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PAGE FOUR
THE LEADER, GUTHRIE, OKI,A., THVRSH.W. .I.XXVARY 21. l!XKj. I
1
the LEADER
BY LESLIE G. NIBLACK
BrtabUebed 1893 Published ever)
Thursday from 107-107Weft Hat
rUon avenue and entered In the Post
office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, as second
; rhit* auil maxier.
s 1, 1 ijiii $1 * 0 the year, fin
variably in advance.
INCREASE IN PRICE
Owing to tbo rapid advaire In the
pi ice of printing material The leafier
In common with w y weekly papers
is forced to raise i * yearly subscrip
lion rate.
The price hereafter will bo $1.00
per year.
CORRECTING A PRESIDENT
N.i on- wish- > brwneli of th
national government embarrassment
and what ever tends toward placing
a high official in a had light to that
extent injures tin* entire country. But
the ccngresi had no alternative in
handling the madman in th -a White
House. He has assailed so tc&ny in-
dividuals, attacked so many institu-
tions, an 1 ace nplished so little in
the way of regulation, it became im-
perative his continued activities along
destruction es be* stopped That
the very lai majority 0f the people
who study, i .4ardle-> of their party
a dhe'enee. counselled this action
months before it took place j admit
ted b> all parties directly concerned
The seii?.te leader of the minority, Mr
Culberson, is a constructive states
m?n, and believes the way to succeed
Ik to keep correcting old errors b)
driving forward in the administration
of present affairs and safeguarding
th- future. Only the absolute danger
of continued depredations upon the
part of the chief executive cursed Mr
Culberson to agree 10 the step that
was taken by both branches of con
gress.
fly this time the president and hi?
mad following are awakened to the
fact there is a way to handle the most
obstreperous official, be he president
or constable. He can be ma'e to ac-
cept the authority of the land and
must dQ s< . no matter how great his
distaste therefor.
THINKf. LODGE TOO MODEST
T. e New York Sun takes one little
fiing at Henry ("abet Loeige, even
though it may be used by the govern-
iwi r th,. United States for slander
The Si tays: „
• On nary twelfth the Hon .Henry
("abet Lo.lge, sometime editor of th
International Review, introduced int«
the senate a bill Incorporating the na-
tional academy of arts and letters,
whose membership is not to exceed
fifty, and a bill incorporating the na-
tional institute of arts and letters,
which is to have not more than 250
members. The name of Mr. Lodge
appears in both lists, but mor,> appro
prtatejy on the roll oi the smaller and
presumably more "select body. 11«> \*
in he "first fifty," to to speak, the
l\x%t .forty-nix, IT we ( (Mint* the name
oor.-eclly. No nthev member of con
giegs is Included in the forty-six.
Among the poets, the painters, the
sculptors, the historians, the critics,
the college presidents, the fictionists
-Mr. Roosevelt Ig a member of both
institutions—the men ()f various ami
of hui literary and artistic distinc-
tion In the I'nite.| State's, he is ihe
only legislator deemed fit for the
lan re1.
"It is refreshing to see the states
man in Mr. I^odge frankly honoring
the scholar and the writer in him. If
w<- may repeat a phrase which must
he war to the btoc pher of Washing
ton, Mr. ledge's modesty is equal to
his merit."
SENATOR GORE.
I'nited States Senator Thomas
I r} r Gore received no commission
from the Oklahoma legislature not giv
en by the people of Oklahoma. The
legislators carried out the instructions
of their districts as they should and
were expected to do. It is worth much
to the stale to be able to say the dls
tricts c.sose legislators and Instructed
them as to choice for senator in the
highest legislative body of the world
and no man was even accused of de
siring to < i a vote contrary to the
wishes of his constituents It mean
thai an Ok'r oma constituency know
how to aele servants, and the class of
men. in each party, now doing scrvlee
in the legislative iialls of Oklahoma
c mpares favorably with that of any
state in the Union. They are men
sensible, competent and willing. More
than that is not required in legislative
work. Those who are too greet and
too much disposed to chase rainbows
over the ui untain peaks of fame se!
dom have sufficient cmnmou sense to
build a track to get back home on.
Mr. Gore is known throughout the
nation. He is a national figure ami
his eloquence 1* f the highest; his in
tegrity is beyond question and his
steadiness of purpose undoubted.
In representing Oklahoma he will be
aided by an Indian from Muskogee'
and the two are equal to the two sena
e>rs of any state. They are like the
majority f Oklahomans. patriotic]
painstaking and ambitious for the pros
perity of state ami nation.
In taking a commission for six years
more of senatorial duty and oonsecrat
iiig iis talents to th« success eif state
and nati- n, Mr. Gore promise- only
what all expect of him—to be- fair, just
and energetic In the dUcharg. of hi*
dL'y.
empire ami needs but the united aid of
all to make it k ow as never any state
f the Union has grown and prospered.
vV< have the health in our soil and the
>pp« rtunity t become the gre-at pro-
gressive center of the Southwest.
