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EL RENO DEMOCRAT.
T. F. HENSLEY, Eo tor.
DAILY.
Un< week, delivered in city I 10
On* month   *C
Three montht   .. 1-00
• '* months
On* year   4.0C
THE EL RENO DEMOCRAT
Three month« t Jf
ftlx month* . .
One >• '   1-BO
L"seia* ccmrr i *ior  tc agentt
>r that r
wn indignation
ion. certa.n can-
sim and tbe cen-
campaign. Jte
f ra*ti!ari«j only \
. .re tbe r none
' • • > :b.i j'ajier contained a T report « blished in
"er from a < >' ire,! man concerning hit -- si us that Canadian county
•' - ' a ceriai.. ' ha.- a halan< in the treasury of >874.-
i w i- a • i."ai pan- for parati hool levied and
Jldate be< i ise they were put up by i collected under the separate school
•oi-.red man. The statements con- act passed by a republican legislature
• «M in th - e nn a-.- tru* f 'hi terrl"-:;' We call attention to
—ti lob*. ' 'ils fact for the benefit of Frank Ma'-
Tbe loiter Is a fak and the ; iblish- thews who insists that mixed schooU
til statements a lie made from whole .s an issue In this campaign.
1904
OCTOBER
1§04
Sun. Mon.
Tue.
'Wed. Thur.
Frt.
Sat
2 3
4
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9
9 10
11
It IS
15
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Canadmi
cold cash.
criminal >
■wuniy cot
attorney
of thest mi
tor • good
ntfytng tt
us pro
utensely P
c nominee for cocgreu only o
e* ail loM. There were a- j
•s cow Mr. Matthews vi- ; •
cl as now. Running for u: -
 s .a: at least Ihree-tourths ci
emocrats of Greer county di: et
for .'-..life Keaton. Why did j  )
voir t him'.' Not ! ai
and the democrat who refun
e for treasury looters and six
Et tax eaters violates no part:
tons. He is simply discharging
that he ow< s to himself and hie
i neighbors.
We will bet dollars to dough nuts
that Earl Beebe, in his black board
talk at L'n.on last Saturday eight for-
wer- returned to the got to mention that I26.254.S9 of In-
also culled on the mer- • ■ t '"inp win-rants are outatand-
Ti >• editor of the Democrat inter-
wed the wife of the caodlda'e re-
t
ted to think
In add!
have h
com itc
build t
the ron
befor i
lng. wai
•peciilc;
the editor was in<
digs" when you saw something
e paper which seemed to fit your
Discharge that thought. Rem-
r the old saying that "Many a
at random sent finds marks the
r little meant." Why only the
day we read of a Texas editor
published the Ten Command-
in the
ha and t * r • rchant aid no goods :ng be;a; ? there is no money in the
n rn !. That no repre n- a* :.y to   . y them. He forgot to
. i f 1;. nig 8ho-?t had been to 'eli the taxpayers at Union that every
irn the facts in th>- j . warrant i- ed by the board of com-
ant. that tlie colored man had | missioner • for the past .'-ix months
b n >-Uarged by reason of any ;s unpaid and that the banks and other
> : _ out of the controversy. r e< tlators are buying then* up for
i hat tact the colored man had not !'0 cent on the dollar.
!>< n discharged at all. That he was  0 
only employed for a short time, and Cw geven tho::,and dolUr, worlh
of h - own vo! lot. wl„ „ .he -rv I f (.)alms a.,. oa for alloWMCe bjp
ices required of him had been render- ...  . .
the board of county commissioners
it the pn-.mt -• -sion. The warrants
mat will be i. stied In settlement of
these claims will cot be paid for a year
und In the meantime will draw six
per cent lnton t. This is the kind of
financiering the democratic party is
been pa 1 but t t before Is a
dition to this a bor.f Hhould ha>e I •- r
requir.d. drawn in such a way as to
protect tbe c iqtv • ..■
ble liability, to« or failure on tbe
part of the contractor. If this coarse
had been (i-tmied the c  ity w
not be the loser to th> tune o? ti 5'
and poor laboring men who were com-
pelled to take to the trw„ n or r
to aave their lives, wor.id not have
lost, tbelr wages which they need s
badly now. Instead of pun- < thi-
course the ct ntract wis i a < ■.
tractor w 1. . w .- ■ • . •
money to ! ! advanced to him In or r
r«m : Gi*«r
. in Sow whili
?m gave Judge Keatoi
• < boas'. S " ■ demo
i
, ail of i!s antipa:by fot
1900. One thout
bolted th>
;ntlon. with j
STILL BANKRUPT.
