The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1904 Page: 1 of 10
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THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Chandler news.
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VOL. 13—No. 25.
FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN LINCOLN COUNTY. H. B. GILS1RAP, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, MARCH 10, 1904.
$1.00 A YEAR.
GIVI.xG OIL LEASES.
IN THE giving of oil leases we be-
lieve that preference should be
given to a home company. A home
company will give the same advan-
tages and conditions that are given
by any other individual or corpora-
tion, and if the giving of a lease
is to work to the advantage of
any company, would it not be better
to have that company composed
largely or entirely of# our own peo-
ple? The Chandler Oil and Gas Co.
is composed mainly of people who
are permanently located here. Three
of the five directors are Chandler
men, giving the control of the com-
pany into the hands of home people.
These three men are among the best
known business men in the county—
Walton Burgess, manager of the
cotton oil mill; John M. Hale, pres-
dent of the Chandler National Bank ;
H. M. Johnson, president of the
First National Bank. They are
thoroughly reliable and permanently
identified with the interests of the
coal t/. It is better always to do
business with a neighbor than a
stranger, and it is generally safer,
too, for should there be any misun-
derstandings these men are here
where you can see them. Their interests and
yours are mutual. They could not afford to mis-
represent anything to you or to treat you unfair-
ly. If you have not given a lease in order to en-
courage the prospecting for oil and gas, we be-
lieve that it is to your advantage to do so, but we ]
believe that you will be better satisfied hereafteri
if you give the preference to the home company.
Inasmuch as the citizens of Chandler assumed,
the entire burden of raising the cash bonus neces- j
sary to insure the drilling of the well, the owners
of farms in this vicinity should be willing to do
their share by giving leases. W. C. Hoover, the
abstracter, is the leasing agent of the Chandler
company, which is a guarantee that all leases
will be correctly executed and that no advantage
will be taken of the lessor. Those in this vicinity
who have not given leases should see Mr. Hoover I
at once and talk with him about the matter.
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REPUBLICANS should not be misled into a
belief that victory will be easy for them by
reason of the present disagreement between the
democrats and populists. The discordant ele-
ments may get together, and even if they do not,
success can only be attained through the nomina-
tion of clean, capable, worthy men, and a vigor-
ous, harmonious campaign. There will have to
be some work done to bring success.
EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT IT.
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A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD BEEN
** traveling over the county for the past
ten days said to The News this week that
he found people everywhere talking about
the fine map of Lincoln county just issued
by the News and the unanimous opinion
was that it was the best thing of the kind
ever offered to the people of any county
in the territory and something which no
one should be without. This view is
amply justified, for the map is indeed a
household necessity, and, moreover is
being absolutely given awav to our sub-
scribers, though it is superior to maps of
this county that have sold for ten dollars.
There is no need of your waiting; you will
want it sooner or later so you would
better get one now. If you don't see any
of our agents call at this office or write
us about it. •
Do not think because you are in arrears that you have to
pay arrearages and then two dollars besides to get a map,
but just pay us the two dollars and carry off the map.
AGAINST FACTIONALISM. .
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AS A GENERAL RULE, if a republican says
anything against fusion in this county, it is
assumed by the anti-republicans that his dislike
of fusion springs from the danger to republican
success which lies in a union of the opposition.
Notwithstanding this, we feel like congratulating
those democratic and populist committeemen who
have withstood the appeals of would-be fusion
nominees long enough to look the ground over be-
fore deciding to hitch up again this year.
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WE PUBLISH this week the call for a county
convention to elect delegates to the terri
torial convention. We hope that the republicans
in every precinct will take an interest in this con-
vention and send a full delegation to the county
convention. The fact that there will be no con-
test as to who shall be the nominees will not ex-
cuse a lack of interest, for the selection of a good
delegation and the election of a territorial com-
mitteeman are matters of considerable impor-
tance. The county is entitled to twenty-seven
delegates—one for each of our twenty-seven pre-
cincts, if the usual method o*f apportioning them
is followed. Should the central committee decide
to nominate this year by primary election, as was
done two years ago, this will be the only county
convention which the republicans will hold this
year.
HE strong stand taken by Gov-
ernor Ferguson against faction-
alism in the republican party in Ok-
lahoma has the approval of a large
majority of the party. If the gov-
ernor intends to oppose the plans of
any members of the party who may
be inclined to use the organization
for personal and factional motives
and contrary to the best interests of
the party and the territory, he should
have the support of every good re-
publican in Oklahoma. That he has
the moral support of most of them is
evident, but whether they will take
the pains to see that delegates
are elected to the territorial con-
vention who will act in harmony
with the views* expressed by the
governor is another question. Un-
less they do this, their approval will
avail little. This does not mean
that there should be any "boss-bust-
ing" campaign in Oklahoma, for
it cannot be fairly said that there are
any bosses in the republican party in
Oklahoma; neither does it mean that
there is to be any opposition to or-
ganization, for without organization
the party could accomplish but little.
It does mean, though, a recognition
of the principle that party is greater than any in-
dividual member of it, or greater than any faction
in it, and that when the interests of the party as
a whole come into conflict with the wishes of any
person or faction, the party, and not a portion of
it, must control. It is against the "rule or ruin
policy and against the methods of those politicians
who devote their efforts to controlling federal
patronage rather than winning republican vic-
tories. This is a good time for the party to take
such a stand. Since there is but one candidate
considered for president and but one for delegate
to congress, the opposition to factionalism cannot
be considered as a scheme to further the interests
of one candidate as against his opponents. No
one should be allowed to dictate to the party,
and any person seeking support should have some
better reason to offer than the fact that he is th<
choice of this person or that one.
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A SPECIAL effort thould be made in th<*
coming city election to choose those persons
as city afficials who will labor to advauce the in-
terests of Chandler as a whole rather than any
faction or part of the town. A man may be an
agreeable neighbor and a good fellow but a poor
official. Don't give an office to a person not
qualified merely as a bouquet. Put only capable
i men in office.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1904, newspaper, March 10, 1904; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117760/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.