The re is money for the frugal and
ihere is opportunity for t e business
man who dares t > leap into unknown
and hi J heft# undiscovered regions We
leed in i and gr< i «f v-jat*-. iilyl we
mieti ni'M • and te; citizen wo
ie. I whatsoever will tiring oui ,i*e-
<our< • to the attention of thu in*« s-
lor and h « who is willing to w rK f.>r
his mrt iu life.
Tie - ry c f nine vn years of Okla-
homa wa i a story of struggle and hard
PPHrssi'iu i |K a the pari of depart-
ue ritftl ofLicials; t <• vast majority f
he'll!
trie r«
-ill handle apped by
t >
he
,eIden state r \ . j *
The Leader wis;..'- all Ok ah'ma
'
t edcon.e's all and wishes all the verj
jest that < in be expected f r reward
f effort put forth Insofar as can be
•stimat' l. not ;ng can now stop the
frown h of the state or in any success-
ul manner hinder its citizenship, the
nost ee snio|K)lltan in the states, going
' rward to greater achievement and
no re direct results.
The land of promise and the home
if prosperity; land of good tidings and
>!ace where the high ami t ie humble-
neei on an eniual footing. why should
he smallest spirit of envy or jeal usy
lermeate the citizenship of this state*'.'
s there not enough for all and is the
ypportunity gone? Sureh with less
ian a tenth of our resources tap|>ed
nd all that lies before us we ough
.till to make the* st ry of the past pale
•efore the history of the future, and a
nlted, happy and satisfied pe >ple will
chleve the- desideratum sought for.
We need milnoil folosasrhl netaoin
We need millions of dollars and we
lave ro m for two or three millions of
eople. The (lass we wish is that
vhieh goes forward and wastes no
dme over the past. If you. reader, are
•f that number you ha>e found the
iroper place. If you are a croaker and
fraid to meet the future with de
ermination and res lute courage, you
re a surplussage in this state and it
vould he better off without you.
Right now Is a good time to join the
anks of those w-ho do; to ideotif}
urself with the effort to make the
date great, rich and powerful. Your
elf Atone must give tile answer, hut
emember there is room for all and
pace for those who do.
You must answer as to which clasi
ou wish to work with.
STA EWIDE PROSPERITY.
In a . untry so new as Oklahoma
where rlie numerous prosperous c*iijc •
Jiree all new- and the interests arc o
elivertdflei fts • ) h<- ot rat' • r diff* rent
appfect'< t litir> Tn th^ hldei" and lijjre
r^irn/ly ^id;i^l^h^l 'communities < f (he
slates, it often happens there is rivalry
and. in peculiar instances, jealousy.
To all Oklahomaus who have gather-
ed in the many prosperous and rapidly
developing cities and ceunties. this i-
puerile and unworthy the Oklahoma!
spirit, and there is just ground l r
s;ating there is not at this nor has'
there been at any time a moment when ' u < d it in a
the prosnerity of the one in the least | driven Mark
manner diminished the prosperiiy of t i "piker "'
HEARST NEARING END OF ROPE
B<ven ;hough they printed an apeilo
•y and asked that excuse them for
•rror. John L). Rockefeller dr.. woul
lot iismiss the charge of libel against
the Hearet w #iptpera. Ordinarily tie
onfession ejf error and the righting
►f the wrong Is considered suflicieyt
i|Kilogy for any newspaper publish*-
<ut in this case Mr. Rockefeller offe1
id to and did pro.e to the satlsfactioi
i^ the; Jury tile defendant had ful
uiowled o fthe facts when tie lib.
vas prin'e-d and that it was mallclou
Ud cou ocled b> those having won
ei ful Influence at that time with Mr
lcarat, the Carvalho name being one
ise-d by Hearst to escape nionetar
i.^k.
And this is the man whom the pn
;Vnt of the? United Stales has take
„s his bosom friend and who is chec
>y jeiwl with the magazine reform*
\o one believes the Rockefeller mi
ions were gained in legitimate in lu:
-y; no one Is lctnd in prais of th
louse of Rockefeller, but there is n«
;ainsaying the young lad. npt
hii i j years of age. has the courage
• stand 111• i defen i the honoi of hi
lame and care for those whom
>ledged at the altar he would cherlsl
and lo''e.
The yellow newspaper syndicate
iwned by Hearst has been tli
crowning disgrace of American new
paper nuking for full ten years. 1
s conducted for personal fame an
ggran lizement and for no good pur
IKise. It has. by utter disregard o
truth, by jnuendo and by use of grea
wealth lamne.i whosoever happenei
to get in its way. It is a story o
wrong md wretched catering to th«
lowest depravity and has no right ti
appeal to the judiciary it effects t«
lespise. or to an honest public It ha
often outraged.
With ihe return to sanity whici
narks the present tren i of events th<
Hearst nropoganda will, of necesslt
have to become more decent and the
policy of the paper has already chang
eel. Purporting to stan 1 for reform
t has fastened its blightinp influ
•nee for evil upon that good word un
til honest men and upright womei
shudder at the mention of the ver>
erni. Preying upon the wealcer pas
dons of man. it has run a wild, ma*
•nurse, offering neither honest con
vietion nor continuity of purpose t<
the- deluded followers who have st
various times marched behind the
standard of the California political
maraud'.*!' It stooped to whatever
suite! the fancy of the owner and
i sailed whomever happened to have
he courage to withstand the on
■daughts of its hired messengers ol
wrong and horror.
