The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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T. F. HENSL Proprietor.
VOL XIII. , i
Reno Democrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
$1.25 PER YEAR
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, JULY 31, 1902.
NO. 27.
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SCHOOL LAND
LESSEES IN
CONVENTION
The school land lessees of Oklahoma
Territory have ju.st closed a meeting
or convention, at Oklahoma City and
have adopted a long constitution and
bylaws. The object of the organiza-
tion as stated in the resolutions is to
force the sale of the school lands at the
earliest date possible, and at an ap-
praised valuatior, as raw lands, and
with a view to that end they propose
to coerce candidates for the first legis-
lature to promise, or to pledge them-
selves to a policy of that kind. The
resolutions adopted read as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions then
reported as follows:
First—Resolved, That we emphati-
cally express our dissent to the idea
that these lands should be under a
perpetual tenant system.
Second—That we therefore demand
that such legal action shall be taken
by our first state legislature regarding
these lands that will bring them to
sale at as early a date as practicable,
at an appraised valuation as raw lands
according to quality, the lessees to
have the preference right of purchase
at tho appraised value and be secure
in the value of the improvements he
has placed upon the farm.
Third-—That we believe that this
can be done in such a way as to secure
the tenants in their just rights and at
the same time protect the Oklahoma
school land from loss.
Fourth That if any lessee should
fail to purchase at appraised value the
same shall be sold to the highest bid-
der and said purchaser to pay for im-
provements on said lands.
Fifth—That we pledge ourselves to
the support of such men to the terri-
torial legislature as will do all in their
power to bring the school lands on the
market in accordance with the above
resolutions.
Sixth—That the Territorial conven-
tion pass a vote of thanks to the press
for their kindness in publishing a call
for this convention.
A. M'TAGGERT. Chairman,
C. W. OLMSTEAD. Secretary.
WORN OUT POLITICAL Paine'sCelery THE ROSS
i Compound CYCLONE.
ISSUES.
Pities Us.
The remainsof Frank Greer's Amer-
ican News, published at this place, in
speaking of the $20,000 worth of bonds
supposed to have been voted upon by
a part of the people of this town, last
week, says that it "has nothing but
pity for the for y-nine people which
includes the editor of this paper who
voted against the bonds.
Neither the forty-nine people nor
the editor of the Democrat need any
sympathy from our Guthrie co-tempo-
rary. The editor of the Democrat has
attended 24 newspaper funerals in this
town and each of them before turning
up their toes to the daisies was fre-
quently filled with pity for the Demo-
crat, and often bewailed its want of
discretion and business judgment.
Bruner Escapes.
Seafus Bruner, the colored boy mur-
derer, sentenced to hang at Tecumseh,
had his sentence commuted to life im-
prisonment by Govenor Furgeson on
Wednesday. The negro's age saved
hia neck. He is only 10 years old.
The issues of the democratic party in the congressional campaign this
year will be an appeal to the country for a definite declaration of Philip-
pine independence, and the immediate withdrawal of all American troops
and American interests in the islands, together with a renewal of the old
thread-bare issue of tariff reform. Both questions have been passed upon
by the people and adversley to the democratic party. Grover Cleveland
thrust the tariff issue upon the democratic party and they lost control of
the nation, and have lost two congressional elections since that time on
this issue. The Philippine policy of the republican party has been en-
dorsed by the people at every election, great or small, since the Spanish-
American war, Ex-prssident McKinley, President Roosevelt, both branches
of congress, the republican part}' and half of the democratic party out of
office and many democrats in office have been in substantial agreement
with the administration on this question from the beginning, and every
time, as stated above, that the people have had an opportunity to vote
upon it they have rebuked the auti-expansionists by most decided major-
ities. At the election of members of congress in Oregon on June 2nd, the
anti-imperialist candidates were roundly defeated and the party which
depends upon that issue this fall for inspiration and success will go down
humiliated and defeated as usual. Expansion is in the air; it is in busi-
ness ; it has been imbibed by the business world. It drives the blood
through the veins of the young men of the country like a rushing torrent
and they will not ally themselves with any political organization that
stands in the way of its progress.
