in Voruiin hope th it inves-
tigation will disclosa nothing s.-riou--
ly wrong in his depirtment of the
office.
f\ 730
7,4.">."i
7,505
3,010
1,075
Commits Suicide In Tulsa
Tuesdav evening a dispatch from |
Ciliai announced tna- one. Goldie j
Brown aged 28 years hid committed
suicide by drinking earbilic acid, a
q-iatrel w ha suppose lover is ti e
c -u<e ali ged. ' under, if this in the
li t i 1)1 nde girl who formerly resid- ;
ed w>tn her aunt Mrs T. F.. Berry, i-i j
this city?
Banker Found Gulltg
Saturday a j ir, in the case of the
Government vs. W. L Norton, a bank-
er and financier of some State wide
notoriety by reason of his connection
with the Co ombia B-tnk and Tr.iit
fCompany, the fiilure of which is re-
ported to have cost the Stat - Hankers
of the State some hing like $1100,000
of Slate tiuarante i funds, returned a
verdict of guilty, and it looks very
much like til- penitentiary was
swinging open to receive him, by
reason of his banking methods.
Sells Bonds
At a meeting ol the citv council
I'uesday night i lie out-standing war-
rants which bad been funded into
bonds were sold to I. S. viahan, of
Oklahoma City, at $20.00 above pit.
Hirst Christian Church
Sunday Services.
Hible Schoo
Morning Pre >chin i
J unior (i. E.
t hristiau Endeavor
Evening Preach ii£
Prayer Meeting VV
laOS, and tbe imp irts were larger
jthan for any any preceding month
with a single exception.
Financial arrangements have re-
cent!' been m*de by several railroads
for raising $!i,OOt),UOO to be used in ex-
tensions and improvements. The Erie
railroad, for instance, plans to ex-
pend $10,000,000 in tbe next ten years
for completing tin double-tracking
of its main line between New York
and Chicago. The Atchison is rais-
ing $50,000,000 lor new work and
equipment, and other companies are
preparing to put smaller amounts in-
to improvements.
All this does not look as if business
is standing still simply because the
House of Representatives is Demo-
cratic, nor that business fears tbe
election of a Democratic president.
The pre-election tiireat made to in-
timidate voters, that the stagnation
of business would follow immediately
upon the election of a Democratic
House, has not been fulfilled.
Some of tie illegal trusts which
have been throttling competition
and boosting the prices of the things
the people must have in order to live
are perhaps not particularly en-
rvnored with Democratic precedure,
but legimite business understands
thoroughly that i! has n 'tiling to
fear from Democratic ascendency,
and welcomes it.
Protection Vs. Tariff For Revenue
Workmen in Germany are "pro-
tected" by a tariff' wall like our own
Payne-Aldrich tariff wall. In England
the workers are not so "protected,"
According to Aldrich, Smoot, Gug-
genheim et a 1., the Cerman workers
ought to have more ideal conditions
than the Britons. But let us see how
j much b-nelit the German really gets
j from tbe piotectinn:
Bricklayers in free-trade England
receive $9.72 per week and are? rc-
I quired to work but 524 hours. Brick-
layers in "protected" Germany re-
| reive .f7 50 per week and ar-3 required
i t i work 59 hunts a w.*ek.
This is not an isolated case. In all
Industries the English worker receiv-
es higher wages than the Germans,
and works fewer hours.
And this is not all: The cost of
living is much higher in protected
Germany than in unprotected England
Where a Briton pays $1.20 in rent a
German pays ti 47 Where a Briton
unprotected i spends Jl.20 on food and
tuel at ler mam protected) spend" $1.11.
Tbe American workingman is being
outrageously tariff-taxed oo every
thing he eats, wears or uses on the
theory he is being "protected," when
as a matter of fact the only thing
that is being protect! d by tho tariff'
i tbe monopolies ot the tariff trusts
on the necessaries of life.
Wilson's Only Danger
Governor Wilson is undoubtedly the
choice of a very large majority of
Democrats for the Presidency, lie
also bas and will have, the support nf
many Republicans who realize that
he is the strongest man ami the most
dependable man either ol tbe great
patties could nominate i n this po-
sition. If tbe whole matter could be
referred directly to the people at this
time there is little doubt that he-
would carry three fourth ol tin-
states and secure a large plurality of
the popular vote.
