The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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THX OKLAHOMA rr>T* CAPITAL, SATURDAY MOUSING JUKE 8. 1907.
T
■THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
HOT A PflT.TTTfllAN S fiRAVT
% by Th* State capital Company.
FRANK H. QREIM, EDITOR.
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Kindness tis a conquering hero.
What is not rare ns these (l ys of June! f \ t
calWhen troufcle is anleep don't throw a chip at it.
m«i% ♦ •
A self-madotman would he,a nice fellow it he w0uUl|
/
the
J|* quit telling n at how he did it.
Fean are tot the heart what dyspepsia,is to
Thitomach. Hoiie ik Hie good digester of life. .
HH' Now tbej* tell oh that thepvord "thotiaaml" on the;
"•■$1,000 certificates is spelle.R xvt.uii?, hut how are we
"Vto prove it. ^ I , .
t)|. —jr— •
It f recently is harder to. let go than to eateh on.
'The OktehomajI'ost can testify to the truthfulness of
J*this statement. . . ,
m* The Ftesklent declines to discus* the spring style
Jin woraert'a hat!, and he is wi«e a* usual. , He is not
B horticulturist. /
2$ Rebuke «* in an«rr, or with ■rverity; bard words
e'^re like tail K imes;in aununer, beating down and <le-
roying what^hey^wotiM-nourish were they- melted
; into drops.; T-
a ■ Attornej! Darrow Bequests that Debs keep away
"from Boisfl) during the Haywood trial. And if D.-l -
feism everyttre should,keep quiet pro tern. Mr. Dur-
#row would^be obliged.
f. And now V*>n,M a Mrs. Overmuller of Connecticut
f who owns a hantain rooster that is "mothering twen-
' ty chicks amfvt small snake and cltwM like a hen."
| O, these iiatu.jii fakers!
I The Oklnttona n is sprinrinjr canards, defying can-
ards, and telling, candidates to beware of last day
i canards and giving a little news on the^ side these
i davs.—Chickasha* Journal.
i Frenzied Tom Uiwson is running another bluff uu
' the people. lie ha*', endorse. 1 Roosevelt f.,r president.
Wonder how >iuichV>e has up on the proposition that
Hoosevelt will not br "nominated.
Jesse .(ames, .lr„ is .a follower of Hlac.kstone. That
is evolution with a vcngeance. .lease's father for a
time made his living hv, desecrating The law, and the
son Will make his living' inculcating the law.
K'ven the ^]>ring fever imall shivers this year. And
yet, should we complainH This weather 'is much
more pleasant thiin the metering weather we have
known of in pant v< :irs at^fhis time of the year. •
"Oklahoma democrats arc hopeful, ' says the Si
Louis Republic. Well, ' lio|* ksprin.iis eternal in tlio
human iirenst." That's n wf^y it ha*, and especial-
ly in such eases as that broutilK'on by the democratic
constitution of Oklahoma.
By the way, speakims of thai' constitution: It >s
regulation and not annihilation that the thinking,
sensible people want in such a document. Th.
Cocklebur constitution, as now before the people
funs too much to annihilation.
The largest ennnine establishment in Cirrater Ok
lahoma will have its opening next'Week. The event
will be worthy of special note as it adds another
great industry to Guthrie's proud array of(premium
winners. The capacity of the plant'is threHcar loads
of goods per day.
Summer is coming at a gallop. Its almast here
It's been backing up. ' That's all. It didn't want ti
dribble into this section of the country. What it
Wanted was a flying start so it eould'hit Oklahoma
with a jump. And that is just what it'is troinir to do,
according to an official statement of the-weather man.
Frenzied Tom Lawson announces from Paris
that if neilher party nominates Hoosevelt be,
Tom. will start and finance a new party and
therewith nonfinate and . leet Roosevelt. .Mr.
Lawson's notions seem a hit extravagant, some-
times.— Milwaukee Sentinel.
It. is well that Tchii places the ocean between
Roosevelt and himself. If he were on this side lie
would jrobably have to face Teddy's dukes or make
tracks for tall timber.
THE CKIBBES
If Falrbnnkn had norm, uf Taft"'* tlrth
and T.ift hft.l some of Fairbank s l^RS in"?
r.ce wmild tie a lot rnor. .v.n Ar.d i*
berh had part «f Foraker'* mmith, It
wouldn't b« half wo hard on the rest o;*
the%oiaitry.
