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THE LEADET?, CUTFTRTE, OKLA., TIU UNDAY. (M TO UK IW! . 1?k>s.
PAGE TlIUEfl.
MII'S DEALS WITH CITTLEIO SHOWS BTTEH
DATE FOR CONGRESS.
HI 111. I
olivine -d ihat Mc(
I us a in ember
! von pooiijc (if i
. i <11 i ri t cannot
As Governor Haskell Had been bill* can any h<
ed for several days a h< ..d to •• ilc at Cm: o
Kingfisher on the night of Octobor >nd !
twenty-second, it was learned ili.n M<
Quire was also to speak th • r • ihat ,i , i, •!.
night. 'fin: re fore, innn« <1 i a t. u<> ;. r hliu in ti
was given Congressmen McCuire th ' m«*ni- w
Governor Haskell would r< ad in ti"
audience the W. F. Smith s
concerning Medulre, as well
ous other charges
The (Jovernor had fiot p
reau the Smith s.tat<• ui nt b:
its rferloiis character. II- ; 11<>v.• mI
his usual policy of giving iho area -d
on opportunity to be pr« - <• 111. hear the '
charge and explain or deny, ., lie ti
sired to do so, hul Mr. McCuire Srlinol I nirl
fused to avail himself of :his fair op- 1-cUlU
port unity.
The following are ex:racts from the
speech of Governor Haskell following
ihe evasion and side stepping of M
McGuire After discussing other is-
sues. Governor Haskell said:
"Now, as to the two candidal1 for
Congress in your district, 1 believe
thai the rank and file of honest It-
publicans iVsire lo rid themselves and
I heir parly of the grafters . on nd.
and secure hone g.:\eminent and
S the First
read these
luise had an
and explain
an you vote
ie preof these docu-
hiin siS at ii|Min the sub-
Is of
iif Oklahoma | a,u' other'expenses incured be-
i. , and that ■fore 'he Convention met; consequent-
Congressional Jv- Charles Fllson, Republican Soc-
. it ii:nior or / retary of Oklahoma Territory,
Constitutional Convention
Expenses.
You taxpayers have a right lo ex-
pe ■ t > < 11r public ulll< . is; to relieve > - u
from a iiiiu h of the burden of taxa-
tion from lime lo lime as po ibl ■
I he us t«-.t what McQuire'tt record
Jiia lie. n:
The Statehood bill appropriated one
hundred thousand dollars to be used
towards the expenses of the el • -lion
for delegates to the Constitutional
Coin• inloii, the holding of the Couven-
lion and the election to vote on tin*
(institution afterwards.
It Is clearly apparent from Ine
language of tint bill that Congress
in on it In 1.- a first estimate only
i .lie : aine bill gave Arizona and New
M- \ieo one hundred and fifty turns-
. nd dollars, and stipulated that All-
sot.a and New Mexico need not ex-
pert any more.
The expenditure of this appropria-
tion was put iu the hands of a board,
ev«-ry one of them Republican terri-
torial ollicials. s«) that tlu> Democrats
were i:i no way responsible for whit
was done with It.
When the Constitutional Conven-
tion assembled we learned that there
was only about thirty thousand dol-
lars of that money left,—the balance
having been used in the delegate clee-
us; ice without h'
alanche of vote*
re 1 i in from
viug liini
that will
blic sCr\
l ice lo Railroads.
McGijir
in I'd
<u in
dies,
•d.
land .ii:t. 1 fund mas
the children of the
proper statement, h
explain this proposition.
The statehood bill became
.lum-
en] i;
law on
and
servants
much
ncluin.
f the i
llcieui polilit
do the Democrat!. no 1 pu
Is, Shall your Congre. man
Hton or McGuire V"
I ha bad i lie 1 • t <
ties to stud> the charaeti
Johnston. Throughout ti
Constil lit iona 1 coin • nth
never for one moment dep.
the side of the amnion p«
The Initiative and
the Refer.
Johnston was the Chairman
Ccmniittee that had pi- • i-
secured th adoption of lis I
and Referendum pr \ i -hoi-
Constitution.
rarm Loans.
lie was one of the abb t upp.irt
of the provision prov..1 intb;i: ti
permanent state chool fund should
l e loaned to the farinei. of Oklaho-
ma.
