The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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T. F. HENSLE Y, Proprietor,
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
$1.25 PER YEAR
vol XIII.
no, Oklahoma Territory, April 3, 1902.
No. 10.
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STATE CAPITAL
PRINTING OFFICE
Entirely Destroyed by Fire. Loss
$130,000, Insurance $30,000.
A disasterous fire broke out Sun-
day about noon in the press room of
the State Capital printing office at
Guthrie, and destroyed the entire
block, ineluding the Capital Hotel, be-
fore it could be gotten under control.
The fire originated in tho stereotype
room adjacent to the press rooms, and
the vast building of the State Capital
Printing Company was a mass of flames
when the fire was discovered. Tho
loss of machinery, stock and printing
material will reach at least one hun-
dred and thirty thousand dollars, with
only thirty thoL sand dollars insurance.
A citizens'mass meeting was called
at the Commercial Club rooms for the
purpose of offering to Mr. Greer the as
sistance of the clnb financially. A do-
nation of money adequate to meet the
present needs of the State Capitol
Company was offered, but Mr. Greer
responded that a loan of $50,000 would
be accepted to be paid back in five
years at six percent interest. The
amount was promptly raised and the
Stkte Capitol will soon be on its feet
aga<n.
Hensley For Congress.
Editor Ilensley, of the El Reno
Democrat, though an aspirant for
the democratic nomination for con-
gress announces that much as he
loves the democratic party lie loves
Oklahoma more. In an editorial last
week he says in part:
If the democratic party at its
nominating convention at Enid on
April 22, declares in favor of single
statehood for Oklahoma, otherwise
no statehood at this time, as the
central committee did at Oklahoma
City a week or ten days ago, it will
lose the party 5000 votes in the ter-
ritory, if not more. The rank and
tile of the democratic party of Okla-
homa are tired of territorial condi-
tions. They want statehood and
they want it at the hands of this
congress.
We love the democratic party and
would love to see it firmly entrench-
ed in Oklahoma. But we love our
home, our property, and the future
welfare of the territory better than
we do any political organization on
earth.
Give us statehood first and let the
politics of the new state come after-
wards."
The Week's Review had never
looked favorably upon Hensley's
candidacy for congress but was in-
clined to treat it as a huge joke. But
it now says that if our next delegate
is to be a democrat it is in favor of
T. F. Hensley, of El Reno. Men
are rare who, while seeking political
honors have the courage to put prin-
ciple above party. We feel like tak-
ing off our hat and shouting "Rail
for Ilensley."—Apache Week's Re-
We have it on good authority that
Lon Wharton has said privately that
he intends to vote a part of the re-
publican ticket, notwithstanding the
fact that he is calling on the mem-
bers of his party through the Senti-
nel to stand by the ticket. —Perry
Republican.
Lon never did vote for Tom Doyle
in fact always fought him and will
knife him again when he gets a
chance, yet he is boosting him for
congress. Lon is a mixed proposi-
tion when it cemes to Oklahoma pol-
itics.
Commissioners Proceedings.
El Reno, Okla. Ter., March 26, 1902.
The Board of county commissioners
of Canadian county, O. T., met pur-
suant lo recess, all members being
present, and transacted the following
business, towit:
The board carefully examined and
considered the plans and specifications
for a county court house for Canadian
county O. T., submitted to said board
on the25lh day of March, 1902, by the
J. Riely Gordon Co., of Dallas, Texas.
And now the said board having ex-
amined said plans and specifications,
with due deliberation, diligence and
care, do find: That the said J. Riley
Gordon Co., have not furnished work-
ing plans, sectional drawings, and de-
tailed specifications, within the time
agreed upon between said J. Riely
Gordon Company, and said board; and
the said board further finds that the
said working plans, sectional drawings
and detailed specifications are not such
plans and specifications as the said J.
Riely Gordon Company, agreed to
furnish; that the said plans and speci-
fications provide for a much cheaper
and less durable building than the
building outlined and described by the
plans and specifications submitted by
the said J. Riley Gordon Company on
the 20th day of January, 1902, being
the plans and specifications on which
the action of said board of February
22nd, 1902, was taken.
