The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 144, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 15, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Vote for Bryan is a Vote for Haskell—The Man who Signed tho Chapman Contract
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VOLUME XX
TUESDAY MORNING,
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1908.
TUESDAY MORNING,
NUMBER 144
PEOPLE OF
OUT $10,000
Governor Haskell Vetoed Meas-
ure Which Taxed Corporations
MAKES A FLIMSY EXCUSE
Law Would Have Made It Possi-
ble to Tax Oil and Gas Leases,
Fipe Lines and Corporations of
East Side—No Announcement
of Veto Was Mads
What is the mystery of House Bill
No. 682. which was passed by the late
legislature and which was intended to
vitalize that part of the Oklahoma con
stitution which provided that, Oil gas
and coal corporation property could be
lifted and taxed?
The old Territorial laws of Okla-
homa do not provide for the taxation
or this clans of property, oil leases,
pipe lineG etc.. owing to the faot that
there was no property of this kind In
the Territory and there was no neo-
escity of such a law but. on the ca«t
side of the state whore there is a val-
uation running into the hundreds of
millions of dollars and which has never
been listed for taxation.
Houee Bill No. 6£>2 was drawn for
tlo purpose of making it possible to
Iht for taxation thfra kind of property
which its author and thoso who voted
for it estimated would be a source of
revenue of not less than a half million
dollars annually.
PRAIRIE OIL ESCAPES.
Tho Prairie Oil and Gas Company
alone would have bad to pay not losa
than $40,000 per year to the state In
tajtoe.— But not now—Governor Has-
kell—King Charles the First vetoed
the bll!—In fact a close examination
of the hill Indicates that he wan
afraid It would not he sufficiently
doad eo there was written Just under
the name of Speaker Murray, and
reads. "The above bill la hereby veto-
ed."
June 10. C. N. HASKELL.
Governor.
TWO VETOES.
The other veto bears the same date
June 10— Juat fifteen days arter the
adjournment of the legislature. This
veto Is on a sheet of official paper and
Is now attached to the original bill
end It states that because of Inaccur-
a-'lea and that tho next legislature
could re-enact the law.
What Is the mystery of the veto of
this bill?
Why was the bill mysteriously mis-
sing from tho Secretary of State of-
fice as late as Saturday when officials
of the department stated that It had
never been returned?
Why was the bill easily located In
th" vault of the Secretary of State
Monday.
NO SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION
Questions are being naked fast and
furious but up to this time there has
been no satisfactory explanation, all
that 1.° known Is .the fact that through
.t . * ******** +
WEATMCn.
(Associated Press.)
Chicago, Lit., Sept. 14.—Partly
•loudy tonight and Tuesday.
+ + 4* 4* + +
* + + + +
a veto Governor Haskell has practic-
ally removed from, tho tax duplicates
of the state valuations of at least
000*006, upon which the state wjV
loose |900f000> in- actual cash
♦
The effect of the veto 1s t. the
state under the Territorial revenue
act, which docs not provide a method
of taxing corporations like pipe lines,
gas companies nor for taxing leases
on coal or oil and other property of
a like nature.
Recently several Inquiries were
made for copies of this bill, which was
thought to have been made one of the
laws of Oklahoma, but the secretary
of state reported as late as Saturday
that the Governor had never returned
the bill to Ills office. An investigation
was made yesterday and the hill found
VETOES DISCOVERED.
It was then the fact that it had been
vetoed was discovered
The bill was one of the most Im-
portant up for consideration during
the last legislature and without It that
part of the constitution which pro-
vides that all classes of corporations
may be taxed Is absolutely Ineffective.
Article 1 of Section 1 of the bill
provides "all property of this state,
whether real or personal. Including
the property of corporations. banks
and bankers such a.s is exempt by law
shall be subject to taxation."
Section Three—provides that "Real
property for the purpose of taxation
shall be construed to mean the land
Itself and all buildings and other Im-
provements or other fixtures of what-
OF
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2; COLUMN 1.