Taxation.
lfe was one of the iron* t u,
porters of the provision lor i.i\.iiim
ti* franchises, great liu mm • and oin i
er sources of prolit. as well .. or.li
nary taxable property. Indeed, the
record of the Con I it ul iona 1 Coin a
tion can bo read from beginning lo ,
end, and overy act and vote oi Mr.
Johnston was upon the side of Hi
but h\
glu
■ a tiumlr
of McGuire, >u:
re some of the
i a free title U:
tin - had ial; 'ti
it at ion grounds,
it, Mr.iuire im
special act ol
ado a law on
ti te*n hundre'l
I a fair \
■ rc? to the
two thousand
land.
Yes.—we will
school fund ol t
He | i'i a<
aijroadr.
d tlolarr
ial a« l
11 iiml t'
and still ion
thai
:nc hundred and
WOrth Of til'::
but McGuirt
at that tiin
1 tie!.'; or.tie!;.
..•curing | half
1 ownsite Graft.
'ebruary twenty third, ninet.
d and four. McCuire inirodu
Resolution Number lw
nd eiji hundred and e'y
ie purpose of which was :o
the Canadian County Do
| opment Company, a corporation, <
eli w
v hi
McGu
common people and for th
of honest government. Iiweh nortii. r.
SENATOR JOHNSTON
As a state senator, during the re-
cent session of the legislature, .John
stoti continued the i-ait.e line if ;, <■ I
work. The very fac t that lin'f id' Hi
entire cost of running the a .- : \
eminent is collected into the state
treasury from franchises ami gro
income taxes, and tins ;. the >
dlnary tax-payers half of what \> .1
have been their state tax if tie la.a
legislature had not passed that law
due principally in the Sen: , to i
work of Johnston and lii.s a:;a.
This good work covered also tin-
whole field of legislation wherever i
the interests of the common people
could be best served.
Johnston is yet a young man. and
with his ability, and energy and lion- ,
est Inclination, his heart with the
masses, 1 do not believe there is a On Ja en hun-
man in the State of Oklahoma who d red and four, McGuire introduced
would likely do more for the people k m N 1 -a
al Six Hundred and Tiiir'y-six. for
the purpose of giving ,lie hr.evior De-
babl> had no con-
lirol, as we find that the commit tee
."inenoed McGuirt - lill so that the
Secretary of the In; ricr was simply
; a . i ' '
hand to the highest bidder, whoever
it might be, at not less than twenty
• five dollars per acre, a: r giving evry
j Will McGuire tell whether the sai-
red M-hool land was in liU miv..l at
that time, and wh> it was h# wanted
to exclude other bidders in ooposi-
tion to this townsite corporation.—and
why it was ho did not want • e price
| i nt "to excecd twenty dollars per
acre."
Pipe Line
In Congress than Henry S Johnston.
Bird McGuire.
part nicut
rigli
What on 4\arth did Me
mi nd when lie xaitl "not exceeding I suit
Ar lo Mr. McGuire, I have bail vari- "Such annual
ous oiuiortunltieH to c.iiis .l ■ <iu • five dollars for
lions liertalnlng to the atTuirs of Ok -
lahoma Territory anil our :n«-. Hull
Inought his record In v.irioits transa
Hons conspicuously lulniv mi-. :.ml I
regret thai McGuire having noticed
thai I Intended to submit to you the
statement which 1 shall now submit.
evaded and side-stepped tile OP1IOI
(unity to explain or defend hi: recent
if he could.do so.
You understand of course from the j Think of it voter, win: a n
nature or these paper* that tboy are cent rate of taxation McOulre was ro-
noi such as I could have personal ring tbera to pay. Not to oxvesd
knowledge of, but when tboy are re,- fifty cents a year as taxes on nva
ord paiiers, yon know tholr .-eliahili ■ ; ilum iml d.e wiiiili nt I''" ',
and where lhe\ are ; ersiinal • t;ii- and «.M ■ < ."ite nl '.i:<t h.- tax
ments, you know the man and can should not excecd fifty cents
judge for yolir "If, bat I a I. yon. • linvr
I by th Constitulional Conven-
tion 10 make an estimate of what it
would (-os' in addition to what was
1 :t to pay the expenses of the Con-
stitutional Convention and hold the
election afterwards. Ills estimate
v is about one hundred and thirty
live thousand dollars.
