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OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER.
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"THE COUNTRY EDITOR"—AN INTERESTING ADDRESS DE-
L1VERED BY A NEWSPAPER M VN WELL KNOWN IN OKLAHOMA.
From the Western Publi«her.
Charles Sessions, for 15 years To-
from Seattle to Baltimore. It might
Interest you to know that right now
entwined in the minds and hearfts of supply here today is 9000 head, mar- [ sentiment in every
your patrons. That is why you have ! ket 5 lower, top $S.45 bulk $8.15 to powers that prey,
the tremendous Influence you do in j $8.40. Run of hogs in Chicago last
your communities. And it is the rea- week was heaviest there since first
son why you can afford at all times I week in February this year
battle with the HOW CANNON GETS HIS WAYS
peka and Washington correspondent | Kansas boys are editing big papers in to be considerate and just and fair." Sheep and lambs averaged about
of the Kansas City Journal, an able
«nd trained newspaper man, delivered
this unusually thoughtful and inttr-
esting address before the Southwest
Kansas Editorial association at the
recent convention of that organisa-
tion at Garden City, Kans.:
"There is a newspaper revolution
on in Kansas. By this 1 do not mean
a general newspaper revolt against
organised government, but an evolu-
tion in the newspaper business itself,
!■ so pronounced a form as to amount
to a revolution.
"Many papers are being wiped out
entirely, a few new ones are being
started and mergers are being an-
nounced on every hand. You have
perhaps noticed the many changes.
If not It might Interest you to know
that during the past year 206 changes
have taken place In Kansas news-
papers, which means either complete
changes In ownership or In editors.
In the old Seventh District which
comprises the territory covered by
this association, there have been t4
changes in the past 12 months. In no
line of business were more changes
made when number of establishments
are taken into consideration. Truly
something is doing In the newspaper
world.
Reasons for Evointion.
"There are several reasons for this:
"First—Many editors have become
rich and gone Into the banking busi-
ness. Still others have bought up
whole towns.
"Second—A certain class of men
who thought they were natural born
editors have discovered their mis-
take and gone back to the plow, the
store or the shop. I do not say this In
any spirit of derision. When a man
has sense enough to know that he Is
not fitted for a certain calling and
drops it before he is clear down and
out he Is to be commended.
"Third—The Kansas newspaper
field has been overcrowded. One man
would start a paper in a one-paper
town and do well. Another man, who
perhaps was just as smart Would see
how well the first man was doing and
decide that he could make an easy
living that way too. So he would
start another paper. Result: Business
would be split up, the field would be-
come unprofitable and frequently
both would go to the wall. Or per-
haps the first man wouldn't run his
paper to suit the politicians and they
would finance a new paper no matter
how poor it was it would take enough
patronage away from the first to bad-
ly cripple It.
"These conditions, as you know, ex-
isted for years. But the newspaper
men at last came to their senses and
began to apply modern business
methods in the conduct of their affairs
This Is the way the field is being
cleared of unprofitable papers. And
It is a good thing.
LIGHTLY ('LAI FOR SOCIETY'
steady last week, after considerable
| fluctuating, and the market is steady
1 today, with choice lambs worth $7.80
The Chicago Charity Ball Produced a ] to $8.25, yearlings
Few Proper Blushes. wethers' $5~.25 to $
Chicago Dec. 16.—Ruth St. Denis,
the dancer, exhibited her bare feet
and legs last night to Chicago
for sweet chferity's sake.
Immediately following the grand
le :ef 1000 here today and the supply
80ciet-v week wa
St. Louis, Chicago, New York and
Philadelphia. And I now recall that
Southwestern Kansas, alone, is sup-
plying editors for the Mexican Herald
the New York Sun and the Philadel-
phia North American. No doubt you
can name others.
"Why should a prosperous country
editor, and most of you are prosper-
ous, want to take a city job?