Although there have been appeal*
0 the president and the' publisher ha>
ii«) e desperate efforts to reconstruct
iublie opinion of himself, Hearst stiii
it;.n is the solitary occupant e>f metro
i.-ilitan newspapc.- perfidy and unrlght
nusnes- Pretending t(> stand for la*
ir, he assisted in the betrayal ol
ioiupet's and le<l the befuddle'd Keefe
1 the throne room of egotism and
•T worship'
pecl^rhig for righteousness and as
•rting thv nia'hine'iy of hi^ «.hain of
e-wspapeio wv . lireqting the force.
•T go« l government, the Hearst,pj^pet;
lid not fare print ho tr#lhs whk-h
printed e f their owner when he
iad duped Demoerae \ and became Its
n iida'es for governor of the great
t .-.late In the I'nion!
Pretending to fieht corruption and
ippose corruptionists. Hearst entered
>e litlcs ^ ith the biggest barrel of eo~-
uptloii funds ever dreamed eif and i
; ner that would have
I iona to the brush as
• v.e- t f. a pi ice to place
id « n oucaged 1'iose hone t of pur-
. «e tit i!-inf< • aied to folio a the
pui pet can lidat" eif his party for pre
••'dent. He paid for a convention in
Chicago where batchers and tailors of
RESTORING THE SEDITION LAW of the great
New York Sun. I
We believe that any attempt to re-
establish practically and to employ for
personal vcnge'aiicc the odious princi-
ple.- and provisions f the old sedition
Chicago represente 1 state- they had j law of 17!**. either by mere executive
ne • • r -- n. and names of men dead I assertion or by executive construc'ion
used as taking part In that conven-1 or pervendon of whtlt g Btatntea,
would meet with the united and most
as taking part In that conven-
Mr !l«*ar.-a hei n- brou^it
hr l llb caroer of unbrldl«*d
rault Hti' attsrk- s*-cais to in ai
an en! He has been *tho new ;;^|l
the bad of journalism, and huS.
through lifhience of his pur.-x. iie^i
atde to hire an t keep in hi« employ
uoetei of the master minfds of the ceo
tury. Peiets. antl.'ts. writ rs and learh
ed men eif the gospel "have, for hlgn
salaries and because of the- yel'ow
fame- attached te the service, bowed
to t .e will of Hearsi and been guilty
of wrong been use of it. Hut, thank
Hcvl. it Is ending as rapidly as pos-
sible.
AS TO CRIMNAL TRIALS.
A Japanese newspaper, commenting
on ihe system of punishment in the
various countries, makes use of our
term brainstorm" and rather caustic*
ly .! Ids "ther. |s some doubt whether
the accuse ! had the affliction or the
judge and jury guilty of permitting
tne man to 'sain be turned loose to
!o physical harm; oftimes destruc-
tion of life r.nd always working to
ward chaos."
At first blush there will naturally
he a tendency to rebuke the aiithoi
and call bis attention to the many
leflcieacies of his own country and
' eople, but reflection teaches the ans-
wer or a grave charge by mahlitg oth-
•rs Is not according to reason.
There are less guilty men escaping
punishment now than in the past and
'hat proves conclusively we are mak-
ing bette- progress toward bringing
'he general population to see the il«ht
if selfrestralnt. and that all are alive
o the necessity of so policing the
1 kw-abfcllng those of evil mind will
hesitate to take the wrong course.
Hut in the dissemination of r.ews we
lave
cheerful opposition f the free- Amerl-
vwV'r ' iiT -
T-is without regard to the identity
i the newspaper or th- particular com
plexion of the* newspaper against whom
ih._- Ft le-fal jnachiuery of prosest utioi.
s^ioiibi be directe^l ;"r purposes of op
ihH -jdon; anil equally without regard
to Jne merit ojrti<> particular atter-
awhteh were male the pretext f
s^lrhTedoral pity-t edings for the grati-
ffeaffon of private tatred and spite.
"Mr. Roose-velt r de ninety ei^ht
miles Wednesday to prove that the en-
durance tests prescribed for army and
navy officers are- rot unduly seven-, it
was an historic achievement.
"Napoleon could not have ridden
ninety-eight miles iu a day. Neither
could Wellington. Washington might
p ssibly have been equal to It. as ho
w as an expert horse man, but he would
Jjaei t -o mm h s< is< to undertake
tkt would h i.e failed .mi
Stonewall dark son pl-HiMi-'
ave done it, burj V"
whether Grant er l>*« or Sherman
could have st od the tesf. ttlery1
s« 'hoolb'iy knows the poe m about
Sheridan^s rMe m.. Wincln aivr, whirl
w.is' oil 1 y t arffi ■ y 'nijb tfwfiy ♦
As for the. grej^- v^a-fighter^'u* ither
Caul d •nes li-.r' I'esr.v nor Farragyt
no- jje-is n jtould have rlddnui ninfi>
eight -miles in one'day on. a fcors^fto
- I\e I Bhql
'Mr. Roosevelt did it. however
Hutfalo Hid could do it. So could Hen
Ikaniels. This proves c. nclusively, we
think, that T leodore Roosevelt, Huf-
HARRIMAN.
