The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 230, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL. THURSDAY MOBN1NG, DECEV3ER 24 1908.
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POLITICAL POINTS
The kindly care with which Providence watch-s ] A tHN.ut.fui example „f hypoteticai
over humanity is being commented on in London controversy is being given in the eahoii-
nas One of our readers having written
in connection with the fact that women generally,
and suffragettes particularly, eannot throw bricks
straight.
Mean, contemptible, insignificant men are with-
holding the ballot from women, just because she is
the whole blooming thing at home.
The size of one's income doesn't prevent him go- «*.vi
ing broke. Here's Emperor William with $10,000,- Ha?.',
000 a year compelled to economize.
Pulitzer says he wasn't on hand when the story
was printed, but his sudden yelp indicates that he
was right there when the "Big Stick" fell.
.« letter to the editor proposing that the
na.nes of p-esidents be subetltuted for I
tm .=.e of several states wich are dupll-
mtory. the Charleston (S C.) Evening
Poat and the Charlotte 0f. (*) observer
arc now engaged n a mortal contest as
to which state ought to give up the
"Carolina" and become ••Jefferson."
OFICS
THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Because President Roosevelt has stopped long
enough to deliver a broadside in the hulks of sev-
eral great newspapers—papers which boast that
"they can't be muzzled," a certain grade of Ameri-
can citizens loudly contend that "the president ha
some other duties."'
The fact, however, is that the government was
slandered and the president as its agent protects our
reputation.
The Chicago Post, editorially, recalls a few inc.-
dents in connection with a "muzzled publication
the Portland Oregonian tlnd.
"Mr. Bryan is like Lncretla
1«1 woman, who put salt In her
<offee she tried all the chemicals in
the drug stor* one after another to
efinnge the salt taste to sweet, hut fln-
realy had to throw* the coffee away. We
fear none of Mr. Bryan's chemicals,
whether he calls them 'mystery* or what
not. wl I rweeten the bitter cup of the
last election The best thing for him
to do Is to throw the whole afalr over-
board and prepare a new set of Chau-
aauqua lectures. This will form a fit-
ting prelude to a fourth nomination and
another 'mystery' Just like the present
one. only more so."
DAILY VERSE
CHRISTMAS CI Y.
Ho' for the city of Christmastime;
Ho! for the beautiful dreamland place;
A dancing pearl in a gleam of rhyme.
Filled with the lilies of laughing face.
which drove at the point." The American people f,7 ^Christmas cUy'
... r 1 Purp,c nalace and <nstK>*
The open session for the game hog in Oklahoma
will begin with the convening of the legislature.
The wisest statesman in Washington probably
don't know what the president knows about him.
Again there are wars and rumors of wars as we
approach the anniversary of the Prince of Peace.
Cuba's Christmas gift of independence will be
duly appreciated according to present indications.
Where, oh! where arc the 25-ccnt toys of our boy-
hood? They amount up to the V's and X's now.
The surgeons who operate on Castro would possibly
do his deluded followers a service by letting something
slip.
The Duke of Abbruzzi will climb on top of the Alps
instead of coming to America. That will suit most
Americans.
This is indeed the season of the year when the
inelasticity of the currency seems to call loudly for
r form.
It seems to be going much better with the young
Turkey party in Europe than with the similar party
in this countrv.
The headline of a newspaper item is. Rich Wid-
ow Weds Plumincr. How clannishlv these wealthy
people do hang together.
nstead of all this beating about the bush with
Pullman company officials, why not go higher up
to the omnipotent porter himself!
Being about to join the profession, the president
will no doubt appreciate at its full value the trou
ble some persons are taking to conserve the free-
dom of the press.
Another American heiress is to marry a title.
When suffragettes can read an item like that with-
out envy or a call meeting they will be qualified for
the voting franchise.
are entitled to clean newspapers. The Post says.
Mr. Pulitzer of the World, like Mr. Laffan of
the Sun. sonorously proclaims himself grieved
to the heart that the president of the United
States should stoop to reprimand him in terms
of anger.
This is disingenous. Neither Mr. Laffan nor
Mr. Pulitzer was grieved. On the contrary both
were distinctly glad that Mr. Roosevelt spoke as
president because the fact gave them this op-
portunity for a little sanctimonius pretense.