MURRAY 10
ADDRESS COL.
FI
Puehlo. Colo.. Sept. 14—Puoblo is today
entertaining the advance Kuard of thr?
hundred thousand visitors expected lids
^•*ek to visit the Colorado State Fair.
Many visitors witnessed the opeing pro-
gram today and a throng of fio.ooo in ^x-
p^cted tomorrow fraternal day The farm-
ers and labor unionists will celebrate on
VVedm sday, when they will be addressed
by "Alfalfa Bill" Murray the famous Ok-
lahoma statesman.
Wl|d West day will have as a feature it
spectacular pony race In which cowboys,
cowgirls and Indians will contest tct
the championship A fine proRram of
trotting, pacing and running races is
also scheduled."
COTTON PICKERS
ARE NEEDED BADLY
,abor Commissioner fDaugbterty to-
announced that tho cotton growea
In the neighborhood of Prue, Osage coun-
ty, had appealed to him for aid in secur-
ing cotton pickers to assist In the pick-
ing of the crop In that setklon. A -dearth
of farm labor occasions this demand,
forty pickers being Imperatively needed.
l drug
to m
From all indications the Chapm
dents report record will prove to b<
on the market owing to the fact that the
ablest attorneys of the state say that he
text book i ommlsslon, headed by tho k"v-
ernor had no authority to urant the c n-
tract which, it lesral, pract i. uily robs tho
people ..f the state of fl&fi.OOO
If this Is true. Mr Chapman will Ik* lef:
holding the hag full ..f report cards -
which are Iwlng printed by a Kansas City
printer.
But this is not all. Many of tho school
hoards, before they heard of the Chap-
rnan 4-rent contract, had received figures
on t ■ work* At OklnhMiir* City the w rk
was hid In ii |2G.0u, while in this city <i
l id of J2rt.ui was mad.'- but Mnce th.' I.\v>-
e- M tho bo.iI'd 1 rhusf purchase only the
r..' . >l!oti.-i ,t,heso I wo cities discovered the;,
must pay Mr. chapman ho less than $400
for the card < -as a result the school hoa.-d
of this city refuses to order from
Chapman and will let the parents fight it
out.
WED AFLOAT
Coffee King Arbuckle Will Pre-
sent Each Happy Pair With a
0ool Hundred as a Starter
(Southe
New York.
I There will great
rlolngs tomorrow aboard the floating ho-
tel, Jacob Stamler, and as a result John
Arbuckle. cofTeeand sugar magnate, will
be tm poor< r. Mr Arbuckle will pre-
ent
a $100 hill to
will today en
seas of matrlmon
, the aquatic hotelry
he and bridegrooms
each of fl
r upon
from
•pies
he troubled
to h
usbu
'ill bring a dewr
. which Is Where
Mr.
Tf
mr young women guests, will
marry one of his \Qung mem ,ffVMU ,on
hoard, and'if she has qualified for matri-
mony by taking a course of cooking and
plain and fancy washing, and ironing,
then the coffee and an/car mairnato con-
tributes $100 as a wedding present.
Deaz
Reaches His
Today
78th Year
PATRIOTIC MEXICANS GLAD
Remarkable Man Retains His
Physical and Intellectual Vigor
—Public will Demand that He
Continue to Serve Them Un-
til His Death
(International News Sendee.)
City of Mexico, Sept. 14.—Porflrlo Diaz,
president of the Mexican republican, to-
day reached hln 7Sth year and his birth-
day Is to be celebrated all over the re-
public, prior to the more elaborate ob-
servation tomorrow of the 9Rth anniver-
sary of Mexican Independence. The "grilo'
as it is called, is always marked by a gen-
eral merrymaking. In which all patriotic-
Mexicans take part, and this year's ob-
servacne promises to be more enthusi-
astic than ever.