Me for the city,' say some of you. mnrchwhlch was led by Mrs. Potter
And me for the country,' says the Palmer on the arm of Gen. Fred Dent
city reporter or editor. Iciiitiit, at the annual charity ball held
In a measure this may be due to at the auditorium Theatre, the lights
our restless natures. Even like the were lowered. The transformation
tumble bug, we want to be on the was almost magical. It was electrical
move. Still the mania is dying out in its effect.
among the country editors, while it is From the ball room to the theatre (
increasing among the city reporters, was the work of a moment only. The ter: Enclosed please And poem entlt-
"So we will go Into this coming Kurr< the Speaker Descended from a
struggle knowing that the people will 0f Ir|s|, Kings.
have a voice, and that some way right I Washington, Dec. 16.—"My name is
will prevail, even over money and j O'Cannon," said the Speaker of the
machines and tricks and corruption in House yesterday, correcting T. P. O'
Its various disguises, and that Kan- Connor, who was Introduced to him.
sans who are fighting at the primary | Asked today for an explanation, Mr.
$6.65 to $7.15, within the republican party to make cannon said his family tree, searched
ewes $8.40 to j it free shall win and in winning give j 0ut recently by a relative, shows that
$5.25, goats $3.90 to $4 25, feeding It another half century's lease of life jlp j, descended from a line of kings.
lambs $6.50 to $6.75. Run is about 5,-1 for further usefulness and far more
last | exceeding glory.' "
31.000 head, about normal
for second week in December.
J. A. RICKART,
L. S. Correspondent
POEMS THAT INSPIRE.
The Register in receipt of the follow-
ing which it is appreciated:
Ponca, Ok., Dec. 18—Editor Regis-
led "Liberty" that I clipped from a
paper some time ago. which I con-
sider too goal to be lost. Will you
please print it If you deem It worthy.
I do not know the real author. If
you do not print the same please re-
turn copy. With best wishes for you
and your valuable paper, I ams yours
J. A. BLUBAUGH.
Which I take it means that from ev- great ball room was in semi-darkness
ery standpoint, financial, social and Only a few dim lights behind the box-
moral, the country work Is the better, es shown. There was a hum of volc-
Tendency towards Co-operation. j AII the Hindu Atmosphere.
"Then tendency of newspapers-ri-' Two men dressed in the picturesque
val newspapers—is to quit fighting and garb of Hindus, moved to the center
get together. In a two newspaper ot the room- Oriental rugs were
town—what is the use of cutting the sl"'pa(1 "lion the floor. Two more Hin-
life out of each other. Co-operation dus appeared and moved down the truly,
and I might add 'a gentleman's agree- floor- They "aused at the ruS9' klck-
menf on rates, beat throat cutting all e,d °* the.sandaIs ,hel1' feet and LIBERTY.
to pieces. Two dry goods merchants ' * ien ,)are footed, sat themselves down with man's first creation so was T.
who are competing for business do not on rugs. The music in balcony with him I've climbed the rugged
carry their warfare to the point of de- j staTtecl a weird strain. hills of hope,
nounclng each other weekly in their r''°m one of the doors darted a ng- And passed with him to the dark vale
advertisements in your papers. Ex- "re in br°wn' f 11 was st- D?ni8- | of death.
cept in rare instances they devote , j1 "Kele .re. al. so I have crossed the boundary of many
MiM* v-it! .u , ,, iwere her legs. In the semi darkness „iirr, ,>
their space to telling the good quail-|of Hhe lmni°nse r00m they showed C"m"
pure white. Bowing to the seated
figures on her right and left, Miss St.
Denis began her snake dance. She
wound her arms about her head and
body for all the world like hissing,
twining serpents. She wreathed and
she glided about like an uncanny be-
THE MEN HIGHER UP NEXT
New York, Dec. 16.—Sensational de-
velopments In the sugar scandal, fol-
Thls is the story as reported to the
Speaker:
Niall of the Nine Hostages, great-
grand-son of Owen More King ol Mun
ster, in the reign of Conn of the Hun-
dred Battles, was an ancestor of
Rory Cannonan from whom are des-
lowing thick and fast upon another, | - „,,, _ , .
, . . . . . _ cended the clan of O Cannonan, later
were supplemented today by rumors , abrelvated to 0'Cannon and still later
of other important disclosures ta-|torannon Twelve of the family, the
pending. report goes on, have been beatified by
the popes In as many centuries.
ties and low prices of their own war
es and not advertising their com-
petitors' wares by denouncing them.