Nor is there much save this sanie false appear-
ance of virtue in the whole Pulitzer reply. The
World "cannot be muzzled" is the recurrent
boast; "it will continue to be free."
"Free," we suppose, to print the prying im-
pertinences that it has been spreading concern-
ing Miss Katherine Elkins and A'oruzzi; free to
revel in and revive the filth of the Thaw trial;
free to thrust every detail of the scandalous
Hains-Annis murder into blatant type.
"Free" the World will continue to be, too, to
pive out flagrantly false " interviews" with
Kaiser Wilhelm: free to declare with shameless
disregard of truth that Theodore Roosevelt "sold
the Republican party, body and bones, to J.
Pierpont Morgan' : free, finally, to buy in the
open market a patent, political fabrication like
the Panama sensation and give it all the publ'city
which its circulation manager can command.
With this sort of hypocrisy this country has
no more patience than has Mr. Roosevelt. Mr.
Pulitzer will save himself from one rfiftre hard
and disagreeagle fall if he realizes this truth at
once and does not try to set up shop as a public
martvT.
Purple palace and castles tall;
A wide domain where the pine tree rears
Its spaneled boughs in the firelit hall!
F1 tailing splendor of lane and street,
Whlr'ing spirits and dancing feet;
Ho' for the Christmas city, love.
With three gold stars In the dome above!
Spangled r>a*eants In windows fair.
Toyfi 1 dories in shops of shine;
Rosv lassie, with golden hair,
Under the lights where the trinkets
twine;
Darc'ne dreamers on feet of dew,
Llghtheart singer* In d-eams of s.-ng,
TrP and down where the blossoms strew
The purpl« ^aths of the pul«lncr throng
Gossamer e'ltter and dust of light.
Fairy town 'n a kingdom bright
Ho for th«* Christmas cltv. we.
With its tinsel twined In the greenwood
tree!
W rd"w« rl^wliv and markets n'led
With ''alnties tempting from far away.
Fruits s'ill sweet with the sun that
smiled
Tn Orient t«'ands of ve«*erday:
R*rp!lnf lacghter of yonng. sweet life,
M>rvHs manv from st *anerer skies. , . - n... ,
r , .. I about i.OOrt I1
Love s llr s laid on the wound* of I TVU.
An* e>T>d-will beaming from gentle
eyes:
Alrv omu'eti. beautiful blooms.
Pun«#nt snlces and atl&Int perfumes;
for the Chri*traaa cltv. all.
With Its purple spires and Its castles
tall!
THE POPULAR VOTE.
After the general results of a presi-
dential election are known the work of
tabulating tiie figures proceeds slowly.
Detaila of the official canvass have not
yet been published, and it is only through
! the enterprise of the New York Times
: that tii popular vote of the various
states on all the tickets, reproduced fr m
that paper In Tuesday's Star, has been
made known to the public.
' The figures, though not complete, are
nearly so, and disclose some Interesting
facts. The total vote for Taft is larger
' v about 3&.0000 than for Roosevelt in
1904, when the latter was at the height
of his popularity and was supposed to
have received many democratic votes.
The increase may in part be ascribed to
the natural growth of the voting popula-
tion, but does not account for the dem-
ocrats who were supposed to have heip-
d make up the republican plurality four
vears ago. It was not expected that all
of these at least would transfer their al-
legiance to Taft. There was supposed
to be a certain reaction whlcn worn*
take a considerable proportion of the
members who had prefer-ed Roosevelt
to Parker back to Bryan Bryan's vote,
it is true, is largtr than that re eived
by Parke-, but It does not show the ex-
pected advance in his popularity. in
fa t. notwithstanding the increase of
' -*f ttlon in twelve year- and the dem-
ocratic candidate's vaunted growth in
public esteem, his support compared with
tiiat of former vears shows a falling off.
In his popular vote was 5,5©. in
1900 <5.333.133, and this year It readied
6,450,690, but with an opposing republican
vote larger than ever.