• , —0-*
"We "woeld also Impress npon f.t-" "mf.l
contr-mijoraiif* .that Houston rain 's the
sweetest, soothlngest. wettest, and nios'-
restful rain that ever fell from velvet-
.■lo.ide.i akl.-a." #
Ikre't a chanct for some enterprises
fellow M bottle Tex.is® rain and place
It on the mirket as "Bailey's S.iotas:..t
Syrup.-1 0
-. • . .
Mi-s. Howard Qould eomnlalns to the
authorities tthat her mail iras luen tam-
pered with. A good many divorce sulti
stan t hatwny only they usually spell
It differently.—Ohio Sun.
• —c ~
It may be oui® spring is so
much and ^w.-*?ter than the
of any otiitr sect'tin. says th* Howton
Poaf. an«l our maidtns inore beautiful
than other maW*Tn, bwt it :• nevrrt.i*-
l^.'s a profound conviction in this offi'e
that th« Houston ahirt-WAlat con-
sii« rahl\ more pe *k-a-boolsfi than any
other shirt-waist in the world.
—0—
#G nts w^ho mix cucumber heeltaps with
lunrii counter bologna are liable ty incur
a f 'v.* nconiz'.nff moments lti*w|jlch binds
:!-playing sounds like th*' groans of the
damnrd and th? tub# rose aroma of lie
evening air ia given a decided sulphur
tinge.
• —
9uair—Ha! Ila! I know who got a lick-
NOT A POLITICIAN S GRAFT LEASE.
The fact that it is a difficult matter to find a con-
stitution democrat outside the ranks of the office
seekers or their immediate strikers, who wili not ad-
mit that the constitution is anything but a ftiodel
•document,— «
Is'proof positive— .
That it is bad,—
Very bad, in fact. • ,
They admit all this and then proceed to make the
excuse for advocating iN adoption, that they want to
b^ sure of statehood *a.sserting in the same breath al-
most, that "the bad features can be corrected after
we get Statehood.
They have in mind, «f course, correction by g?fer-
endiim. *
They will, if posted on the question, admit thai
the initiative and referendum are classed by consti-
tutional lawyers ajnong the features which makenhc
constitution nnrepublican, and if indeed tli^y are
such and the constitution parries and is signed by
the president, the first tiling that the courts \\ill
knock out will be the initiative and referendum.
With the referendum tout what shape would the
people find themselves in?
Could they within decade .repeal any of the bad
features of the constitution? * ,
"\<>t*if the court knows heself,'and she flunks she
do." * , *
It is the history of all states that if takes many
years of agitation arid at last compromise measures
to secure an amendment to the constitution before
the people, and then tliev are frequently defeated.
How long, think you, would it take to get a* vote
on an amendment to the constitution through a legis-
lature made up principally with politicians who are
in perfect accord with that document—many of them
being a party to the devilisli measures engrafted
therein? . . •
Once a law that element can carry the legislature
even though the state were to give a republican ma-
jority of 30,000. " •
This fact is well known by this time to'every ob-
server and reader of nespapers.
The Guthrie Leader has even put it stronger than
that, and at the time the referendum was beintr de-
bated on the floor of.tlie convention members of that
body used Jtlint statement upon ' disconcerted dele-
gates to whip them into line. •
•Thus it.wjil be seen that, whether the referendum
is in accord with the constitution of the United|>ptrator'
States or not, the question of repeal of objectionable"
features is one of n\ueh doubt'and even at best must
delay for years.
Hut. while on the subject, let ns look into the initi-
ative and referendum clause m'ore fully:
Paragraph Section t, of the constitution of the
I'nited States says: •
"The I'nited S ates shall guarnaM't^ every state
iu«the union a republican forjn of irover'nment," etc.
The Oregon law is not a constitutional law; in fact
(here is not a constitutional lew of the kind in exis-
tence in America. , '
It was passed by the Oregon legislature and it has
a clause in it which j;ives to the legislature the right
to amend the petition us coming from tlje jpeople or
to ignore it entirely, thus making it conform to the
idea of a republican form of government.
