The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 26, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR.
THE LEADER, fiETIIRlE, 0KLA„ TIU'KSM.W. NOVEMBER 26,1906.
the LEADER
BY LESLIE G. NIBLACK
Est a III I sli oil ISM. I'liMlshed .• . ry
liursduy from 107-107'i West liur-
rl«nn avenue and entered In the post-
nttce at (Juthrie, Oklahoma, as second
class mall matter.
Subscription: 91.00 the year, in-
variably In advance.
INCREASE IN PRICE
Owing to tho rapid advance In the
price of printing material The Leader
la common with many weekly papem
Is forced to raise Its yearly subscrip-
tion rate.
The price hereafter will bo $1.00
per year.
CRIME AND HOW STOP IT?
Newspapers can not, at least should
not, ask that punishment he nil'• i! t
any particular offender, and thci fore
speak of crime and tendency lu in-
crease from a general standpoint, hav-
ing all cases in view when I,u ruiiji -t
Is being considered.
In Oklahoma City the pre.;? U ur w
inn more and more Insistent each day
that no maudlin sentiment be' allowed
to interfere with the ndminUlr.t I
justice, and the hour has arrived when
a crusade will have to be pi'1' K'lii '
against laxity of Jusllce In many locaii
ties. Strict as are the moral provis
Ions In the Ktaliiles. they si ■ fairly
well t'uf reed throughout the «t"ite.
and there Is and shimld he no one pro-
testing against law enforcement
Some way. no one seems to be lo
blame, too many killings occur . n I li
appeals thai punishment by law has
been exceedingly slow nnd in sunn
I calitlea almost every linn who lias
taken or attempted to take human life
has gone free. No newspaper awu.v
from the place of onii'-nicti- of ne.i
tragedies can tell who Is riKh! nr wrong
in these grave matters, hut if till ilmse
who lave been, turned louse for "self
defense" killings were si o I In .1 row
it seems those guilty of maklnp mtn
derotlii assnull would lie nhoiit all
killed off, for the list of deaths Is long,
Indeed, and the widows and orphan?
left to lake up life's halt'e by reason
of the head of family being sent t • in
doom by bullet from (he weapon In I
by :ils neighbor—seems to us but a sign
that In the days lo corae there niiis*
be atonement.
kill'*" of officers in Iho East
Central section, nnd tlie crlmoi, in
; , , V.C>1 o.vitth mil make a rt
that all regret. Ami In the metropolis
murder has followed munler until the
very report of a weapon Is cause lot
apprehension over loved ones Absent
from the home.
Will the great p lire power of tli -
sovereign state of Oklahoma end th'a
career of blood?
A negative answer means Oklahonn
will soon wear a title for wrong '''at
no political party had aught to do wit 1.
and f r which 999 out of each 1000 peo
pie are anxious to avoid.
BUSINESS MEN SOARED
The dominant states were shown in
the electiott Just closed, Illinois, ludi
ana. Ohio, Pennsyl .aula and New
YorK. Tnose states are and have al
ways been against Mr. Bryan, and M
has failed of election because
great commetclal Interests ol those
states have played a business
against hla doctrine.
In the campaign just closed
Bryan had the friendly ear of the Chi
cago, Cleveland, Cincinnati and India
niipolis merchants and manufacturers
and It was the war-cry of the indepen
dent press, headed by Wellnian. whiel
finally brought about a coalition ol
bankers and manufacturers ud pas
se,l the word along the line to defei'
the Nebraskan. His platform sult«
them; they iwere prepared to accept
it real monopolist fighter and the>
were satistled with the inteivrltj am
purpe. es of Mr. Bryan. But the hank
era were cowards on the silver idea
of Mr. Bryan, and -the railroads ran at
tin* very cry of government ownership
The result ha 1 been contemplated by
men close to Mr. Bryan, but it w
believnl the Nebraakan, having
achieved such great success as
thlnke •, logician an I advanced th
soundest doctrine of government o
any statesman of the age, would b<
able t<> conquer the prejudices of hi
former foes and be sticci -sful at th
polls. Undlsputel leader of th«
form forces of the enuntry and stil
conservative In his ideas of applyin
remedies, tie nvas the only candidal
who had tin* lea t chance to hoi I th
thrice-ilefcate I Democracx in
tie against a popular adtnini tratloi
bo far as the w< t counted.
Mr. Bryan held the electoral vote;
of Colorado, Nevada an ! Nebraska ii
line and it is almost certain the s um
cou11 bo saiil of Oklahoma. Hone
the New York City statements t
any other man of sound l> mocr;
could have won sounds little like so
iii reason to those of us west of thj
Mis ouri river.
The Leader does not advance th(
statements and opinions to be cor
troversial; rather because in so statin
what it conceives to be facts it hope
to throw light along the way to avol
error in future conduct. To The T>ea<l
cr the past can only serve to aid b
the future conduct of party and w
need all we have now without tryin
to cast off ony one or quarrel ov
that which is of the past.
deeming was ever that of an honest,
public spirited citizen.
But the people were frightened!
