The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 182, Ed. 2 Sunday, November 20, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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TIIK OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL. SUNDAY MOBXTXG, XOVEMBEH 20, 1D04.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
By the State Capital Company.
FRANK H. GREKR, Editor.
One week .
One month
One year ..
UC8CRIPTION RATES.
Dally fcy Carrier In City.
Dally by M all—Strictly In Advance.
Ift.1l
«n
c.oa
and make the territory a better field for investment and a
bettc place to live in pending statehood.
The undertaking of the republican editors is worthy. It
is hoped that they Sri 11 all become interested and be at tlic
meeting to be held here tomorrow.
One month . *
Three month*
Six monthn
° No Vutocriiiion Will i.® MnV by Mil'in' thi" iiiy it'i>uU>rl
Sunday Edition.
One year by mall
Weekly.
TO BE SURE OKLAHOMA
IS SAFELY REPUBLICAN
A GOOD TIME FOR
GUTHRIE TO AWAKEN
Guthrie is at the beginning of an era of unequalled prog-
| perity. The city has not been iu a better condition in years.
.00 v general wave of prosperity has swept over the community,
4.011 and even the must cynical are beginning to believe in the
brilliant- future for the city.
In the way of civic enterprises Guthrie is in a tine con-
dition. With a street railway only a matter of four month*,
with a new railroad laying tracks into the town, a railioad
that has asked no bonus of the city, but has been sufficiently
convinced of the future of the place to come in without it,
with a remodeled electric light plant that is prepared to fur-
at its height about Thanksgiving time, but the demand for
poultry will be strong until the end of the year, especially
if it is cheap as it is likely to be, since the supply is said to
be heavy this year.
It is generally true that the market demands fewer cat-
tle during this time of the year than any other, especially the
in-between grades. Choice finished cattle are in strong re-
quest. and generally find a better outlet as the holidays ap-
proach.
Is Oklahoma republican?
This question is ag&iu going the rounds as an after-election
query. Tt comes every time nn election has been held in
Oklahoma. And results of the election are always before
the newspaper men who are making the deductions. And
the results answer the question.
Of course Oklahoma is republican. '1 his territory, in the
fifteen years of its existence, has never but one time failed
to send a republican to congress. That time the entire coun-
try was swept by a wave of fanaticism and went pop.
It is true that the republican organization has generally
been good. The wisdom that is evidenced by the manage-
ment of the republican campaigns in Oklahoma is worth while
as a factor in the result. The superior issue on the repub-
lican side is worthy of consideration.
And the fact that the republicans have always delivered
the goods is a reason why Oklahoma iB republican.
But the fact is patent or the republicans of this territory
have had an unprecedented run of good luck. Nobody will
argue that luck t an account for all of the republican victories
hi Oklahoma. So it is taken for granted that Oklahoma is
republican.
The recent campaign was a fair illustration. The demo-
crats had a powerful and perfect organization. They had an
i sue of their own choosing, a nominee who stood high and
had ability, a powerfid press support and unlimited means.
.What was the result ? A republican victory of almost two
thousand.
The great skill and acumen of the republican chairman
and his committee were factors. So was the skill and ability
of the democratic committee.
The campaign was a hard one. The voters all heard all
of the arguments aud if there had been any disposition to
stray from the party picket on either side the campaign would
have lined them up. In the result of the campaign, of the
campaign two years ago, and of the other campaigns before
thwn is seen an indisputable argument that Oklahoma is a
republican territory.
And the same sign that points Oklahoma of now as safely
republican shows that the strength of the republican party
in Oklahoma has been constantly growing.
The democratic press has been very busy explaining, since
the defeat of November 8, how it happened. The wbpk iuat-
ter could be summarized.
There are more republican votes in Oklahoma than there
are democratic votes.
A REVOLUTION THAT WILL
CHANGE FARM PERSPECTIVE
A remarkable revolution is taking place in rural life.
