The West Side Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 23, 1894 Page: 1 of 4
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"Izy"may fool the d ill eli with li s
abbreviated anatomy but can't fool nny- ! |
one else with it
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"Bill M." Williams—"Say, Ison-
glass, how does your abreviated anat-
omy feel since the taurus of the West
Side Dkmockat has began to gore
you ?''
Isenglass- ''B-b-b-ully !"
The Alva Pioneer says there is a
man in that county circulating a peti-
tion to present to the next Oklahoma
legislature asking to liave the name,
prairie dog, changed to prairie squir-
rel; that he is tired of eating dog. As
tbe bill will be "especially applicable
to Beaver county," we would suggest
that Col. Ormsbee would bo the proper
man to champion the measure, before
the next legislature.
If it will not too seriously eram]) the
maliciousness of some parties near by,
we would like the privilege of saying
that neither Sum Small nor the Okla-
homan have other than the highest
confidence in the Keeley cure and all
the claims made for it by Dr. Keeley
himself. But some folks are bound to
stagger If not from liquor, then from
loose screws in the legs of their verac-
ity. Sara Small.
T. P. Hensley is, according to his
co-temporaries in Enid, the "meanest"
man in Oklahoma, still he has this in
bis favor. Of all the papers issued in
K-.v.d last week, the west Side Demo-
crat was the one to mantle the
cheek of womanhood with the blush of
shame. Though "meanest" is the
superlative of mean—yet everybody
lias heard the phrase "meaner than
the meanest." To whom does this
apply? The world judges you largely
as you present yourself for
inspection.—Kingfisher Times.
Convicted of Murder and Es-
capes the Same
Day.
Gone to Join Tom King in Five
Minutes After the Ver-
dict is Rendered.
C'lide Maddox is again at large. The
case against him for killing Eli Mul-
lins at Oklahoma City in December
1H90, has been on trial at Wichita,
Kan., for the last week. The jury
brought in a verdict Tuesday morning
of murder in the first degree. Col. J.
W. Johnson, Mattox's attorney, made
a motion for a new trial Sentence
was suspended until the ccurt could
pass on the motion and the urisoner
was taken back to jail. This was
about 11:30 a. m., and by 7:30 that eve-
ning Clyde was breathing the free air
of liberty.
explanation of the jailer.
To a reporter of the Wichita Eagle, |
Jailor Burrows slid:
"I noticed all the prisoners in the«
corridor of the rotary but Clyde and 1
called for him. Receiving no response
I went to searching. I went into the
corridor and I asked other prisoners if
they knew where Clyde was, and they
said he was there just a moment ago.
"One prisoner said he had just then
gone back in rear of the rotary.
"I walked around the rotary and
failed to find him. 1 knew that there
was a bar cut off in the north window
of the second story of the rotary room.
I took a light and went up there and
found the window raised and the bar
out, and the door at the west end of
the full floor open."
Later—Clyde Maddox, the con-
demned murderer, was arressted here
at 5 o'clock this afternoon. He was
on an Gast bound Missouri Pacific pas-
senger train and was taken in tow by
Under Sheriff Colter and City Marshal
Connally, who have the murderer in
custody awaiting advices from the au-
thorities at Wichita.
MUST ISSUE BONDS
Washington, I). C., Jan. 15.—The
following letter was forwarded by Sec-
retary Carlisle to Senator Vorhees.
chairman of the Finance committee of1
the senate:
the purpose of maintaining specie pay-
ments was expressly conferred upon
the secretary of the treasury by the
act of January 14,1875. but it has not
been exercised since 1N7N. and on ac-
eount of the high rate of interest pro-
vided for, and tho length of time such
Treasury Department, Office of the | bonds would have to run, I have not
Secretary, Washington. I). < Jan. 13. j been satisfied that such an emergency
1894. HonD. W. Vorhees, chairman has heretofore existed as would clearly
committee on finance, United States I justify their issue.
Senate: Dear Sir—In compliance with | But the necessity for relief at this
your verbal request I have the honor tjme Ho urgent, and the prospect of
to submit for the consideration of the i material improvement in the financial
finance committee of the senate statt - condition of the go\< rnment. so prob-
inents showing the actual condition ol lematical that unless authority to issue
Strong Speeches Made by John
son, of Ohio, Burke,
Cochran, Bryan.
All
Speeches Limited to
Minutes This Week.