McGuire was called upon by the
convention to present a memorial to
Congress asking for au additional
appropriation equal to Fllson's es-
timate. Mctluire let the matter pass
along without any action, ami the ap-
propriation 1)111 In Congress went
through the House of Representatives
and passed over to the Senate with
out including this item. The Consti-
tutional Convention at once sent
Colonel Owens to Washington, and
Owens secured a 11 amendment to the
appropriation bill iu the Senate, al-
lowing the one hundred and thirty
live thousand d illars. The appropria-
tion hill w. iit hack to the house with
this ainetidn. in to it. and McOiiiltv
induced the Hoe. e to r inse to agree
ti t lie s.-i:a' .■ amendment and slrml;
out this, appropriation.
You will remember that a year ago
last April I goaded M< Culre ahout this
v. i y proposition until Im published a
: m d :-iat> in. tit in Hie (iutlirle State
Capital about April twelfth, nineteen
hundred and sommi, in which he said
that l.e did not oppose the appropria- '
lion in the House, because opposition,
was not nece sary. but, said McUulre J
in the I.-iter, he did net ar.k for the
appropri itlon and he would have op
posed it, if It had been likely to pass I
the Hon - His excuse was that he
did net intend to let the appropriation
be made lo pay the lazy d« legates
their salary, lie also staled in that 1
letter that the printing bills, clerk!
hire and election e\pen. • s should be
paid by Congress or by the state, hut
ho ditl not explain that the salary of j
the ,o-( ailed "lazy delegates" was j
only about ten per cent of the total i
hill, and that alout one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars of the appro
priatioii was for I lie very class of bills |
that he said in that letter must be
paid by Congress or the state.
The facts are my friends, that Hird '
Meduire's reason for defeating that j
appropriation of one hundred and |
thirty-live thousand dollars was for!
the purpose of ultimately defeating]
stateiiocu. as he claimed that if the
territory had no money to pay for j
holding the election to vote on the :
Constitution, there could be no elec-
tion. Thus that appropriation was de« |
l<-a "ti, and this indebtedness incur-
red, and the Constituion directed the !
payment by the sta'.e of that amount
of mom y for this purpose unless, of.
<ours '. Congress should pay it, the j
sta:e would have to. There has since t
been another session ot Congress and I
1, d V.c.'luire made no effort to get
this bill paid by Congress. He could
have done so if he had given it the!
enthusiastic support that he uoes a
has.' ball game.
After this worn was all done and
election held, it was found that the
total deficiency was about one hun-
dred and six'y nine thousand dollars,
about half of which was expended by I
la.- Republican election board in hold-1
ing the election last September, and 1
I li,- balance was Convention bills ot i
various kinds.
So you see that if Bird McGuire j
i permitted Colonel Owen's amend-
•Guire have la mcnt to have passed Congress, the'
! - i would only have had to pay
Osage reservation. I have been living (
for seven years at l'one City, and
have kept cattle iu the Osage and
I'onca reservations by the thousands
each year for about se\enteen years.
In or about the year 1!MM, II. S. Mr-
Guire. now delegate to Congress, talk
eil with a number of men holding cat-
tle in the Osage reservation, im iml
Ing myself, and proposed that If we
give a strtlleieni quantity of money he
would get the tax aases meiit on cat
tie in ti*-- Osage i.-. .'Iration reiuio4
mi that the tax upon thein would hot
exceed the court and territorial tax
at a low valu: tion. \N ■ net him at
Cedarville, Kansas, and there fully
talked over the matter, and gave our
checks amounting lo about $~,S00 for
that purpose. The check were niaue
payable to him or some other person,
hilt they were given for that purpose,
and If i am not very much mistaken,
it was there agreed that < should go
with Mr. Howard Koss to Arkansas
City, and Iheie would lie paid the
money on these cheeks, and I under-
stand he did go there wiia Mr. Koss,
and did get the money on those
checks.