Within the past few years, and especially within the past two
years, the telephone has become almost as much an agricul-
i tural implement as the riding plow. Its ring is almost as in-
tegral a part of the music of the up-to-date farm as chanti-
cleer's crow or the hum of the reaper.
Another great force that is helping along the revolution in
CURRENT COMMENT
Proverbial Love.
There's a dear old proberb, u paradox of
~ Which w< 'ill have tested and know It for
The Prosperous South. | WJ)pn £ ^^'df lovers arc rambling In the
St. Louie Globe-Dcmocrat. | park
In looking over their material inter- j mo„tuiKht or starlight or In the even-
esU the Southern ntntrs h v« th« ta t, Ium Jnik. ^ l0flly (rum Love', cn.
reason to bo well content with tne hu j chanted tome;
ation. What that section raises brings, „Tlj0 home."
good prices and what it manufactures longest
sells at a profit and is Protected from wu>
cheap foreign labor and wrong econom o
systems. The national expansion of ttio
last ten years Is calculated to help the ine
South mure than any other palit of um
country Closer relations with the W <-t ; gut when they are older and the two
Indies was one of the results of the war are made one.
with Spain. The Isthmian canal Is pre- | ^
eminently to the advantage of the flout n ( begun.
round
way
shortest
and will give Southern ports tha shortest j They're happier now . i
lines to the Pacillc. the Philippines and .in(j butler bills.
trenuoua—domestic cares
maybe, with bread-
„ish unlimited power for manufacturing I rural life i. free delivery of mail. On July 1, 1899. there were
innumerable concerns uia lug piunnncn < , L ^ ^ ruural free delivery routes in the I'nited States,
citv i« in a most flattering con it ion. I There are now over 55,000 routes over which letters, metro-
With all of these things to rejoice over, Guthrie lias yetj
manv things in which much can be done. The great need
if the town is manufactories. Guthrie is nn ideal town
for the location of such enterprises. With railroad facili-
ties unequalled by any town in the territory, and with a
wealthy territory for which it is the distributing^ point,
Guthrie can offer what few towns can furnish. \\ ith all
of these advantages in its favor, the city has need only of
tial enthusiasm and momentum to secure outside capital
and outside investors.
It is up to the citizens to be busy about the creation of
this enthusiasm and the starting of this momentum toward
the acquisition of Guthrie's most serious need-manufactur-
ing industries. '
Resides considering the attraction and location of foreign
industries nnd the creation of morn business interests in the
city, Guthrie has several problems of purely private and
local importance that must be settled. The business streets
of the city are well paved. The residence portion of the city
still stands in need of attention in regard to its streets.
While it is perhaps not advisable to incur the expense of pav-
ing, there are many improvements in the way of grading,
crossing and sidewalk repairing that might be prosecuted
with profit.
Guthrie is not exactly in a position where advice to get
busy is in order. It is rather in a situation where a sug-
gestion to become accurate and strenuous is the proper thing.
For Guthrie has ever been busy and at times strenuous.
Now is the time to outdo all previous efforts at industrial
development and along lines of civic pride.
MEASURE OF REPRESENTATION
AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE
Shall population, or the number of male inhabitants ad-
mitted to the ballot booths, be made the basis of representa-
tion? This is a question which the new congress, with its
overwhelming republican majorities, ought to settle once for
all, and let the chapter be closed. There are strong argu-
ments of justice and o^ expediency iu the question, and these
will continue to agitate the public at intervals unless it is
known definitely that the present system of basing repre-
sentation squarely ou population is to be modified in accord-
ance with the terms of the fourteenth amendment, or is to be
politan newspapers, samples of dress goods and government
seed are carried daily to the gates of rural homes for 12,000,-
000 people. In many sections the interurban electric line is
drawing the city and the farmer closer together.
Not long ago the summer hoarder on the farm who wanted
a bath was comniended to the nearest creek, pond, or horse
trough. .Now thousands of farm houses contain bath rooms
equipped with porcelain bath, tubs, hot and cold water.