A orother of Hornaday's has an In-
valid wife and he lesired to seek a
mountainous country, hence wished to
sell his interests. Grant Hornaday
did not have the funds to purchase
his orother out Ight and asked others
to take his Interests; this hung Arc
and another eal failed to be carried,
you may say, a run
started and thousands of dollars, hard
arnlngH of Grant llorn^day. wen-
swept before that mob of frightened
depositors—all of them the neighbors
and friends of Grant liorm.day; a
third < f them, perhaps, owt their n
uncial prosperity to his aid in time
of stress and guidance ivuillst the sun-
bine of prosperity was blessing their
fforts.
Had the state of Kansas n bank de-
posit gm aiitee law the bank would
i . *•—(i- ar >und which the lionia banking act. and spent thousands
'Jomoiiao ran rally and which will: of dollars to convince people the law
lt |M> | in years. It has la "tins und." You see under this law
many declarations displeasing to The .an entire covey of crooked bankers
Leaiier: no platform can ever be | would hit the pike for tlhe penitentiary
written upon which all of the faith can I in one load, and so anarchistic a move-
agr< < but all concede our defeat wasjment as tnat would be most distress
i .i it ever wu > nnd the oositors
•aid have their inon-v and their
neighbor an 1 friend. Grant Morn;rth\v,
wouH not hav" suffered by the manly
crlflce loss hi' made to save "ala
iino and the bank.
The same Is likely to happen to any
bank. The people are afraid
li would be the top sheaf of ridl
uIour childishness jo assert there Is
banker west of the Missouri river
who stood "nigher in the estimation of
his acquaintances than Grant Ilorna
Jay. II" was the lord of Fort Scott.
Father, Son and Holy Ghost" was
this man to t>hu Kansas Inland city.
Some years ago when Knstern Kan-
sas was the center of a great business
vlval, oil, gas, coal, lead and other
• minerals were added t«> an al-
ly splen id agricultural domain
that section became a wonderland.
Ttles grow up. ilvnLt for prestige an 1
men of Iron bualnesa courage, quick,
yet all firm and upright wore re
quired and Fort Scott prospered and
rant Hornaday iwas the mastermind
of that prosperity. He held the reins
when -the people were over < nt bused,
he pushed when lassitude came upon
his neighbors. As he prospered lie
put the money Into Fort Scott an 1 all
that he had, Ills hopes, ambitions and
Ills very life were dedicated to that
beautiful city.
All this availed him naught when
he people could not understand why
his brother should wish to leave the
citv. Then he wanted to rest and
repose! to "have his bank join an-
other and because that ideal lid not
reach consummation the public com-
menced -to gossip. At. last a St.
fxmlsan who had figured on becoming
Interested returned to his home, and a
panic followed.
It could happen to any bank. All
rant Hornaday needed was the strong
imperial commonwealth of Kansas
have a voice and say that this man
was sound—the deposits safely inves-
ted and available in the natural order
of business.
It is hard to lead the battle to revo-
lutionize a business institution; doub-
ly so when men behind the bank
ounters aro interested. They
conservative'' according to the usual
isage, but in reality they are moore,1
to the surroundings of their own ob-
servations and bear no<t the rumble
deman J for a chance. An ;
the chango is goinu; to makb them
money honest, 'well-earned money,
and bring safety, neace and content
ment where now all are subject to'the
clamor of the friehtoned public. Anil
frightened public, if you please, can
easily be made a mob.
HORNADAY BANK FAILURE.
The failure of the Hornada> ban
at F6:t Scott, Kansas, is one The
I.- i it <i -ires to use in furtherance
of its attempt to get the bankers t<>
see the futility of their fight against
guranteed bank deposits.
The news dispatches relate that the
bank will pay each depositor and there
win* (liittte if an> occasion for the
rioxtrg forced by people being
frightened."
There is the meat In the big, round
coeoanut!
Depositors do eet frightened, and
the character of thirt> years; a battle
scarred warrior for Fort Scott avail-
ed nothing to Grant Hornaday! He
was the owner of property, operated
♦V" crt-opt r"«* ttneo and ^nd fbon
anvlj} upon thousands of dollars worth
of good securities. He had never, the
WHICH IS YOUR IDEA?
Exemplification of the difference be
eon the National Republican and
Democratic organizati ns can be easi
1\ made in digesting the present tone
)f the press iu the more populous
states of the Kas-t and South. In New
York the Kepub lean part) lu s a
least tiw« warring factions over con-
trol f the organization, but, 110 mat
•.or w ich Ihiappens to win control, the
ther joins and as an unit they fac«
the Democracy and go to the conflic
with assurances of victory, backed h\
untold wealth and fixed purpose.
Such is true in all Itopublicar
strongh Ids, and such has been so wel
drilled into the local leaders that
\here there is a Republican part)
(not a bat oh of Federal app In tee.k
soeking to disembowel each other for
p:itronage or appointment) it is evet
directed to getting the offices as first
purpose, settling quarrels by <lirectlon
of leaders in caucus.
dust now t. « Democratic press oi
New York Is aiming blow after blow
it Mr. Bryan, and yet for no real
luse. as the e uduct of the thrice
1 i ated candidate since the election
is 1 e n proper, refusing to abdicati
jr eradicate himself from party
mncil. no matter who insists on
ich action.
In the South Clark Howell at At-
lanta and Colonel Hemphill <>f the
C'harle ' n (South Carolina t New
md Couri'-r hammer along the same
lines, and the press of Texas
Me papers "t Colonel It. M Johnson
at I\ rt Wort and Hon ton. are al
a.ost as violent in its criticism oi' .Mr.