Despite his extreme age. President Dins
still retains a considerable measure of
the physical and Intellectual vigor tint
has been so largely responsibly for the
rapid advancement of his country among1
the nations of the -world. Although be
had announced bis intention of retiring
when his present term ^expires, a general
demand Is being made that he continue
to fill the office he has so long occupied
until death relieves him of the responsi-
bility.
Mexico was still In a statv of disorder,
resulting from the French Invasion and
struggle against t empire of Maxi-
milian. when General Diaz became chief
executive of the country. Able, brave and
above all. honest, his influence was Im-
mediately felt and the general tumult soon
subsided. Since that time, with the ex-
ception of a few minor revolutionary out-
breaks, Mexico has been at peace and has
yearly advanced In material and Intel-
lectual wealth.
ARKANSAS ELECTION
FOR STATE OFFICERS
(Southern Press Association.)
Little Rock, Ark.. Sept. 14—Arttansas Is
holding Its biennial state election today
for state and county officers and members
of the legislature. Comparatively little
Interest Is manifested In the election, ow-
ing to the certainty of success for all cf
the democratic candidates. The republic-
an : vote in Arkansas never has amount-
ed to mor< than ft" or 40 per cent of the
total. This year the democrats expect
to poll a larger vote than ever before.
Thlx expectation !«* bused on the popu-
larity of George W. Donaghey, the can-
didate for governor, and also on the fact
that the democratic vote In the primary
laj-t Mar< h was the largest ever record-
ed In this state The republican stat"
ticket Is headed by John T Worthlngton
< ~r governor Several of the minor pa
ties have tickets In the field but. thli
Is not expected to affect the results
terlallg. The state election, owing
the local issues and existing condition:
is regarded as of little or no real value
as an aid in forecasting the general re-
sults of the presidential contest next
November.
Running the Spenkers' Bureau in the Democratic Campaign
ft
f Here! this/
' 6otS To '
'
THE
IS
Prominent Educntf"> °f
State Explains Why
Speller is Noi Uhai
Should Ik
the
:!ie
PARENTS PAY THE FREIGHT
Forced to Contribute to Bookmen
Because Every Ch:ld Must Buy
New School Books Regardless
of Fact that Old Books Were
Perfectly Satisfactory
At the request of the Dally State Cap-
ital
William Howard Taft
Republican Nominee at
Fifty-first Milestone
Cincinnati. O., Sept. 14—William Howard
Taft, more popularly known In his home
lty as "Big Bill" Taft will be 51 years
f age tomorrow, and observance of the
anniversary in this city, wh'.'.e Informal, f<>rtl:
— tales
many of Ohio's aged citizens.
Since Mr. Taft has beoome Interna-
tionally famous, big Cincinnati friends
delight in recalling memories of his
early days, and his birthday has brought
will be none the less sincere. Ther
no room for doubt that Mr. Taft is the
most popular man in Cincinnati, and this
entirely aside from his fame as the presi-
dential candidate of the republican par-
ty. A veritable shower of congrat ila-
tions from friends and admirers In '.Ids
city a&d throughout th^country ti de-
scending today upon Mr, Taft and will
doubtless serve to broaden the illuminat-
ing smile which he habitually wear*.
Rill" Taft first saw the light of day
in Cincinnati tin September 15, 1857, the
n of Judge Alphonso and Louise Tor-
y T.Vft. His father, later United
ates attorney general and secretary of
ir In flie cabinet of President Grant,
is himself one of Ohio's most famous
ns, and his memory is still revered by
; GAVE WIFE
Governor Haskell Smd
for an Old Board Bill
According to friends of the governor kell directed the secretary of the com-
when questioned regading Mr. Haskell's pany to enter that amount as credited 'o
version of the story, Fred Rchreubel who ;hls rental bill.