But, under our system, it is neces-
sary that his name, together with the
names of several other aspirants,must
go before tue Democratic national
convention, and it depends upon the
delegates to that convention whetbe
or not the people who so largely de-
sire Wilson for President will have the
opportunity to vote for him. Therein
lies the only danger to his candidacy,
lt is possible by means of manipula-
ting the delegates from the several
states to defeat the will of tbe peo-
ple in thisrespect. Such a misfortune
is hardly probable, yet because it is
necessary that every means be em-
ployed to insure against a probability.
While the people cannot vote direct
SIDE LIGHTS HI IHE
STATE CONVENTION
A Few Items of General Inter-
est at the Big Demo-
cratic Pow Wow
"Let The Feoplv liule", i* more
than a mere party slogan in Okla-
homa.
Tne people and not th* politician
and oftice holders, ruled in the State
Convention
As Chairman of tlie State Conven-
tion O. H. Linebaugh ni{*nali/ed him-
self for great ability, fuirmsa and
repid dicissiun.
The Wilson men in Cleveland coun-
ty, wbo had the team rollor run ov-r
them in the county convention, have
fully recovered.
Ex-Gov. IlaskW attended the State
j Convention, and his appearance on
tbe platform was greeted with due
courtesy by the delegates.
The triumph of the Wilson torc.es
in the State Convention was even a
greater surprise and disappointment
to the republ rans in the State, thau
for Wilson until tbi* tall election, t hey 1
, e „ ( . , . to the l ark-Harmon torce
can before that vow- for delegates I
upon whom they may dep« nd con ti*
dent'y to carry out their wishes. 11
the warning of possible danger, to
the candidate of their choice is heed-
ed in time, that danger can be avoid-
ed, and if they thoroughly recognize
the fact that danger to this candi-
dacy also means danger to their own
interests, then they will be very like-
The L)cmci i,tth Matt* Convention
pretty thoroughly demonstrated Sen
ator Gore's ability as a leader and tbe
conlldenee that the people of the
State repose in his leadership
There is a great difference betweeu
a party leader and a party boss. The
one is chosen to lead as directed, the
,other sets himself up as a dictator
ly to take the measures their good
judgment suggests to eliminate any
possibility of this danger.
The bitterness of the t tTorts to dis-
credit Wilson so long in advance of
the convention ought to be sufficient
warning. Tbe concentration of all
the interests' opposition to the Wilson I
candidacy proves how greatly be is I
feared by the inte-ests. That ought
to be erough to indicate what action
should be taken bv those who are
bearing the heavy burdens imposed
by these interests It ought to elim-
inate any possible danger of delegat-
es who cau by guile or other mean?
be manipulated so as to defeat Wil-
son in tin- convention York (Pa.)
Gazette.
Soil Condition Fine
The big snow of last week was fol
lowed Saturday and Saturday night
by a good soaking rain up to noon
Sunday. Sunday night a high cold
wind and some snow visited this lo-
icality and Monday morning it looked
| like we were in the nrdst of a bliz
/aid. Noon Mondav tbe wind calmc
and director of a party machine.
One of the Cleveland county dele-
gates in the State convention voted
in favor of a special session of the
legislature, in the State Convention.
Taxation for him seems to have no
terrors.
The democratic politicians, who
thought to deliver Gov. Cruce a blow
under the belt in the state conven-
tion found the Governor expecting
the same and ready 10 ward it off and
come back with a strengthening
"solarplexious " It may not be true
in all instances that "every knock is
a boost" but undoubtedly the kuocks
on Gov. Cruce for refusing to call a
special session of the oklahoma legis-
lature, was a boost of no small pro-
portions.
When Gov. Cruce undertook to des-
ignate the selection of a National
Committeeman for Oklahoma, he
went out side of the prudence record;
but he did say so many things in the
con vention that needed to be said and
gave so much wholesome and sound
advlee to the politicians, which
and the storm cleared away for bright j heeded, will result in great good not
j sunshine.