Br. .in its th se of New York.
Still .none f these critics advance a
cadcr; nor do they seem to r *Jillz*
lie Democrats at Denver chose an
rgani;:ation that must control the
>:irty until another Nation:-! couvcii-
ion is held, n matter b(Av little they
suit any or all of us.
Therein is tue contrast between t>he
two parties. The Republican loader-
have no use for Vorys or Hitchcock,
and those two men are going to have
little t do with directing the podcic
of the party, but they will not b
openly snubbed and they will not in
return, get violent in their attacl:
upon the Republican lead* Demo-
crats. defeated und with manv dls-
1 cart one I privates In the rank';, with
a Republican organization hostile to
the pledges of their candidate and
vulnerable all along the line; stop to
engag in tne trivial deb te t •
viiethcr John Smith or Job Donothin \
should head the Democratic hosts he-
v«een now and the National conven-
tion of 1912!
There is work for every Dem crat
in the two years commencing from the
defeat of this November. We have
. ustaiiK 1 four consecutive defeats and
primarily caused by Mr. Bryan's
former dtfeafs aud b^cau- e ^jh*.* >ij^ ii|a-
manlaert I th< lOast refused to fofglye
Mr. Bryan'*, mono views and wi re
fearful of is stand on the question
of government ownership of public
service corporations. Surely, tue fore-
going being true, duty is to keep the
part) Intact and keep charging the
foe. We have no need of selecting a
•w chieftain now; to attempt it
mid mean disorder aud would serve
no other purpose than to disorganize
the part). The vice president-elect.
Mr. Sherman, and the speaker, Joseph
Cann ti. had an understanding at the
Chicago convention, and those two
men are going to regulate all legisln
live affairs, aided and abetted by
Senator Aldrlo'a and Representative?
Payne and Dalzeil. Those tried
trrans are not going to surrendiT
power to Mr. Taft. If Ihe consults
with them, he will be given half "the
1 uvea and fishes," otherwise not.
They are sincere in being opposed to
much legislation and they care not for
threats they have attained all there
s for either of them to hope for.
Our forces favor tariff reduction:
inp'iaHe reduction and retrenchment
In g vernmental expense; taey favor
a hanking act that will end "panics
which swe I tho purses of these ready
for the harvest, and we favor exac
administration of laws alike in all
sections. Democrat.-, favor giving cap
ital a square ileal, the same as tin
toiler, iu fad square dealing with one.
party or any pursuit can but mean
the same to all others. The reduc-
tion f expenses and the strict appli-
es tloa of aws that will enable u« to
stop the encroachments of the trusts
aro favored by all Democrats, and
application to tie task of forcing
(those ideas against tho dominant
party i r taking it's pu.ver away two
years hence, ought to enable Demo-
crats to keep busy .without bruising
the heads or feelings of each other
over the party leadership. In fact \\.
need get something to lead for before
we battle over who shall lead f r It.
Events come so rapidly in a coun-
try so great as this; issues are made
and application of Democratic basic
faith to those new questions are mat
ters of supreme Importance, and lead
. \s galore -.\ill be ready 1 r the great
contest when t.'.at time arrives—lead-
ers who will lhave the ear of the party
and in whom the party and the whole
people have full faith. That Mr.
Bryan will be one among ten thou-
sand of the party counsellors no go
Democrat doubts or wishes otherw:
but tho standard bearer will I
chosen by the rank and file, and
really, so 'he be honest and upright
the man matters little—'tis t e basic
party iprinciples he will represent over
which we need concern oursclv
The Dem erac.v or the ICast differs
in no respect to that of the South and
West. They have been without guid
ance in a newspaperiwtiy at limes am
because of that were unable to k
the trend of party movement, but they
are loyal, as the hundreds of thou
sands, yea. millions v. o boldly face
tile tide f defeat and come braveiy
to the sacrifice each time the party
bugle calls give evidence. They hav«
been oppressed with the rapaciousness
of Tammany and burdened with sup-
port of the anarchist. Hearst, but they
are as brave, true and firm as any
body of men standing for principle,
and .ve owe to them all possible for
us to give. And it can be said that a
leader who pledges t>' e destruction
of sectional reference in part \ council
nd makes tl'aat pledge good will be
I tig. Yes, lndeeij!
Beyja^/douty tJiosc bank, ro c st AJr.
dfyap «i half njllioa votes. It
nown to many Democra^c leader,
that but one banker of any prominence
in Chicago was supporting the Democ-
acy in its battle to pr tect the sav-
prs of the poor and the hard-working
labor of this country. The bankers In-
sisted a law to protect depc*its Is
revolutionary and would tend toward
destr i. ing confidence.
The reactionary members of the
Republican party, those who wrote t):e
Chicago platform, were euakc to the
fact that there Is going t« be a change
in banking in these United States.
They see that about the last bank to
break ami leave the trusting depositors
to think f past funds has been regis-
tered at the booking house of bitter
'xpcrlonce. Because the vast majority
if bankers are honest and upright,
I.it*y can not get reconciled to the fact
that there have been enough failures
arouse resentment.