Some months after that. r..vself and
the other cattlemen were notified to
come in and pay up our taxes upon
the original asessment. A committee
was then sent down to Pawnee. 1
was one of them. We im ' McGuire at
Pawnee, ami talked over the situation
with him, and he said he had not been
able to do the business as he had
promised, and insisted that it would
take $1,800 i.iore to do the work. We
then gave him $1,800 more at I'awn. e.
After that the assessment was cut
from what it had been, down very
low. but I do not know exactly how
much the cut was. 1 do not remem-
ber just how much lower, think it was
about one-half what they had been.
At the meeting at Cedarvale. among
the cattlemen were the following per-
sons or members, or representatives
of the firms as 1 now remember, and
the amounts contributed by or asses-
sed to each of them were as set op-
posite their names, to-wit:
Ueo. T. Hume, Austin Tex-.,,
j. W. Mosclay, Lampassas,
Texas
Herd & Mertz, San Angelo,
Texas
VV. V. Smith, i'onca City
Adams .* Sharer, Cedarvale,
Kansas
I I. Clare, Cedarvale, Kan
Sol Myer, San Angelo, Tex....
Myers Ai Childers, San Angelo,
.. $2a0.00
.. 250.00
iino.no
KM).00
2U0.0U
Jiou.nu
Tex 100.00
M. X. llargls, Fort Worth,
Tex 200.0(1
Kassator & Noble, Tulsa 1. T... 160.00
Woodl) & V ance, Fori Worth
'IV 200.no
Collins ii- Wallace, Bartlesville
I 'I' 200.00
N'as lor & Stonobraker, Kansas
(• iiv, Mn 200.00
Ciih Wilting. Pawhuska, Ckla.. ir.n uo
Lucan & King, Paw nuaka
I c. Slribbling, Llano, Tex... 2.r 0.oo
I eahy & Kyger, Pawhuska.
L. K. Morledge, Fairfax, Okla..
Jenks, Block- r, San Angelo,
Texas
Dick Russell. F'.rt Worth
Tex.,
20th, 1912..
< Signed I JAM RS Q KOITIIAM,
Notc.rv Public. Kay Coiint\ Oklahoma.]
SKA I.
James Q. Lout ham,
Notary Public,
I'onca City, Oklahoma.
1 ax Mis K. jprcst-ntalion. j
I am also advised that Mr. McGuire.'
like Dennis Flynn, is trying to scare I
the lax pa\ er .,r the -"ate by telling
tlieiu of fmTrtldit&l pieces of laud !n
tlHTerelfl localities where the taxes '
this yenr i:< much higher than last
year and that McCuire speaks of hi • I
own piece of land being the North I
west i pi art CI of Section eleven, In j
township twenty-one North and Range |
live, in Pawnee Coiin'v, as an ll'usira- I
tion and says that his taxes on that
land this year will be about twice as I
high as it was last year.
Mr McGuire knows his statement to
be a falsehood. His taxes last year,
as shown by the tax records, were I
$21.00 on this piece of land after the I
legislature had waived the collection
of tin* territory levy of five and a half
mills. This year the lax on that piece |
of land. Including the state tax. is
twenty-four dollars and nine cents, so
that If the territorial levy had not been
waived last year, McGuire would have
paid about t-ur dollars an.I elght>
cents taxes more than he will have to
pay this year, which Is due to the fact
that the public service corporations
of the state pay this year two sevenths
of all the taxes, whereas last year in
Oklahoma Territory, the Corporations
only paid one-seventh of the taxes.
Kot.li Flynn and McGuire know that
they are misrepresenting the truth to
the public in these tax statements,
and I believe that you people will
agree with me that a man who would
deliberately misrepresent the facts to
the public in order to secure votes *s
not worthy of the support of any hon-
est man.
fix the rate of
inie, and <.;ys:
tax, not to exceed
each ten miles cf
five dollars for each ten miles,"—thai
is fifty cents for one mile as annual
taxes.
McGuire knew that a ntile .if ordi-
nary pipe line of thai c'.wader
would be worth about live thousand
I dollars.
1 -rui.i. ,.e iia<ai< wlmt n '"^gllifl-
Secretary of ill
B, omitt i mullk-r should bet
suur.v of joy, but the suffentt;
itu i,l,-lit to the ordeal m.tl,i
its anticipitinn one of dri-.tJ.,,;
Mother's Friend is the only r< m-
thirty four thousand doilars instead of
cne hundred and sixty nine thousand
dollars?