Saturday sued the governor at Musko- | He that a* it may. however, the suit
gee to recover $1,122.25 alleged due him'has an entirely different aspect *,-emlnK
landlord of the Turnor hotol for board jto Indicate that the Haskell star Is >n
for the governor and family from April
until September of the perk)d when the
governor was maklna his canvass for
nomination and election; rented rho
building from the Indianola construction
company. o( which the governor wi:<
|resident When SsehreubePs hill u is
Presented, according to the vcrslun, llas-
on the wane. Than Fred Schreubel three
was not formerly In the entire city of
Muskogee a more ardent personal friend
nnd supporter of Haskelll, Jn suing he
governor for this amount. It Is a safe to-
ken that tills feeling of admiration nnd
state.
peth
promi
next
speec
will <
STATE OF N. J.
don, N. J.. Sept. 14—William J
will come into New Jersey tomor- j
. deliver a speech or two and In- |
ally to consult with the demo- i
leaders oyer the outlook In this
State Chairman Robert S. Huds- |
pill endeavor to secure Mr. Bryan's
retu
visit
oine tin
nonth. He believes that a few
as by the presidential candidate
rtalnly result In a democratic vlc-
ln New Jersey ne*t November,
s a fact well known that a con-
ible element of the democratic par-
New Jersey would have preferred
> dray of Delaware as the nominee
< presidency. Rut since the Denv r
ntlnn the rank and file of thi
ty In th
a read It
Pleased
With n
amfht:
Hon.
t.ite has fallen into line with jcaui
that has both surprised and ! wife
Bryan campaign managers jtt ct
or l-« aiwrislon pxlxtins ra,t thi« mo
rprtuhllrnnji tl.e rlfmocraU | h|mlp)f
Mrs. John Porrey Takes Deadly
Dose and Dies While Taking
Daughter to School
While accompanying her daughter to
the Logan county high schoo| build up
yesterday morning, Mrs. John Foi i y,
wife of a car cleaner mployed in t e
anta Fe yards, was suddenly -eiied with
a faintiiiR illness. Alarmed at her n eth-
er's sudden illness the daughter >uiumm -
ed aid and the stricken woman was car-
ried into the residence of Mr. twh rs
rled into the Stratton residence where
a few minutes latr she expired .
Upon information of this sudden ca-
lamity her husband became crazed ana
now is held In the city jail, pending de-
velopments.
An autopsy was held at the Patter-
son morgue on the dead woman's body
and stryt hnlnc is said to have been the
cause of her death. Mr. For re y says ds
wife was sick last plght
and anoth
nlng
He
utlook
grtat satlsfae-
Fort was ejected la
allty <f
rat fall
lilch
rear by
nted In
CW«f ..of
the home In the
4 re hefonndm
lere he found im
y Inrroased
In every pr«
Inr'ladlnK
eeratlc.
frirqi tlie fip,onr^ ph
isevelt In 1D04 no
•publican vote, but
democratic vote.
- Mentis! elect 1 n atn<
until tWi* New Jersey
>11* -
found
not
merely
lar« '- |
one before brean-
>'s he took one
olicf, Mitphflll went
irth part of the city
apsules.buttheywero
capsules, but they
onialn any stryeh-
re working on 'he
where the capsules
that
Tile' officer
case and have four
were purchased.
Chief Mitchell si
Fonrey i comes out
haps he can obtain some Information fro-n
of ten congressional to how the stryehnlne was given
ats nnd missed winning two more by th* quinine, which will reveal whether
few bundled votes In a total In the two 'the substitution was accidental or with
itrleta "f ifrboul W,one (tourdeout intent. ,
soon as
upor per-
demo
any new
vrqons of tlu
old
One story goes that when the present
presidential candidate was going to
school in Cincinnati, his report one
month showed „ that the future states-
man had devoted more of his attention
to handball and other delights of youth
thun his books.
Mrs. Taft, mother like, oxcuxed the
boy. "Even If the report isn't very good
he's almost at tho head of his class, '
uld.
But Judge Taft shook his he
diocrity won't do for Willie,"
1'nfortunately for Willie, t
overheard, nnd th" other bo>.
family, boy like, made his j if
able, if anything coiild inak
Taft unhappy at that age.
er was prescient.