Just when F. J. Heney. the crime
smeller and punlsher of evil doers, had
dedared Edward Harriman the most j falo Bill and Hen Daniels are the great
langerous and m st unscrupulous man i est generals and admirals in modern
in the nation .Mr. Harriman addressed history."
ollege he endowed with tne money Even s- .i reckless reference to
taken from the Huntlngtons, ami al-
lowetl the students to listen to the wis-
dom of his remarks. In te.ling them
those- who can sit astride the gallop-
ing steeds would lie more pardonable
were our wolf chasers and bank rob-
how to be happy and prosper us Mr. bers included in the list. Surely
Harriman suggests they keep busy ami, who set ae stamp of approval on the
never give up because the task is hard. I rending of wolf jaws ami established
Thai is splendid advice. Had the gen- that as a basis of statesmanship will
reman who Marled in '.if-- wit i h*-:il'h | not lie inconsistent, ami all W a mere
and a cast-iron keg for a conscience, i rider of 9|,jv;red steads to sit besjde
worked the twenty-odd years and saved ! the throne, whilst thoie *hrt can ienr
his money he, t o. might have some: a wolf in twain with >ut al owing the
spare change. As it js he? owns a third | beast to whimper are left by the camp
of the* .ailr ads, two steamship lines! fire of sorrow and neglodt!
and has sacked forty or fifty of the Naye, verily, nave. aAd nay s me
great financial institutions with walcii i more yet!
■
Hut we are told by Mr. T. Roosevelt,
main trustbuster and high commander
of the stick with which they arc break-
ing trusts, that Mr. Harriman has been
"disciplined."
Aside from the $200,000 Cortelyou
use of terms not in con- I'^elpHned out fthe Harriman pirates,
ormlty with good taste and played Iuc 8 eco
to t :o public taste to the extent nf
public taste to the extent of
eac.ilng a danger point in the his-
oi i ol the country we love so welt
' Jegt i ■ rate « na, re wed ti think
lieii AO'tlilessnesj will be forgiven
localise they are able to pay their
neanlngsless way down to perdition.
ia\e been exploited as having Intel-
ect and courage, when their dlsslpn-
ed energies have, iu fact, simply call
d out all of their reserve fence's and
sit t ie brain a sterile organ, weak
it c< mmence with, .ill hope of upbuildi-
ng stifled by excesses. Committing
rime, they are defended by shrewd
nd able attorneys, of such Kstouind-
ig ability ;is, through the public
Tints, to weave a sort of romance
nd halo about the guilty. Then.
Vhe'll the- stage, setting is arranged
• nd the "barker ' has gone over the
•rutil detail, the court takes the
ench and imo trial proceeds. Man llin
'eople waft sluh.-. and throw hout|iiets
t the offender. There js much dip-
nsslon of family history, the jury js
•I to and from the trial room while
;,,^rneys get Hu-dec!< heads in
>e >ellow pres. ; then the jurv is
narged and sent to pen would
ot allow a cow tei stay In. and ex
■cote ; tei return a verdict eir subsist
n f; re too bad fo the rodents who
'ake1 the place home.
That is not the general -tile- in
let 0nl\ one in an hundred or even
smaller percentage, but there ^
•ven then too much of t.iat sort of
hlng. ami in many instances Ihe ou!
't it is led away t - a sanitarium where
is immediate ancestors should have
een confined for allowing the hei •
" grow up a worthless
THE LOB3Y.
Oklahoma bears the reputation of
being opposed to the louby idea. Ar-
rangements were made for men to
conic before cammittees, stating their
business and whom they represent-
that they may lay before the commit-
tees selected by the legielat re their
cause and the aspect as seen by the
representatives and those whom they
two- j represent.. From a legal standpoint
On | this is not bad: morally speaking, it
. — tnd may be Just. But the fact remains
guarded bv the followers of the tain ! hat the representatives coming from
ng-lion-wolf-rending president; on jihe various districts are the selections
the oucr the senatorial cabal looks , >f the voters t' the- state, and to the
lovingly at the ammunition wagon I voting body only should they be be-
an i wonders if the explosives coufd | holden.