McGuire was playing politics, re-
gardless of the fact that you peopie j
would have to pay the fiddler, and
hence you have got this year to pay I
taxes iii the slate of Oklahoma to the ;
extent of one hundred and thirty-
five thousand dollars, the proportion
in this district will doubtless be thir- ;
tv thousand dollars for you tax-payers
lo dig up a iu] pay into the state treas-|
ury that you would not have had to
pay if McGuire had honestly repre-
sented you instead of the territorial
political machine.
So much for McGuire*a representa-
tion of his constituents in Congress,
but I am handed an affidavit of a char-
acter to serious to pass without the
careful consideration.
speaks for itself, and lis t rut li-
as well weighed by you
cdv which relieves worn, n of ("it" w vu'" w-ixhcil l>y yu>i
_ much of Iho pain of m.iterttily;
, dreaded ns woman's severest ti i.;!, i n t only mule I.- j-aat- •, „
Janeer is avoulcJ by its ti lh" who u o this ri'meJy are j k.• <i
Tkc Bradfield Regulator Co., AtLuU, Ga
no doubt, in Ibis disirici know lh
ho makes the adidavit.
it mv friends, and then ask
moment
Congress-
this hour
ful, but iIjiij'.t
no lonaer despondent or cloomy; nervousness, nausea ana other distress* yourselves do yon for one
6 . ' ' _ ■ ... ^ im A*i .a McGuire a
ing conditions aro ov^ t . .um , is? la lnWI
and the system i ■ j r. j-.H - ti I r
the coming event. "It i - worth
its weight in •id," : ay itiaii)
who have used it.
Territory or Oklahoma
BS.
Kay County.
\V. F Smith, being duly sworn upon
his oath says: I live at T'onca City.
Ul hania, and have cattle in the
I on.on
50.00
150.00
Kin.(Ml
20*0.011
c W. Sloan, I'onca City, okla. •"" «i.oo
I Itussell. Fort Worth Tex... 200.00
Dick Russell. Fort Wort a,
It. II. Moseley, L)ano. Tex 100,00
The committee at Pawnee who had
the conference with Mr. McCuire
there and paid the money, includ-d
H. M. Btonebraker, Sol Myer and my-
self, as 1 now remember, i will not
be positive that each person or firm
I have named was present or repre-
sented at Cedarvale but that, is my
best remembrance, and I am positive
that a large number of these men
were at Cedarville and know the Tacts.
Mr. McGuire was a pre at deal about
the Oklahoma legislature of 1903, and
talked about using tils influence with
the legislature to have the quaran-
tine bill fixed as the cattleman want-
ed it.
Many of the cattlemen had made
contracts in regard to the next sea-
son for pasturing their stock .and the
bill might be so formed or so defeated
as to practically ruin a number of
tliem. He wanted $2,000 for using his
influence in cur behalf, but refused
to receive the money in Oklahoma
Territory, and demanded that any
money paid must be paid outside tho
Territory. It was then arranged that
the committee should meet him with
the money at the Midland Hotel at
Kansas City. We met him there, and
the money was paid blqi at Kansas
City, to the best of my recollection.
I. Mertz was the man who paid him
the money. The committee consisted
of M. L. Mertz Sol Myer. 11. N. Stono-
braker and myself. The facts were
talked about with Mr. McGuire, by
Merts and I think bj Stonebraker, and
there is no question that McGuire de
manded the money and there is no
question that he received the money.
What we wanted done In regard to the
bill was that the quarantine lino as to
the Osage reservation remain as it
was. f • I &
1 was about the Oklahoma legisla-
ture of 190)1, to a considerable extent, j
Mr. McGuire was attending the legis*
lature of 1903, and apparently acting
as a lobbyist for matters that involved
money for lobby service.
Dated this day of May. 1904.