Unmistakable tokens p Int the com-
ing change to all but the bankers. The
time is not five years since it was con-
sidered criminal I >r bankers to make
ming scramble for deposits, an I
the idea of telling a newspaper any-
thing was so awful it was hooted and
mentioned as the sensational scandal
of the day. T day the hankers are
anxious for tfie aid of the press, and
h id the newspaper men of the United
States started even so ntuoa as a hint
last winter a iifth of the banks of this
ountry would 'have been ruined.
Right now the banks are carrying
wice as much money as should be re-
quired to prevent ever being caught
with too much in their reserve louse .
again. The country bankers, iu cities
tho size of this and up to .'lii.OOU people
are hoarding cash, because they will
not take the dhanccs, and that money
is practically out of circulation.
They are largely opposed to the
remedy o.f Insured r guaranteed de-
ists: is; very man} of them because the
big reserve agents oppose, and they
harm themselves and hold back the
immunity There wi.l be opposition
another three or four years, and then
our conser atlve mid-e ntinent bank
era will force the chants to protect
themselves against the speculating
bankers-brokers of the great reserve
cities. And tt'ne change is as sure to
eome as night following the day.
Meanwhile pirate broker-bankers in
i e large cities will, once or twice each
season, ami unce they have shorn the
country lau.bs and advise against at
tacking the hom st financier.-.."
one around whom a militant and jubi
lan<t host of many millions will rally
ml g" i triumphant and long-defet
,1 victory1
Do you as a Democrat favor follow
lag the principle of lambasting Demo
•rats when the foe is before us; or,
like the organized enemy, favor defeat-
ing the c lnmon foe and th ti deciding
our inferences?
Which Is your idea"
CHICAGO "FINANCIAL-
ANARCHISTS.
extremes of the party have
ntod-r#> i j tad tiielr say. Neither, perhaps, was
his word to any one or any purpose! well balanced, but there can be no - i. . f iluisnesg onc(.
that he -ha I not made good the pledgi 'denying that as platforms go tlae one | This splendid outtii of hue. anoers n otnu Mnits I ^ 0klahonian
ahd the manner of making and re* at Denver was a great Deu cratlo organized a campaign against the Okla-> x
The Peter Van Vlissingen failure for
.?;r,o.uoo wherein he had been forging
notes for thirty years recalls another
broken link in the outfit of Chicago
pir; ti-s who have for the past quarter
' untury been living off w' at they have
beet able t defraud from their asso-
•'atcs and friends.
Duroig the campaign, after a bunch
>f Chicago bankers were flooding the
country with false document com • ru-
ing the Oklahoma guarantee of de-
posits, The Leader twice mentioned
that among Chicago's leading brokers
were a half dozen fakers wh stooped
at nothing short of murder to wreck
and ruin.
One of these gentlemen took the
trouble to denounce The Leader for
the expose, but lie carefully refrained
from taking the matter to t.he c urts.
The list of Chicago financial anarch-
ists grows each year, us one after tin
other is brought to court and there al
lowed to toil tho story of perfidy.
Th'ls is a partial list:
.l.'hn R. Walsii.
James Kckels.
Paul Stensland
Peter Van Ylisslngen.
These are the men wh would no! ,
take so little as $100,000 In the wa\ i
of*a loan ti e other party ;ad nothing
to do with or no know.edge, at least i
They took the lockers down t >r
quarter niilll n slugs at a time. Forty
ether Chicago financial men. In sever
years, have admitted in court their
dishonesty.
Surely no one. h.ivinx knowledge of j
the methods of banking and brokc-iu *e
will be so verdant as to contend tb< c
me i ecu Id carry n such stupendous
frauds without the other bankers and
brokers having knowledge tihat they
were in excess of tiieirown funds!
Paul Stens.and was made a s- apc
goat because he worked in i salty in-
vestments and could not keep t'.«
loans hidden. Now. after being made
to "trot the Bankers Alley" his realty
deals are being el sed aud his bank
will possibly pay out. less tin
hookerage" of the receiver
TENNESSEE'S TRIAL.
There can be no logical reas n ad
vaneed for the defense of t le Coopers
for the killing of Editor Edward Ward
Carinack. There is abundant evidence
that they had threatened his life, and
that they croFs< d the street to carry
that threat Into execution is evidenc
by the noble woman wh saw the de
and all the corroborating circumstan-
ces. The very fact that ex-Senator
'arniack was armed with a weapon
that is not considered (powerful enou^i
lo execution sufficient to tal
human life is evidence he did n t wish
to wear the brand of a murderer.
The press of t^ie United States can
have but one voice on the question o
the killing of Mr. Carinack. He was
honored and 1' :norable; stood a chain
oi n for the law of right, and as such
e> wore no! t..:e toga of deception nor
lie cloak of evil. Faults e had-
numerous. perhaps, but his manhood
-hone like the star of the morning
and his life, public and private, was
of such purit.N as t dazzle the ordi-
nary mortal. He gave his life
virtue ,aml he who took it must suf-
fer for the act. Else the state o
Tennessee, proud and rich in .histor.
and heritage, must assume the blann
It Is not often that men. with full
realization of what the living has a
stake can with candor and cainines
leelare that the law-abiding pe pi
oust have protection from those win
ake unto themselves the 1m. TI:
nen wh slaughtered Senator Cai
■nack took upon themselves the at
thority to end their quarrel, if such
:eir grievance may be called, with
the brilliant editor and statesman
•an not n w. after he has been s
o the I'ukii .vo. ask clemency of ti
fellow beings Thm delivorcd a blow
.t seeiii\ liowed by wanton nilirdi
they have contempt for that which wa
"■ ) strong or well-defended
themselves, there!" re it can not
aid t o are at liberty to ask of their
own neighbors and former friends the
least < nsid ration beyond that given
by '.lie strong arm of law.