Mediocrity won't do for
enough, it never has done
even when he was a Junii
otlier boys of his class picked him oat
for a great man in embryo. It was known
then that his real, living ambition was
one day to sit upon the supreme bench.
And the Yale boys loyally held that It
wasn't a question of "Will" Taft pettlnjr
Hi
GREAT ISSUE
1N_MA1NE
People to Decidc Whether
Prohibition Low Now on
the Bouks Shall be Ke-
suinniitiid
make "Hill"
But the fath-
••Willla" sure
for him. Why
r In Yale the
CONTINUED ON PAGE ?: COLUMN 4.
iTSi
STATE Hlil
REPUBLICAN PiLANK
Resolved, that the prohibition
of the liquor traffic by law has
become one of the established
principles of the Republican party
i Molne and should be main-
tained and made effective. We
demand the enforcement of the
Prohibitory law and will not tol-
erate Its nullification.
DEMOCRATIC PLANK
Wo
the sta
nf-
fers both morall;
by the continuatii
uarv law of prrd
+ + + +
and materially
of the sumpt-
rohlbltlon.
+++++++
Hi*pt. Whether t
Exposition Meets Competition in
Shape of Party Conventions
But Prospects for Success are
the Best
(Soifthcrn Prpin Assorlatlon.)
Syrnrufc. N. Y. 8apt *14 tho
competition of state political conventions
in Saratoga and Rwhe^ti r. tb<e<-.atids .if
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2: COLUMN 3.
STATE REFUSED
SESSION LAWS
Acting Secretary of State Insists
That an Idex be Provided and|
Did not Approve
Secretary of State Leo Myer today ro
c.elved tin first installment ( f the se*
slon laws of tha rec-nt legislature H<
t.f the prominent educators of
the state was requested to take and re-
view in detail the school books which
Governor Haskell and the text books
commission have forced on the people.
The first of the.se reviews Ih given in
today's Issue and deals entirely with
DAl'H'S graded lessons in spelling.
One of the remarkable statements
mode Is that of the second paragraph In
which It Is openly cbargcd that only
one or two of the hooks adopted are tn
use In the schools of the state and con-
sequently parents must purchase prac-
tically every book new.
The statement is as follows:
DAUB'S CJli.\DEI LKSSONS IN SPELL-
ING
Tho opening of the public schools In
Oklahoma naturally directs the atten-
tion of parents to the text-hunk* that
•ently adopted by the State Com-
mission.
It seems n little remarkable, but it Is
nevertheless true that not only one or iwo
of the books adopted wn> In e^nernl use
in the cchn.ds of the state. This weans,
of course, that pnrents must dlspo««i of ,
the books formerly in usp In the schools
nnd procure the adopted books by psv.
In? the exehan<re prices, bpi" th"« s c- a-
Id.-rable expense Is Imposed on the Itends
of many famllte®.
Jf it should appear that this expendi-
ture secure® books of superior rner't,
then the outlay l« justified, hut on no
other basis can general changes be en-
dorscd.
NOT A STANOATtiD TVIOK
We hnve taken the trouble, to Investi-
gate with srmie enre the recently sdoot- 1
speller It bears the tttle—"Grnded T.es-
sons In RnelMntr." A jdnnee "t this
voluma- will satisfy nnv parent that this
book In marked contrast to the stand-
ard text-lw okfl In spfdlln*. In fact. It
seams to be a cross between a ycran-
book and a word-list. Fully one-half of
Its space Is occupied bv unrelated sen-
tences, nnd brief quotations In both
prone and poetry.
One remarkable thin* about there r-x-
eerpts with which the book abounds Is
that save In ea«e they oecupv a whole
pnfce the name of he r.nlhor Is r.ol ?lv-
en For example, the Mrit lessor 'n the
book deplgned for second year pupils la
follows:
Itoats "TViats pall on the rivers
ships And ships sail on the seas;
that Put clouds that sail across the sky
th< se Are prettier far than these."