The ground is now thoroughly soak-
edjwith moisture and the soil condi
lions ideal at this time of the year
fo * a big crop season. The farmers
in fact every one feel jubilant over
present out look. No one now fearing
nother crop failure and the dire
consequences ot the name. A strong
j hope is more than half the. battle, in ^,ul hardly think -uch reasons,
! wiesting a bountiful harvest from tin* j fact, existed , < he will discover later,
productive soil of Oklahoma and the i That the peopl<> of the State are
rain of th" first of this week was all n()t out, looking for a man to succeed
that was needed to make the peoples senator Owen in the United States
only to the state but to the democrat-
ic party, that the pe >ple should for-
get the Governor s attempt to in-
fluence the selection of a National
committeeman. It was not democrat-
ic for him to do so, and the fact that
bo did do such a thing, is most re-
markable. Me, doubtless, thought
that he had good reasons at the time
tbink u<*h
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Pastor
Married al Oklahoma City
Married ai Oklahoma City Satur-
day evening, ( has. Skaggs of Klko
Nevada, to Mis* Maggie Iiollins, of
this city. The groom is a brother of
I. H. Skaggs of this city, ami foi a
number of years has been engaged in
i the mining business at Klko Nevado,
1 meeting with considerable success,
j The bride is well known to many of
the people in this county, having
serve 1 for years a-> a sales lady in
j the leading dry goods stores in Nor-
man.
| The marriage comes as a surprise
; ty all but interested parties Tbe
' best wis.'iesof large circle of friends
1 however, are extended to the bride for
i her future happiness and success.
After a sta*; here of about a month
the couble will return to Klko Nevada
to make their future home and where
groom has extei she mining interests.
Bass Swinney of Jerico, Texas ar-
rived in Norman Wednesday to at-
tend to some business interests. He
said he left Texas covered with snow
I all the way from 4 inches to 15 feet.
b ipe strong and vigorous, in this part
of the State.
With songs of praise and not dox-
ology, the people of Cleveland county
enter upon the 1912 struggle to wrest
from nature's recourses, a big reward
j for industry during tbe coming se t
son.
lt is now a much mooted question
in this county as to whether the I'ost
master will be able to hold the Cleve-
land county republicans in iim
President Taft's renoiuinatiou.
dy's announcement h*s filled
hearts with terror
fo
i Senate was quite evident from the
ovation S -nator Owen was given by
I t' e delegates and the other democrats
i attending the State Convention. The
i pt ople of the state feel that Senator
Owen has more than made ^ ood dur-
ing his first term and that to even
consider the question ot any other
j than him as his own successor, would
l e to invite political strife within the
party and to endanger defeat oftiem-
cratic legislative candidates in the
I coming election. No man in the
Ted- j United States Senate bas made a
their j m()re gallant and telling fight for the
pi inciples ofprogressive democracy''
j within the past two years than Sen-
ator Robf. I. Owen, of Oklahoma,
and few if any, have displayed so
marked abllit> in that body ot law-
makers. No state in the union has
two men in the United States Senate
more favorably Known and thought
more ot by the great masses of tbe
common people of this country than
Oklahoma and this distinction has
— : t,een won in less than four years Of
j Mrs. Hill and son, former y Miss | service. In Oklahoma republicans
Evan Montgomery, arrived in Norman and democrats alike, have a feeling
Monday on a short visit with old of pride in the two men representing
friends. Her home is no v in Corte the State the greatest law making
Madera, California She was called body in the world. Neither of the
to Oklahoma about .'i month* age by men are narrow rabid partisans; but
ibe seriously illness of her brother's open and broad minded men who be-
wife, Mrs. Dan Montgomery of Hydro lieve that in serving the interest ot
| Okla. She reports Mrs. Montgomery . the country they best serve tbe in-
' much improved in health. teresU of their party.
It might be well for some of the
democratic politicians in tho State)
I to realize that the Governor of the |
I Sta'e is the servant of all ot the peo-
j pie ot the state and not ju-t tin* ser- •
Vint of the political party he repre-
sents in the state. It might save,
I them from humiliation in future;
I State Conventions.
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