No longer is dinner served on a red table cloth in the kit-
chen, but in the dining room on a cloth of immaculate white-
ness. The old fashioned farm dinner also is disappearing
There have been formed in many rural communities "beef
clubs" whose members kill and divide a steer between them
at stated intervals. The farmer, instead of regaling himself
on salt pork, now sits down to juicy roasts and noble sirlojns,
interspersed, of course with neck and liver.
One of the most serious problems of American social life
is the tendency of the farmers' boys to leave the farm and
make for the city. They do this in most cases in obedience
to their gregarious instincts, thinking to find in the crowds
of the city excitement, pleasure and exhiliration. It is only
by making farm life more attractive that the bovs can be kept
on the farm. The increasing comfort of farm life, if it
tends to keep the boy on the farm, will be of inestimable
benefit not only to the farmer Himself but to the country
as awhole.
The democrats of Oklahoma are still lying awake nights
wondering what sort of a piratical stunt Mose Anderson or
Jesse J. Dunn were doing to call forth the condemnation of
the Oklahoman. And the Oklahoman is still saying nothing.
shortest
lines to the" Pacific, the Philippines arid
eastern Asia. River Improvement in tii" x_t,, • heir love grows stronger o ercoming
Mississippi valley will benefit the South 11Js
*t least as much as any other region. , they'vo changed the old proverb-
Sound money nnd protection are good j when by night they roum:
things for everv one of the states. "Let us cut home!"
Dreams of Southern dominion may ns | across lots and cutty-corner
well bo dismissed. The main body of the 1
population is not there, and no comblna-( Qur jQe Hom# Agaln-
tlon can be formed for grasping a b.il . „
atlee or power. The Wvat has I"'™ ttl;~i i - «ur Jot. it- run fer
with a free silver Inducement, and the said tied try his hand a bit;
Kast again without any issue ex <pt a Thet the kentry needed savin!
thirst for office, and all In vain. Voting An' he I tinker some at It;
Is light In the South because many of its i: t the 'lection now is over,
cltixens, though unwilling to admit it. , An' Joe ti" dldn t win-
would regret a change In present natioiyil Ili'i we're glad,—me an his mother,—
policies. Though the South stunds back Cause our Joe Is home ugln!
of its own volition, it enjoys a full share,
of the general good times, and even more : Joe ma<lc quite a race fer sartin !
than a due proportion of the commercial: He s h pollytlshun right.
development in prospect The South .1 An' he's Jest a bully feller
attitude of political abstention is of its At a foot-race cr a ilglit;
own choosing. Prosperity abides with it I You jest ort ter hear his speeches!
just us much as if sulking had not bo- j llow they cheered with mighty din!
camc one of Its traditions. Hut the 'lection now in over
. An" our Joe is home agin!
National Irrigation Congress.
n iila« n*w« Spent two months a polly-tickln'
. " ,, . . . . Workin' every day and night;
The work of the rational Irrlgamm con- g((Vt) ,ta hurdt, work thrashln*;
gress at ill Paso will doubtless add in«- jiuata rail-splittln' out o* sight'
petus to the Irrigation movement so well j.„; hear the brass ban's playin*
Nerve* him up. he says, like sin;
at we're glad, me an* his mother,—
allowed to stand just as now.
Representation in congress
and in the electoral college,
THE INDIAN TERRITORY
PREPARING FOR STATEHOOD
Sentiment in the Indian Territory, regardless of the poli-
tics of the people,, is in favor of "restoration of the original
boundaries of the Indian Territory. I hat is the ludian
Territory wav of saying annexation to Oklahoma. oAn.l the
terms suit Oklahoma. It is accurate and it comes to the
same thing in the end.
And iu this connection it is seen that the plan has a great
deal of support among t.lie people of Oklahoma, 'lo be sure,
the people of Oklahoma are pretty well situated Willi legard
to government whi n compared til the Indian lerritory, ' ut
they feel the need of better conditions over there its view ,,f
appruatXng statehood. A convention of the interior'itorial
republican press association is to he held iu this city Monday.