"Why is not such a policy good for
the editors? 1 think it is and in
gleaning over a couple of hundred of
Kansas papers each week I believe I
have noticed a tendency of country jng. The illusion of her dance was
editors to quit quarreling. It is all there. There was a final blare of
right for papers to disagree on pub- trumphets. The music ceased and
)o and political questions. But they I while yet the ball room was shrouded
can take a high plane. To drag per- (n gloom the dancer sped once more
sonalities into a controversy and air to the exit.
the personal weaknesses or misfor-1 Then the arc lights flashed again',
tunes of each otherisneitlierveryedi- Society recovered its breath. It broke
tunes of each other is neither very j out in very society-like applause. It
edifying to the readers nor is it de-, didn't appear to be quite sure whether
nianded by them. In fact it disgusts j or not it had relished the performance
most of them. And this brings the it was something startling; It was an
thought that possibly such controver-j innovation; it was revolutionary; it
sles were responsible for the tolera- j was something that seemingly had no
tion which the bankers, merchants, J part in a charity ball at which were
and politicians looked down upon, in attendance all of Chicago's best
newspaper men In past years and the
change that has come over them since
such controversies have about ceased.
A country editor should not dis-
count the value of his editorial page.
Do you know what the first thing in a
country paper the politician of To-
peka looks at? It is the editorial
people.
But society enjoyed the Innovation
as an innovation—and—let it go at
that.
With fewer Clothes than ever.
Again the lights were lowered.
Again the figure sped across the ball
room floor. But this time her cos-
page. The are anxious to see what is ■ tume was even more bizarre than on
going on at the grass roots. Topeka ; her first appearance. There were few-
is the poorest town in Kansas to er clothes on the lithe, graceful danc-
guage public sentiment. They must; er. Again she held her big audience
come to you for that. They realize spellbound by the grace and sinuous-
tbat you are close to the people and uess of her movements. Aga
that you know what the people are: disappeared and again society
thinking about. Another thing: Your out into applause.
Newspaper properties are berom- own subscribers like to know what| After Miss St. Denis had finished
Ing more valuable and newspaper men the editor 0f their home paper thinks her second dance she hurried to her
more respected In the business world, about things So print the home- dressing room, which was the private
There was a time as you all know made editorials each week, even if on- office of Milward Adams, manager of
when the banker, he merchant and ly a few paragraphs They fill a long the Auditorium Theatre and garbed
even the politician looked upon news- felt want both at home and abroad, herself conventionally
paper men in toleration. That time '--paper Credit | Dennis made her way to
has passed. The newspaper man now Another thing 1 want to speak of Mrs. Palmer's box and was warmly
walks In the same class with them, is credit—newspaper credit. A ten- greeted by the society leader She
•This clearing house period Is al- dency has grown up among all of us, I was lionized for the rest of the even-
moit over. Newspapers have been or some of us, at least, to steal the ing
thinned out until today Kansas has product of others' brains. City pap-, ■ 'Thex dance was a wonderful suc-
need of and can support with profit to ers are just as great offenders, If not cess " said .Mrs Palmer her face
the editors, most of her papers. Of greater, than country papers. When aglow and her eyes bright.' "I was de-
lighted with it. I think it
Again she
burst
course there will he changes in the Hn ediror produces a good 'think
future hut not as manv as in the paRt story, If it is used by another, the
The law of survival of the fittest will orlginntor should receive credit. It
continue and some present (lav pan- ooesn't detract from Its value and ttllu im,Uancv
era will yet go to the wall while oth- Kives cred't where credit is due. The needed, you know"
ers will spring up and prosper. , ^'ievery has been carried to sneh an ' !_
Essentials for Success. ! f*te"t ln T«cent ''ears that the editor
"I asked a successful country edi-
tor not long ago what was the secret
rjurlslngly heavy cattle receipts last
lie Sim- lira, • ■
in ills own paper as his
very
charming feature for a ball, don't
you? It added that delightful touch of
■olor and piquancy that was so much
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET
Is almost excusable for not giving
irsreorlglnaie or><? n"^ ft Kansas Clt>' Stock Yards, Dec. 20.-
is original or not and rather than Sur
nlT^Tns'Vl^'.r, Wi°ng n,an he sim" week at a11 the markets gave the situ-
mvn stuff Pern«o °Wn pa'>er Hs 8 i ation over to the buyers, and thereby
I do in a week and y^wll^s,'*! j SeafonTd ^ ^ °' ^
prised to llnd how many differem edi-
tors wrote the same bright para-
graph. You know how often yon see
,, ... „ . ... s(>mp of ywir own stuff miscredlted
the same in the country aa In the Thl3 -1H nol u malIclous habit n ^
grown up without
of his success?