Five
the treasury on the twelth day of the j and
The tariff discussion has ah orbed
the entire attention of Congress for
the last ten days. After the speeches
shorter bonds other obliga- of wll8°n Huitowh. Tom Johnson,
present month and an estimate of the i tions bearing lower rate of interest! free-trader, had the lloor an'1
receipts and expenditures during the than that specified in the existing law ! delivered a strong speech in support of
remainder of this month and the js granted by congress at u very early ll><'W ils°n ''ill; yet, ho said, the bill
month of February. It will he seen | day, I shall feel constrained by a sense (lil1 not R" far enough and attacked the
from the statement that there is an ur-1 of public duty o exercise the power j democratic parlj for the conservative
gent necessity for such immediate ahead) conferred, to the extent at I ulmin,,r in which they handled the
action as will replenish tin? coin re-j leastof producing an adequate coin re- tariit <im-stion. He was an out and out
' trader and was not afraid to let
•rve and enable this department to serve
its
The passage of the bill giving free
homes to tho settlers living in all of
tho reservations recently opened to
settlement would lie worth more to
this territory than immediate state-
hood, for it will cost more to pay for
these lands tluin the entile assessed
value of the territory at present. It
would mean a saving to Canadian
county alone of near $300,000. If one-
half the effort was made to secure the
passage of this bill as is being made to
pass the statehood bill, it could be ac-
complished.
Another name litis been added to
Guthrie's long list of appointees. Gov.
Renfrow has appointed M .L. Turner of
Guthrie Territorial Treasurer to suc-
ceed Hon. Sam Murphy who handed in
his resignation to take effect noxt Sat-
urday. Mr. Turner is cashier of the
Guthrie National Bank and is a good
business man having handled a large
amount of territorial and county secur-
ities. He is an enterprising progress-
ive citizen and will no doubt make a
good officer. But considering tho fact
that Logan county cast nearly 2,000
majority for Flynn the republican can-
didate for congress and that two thirds
of both the federal and territoaial ap-
pointments have been made from Gut-
hrie the DEMOCRAT can not help but
regard the appointment as a great po-
litical mistake.
Okahoma has a population at present
of more than 250,000 souls and by the
time all of the Indian reservations that
now form a part of Oklahom are open-
ed to settlement ' he territory's popu-
lation will be not loss than 500,000. A
larger population than several states
The people of Okla-
The train men on the Rock Island
road have been in the habit of lock-
ing the doors of the coaches on all
night trains while taking coal at the
chute just this side of Dover for some
time past. The object of this pre
caution is to keep train robbers that
are supposed to lurk around among
the hills and gulches of this seques-
tered nook, trom boarding the train.
Last night just before the train
reached the chute it was suddenly
brought to a stand by the accidental
killing of a man riding on the ten-
der. Before the real cause for the
sudden stopping of the train was
known, the wildest excitement pre-
vailed. women screamed, men clam-
bered out of the windows and every-
body with pocket books involuntari-
ally clutched them, expecting the
next moment to be required to ren-
der an account at the muzzle of a
Winchester When quiet reigned
again it was noticed that tbe
diamond pins which adorned the
bosoms of Charley Ueacom and John
V. Moffitt, of this city, had disap-
peared. Several El Reno passen-
gers on board, who appreciate a
good joke when they see it, instituted
a search for the missing jewels, sin-
gularly enough against the protests
of the owners. The boys, however,
were soon rewarded for their trouble
by finding that Moffat's pin had slip-
ped down an I lodged in his sock
and Beacom's was nicely stored away
in the waistband of his pantaloons,
a receptacle which showed that it
had been made to do service on for-
eontinue payment of the public expens-
es and discharge the obligations of the
government to pensioners and other
lawful creditors.
AVhen my annual report was pre-
pared it was estimated that the ex-
penses during the current fiscal year
w iiild exceed the receipts to the
amount of about $2(4,000.000 and I
asked congress for the authority to is-
sue and sell bonds or other forms of
obligations to an amount notexeeeding
$."iu,01 0,00(1. bearing a low rate of inter-
est and having a reasonably short dme
to run, to enable the secretary of the
treasury to supply such deficiencies as
might occur in the revenues.
expectations not realized.
The estimate then made, was based
upon the assumption that the worst ef-
fects of our financial disturbances had
already been realized and there would
be a substantial increase in the reve-
nues for the remainder of the year.