Even then this law has been very unsatisfactory to
•those appt-aliiK' tu it. they seldom carrying their j.f.i-
poscd amendment.
. It takes a,majo*it\ of all the votes cast at a goner- Th«' "wS'.omi, .•on.fitution tinkw.-*
, , , « . ... are climbing down # rapidly from the
ledum ana must.invariably the majority ot alS
Johnnie—I knowed It first.
—o—
"Trit.I your new auto yet?"
"Yep. Had a Are ride.'* •
"Go fast?" *
"Not so fast .tr the cop. That's whare#
fine camo in." •
—o— •
Father—Well, how does your husband
aucteed with his art?- Doe« he sell any
pictures? *
Danirhtfr—I should th'nl; so' Why th°re
!s not a single one left of those yon
gave us for a wrdding preeeut.
STERETT'S STATESMAN SHOTS
A newspaper without a strong edit >r
lal pag is like a girl without ro**s i:
her cheeks. The Statesman has both.
Good morning. Mr. Taxpayer! Are you
in the remarkable conspiracy to defeat
the alleged constitution?
Don't worry over the crops or the con-
stitution. G<">d will attend to one aud
the people will fix the other.
If you : e man enough to have an ->pln-
joi and it is contrary to the pin head
• r.nw In *he s.i ld'e. you a-o a
coi ,-oirator. Remember, you are a em-
it wer< b"l t for the human race#to
bp a republican and a conspirator than
to be a democrat or an anarchist and
n.lv so the hanging of a federal Judge i> -
i au.- e :io does h!s sworn duty. RememoT
that! • •
The republican party gave to the
•■•e the erabtlng act that they may !.;->'e
statehood. The democratic party took
away from them. That'* about th^ ouiy
diff^cenre. •
The time has come when the dem" -
rratit organisation must confess that i's
hatlera are not competent to legislate
f,tr the people—
Or it nm t confe. s that the republican
party is powerful enough to block any
work they undertake. •
In e'ther event the result is the sam\
, tn.1 the d-mo^rats ahouM* step as d*
'allow Oklahoma to go to its destiny.
— . {
CURRENT COMMENT
THE OKLAHOMA CONSTI + NTION
From th. Nntlo-a! Tribune.
'in wtth the merest skeleton of a con-
stitution the legislature could be trusted
to do what was right and proptr for
the rtate If It made mistakes one -.ear
the peopte could insist t>pon these l^eins
corrected at the next session and the
slat® would get along as well as under
th« mo*t --artfully wrltt. n < ;)n!«'.i:uiiD" I
with all lfs cheeky and guards. It s !ar }
from unpleasant to seet't-^ reckoning ; '
which has so swiftly over tak'r m : wio ,
have planned to UMCmpulotllly atfd ar- ,
rogantlv lock up all thj power Of t#C l|
state In the hands of a little partisan
clique representing but as mall portion
o( the people.
t ADVERTISING
Frcm the Peoria* Star.
•Last ^ear from March 31, 19^. unti'
March 31. 1907, the big depart men* itor?
In Chicago known as The Fair paid >c
Chicago Dully News fur advertising lllT,-
7tfT.74. The News#say this is the lar
contract paid ny a alrgle ilrm to i single
newspaper in the world, and prababiy
this true. When we consider that this
!$ only one newspaper In Chicago ml
that The Fair patronized all the other
papers, it can be seen what an enor-
mous amount of money these great con-
cerns expend in advertising. But this Is
the caee the*world over. Some twenty,
five years ago, when th** firm of Schipp'"
and Block cam# to Peoria, tlfey « xpend 1
with the newspaper which we were pub-
lishing the sum of a year; last ya;-
they paid the Ftar almost |9,0c0. Th'
growth of their business nas been la
the direct ratio of their expense In ad-
vertising. The Fair in Chicago avts
startejl by E. J. Lehman. He earlv
aw the advantage of advertising ml
Ithough his capital was only a t ^ a
hundred dollrys. he paid as mu:l>
tentlon to advertising as he did to the
sale of his goods. Now his es^te rua«
up into*the millions and his inye«tnv it«
are simply enormous, although I.-'ima
himself Jtal Ior-.g passed out of signt. L' :i
business he has built up remains. sVh it's
true of his trade is true of Marshall
Field and all the other groat merch^n...*
who have str'iggl^.i forward £> a • ♦
•.nailing position. Publicity cou.its ill
more ways than one. If It k-ens down
graft, and fraud on the one hu-i I, ,it
gives TV man a hold upon the pu> ii• "n
the otheiv* It Is the right arm of , im-
merrt> and the support of trade aad
without it In some form or other, suc-
cess is impossible.
