The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1902 Page: 4 of 8
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EL RENO DEMOORAT.
T. F. HENSLEY, EDITOR.
New York, Washington, Pittsburg
giul inniv other eastern cities are
suffering from a severe blixzard.
The "Democrat is opposed to a
third tenner, but it is iutinitely more
opposed to any man who has uo
other occupation than that of a per-
petual ami chronic office hunter.
The Guthrie Leader says the dem-
ocratic congressional candidates to
date are: \\ 111. Cross, K. J. Kay,
C. J. Wrightsman. E. W. Jones, C.
B. Ames. R. 11. Forrest, T. F. Hen-
slev and C. K. Harrett. It is said
that Hoy Hoffman will not he a can-
didate.
It must he terribly annoying to
the syndicate that owns the HI Reno
American, to have that wicked man
lleusley go and buy several thous-
and dollars worth of new printing
material and act for all the world
just like a man that was making
money.—Shawnee Herald.
The Vatican at Rome has just had
its tlrst thorough cleaning in 400
years. The Vatican is not a single
edific. but a great collection of build-
ings of various ages, all forming one
groupt There are said to be 16,000
rooms altogether, though this is
probably not literally true.
A trans-Atlantic liner last week
brought over a cargo of auimals for
circuses and museums. Those who
saw her got a better idea of what
the ark must have been like than
they ever had before. There were
lions, tigers, bears, hyeuas. camels.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS
The politicians in the Democratic
party at Oklahoma City, n week or
so ago, declared against the primaty
election plan, but the fact remains
the same that the people want a pri-
mary election. This desire applies
not only to Canadian county, but to
every county in the territory, lhe
people want that plan adopted not
only in the selection of a candidate
for congress, but in the selection of
their county and township officers.
The ]>eople of this county, afte
clamoring for it ten years, succeeded
in forcing the politicians to try the
experiment. It was a success in t ie
broadest sense of the term. Now if
there is a return to the old corrupt
convention system of naming candi
dates in this county, it will be he
cause the politicians and the bosses
defy the wishes of the people. I he
rank and tile of the Democratic pai-
tv can see no reason for a change
and we want to warn the politicians
now that iMhev trample upon the
will of the people in this respect they
will find it resented at the polls
Paraphrasing Lincoln's familiar
phrase somewhat, you can bulldoze
all of the people some of the time
and some of the people all the time,
but you caunot bulldoze all the pec
pie all the time.
Major Slouch's Birlhday.
Major G. W. H. Stoueh, the most
popular Indian a^ent Darlington baa-
ever known, was delightfully sur-
prised March 3rd by an entertain
ment arranged in honor of his birth-
day. Two little Indian girls grace
fully enterted bis office in the morning
ana invited the Major to attend
social at their chapel at 7 o'clock in
the evening When the Major and
Mrs. Slouch entered the chapel ihey
found there a gathering of their most
loyal little Indian friends. Bev
antelopes, moose, llammas, zebras.
... , , .. Harper gave an interesting talk and
condors, ostriches, monkeys by the ' ^
then Major Slouch was called upon to
relate his war experience and his work
with the Indians for the past twenty
—s——s?— years, to which the Indian children
Among all the articles that have listened wuh great interest- Mrs.
hundred, and 4,000 singing birds
for dealers in New York.
ROY TICKLES B0R.
A good story is told on Bob For-
rest in connection with Col. Roy
Hoffman's withdrawal from the con-,
gressional race. It is said that Col. .
Roy had his-' decliner" all written up
ready to read before the territorial
committee at Oklahoma City,but that
Bob got him to withhold it for a
Jot Wtoby to we#ptt*e candi-
date for corTress.
The great srike among the railroad
freight handlers of the east is spread-
ing. It now involves over 20,000
men.
been published about Prince Henry Stouch was next ca led upon to tell
r . . , jojee of hsr wonderful experiences
and his visit, none has shown such M)i h-r ,ubjec| embrMed , history of
personal knowledge of the man. his ^ tbe wcetlors of the Arapahoesand
character, and his family relation as ber jjpsj experience with ibem in 1S6S
that by Mr. Poultney Biglow which in Northwest Kansas She so. wed
appears in The Outlook for Mutk 1. tbe scholars photographs of their an-
. -i castors and they manifested lhe keen-
Mr. BMow knew the '-Sailor -
.mi. i. i . est iaterest in all that she to.d them.