Murder has grciva common in son:
communities. Six years ago the pe
pie of the United States were shock*
: t read that the lieutenant governor of
South Carolina had shot to death
\1 : / o Gonzales, editor f the St at i
a: Colombia, the 'beautiful capital c
the Palmetto state. Editor C.onzale
p. t so w 11 know.i as Editor Ca
mack, but in bis state he st d ti
reat champi n of righteousness, an
because of that is .IM was taken. I
was knc.A.n the editor had waged
bitter war against carrying weapons
VIOLENT LANGUAGE.
If the news dispatches correctly
quote Mr. Gompers' speech at Denver
he is erratic in conception of speakers
rights iu declaration of future action.
When one <Hicu •• ^bat <ymt
in pa aceorling to all recognized pro
UL'letles, It is unfair to use the little
Wot.! which ras cause1, so many dif
■ rijiiqef. ['
Air. liompfers states a case that all
patriots trust may never befall either
Gompeis o.- any other American.
"If," says the distinguished labor
leader and politician, "I am hauled to
court and my rights taken, 1 shall go
to Jail," etc.
Certainly a man would protest fo
his rights. No one would expect other
action from Mr. (iompers.
But It is the opinion of the thought
less and those who do not analyze
wild form of the statement where
harm lurks.
The enemy Mr. Gompers was fore
warning ires not exist. He Is a bogc)
man—one whom those who have look
cd at the pessimistic side of life'*
path have ever seen in the distance
but who either stays ahead or is but
as the miasma; perhaps but the imag
Inutive spirit wrought mysteriously fot
he purpose of disseminating to th(
lay mind those sound and those un
sound as leaders of the people. It
Is well, too, perhaps, that some mei
must see this distant foe; must charge
bravely against it, because In so doing
the average man of ous-y habit ma)
look and percle/e those who flgh:
s largely c:eate.. by nil ove
abundance of ego.
Mr. Gompers will find In lieu of thi
le wnoiii he thinks might wish t<
leprivo him of his -rights a very dii
i i of being. lb' will find then
the representatives of government
se r. resentatives but the presen
nt«, ol vested po\v< r to ai I society
He 'a i 11 find no representative of i
power to curtail his defense; no on
•it i. bred to unde stj.nd he who i*
lar.- e . with wrongdoing is presumed
ulltless; will Und t-iat the govern
ment of the rnitetf States has wroppei
a right of d fense and liberty arotim
him which can not be destroyed b)
the judiciary, the legilslatlre c
utiv. branch of government. Ho will
ascertain though lie no a knows it trip
that the least abridgement of hi
rights enable him to appeal, to tin
se to others, and from one to th
other until It will he proven that h<
ther guilty or not guilty. H
will refresh his knowledge a mistake
by the government means he can re
cover from same and loses no rl
on of such mistake, while th'
i . cat can not take alvantag<
of rny eiro • made by Mr. Gompers
his attorne s; can not appeal, ask nev
trial or again try Mr. Gompers on the
same charge.
The gove nment of the Unite
Stati s is not perfect, amd In the dh
charge of duties all officials err. Ther
'rave be n tines. i e !'ai)s, when elec
!e.l or appointed. offic'als sought t<
usurp power not vested in their posi
lions, but an intelligent man intelll
gently counselled in his ca.-
show these errors and futile it tempt
tt usurpation ami they ultimately ai.
him.
Mr. Gompe s has proven by ion
years of service that he achieve
great things for himself and those o
'is society. His mission has be >n lit
ble, presenting to him Opportunity t
become cue among the great of th(
av, '. j.n : he is. The Leader is proud t
state, oiip of the great men of the time
Ami because he is a great man, has
great mind and the head of a grea
o ionization—a combination of
nire-builders and iionie-owiiJtig-family
loving men ami women—he should us
'reat care in stating cau.-e or effect.
Until the government takes a man
liberty away without giving him a
light to defense, full len*::1 complete
neither the humble or the great has
right to presume such attempt will Ih
made.
ness and retaliation as propounded by i
Hearst to get votes in Georgia.
eorgia loves her name, power and j
ability to do still more. But she wants j
little of the <;ra\> - Ib-arsr e mibine
BUSINEba r-ULt I icb, WHICH?
Again the business association
CORPORATION RULINGS.
I:i this issue of The leader are im
;)ort.ant rulings by the Corporation
commission. In the Wyandotte
itable car cases ."-e set out plain
sensible, business lil:e rules, and the
uiblic s ; vice corporations, are gi
the s ime protection from an over
tctin.; i;: ivitte citizen -hip the Conimi:
-jioi gives that (iti«ensnip from t)h«
public service corporations.