" "Work," said he. And then he ad-
ded: 'Work 18 hous a day until yon
stamp out competition and then work
24 hours a day and keep ft out.'
"While, -as I said I never had any
experience In the country shop I Im-
agine that the gathering of news Is
And been the still hope of many
peoples.
The prisoner ln gloomy dungeon and
the slave who tilled the soil or
worked the mine
Were sustained by their secret
thoughts of me.
For me men have died and their prec-
ious blood has bathed the sunny
slopes and level plains of every
land.
Kings have lost their crowns
And Lords their heritage ln my name
While laymen dared exile for my re-
ward.
Wealth has been spurned for rags and
poverty
Ana a mansion for a lowly hovel;
Friends have changed to foes and ev-
en kindred
Spurned their own thro' Ignorance
and fear,
The cruel friends of superstition.
Yet with man's creation and earthly
hope
Within his breast I have Implanted
faith
To know himself Immortal and divine
And to recognize higher attributes,
Prompting morals in lives and acts
of men.
One of these related to the report-
ed finding of an indictment against
a man "higher up" in the councils of
the merlcan Sugar Refining Company,
and the further report that the of-
ficial probers Into the underwelghlng
frauds through which the govern-
ment has been cheated out of millions
were about prepared for a disclosure
that would fix responsibility in still
higher quarters.
Developments, following yesterday's
payment by the Arbuckles of nearly
$700,000 to reimburse the United
States Treasury for deficits due to
false weighing, Included the an-
nouncement that another of the big
sugar refining companies was pre-
pared to settle with the government
as the Arbuckles had done, as soon as
It had been officially informed of the
amount the government asserted was
due.
This company was the National Su-
gar Refining Company, next to the
American Sugar Refining Company ln
the extent of its poerations. The Na-
tional's president, James H. Post, said
that the government investigators had
been going over the books of the com-
pany for months and recently had in-
formed him that the company owed
the government more than $700,000
in uncollected duties.
A GENIUS OF DISHONESTY
Talents, (hut Properly used, Mlglit
Ilave Yielded a Fortune.
Paris, Dec. 16.—M. Lepine, the per-
fect of police, has declared war
against the professional mendicants
who infest the Paris streets. In in-
augurating a campaign against them
he has tackled an exceedingly difficult
proposition, for begging has been re-
duced to an absolute science In the
French capital.
A man was arested the other day
who is a past master. Wherever he
went about the streets he w safollow-
ed, at a considerable distance by a
MOYLE UPHOLDS COUNTY COtRT
AT CUSHING.
The Criminal Court of Appeals, in
opinion by Judge T. H. Doyle, denied
the writ of habeas corpus applied for
by Ralph Brown, the Payne County
negro who created a sensation sever-
al months ago by filing suit against
Mrs. W. C. Hauimitt, president of the
State W. C. T. IT, asking $10,000 dam-
ages for circulating statements
against him as a "bootlegger."
Brown who Is represented by Free-
man E. Miller of Stillwater, alleges
In his petition that the county court of
Payne county was without jurisdic-
tion to try his case in Cushing, which
was made a county court town by an
act of the Second Legislature, for the
reason that notice was not served up-
on him at the timo of the filing of
the Information, charging him with
the crime as to where he would be
tried.