The object of the convention is to discuss the situation and
to attempt to frame suitable resolutions and outline a pl.m
<if action looking to preparation of the IndiarW?VTitory for
statehood with Oklahoma.
This naturally embraces restoration of the original boun-
daries. It also imports the necessity for some other form
of government in the Indian Territory than that which is
now had there. The obvious thing appears to be the extension
of Oklahoma's laws to^over the Indian Territory. And there
teems to bo no valid objection
it is probable that action will result in an agreement to
urgo the extension of the Oklahoma laws over the Indian
Territory and the establishment of county governments in
the existing recording district! of the Iwluiu Territory under
th« Oklahoma laws. This will afford to the Indian Terri-
tory ample protection of all her rights pending statehood and
in the formation of the staft.
A few objections will be urged to Ibis plan. Put thtv do
not seen to bo real. The most important so far mentioned is
the Oklahoma liquor law. This is not really a part of the
troubles for the reason that tha existing federal prohibition
law governing ludian reservations oould not be ignored, aud
tiiere would be no change in the liquor laws by reason of the
existence of Oklahoma's laws over the Indian Territory. The
'liquor question will probably come He lor* the constitutional
convention of tho new state, aud it will i time enough to
begin considering it when the convention is reached.
It seems highly desirable that the Indian Territory arid
Oklahoma become ono territory at once. This will make the
formation of the single state an easier matter and will tend
to ostaUiah a unity of interest and of sentiment that will be
needful in Uw trrii* time that ia to come with the formation
of tho new state.
In addition to paring the way for statehood along the
Itnea that statehood is going to come, tho proposed change
, law Oia Indian Territory wnsild aHermto conditions th««
There is not so much to deplore when the federation of
labor can afford to pay out $2,1,000 a week for'the aid of
strikers. There must be something more than a living in it
for the men who work.
Now that the days of the St. Louis World's Fair are draw-
ing to a close, it will be observed that the solicitous interest
of the management in furnishing "news'' by the bale to the
press is less tense.
.Tomorrow the republican editors of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory will meet to decide upon a plan for forming a new
state on terms of equality. They will make the plan right,
too.
It is now announce^ that Russia will build a great navy.
This is almost wanton waste nf good material. B^ssia^hould
first instruct her naval officers how to ruu a canoe.
Man in Guthrie is certain that the niillenium is at hand
He has not missed a meal at home since the federation of
women's clubs finished their sessions in this city
— nv
If today Oklahoma n
The now county attorneys are now Irvine: to*gct a glimp-e| J£ndUmWhaL may''-V'n
of litigation in criminal courts from the ifewpoint of the | Jjelh*uj"*:deJeiop"" ;
Htarted throughout the West There will
be produeed much information touching
the benefits to be derived from irrigation i'auso our Joe'a at home agin!
and the best and only methods of provid-
ing it. There will be presented some time-
ly directions and lessons of enoouruge-
ment. The importance and value of the
work of tho congress can hardly be exag-
gerated. It comes at the opportune time
for Texas especially, Beeing that we have
recently adopted an amendment to our
constitution, under which tho scientific
method of agriculture an be carried to
perfection.
CJreat and useful as the work of the
congren* may be, it is nt last merely the
education which teaches how to do and
why to do.'R Is important largely because
of the fact that it cuts out or designates
the work to be done, nnd gh . ^ direction.*;
and reasons for the doing thereof. It is
hool nt which the pupils learn thf1
best methods, to be practically applied! H"
later along. The hard work remains to I
be done. To
It Is lucky for Texas that we have this, • \ei > t'iing you'd shv
•ar'a congress It comes at an opportutio ; He'd twist till it would seem to be a tlur
time for uh. There is now appearing In at him, some way
the columns of the News from day to day I
lessons In irrigation which it is certainly At parties when tin uiria would get alone
In Ow for the people to stud) especial-! and giggle, 8ltq
ly 111 9Vder for members of the next Texas Was always t- •• to think that they w> •
leglolglure to study. We are soon to write i makln' Inn oT him;
tlnOlRw under which the irrigation amend- At n • ■■ tin' w• • i the pr< ;n her threw out
metrt is to be given force and effect. We I r.t -. |11 >,Ie 11e * do.