The author of the llne« Christina G.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2; COLUMN 2
uS
th In ti*
tlon, Lie
ere today
ork Stat?
history *
Fair.
f the
ant do
TO WFLOOME IRISH
LEADERS COMING HERE
having TatlM to
s and as a result
ir that it will b* a
.veeks Ijefore ihs
d with ttixt books
Is prominently men'i med as the prob
ah|« democratic * andldate for govern >r
Is president of tie association.
In addition to the usual agricultural
horticultural and live stock display sur
passing In extent all previous exhlbl- w«i!« urtic 'o be tend1
ilons, a gr«at harness racing jneet will Rfdniotid and J"-eph
be held under the auspices of the Grand parliamentary lenders
Circuit. Tho features of the 110.000 Km- here to speak in the Ir
plre State event for 2:14 • trotters and the | Rule Movement. Mr.
$5,000 Syracuse jtfake for 2:11 pacers, Doylln due to ar
Idre
ut of %l-
of their chc
. all. The
i • are '
st of the
nvmd ar
upilP
from satisfactory and
p—In fact, praotirally all
k: will hfu-e to be pur
d this meani thousands 'tf
.1 illars, needlessly taken from the people
or the state the old oouree of stndy having
c'oSmKajliDHo^PAGSTV: CSLUMN J.
Charles S. Mllllngton of Herkimer, it |
the nominee for congress to succeed Ji
Sherman, the vice-presidential can<
date.
On the Way Out He Stubbed His Toe on a
Constitutional Delegate and Broke a Promise
Columbus. O.. S p. 14-N.arly UWi, .ho bro h rhooa for nMrlv t.- ntr jmr*.
««« ■
the opening of the biennial convention cf ^ f order by the present conven-
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen tlon.
and Engineers, one of the strong* su labor I -piu. consideration of repcts covering
organisations In Amerloa About 760 lo-'the past t^vo years and the transaction
eal lodges scattered throughout the Nnlt- nf a larRe amount of other business ra-
tes, Canada and Mexico are epre- luting to the affairs of the order will
ncnted by the delegates. One of tha first keep the convention busy for three or
tolidilhte O.'Jslyi Ida atoi tao taotaoi, f„ur weeks. New officers will he elect
cts of the convention will he to adopt Pd and a place selected for holding the
roMTiMiic n OW daoc o n... ri ' . - — —■ resolutions in memory of the late Flunk , xt biennial convention Rochester la
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 1.(where the King, formerly of Ohio, hut (King being the prosunt Incumbrance of, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2; COLUMN 3.ji\ Sargaut,
Walter Ferguson.) now at large, will again test his steal, the governor's office was armed with
Randolph Hear t. Leading King Charles lowered his grip out of tV a press agent and a liberal supply of
the Flamlt R Phllllplc and lack window of the boael and startM' galvanised epithets.
n, an,I KlnrChnrloi Hartoil.fnr III* fl.M On tho w.\y ...it li« •tub- T|,0 King', . o,,nrt wn> tUm R«. an.l
• of tlir> I O. U an.l Politic-, hr.l hi. too on a non.tltutlonal <lole«gto H„,r,t h(d HBpp>. Holllfan. Foiy
In mortal [and falling, t.roho a proml.. two f)r„nrtp„ |,«dt)ottor w p.e.ont to pour |
o tho flol.l t. o K'ng t( ' k 0ji j( wator beoamn troubled I Isarst'ii
dlspeniaiy whiskey
William
Knight of
Fran sled r
Irand Olvi |
a Principally foi Payment
itat yestet'day hut tho tUt was a Jon th
jdraw un(i they will meet rfgaln in the 'his a drill
Locomotive Firemen in
Session—$1000 Delega*es
The
nrho ww wrand mustor of m prominent biddsj for tl|o, c^p.v^utl^p.
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