REPUBLICAN QUARREL
Thun lerously sails the now
mas'ed {hip of Republicanism.
the> shoreward side it is manned and j may be just
be touched off without doing damage
to their side of the ship. Here and
tliore some l\cpu0llcan editor thun
ders for the president to win all bat-
Whop th • legislator goes home and
his constituents ask him of his labors,
he should be in position to answer
that he has done what to him seemed
ties and abuse most violently all who ! best. Any other answer is a notice
are not nf the- faith and opinion of has failed to fulfill his duty. The fact
himself, while one equally vigorous of his having been oesieged by. rep-
lauds the op|tosing leaders. ; resentatives f any organization
Not even a Democrat who hopes (whether that of the rich or the
both and al! ot the crew will be for- laborer is not important or relative
ever ^ i ;iose d 1aro stick in a word of! to the smallest degree) is now consiel-
oppeisitfio:i lest the pirate jobbers of ered mitigating to a certain degree,
special privileges rend him and make j Why
the shade eif vale un-
life her
pleasant. \
Verily wfviV t
another oppose-. Some cheer Short- legislation is lining
pants Burton who has stood champion the se lobbyists are
lauds
Root
The fact that any organization feels
at it can take fr m its coffer*- the
ouisito sum to keep lobbyists where
enacted and that
b p to make their
of Miami river deep water naviga- friends who senl them feel th
tieui for years but opposed spending by their power of persuasion
money on improving Mississippi
creek.
It Is an awful mess and patriots
can only hope these oi l warriors
around special privileges may a'l go
down ind out and the public once
more given ome chance to advance
along equal lines.
PARTY LEADERSHIP.
Since Mr. Bryan has written,
iressing opinions as to the future gen-
•ralship of Democracy, it is meet that
Rt V.
ihe ^aqui Indians have a custom in '
uoi ease* that, with some exceptions |
|i ght j rove beneficial. Who,, j. man
• lis another In combat and the act '
' others, the killer i execu '
Later, it all his friends desire, j
ie cas ■ is tried on its merits and I
can.is show,, why life should be '
en. the executed man's name js I
sted back on t.ie roll 0f honor and
e stands .is being uf the honored de-
a ,ed- It is rather severe, but mur-
ers are very infrequent in the coun
> where the custom prevails.
member eif so- j some short answer be given to the self-
appointed campaign managers who are
always in evidence immediately after
a great defeat,
have,
cured
special attention not therwise to be
hoped for. is evidence irrefutable that
such favor's secured could but be at
the expense of others suredy suffi
cjenf t j bear out the assertion that
such representatives are out f place
before a legislative body, and their
inis.-i n one which, in the afterwhile,
they will hav
steep prices, and all along, the same
v Hue they are nc; t> so glad to keep men
working at.
A Lhbyist is one w :o seeks special
nactments or one who seeks to pre-
ent enactments.
Whether he represent Rockefeller or
'he most huuilile labor organization!!
For the Honcr of the Nation.
(New York World.)
At last Mr. Roosevelt's reckles*-'
career of personal, autocratic govern-
ment has been checked, and the
Roosevelt reign of terror is ended.
The Perkins res lutlons. adopted by
an almost unanimous vote of 211 to ot!,
declaring the language of the secret
service paragraph of his annual mes-
sage io be unjustified and wi^iout
basis '' i * i nd a °f fthe
||l>fCile*gi "f tti* "i • ' he\> \ >'t* -
i;«buke administered to a p^slde^t ■ f
f^iitAd States by either branch of
congress since the impeachment ol
Andrew Johnson.
The' Culbers"!: rcoiution e-alling up-
on the JifJUiaty comniittp* of the state
io a^jerb<;a'\N le thoi Mr. K • seveifl had
any author])) j. licens« th- absorption
of ; he Te'Un C al uil-t li'en com'
pany by ilie srV A! trust is 'the/first in-
stanp in mkny jears in which a house
of Kmgress hafe underfak'en to ascer-
tain wh ther a president deliberately
vl lated h!4 official oath to "take care
that the laws are faithfully executed.
Of these two actions the more im-
portant Is the Perkins resolution tab-
ling the special secret service* message
and the libellous parts of the regular
message, oecause the offense i great
er. It would lie a serious thing indeed
if a president licensed a violation of
the Federal laws; but it is a far in re
serious thing for a president to libel
and vilify a co-ordinate branch of the
government No mere neglect of duty,
no sing e usurpation of pswer. is com-
parable in its evil effects with a slan
'dor uf* assault by the chief executive
upon the lawmaking power of the
nation.
This is no mere personal quarrel be-
tween the president and congress, as
administration newspapers pretend
Other presidents have quarrelled with
congress; but no other president *#ver
attacked in a message the integrity of
the entire lawmaking branch of the
government r insinuated that "the
congressmen" were practically the ac-
complices of criminals. Jackson did
not do it; yet Jackson was censured
in a senate resolution. Johnson did
not do it: yet J hnson was impeached
and tried for "higii crimes and mis
demeanors."
Congress, in spite of ihe greatest
provocation, has never taken official
notice of Mr. Roosevelt's private libels
and slanders, innumerable and ;ffen
slve as they are. It was not until he
presumed officially to impeach the
honesty of its membership as a whole
ihat formal protest was made.