The line of action set f rth here
brace the correct Democratic idea of
dealing w.:h public (|tiestlons—exac
fairness a ol e ptal riuf'-ts. If follow
i?i Oklahoma we will have the bes
*o\. rned state in I lie Union
"WHICH?"
Those Hepublican papers asking ()
hi ma to join tilie dominant party to
>btiiin favors fail to :-ee well the pic-
tures of the past few months. ai the
Mil cago convention the Oklahoma
bdegation iunl a task to get as close
> the throne as the bellboy and eleva-
. operators, and their state <was the
sport of the Yankees who were running
the convention.
At Denver Oklahomans were every-
where, and tl'aey were a part ol t it
convention, towering factors in the
making of a platform and naming of
candidates. Oklahoma as -a militant
Dem cratic state occupies a high place
In National affairs; as a Republican
state it would be a tail to the kite of
Vermont or Maine.
Certainly Oklahoma believes in mcd*
loquence is hard to surpass. But Le ) Day, Oklahoma City: Thos. W Daniel,
an not carry the d (trine of lawless] idabel; Jc-hn K. Danlella. Muskogee;
Smelt Disney, Muskogee; Marion A.
Dennis, Enid; Lex. \. Deckant. UK-
mulgee W.Jter A Kvans, -Oklahoma
City; i-1 d B. Eicnllng. Porum; Ralph
H. Ellison, Ok r.ulgee; Oeo. C. Fergu
son, Claremore; Win. E. For tor, Ok*
mulKec; F. D. Fulf ersotil Miu*bj; E. C.
AKHin tne mwin.-ss aBMMnauw. Muwrjlt,| Mlan.lt C. 1. C.reen*. Ntt
lirui k'i ;i ]<bi.1* i at tin1 i u.(,a. ja!nfls (lOc-uvviti, oklafitjiim
metropolis tiikes i\ rifle snot at Okla EiwJ H Gr|ffltils, Muskogee;
(., .1.;, i ■ it ii 11 /... iSii. iii.'.. fnl' 1 ...
loma. In this instance the\ use
jasls an article from a newspaper
published iu Victoria, British America,
luotlng an article which pertains to
'ondltlong in tae lands adjacent to the
ioeky mountains of British America.
Conditions there are as diff1
John L. Ck-a.-on. Guymon; Jno. H.
Hen Irick, Hug"; •'obit T. Hall, Okmul-
gee H. W. Hunt, Waurika; Samuel
It. Halsteaci, Cherokee; Daniel K.
Herschelman, Porum; Wm. B. Hamil-
j ton. Mangum: William P. Harris,
.Muskogee Samuel D. Heckaman,
roni Oklahoma as 'tis ]«. /iWe to bo. | ^ A|„,k'„'K(H.;'
'mil tliw ('aniif1i:in Pnci flc built north- ., . , ...... ,1.1.1. i
mil the Canadian Paclftc built north
yard from Edmond 800 miles the
ichest domain of Britain in America
iad no railroad outlet and no river
channel to sea. save via the Hu . :on
lay route, open fifty days of the 365
T the year.
Oklahoma, land of punahlne, golden
larvests, great mineral deposits, fell
vithin :*.0 hours travel of the greatest
vorld market, and with five great
runk systems direct to th•• market
titles, seems not likely to be classified
vith Canadian Northwest country dls
•lets.
Do the club partisans assume Brit-
3h Northwest bonus moneys for rall-
oa Is should prevail in Oklahoma
Are we expected to turn loose tne
^ost of a railroad, and then give the
Heury A. Jersey, Sayre; Ralph L.
Kryder, Okmulgee; Philip Kates, Tul-
s.-_; J. II. Lawson. Mountain Park;
cpias. M Londpn, Waurika; R. B.
Long. 'Oklr.honia City; Augustus F.
Loe Claremore; P. Mounts, Fred-
erick; W. H. Morley vJ..s; G' -ge
Miller, Jr., Oklahoma City; F. L.
Montgomery, Muskogee; Leslie Max-
cy, A : Win. H. Montgomery, Okla-
homa < It;. ; !.. 1>. Ma. r. Outorle; Carl
Monk, Muskogee: V.yis Mblnnis, Ok-
lahoma City; Robt. N. McMillen, Ok-
lahoma City; Jo.-eph A. McCalcb, Ok-
aho.na City; R I« rt Wm. McKlnlo •,
j Tahlequah; Clarence McCasland. At.)-
J ka: T. ' MeComb, CJuthrie; George
| Pmchal, Tahlequah: Jno. F. Proctor,
i Hugo; lie'bel t M. Peck, Oklahoma
D. X. Pope, Oklahoma City; L.
auroail to some foreign corporation^ | , Wilim.-lon; P M. Fo|m>|
That was tlu- manner In ,i Im I h ( u
,outers milt the railroad tow be!.,, . Mu;|;] v Palrvley.
'^Thero h a wa/to correct nJi'stakos ! 1 T"
«ae i.y an mea " th. l^pS ot U BUfenho^ CtanJIer;^ Her^rt
wrlted by^our To^Ppeo le, ill t! P- i'"'
e specific anil -con.e direct to lh<' Tulsa; Oe:^e li! S^mtI j!