THE DEMOCRAT THRIVES UPON
THEIR OPPOSITION.
Some of the wild-cat Kansas town wreckers are working their jaws in
opposition to the Democrat because it opposed another school bond issue.
The Democrat craves just such opposition. It has lived and grown strong
on this kind of support for the past ten years. It has always had and al-
ways desired the opposition of the tax-eaters, the town looters and the
treasury-rats, and it does not now desire to have them numbered as its
friends. It made a fight for the taxpayers of El Reno and Canadian
county single-handed and alone against the worst gang of political and
private thieves that ever disgraced a public office, and it succeeded in
winning the day, notwithstanding the town of El Reno was against it, the
newspapers were against it, the politicians of its own party were against it,
and the grafters of all parties were against it; but the tax-payers and the
people of the country were with it, or at least soon allied themselves with
it, and they are with it yet. And as a newspaper it has no desire to quit
its old friends which it numbers by the thousands, substantial friends,
tried and true friends for a little coterie of wild-cat speculators who have
no more concern for the people than to load them down with every con-
cievable form of indebtedness that can be piled upon them.
There are three things that the Democrat has always warned its readers
against, and that is, great indebtedness, high taxes and political grafters,
and it expects always to keep these danger signals flying at its masthead.
CAUGHT IN IDAHO.
Vollers Will be Brought Back to
Oklahoma.
Lawton, Okla., July 24 —Louis J. A.
Vollers is held in jail at I'ocatello,
Idaho, and will be brought back to
Lawton to answer to the charge of
embezzlement,
This information was received by
telegraph about four o'clock this eve-
ning.
Councilman Bruce was instrumental,
in locating Vollers, and leaves by this
evening's train to bring him here.
It was learned yesterday that Vollers
was at Pocatello, and the wires were
used to have him arrested.
W. C, Bickford of Frisco township
announces himself this week as a can-
didate for county superintendent of
public instruction, subject to the ac
tion of the democratie primary elec-
tion to be held September the 2nd,
1902. Mr. lJickford is an old resident
of this county and has taught school
in the county for eight snccessive
years. He has taught three terms at
Frisco his home district. He holds a
first grade certificate and ranks among
among the leading teachers of the
county. If nominated he will be
elected and if elected he will make a
good officer.
1 here is absolutely no enthusiasm
in the present territorial campaign.
Both candidates are new men before
the people and the campaign mana-
gers especially on the part of the
democracy are as fresh and new as
their candidates. The people seem
to have come to the conclusion that
statehood is an assured fact next
fall and that neither candidate for
congress if elected will ever take his
seat or render any services in re-
turn for the labor and expense of a
campaign. Therefore the people
have very wisely concluded that the
game is not worth the ammunition
necessary to bag it. That it is
neither good sense, trood politics or
good finance to pick up a couple of
itinerant small bore politicians and
advertise them into great men to
boss the job when something does
turn up.
Double E. Brown, will move his
Observer to Topeka, Kansas, where
he says he will have a wider field.
When a newspaper gets to traveling
about hunting for a long felt want, it
generally finds a- graveyard.—Med-
ford Mail.
What do you want with a grave-
yard when there is nothing to bury
but a bad smell? Use chlorate of
lime, and save the ground for some
well bred pole cat,
Nature's Summer Health
Giver.
It Purifies the Blood and Multiplies the
Number of Vital Red Corpuscles. Feeds
the Nerves and Tissues and
Gives True Physical
Strength.
Weak nerve6, exhausted tissue, poor
thin blood, impaired digestion and
sleepless nights, account for much of
the present existing summer misery
and suffering.
Dear reader, if you are unfortunately
numbered among tho sickly and weak
mortals of today, it is now time to a-
wake to a true realization of your dan-
ger. The weakening and depressing
hot weather will only add to your
miseries if you are careless and in-
different.
There is absolute relief and a positive
cure for you in Paine's Celery Com-
pound. This wonder-working medi-
cine is successfully conquering such
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a fact verified by able physicians and
thousands of testimonials that Paine's
Celery Compound makes new, pure,
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regulates digestion, whets the appe-
tite and gives vigor and strength to
combat the discomforts of the heated
term.