(Signed) W. F. SMITH
Slate of Oklahoma
County of Kay
He it known, that on Ibis ITtli day
of October. l!)uS, iu tic city of I'onca
City, County of Kay, H ie of Oklaho-
ma, personally appeared before me, a
Notary Public, in and for Hie said
I county and slate, VV. F. Snitli, who
then and there iu my presence and :o
me acknowledged I hat lie signed the
within and foregoing aflidavll as the
affiant thereof, the same being an affi-
davit of three typewritten sheets,
written on one side, and referring
therein to certain agreement between
eertrifn eith l.^lMi h.rvlntf cattle Im file
Osage* Indian H* «.rrvaiioii, • having
do with the tax upon said cattle, and
to a certain lobby contract and agree-
ment by ami between Mid with the
I said cat ti amen and the said McGuire,
the said lobbying to be done among
and with tne members of the Territo-
rial Legislature of 190? .
Witness my hand and official seal,
horeuuto attached tbi^ da\ and you
I first above iu this jurat mentioned,
and within tlie said city, County and
, state. My comniisicn expires March
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the market* tti bottle* Sao and It
WATSON'S < oi.it >ii.imo.
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bolUt .i fui
Huntlins Willi KpUHOlOtllO c-o.
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iblt-s. I't-r boilie, $1.
WATSON'S 111. \ Ml III. 11,1 !R.
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elive ami benefit i.i I. r..n ii purr.rt
■ ii In her or mule k> i more i.
iI'm 11:in .i ton of patent hIoi k. foodn.
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w \T«nvs rninirt cf.
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lirWATSOtCBJSPHKY
( I N C ti POIUT < O)
PINE B LUFF. AHK.U.S.A.
off
A superior
$1.
w viMiN's sT\r.nrn ni'Mrny.
Having humlt. 1 imr . utrerinfr
v ' v 11 Ion form of br.i m sieknesH.
'oil t..- ..ii ind nnrl ti • <t •• irly to
e"r. • narnnliT-.l ronults P. r box, $1
Snlil i-m-n « Ih-h or Neill | re|iul<| on re-
«'«'l|tl of prli-e. ^^rlO forelr«,iiliir>i.
robertson got no WAGER
"Referring to the ariclo from
Chandler iu this morning's expired or
gaii under the eaption 'Cost him $•* to
learn how Metlulre voted,' I d« .-lre t <
say that the person who wr te it
either inn rantly or wilfully wrote a
He," said B. A. Robertson, of 0 an I
ler, today. "I am inclined to think
the latter is the ease, owing It) the
peculiar composition and the ear-
marks of tie article, which seem
familiar. The truth of the matter i
a; follows: The morning after St it
Ferris spoke at Chandler the Repub-
licans were dumbfounded at the di>
closures made by Ferris iu hi. pe. , h
concerning Meduire's rec rd ill eon
gross, ai of wliith stateiiionls w• r■
proved by l-'erris at lb - time by t ..
Congres iona I Record.
I lie next morning on coming out
of tin- post Ifice I t niiitl a bunch >f
Republicans on tile street niru.-r
abusing Ferris and stating that lie lia.l
wilfully misrepresented Hirdle In hi
speech and ii|hin being accosted b\
Gllstrap, Wagoner and • tin i , all Kt
publicans, who reiterated that Fein
had lied, I asked dilstrap to name ih<
particular instance where Ferris lit.I
lied, whereupon dilstrap stated that
Ferris iiad said in lis speerh that Me
duire hail not voted for the reslrlctlou
hill mi its filial pasagc. I told dilstrap
that Ferris was right and that I would
give him $-r' if lie i t in Id show llie li.\
the rec rd where Medulre had voted
for the restriction hill on Its final
passage. He produced the Congres
si mil Record, dated April -2nd., al
page 5-71L which shows the first vote
on the bill ami not the last or final
vote. I could not explain to t!ie crowd
taat this was not the final vole with
out getting the later Rec rd. which
I did not have with me nt the ti ne,
but I said. 1 will go to my office ami
get the last Record and show v u that
Medulre did not vote on the hill < n
it final passage, dilstrap insinuated
Ur.t I was attempting to dodge th<
issue, whereupon 1 took the $•*> bill
out of mv pocket and ffered to leave
it with anyone in the crow I. wit i in-
structions to turn it over to dilstrap
in case 1 did not return from the ot
flee wiia the records. No one seenje.il
willing to act as stake aolder. where-
upon I said to Gllstrap I will trust
v >u with the nnti 1 I return.' and
thereup n gave it to him on the cy-
press conditions that lie was to hold it
nlv until 1 returned from my office
one bMck away. I was gone less than
five minute.-, when I returned wiih
the Record of May 22nd. and in tho
presence of a large number of i< put-
nolo citizens, t ie names of whom ar
all well known by Mr. Gllstrap and
myself I asked Mr. dilstrap, sa that
all would understand the issue. A*'nat
the question was between us. lie r« •
pied and we Were agreed, and the,
up n I produced the Congressional
Record of May 42nd and showed th.