Prince (as he calls him) when t..e j .easant exercises at the
two were boys, and be found him ctiapel the children were dism:ssed and
then as be is now, svmpatbetic. Major and Mrs Stouch invited to the
*-nsple and courteous. ' Prince teasers cottage whe.e all of the
* . . ., a^eocv acd school people were invited
Henry, say, tbe writer, is a sailor lhe„ Tne ^aDce o( lhe
act of tbe parade kind, but of the eTening .pent in mus e and games
Dewey and Farragut model. 4D(j Vicious refreshments were «?rv-
When it came time to depart for
Tbe sensational encounter ia the home all joined in the song '"God Be
senate Saturday has led some one to With You "Till We Meet Again. acc
die up tbe record of a session of tbe wishes for a .ong life and continn-
• , ed bappicess to tbe major the happy
day of Clay and there Had some re- ^ /gUper«ed.
some other time, perhaps at the next
caucus of the east side capitol build-
ers aud the anti-west side single
couple of days and publish it with stateb00<i pluggers who are running
an appeudix that he, Hoffman, had (0r congress.
ithdrawn in favor of "Col. Bob1
The beet sugar men, according to
Forrest of El Reno. their own testimony, are very like
This statement had uo sooner been ^ gmaU bQy who cries he is
made public than the charge was |mrt testimony has been intro-
made that Forrest had put El Reno's duced in the whole controversy over
chances for the capitol on the bar- concessions to Cuba which shows
gain counter and was trading it to that a reduction of duties would
the east side for help in the couveu- lower the price of sugar m this
tion. That the withdrawal of lloff- country.
man in Forrest's favor was not made
until after the matter had been thor-
oughly canvassed by the east side
capitol boomers and the conclusion
reached that no west side man need
apply for this nomination who is
not in line with the east side, single
statehood schemers who recognize
the fact that unless the single state-
hood idea for the two territories pre-
vails, their chances for the capi-
tol is gone, and forever. They recog-
nize the fact that double statehood
destroys all hopes in that direction.
They also recognize the fact that in
all probability the nomination to
congress will go to a west side man.
Therefore they are planning to give
it to a man who stands with them on
the single statehood proposition.
They concede that double statehood1
will give a west side town the capi-
tol and they therefore reason that it
will never do to nominate a man to
congress who favors statehood for
Oklahoma alone. Hence, they cen-
tred on Forrest as a man who is will-
ing to sacrifice the chances of his
home town for the capitol. ostensi-
bly in order to have a "great state,"
but in reality to enhance his own
chances for a congressional nomina-
tion.
The sequel to the story is that
Forrest and his east side, single
statehood plungers, realizing the
attitude Hoffman's letter declining
the nomination, had placed them m.
are now trying to get away from the
responsibility of their ill-timed folly.
and accordingly Col. Hoffman is out
in another letter in the Guthrie Lea
Ǥ? ACHE
Ache all over. Throat sore, Eyes
and Nose running, slight cough
with chills ; this is La Grippe.
"PainkiUer
taken in hot water, sweetened, be-
fore going to bed, will break it up
if taken in time.
There it only one Painkiller, "PERRY DAVIS
Freeman Miller, of Stillwater has
formally announced himself as a can-
didate for congress.
Mr. Burbank, the Chicago artist
who has made a specialty of Indian
portraits and is well known through-
out this section by his work in this
connection, has just sold 106 Indian
portraits to a Mr. Butler who is
known as the Carnegie of Youngs-
town, Ohio. Mr. Butler is a col-
lector of choice art productions and
a portion of his private art gallery is
devoted to Indian curios and paint-
ings. ________
The alien chairman of the central
committee of the democratic party is
doing his best to induce the commit-
tee to kill the primary election sys-
tem in this county. If he succeeds
he will kill the democratic majority
in this county. The people over-
threw the old corrupt nominating
convention plan of the politician and
their rooters and they will not be
forced back to it without a protest.
Tom Doyle, of Perry has decided
to run for congress on his single
statehood, or no statehood record.
Bad Wreck on Choctaw.
The west bound passenger train due
here over the Choctaw about 5:.>0 a. m.
ran into a burning culvert Friday
morning about three miles this side
of Bridgeport. The train was run-
ring at the rate of about 45 miles an
hour. The engine and all the' cars but
the last one passed over the culvert
but the train left the rails and the en-
gine plunged into an embankment some
distance from tbe track. The engineer
when he saw hie danger jumped and
had his right aim broken and his hip
dislocated, A mail clerk by the name
of Thompson was severely injured,
perhaps fatally and one passenger re-
ceived internal injuries. The injured
persons were taken back to Geary on a
special train. The wreck was not
cleared away until midnight last night.
The nearest approach ever made
to perpetual motion is found in Bob
Forrest's candidacy for congress. It
is not only biennial but perenniel in
its habits. It first took root back in
Illinois years ago and it has been
taking something ever since. At
every election, at every convention,
political or otnerwise. in season and
out of season it springs up majesti-
cally and flourishes for an hour or
two like a Green Bay tree. It is
truly a shady proposition.