need Instruction nnd Information along Sim always took > m to himself, kept put-
that vory line. Let us make the best of j tin' on the shoe;
the opportunity afforded by thr> "author!- If folks would r.,mit tie . Iiange he'd |it
ties" on irrigation who have gathered ! it ma-'
nt the beautiful little .city on the Rio | He thought
Grande. about 1.is i.oi
Course we'd like our Joe elected,
Uut it makes no d iff're nee now;
If the kentry needed savin'
rj nss she'll manage it somehow,
Fer she's got to do without him,
An' we're glad ho didn't win;
An' we'll keep him,—mo an' mother,—
Since our Joe's at home agin!
—Freeman E. Miller.
S. Watkins.
Watkin was a chap who used to get
his feelin's hurt O
a every time he turned around; he
thought folks done him dirt
I. y d neglect to run across tno street
to shake his hand;
iito haw a notion that folks set
around and planned
Might liini everywhere he went; most
Oklahoma School Lands.
St. Louih 8tar.
Even as a territory. Oklahoma takes
rank among tho first states of the I'nion
In the number of common schools, and In
the matter of their efficiency no state-
ranks her.
These conditions are due, prlt|aril;
He's dead and
great deal
In lookin' Iduli
< ne. lie didn't leave a
when he went.
nd low for slights his
0 time was nnntly spent.
And I suppose, if he's above, where peo-
ple get their wings. o
And draw the tickets foi the harps und
golden crowns und things,
the Judicious handling pf her "school iands|**(S '' ".'V.,rVi 1 ",at ll'e
and just now the benefits irre particular- I . . ""IMO angels i|e->"
ly noticeable. There are possibly ove. , . . ,
8.000 leases expiring throughout the ter- ne nM to wcai i
rltory, and all arrearages, together with ' ® 'o
promptly paid to|
ws. they
vay lie looks In what
The Sunshine Song.
ther nor how
sun-
which forms the basis for the distribution of many govern
ment ft vow, today rests on population, as determined by the
federal census, excluding Indians not taxed. Population
holds a varying relation to the number of eligible voters
The state? which attract the newly arrived immigrants, like
Massachusetts and New York, always have a much smaller
vo'te in proportion to population than Indiana and Iowa. The
Chinese on the Pacific coast, now decreasing in number, add
to population without perceptibly affecting the ballot. A child
born in this country of Chinese parents can vote nen he be-
comes twenty-one years of age. as was decided bv the supreme
curt in a celebrated case, although no more Chinese can be prosecution, preparatory to going to work.
naturalized. •
But the great disparity between population and the vot-
in* ratio comes in the states of the south, where the negro
is excluded from the ballot box. The north lias become ra
^.Z^irL^^riiTv^t^ough lederal'inter-1 freeman K. Miller ,* now devoting more time to the
as embodied it. the so-called force bill, now com-Uy of his poetry lie has gotten over the election rat,flea-
strength It is wholly unlikelv that the north lion and counts his feet more accurately.
r's rent, must b«
the end that the lease may be renew™, i ..
It speaks well for the tenants that every j no rnal1t,®r
on of them has paid up and retained his'., .,, v,'"j vai"""
lease for another three-year tetm. on " you 11 only use your wishes
a recent Saturday the school land depart ' sunshine's Kolden tune;
ment received 138.000 In r/ nts; on the fol-j And in matter what ill
lowing Wednesday . Thursday and Frjduv. ! ,,H' trouble thro ...
$42,000, $;s.o00 and $:.'0,0flo respectively' ; J'011 practice on the music of tli<
a total of 1128,000. shine's happy song.