'°If this organization desire, to .l- "■ «fcTr: ('h,,As„ ''
ance the Interests of tin- state ami | Smith. ( uthrle: A. W. turner. Altus;
>ring ca pit;-. 1 to Oklahoma, let us g<>
bout it with •dignity and common
•,ense.
If certain railroad projects of merit
ire being held back because of fear.
et uk dissipate that fear without try
ng to back by the law of the ntato Ihe
wild vagaries < f so-called promoters
/ho are failures in all attempted en-
terprises.
The business men of this state, aet-
ng as a great joint concern through
hich the chambers of commerce can
(Tiliate, would be of incalculable ser-
•ice to this state. No sensible per-
•on will stand in the way of such an 'or Ute s-,
nganizatlon. Hut an organization of All or th
hat magnitude must ne frc of par-
Isan bia«; must, be ban lied by men
£ sucli undoubted business stan ling
is to merit confidence by reason of
ts officers. Oklahoma need- advice
•0111 its best citizens and will consid-
, any suggestion offered by such men.
out the title of any club or organiza-
always include the
Wm. F. v..ree. Durant; F. W. Tem-
ple, Idabel; Matthew A. Thompson.
Muskogee; Robe t J. Thrift, Checotah
Lt.sls J. lTmstead, Mtwkogoe; ('has.
Verne. Seminole; It. S. Wilson, Woo I-
wni !; Paul Williams, (iuthrle; A. C.
Wallace, Miami.
SIXES SOCKED SEVENS.
Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 2:5.—One of
the mo.-it interesting legal questions
ever presented in Indiana is destined
• a come bofer<the general assemblV
when that, body take.; up the contest
■ offices by the Democrats,
administrative officers are
involve ! except that ot superintendent
of public instruction, to which a Demo*
v rat w*i; elected.
The law provides for the filing of
contest:, and hearing before a com-
mittee of seven appointed by tho
house and a committee of seven ap-
pointed b} the Senate, and oays that
the report of this committee shall la;
-•hole meaning ami puriKise of such Bual. it happens in tills Instance that
>-gani uion i Democratic ami that a
if this jiatrlotlc organization is as committee of Democrals would be ap-
t purports to be win pray, is It that ted to inquire into tho contest.
where Ihe vast majority of its "'.em- I he Senate is Republican and might
>ers reside in the state's metropolis, ':a<i:iaii> lie ojpeeied to appoint a
■he lea ling'noi.vspaper rorccs the club mmlt' • of that parly. Thus thera
innouneenient into the aivertislng | ™el(l be seven Democrats and seven
■olumns an I lakes especial care to HcpublKn.s. As the law is silent as
abel -advertisement" over the article? '" which body the committee must iv-
We note the big business flrtnu of P<" to. i' is assumed that each will
>klahotna City, seme of th?m usIuk report 10 lis own house, and,'' thtreforo,
nan.v coiimins anil pages ilarins an •'■ "U report would be submitted to a
vdvertisir.g campaign can net their body that would adopt it very prompt-
idveriisina matter on the a'lvertising 1 '! •
..iir"s without having "a ivertiaement"
1 :1, n,e top of their call:- for LEGALLY LOPPED LAWTON LOT3.
>u lni-ss. Surely an institution oacked
-v a whole state's entire business men Lawton. Ok!;-.., Nov.23.—Tile first
"iouM lie able to get as good treat week of the auction sale of lots In the
nent in the advertising columns as a north addition to Lawton being gold
.j.... h iiier. if it |iossess:'il Ihe same by the interior department for the
•taniling in the city where the a,l- benefit of the Comanche Indians, bin
vertlsement is placed 1 ,!,'IK;l'e : all concerns! by its ma.Tiii-
ir it be wrong. : day or two will tudo for already It has nette:l the
5UlHce to get straightened awnv: if governinent $_'SO,oiio. and there |s yet
-isln til.' cause is indeed worth a j I'ft one \lh of the tract to sell. From
ear Otfimc : duilge .lamos Whitten goes to
An i in making a good start with all Dalla:\ D.. to sell lots in t,he govern-
or ard under irr.l a lay or two or
eluv fir final rcrfection is worth r.
ionth (1 blcke.'ins after the Start is
na !e.
Y a. bri-th'.en, it is even so!
nicut townslte there, l{. Ii. Hall tho
-acti"nei r who is crying the sale, and
' ii. fisher, tile stenographer, uo
back direct to Washington wlipn t.-o
n !<- 1ie;v closes.
"T, -.1 -'til, • Itiny are l«ur- ,oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ng in : i 1int 1 lornadaj is tne wa.' |q
ew,. j>ti '■ 11 of the Port Scott bank
era, powerful and able men directing
lie • there was no self-defence, still' affairs. Tne landing of t.:e Pilgrim
eli w. < the verdiei of the jury. j fathers is a stony we love ami revere,
The effect of that original crlm but the fathers would n. : now under-
in far-reaching. Fii.-*' murd« r ni"^' [ stn:nl h w to guitle a m ilern, thrivit:^
'oul w
welv«
The
:An hi
committed; set. nd a jury
men returned a vet lict of sell
. each of the twelve c nimil
rjury.
murderers of Kdltor Carmuck
sot tree by a jury bttt it fsuc
;• ,!or> t"he Tenne,«ee.,:; abroa.l most,
haiig tie M- heads in ahie ati.i 'artnii:
their proud native . 3ie has a Ided
perjury to murder ar.d mobs, ami sent
the message to the sisterhood that
human life is worth less than tobacco,
and that to kill a man is 11 t likely
to merit as 1 ugh treatment as met el
to him il he be si vi e as to steal a
mule.
