The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1900 Page: 2 of 8
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MISTAKEN THEORY.
Bryan Gained in Republican Strong
Holds and Lost in Populist
rong Hold.
The wrecking gang °f l'ie Demo-
cratic party, Grover Cleveland, Don
M. Dickinson, Hoke Smith, ex-tfena-
tor Carlisle and others in t ivinp
their opinion as to the cause of the
late defeat of Bryan laid all the
blame at the doors of the Populists.
The figures presented tbrounh the
returns indicate that there is some
truth in the alienation but not in the
direction Grover's crowd indicate.
Not many comforts come to Demo-
crats from th1? popular vote at the
late election, but they are in evidence
in the Mew England returns, showing
in that section a decreased Republi-
can and increased Democratic vote.
In 1896 the total vote of Massachu-
setts, Maine, New Hampshire, Con-
necticut, Vermont and Rhode Island
for Mr. McKinley was 1)15,1*14, and
the total vote for Mr. Bryan was
249,88^1110ip 1900 the total vote for
Mr. McKinley In those States was
539,451, and for Mr. Bryan 335,201. A
net loss to Mr. McKinley of 70,463 and
a net fjain for Mr. Bryan of 85,319.
It is a well known fact that Populism
cuts very little (inure in the New
En(,'land'electlons
Mr, Bryan lost heavily in Colorado,
Utah, California, Kansas, Washing-
ton and the Dakotas, which states
contain the bone and sinew of the
Populist party, hence, enough 'popu-
lists in the above states flopped over
to the Republican party to give all
those states to Mr. McKinley, except
Colorado. In the eastern states the
Republican party teaches the people
that Populism is the next thing to
Socialism and Anarchy, yet they gave
Mr. Bryan an increased vote while
the strong Pop states fell down.
Therefore, from this reasoning, if
populism had anything to do with
the defeat of Bryan said party gave
it to him in the neck directly, not in.
directly. However, the Wave be
lieves that Cleveland Wall street
Democracy had more to do with
Democratic defeat than Populism,
Socialism, damnationism or any
other ism.
A •oottiera m«n gl es «ho fMlvwtfcj
daft^ant of bis discovery of a chameleoa
Spider: "One afternoon, while trmmp-
tofj along s dusty road. I notloed in th«
bnsbas which <rew along- the si<U
what appeared to be a singular-lcol*
trjff tvh,if flower, with a blue centetv
Stopping to examino it, I found to raj
Astonishment it was not a flower at all,
but a spider's web, and that the sup-
posed light blue heart of the llowei
•as the spider itself, lyiBR in wait fro
Its prey The mottled brown legs ol
the spider were extended in such a wa|
as to resemble the divisions between
the petals of a flower.
"The web itself, very delioatelj
woven Into a rosette pattern, w<n
white, and the threads that suspended
M from the bushes were so fine as to lx
•lmost Invisible. The whole thing had
the appearance of being suspended is
the air upon a stem concealed beneath.
Upon knocking the spider from hi*
perch into the white gauze net whicfc
I carried mf surprise was greatly iij
•reased upen seeing my captive It
•tantly turn in color from blue t«
wl.ite. I shook the net, and again il-«
Spider changed color, this 'iuxe itt
body becoming a dull greenisi bi own
As often as I would shake the net
to often would the spider chauiro cU
Color, and I kept it up until it hud as-
sumed about every hue of ths raltUow *
Philadelphia Ledger.
Hexlco'a Unlucky Day,
Vuesdtty is the unlucky day in Max!-
30. If you were born on a Tuesdaj
never admit it. You probably hav*
bee* a disaster all your life, but pcopls
will firmly believ that you are an mj>
lucky dog aud litre the evil eye intt
thlj bargi^\ if they find that a Tuesdaj
was honored with your birth. I know
• man who started on a Tuesday with
money to pay off the hands in a factory
■ear the city and went instead to Aea-
ftulco, "'here he took the l'anama.
The board of directors of the munuftiw
luring company passed a resolution \t
inning their undying faith in his ho*-
tsty and attributed his error to having
star tea for the mill on Twssday.—8«r
laa Herald
PERSONAL ANtO IMPERSONAL
—Lord Kosebery is a devoted Z-thor,
He cut the cabinet meeting rather short
in order to be with his little daughlei
at Dalmeny park on her fifteenth birth-
iav-
—A sharp advertiser who offered foi
« small sum to supply \4Jmien with
eheap substitutes for hats plus *iai
been a-rresteil in ifoston for misusinp
the mails. He sent two rubber bands
to each inquires with the advice, "Sew
one end to the ha*. and fasten the otha>
behind one of your ears."
—"Marriage," says Cecil Rhodes, th«
millionaire diamond-mine owner
political leader of South Africa, "spoils
a man's or a woman's career becaua*
K destroys singleness of aim." He ii
•onsistent, at least, for he remains t
bachelor and will have nvmm but «■
Harries rr.u about him
Communicated.
Enid, O. T., Dec. 24, 1900.