The end of the leasing year is on Oc- I.,
tober 'J, but the Territory gives thirty I "hat s l1"' l,s" I,("" ami pester when
days of grace to Its lessees; but uli have the Joy-bells cease to chime?
paid at this enriy date, although a few i Sweet the daisies fill the meadow and
ha^l to wait after October In order to they blossom all the time!
realize upon their cotton. During the I Keep your heart heaped up with glad-
month of September alone, over $118,0001 nesg and a faith that's full and
in rentals were received tho le sees hav-
ing sold their wheat und other crops
From the school lands alone tV terri
tory receives even now $400,000 annuailv.
and during the year Just expired the de- i If the mountain puth is steeper than
partment has been compelled to te.#ut your < a- > f.uieies thought.
to the court but once t" recover rentals, j Keep on climbing for the summits and
and that was upon an old claim * I tl> ^;i« that yon sought;
' f land leased to any one I And H whiter conns and pelt* you with
v- strong. m
j And through all the ways of winter sing
rj. the blessed sunshine •song!
purty depends in great part upon the!
section of the territory in which th.- land Lift
Is located. In the more settled portions
only ltfo acres are allowed to one le^e 1
but in other locations the size of the tract j Over
is increased as. for Instance, lit Heaver
•ounty. neveral I. - control four ' \v .i
the sno
i that <
to the
five
tkms for cattle
I JO
Retiring county officials all over Oklahoma and the states
are serene in the confidence that no other man can ever do
ath- ihe work quite m -well as they have done it. f
There was a sort of a Tillman episode in the Hungarian
parliament t he other day, and the prens report of the afTiir
. ailed it a "Scene of Wild Excitement."
If the poll hooks bciffg lost in the west stvnnd ward can
delay the court's work, what would happen if the poll books
ards were lost?
mtnd littla 0 - ,, .
will ever undertake to compel the south to admit the blacks
to full voting powers; there Is too much northern#capitjl in-
vested in the south, and too much appreciation of southern
conditions to make this policy popular.
There J a question, "whether the south should continue
to hold a proxy upon this suppressed ballot. This is now
before the country. The republican national platform, it
will be remembered, contained plank calling for an investi- j111 IC "* " '
lotion- from the tftie ol thf «<-nrt prtss.during th j ou|d seem funny to have county treasurer# in the In-
paign in states like Ohio ant iiiiana u- i. t Territory. And how would tty county eoramissioncn
of some advantage to the republican. In no spirit of pro- > • ,,u,v ^ *
soription or persecution, hut viewing the matter simply us a ,! u 8 * •
question in "fair pla>. the north if asking whithtr f rt> pmprss that Oklahoma is now making along indus-
five white men in Mibsi^ippi, <\cn i t a w^n I trial lines is worthv the atteution of students of the build-
polls, should have the same voice ,n the affairs of the gov-;
eminent as ninety-nine white men in Maine. j - •
—— .... | oklahoma statesmen: There are still a few more
SOME REASONS FOR ' 1 < iienings at Tulsa for men of genius who desire to fill a long
SLUMP IN CAAl.P MARKETiMt want.
The way the tattle market has slumped tiff show, llift j ^ Th,. principal feature of the minstrel show that Renhnm
there is not the backbone to the 1 ratio that there was u lew , ||)(] \v„rr(,n and l,aux an' arranging will he an original poem
weeks ago. It is plain that the outlet for meat is not so re- b
liable and that the general consumption has dropped down j
some. The fact is. this is the season ot the year when the; oklahoma landed all right. Bill Little and Thoburn are
public taste likes to turn to poultry and gaim \wilh 'Hin the list of the wise ones of the irrigation convention.
result that many people who can afford it. buy this class of i
meat in prefertnoe to beef. During the past week there has Meanwhile time is pa-sing. The Five Tribes will lie n; th-
been an unusual quantity of this product of the barnyard I m- mnr(, t|inn citi/ons in a little more than one voar.
