The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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to those who offered It.
We would I ke to who *t«
the more lav abiding the Cheyenne*
and Arai-th-ee. who win holy tw.
rors In tholr day. or the wh .<> me#
that Inhabit Oklahoma?
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Three months
Six month*
One year
Liberal commission to agents.
$ .35
.50
. 1.00
If Senator Fairbank s bill becomes
a law the Indian Territory will be as
ulce placc to live In as Oklahoma.
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The ruins of the large buildings
destroyed in the Baltimore Are are
being cleared away. This gives work
to thousands of laboring men.
It must grieve Fighting Bob Evans
to have to stay over in the ph.l:ppine
Island* wh n there is lota of fua
going on so near him.
The Japs are hard at work break-
_ ing up the Russian navy. Her little
The fighting 1. not fast and furious I torpedo^ boats are making old junk
about time something was done.
Tt' president will now proceed to o
t primand" those sixteen railr>>ads A who)e raf, of "an-a ka-boo war dis Japan need not flght any more sea
esidents who oppose his nomination patc[ieg rt.ached the Democrat office battles with Russia. All she has to
id are in favor of Miles. (hlg ajternoon- but having a warm do Is to put out a few mines and the
feeling tir our fellow man we refrain Russians will run into them.
Our la'e.-' di-iatcbes this afternoon ed from displaying them in cold type °
sav that :! ■ Jans have tak^n Port „,If ,lf ,h, disnatches received this I Two weeks we read that Russia and
Arthur.
What
> noug for the metropolitan i«apers
They want to see plenty of gore
Ished.
of the Czars fine war vessels.
est dispatches
the Japs have taken Port i Half ot ,be dispatches received this I
Whippvd in land and sea far wegt are nothing more than un Japan were in prime condition for
Will inair Nick do? I adulterated fakes. I a flght to finish. It seems today that
„ Russia must have been afflicted with
We still say that Senator Mark
Hanna will recover and will be In
prime order to attend the national
Democratic chances of national sue convention in Chlcaco.
cess are growing better every day. o
o : Bulgaria Is going to try to knock
George Bellamy is on the lookout I out tjje Turks. She Is mobilizing her
for some democratic speaker to pump 1 army and has ordered thirty million
up his boom. rounds of cartridges. We wish her
0 !luck.
Colo Younger, the ex-bandit, wants I ——o——
a fail pardon so that he may ba able I secretary Hay says to the Russians
to exhibit himself. He will get it land Japs. Do your fighting on your
Nien. . own domain but if you do not want
to diplease your Uncle Sam do not
invade Chinese territory.
This grand jury may not investi-
gate the court house scandals and
poor farm Intrigues Sam Humpheys
use to talk so flippantly about; but
the voters will at the next election.
E. J. Simpson, the man without a
record, will give George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson absent treat-
ment at the democratic "Joker".
It will be a democratic "joker" not
a smoker.
The morning uncertainty sets up
a tremendous howl over its little 15
cent telegraphic service of war news.
Sir Charles is growing anxious to
pull somebody's leg again for the
Guthrio annex.
The readers of the Blobell can find
a whole lot of news relating to the
building up of El Reno if they read
the last page of that delectable Jour-
nal.
The Japs are rejoicing Just now but
their cheers may be chanced to
groans before Emperor Nick s s
through with them.
Some western churches have mus- MN The Glad Hand.
tered in beautiful young girl ush- The yeomanry of the country who
r tho contribution are attending court are getting the
•!box with astonishing success. ! warm hand clasp from receptive can-
didates for county office. The new
court house is the greatest place on
0 , Mark Hanna* rugged frame is, (ar(h tQ mak<J medlclne and the fel
President Roosevylt says the Am. r standlng by him now. if he lives over ]owg who want ,n are not letUng thelr
ican people can say what they please ,onlght the cri6es wil be over and chanceg the sun beams pass them
and do what the please, but they mustihope for his recoTery wm be certain .
not monkey with either Russia or j '*
Very kind is Teddy.
Democratic leader uormau cans i
Japan
Gorman calls j When men are compelled to fight
When the vote was taken yesterday a halt on army and navy expenditures against people It*°y.h*Veh "° """"J
and demands more good roads and , against they do it In a half hearted
spinal trouble that the doctors failed
to locate.