— ;
ALL ARE CARPETBAGGERS #
W. S. Sterett in Durant Statesman.
The chances are that any man who
cries 'carpet-bngg^r ' ln« this country is
either a fool or a knave, and perhaps
both.
As an Illustration of thU f«yt let us
•s'ate tWat only two members of the gar.^ ,
that framed the alleged c >rstltutlon
"Simply Beautiful"
True beauty eoniieU not in eo«t,
but in appropriateness, and the high-
est forms of art may be described as
"simply beautiful."
Is this true of the walls in your home?
If it is not, you can make it so. You can
make them appropriate by making them
reflect your own taste: you can make
them "simply beautiful by using
ilaKauBwe
The SanitaiyWall Coating
Alabastine makes walls look better and last longer, and !t is
more hygienic than any other wall covering. Yet Alabastine is
both easy to buy and easy to apply—a powder
that is mixed wjth cold water ana put on with a
brush. Don't imagine you know all about it from
reading this ad. but call at our store and let us
show you the Portfolio of Alabastine Prlr#
Design*—let us show you axactly what Ala-
bastine is, and exactly
what It will do. *
Sold by * <
F, B. Lillie & Co Druggist1
. 204 W HARRISON AVE. GUTHRIE,OKLA
See our Hue of Hauiiuock.s, Tennis and Base Ball Goods
shift l ap-year device to keep us abreast
of the times, is satisfactory In a genital
v.-ay. tiit ultimately popular demand yiil
< mipel i • h nge her? and there to co .*
."'-ran to modern conditions. Spring mlga*.
b" done aw.iy with, of course, winter's
iaims to eight months allowed and' an'
■ x'.ra Saturday hslf holklav somehow
fitted into each v.fek of summer. But
none of the.*?, advisable as they may b;\
is as necessary jo our • well-being .*ni
happiness as the elimination of the day
after.
?t a fearsome time, is the day after.
V i will recaM with a shudder the day
iff"!* Christmas, wi?h Its sickening won-
born i i th^ Indian reservation. The rest der as in why you ever ate so much, lis
In ISIfi onp himbi'l of corn would buy one pound
of nails. Now the tiain.-'ninount of corn will buy
dbout ten pounds of vrrv much letter units tluin
thoi.e niiidc ninety year* aif>. Ninety vcars n«o
poil' of wo ilcn liliinkcts eosl hh inueli ns a cow. Xov.-jiKu: n the W'nlJ street slump, lie jviis tin
the price of a cm will pucluise enoutflf hlanltcts t'.>r plunder tlia't tii.■ • rid has evn Unown*
*1
vote* has failed to niatcn*li/<
The only way to clear Oklahoma of a political par-
ty Ktiifina that will e!in>r to it for ;ftl time to come is
Jo defeat the constitution now before the people and
with the enabling act to be given us this winter,—
Make for the people a people's constitution and
not the political tricksters V'on.stitutionu.
THE JAPANESE ASK^FOR PROTECTION
/ 4ND THEY SHOULD HAVE IT.
The Japanese of Xau Francisco have asked for bet-
ter police protection. .
They aver that they are set upon and beaten by
roughs and hoodlums without any provocation nnd
without protection from the authorities.
They aver that they are peacefully engaged in law-
ful occupations, the right to which is tyiaranteed
them by treaty stipulations, and they don't propose
to stand this sort of nonsense any longer.
They are correct. •
If the hoodlums in our cities .are to be alluwe 1 to
attack innocent people, the sooner the general gov-
ernment JifR'-s the matter up the bett r.
The Japanto a-e now recognize,d as a oivitized and
enlightened nnjion. and what's more they* have
shown.tliat they*are :.I> 1 e to lupport this chwRCter,
The general government at home will insist upon
its people receiving the treatment accorded to the cit-
izens of any other iiatioii'and the gftvernment of the
I'nited Stales will have to respect, their contention.