and the forest dumjiod on the market in the east and, there-,
fore, biiTep. of ettttle for moat of (he eastern points liaie Watch for the repoTta of the session of republican news-1 iraii'iti1 ™
baen uhligad to «irt«0 their orttom. Turkey souuon will be paper men, to be held in (lutbrie tomorrow,
* of.hor
not hono to
when her r«i
. - and throiiRti
gration ner home ranrkets have
centuated? •
It is a aha me to lunger hnlil ok
ff fr-un Mtatehood, hut <>ne thing
tain aho ran better afford t. ro
territory than Uncle 8am enn ar
hold her down to that condition
IX
•ilng th<' wldo wn
ugh 111' wt> punh ii
hi la full of mn
Anthony.
Colonel D. P
Kansas City > Journal.
The d^tth of Colonel Daniel K, Anthony i
at Leavenwurth earl> yesterday morning
put un end to one of the most exciting:
and .spectacular career* over known in I
Kansas. There were numerous Incidents
In Colonel Anthoio < long .iml .stormy!
life of ho remai knhie a char;n i«r ;i • I
sound almost like fiction. He cotnted uml
escaped death so orten that h memed to
be aa Invulnerable as he was feurlesf IJ,
Kvus shot, clubbed and knifed so man)
Imew, and he In turn had threatened iinil
assaulted so many people, that flgliting
seemed to be rather his normal condi-
tion.
colonel Anthony gloried In his reputa-
tion Ud an aggressive and forceful man.
and he preached the doctrine of tesl-i
ance, defiance and revenge to the wry
end Protracted pein e disturbed Ins . *
War was always welconi" Ue iiuarreied
bv Instinct and would have pin*.I aWnv
if h« tiad had no object upon which ii>
vent his wrath and fury. To contradict
him was to Insult him To oppo:"' his
opinions or ambitions was a mortal of-
fense. and whom he once hated or mult
his enemy he never forgave for he rarely
listened to mason In a matter in which
he was partly or wholly wrong A knowl-
edge of ti is own error or fault onlv in-
creased the frenzy of his passion. His
haughty spirit precluded the possibility
of confession or reconciliation; and so
It happened that nobody came undei pub
lie censure, ar was thought to !>• in dis-
repute In Kansas simply from l.-ina \n
thony's enemy. Hut his harsh and Iras-
« Ible nature Is the only unailty that could
bit condemned In Colonel Anthony or thai
can be remembered against him In all
else he was above reproach He never
did a small underhanded or dishonest act.
even against the men he hated worst
He was frank and sincere lo a fault He
never deserted a friend or a ivdnclple
without cause, aud he always fought in
the open.
Although folonel Anthonv wn* Intense
ly and persistently active In politic- dm
Ing all the fifty years he lived in Kansas,
nevertheless he never succeeded in helng
elected to on officer higher than that of
mayor of his home town and s meml-cr of
the state legislature The bitter enmltv
he had engendered was able to throw oh
starles In the wav of his ambition and
turn over the prises he nought tn ie#.
prominent and unworthy men Hut defeat
never discourse#d him or danv« 'e.1 hi
ardor and enthusiasm for politics He
Ined as willing and ready ot K0 as he
throw down or to pick up
... _ ntlet In city, county, state and
national campaign;.
c-pted as th
U<ngs and
"iinv* rse.l
Kive ill 1
a* well aa
sifitple
\Itli n:
land i
la
Looked forth
Pushed on
the
And ever
rhe cycle i
With shli
But facing toward the setting su
course she must pursue
Rebuilding br-oken altars.—taking with
her freedom's men,
And leave the ship behind her, to the
pirates and their crew.
The priesthood and their servants, 'till
the cycle's made again.
She's been about four thousand years In
golnx 'round the earth.
Her trlsls have heen many, mighty
Wtirs she's had to wage
In sorrow she's returning to the place
that gave her rjrt'i
To find her name forgotten,—blotted off
of history S pagtt.
—Alectryoa.
Iloutieassy, Ok la.
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