The' true Issue can not lie better ex-
pressed than in the dignified and well-
chosen language with which Chairman
Perkins presented the committee's
resolutions:
It Is dangerous t i the* Republic that
a large portion of our people should
have their confidence shaken in the
judges who Interpret the law; it
equally ■dangerous that, their confi
dence should be impaired in those whe
enact the laws; and It Is fir this rea
sin that the' duty devolves upon the
lawmakers not to allow the integrity
of their motives to be- lightly question
ed. We may be sure that no legislative
body will be respected tiy the peopl«<
unleps it respects Itself. We are jeal
« us f the honor of the nation; we
should be cqftall) jealous of the honoi
of our institutions."
Mr. Tawney did not overstate th«
case whe n he said:
"The arbitrary and unauthorized use
of the great power f any one of the
branches of our government in this-
respect, if allowed to pass unchalleng
i lie riginal statement that a leader known makes not the least difference,
must be discovered sounds like a save if he oe ne who has toiled he is
man who has lost a lawsuit seeking a'ni re likely to be fairer to his fellow-
compromise with his contestant of the- beings.
IO pay far at rather!"m *" l""*" l,"ll"r"'1"" ,tK
. ..., ..it 'confidence of the- people In their gov
| em men t than all other agencies c ni-
| bined. Undermine the e-onfidence ol
■ the people In any one of the three co-
ordinate branc hes of their government,
and you have done more to destr y
I the foundation upon which that gov-
ernment rests than in any other way."
j Even on the Issue of the secret ser-
vice itself Mr. Tawney showed that
. Mr. Roosevelt's opinions and conclus-
ions are alike untrustworthy. Instead
an attempt having been made by
CAN SHE DO Af> WELL?
ROOSEVELT'S COMMISSIONS
The report that thirty per rent of
ti- marriages end In divorce is beins
ridsly commented on and would he
eserviiiK of some raliier brisk work
eiv the statement true. Tin divorce
tatistics were compiled to cover
went) virs at iiii< lii,:.-. [ ie |nvc;tl
ation hei MR made largely by esti-
mate. Tr.ere Is a divorce In the I" n I -
e l States to ever? slxtv three mar
iages. If siate statistics a;-e reliable
nd they are probably :is erroneou
s Ihe hunch of material the presen
i'imal administration has s-pent i
lilllon or so to get and distribute
! the statistics wore compiled tor thp
eneflt and material aid „f Ihe govern
lent statistical squadron, well
not. but they are of no valu.. to ot'a
•rs In fact if the force had spent
he lime ir>ing to divorce Mr. Rooae
"H from the Idea of trying t0 admin
ster governmental affairs, preach
urse. pra, an I light, and th 'it attend
II domestic affairs, the effort would
ave been worth the cost
The several hundred millions s| ent
y Hie extremists behind Iff. H
ell i-ill a d mightly to th-. wealth
I the nation In some future hv an,I
erlaln n is little gopd has b ii seer
I'lnlng from the ir .a I • i,|s of com
n>sionB the president has appointed
I: otne eases the commissions nave
"'•'ti kind enough 10 remain sileni
mil not annoy their brethern but the
majority ot rbern ai. . ,|etiT
niliej to roach re I hei,nines tin ' I
m . ,e.t. c.iiet, the prey id em 4,f tiji
ufted Sjt,aie>v.
I e>. instance Alie c^mmdttjfioi tir j
?6tlgW4' farm life w«| probably \\
ii l-'iirel somewhere in m
ansa.- and g«'t all the snipe hunting
i' ks p!a\e] on t!ie>ni I'jKin eommi.-
too - *eturn to Washington we ma>
ect n exaustive treatise on "How
make Red hogs lav Blue eggs."
th
Oklahoma is of itself an
As the paying teller for the new 1 fireside.
Muskogee's third complete gas shut
off for one year occurred a day after
ihe' e*oId wave hid made the majority
f the- big burgs folks hump for the
:md big enough to rally th
| ui* par y and take them to a great and The old-but-ever-true declaration
needed victory, he will be visible and "the wages of sin Is death" must cer-
i voyageur need be dispatched to talnly be before the Corys. A short
bring him beiore the court. time ago W illiam Ellis Cory, one of
Through the national committee the the wealthiest men of the world and
party has an organization, and, known to almost every citizen of Pltts-
v\hether that be strong or weak, it is burg, was told he could not enter
the constituted autli rlty made by the
majority an.I must stan.I until t :e" next
national convention selects other::.
Among volunteers who may become
valua.de* and eventually guide the par-
ty back to a greater unity of purpose
than has been true since the day r. Chicago hotel.
urover < iev« land led ur hosts to vie Now comes worj the fath ■ of Ma-
to y, none at this hour seems of suf be! Gilman Cory died in a Fiasco ho.s-
tieient strength throughout the nation pital. This parent was poor, but he
to indicaie being made <oniiiiand<Tdn-- fought the marriage of the daughter
ehiel at this moment. As t e h a«l of f to the elivorced Cory until the* hour of
th" party Mr. Bryan has. if no m ire, the ceremony. He declared he would
deni nstratel that he- was a general never speak to t.ie daughter. Age and
who labore, as hard in one s -ction as; sickness bore him down across life':
j congress to hamper the enforcement ot
1 the laws, the aggregate amount appro
prluted for this fiscal year "for secret
service of tjiar character" is $7,214,-
, 593.3."i. while "there was alsi appropri-
ated for the fiscal year 1909 to be used
I in whole or in part to prevent fraud?
in and depredations upon the several
the home of his sister; that to her he i of the public service lo pro
wasder.,1. He and his beautiful wife "'rl l",b la -^ from fraudulent en
wore >aled entrance to one of the i lrl,*s t0 apprehend and punish
better cafes of New York. and. en- mher vlolal r* of ,he law' an a8Kr<1
route to their woodland estate In Wis-1 ^aT
ev nsin, they were denied entrance to
of $23,588,170."