A motion was then duly made by
H. II. Leeper, a member of said board
that the said board reject said plans
and specifications; said motion was
duly seconded by W. S. Sitton,another
member of said board; said motion was
duly submitted to a vote and carried,
Leeper and Sitton voting in favor of
the above motion and Schwarberg
against.
It is therefore ordered by the board
that the said plans and specifications
submitted by the said J. Riely Gor-
don Company, of Dallas, Texas, be re-
jected, and that no charges, costs, or
percentage shall be paid to the said
company for the preparation of said
plans.
Board took recess until 9 a. m. March
27, 1902.
El Reno. O. T. March 27th, 1902.
The Board of county commis-
sioners of Canadian county, O. T.
met pursuant to recess all members
present and transacted the following
business towit;
It was moved by W. S, Sitton,
seconded by H. H, Leeper and carried,
that the proposition and court house
plans and specifications submitted by
W. H. Riley and company, of El Reno
be accepted and adopted for the con-
struction of the Canadian county court
house, to be erected on block 75 in the
city of El Reno, on condition that the
said W. H. Riley and company, de-
posit with the county clerk a certified
check in the sum of one thousand dol-
lars, as a guaranty that a contractor to
be approved by the commissioners and
giving approved security for the per-
formance of his contract, will agree to
build and complete said court house
including heating, plumbing, wiring,
architects fees, and all costs whatso-
ever of said building, for a sum not to
exceed $48,000 00, and provided fur-
ther that the said Riley and company
shall agree that in case contract is not
let, as above set forth for want of prop-
er bidders, then the action of this
board in adopting said plans shall be
no longer operative, and the said
$1000.00 so deposited, shall revert to
said Canadian county and no charges,
costs, or percentage shall be paid to
the said W. H. Riley and company for
the preparation of said plans. Leeper
and Sitton voting in favor of the above
motion and Schwarberg against;
It was ordered by the board that
sealed bids for the erection of a court
house building for Canadian county be
received at the office of the county
clerk up to 12 o'clock, noon, May 5th,
1902. Said bids to be opened and con-
sidered by the board at 3 o'clock p. m,
of said day, and that notice of the
same be given by printing the follow-
ing notice in the official paper of the
county for a period of tkirty days prior
to the date set for the opening of laid
bidi.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,
Notice ia hen by given that sealed
bids, for the erection of a court house
building for Canadian county, O, T.
will be received at the office of the
county clerk of said county, at El Reno
O, T., up to 12 o'clock, noon May 5th,
1902.
Said building is to be located on
block 75, in the city of El Reno, O T.
The contractor is to furnish all labor
and material and construct said build-
ing in strict accordance with the plans
and specifications adopted by the
board of county commissioners on
March 27, 1902, and complete the said
building within twelve months from
date of contract.
The said plans and specifications may
be seen and examined at the office of
the county clerk, in El Reno, O. T.
Each bidder will be required to de-
posit with his bid a certified check in
the sum of $1000,00 payable to the
county clerk of said county, as a guar-
anty that if his bid is accepted, he will
immediately enter into a contract,lorm
of which may bo seen at the office of
tho county clerk, for tho erection of
the above building, according to the
said plans and specifications, within
the above specified time, and will ex-
ecute to the county a good and suffici-
cient bond, in double the sum of such
contract, from some responsible surety
company, for the faithful and full per-
formance of such contract.
All bids submitted under this adver-
tisement will be opened and considered
by the board of county commissioners
of Canadian county, O T, at 2 o'clock
p. m., May 5th, 1902, and the said
board reserves the right to reject all
bids, dated at El Reno, Okla, Ter,
March 27, 1902.
WILLIAM SCHWARBERG,
Cha'm Board of Co, Commissioners,
It is also ordered by the board that
the above notice be published in the
El Reno American and in the Ameri-
can Contractor,
The board adjourned sine die,
City Election.
The city election Tuesday was the
quietest held in years in this city.
There was absolutely no interest in but
two wards. In the fourth ward a de-
termined effort was made to defeat
Frank Pagles, and whilst his oppo-
nents did not succeed in stirring up
much enthusiasm, they defeated him
by a small majority. In the second
ward Streams was elected over Dr.