The warrant record In the county
reinsurer's office, shows that there are
nuid - on this the Sth day of Oc-
'i)i ii ty Clerk B • put these figures
n the black board tonight at Union
sin-r the taxpayer:- for two more
Mr. Beebe calls it "an admlr-
sys eni An old farmer near
fa; that it i a h—1 of  
n aci will defeat the court
We
etat
GIVES EM HASH.
What
to buy his first bill of material. Ami
Instead of taking a i-- >od and suSf er-
bond. a bond was taken with a Ioo;>
bole in it big enon i fcr a c v*
wagon to eo thro -ii And as
■tated all of the advance payments are
lout and the lal rin r men a - a :
a month or two in «am s. T - trar-)
action eniiiha ■- th< foliy f
people in eh-ctinp inr .mpeien' mer,
to public offices. Such officers al-
ways brinn-irreparal 'e loss t i • i >■
pie and disbar, to the party r
up of tbe
Tbe democratic candidates are talk-
log of having a special black board
ma.e for Ea-1 Beebe. to figure out
axes on. The school
«r are no: bir cooii-i
and nobody ts deeper
s record staring him ■
he gall to crit iciae
jrthern democrats
ik Matthews
the waste
of the t-
ew away
sible for them. If we had elecv '
competent bti>ini' men a" c n"
commissioners and a careful, pair.
taking lawyer as county attorney such j South r —i1l«n bridge.
a liond as was received In this c ■. 3
would have be"ti turni vt,
thousands of dollars of the ;
money saved. Thi~ is n : ti.-
loss, the first expensive bluti . t r
public funds, say
the commission
| steeped In
I northern de
| hewg him.St
I facta, and
and r mpla.n of a r h<
for want of what he p
■cordial loyalty," for Fr,
and his cause Why should cny coun'-
ty in this territory filled up with north-
ern democrats be expected to cast
any mo t- rotes, for Mr. Matthews and
Greer county's anti northern senti-
ment. than Greer county cast for our
candidate in 1S98 when we gave them
that incomparable statesman, jurist
and spotless democrat. Judge Keaton?
To'.! gave our candidate lc« than one
fo'.nh of your vote?, now if we give
your candidate tbe same proportion
■. f our v honors are even.
onent. Mr. Banni.-ter, btcauVt
er stated in his campaign thai
poor man and needed the of-
Mr. Phelps intimated that If
I Mr. Bannister was a papuer there was
house kept up by the taxpayers
such people. He seems, however,
have forgotten that this poor house,
own by many as the county harerr
an institution kept up by public tar-
by democrats in Greer county. Calln ■ ; ' lSt Saturday night, and tried to con-
han came out of Greer county loohln. Ince ,hom 'hat taxes were low and
Ti. re is enough democrats in Camv
I would like to bavt
atitn for the benefl
ho' se gang and not for the benefit of
persons in indigent circumstances.
Hence the scandals and enormous
amount of expense to keep the thing
goin-
thy and admirable condition. Beebe
ir ed to work this same old racket
and he actually
belief that he
the people. We
Mr. Beebe figure
t how it happened that for ten years
ai Canadian county had money In
e treasury to meet every warrant
 o  'jat w' ; ' to the people when
! There will never h harmony in the • rf' Now we have a warrant
ring is broken up.
 a  ml ti.' -• warrants are only brini us
When you see It in the Blobell,
know It was in the Democrat the
hi* been made by the | r -• v i:.