Y. M. C. A.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion was held at the office of Dr. Hen-
sley and steps taken toward the ar-
rangement of a permanent location for
the association. I. C. Montgomery,
John Delana and Prof. Cave were ap-
pointed as a committee of three to pro-
cure suitable rooms.
A permanent salaried secretary will
be selected to take charge of the
rooms, receive membership fees, etc.
Parties desiring to fill this trustworthy
position should make application to
Dr. J. Hensley, J. M. Jackman, C. E.
Shivelv or John Delana. not later than
Thursday, March 13th.
It is the intention of the organiza-
tion to form an auxiliary to the associ-
ation and pursuant thereto a meeting
is called to which all of the ladies
are earnestly requested to be present
at the Baptist church on Tuesday,
March 11 at 7 p. m. The hearty co-
operation of every woman interested in
the moral upbuilding of our young
men is heartily solicited.
marks and records that make tbe re-
cent one lock like a two-bit piece. ^r- A.J. Newed. a prominent
Senator Foote of Mississippi said of merchant of Li heno. w«-. in be
Senator Hale : "I invite bim to visit city today. Atone time Mr. Sew-
Mississippi and I will tell him before- eli was an implement dealer of this
hand, in all honesty, that he could city opening up in a shack where
not go ten miles into the interior be- tbe bote! traniz now sutu;. ss :.
fore he would grace one of the tall- j later in tbe firm of Newell & Ross.!
est trees of the forest. ith a rope This was bis irst visit inside of two
around his neck, with tbe approba- j years and as be looked about tLe
tion of every honest and patriotic growing city be was met with as.t n-
eitiien : and that, if neees^arv. I ishment on every hand. To a V\ ave
should myself ass >t in tbe opera- reporter be said T missed it. 1
tion •• jrx should have stayed here." Mr.
, Newell is one of tbe unfortunate i
It has become a common th:cg to stockholders of tbe E. Reno elephant,
rush a delegation off to Washington the Daily American, but be don't
evexv time something goes wrong kick about it. He is a stayer,
with a municipality, and on an aver- Enid ^ are.
age of about 99? times out of a tboo-
sand. it ia time and money wasted. ALT6ELD DEAD.
Tbe delegation is lucky if it gets to Ex-Governor Ar.gt.i. of Illinois,
see the bead of a department, but, died suddenly yesterday morning at
that is about all it does get for its ! Jobet. He was the principal speak-
DOES IT PAY?
There are not many men who can
be allowed to gamble without dan-
ill auviuvt ivevm a mm vuvuiiv c
der of March 12, in which he says, 10 themselves and others. The
-I am on good terms with Col. For- Pursuit of gambling evokes passions
rest, but so far as my selecting him, ^at are evil, and this being the case,
or any other man "at this time." it * ™uld be well for people to retrain
is out of the question." from gambling. Gambling culu
Tbe reader will notice that Col. vates averice; it makes embezzlers
Roy places peculiar emphasis upon and thieves: it leads to murder and
the words -at this time." We suicide; it impoverishes families.
presume that the Colonel means to There is an army of most hideous
sav -'not this time." but at evils in its train.
ALLEN'S
LUNG
BALSAM
will positively cure d^ep-seated
COUGHS.
COLDS.
CR.OUP.
A 25c. Bottle tor a Simple Cold.
A 50c. Bottle tor a Hei>y Cold.
A f 1.00 Bottle tor ■ Deep-seated CoujK.
^ Sold by all Druggii'.s. M
time and trouble. At the doors of
every department in Wasbingtcn
stand long lines of eager delegations
but tbev invariably come away sad
er at a pro Boer mass nee ting the
night before bis death. Just at tbe
ck e of bis speed a sadden dixz.-
ness seized bim and be wa« assisted
ANEW mixing town
Wildman. Kiowa County, O. T.
Is a New Town, recently established on proposed line of B. E. S.
Railroad. Wildman is in the geographical center of Kiowa Co.
eighteen miles southeast of Hobart. It is in the heart of the rich
mining district of tbe Wichita mountains. It is the headquarters
and the supply point for the OTHER CREEK MINING district.
Tbe Rich Mining Property of the Gold Coin Mining Company ig
located on this town site. For price of lots or mining address
JOHN FOX. or ROBERT PALMER. P. M.,
Wildman. O. T.
Wildman. O. T.
der but wiser men. Nevertheless from the stage of tbe theater. He
people will continue sending de'.ega- was carried to a bote, across tne
tions to Washington, thus benefiting
the railroads and hotels.—Blackwell
Daily N«w
street and died at 7 :rG tbe foDow-.sg
morning. Tbe cause of death u
apoplexy.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1902, newspaper, March 13, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112273/m1/4/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.