The Guthrie Leader saw Sammy's
boost for El Reno on the last page
of the Blowbell and hastened to tell
about it.
in the loaning of $4,600,000, old Mi
souri did herself proud,
the turn and won.
She called other important internal improve-
ments.
Secretary Hay wrote the Czar of ! The prayers of one woman in El
Russia a polite note the other day. Reno were for Judge Irwin last night,
but Nick ignored It. Secretary Hay , Mrs. Keys wuil never forget the good
is getting to be something of a but- ' deed the Judge did for herself and
tinsky. little family yesterday.
Sammy says the Globe is for El
Reno, morning, noon and night. The
last page of the daily proves the
statement without a shadow of a
doubt.
We are ready to wager a little some. it seems that stock-jobbing was a
thing that inside of six months Frank | part of .the Panama conspiracy and
Greer will be doing most of the heavy j that some of the confidence of the
printing in what Is now the Indian j thousands of dollars. It is intimated
territory. that officials are involved.
Four million, six hundred thousand
dollars, is a neat sum to loan to a
show, but then the one at 9t Louis is
a little larger than the ones we have
been accustomed to seeing.
We hear that the Colombians have
made up their minds to not attack the
United States just now. They are
going to wait like Ireland has been
doing for years for an opening.
The democratic blowout, to be
pulled off on the 22nd of February, is
not for George Washington's bene-
fit but In honor of G. Willie Bellamy,
General Brooks Forrest and Ejacula-
tion Simpson, the democratic "Joker"
of the deck.,
If the county commissioner candi-
dates for treasurer of Canadian
county exhibit) as much ability In
taking care of our county funds as
they did In building a court house it
■wont take a very big sack to hold
them at the end of the first term.
Senator Mark A. Hanna Is dead.
Although a politician he was a man
of many virtues among them his love
for home and the working man. Re-
gardless of political belief the work-
ingmen of Ohio loved him with a love
that will never fade from their mem-
ory. Who his successor will be Is
not known, but It Is hoped that he
will follow in the footstepB of his
famous predesessor.
Say Sam, we still have the personal
and political record of George W.
Bellamy and H. H..Leeper. which you
left with us a few months ago, with
the request to publish and charge to
your account. Do you still desire it
printed, or do you want us to hold it
until later in the campaign?
Russia sends word to the World's
Fair commission that owing to the
war with Japan the band of the im- president Roosevelt is not making
perial guard will not be able to toot ! an extraordinary number of friends
their horns at the big doings.
The American got the bulge on the
rest of the city papers when U an-
nounced the coming "Love Feast and
Smoker." We humbly acknowledge
we were not posted about the doings
as the American was.
Secretary Taft says that the con-
dition in the Philippines could not be
improved upon. If that is so why is
an army kept there at great expense?
If the country is quiet there is no
need of an army.
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We are hankering to hear the
words of wisdom that will flow from
the tongue of Bill McCartney, G. W.
Splllman, Mose Anderson, M. J. Kane,
Sammy Humphreys and Doc. Richard-
son, at the democratic love feast on
the 22nd.
The Wichita Eagle saya; "It is up
to Editor Humphreys of the El Reno
Globe. The other papers are demand-
ing that he publish the stuff in his
own paper that he tried to get them
to publish last summer." No use
Marcy, Sammy is not going to be as
indiscrelt as all that.
It Is now over a year since the Ok-
lahoma legislator accepted the mili-
tary post at Fort Supply from the
government, for the purpose of mak-
ing It over into an insane retreat.
Speeches were made on the occasion
by distinguished (?) statesmen, and
a whole lot of promises were made
that have not been fulfilled.
Fighting Bob Evans will not have
a chance to use his vocal explosives
in Japan or Corea although he is us-
ing them noj r. Bob has received
orders from Washington that the
place for the commander in chief of
the Asiatic fleet is with the battle
ship squadron and that squadron is
under orders to remain in the Philip-
pines. The secretary of the navy
knows Fighting Bob.
in the senate. The senators complain j
of their dignity being assailed and |
will no doubt, get even with his royal j
highness.
The committee on territories in the
house is in favor making one state
out of Oklahoma and the Indian Ter-
ritory. If Mr McGuire does not let
his patisanship get the tipper hand we
will get an enabling act before the
session closes. It cannot come too
soon.