To the Editor of the Wave:
Please permit me through the
Wave to correct the report that I
contemplate removing from Enid to
locate in Augusta, Woods county, O.
T. That is not true. Having lived
in Enid since the first day of the
opening, Septemner 16, 1893, having
watched with pleasurable pride the
marvelous growth of this city, in
population, wealth and improvements
which is not alone credited to the
push, energy and enterprise of her
citizens, but in a very great measure
to the farmers whose abundant crops
ol all kinds during the last past live
years have found a ready market and
good prices in Enid, the metropolis
of Garfield county, and furthermore
as I have been the recipient of the
favors and confidence of the people
oi this city, whose suffrages have re-
tained me in office ever since t he 26th
day of September, 1893, I do not de.
sire and have never desired to leave
Enid, as it is good enough for me or
any man, However, Mr. Editor, per-
mit me to say that last week profes-
sional business called me to Alva,
the county seat of Wofds county, and
while enroute to that city I stopped
at Augusta, and was present on the
18th instant at the opening of the
townsite of "new" Augusta — which is
located two miles east of "old" Au-
gusta—on the line of the new Kansas
City, Mexico and Orient Railway.
This new townsite comprises 1,000
acres of land. "New" Augusta
"proper" has for its original townsite
640 acres. Fifty thousand dollars
were expended for lots, two-thirds of
that amount was expended by the
citizens of "old" Augusta, who on or
before February next will nave moved
from "old" Augusta to "new" Augus-
ta, and it is predicted that before
the expiration of one year from Jan-
uary next (1901) no less than 3,000 in-
habitants will occupy with valuable
improvements the "new" town of
Augusta.
The location of "new" Augusta is
commanding, the water supply is
abundant and most excellent, and
tor miles, as far as the eye can reach,
one gets a view of a farming country
unsurpassed for its beautiful land-
scape and fertility of soil.' While it
is not my intention to leave Enid, yet
I can point to "new" Augusta as-
city offering great inducements to
any one desiring a location to engage
in any mercantile or professional
business. Augusta has no rival—he.
ing 45 miles from Enid, 15 miles from
Alya, 45 miles from Pond Cre'ek and
32 miles from Kiowa, Kansas. Th
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
Railway will enter "new" Augusta on
or before July next, then and as now
"Augusta" will lake rapid strides.
, Yours Respectfully,
S. H. Bradley
KILLING IN GRANT COUNTY.
A young man of Grant county, full
of red liquor, approached the home
of Mrs. Kendricks, while her husband
was absent, and she shot him dead in
his tracks. It seems the young man
approached twirling a white hand,
kerchief In his hand which he max
have meant as a Ha'- of truce, hut
Mes. Kendrickfi didn't recognize the
rules of war on this occasion, neither
did she recognize the young mar.
he had his hat pulled down over his
eyes and acted very strangely and
dangerously otherwise. He refused
to speak to her when she address o
him. She shot the young m intw.ee,
killing him dead with the second shot.
She was horrified on finding that -lie
had killetl the son of a neighboring
farmer who nroba bly meant no harm,
but the coroner's jury returned a
verdict of justifiable homicide.
Hid VoriitaE
She-Weren't 3-011 surprised ti*-.
Wildrsik® should make a surgeon?
He—N®t in the least. I can't re mem
bet when ho wasn't given tc> cutting
ap.—Judge,
—In the Sandwich islt nils the appU
has become wild and forests of trees of
many acres are fou d in various parti
of the country. They extend frou sh«
'.evai** the sea far up into the «,.iri
linn sides. It is ifiiid that miles then-
apple forests can occasiona lly bo ..'en
One traveler gives the extent of one mf
them as between five and ten mile* i
width and about twenty miles long
-Mayor (Introducing his fatally to &
new prefect)—"Here are my wife r.nri
laughter. I would beg your excel
tencv to observe that the eldor of the
two is my wife."—Svegliarino
—A pet squirrel bit the hand oi u
men named Corner, In Franklin, Pu
Blood-poisoning resulted, and it l-i
feured ths hand will hsve to b« nop-
lists of people who are present, at an>
public functions. The number of milt
AMERICA* TlTtE.3.
KUUry Dclgnntlou, 8tlck-Pw*
mi Newspaper l'rtilxew.
'Ray," si.ld the "Kicker,'' when hi
*ras in an unusally critical mood,
"don't tell me that we Americans do
not like titles. Why, hang it, we dot«
on titles. Just sso how many of th
rich girls go gumr'jg for titles abroad
and are willing to accept broken-dowa
specimens of humanity for husbands
simply because they Call tliemselvef
iukes or marquises or count or what
not. Only recently a young Irish earl
fcame here. He was absolutely with-
out distinction, but a paragraph got
nto one of the papers about him, and
limply because ne was an earl people
began to pour invitations upon him for
dinners and things. lie couldn't
Understand it. Of course h«
couldn't, but I can. He had 1
title. It didn't make any differ
•nee whether he was a member of the
British, Irish or an" other aristocracy
He had a title that > ■* haven't got, and
hence the invitation*. Now, I don'"<
mean to say that we Americans ar«
anxious to have any orders of nobility.