'We | r. m|lt^ took* up arms when the Boxers of
China, appealing to this line national sentiment ot
race prejudice, declared that th"" '"foreign devils
must go." *
We must stand by our prin -ipb - and teach the
riff-raff, the hoodlums and tin oH'-scourings of our
citi<-^that there arc milo r r'.its th y must respect.
pnrch upon
they played theni-
^ thp assistance f
the. prohibitionists the democrat* wer
glv*.t> a control in the constitutional con-
vention which wan not at all warrants!
by their numericifl utrongth* In the pros-
peetlvc state, and they trle^l to make
this ascendancy iron-clad and i^erpetaal
by the extraordinar\ step of engraft.n*
into the constitution th^ most outran-
(oils gerrymander kruwn to American
politic:-. They simply overreach* d theni-
relvrs and tlv.it flagrantly, as fortunatj'-
i d. designing man ul eonitwily
likely to.do'. The constitution and i'-i
gerrymander* were so unfair and r^p 'v-
mint that the people of the state woui I
I stand for them, and something radi-
cal nr. 1 speedv had to be don-. Tlv?
law. provided that.after engrossment the
institution should be sent to the tefri-
t or lal r .-retary of state for record and
the governor of the territory should ih*n
issue a proclamation for an election. The
territorial secretary of stato has not
found It convenient to n-cord the con-
stitution and In the meanwhile then
ho£n a flood *)f Injunctions and
(of them jiist came from • somewhere."
Did \^>ii get that rt item^nt?
Jugi cama front aomewhere! And the
ov rwi e!mlng numbers are democrat®,
and yet they came from somewhere. A.d
therefore thera must be an overwhalm-
|lng majority of deiftffcratlc carpet-bag-
gers. And most o^ them left the e*tate^
to make ,t living, or avoid excessive tax-
ation «* for <^her reasons b< st known to
themselves.
Now,*lan't it the truth that a • art M
man has any rig,it to operate in this
country except by the grace of govern-
ment of the United States? The federal
officeholders were sent here and duty
credited by the greatest government und- r
the sun. •
We should like to.take a ocen at the
commissions o? the ] nhi"ads who ai•;
shouting "carpet-bagger!"
Onco in a while one wjll hear a busi-
ness man say that he wftnts stafehoo.l
because he canrot live nndT-t':. Intel-
arable conditions of the country. Tra<
up this felloes past brilliant c/areer fid
It is a safe In*: tttat lie ha* rivt '. i
better living ''1 madi more nvcy d-::*-
Ing the time he spent in the red# lean's
country tl'.Sn he ever did anvwhero '>a
earth l>e!bre. IJut he Ji«f t cauz it ,
disease of shouti: g the kleas <>f tn«> p
nut statevnvn. wh > e dvir^f f >- off'
he Is merely a little faint echo,* w •)
is prospering for the first time in ii's
life.
And besides that, theie Is a Ki' n'- ",v
road back to th< Aat< • an I U1 t ■ b -
rlers arc down.
But go back home? Oh. no' It ,tiv--.5
1dm the horrors to tiling of wh it he suf-
fered back ther" This i.s a p i:*: -1 ^
him In comparison even c.nder t'i. I'd
tovrnmon' that niur'^hed him s-d mi le
it possible for him to be soinething <r
somebody somewhere.
Good men. as a rule, do r...t decry gov-
ernment agents, n. r ft ,' r r* tho «!
fliifrt in th< twentieth century and advise
the hanging of i-onrt judges.- \ 1
men are bad f -r nil Inter* sts and every
man, no matter to wljit political ■ y
or to what ehureh they b'-^ong. •
THE PUBLIC MONEY
Comptroller R uglev 1" id in re-
gard to thf> puM' and some of
them nr;- mlgl The c.ii<-
er day he spoke •> : - -o't hank-
ers. nnd in the course > . :•
f unwearable tle and unsmokable
( gars confronting you menacingly in the
b'.cak dawn of a winter's day. Nor 13 ♦ho
day after New Year"# a whit i>-tter. We
arise from ttr.rcfreshing slum her to fl.^ 1
tha: ifi a moment of madness we hav«#
cast from us every habit that pads tiw
V iarp corners of existence and lightens
tha burden* of cur labor. \\> hive
r.irip.-,ed :'fe to the skin and it shivers ;n
th-' bleak winds of re.solv^
Au- n. t'vre i« July o. when we air:-
4 oir flogen aad -H I(| •
' l\'c- in rc-':ing hnndages. Nor. alas ir
ti - day aft. r limited to our established
holiday--. Every occasion of rejoicing ans
its cb.<ely« following shadow of wo*.