We hear that there are several stal-
warth democrats in El Reno who will
not, under any circumstances, serve
the dear people as councilmen, and
we hear again that these same fel-
lows are laying awake nights scheta-
ing how to get there.
The extra session of congress did
not one thing except a joint resolu-
tion granting $250,000 In mileage to
j members then they spent a day un-
j doingit. The state department
was embarrassed by the law repulr-
ing It to print in a seperate bound
volume the acts of each session of
congress. It was a volume of empty
pages.
There was a report in circulation
this morning, that Canadian county
was going to be redistricted and that
the first district would embrace the
city of E! Reno and the country around
about within a radius of three miles.
That would be eminently correct we
would then get the representation be-
longing to us.
If there are fire bugs in El Reno,
surely there must be some way of
catching them. Henry Le Briton is
one of the heaviest taxpayers in the
city. He has the finest residence
property in the city and spends his
money at home. He minds his own
business, does not mix in politics and
we cannot see why he is singled out
as the victem of cowardly curs.
It Is reported that one more name
is needed to fill out the slate for city
offices. Mr. Streams, who has so ably
represented the second ward for two
terms has been asked by his constit-
uents to run again on a nonpartisan
platform but he is between a chill
and a sweat whether to chance it
again or not.
The president said in multitudin-
ous speeches "Who would pull down
the flag? When once raised it must
never be lowered. It must stay put.
And now he has been and pulled It
down in Cuba, and left the Cuban
flag flying allby itself. This country
is dreadfully shocked, of course, but
is likely to survive.
«ort of way. We hear that the Rus-
sian war vessels are chiefly manned
with sailors taken from farms in the
interior and who never saw a battle
ship until they were conscripted on
to one. These men have no grudge
against Japan and are fighting
against their will.
I am for Bird McGuire for renom-
ination and election, and I do not be-
long to any faction or machine. I am
opposed to both within the party lines
—what the epublican party of this
territory need is harmony and lots
of it."—Jake Roberts.
The above clipping from an inter-
view with Hon. J. C. Robberts, ex-
attorney General of Oklahoma, has
the right sound and is sound to the
core. These are the kind of rep-
ublicans the party needs.—Alva Cour-
ier.
What lodge wittily calls the
"World's Faire Industry" is advanc-
ing by great strides. The senate has
now given ten million to the St. Louis
Exposition; Jamestown, Va., has ask-
ed for three million to celebrate Po-
cahontas; Senator Mitchell, Oregon,
says he wants two or three million to
celebrate the trip which Lewis and
Clark mode a hundred years ago;
Senator Elkins wants a lump surA for
Wheeling; New Orleans is holding up
its platter, and the Mayflower pil-
grims want a finger in the pie. Mean-
time, the deficit is increasing splend-
idly.
The American says:
"An evening paper Is becoming lib-
eral. It advertises to print real es-
tate lists free if the land is not soli.
The editor evidently has discovered
how hard it is to Bell dirt."
Please be more explicit Charles.
The senate decided that world's
fairs must shut their gates on Sun-
day. Senator Baily protested and
said he did not see why a great ex-
hibition should be closed on the only
day in the week when working men y
could take their families to see it.
Uncle Joe Cannon was tired of be-
ing bothered every day with private
pension bills. He took the whole
bunch and with the consent of the
house 320 of them were rushed thro
in 155 minutes. The democrats knew
it was no use to buck so they "sot"
still.
A neW "Iowa idea" has broken out.
A bill before the legislature makes it
necessary for a prospective bride and
groom to furnish certificates of re-
putable physicians that they have
been thoroughly instructed in the
course prescribed by law concerning
the causes of disease and birth and
rearing of children.
Japan is still doing business. The
latest received this afternoon is that
she has captured flve big steamers
one auxillery cruiser and has added
the Russian cruiser Varsig, captured
yesterday, to her navy. The little
brown fellows are Bure enough hust-
lers.
Watch the exodus of white men
who said that the Indian Territory
was only a fit place for Indians and
"Niggers". We notice that tho most
of Ihem who are heading tjiat way
have been in the habit of voting the
republican ticket.
There are a number of people who
assisted the territorial World's Fair
commissioners in getting a tdg appro-
priation from the last legislature who
are watching to see how many of
their friends are appointed to posit-
ions in and around the Oklahoma
building.