RAILROAD BUILDING
IN" OKLAHOMA
Since the dissolution of the Frisco-
Rock Island Railroad, it is believed
the Vinita-Avard line of the PYlsco
will be extended westward from Av-
ard toward Denver. This branch is
now in operation through Pawnee,
Perry, and Enid, to Avard, a distance
of 50 miles. It was the intention of
the Frisco company at the time the
liranc hwas built .under the name of
the Arkansas Valley and Western to
build to a Denver connection, and It Is
the general opinion now that this will
bo donefi. Such an extentlon west-
ward would cross former No Man's
Land, giving to that country an east
and west railroad for the first timo.
EWEES WHITE'S ATTITUDE
Ewers White of McLoud, republi-
can member of the state board of ag-
riculture and frequently spoken of as
a candidate for governor, said that
For ages constant vigils I have kept j large Newfoundland dog. Occasion
O'er dally acts of men. | ally he would stoop to pick up a crust he was not ready to say whether he
By their fireside my presence has not, or a bone. The the dog would be up-1 would enter the republican state pri
been unknown, unfelt. j on him in a moment and the two en-(mary^ race. "If I do enter the raci
The" silver locks of age and withered gaged in a fierce struggle in which the
farm; jdog would always win. He trotted off
The sunny curls of youth and ruddy triumphantly leaving the man lying
cheek! j exhausted in the gutter. The perfor-
Of sturdy manhood have sought my \ mance was always effective. The
presence. j fight attracted scores of men and wo-
Henceforth, as ln the past, I will lis- men, and coins were showered upon
ten | the apparently luckless individual.
And when men desire me as servitor, Who wouldn't help a poor devil who
I will come and gladly show the path- \ was reduced to the extremity where
wkya j he must fight with a dog for posses-
Which lead to happiness, peace and sion of a crumb? The police found
content. I that he sometimes made as much as
—Uncle Sile. $20 in a day.
A FAMOUS VICTORY.
Emporia, Kansas, Dec. 17.,—William
Allen White prints the following to-
day In the Garette:
"The fight of the people of Kansas
city. Ears, eyes and legs are the
most important factors. In fact they
absolutely are esentlal for success
An editor wTll look a poorly written
story because he can whip It Into
Bhape, himself, after It reaches him.
But he will never forgive nor forget
If you fall to bring in the story—If
you get scooped.
"The pen Ib mightier than the sword
some one once said. But with It must
go a strong pair of legs, two observ-
ing eyes, two good ears and a propen-
sity (I wont say nerve) for poking
your nose Into other peoples' busi-
ness in a way that will result In no
Injury to your nose but will yield
your paper a news Item. A good
reporter, ln city or country, can get
as much news with his eyes as he
ran with his ears. But he must use
his legs at all times. The more
ground he covers the more news his
eyes gather and the more people he
talks to the more news his ears bring
In. News deals with very life, Itself
hte more life a reporter comes ln
contact with the more news he gets.
That's all there Is to It.
"A good pipe dream now and then
Is relished by the best of men. But
the reporter who grinds them out as
a steady diet is no longer In demand.
The day of the faker has passed.
"A few days ago Ed. Howe received
a letter from an eastern editor In-
closing a copy of the Atchison Olobe
with four atorles marked.
" 'Tell me the man who wrote
these four stories and I will give hla
a good position,' wrote the eastern
editor.
"Mr. Howe looked up the matter
and found that the four stories were
written by four different reporters
Thli calls to mind that Kansas pro-
duces newspaper men for the whole
world. She has supplied editor* for
many of the leading paper* of th<
eountry; from Mexico City to Boston
steers. The January
brand of weather that has prevailed
over the country for two weeks or
more caught feeders unprepared, and
made it difficult or impossible to get
tin without ntiv f i coni out of fie,ds ,n some sections,
thought But it L . a"a muddy ro ls and feed lots added
And the wa to sto,? t JIT the tast compelling motive that made
■ sr sac- ss
and conditions to country papers wre
In a position to 'rule
tho mi on st,^rs' but the break was not so
roost,' but the leaders sav there Isno I i'"'1 "T' ,?nd fe"d-
never "get |
each other too well. Politically, T - today is much reduced
mean. Well, why not exert the pow-
er they say yon Tiave. TYoperly or-
ganized the Republican country edi-
tors could run the republican politics
and the democratic editors the demo-
cratic politics of the tate. They
could play the leading violin al! the
time. I have just enough curiosity in
my make-up to want to see -you try
it some time.
