The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol xiii.
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, Jan. 30, 1902.
No. 1.
MURDERER
CONFESSES.
EDGAR JONES
HAS FOUND IT.
Edgar Jones, county attorney of
Logan County, has at last cut the
guy ropes to his congressional boom,
and let her go "Gallagher." Kilgar,
like Roy Hoffman, in his Lawton
speech, has made a wonderful dis-
> covery. Hoy discovered that Galusha
A. Grow and Dennis Flynn, the
putative fathers of Free Homes, had
uothiug to do with the fraternity of
that question, but that it was sired
by a Tennesseean known as Old
Hickory Jackson, over a century ago.
Edgar, after safely delivering him-
self of his congressional boom, dis-
covered that all of the congressional
nominations from the first to the
fifty-seventh congress have been ir-
regular and undemocratic. He says
in his letter to the territorial demo-
cratic committee, that while at Sun-
day School, wrestling with the knotty
question of infant damnation, he be-
thought himself of a plan of demo-
cratic salvation for Oklahoma, pro-
viding the party could be induced to
make the proper selection of a politi-
cal Moses, or Mesial), this fall.
Edgar savs that his plan is not only
new, useful and novel, but that it is
unique and original, and that he will
take out letters of patent on it as
soon as he heard from the democratic
territorial committee. He says that
if his plan is adopted it will put a
new song in the mouth of democracy
and a new soul in the populist and
other reform forces of the territory
and make the professional politicians,
like Col. Hoffman, Col. Johnson, Col.
Forrest, "Drummer" Cross, Pat Na-
gle and Bob Ray look like thirty
cents.
^ The Democrat is in hearty accord
with the primary election plan of
selecting candidates for all public
offices from President to Constable.
It has been an advocate of the plan
for more than a dozen years and
succeeded in inducing the Canadian
county democracy to adopt it at the
last election. It was an
forced to admit that it is a cumber
| some, expensive and unsatisfactory
method, and more given to fraud
than the old delegate convention plan.
It could be made, however, an ad-
mirable system, but it must lie pre-
ceded by suitable legislation.
Edgar should have given the last
legislature the benefit of his discov-
ery, instead of the democratic terri-
torial committee, lie is appealing
to the wrong forum
el reno land
district enlarged
Weather Forecast.
1 rof. Irl R. llicks, in his forcasts
for the month of February, warns the
public that there will be much un-
pleasant winter weather during that
month, and advises people not to be
deceived by bright skies and soft
southerly winds, but to watch their
barometers for the oncomings of
severe storms and violent chaanges.
1 here will be squalls and gusts of
rain and and snow about the first of
the month and from the 6th to the
10th will be a decided storm period,
followed by a warm spell attended
by lightning and thunder with heavy
rains to the southward. This will
be followed by a cold wave occuring
between the 13th and 15th. The
weather will be very changeable
throughout the month. The moon is
full on the 22ud and the chances are
that heavy disturbances will develop
m the gulf region about this time
and people along the south coasts
are advised to keep a watchful eye
on the situation. Tottential rains
will visit many sections during these
disturbances. Tropical thunder
storms with chances good for high
an 1 dangerous winds are indicated
on and touching the 23rd.
William Strotberx, the negro al-
tendaut at the Turkish bath hou.-o in
St. Louis, has confessed thai he killed
Alexander Cooper, secretary of the
( rnham Paper Co. He said he took n
hummer and struck Cooper on the
head as he lay asleep ou the cot. Rob-
bery doubtless was the motive as th
negro took from the body a diamond
shirt stud and a valuable diamond
ring.
party in this territory are like Hill
Grimes and his committee a few
years ago which met in Kingfisher
and declared in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage of American sil-
ver, only to be forced to retreat from ti
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an two months, when the national and consolidation of land offices in
Oklahoma. Perry and Guthrie lose
NO DANGER.
with them and whilst it has many
good points it was only fairly satis-
factory. The objection to it is that
there is no law authorizing it or pro-
tecting the system against illegal
voting, and the thousand and one
frauds that can be perpetrated with
impunity in the absence of such law.
In this council district three town-
ships in Oklahoma county held no
primary election, although they were
requested to do so and were provided
with tickets and poll books, let
^ they had no representation in the
selection of candidates, The same
would be true of a primary election
held to select a delegate to congress.
' A county without a candidate would
take no interest in it and would there-
fore have no voice in the nomination
of a candidate, while on the other
hand the most serious objection to the
plan in the absence of a law defining
the qualifications of a voter, and pre-
\ scribing a penalty for illegal voting is
that every renegade republican in the
laud would be advised to take part
in the primary and to vote for such
candidates as would have the least
chance of election at the general
election.
The Democrat is a pioneer in the
advocacy of the system, but after
seeing a practical demonstration of
its claims in Oklahoma politics is
A Washington special states that
Delegate Flynn and the two dele-
gates from Mexico and Arizona,
threaten to advance to the speaker's
desk in thellouse of Representatives
and tender their resignation if state-
hood for their respective territories
fails this winter. The delegates be-
lieve that this method will empha-
experiment J size more forcibly than anything els
they can do, the rank injustice to
their people.
They will never do it. Conkliug
tried that once an 1 it killed him
politically. Territorial officials do
not resign. They hold oil until they
are kicked out.
For Homesteaders.
In answer to frequent questions
we state that the homestead claim-
ants in the El Reno and Lawton
districts have—
First. Six months from the date | statehood
of these homestead entries to enter
upon, and begin settlement and resi-
dence on their claim.