The United States Marshals office
seems to be rather expensive. The
quarterly expenditures of Marshal
Fossett's office In Guthrie amounted
to $30,000. At this rate it takes $120,-
000 a year to run the concern.
When the gentlemen whose names
are signed to the invitation to the
democratic (?) "Ix>ve Feast," want
a few words of praise, in the sweet
subsequently, we hope that the job
office that did their printing for them
will devote a hundred dollars worth
of space to each of them telling of
their many virtues and their staunch
democracy.
Love Feast.
Democrats of Canadian and King
The American war correspondent,
at the seat of war, must be rather
slow. Jack him up Charley. The Demo-
crat gave its readers, yesterday after-
noon, the same war news the Amer-
ican is blowing about this morning.
You are only twelve hours late Chas.
Get a move on you sonny.
Editor Isenberg, of the Enid Wave
and Editor Neff, of the Blackwell
News have arrived at that stage when
pet names will be used. Bob says
that Isey misquotes him on the
school land proposition and Isey says
Bob is another. Look out for squalls.
The Democrat has learned with
great regret, that the "Piker" in the
Wichita Eagle office breathed his
last pike last night at 11:30 o'clock.
Maybe like the war news we are get-
ting from the far east it is only a-
nother fake but we hope the news is
correct. May he rest in peace.
All that poor Guthrie had to depend
upon was Masonic conclaves, conven-
tions and such to get a crowd there
Now Oklahoma City has played a
dirty Irish trick by taking away Ma-
sonic conclaves from her. If there
is anything under the sun the big
Republicans response in serene con-
fidence because they have only one
candidate for presidency they Say.
But within the week Governor Taft's
friends have shied his linen cap Into
the ring. Why. not? Mr. Roosevelt I town does not want it is not worth
fisher counties will provide a "Love has produced him as '"'qualified to j having.
Feast and Smoker" at tho Kerfoot make a first* class president," and o
hotel on the evening of Monday Feb-!at the banquet in his honor the other
ruary 22nd, Washingtons birthday, j night the poet exclaimed "It needs no
Several invitations have been sent 1 prophet's eye to read bis fate. His
out and the occasion promises to be j time will surely come to head the
a jolly one. | state." If anything should happen to
Major E. J. Simpson will be toast
master and five miute talks will
be made by prominent democrats of
both counties.
the president in one of his dally
spn^ches—and things do happen some
times he might find another fast train
on his block.
William J. Lemp, president of the
Lemp Brewing company, of St. Louis
committed suicide Saturday by shoot-
ing himself in the head. The loss of
son Fred and his old friend Fredrick
I'abst is believed to be the cause of
the rash act He was worth over two
million and had everyfhlng a man
could wish for.
The out-turn of a glittering troop
of cavalary to receive governor Taft
of the Philippines and the mustering
of another clattering company to en-
able Secretary Root to resume his
position as a private citizen are
likely to have important results. For-
eign ambassadors in Washington are
inquiring why they cannot have some
of this royal pomp and circumstances,
and members of the cabinet visiting
various parts of the country won-
der why they cannot make their tours
accompanied by the gorgeousness of
soldiers and a brass band. It might
surprise Washington, Jefferson, Frank
iin, and even Lincoln, but, as sena-
tor Lodge remarked, "We must be
prepared for larger demonstrations."
From various signs now emblazon-
ed on the political horizon, we are
made to believe that one Mc.ses And
erson will have to vacate the chair
he purloined and "sot" down in as
chairman of the democratic territor
ial central committee, and that a gen
Heman by the name of Edward L.
Dunn, whose address is Oklahoma
City, will be conducted to the front
and given full power to steer the
democratic cruiser, "Victory," to a
safe harbor next fall. Moses has
usurped that chairmanship long
enough and his brain work last fall
is still fresh in the minds of the dem-
ocrats of the territory and especially
Canadian county. Mose saw fit to ig-
nore El Reno last fall and the demo-
crats of this city have a long mem-
ory and he will not be forgotten.
President Roosevelt is out in a pro-
clamation in which he says that he
hopes republican conventions will
not choose office holders for delegates
whenever it is possible to get good
men who are not holding office."
This is an uncomfortable limitation.
Is it possible to get any such men—
that is the question? Are there any-
good men who are not holding office?