Yet Mr. Roosevelt had sought to per
suade the country that owing to thf
machinations of "the congressmen"
who "dlil n t themselves wish to be in-
vestigated by secret service men" the
machinery of justice had been crippled
and that congress was legislating to
protect "criminals." Mr Roosevelt on
the very heels of the house vote furn-
ished a shocking revelation of his own
wearv way and, one dav last week. I,heorv a socret "> ma-king
his life went from the body and cros- I Pub"c the correspondence in the Till
:-t'ri the unknown. He died a pauper
ami was an object of charltv. A fi'
nmeshed in Ihe fog ol I teen-year-old daughter stood by his
side and followed his remains to the
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With the ad'ition of a filtration
plant Which Insures the people of
tiuthrlr good water and plenty of It;
the electric car lines prospering and
in ftietflly grace of the entire public
rill! tile great amount of street paving,
Mils forward movement aim tuakeci
by industrial activities not ;< «*rf' for
t«'n yeii:, past, perhaps the ffort of
t h« column to in iuee investment j suf-
ficierU to start a great auiusement
arid p'fTeatlon park <ui th*' (>lmarron
north of 'he city, can attain uccess.
The idea is to furnish a plaV" fen* all-
summer park amusements and, as the
ye.trs go bj*. build a pleasure' and re -
creative spot unequalled In the South
west. 'Hie Cimarron is the basin, but
the man.- aids given by the peculiar
topogrr.phy lessen the cost many
times an 1 give the plan assurance of
successful fruition; patience being
one' of the imperative assets for those
taking the matter in charge. Th«
rive* is salty, caused by its flow
through the great salt beds hack In
Blaine eounty, and as resort, with Just
little expense in building a mampioth
natalorl'im, we would have a resort
not equalled this side the salt water
shores. Rlectric ear service can be
obtained and the*re would not be a
better paying r-ar line in Oklahoma.
Moreover, there would be an oppor-
tunity for the me of |he park through-
out the winter season, where the salt
w&ter baths, taken in the fasily erec-
ted place for such purpose, would be
not only appreciated, but one of the
z eat health-giving sjiots in the pntire
Southw • t. Thirty-seven men fnklng
$250 stock In an enterprise of this
ascription could make the shares go
te n tlnns above par. If they would al-
low proper management of the Insti-
tution. \nd, in event the electric con-
"e'fn would decline to take aha res or
build the* lines to the park, it would
only necessitate the guaranteeing of
Interest on the money investe! to sur-
mount that difficulty. Nature has
made the groundwork for this place
and the mountains of building inaterh
al nearby the place wo heve in mind
is of such great value that even a
steam railroad couM be built to the
resort and the freight it could secure
would reimburse the entire first cost
In one year. Tli« expenditure eif $12,-
"> 0 In concrete buildings (to be had
there for less than a third if erected
inside> the city) would provide for the
required structures .luring all 'he first
ten months of the year. The roller
skating rinks air! ice nonds for sum-
mer skating are cheai>—really being
but the wellarranged floors beneath
the icemaking plant and usable at
the time* when no similar amusement
could be found outside the great
imusepient palaces of the cities with
millions of people. Given this sort
of an Institution that would make'
Guthrie fame,| throughout more than
one state, and we will have done more
to win large amusement crowds than
we coul I b> spending a half million
dollars almost anywhere else.
mother for the success of Democracy
and weal or woe, he fought the bat ti
as a regular ind stood fearless and de
termlned whether ' e sun shone
v ightly
despair.