Taxpayer read the clause in the
South Canadian bridge contractor's
bond, which exempts him from all
liability for loss of material by high
petent outfit In cl.a ii of ti. affa :
of this c itir.ty. Ti' a i
financial statement of i ir ?r
for the current i_ n- a *
sei' what extravaganc r. in- t-
ency Is coating the taxpayi : s of Ca-.a-
tlittn cottr.ty.
If the people shn i!'" elect r.c m-
petent a pereon. c aty at; ;
Boyd Cope Is known to i i  h
light of a I2.IW loss to the taxpayer
through tbe in> un■ 'ency "f
cratic officials. Judge Irwin, i-
and in our opit m w.il I f a t"J. to
declare the office vacant un< • r ti
law, and aptKint a compeHr' attor-
ney to transac" the bttslc-u of that
office before his co 'rt. Such a co:
no doubt would be a painful or ft -
a district Judge to be comi* led i
atk yourself if you
want sjch lscompe -nt men in charge
of Jim- financial affairs any longer.
D!AN COUNTY.
In 18S8 Flyan bea' Keaton
votes in this county.
A. F. Masterman. republican, beat
.
t, lk-  ■ y J4 t et
In IfSS A B- Ch='a'n n republican
defeated W. H
Jndge Phelps after making an' un-
warranted attack on C. A. Bannis'er
at I'nion City, because be is a poor
man, attempted to undo the antagon-
ism h;s remarks aroused by nddin^
'hat he himself had a "mortgage on
his home. Ikey was a little too fo\y
to say anything about his bank stock
and other private investments, esti-
mated at from fourteen to fifteen
thousand dollars. All acquired since
he became probate judge.
Judge Parker is red-headed.
Carry Nation has broke into jail
again.
There exists religious as well as
political apathy in this town.
It is a common-thing for merchants
who grumble about the people sending
Montgomery Ward or Sears, Ro-
LOOK
By consu
be seen st a gi
Jti.5SSj.8S worth of
in the contingent
"re FIGURES.
he cotmty treasurer's
; ' a 'ieir'u i ick £ company for Iheir goods, to
era- for comm -ioner in the Second j aave thelr primlnK don„ ln Kansas
j district by only 2 votes and B. F
j North cot t. a democrat, was elected i
! Schwarberg's district by 2 vote?
aat there are
drav lcg six
to pay them
with. There are li.;<49.29 worth of
tiridgt warrants out etanding and only
IST7.E5 in the bridge fjnd to pay them
with. There art:- worth cf
•rarrants out standing against the
'alary fund, and only $276.53 in that
f in : to pay them wi h. There are
ti,SIS 53 worth of warrants on the
, . oor fund- outstanding, with only
take, but hi, sworn duty to the pu" , , u t0 ^ them wilh T)iere are
11c wo'ild c , .i hi:: -
lets. Judge Irwin, although handicai>-
ped to soon extent by the county
attorney's office, has made a magniii-
cent record. In the way of keeping
down the expenf-s of hi  court
There has l-.en a ^ idi.ai, I • t, iiity
reduction in ex. rr expense* ic thi
county from the be^ltnlng of Judgi
irwlns term, until a r< ' ictioa of t.
least $1,000 per year bas been reach-
ed T i
less than a crime a linst f\ ■ r.,
economy for tbe iieople to encum- er
his good work with an incompetent
prosecutor who never had a crir .inal
or civil lawsuit In the district court
in bis life.
The Democrat Is willing for the
Blobell to name three business men,
or any other number, and if the
"don't say" that the Democrat print
five columns of nt^ws each day nir r.
than can be found In the Blobell we
will suspend the p dication of th.
• Democrat. And when they examin<-
the Blobell If they "don't find that
every other news item was stolen
from the issue of ti Democrat, ii
day before we will , ,ay f , , B
charitable Institution in town. i?
is common street talk that every thi'
that Is printed in the alleged, "Morn-
ing Blobell" agipeared in the Democrat
or American the evening before
Tity now ec ntj I fore the com-
missionera, and yet there Is not a dol
lar in the treasury, and will not be
until next year's taxes become avail
able to pay them with. Tbe treasur-
er's report show- $29,25: '12 worth of
five different funds to which they be-
long to pay them w.th. Taxpayers
do you want two years more of It?