Mrs. J. N. Morgan, Secretary, Md.,
used Paine's Celery Compound to ban-
ish nervous prostration, heart palpi-
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by purifying the blood, bracing the
nerves and building up tissue; she
says:
"When I began the use of Paine's
Celery Compound I was suffering with
nervous prostration, had palpitation of
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two hours, but would wake with a
start, I would get up in the morning
feeling worse than when I went to
bed. Now, after using Paine's Celery
Compound, I can eat and sleep well
and wake up in the morning feeling
refreshed and strong."
Let Him Get Away.
The Kansas City Type Foundry,.by
sleeping on their legal rights, let j
Double E. Brown get away Irom Guth-,
rie without paying for his newspaper :
plant, About a year ago Brown con-
tracted for a stereotype head for hia |
Observer, agreeing to pay $1.50 there- |
for on installments. One payment i
only has been m ide. Tuisdav he sur-
reptitiously ramoved it from a form of
of type owned by Frank Greer and
hiked out for Topeka, Kansas, leaving
the type foundry to hold the bag for
$1.35
Ross' Cyc'one has come and gone.
It was read perhaps by a limited
number of people who had nothing in
particular to do. The excuse for its
publication was to vindicate its pub-
lisher from the charge of trying to
swindle a woman, a vindication which
ho did not need at this time and one
which he will get in due time through
the courts if his side of the story is
correct. Brother Boss has made three
serious mistakes in this matter. Mis-
take number one was made when he
mixed up in any manner, shape or
form with the Bradshaw outfit. The
second was going into print in his own
defense before a trial of the case was
had in tho courts. The third mis-
take and the least excusable of them
all, is his attack upon the morals and
good order of the town in general, and
his special attack upon the reputation
of an indescrlminate number of people
who need no vindication of character
in the courts, in the public press, the
pulpit or before the people. Ilis at-
tack upon tho El Rano Club, whilst it
has some foundation in truth, is ex-
agerated a thousand times, and com-
ing from a preacher, as it does, is
wholly inexcusable. The Rev. Ross
knows, or ought to know, if he has
read his bible aright that even the
truth can be so exagerated as to be-
come a falsehood of the blackest type,
and this is the case with the Cyclone's
reference to the El Reno Club inci-
dent, of a few months ago.
The indiscriminate charge that
there are "several cases among somo of
the most prominent citizens of El Reno
where husbands and wives are living
in open adultery with other husbands
and wives, "is a charge that no man
would undertake to make in El Reno
except Preacher Ross, and it is a
charge known to be false by every man
and woman of intelligence, unless it is
Ross. Ross never lived in a town of
the size of El Beno with more good
people in it than El Reno. He never
lived in a town that has a higher
standard of morals, and he never lived
in a town of its size with more good,
orderly, law-abiding people, and such
charges, coming from a preacher does
the cause which he is supposed to rep-
resent no good. It arouses an antag-
onism against all churches and all
demoninations.
The church member and the
"man of God" above all others, should
not only be careful and truthul in
commenting upon private character,
but charitable as well.
Sunday Fire.
Sunday morning a fire started in a
room of the Democrat block, used by
Mr. Kimmell as a kitchen. It started
from a gasoline stove which was out of
order, and for a few minutes it prom-
ised to be a serious matter. An
alarm was turned in but Mr. Kimmell
had smothered it out with a feather
bed before the department reached the
building-.
The ice cream social and dance given
at the Welter home seven miles west
of town last Thursday night is reported
financial as well as a social success.
A largo number of people went out
from town and the crowd was swelied
by recruits from all over the country.
Some of the El Reno people did not
get homo till four o'clock this morn-
ing, but they bad fun enough to make
up fcr the loss of rest. Lovely music
was furnished during the evening by
Miller's orchestra which was much en-
j joyed.
In the First.
Wm. Schwarberg. Jos. Walker and
B. F. Northcott will be candidates be-
fore the democratic primary election
for county commissioner from the 1st
district. Mr. Schwarberg and Mr.
Northcott have been on the board be-
fore and Mr. Walker is well known.—
Yukon Sun.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1902, newspaper, July 31, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112293/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.