This is also good. Men who left
.Oklahoma a year ago on account f
j prohibition are returning and engaging
One
.niiionwea.th lik Oklahoma; n r
w ould the;; narrow views of lift' fit to
the modern standard.
GRAVES* SOUTHERN STRENGTH.
Some idea of why .le u Tetr.o'e
(Staves !«fi the Georgia natal state an I
V;i'e^ 1 him > If to Wi liain Randolph
lit est may be gleaned by perusal ot
the Georgia election returns.
Thomas Watson, the Populist leader
and candidate for president, carried a
plurality v..to in nine c unties. Mr.
Tatt landed twenty-six counties.
Mr. Bryan c.rried the remainder of
the co.mtie . most of them by the aver-
age majority.
Mr .Uhn Temple Graves secured
s xtyfive vctes.
The South lauds ami supports her
statesmen ami her men of letters, ami
Mr. Gfcves can be called a literary
man. He is really a lecturer, and his E. Davenport, Chickash
episode these lays. The Leader is
hslrous of aiding that telegrams of
sympathy will not open the lnink
lo irs, nor will it bring back t Grant ,
Hornaday the confidence lie had in
Fort Scott, the city he hail lone much ; j
I) eteale. It he had been protecte i
>\ the slate of Kansas, as he shoui-l |
have been, he would to lay have much 1
to be tuankful for, while ne-.v ho sitx
vnd 1 omi.Ms, wondering about men be- j
t;i all lal • and filled with inurati
a le. Turn the sympathy wells into
■orn ]iatches and give to honest folk
the protection of the state they ]>av
'axes to sustain and prosperity will
.! her wings and slug the son;
0 VAGRANT VERSE. O
O O
OOOOO GOO G OOOOOOOO
THE STROLLERS' SERENADE.
am llappy-G Lucky,
The baiil with Ih • vagrant lioart;
v im with the thi: tie over the wind
To where the sunbeams start.
I wander through tlie byways
Of the West and North ami Soufih;
And I t;1! the bir:ls and children
With the whistle in my mouth.
So, up from dusty deslcs
I troop along be
my lads,
of happiness, peace and plenty unto a'(I,n.g. h"h}ntl>
* Iho pe 1.lie or all tne slates; w'Mai-ion Mal.1 v.e li run the glado
I And sup with Ro
<C the
BARRISTERS BhAR BURDENS
>ali nd
We'll hang spring-p ities on the trees
'nd :iug f r many a mile;
tii'l I. your vagabond jongleur,
Shall chant you any style.
l-\ r
's meat and wine and merry
•very la I that follows!
-Dro I way Magazine.
The next examination of attorn- . -
for admission to practice will be \ dd
in Guthrie, b. -.inning Tuesday, De-
cember 1st, in Otid Fellows hall, coi -
ner Harrison und Broad. The exami My frolic thoughts go faney-fre
nation will be conducted by the state Like orgoslea of swallows:
examining board, of which W. A. Leo- At, 1
better, A.dmore, Is president. The
time for enrollment for the exami-
nation expired November loth. As-
sistant Secretary Fr. I W. Green a,
nounces that 10:: applicants will tab.
the "exams." which is the largest
class in the 'history of el:lit the ter-
ritorial o.- st.' ■ supreme court. TI:1
list of applicants follows:
D. W. Anderson, Collinsville; Blaine
Acuff, Enid; Eli C. Armstrong, ida-
bel; W. B. Blair, Guthrie; Frank .VI.
Biooks, Hugo; Homer Baughman.
?\lusko?e« Tracy D. Brown, Musko-
gee : P. <"■ Barksda'le, IIiu;o; William
A. K Bailey. Muskogee; H. W. Broad-'!
b nt. Sulphur; .1. ('. Hobart, C'hieka-,
sha; Kenneth ('rain. Wagoner; Louis;
I). Clink cales. Vinita; John 1). Chap- 1
jielle. H. R. Christopher, Albion; .1 One new Idea has been proven cor-
li. Crle, Atoka; Harvey R (Mllotn ro('1- A Boston man said lie •A'oull
l ehigh: Sanders B. Cox, Okmulgee: prove a certain thing or -jie trying
Almon ' f). Cochran, Okmulgee; Paul j aml ll(> nr.ule good. Ills funeral was
a. St. Clair, Oklahoma City; Frank M nnlte largely attended,
Conant, Purcell; J. W. Clark, Atoka. !
W. T Clark, Manchester; Oscar, The bubonic plague seems able to
Cooper Kiefer; Joe Chambers, Clare ro; Ve President Castro of Venezuela
more; Wm. d. Donohue, LI Reno; 11. j f" • md tear for the mountain
Ralph W.. fastnesses.
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O SALMAGUNDI
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The "French Sai\llne Fisheries" in
Western Washington declare the crop
j is light this season.
Texas lost last year in railroad mile-
age, the banner j;oing to Idaho, se?en-
Z | ty per cent of which was electric lines.
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