An Inventor Dies.
N •" York Oct 12.—Henry A.
Go':'-'- well known as an inventor of
a; iiar: •« for hea'lng railway coaches
is dead at his home In New Rochelle.
N*. Y. He was a close friend of the
late James G. Blaine, whom he ac-
companied on many speaking tours.
Gas Coke Is selling for $7.fi0 per ton
while It lasts. 173-lt
Frank H-aly, rea ster of the land
office at Woodward died las: Monday.
This leaves a $3,000 job without au
occupant, but not without applicants.
Earl Beebe was : jminated in a pop-
ulist convention in 1S98 for county
rieri That j r- was lef' vacant on
i %
lu^ 'jn v *h rfae democratic bosses and
an other democrat was born into the
kingdom.
In 1900.
In 1900 Flynn had 180 majority in
ais county over Bob Neff.
Lon Cosby, republican, beat Tom
Jackson for sheriff in 1900, 77 votes.
C. M B ickles, a democrat te at A
F. Maste-aan for treas irer by 78
rote;
Sitton a republican, beat Bob Crow-
ley. a n. it in Bill Johnson's d! 
trlct fur commissioner, In 1900, by 16
votes.
Tom h' iii's major ty over Mayor
Simpson for the legislature in 1900
was 28 votes.
Bill Johnson only beat old man
City. For bmohers who kick against
a farmer for selling a dressed chicken
- a flitch of 1 aeon to one of their
customers, to send away for their
' x>ks and stationery. For business
men who howl themselves hoarse
againBt peddlers and street venders
to buy letter beau* and envelopes
from lithographing peddlers in St.
Louis. For banks, with good deposits
on hand from newspaper offices, carry
tlieir work to some concern whose
banking business consists in drawing
checks against an imaginary balance
and in renewing promisory notes from
month to month. But such is human
experience the world over.
Abuse 1- the penalty any man of
merit is compelled to pay the public.
The Widow Five Tribes and her
150,000 schoolless children is still an
- :e in the c. n; donal campaign.
An enthusiastic Matthews man sav
There will be a land slide for Mat-
thews the morning after election.
 o 
Earl Beebe's friends say that if the
chalk holds out. Earl will figure him-
olf into a good fat state office vhen
Matthews makes Joe Bailey get it-
Statehood.
Every time Judge Parker sneeze?.
Leslie Niblack of the Guthrie Leader
imagines a wave of enthusiasm Is
passing over the country.
The people of Piedmont are com-
plaining bitterly of old man Sc}i war-
berg's Hop on the school house ques-
tion. The old man's flopping procliv-
ities are among his least faults.
90 cents on the dollar. Why did we
go from a cash bas s to a credit basis
Mr, Beebe?
Candidates follow your guides
keep your fly traps shut.
Stopping a newspaper, because of
something the editor -ays, is like Uill-
in; flies. For every one you kill ten
will come to the funeral.
Will the dem rai> pany tell us
what Callahan did for Oklahoma
Matthews Is a featherweight compared
with Callahan.
The funniest political thine yet that
has happened in Kansas Is that
"Roosevelt Democratic club." organ-
ized by the Russian colony in Ellis
county. Now let the fusionlsts come
ever and make it unanimous—Wich-
ita Eagle.
The democratic campaign commit-
tee ought to, by all means, provide
John Clarke with a bag pipe and have
him accompany Earl Beeb. In his
chalk talk crusade.
A CORKER.
An exchange says that the demo-
cratic party p.oflting by Its experience
in sending a straw man in the person
of Callahan to coocress have cut loose
from the pops and is sending up a
powerful democrat In the person of
Frank Matthews the little giant of
Greer.
Matthews when asked on what facts
he bases his claim of three or four
thousand In Greer county, says: "We
have got the votes and a Greer county
democrat will vote for a yellow dog.
and of course will volt for me."