A good many of us would like to bs
dukes and earls and viscounts and all
that, but we would be ridiculed sfl
much by those who couldn't get ths
titles that the glamour of them woulc
be much dimmed. But we make uj
for the lack of noble names. You W
we do! Any other sort of a title wa
can get hold of is ussd with a
vengeance. Consider military designa-
tions, for instance. Iiook over th
' 7 i
ill
tary men is astounding. Where tin
they come from? The war has bees
over nearly thirty years, and a vast
number of the officers who came out of
it are dead, k ; the number of g-ener
als, majors and captains seems srr
pendously large still. Of "course,
the militia of the states furnishes •
good many. A man is at the head of «
regiment; he conducts a drill once
week or so, takes part in a parade t
few times a year, and perhaps spend.
« week in a state camp. He makes hia
living aa a business or proftssional
man; hln military associations are
merely fits Incident ol his career. But
to all the world he is the colonel,' an-i
he remains the colonel forever,
"Now, I ain not kicking aboat this,
fou understand. Nobody of sens*
would kick about It I simply cite il
to illustrate how a title, especially t
militairy title, stiek6. Then look at
the military staffs of governors. TheiM
•re usually made up of civilians. They
lon't know any more about drills and
tactics and strategy than a South Sea
Islander does R.bo<ut tho constitution oi
the United States; and, moreover, they
don't learn any more while they hold
their offices, but, tlie.y got to be known
3 the colonels and majors and cap-
tains; and the titles stick. Nobody, 1
presume, l.s going to kick very
bard over this; but I, for one,
do kick against magnifying or nuann
facturing titles. A man may some
how or other be entitled to bi. called
. lieutenant or a captain, but it fro
juently happens that in some inexpli
cable way he sooner or later be-
comes a colonel or a general. This
is especially the ease when lio runs lot
a political office, and in these in-
stances he rarely stops short of being
a full fledged general, with the infer*
ential record of life imperiled, forti
atormed and battles won. Then, we
actually manufacture then? titlsa
without t,ho slightest excuse Gen-
eral officers of all kinds, attorney-gen
erals, paymaster-generals, solicitor
jenerals and so on—sometime or other
get big military rank, and very often
the tit!1* persists in staying by them.
"Bet we have other titles. Sottm
one has said that the only salvation a1
the republic was the fact that there
were so many societies of various kind*
in thp country, and thus almost evsry
bodj- could have an office of somt? kind
and a title of some kind. It is .1 sort
of safety valve, I suppose, for a. man to
be a grand master, or a high priest, or
■v mosl worshipful this or that, or 8
yrand mogul of something o other. It
iocs 110 h-M-m, and perhaps suine good.
"But the title that I kick against in
earnest is the one for which some of
the newspapers are largely responsi-
ble. How the practice eve* started S
don't know, unless it v as to save
rvice,. It is the habit makings
titl*s or prefix of a Ban'1 occupation
This is becoming extremely prevalent,
especially among certain ueuspapers
tn this city. We have Lawyer Smith,
Banker Jones, Broker Brown, etc. 1
have even seen Butcher Cireon in print
The worse case I recall was Driver of
the t'analboat Mary Jaue Timothy
Black, capital letters and all. A man
Is very rich; he is frequently <l\ibbed
Millionaire Jones. He is a singer; he
is callcd Tenor de Throntstriugs. Il«
soils ropes ob a steamboat a n<\ he geta
into print as Deckhand MeUinty H«
j a law-defying crank and he is writ-
ten jp as Anarchist Snithkios. And
o on. 1 don't belie*" tliey do aucb
tiMy things as tbt* anywhere else
aaith. The only designations of «uj
Itlnd we shi nld have in this cou' Iry
M* official one?; ^xcort in Kettt <y
nd, of course, there e-erjrono hsx m
tnalieuable light tots oolounl
t TrlbuPA
New Lumber Yard'
ONE BLOCK WEST OF
FRANTZ HARDWARE STORE.
We htve just opened up for business with a new, clean
bright stock of
Lumber, Sash, Doors,
Mouldings, Lime,
Cement,
Plastering material,
In fact everything usually kept in a first class, up-to-dat(
Lumber Yard. We solicit a share of your trade and
Sucirantee Satisfaction in
£vcri/ instance.
Come and see us. Respectfully.
THE FRANTZ LUMBER CO
3 8 ENID, OKLA.
THE GREAT MAJESTIC
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-DEALERS IN-
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eger
DEALER IN-
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ror
GO TO r~
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On EaM Broadway, He Carrie* a Full Line of
Harness. Saddler, Horse Blankets,
Lap Robes, Halters, Whips, Etc, Etc.
He makes all kinds of Harness to order on Quick Time
His stock is large, complete and at the bottom notch in
prices. Take ;; look at his immense stock.
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