Second. It requires fourteen
months actual residence upon and
cultivation of their claims before
they can commute at 81.25 per
acre.
Third. The homesteader may
make final proof under the homestead
law after five years residence, or he
make take seven years.
fourth. The free homestead law
does not apply to these lands.
WE ARE NOT.
The Democratic papers seem to be
far more interested in statehood for
the Indian Territory than they are
for Oklahoma.—-Cloud Chief Senti-
nel.
DOUBLE STATEHOOD.
For several years the El Reno
Democrat has been in favor of state-
hood for Oklahoma without any ref
erence to the Indian Territory un
less some kind of a compromise
could be effected along the lines of
the Fairbanks bill, which in sub
stance provides for the immediate
admission of Oklahoma with a con-
dition attached, that the Indian Ter-
ritory should become a part of the
State of Oklahoma whenever the well
know conditions of that territory
would warrant a change in the pres-
ent form of government. The ma-
jority of the democratic press of Ok-
lahoma have taken issue with us on
this proposition and likewise two-
thirds of the two dozen aspirants
for Congress.
In fact they have been so rabid
and demonstrative in their opposi-
tion to the two state idea that they
have threatened to read out of the
Party any man or newspaper who had
the temerity to speak up in favor of
that proposition. Now since the
democrats in both branches of con-
gress are lining up solidly for two
states, we are at a loss to know what
the single- statehooders of Oklahoma
will do. Will they secede from the
Union as the town of Lawton and
Comanche county have threatened to
tlo, or will they wheel in line as they
have done several times before oil
this proposition, and take up the cry
of Senator Baily of Texas, Senators
Jones and Berry of Arkansas, Sena-
tor Cockrell of Missouri, who are
pronounced and open leaders in the
movement of two states, or will they
weed out of the party these reeal-
citrant senators who live nearest the
territories in question and certainly
know more about the conditions here
and the chances for statehood in
congress than our own little home-
spun gang of pie-hunters. We have
been in the habit of worshipping
these senators, not only on account
of their democracy, their statesman-
ship, their influence and friendship
for Oklahoma. Will the single state-
hood press of Oklahoma, the single
candidates for congress
convention of the republican party
declared in favor of the single gold
standard.
Oklahoma has some precocious
statesmen who are always getting
their foot in it.
Evidence all In.
The evidence in the case of the City
of El Reno vs. the El Heno Water Co.,
was concluded yesterday. The case
will be resumed to hear the arguments
as soon as the stenographer can make
a transcript of his notes on the evi-
dence.
A Board of Trade.
During the past few weeks a num
ber of leading business men who have
the commercial and material welfare
of El Reno at heart, have suggested
the importance of organizing a hoard
of trade to look after the business in-
terests of the town. It.hag been sug-
gested that such an organization should
be effected at once and that its mem-
bership should be limited, exclusively
to the leading representatives of the
permanent business interests of the
town. That suitable quarters be select-
ed where business can bo transacted,
to the exclusion of all other consider-
ations.
As a suitable place of meeting for
the present at least, it has been sug-
gested that the new council chamber
be fitted up with a few more chairs
and some additional tables as head-
quarters. Hero is a splendid room
furnished with lights and every con-
venience for holding public or private
meetings. Let the suggestion be act-
ed upon by all means.
El Heno is letting her golden oppor-
tunity slip by in all matters pertain-
ing to more railroads and more manu- j
factoring enterprises, because of her
litter want of concerted action.
their land offices. Washita county is
{taken from the Oklahoma district and
added to El Reno, and Roger Mills
county is also taken from the Oklaho-
ma district and added to the Mangum
ottiee.
The Oklahoma City land office dis-
trict has lost two of the bast counties
in that district.
WINKED OUT.
Reports come from Guthrie that
l>r. helix A. Winkler of Kingfisher,
member of the legislature and mana-
ger of the Norman Insane Asylum,
has resigned his position as superin-
tendent. sold his stock and washed
his hands of the whole rotten mess.
Considerable curiosity exists in the
territory as to whether Gov. Fergu-
son will annul the contract with the
sanitarium company for the care of
the insane.
Last week a well dressed and able-
bodied woman, accompanied by a
little girl twelve or fourteen years
old, well fed and impudent, were on
the streets begging for money to get
her back to Oklahoma City where
her grown sons were supposed to be.
t haritably inclined people helped her
out, but instead of going to Oklaho-
ma City she went to the new towns of
Anadarko and Lawton and worked
the same racket on the generosity of
the citizens there, representing that
she was trying to get to relatives iu
lexas. 1 he old hag should be judged
an impostor. She carried cre-
dentials showing she had been trav-
eling around on charity for the past
two months.
and the Jefferson club invite these
undemocr .tic senators to resign ?
Will they request them to stop med-
dling with the statehood question of
Oklahoma, or will they wheel into
line and stop chanting their single
statehood clish-maclaver until they
get the bearings of the democratic
leaders of the party. The democratic
majority in congress have given out
the statement flat, that they are not
only in favor of separate statehood
for the two territories, but that it is
absolutely useless to talk about state-
hood for the Indian Territory at this
time. They say that it will be im-
possible to get a bill through provid-
ing for a territorial form of govern-
ment even for the Indian Territory
for some time yet to come.
The smart Elicks of the democratic
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spite of the pure food laws, made from
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physicians will tell you that such pow-
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1902, newspaper, January 30, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112267/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.