When wife and children ko away for the
j # r the grim r . cter stalks In '
cast Its shadow on the very threshold of
"'ir "v.!'\a!: ~>n." There is alleys a *d
i -ery wh.-_ :v t day after, 'till man shiul-
Jders to «think of the first JlWentjr-four
tence in the world bejron3
the praw .
v - r.rre'lly. i
at must be
v after mr.s
. he
the ilrst chance
>n 1h < al« ndar. T ie
opped'lf man s • ver
if pleasure wltii >Jt
" a the stone.
MANY DEVILS
mdnv is still thrashing fv.v
• who f<trm the majorltv
mbers of the churches. V«-*t
• spoke In Chicago at the Jef-
k i resbytei«!an churoh. He -i •
th
th'
he
Mild:
hand
The best
'is and distribution of g o ernmen
a as j funds is through the banks In w'hha t'a
dher business of the people Is frans'ict- d. Th
the n
defeat the -adoption if. the jp.issaee of the net of«Mai i, ;^r, ..r t
coiistitutlon. . The slfuatlon has h «onv [so-called Xlrlch bill.' mnketi it po
so threatening that the democratic lead- j to take a long j?tep in th s direction.
. r« h-r. f held « conference nnd de eded *n leaving the revenues of the g. \■cm.r.
come < n to Washington for a confereni-e In circulation. Instead < f collecting e i.
m ti tha prMident They have planned jar.d ttorlng It In treasury vaults
C. Friclv ei 1 *iHslnii •
l^as
n largo fnniily. Ninety years nu'o it required sixty
IhihIicIs of hurley to huy one vnrd of broadcloth. Now
for such a load of harlev the farmer can l>u\ a crocfd
lost 1)010,000,-
rreatest
It was
supposed that he of all men was proof.against an,
surprise^ii, the stool market and yet ujier the
s(|iiee/c eame he Inn! to (lump holdings lihe. an
'utit of hroadcloth. Ninety years a-iro it recpiircol ordinary lobster. HehohHhi r.-snit of stock gamb-
twenl " do?en of eygs tc purchase one bushel of salt | liii". 'J'lu- ablest maiiiniilatuv. tliT> strongest tinaii-
in which to put the cgir«s, and now tic same numlier rjer . down before it. Wiiat chtuice can an ordi-
of "gu . will bn; s -vcnil barrels of salt. Ninety odd■ mir\ man liav.-,in tin deal? Wln-i- | , wins lie is in-
yeai's ,i«u one bushel of wheat would buy one yard j flat"d lie regard* himself as a financier The
to almit that the constitution is <«bje."-
11*; ,^.1 . In, many respects, but hat if
' • will Irdlcste those feature* to vni.-h
he is opposed the convention will )"
• ili.-d together again ard the' nut" i-
tion amended in those partV ilnra. Ph^y
f ir. and v. rv rightly, that if the adop-
tion of the constitution Is delayed be-
yond the time of the meeting of « .greas
that that body will take the mat' r In
ha-'d. refuse statehood and pnss anot^i-r
law. which will com pell hnother .'ons.i-
tutlonal convention to be elected, vhl^h
the l< mocuth will not control ar l>so-«
lutely as they di.^ the previous*"tie.
It Is a grave quretlon whether ihe
present constitution ought not to no
thrown overboard entirely and a ,new
. K.nalng made. It will b| a useful les-
.- in to the (*o.,ntry to do so Oklanoma
will not suffer mnt-rlally by bring K^it
..ut 4-f state'ao id f-af -1 vear or so, while
i • p tin t . f'tlilic moral!t\ wiU be great.