"And lastly, brethren, as the preach-
ers say. I want to point out the chief
difference between a country editor
and a man employed on the city pap-
er. A big city paper is a machine,
organized and run for giving the news
and every man who works on it is a
mere cog ln the machine. Every hu-
man cog fits In a certain place. His
Identity as a rule is completely hid-
den. If he holds down an inside job
tnd grinds out stuff and makes his
paper famous, he, he himself is un-
known by the people. Outside of his
shop he might not know enough men
to act as pallbearers at his funeral if
he died. How many of you know who
are the editors of the Journal or the
Star? It Is safe to say that not one
per cent of the subscribers of those
two papers ran tell the names of the
editors-in-chief who are responsible
for getting out those papers.
"Yet 99 per cent of the Bubscrlberr
if a country paper know the editor
if that paper and the country paper h
REPUBLICANS TO MEET.
State Chairman announces Committee
Session In January.
In a letter to George H. Dodson of
Oklahoma City, Acting State Chair
man Harris o fthe Republican party
City for a free city proves that the announces that a meeting of the state
day is past ln merlca when franchises committee will probably be held soon
worth millions may be taken from the after January 1, when State Chair-
people without compensation. The man Norris returns home. The acting
era of the rule of the plunderbund, state chairman advocates the issuance
the community of interests, is passing of a State Campaign Text Book, to be
from our cities and states. Soon that compiled by a subcommittee of the
era will be past in the nation. For, state organization. He also endor-
after all, it Is one fight in every ses the organizations of Republican
branch of ogvernment. The brewers,! political clubs throughout the state,
therailroad barons, the packers, the According to notices received al
the franchise grabbers, the coal thiev- i state headquarters in the Hotel lone,
es, the sugar sneaks, the trust mag- F. w. Hoyt of Okeene has been elect-
nates, the whole gang fattened on 11- j edto succeed T. J. Ballef of Geary as
legal special privileges, gouging themember of the state central com-
lndividual out of pennies to pile up! mittee from Blaine County. Ballew
billions in stolen profits, all are of one has changed his residence to Oklaho-
household, a house that Is built on ! nia City. J. M. Pemberton of Weleet-
sand.
"And how the storm of public wrath
Is 'breaking on that house. The Kan-
sas City breexe of yesterday Is but a
forerunner of the coming tempest. We
expect to have a fresh land breeze
here in Kansas when the congress-
men who Eold Kansas to the trusts!
ka, who resigned his membership
some time ago on account of contem-
plated removal to Muskogee, has re-
turned to Weleetka and withdrawn
his resignation. James L. Fore has
been elected chairman of the Mus
kogee County Central Committee.
fear there would be insufficient sup
plies this week at the last end of last
week, and bought the small offerings
Friday at stronger prices. The an-
nual poultry bogey is making Us ap-
pearance as a bear argument, but It
has small chance to operate today,
with the small run of cattle here.
Tops steers sold today at $6.75, noth-
ing prime here, bulk of steers at $4.80
to $0.25, cows up to $4.75, heifers
$.1.40 to $6.00, calves $3.50 to $8.00,
bulls $.1.25 to $4.60. stocker* $1.20 to
$4.60, feeders $4.00 to $5.25.
Hog prices held up pretty good last
week in view of the big run of nearly
80,000 head, heaviest run since Jan-
uary, with the exception of one week
In May an dthe market closed at the
high point of the year, $8.50 for tops.
There is a persistent rumor going
around that larger supplies are in the
irospect. and provisions specialists
ire manifesting a lack of confidence
n future prices. There is a falling
'he editor. You are one and' the'same ,frJn„th/L cai!h demand fo' products,
ind you and your paper are Jointly a the Blgns apparently point to
y a downward turn ln the market. The
at all the markets, only 6.000 head
here, am! prices are sharply higher ! summer come up for renomlna- MJSS ANNF. MORGAN, WEALTHY
steers up 15 to 25 cents, cows 10 to' one fight, and the Kan- i HEIRESS, AIMS GIRL STRIKERS
25 higher, stackers and feeders firm.! Tn ,hJ°®rrP,SSmen 'i'1 ,h,ave the support,
The heavy run last week made trade .v, - , . "iarifis the same forces | Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of J.