I hat lie brought success in some! grave. He hail known much of gor-
states no other Democrat could have, row and very little of happiness. No
•arrb'd. .- longer of doubt That wealth or d-resni of greatness came
hi.-, leadership will ne-ver carry the Km- to cheer his weary road, nor did the*
pi re state ^ also a matter put bc>ond aspirations of other than one satis-
the line of discussion ! fled t«i be a hewer of wood and draw-
I Is unswerving de votioi. to er eif water beckon hlni along the
his party ami country: high-minded., road. But he died as he hjd lived,
giorious. unalloyed jewel-crowned pa- a man eif honor ami one who had re-
thriotism and eitizenship friend and \ fused to break th« moral code. The
i'oe« alik" bow in ado afion and prais.-' citof San Francisco fevj him jn the
I mlcr 'h• • ^o^l-crushing .- t r iw f ' last days; It was charity which sooth-
'1'trials me' with defeats heje l his fever^bumed neat! an.' cltttrlt)
emerges a giea' A m uric an f lofty j placed the coffin and shroud around
inceptions and highest human pur his dead remains. He left no mark of
'Os*• To s'and with him iq defeat aroatnesa nor was his life different
Hid know one served his cause1 faith i ti m those of similar station and en-
ui ly au^l yvjihouj .price Is,one pt the viromenl. liut he did leave the
leweis al.mg. vhe pathway of lit..';Thar world, as a, inarv whv .blledt^is niche
in'1 without''complaint.' Can the
Sj'fjMalif ^imV ,auPh,er wh«se husband l^ worth an
U,„y *\ a VT""aV'i'f *l. ' t ' 4
l>;Urioiie kifi Kni^i«i and' ImndV'd millions of dollars aftd.'whoftp
m eVef - ^at'drobe cost a forfrihe* ."leave life
lims "hlfehW iftt Vi'1 Vor1^ ill h"
>Q ' illrrivt'd.
ENDURANCE HEROES SLURRED.
O nies now an anarchist w o doth
lot know fidelity to any monarch and
ie.de hes his displeasure through satire
we-psm and .evil spirit.
Treading the path of evil and wor
Shipping his master, error, the- New
York World, catering to the readers in
the i^udsou fiver valley jungles, sayeth'at McAlester in July
leave life
j with as much t eacc and with as brave
j heart for the future life.
Perhaps the w-e;.lth and riot of
'hose hardened to the moral side may
deaden the moral anguish now, but
th* future holds a solemn hour and
one wiiosei sins against the nigral law
must face.
Oklahoma hotel association will meel
j man ease. If Senator Tillman has been
guilty of any criminal offense, it was
Mr. Hoosevejt's sworn duty to have
him indicted anil prosecuted. If the
senator Is not guilty of a criminal of
fense, what object could Mr. Roosevelt
have in making public this ex parte
statement except to besmirch the repu-
tation of a personal and political
enemy?
It is bad enough when a president,
drunk with p wer, libeis individuals
alto have offended him; but wheu h«-
presumes to libel congress and the
•ouits, as Mr. Roosevelt has done, the
sltuatiou becomes intolerable if a con-
stitutional government is t. be main
taiticd.
Mr. Itoosevelt's message, whatever
his disclaimers, was more than an at-
tack upon congress. It was an attack
upon popular self-government —an at-
tai k upon the American people; for a
people capable f electing and main-
taining a « ingress of scoundrels is un-
fit |or .sslf-wK. aqd republican institu-
lions are a woefcerv,
In vindicating its own honor the
house of representatives has vindicat-
ed th* honor • f the American nation,
and the hig est credit belongs to dames
Breek Perkins and his Republican as-
sociates whei trampled n .lepra.led par-
tianshlp under foot to exalt the prin-
ciple of a free government.under the
constitution.
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Thr Hoonier woman who ulterp.l a
i"ish prizo of tun dollars for „ hus
han.l i. Srtrcly frying to bull the ma--
'I he Id#1* of a president being refer-
red to as h "human gargoyln" is one
not many of us wish to send to fore-
ign countries for exhibition purposes.
When-things get quiet down at Al-
tus they try to lay the limb of law-
down hard across the hide of some
official. The sherifT has had i few re-
cent whacks.
The effort to reprcduce pictures of
tne destruction of Pompeii, which
occurre I in the same century a« the
birth of Christ, as scenes around Mes
sina. are. thank the Lord, meeting
with n0 success.
Prayer- for Ihe Second legislature
ias been Instituted by bodle* where
all responsibility Is pushed right up
lo the Lord while the supplicants hzl-
l> follow their own method of amuse-
ment and recreation .
Colorado legislators wish a "depart-
ment of Journalism law." a law re-
ijuiitng ,i man to possess common
sense before becoming a member of
the Colorado legislature would be a
great blessing out there.
1 he statement of a contemporary,
-O effect girls wh(, get ink ;taius on
ilielr hands writing love letters can
get them off by aiding the mother
wash the dishes, is erratic, and
shows an inclination to delve deep-
er into the intricacies of household af-
fails than originally Intended bv the
master of ceremonies.
DAWS SHORT ON COPIES.
liuihrle, ok la., Jan IS, 1909
Editor Leader: It Is generally re-
ported that the new statutes of Okla-
homa have been delivered at Ihe state
library ready for distribution and sale
l> 'his date 1 have received but
196 copies to meet the demands of tie
members of the legislature now in
session and the varl us state depart-
ments, but that is all.
A few of the departments and mem-
ber.- of the legislature have loaned
their copies to personal friends. >« hich
accounts for the few copies now in clr-
dilation.
As soon as I receive a shipment that
will enable me i (ill orders now on
hand and send to each county its full
quota. Hie books will go forward as
rapidly as it Is possible, with the limit-
ed office force now at hand, to wrap
and turn the hook.s ver to the trans-
portation companies.
Yours very truly.
S. 6. DAWS
G-enrge I! Rittenhouse of Chandler
is here al tending tile Consistory meet-
ing*.
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