An analysis of the vote by states sh>ws
that while Taft's vote fell far short
of tiiat received by Roosevelt in 190i In
certain s ates, as Indiana. In other states
the repuh'Ican vote presents a gain net
to be explained by the Increase in pop-
ulation. ps In the South. In a!!, twenty
four states show a great r plurality {<"
Taft than for Roosevelt, and of the«e
eleven are Southern, if the two Virgin
ias are to be counted as of the Smth
Tilts Indices two thnes—a deepened
d'strust of Dry in in democratic strong-
holds and a growth of republican ser.ti-
Absolutely
Pure
Baking
Powder
The only baking powder made from
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar, the
officially approved ingredient for
a wholesome, high=class powder
There Is greater deception in the sale of baking powders than ever before,
lloselj observe the label aod be certain of getting KoyaL
TO THE POINT
The tis.i dealer should certainly be in
a position to call his sole his own.
"Beatlne the
comes;
for the Christmas cltv, sweet.
Its old enchantment of little feet
The returns for the minor tickets sh^w
a uniform falling off. After all the
noise made bv the Socialists and their
boast that thev woud poll n ml'lion votes,
a total r t *ni f/v? was east for th*lr ti -ket,
than the vote of 1904.
With the Prr,h'bltlonlsts the showing Is
I even worse. The decrease from four
: years ago beinsr over 30.000. The Peo-
ple's partv—Thomas Watson, the preH-
j 'eniial candidate In each campaign—fell
from 117.118 In 1904 to 2f« 3*2 ihis vear. a
result that should lead the aggressive
j Oeoredan to retire from political cnt^'s,
j The Social T-abor party re^e'ved 11.9S3,
I a« a**Inst 32.249 four years ago.
J Altogether the showing f^r these small
I parties Indicates no probability* of fu-
| ture srrowth for them and must be dis-
couraging to thfir adherents. The v <st
I ira'odty of voters prefer to ca-st tbe'r
1 fortunes with one or the other of the
' two old parti#1*. T';rnjrv th*m thev
be'leve they can achieve the results they
Trie man who swallows h(s pride
shculd be sure his digestion is all right.
Under the sre'l of the evenglow.
Sfa*T\ bea>'tv of shop and street,
Oleamlpg windows In airy row.
M«*r*c moving In mazes sweet:
Round and round with the r'prd'ne tide,
To and fro with the merrv throng,
Ijflurhlng hold'ntr Its achlnir side,
Musio trlpnire In mirthful song;
Tmronets blowing and little drums
march of the kingdom dP9ire better than through organization''
which stand for special ideas. There
are probably many believers In soclal'sm
in both rer ub'l'%an and democratic ranks;
unoubtedly there are manv believer* In
prohibition In these two parties. Such
When a fell aw tells
dream it is cruel of
she is a
wuke him
ft
Anyhow Harry Thaw now in the Mattewan insane
asylum can watch closely the proceeding of the
Hains-Annis scandal The Hainses like Harry made
a killing.
When some people know they are to low their
jobs the quality of their work shows it. Not so
with President Roosevelt, however, who evidently
intends to earn his salary right up to the last min-
ute.
The retirement of Admiral Cervora from the lime-
light reminds us that he was a brave and courteous
man, although considerably handicapped by the
quality of the ships, guns and gunners his govern-
ment furnished him.
When the great pacifier goes to Panama we are
certain to get the truth about the canal. Until Mr.
Taft makes his report it will be well to withhold opin-
ion. Maybe all the money has not been wasted, a.iu
BE SURE TO GIVE SOME OF
THE MANY MANY USELESS PRESENTS
Generally speaking, Christmas presents may oe
divided into two classes—"useful" and "useless."
Each is good and each has its place. It depends
entirely on who is to get the present.
Generally speaking, useful presents should be giv-
en to people who do not need them. That is, th
man who can afford to buy the best and in plenty,
should be given socks and gloves and such things.
The woman who is but little limited in gratification
of her shopping instincts should get as a present
the new coat and the furniture.
But grown-ups don't make much difference one
way or the other at Christmas time; the day is the
day of the children.
The child who can have a new toy almost any
day in the year is the one upon whom toys are a
waste at Christmas. To sueh let there be given th«
new shoes, the jackets, overcoats and similar ne
ful things.
But let the useless thing be given to those
have but little more than necessaris all the
around. Let the man with the shiny coat receive a
bit of jewelry or a new pipe, let the work a-day
woman be given some trifle of f-minine luxury,
some little useless extravagance that could not pos-
sibly be indulged in on any day of the year exce
Christmas 25.
Most of all. let the child of poverty be spared
"present" of something that it actually needs ai
must have.