While it was not believed that the
deficiency then existing would be sup-,
plied by increased revenues in the
future, it was hoped that no additional
deficiency would occur, but the receipts
and expenditures during the month of
December and up to the 12th day of
the present month show that the esti-
mates of a deficiency of $28,000,000 at
the close of the year was much too low.
enormous deficit estimated.
If the same average monthly defi-
ciencies should continue the total dif-
ference between the receipts and
expenditures on the 30th of July next
will be $78, 107,542. According to the
best estimate that can be made, the
total receipts during the present month
and the month of February will be $41-
900.000. and the total expenditures will
be $60,300,000, showing a deficit dnring
the two months of $18,400,000, but this
does not include any payments on ac-
count of the sugar bounty, claims for
which to the amount of of nearly
000,000 have already been presented
and are new under investigation in the
derartment.
the gold reserve.
It will appear from this statement
that the gold reserve has been reduced
to $74, 108,14!), and it is evident from
tho condition of the treasury that the
departmedt will have no means to de-
fray the ordinary expenses of the gov-
ernment unless a large part of the
If this action should be taken, con-
gress ought, nevertheless, to provide
promptly for the deficiency in the rev-
enues during the current fiscal jear,
and i will, from time to time, advise
your committee of the condition of the
Treasury in order that this subject
may receive duo consideration. 1 have
the honor to be. yours very respect-
fully. .1. ti. Carlisle, Secretary.
Broke Jail-
Last M< nday night two prisoners
made their escape from the jail by
making a hole through the brick wall
at the northeast corner of the jail.
They were both negroes. One of them
was serving a short term for petit lar-
ceny, and his time would have expired
in eight days. The other, who goes by
the familiar name of "Shine," was con-
victed more than a year ago of break-
ing into a pawn shop, but owing to his*
youth, was given a jail sentence instead
of being sent to the penetentiary. A peti
tion is now pending before the governor
for his pardon, which no doubt would
have been granted as it was signed by
all. the leading citizens and officials of
tin* county. He has been a, trusty for
a "long time and could have gotton
away most any time if he had so de
si"ed but there was no reason why hi
would want to run off now that lit
would doubtless soon have been par-
doned. But he ran olT once before last
spring, went down into Washita county
where he married a young Cheyenne
maiden and it is probable that he has
gone back down there. It is to be
hoped that he will not come back.
Neither of them were locked in the
cells, but were allowed to sleep in the
corrider as it was not thought there
would be any danger of them attempt-
ing to escape now. El lleno Democrat
Methodist Annex.
The Methodist Episcopal church of
Oklahoma at the recent conference
held at Guthrie, appointed an educa-
tional board to determine as to the ad-
visability of locating an educational
institution in this territory. Bishop
Vincent, of Topeka, is president of the
board of trustees. The board did not
deem it advisable at the present time
to attempt to found an educational in-
stitution, but have decided upon a
plan that is original with Bishop Vin-
payments are hereafter made out of cent and will do much to strengthen
our university at Norman, i 1 is plan is
to establish a home that wyi be an
that fund. If this is done, the reserve
will be reduced by the 1st of February
to about $5(5,(>01,8ti4, a.-uui wholly in-
adequate for the purpose for which it
is created. On account of this critical
condition of the treasury 1 have con-
annex to the university of the terri-
tory and to be under the control of the
church, where the moral and religious j
interests of the sons and daughters of
members of the church will be as
the work) know where he stood. Mr.
Johnson is an extensive manufacturer
and said that ho was a thorough mo-
nopolist 1 imself and would take advan-
tage of all the bad laws the republi-
cs could make, but did not believe in
defending those laws in congress, ttev-
ral members undertook to interrupt
him by asking him questions, but he
had the facts and figures so thoroughly
at his command that he was always
able to give them a satisfactory an-
swer.
The past week has been most impor-
nt from a political standpoint in late
years. It has been regarded as tho
culminating event in the political his-
tory of the country in tho last decade.
The democratic party are fully in
power and the public is expecting leg-
islation at their hands that will be in
the interest of the masses as against
tho classes.
Tho republicans, knowing that their
favorite theories .of protection is
doomed, are making Herculean efforts'
backed by every trust and corporation
in the land, to thwart the will of the
people. Tho one great event of the
week was the speech of Burke Coch
ran, < f New York, in support of the
Wilson bill. His speech was consid-
ered the most eloquent and powerful
speech delivered during the debate.