If the National Tribune were IVsldeot
■ w'i"!d Insist upon the constitution of
OUl t' omn lielug blu«* penciled down to
tit. last limit. Probably the less consti-
tution that a state lias the better since
■ \pet ience s«yms to Indicate |t to oe pr -
! '• ralde thai t'^1 people snd^the legisla-
ture bo nllownl the largest liberty in
tlrrllnjr with nuwtlnns as they come up
frcm thr to time Cnder our f >rm of
• rnment a legislnture is In the high-
est degrr responsible to the wishes of
j-Toide and 'his responsibility chec^J
,•••• 1 sobers n^en Conftltutlogal llmtti-
frequentlf do more harm than good,
In fireat Britain, which Is an admirable
of calico: but now one bushel of wheat buys a nieejtiine comes liowevi" wh.-i*th. 1 i> 1 • sets against him ,'.'r"'hWi,"t oUr^rr**?hwJn,|IT,no*nwritt"'
ccns'ltutlon. The British <ynstltutlon
i« wholly in the M as of men as '.o
what the government should be at anv
given lime, and every time parllam^it
pa«scs an a-t It amends the constitution.
If Oklahoma aiwuiU uy allowed lo come
wrapper ..r the farmer's wife. Vc( yon hear jieoj^l nnd when that occurs lie is gone* Hill Core;. ton.
croal; of hard limes forgetting that in the good old har had hi.'dav nnd hour am' is selling bis stock for.
times it tnol, half 11 load of wheat to buy mother ■'] what lie can get Kven the position of a steel trus
new calico dress,
, magnate is not a happy one,
"The most conrdavt and .scrlotin '^wn-
plnint which is mad.- of the «v.>rkli j; «f
the trertstir\ denartment Is that th>
treasury Ir always In tiie money , -•
ket as a disturbing factor
"To "consult th* condit'ons r<-salt'nf
rfrim tncpe operations Mio tr?' si:i for
years ha,«j found tit necessary t' ar.opt
varying cxpediei.ts to pat the mom y back
Into the 'hands of the people. When
nction of this kind l}n* to be takt.i
the fcceretary is accused of acting opl.v
for the reli-f of Wall street, and Block
market gamblers. • * .
"It would seem tiie part of wisdom.
Instead of waiting anfil harm ^ias .•• 11
dune and then try to cure it. tu - t
• he barm heiog done at nil, I billevihl*
Is practicable under the law as ret . ntly
makes possible the de. «Tt f all the
Imended. The ret <ff March {, now
gov-rnment reei Ipts In the banks, and n
this way both Intern'^ re-, i ind i ■
customs receipts can be left 'n clrcu'a-
tlon. This can be done by allow'n;; *h ?
collectors of hoth rinses to rec .\. n
payment *\f customs and Internal r« i>:•*
certificates of deposit In hanks wni?h
rtrrt designated deposit" si-s f t[' j
Stta s ••
!.et the treasury get clear of the mon-
ey market nnd* ,nS
men wflnli
expecf nil'
cordUigly
utftry effect, for when people
that the treasury #d. ;i.irtm.-r.t wo iid not
rush to#thclr aid as soi>n a monev* li-
es me tight there would IH less lepe -
dence on such relief and a far st*>wli-r
nnd more satisfactory condition In tho
money market." « •
arch, s ( f (,'hi-ajco ar.. hrn m rites .in,]
' atirclo s would be betfer off without
ti!e'n. And .titer, shouted:*
"There is a worm In the apn!« <nrv
Tii" truth s tl .^t half of the m^mbe"--*
Of '' r • 'jur lianever been ^on •
verted •They go to ar. li. but t'oat
' • 1 r as thev enrr\ It. I bel'eve i.a'f
< f t • could *dr©|i . it and woui.I
l"c ' nothi: rr spiritually or morally.
"I am tired >f giv'ng T^-f^ple saothirg
r.ymp when th-v nfed dynamite. Sun*
1'.a v ■ •{« d"vil of sTiclety, ronie the dr'"!
of nettins rich ijnd all the other num-
• '.n:.< dcvii" o;' thU world and they ne-'d
ro.neth'ng strenuous to bring It out of
"When 't comes to n showdown oe-
tween goitig t.< card party, theater or i
• aver to "'ti: half of your church mem-
bers will go to the card partr. * They
never darken • the doors of the church
• pray a- meeting'nifht. The spirit t
Go.| wdl le^ii* you to the eh'.r'h, but
fit ver to an immoral show '
ROMANNING AND RFPARTINQ
From tlie Milwaukee Sentinel
Ir might be well for some "plcturesoiie''
K] i i 1 wi • f employed by the nrevi
i furnish the generaj public with im-
pr*. s.-'i mist pea pictures of the court-
room rroceedlnrs at Hols" to <jnmp-ir."
n t before* dispatching their graphic
_'opv to their respective papers. O'hor-
wise, as Is already evident, ludicrous dis-
crepancies and contradictions are going
to crop out in the published results of
their lttburs inviting comparisons not
favorable to the descriptive honesty of
their word pictures.