extremely slow, and some owners' J "at". 8 fraudn,ent fran_! Pierpont Morgan, has joined the
made the mistake of shipping their ?.Tn throat* of Kansas canSe 0f the striking shirt waist mak-
catile forward to another market, on-1 ■„!* zens yesterday. The plun-j rrs jn the sweatshop districts of New
ly to find conditions there worse than' Democratic organl-( York City and is using her money and
here, as the market kept on declining!,, „ , 8n,as City. It will us* influence to secure reforms ln the In-
from day to day. Buyers began to ,J_ Can ®ame8 ln Kansas, and | terest of the thousands of young girlB
.. .1 ... , , , . _ . Tnrniiirn th n t nno enmndu.. *v,„ 1
through the national committee, the
plunderbund. from all over America,
will flood Kansas City with money,
deodorized and shot through with the
formaldehyde of party regularity to
remove the stench and taint. That
money will buy newspapers, hire
workers, control law office* and try
to make Kansas believe that robbery
Is the best form of government juit as
the robber barons of the Rhine Im-
posed their civic morality upon those
whom they plundered.
"And not only in Kansas, but all
over the country this great fight for
economic freedom will be waging
next year. But herein the West, If
you please, will be the firing line. And
In this great conteit, all honest, pa-
triotic American* should thank what-
ever providence rules the destinies of
the American pelople that In the very
heart of the Insurgent Weat Is one
great tower of atrength, one great
who are employed In these factories
Miss Morgan 1b noted for her many
philanthropies. Associated with her
In the cause are Mrs. C. P. Hunting-
ton, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and several
other women of vast wealth. These
women assert that the Immigration
and factory laws are frequently viola-
ted by some of the manufacturers who
let out their work to contractors, who
lnt urn employ immigrant girl* at the
lowest possible wages. Efforts will
be mad* to bring these alleged abuie*
to th* attention of the federal author-
ities.
race
added White, "when I make the poli-
tical announcement, I will resign the
state office which I now hold."
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Kingfisher, Ok., Dec. 17.—Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Schwender celebrated
their fiftieth wedding anniversary
during the past week at their home
in this city. The celebration was a
family reunion, all the children com-
ing home for the event.
PETITION FILED FOH AMENDING
CONSTITUTION -
Proposes ('hunters Affecting Railroad
Building.
Guthrit. Okla., Dec. 11.—The Initia-
tive petitions to the railroads and
federation of commercial clubs of Ok-
lahoma asking for a vote on an
amendment to the constitution giving
the railroads power to build and ac-
quire additional railroad lines and to
secure right of way by condemnation,
were filed to day with Secretary of
State Bill Cress. They were presented
by O. II. Spaulding, president of the
federation of commercial clubs and
president of the commercial club at
Ardmore. Secretary Cross in the
presence of the governor and Spauld-
ing immediately detached the signa-
tures and declared the petitions suf-
ficient and in proper form. As soon
as the ballot title can be formulated
the matter will be put up to the gov-
ernor for the calling of an electfOfi.
The petitions contained 63,365 sig-
natures whereas only 37,502 signatur-
es were required to secure a vote of
the people. Petitions were presented
from very county in the state.
The proposed amendment Is an ad-
dition to Article 9 of the constitution
and gives all transportation and trans-
mission companies, whether foreign or
domestic, the right to incorporate Iri
the state, to condemn right-of-way and
to acquire any lands necessary to the
operation of their business, to appoint
resident agents and to be relieved of
the necessity of maintaining general
offices within the state or holding an-
nual meetings of the stockholders
within Oklahmoa and to relieve all
such companies of keeping books of
record within the state except those
necessary in transacting the business
of the roads within Oklahoma.
Governor Haskell declined to state
whether or not he will call a special
election to vote on this proposed
amendment. "It may be necessary
to call a special election to vote on
several matters said Wie governor,
"Including the Taylor election law,
the capital location proposition and
the proposed railroad amendment. I
will look into the matter and announce
what I will do in the matter latter."
If a special election Is not called the
proposed amendment will be voted on
at the next general election.
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