Olneerbread men in an Icing su't.,
Candv canea and the oM-tlme tovs—
T^ienhnnts. encr1ne« and bird® and fruit—
We sucked together when we were
hovs;
S^'rit'ul wonderful cltv of gleam.
> Magic and marvel of g'ow and lleht:
;>own d«wn. down through the elites of
i dream,
I Let us eo danc'njr *w 1ored tonight'
| raisins. and lates.
Oh. for the cltv t*at ever waits;
If a man's wife is his better half,
the bigamist n^trally Isn't half a man
What a grinding monopoly it would
be if the acisaors sharpeners should
form a trust.
The minute a man begins to believe
that things might have been worse he
oecomes an optimist.
"Slow b'lt sure." may be a good mo*to,
but some men are so slow as to be
sure ot nothing but their slowness.
Hcax—When the mountain refused to
come to Mohamet what did he do?
Joax— suppose he sent his valet.
Wigwag—Why don't you marry her?
She's u de-'r. lltt'e thing.
C'o*e Fist—Exactly. I'm looking for
^loathing cheap.
persons, however, are convinced that the
rearms thev desire can best be wrought
within the old parties In accord with the
gradual growth of public opinion. At
present no less than 7,6."9.680 voters hold
that republicanism offers the best pro«-
rect for good «ovc-nment, ami so the
situation is likely to stand. The ta1
heard from time to fime about the or-
"Er—Miss Brown—er—do you think
your father would oppose my marrylny
you?"
"If he is of my opinion he would-"
"Leading tike artistic life says th«
Philosopher of Folly, "consists in buying
old candlesticks when you need new
shves'.'
—C——
Jones—Why can't a woman keen a
secret ?
Smith—For one of two reasons—eithei
It is not worth keeping, or else it is too
good to keep
"1 always sleep with my watch under
my pillow," remarked the practical p-r-
(iraclousl I couldn't
plied the nervous man;
ticking annoys me."
do that.'* r<-
"even the b-?d
Eminent Statesman -No sir nothing
from me. T have n thing :o s--y to i
oubllcation as persistently unfair m4
vicious as yours. The W orld can go to
hades with my compliments.
Reporter—Can g°" My dear sir ct?t
circulate n manager Is prepared to pr va
that it does g there already—his t •«
largest circulation."
, , . • What ghastly perversion of the spirit of Christma
majbe completion of the work will not bankrupt it is to let the child shiver half through the wint
the countrv. .u . v
so that it may have a
It took congress a mighty long time to get madiT
."*«r the secret service matter. Indeed, some of , ,1 ,h^'iscful thlngH 'j
'but for Christmas itself
present" at Christmas
tnem did not seem to appreciate how badly they had
been treated until the whole country got up and
wanted to know if they did not have enough spunk
to call somebody another.
Kansas City barters have solved the vexed Sun-
day question after this fashion: They have been
having closed shops on Sundays, but the pressure is
bo great that they have finally agreed to keep open
until noon, but will charge a quarter for every
■have. It remains now to be seen whether the ni- n
who have clamored for the Sunday privilege will
patronize the shops—and pay.
The man who disguises himself in Winter by
wearing a heard begins to be noticeable.
Tiie new battle'hip Ma:ne is going to Havana
IJi member the Maine, the old one, is still therct
More than four (lags are hoisted at one time when
•i^nalin^ at sea. With 18 variously colored lia(fi
bought on some other day,
ft the pennies of the poor
go for something which has but one use and that -
delight. I jet the very uselessnes* of the gift, in such
cases, measure the love, the sacrifice and the giving
spirit of the holiday.
To think of coupling the spirit of eharit;
that of Christmas g'ving seems an utter impossible
thing. Charity is a duty, an obligation and a risht.
while Christmas giving is just a breaking down*of
our artificial social barriers and b -i.ng children if
nature and of God for one day. In the Christm .s
spirit we recognize that we are all children of the
same father and so are all brothers and sisters—and'
shall we give the little brother of the pour a pair of
^hoes and a little brother of the house have a coast-
er and h's sister a bitr dolly?
No; however small the g:ft. let's have jt a real
Hiristmas gift—not a hit of charity sneaked in on
December 2'> in order to save money and sulv
souls with a double credit.
Muggins—I he
lari
bear
Mrs. B-'-srins—Judging
band 1
as irritating a
who keep
iddresses himself
tine
CUTS
SLASHES
time, can he
Strange News Stories
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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