The president seems to imply that
there are no such men living ex-
cept in the democratic partj. and
perhaps they would not answer.
The president's associations have
taught him that real good men not
holding office are as scarce as hens
back teeth.
Congress has already outlined a
division on the Oriental war; repub-
licans are for Japan, generally, be-
cause the British are; and we must
not offend "our great and good friend"
democrats are mostly for Russia,
partly because she is England's mort-
al foe, and partly because Japan be-
gan the war without a moment's warn-
ing and in violation of international
law—as naval Secretary Roosevelt,
according to Secretary Long, wanted
to blow up the Spanish fleet clandes-
tinely before any declaration or war.
Hay asks the powers to preserve the
neutrality of China, and "Grigsby,
Colonel," wants to ofganize a regi-
ment of rough-riders to overrun Rus-
sia.
What Issue?
Col. C. P. Lincoln, mayor of El
Reno, is a candidate for delegate to
the national republican convention
at Chicago. He was minister to Chi-
na under President Grant and is a
strong Roosevelt advocate. However,
he is lame and dank on Oklahoma
issues.
Congress has put both feet in it.
It cheerily gave the Daughters of
the Revolution $100,000 to exhibit
themselves at St. Louis, and now
comes full tilt Mrs. Charlotte Smith
of the "Woman's Industrial Exhibit"
demanding a quarter of it from the
"would-be society dames" who are
putting on such airs.
Will s-orre of our well pos ed gentle-
men tell nr what was the condition of
affairs vhen Oklahoma was o.ened
for settlement? If we recoYc right
the Indians, some folks take excep-
tions to, were quite niimeims in til?
territory.
Kingfisher land office has reduced
its office force by one clerk.
Woodward is the banner land office
of Oklahoma at the present time.
Special Inspector Bennett, of the
Interior department, left today for
Mangum.
If Russia takes a notion to bom-
bard cities on the Japanese coast we
may hear of some interesting war
news.
A man on the ground knows bet-
ter what to do than a man who i3
thousands of miles away from the
field of battle.
Turkey and Spain are the only two
nations who have not recognized the
Panama government. "Nither" of
them like Teddy very well.
The Mayor of Baltimore announces
that 'he is thankful for offers of aid
but the city does not need it.
Clara Barton is always looking out
for the main charjee. Did you observe
the move she got on herself when she
Statehood, with or without the
Indian territory is good enough for
us as long as it is statehood.
Congressman • Edward L. Hamilton
chairman of the house committee on
territories says that the committee
will report a bill joining Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. That is all we
want; to know
Secretary Hitchcock is something
of a bulldozer himself. For further
information ask the Lawto delegation
that visited him a few days ago.
From what we can learn round trip
tickets at one fare for the trip ever
the St. Louis, El Reno & Western
to Guthrie, will be on sale next Mon-
day. Let us all go.
The bill providing for th£ joining of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
one state will pass both houses So
says Congressman Hamilton, of Mich-
igan
Hon. Bird McGuire is making a dy-
ing effort today trying to convince the
committe on territories that the lnd-
found out that war between Russia j-ian Territory is not rightly fixed to
and Japan was certain. Clara did a
very lucrative wine business during
the Spanish-American war and Uncle
Sam paid for it. Senator Gorman the
other day asked several leading ques-
tions relative to the Red Cross busi-
ness which, up to date have not been
answered.
be joined to Oklahoma. Bird might
just as well save his wind.
The "Little Giant," our Dernis, is
not wasting, any oxygen on statehood
matters. Dennis observed how things
wore f.ntg to pan out two months
ago. I
The delegates from Lawton that
visited Secretary Hitchcock should
have been real nice, and perhaps
that city would now be in receipt of
several nice favors.
We have not run across any of the
->ised bills that are said to be cir-
culating about, but it would be a wise
thing for our merchants to scrutinize
every bill closely before giving any
change.
The State Capital comes out this
morning with a four decker stating
that the democratic "Love Feast" to
be held here on the evening of the
twenty-second is for the purpose of
booming George W. Bellamy for del-
egate to congress.
Ii is now a dead sure thing that 0
Canadian county is sidetracked as far
as either national convention is con-
cerned. Nary a delegate from Cana-
dian county will present his creden-
tials at either the Chicago or the
St. Louis conventions.
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