The people that had predicted that he
would oppose the bill were disap-
pointed, for he planted himself square-
ly on the democratic platform and
made an unanswerable argument in
support of the measure. That rising
young democrat from Nebraska, Bryan,
also made a strong, logical argument
against protective tariff and in support
of the Willson bill. The republicans
put forward their best men but they
w er clearly outmatched all along the
line and it is conceded by everybody
that the bill will pass the house as
soon as a vote can be reached.
The bill is being read section by sec-
tion this week and it is now open for
amendments. Speeches are now lim-
ited to 5 minutes each. No great
change in any of the tariff schedule is
likely to be made, as the party will
work together to prevent injecting
amendments into the measure that
will be for the benefit of favorite in-
dustries, no matter what influences are
brought to bear.
Chairman Wilson has written a strong
letter to the democratic members of
the house urging prompt attendance
on the sessions of the house until the
final vote is taken. A vote will be ta-
ken about the —5th nit.
Horrible Murder at Guthrie
Another cold-blooded murder has
been committed 011 the streets of Guth-
S. 11. Foss, a prominent citizen
and wholesale grocery man of King-
tlsher, was shot dead last Friday morn-
ing, about 100 feet west of the Royal
hotel, by George Dorr. Derrsaw Foss
coming out of the hotel and he knelt
down and took deliberate aim with a
shot gun. at Foss and tired two shots
tilling lii 111 with huek shot. Derr re-
loaded his nun and run across the
street to where Foss fell, placed the
muzzle of the gun within a foot of his
head and fired, tho shot completely
tore off the murdered man's face. Deri-
was immediately placed under arrest
and locked up in the United States
jail.
The killing was the culmination of a
feud of long standing. Tho sister of
Derr is said to have been the mistress
of Foss, lie having bought a claim for
her in Kingfisher county. It seems
that old man Derr, George's father,
and George objected to tho attention
shown the girl by Foss and there has
been a hitter feud 'existing between
them until about two weeks ago when
old man Derr was shot dead one night
in his own barn lot. No one knew who
the assasln was hut suspicion rested
on S. II. Foss and tho 13elvill boys.
1'liey were arrested and taken toGuth-
rie, and wore having a preliminary
hearing before Judge Pat Cassaday, at
tho time of the murder of Foss.
Foss was a typical western man, gen-
erous and open hearted, but cared lit-
tle for the code of moral ethics. He
had at one time accumulated a very
large fortune, but had lost most of it in
speculation. He is now supposed to
he worth about $75,000 and had a large
insurance on'his .life.- The State Cap-
tal in speaking of tile 'murder says:
Another deliberate murder has
stained tho streets of Guthrie. On the
face of the thing it seems inexseusable.
it was done cruelly, brutishly and
heartlessly. Some awful force must
have had hold of the boy who held
that gun and so cooly did the deadly
work, lie must have felt within him-
self a justification. If, as his friends
believe, young Derr thought ns truly
as he lived that Foss had seduced his
sister and killed his father, then earth
and heaven should say the penalty is
just, though the public will revolt at
the manner of it. If Foss' story, and
that of his friends is true—that Foss
had had no improper relations with
Miss Dorr, and that young Dorr per-
haps killed his own father by mistake,
then the murder is wholly unjustifia-
ble und bestial. Hut tho volcano rag-
ing in the heart of Derr must have had
some awful feeling of injustice to feed
and grow it; for the true development
of this ease, the public anxiously wait.
sidered it my duty, in addition to the
earnest reccommendations contained j carefully guarded as they Would be in
in my annual report, to appear twice
before your committee, and after a full
explanation of the situation urge
prompt legislative action upon this
subject.
With the permission of the commit-
tee I have prepared and presented for
a denominational school, w hile they
will receive all of the advantage#. of
the university. The board submitted
a proposition to the citizens of Nor-
man asking for five acres of land ad-
joining the university grounds. The
citizens of Norman have accepted Ho
its consideration a bill which, if j proposition and have already
promptly passed, would, in my opinion, jtlu! necessary • I he board prom-
meet all the requirements of the situa- isos to commence work upon the build-
now in the union. , , .
homa have no voice in either house of mer occasions. 1 hey boys prom
congress nor in the election of tho Pres-jised to "set era up" if they would
identof the United States, yet they not give it away to the robbers—El
contribute their share of tho taxes to Reno Democrat.
the support of tho government. lax-|
ation without representation. They The nomination of Hornblower to branches of eongross concerhing the
have no voice in the selection of the tho office of associate justice of tho
territorial officers. In fact a territory : „upreme court, was rejected by the
tion by providing the necessary means
for defraying the public expenses und
replenishing tho coin reserve to such
an extent as to assure the maintenance
of tho parity of all forms of United
States currency. While this proposed
measure of relief lias not yet been dis-
posed of or considered by the commit-
tee, tho great differences of opinion parents to send their
which are known to exist in both church schools and In
ing at onci
If tho other religious denominations
in this territory would follow the ex-
ample of the M. E. church, our univer-
sity would be an institution that every
citizen would bo proud of and would
be glad to patronize.