About how much some of these sen-
sational descriptions are likely to Le
worth as mirrors of truth may be judg 1
from comparing a brace of absurdly n-
consistent accounts, published the earn**
day in rival sheets in the same city,
of Haywood's afypenranco ami demeanor
In court when the Indictment was r \i
last Wednesday.
One of these writers describes the man
who is cha'rged With an at roc lotis rim ,
and in peril of his lift* as sittiitg ^lir iu«^i-
out the proceedings with a sneer >n n!a
face. Indicative el "4«04nce rather thgh<
lrnocime." As the" shocking details of
the murder of. Steunenberg, rehearsed
tn the indictment, wer.- read by the der<
they produced, we are told, "no "ialbl?
effect" ojher tftan the sneer already not-
ed When the clerk read the list of wit#
nesses on the Indictment, "the siwer
• bfoadMd Into a smiie and the defei i in
whispered something to Attorney Hica-
ar.lspn which caused both to laugn."
So, according to that sagacious ob-
serve^r and pen artist. Haywood'-? de-
meanor was that of the cynical, hard-
ened* villain, whefc could laogh over, the
r*e4tol of the crime and his own serious
pred'eament as the alluged constr ictive
perpetrator of It as a ribald Joke #
But turn to the entirely different pic-
ture ljfnned at the same moment b> the
other verbal artist.
.•According to this witness. Hayw*tod.
so^ far from l>eing cool, callous, smiling
d M int, appear°d as a craven on t'ii
v-rr- of nfrvoos collapse In the lurt-
hoom when he fully reallxed that '>
grim procee<lings which may send him*
to the gallows were fairly under way.
Ife came in "visibly affected." and
dently "under a considerable strain,'*
But ar. the indictment was read he t, -
pcared on the edge cf a breakdown, h s
glance drr ppe;l from th«^ reader to t" e
floor and he turned away his face, and
It was evldeiet that lie was finding .t
difficult to retain his. show of compos-
ure." and -co on.
'Of course* hoth these absurdly co--
fliotlng descriptions can r.ot be true, and
the general reader must Infer that '•ot'i
at> worthiest.
The public was deluged with a lot* <■'
that sort 'T allege! Information ^iurri.f
the Thaw trial, to the general dtaried-
iting of su^h press accounts. Where one
purveyor of "Impressions" saw $ hlag
fllaek, another .,nw the same* thing
w hite. The trouble wit^ the ambltlo 'S
nsrrators was that they wer? t<1o husv
parading their pretty llttli* "llterarv"
st vies aVd dressing up their stories"
with tawdry colors and pinchbeck sentl-.
ment to keep their eyes nnd their mliftl*
on the things before them and vrtt*
down what they saw" In plain* "rose.
They were not reporting, but romarO-
inif The correspondent at Boise who
eschews slush, bridles his fancv, Ret-
above his prejudices, slicks t.^ fa.-fs
and furnishes his employers with plain,
hgnest court reporting, will render truth
and Justice a service ttiat the public
will learn to recognize and apprecla's
long hefore the trinl is over.
JA P ROSE transparent toilet and bath so**
is made from the whitest, purest ami he*«itege-
tableoils—OII'STHAT VuL'OAN F.AT. Mude
bv Klltli sold by all drugginta aud grocora
ITHE CONSTITUTION
!N PAMPHLET FORM
e have the Constitution'in pamphlet
form, as nearly official as it can be
had, • Our copy was compiled and edited
by Joseph E. Johnson, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Convention, by a careful com-
parison -with- the original parchment
^ which he made for the Convention. 'In-
I2s/?;.,v'r5 eluded in this pamphlet is the complete
^'Prohibition Amendment and. County
Boundaries.'
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