Jackson nearly two to one and in the
first ward Dr. Hatchett was defeated
for the school board by Dr. Miller by a
small majority. The following is the
vote by wards:
FIRST WARD,
For Councilman.
L. Rardin (republican) 47
Roberts (democrat) 58
Member School Board.
Miller (republican). 54
Hatcbttt (democrat) 47
SECOND WARD.
For Councilman.
Jackson (republican) 17
Stream (democrat) 40
Member School Board.
Roberts (Democrat) 40
Cosby (republican) 17
THIRD WARD.
For Councilman.
Bennett (republican) 50
Strong (democrat). 31
Member School Hoard, Long Term.
Jones (republican) 42
Shaw (democrat) 41
Member School Board, Short Term.
Green (republican) 37
Freeborn (democrat)..... 45
FOURTH WARD.
For Councilman.
Sackett (republican) 101
Pagles (democrat) 92
Member School Board.
Masterman (republican)— 121
Adams (democrat) 07
Three mutilated votes were thrown
out by the judges in the second ward.
ELECTION NOTES.
The doctors were not in it at theelec
tion yesterday.
Jones, an old member of the ichool
board, was re-elected by a scratch—one
vote,
The Democrat was mistaken when it
referred to the El Reno school board
in a playful way a few days ago, aa a
close corporation. If it was clese the
people made quite an opening in it at
the polls.
The women took quite a lively inter-
est in the school election in some of
the wards.
It is claimed that if Rardin had used
a little more of the national beverage
and a little less hydrant wa'erthat the
result would huve been di^rent.
The fine Italian hand of Mk eragh-
ty was visible most of the day In two
wards, Matt imagined that ho had a
grievance. Whether he did or not is
another question.
Both parties nominated good men
for the city offices, It was therefore
impossible to elect anything but good
WHAT STATEHOOD WILL DO.
Aside from the desire for home
rule by every true American citizen
there are many other reasons why
every sensible and progressive Okla-
homan desires immediate statehood.
There can be no stability of prop-
erty values ; no dependence placed in
legislative enactments; no confidence
in court decisions ; no active perma-
nent municipal improvements; no
enjoyment of full civic rights, under
territorial conditions.
The organic existence of a terri-
tory is only intended to be temporary
and every legislative enactment,
court decision, civic action, contract
public or private, under it is looked
upon in the same transitory and un-
stable light.
Capital avoids a territory with the
same instinct that a timid woman
avoids a pestilence. It fears high
taxes, change of laws, freak legisla-
tion, designing demagogues, and it
can place no confdence in a judici-
ary scraped together from the four
quarters of the world,— not because
of its legal attainments, or its judici-
al probity, but to balance somewhere
a political ledger.
The people of a territory are
powerless to protect themselves
against the ravages of trusts, com-
bines and foreign corporations. Ok-
lahoma is at this good hour power-
lets to protect its people against the
school book trust, the insurance
trust, the lumber trust and the
Standard Oil Company, say uothiug
of the railroad corporations that
levy tribute, amounting almost to
confiscation, on every bushel of
grain shipped out and every pound
of freight shipped into tho territory.
The railroads absolutely own and
control the executive, the legislative
and judicial branch of everj terri-
tory in the land.
The charge has often been made
and no one has ever had the temerity
to dispute it, that for twelve years
not a single case among the scores
that have been decided in the courts
of this territory, not one of them has
been adverse to a railroad corpora-
tion.
Statehood will giv« the people of
Oklahoma home rule and home men-
and statehood will correct these
evils.
The pepple of Oklahoma are de-
manding justice at tho bauds of this
congress, and this congress will listen
to that demand unless the politicians
prevent it. No statesman will try to
deprive"* territory of statehood for
partisan reasons. He who will at-
tempt it is no part of a statesman,
but a contemptible ward healer
of the narrowest type.
Evans Out.
II. Clay Evans pension commissioner
has placed his resignation in the hands
of the president. The president has
given out the information however,
that his resignation will not take effect
until soma important position in the
diplomatic service is found for Mr.
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