Kuhn two years ago 29 rotes. Bill Joe Bailey of Texas will take Frank
had built no ! dgei then an : had
never visited the cannty harem.
In 19C2.
In 1'' - McGuir# I., at Bill Crt ■ in
th; co mty 1S7 vot*.«.
W. <; mckford, the democratic  up-
erintenient. only beat Mis  DeBaun,
republican, 32 votes.
The republicans in 1S92 cast 1.547
votes for coroner and tho democrats
l.i>54. These figures show the demo-
cratic majority then to be 107.
under his wing if elected to congress
and care for him as an old hen does
her brood on a drizzly morning.
Wm. Flnan. who had been visiting
old friends in El Reno, left this af-
ternoon for hia home In Mexico.
School books at the Democrat Book
•tore, South Blekford avenue tf
Chairman Lowe talks long and loud
about party regularity, party fealty,
and party harmony. The Judge for-
gets that there was no regularity, no
fairm -s and no honesty in the dem-
ocratic primary election. More than
half of the democratic county ticket
was nominated by lae rankest fraud,
and nob >dy knows this fact better
thau Joe Lowe.
Joe Lowe knows that there was re-
peating, ballot box stufSng. and votes
purchased by certain candidates in
order to make sure of a nomination.
He kni.us that :-uch practices received
Phelps and Cope have opened up
a personal campaign. The Democrat
accepts the gage of battle as thrown
down by them and will help to push
the fight in every school district in
the county.
Twenty thousand copies of Treasur-
er Buckles' report of the financial con-
dition of the county will be printed
and distributed among the taxpayers
of Canadian county. Mr. Buckles will
be one of the widest advertised attrac-
tions that ever come down the Pike.
The editor of the Piedmont Press
serves notice on its many readers that
unless they lend a helping hand by
November the first that he will shut
tip .shop and seek a new field. Keep
stiff upper lip dear brother, It is
half of the battle of life.
The Piedmont school house sleight
of hand performance in the commis-
sioners court last week drew quite a
crowd from Mathewson township.
Everybody concedes that I'ncle Billy
Schwarberg was the boss acrobat of
the menagerie. Uncle Billy was tumb-
ling for votes.
Do you believe that a republican
congress would have given El Reno
it land offli , if a «.• nn : •*. bad • t-
sented us in congress? Do you be-
lieve a republican administrat in
would have located the drawing here
If a democrat instead of a republican
had asked for it? Here is something
for El Reno and Canadian county
democrats to think about.
case is
this af-
up before the commissioners
ternoon, and a large number of Pied-
mont people are In attendance. W. T
Beeks is looking after the interests
of the applicant! and John \V. Clark
is counsel for the remonstrators
FEW COMPLAINTS
The value of a newspaper advertise-
ment is measured by the number of
papers printed and circulated. An ad
in a newspaper that prints VHO copies
Is worth just twice as much as in one
that prints 300 copies and it Is worth
just seven times more ln a paper that
prints 2,100 copies as in one that prints
300 copies.
We hope that Earl Beebe. in his
black board talks to the taxpayers,
will stop long enough to explain why
the county commissioners are com-
pelled to issue warrants bearing six
per cent interest, to pay the running
expenses of the county; something
that has not occurred before for ten
years.
We understand that J. Ikey, the un-
circumclsed friend of the widows and
orphans gave the Democrat and the
American the benefit of a few adjec-
tives at I'nion City Saturday night.
The Democrat was here before J.
Ikey came and will be here when he
is gone.
Harmonious Condition of Affairs
Indicated.
Ardmore, I. T., Oct. 11.—The report
that Indian Agent Shoenfelt will pro-
ceed to dispossess many holding land
leases in Chickasaw and Choctaw
nations Is based on a ruling from the
department construing an'act of con-
gre; - as giving the Indian agent the
power to place Indians in f ^-sion
of their allotm nts. Inasmuch es
there have been few complaints made
to the Indian agent It is expected that
there will be few cases for the agent
to handle. This would indicate a
harmonious condition of affairs in
this nation between the non-citizens
and the Indian. Most of the cases
of ejectment have been where there
was no contract.