final v ie on the bill as therein n
co"tI• I en page 70S." and 7086 and that
Meduire did not vote thereon. Am:
I then and tm re offered to bet Mr.
Gllstrap or any person In tin crowd,
any sum fwmi $•"> to $100 that Mr. Me
dulre did not vo for the fi'iai pa.
age I the restriction bill but r ce'-v-
d no takers, dilstrap refused to giv<
my money back and has refuscil . ince.
alth ug i requested to do so.
'The above statements are all cor-1
rect and can be verified by a score of
good citizens of Chandler. I would
not notice the falsehood, were It not
f r the fear taat some hones: man
might be misled by them If uncontra
licte.l. I still make the same offer to
Gllstrap or to any other man, that 1
made on the date above referred to.
Ferris told the truth. lie ha th-
record to sustain his contention. I
say no honest man will try to make
t ie people believe that Mcduire voted
for th- re a i ietl n bill on its final
passage and then depend upon t.io
record of April 22nd as pr of of the
assertion, when everybody know, r.ia-
the bill war. not finally .li posed of
until May 22nd'.. as is shown on page
70Sf.-G of lh • Congre donal Record of
that date.
"if d list rap. r any other man will
■ihow me where Medulre voted foi tie
bill on Its final passage on May \l'l,
lilUS, I will admit my error piihlich
iml In addition thereto I will give
$25 to any charitable Instituticn in
the . tale that he may name.
•dilstrap has my $•" . i a I don't
deny ; it v as a veiy w oll.-n I• in •, for
me to ha\e trusted him wita It uuder
when I inriied it o\ • r t him.
return with the Reeord. In case I
Called to return it was his i have t|e-
inamled the moiie> from him. e has
refused to give it to me. The pub it
stated."
DEFEAT MERGER PLAN
Knld, Okla.. Oct. HI. The eigh-
teenth annual session of the grand
lodge I. (i. (). F of Oklahoma d >. ■ d
last evening after selecting Shawnee
for the HMi'.i niee ing pla< . One
thousand del.-: a■.-. and visitors wen*
iu attendance . .
The question of amalgamation with
the organization of former Indian tor
ritory was deferred.
Officers were elected as follows:
I). L. Aikens, Stillwater, grand mas-
ter; L. Lyons, Oklahoma City, dep-
iitv grand master; .1. L. Robertson,
Newkirk, grand wartlen; .1. A. Carl-
berg. Arapahoe, grand secretary; .1. it,
\. Robertson, chandler, and Fred ti.
Wlll/er. Mangum, grand represen-
tative ; William Ris h. Hlngei. grand
treasurer; deorge Morgan, Norman,
trnslee orphans home.
The Rebekah Assembly chose the
following officers:
Pre ideiit. Flora 11. Ilriice. dulhrie;
vie-- pn ideiit, Ida ( oiirl 11. >, Laniont;
.1 ami wartlen. Mary Mahaffle, Ho-
bart; secretary. Cora S. Itrowu, Wau-
komis; treasurer, 10. M Rail, Alva;
home board, uKtie McWelhy, dullirle,
iml im j t h \i Robertson, Newkirk;
trm .-e.. Lola Saybold, Ponca City,
and Annie Schrubel, Stroud.
HARRISON MONUMENT
Indianapolis, Iml.. Oct. 27.—The
I'.cuiamii) Harrison monument was un-
v.dli d this afienioon in Cniversity
park, .lames Whit<<niih Riley read a
poem written for the occasion. Miss
ISllzaheth Harrison unveiled the Clg
lire of liei' 1'alilmr. A parade partici-
pated in by the Tenth Cnited Slates
infantry, one regiment of Indiana Na-
' imial 11 a rd and a ninnher or state d
\. It. posts pre< eded I he exerclal
the monuineiit. \'i«President C. W.
Fuirbiiuk<s, John \\. Noble, of St.
Lou! . and .1 olin L drlffilhs, of In-
diaiiapoli . Were the speakers. The
monument stands on the soiiii end of
I'ni\ e• i i v p;i rk. liiitl \ ,i \ bet w< -n
Pen ii.- \ I van la and Meritlian streets,
facing the Federal building, recently
creeled.
HOLLIS SUICIDE
Hollis. Okla.. Oct. 27. I . T. Brock,
who lived a mile and a half southeast
of tin's place, was found dead half a
mile from his home, with the top of
his head blown off. A double-barrel
shotgun was hing by his side, with
one empty shell. Justice I). A. Curry
held an inquest aril a decision was
rendered that Mr. Hrock came to his
death b\ a gunshot In his own hands.
From appearances Mr. Brock was on
his knees and had the gun stock
against a post, and drew the trigger
with a stick, in which a notch had
been cut.
Defeased was about 3." years old
and leaves a family. No reason is as-
signed for the deed.
MARR TELLS OF WORK
The slate school land department,
o\ r the Igna'lire ..r s . r. t.u \ L. I
Marr. today i sued a circular letter
I • 11\ iii• tin • barge of the Kepublicaii
Stat.- committee, that the school land
fund 1 being ii <1 to make loans on
city property in Oklahoma City, Fnid.
I i Reiit .i i d ot i er <it ii An offer of
$1(10 i made to an> erson showing
:hat a ingle loan of tills nature has
| been made. The letter follows:
T e grafters' state couiniiltee.
which sometimes usurps the name of
j the K.-publicaii State committee, is
I running the story over tlp country
that the 'ate school fund is used to
make loans on city pr perty in Okla-
homa City. K1 Ri i lOnid and oilier
places.
I ills Is a falsehood and the com-
iniitec that. L putting it out and the
sp akers that are quoting it iu their
■ p. eli• ■ - know that t o y are not tell-
ing the truili w lij'ii they make this
statua: nt.
"la no Instance has a single mort-
gage loan been made from the school
fund on anything but improved farm
property Tho constitution f Okla-
homa written by 9U Democrats re-
quit - s that th" e loans be made on nil-
proved farm land. only. There Is a
provi iou of law. however, which say.;
that t, is stale school ioney Is to be
<b-p> ill .I In limited amounts in lh >
differ, nt banks f the state as a t. m
porary deposit until checked out t)
make farm loans or purchase county
or state bond . and while so deposited
the hank gi\< s collateral security,
which may lie county warrants, stale
warrants, mortgage . on any kind of
improved real estate, and other classes
of e I lateral named iu the statute, ami
when tim e new papers and speakers
tell you that such loans are made, you
tell Hum there is a s anding offer of
$100 in cash offerevv by the secretary
of the s< oo| laud department to any-
one who wRJ show tliat a single city
property loan has ever been made."
MULHALL GIRL COMPLAINED
Mulhall. Okla., Od 27.—Oklahoma
furnished the postofflce department
with the information that resulted in
Frank H. Metosli of Savannah, New
York, pleading guilty to the charge of
using tiie mails for fraudulent pur-
pose Mi • Kleanor Hunt of Mulhall
answered an advertisement sent out
by Met h in which the "Union Silk
i.ipany" proposed to sell ton yards
of ilk for $:!. She received, instead
of ten yards of dress goods, a ten-
yard tip of ribbon one incdi wide. She
reported t. e fraud to Postmaster
Woolsey of Mulhall rind he advised the
p stoffice department. Metosli was
arrested and pleaded guilty.
MORSE SCORES A POINT.
New York, Oct. 27.—The conspiracy
count in the indictment upon which
Morse and Curtis are being tried was
dismissed by Judge Hough today. This
leave the defendants to face only
charges of violation of the national
banking law.
Today came the turn of the defense
in the prosecution of C. W. Morse and
Curtis, charged with violation of the
national banking laws and conspiracy.
The prosecution rested its case yes-
terday. It Is generally taken for
granted that both Morse and Curtis
will take the witness stand.
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