It has always been a hardship upon gallows
' " children to
impelled to
Has the Welfare °f Guthrie
at Heart.
Mr. Turner is a sterling democrat
and although a. comparatively young
man is reputed to be 0110 of the wealth-
iest, if not the richest men in tho ter-
ritory. He has an interesting family
of a wife and two children, and his
large property interests hero, denote
U|1(.(j that he has the welfare of the city of
Guthrie at heart. Governor Uonfrow
displayed wisdom 111 the selection of so
good a financier and democrat.—Guth-
rie I-cader.
Ignore Political Ambitions-
Let the people of Oklahoma territo-
ry liavo a word in regard to thoir own
business. Tho territorial democratic
committee has met and resolved that
it will not be wise or expedient to ad-
mit Oklahoma territory proper with-
out including the live tribes. Doubtless
in a short time tho territorial republi-
can committee will meet and rosolvo
that it is not wise or expedient to in-
clude the live tribes in tho territory
applying for admission. Then igno-
ramuses will claim that party lines are
drawn and that a lierco partisan con-
flict has been precipitated on tho lino
of these two diverse propositions.
The Republic is willing to guarantee
that there is but little more difference
arrtofyg the people of Oklahoma on tho
question of admission than there is on
any other question tho main object
of which the people are practically
united. It is free to assert that they
are opposed to any consideration of un-
ion with tho five tribes if consideration
threatens to delay the consideration of
their own claims to statehood. They
do not, it is safe to say, believe that
their claim can be involved with a set.
tleinent of Indian tribal relations to-
ward tho government without
postponing its final determination for
pay high tuition, when schools sup-
The Mattox trials have cost tho U S.
over $20,000. Clyde has been convict- many years. They are accordingly in
ed of murflur three times yet his friends favor of pressing at once and with uni-
think that lie has more to fear from ted action for the admission of Okla-
onsumbtion than he has from the 1 homa as it stands.
The sentiment of tho people is tho
true arbitrator in a situation which the
Killed bytheCars. politicians and self-seekers threaten
is simply a province, a satrapy that is Henate by a majority of six,
considered the legit itnatepolit ical spoil J - - —
of tho party that happens to be in pow- The hi Reno Democrat, the I erry
er Yet a'leading democratic paper (f Sentinal and the Pawnee Democrat arc
thi territory lias pi laimed itself in | three democratic papers that wanted
f-ivorof "single statehood" or a terri- the Investigation of Strip frauds. 1'
tnrv until the crack of doom. A news-; there bo others of that mind and con.
paper should not lot its partisanship piexlon k,t them hold up their hands
exceed its patriotism.
branches of congress concerhing the 1 '"*■> '"A" 7^".",,Vodi7 will, Treuuenth Last night as the Hock Island train. t0 complicate to their own advantage
propriety of granting additionrl or letter educational facilities are run due lore at midnight, pulled in to Do- and to the defeat of tho best interests
amended authority to issue bonds in absolutely free. Hut they consider ver, W • D. Myers, of Enid, who was 0f the territory.—Republic.
any form or for any porpos*1 render it the moral and religious training as un trying to beat his way, jumped fiom the I
doubtful whether new legislation tip- ^i^'"!'"'lie'l^rvand'tlentiiic "blilld 01'the tender' wher(' l8en,K'r*' the lollg hail"ed' would'bo
on the subject can be secured in ^If mJhop Vinplan wa's ad" PU-.i riding, and- fell under the funny Shoeney. of tho Enid W ave
jans-which arc 1m- by all the loading denomination- in wheels and was instantly killed, lie once upon a time was a icsident or
to provide the means
( "handler News.
porativoly demanded in order to pre- "he territory, there would be no lieees- was horribly mangled, almost beyond lleno City, and dropped his little wad
if servo the credit and honor of the "f1 ^1 f';]'..V.ll.'i.'i'nV,tioiln'.'-ou'1 d''l-'c•,-Vivo''ti'l'o ll'''0Bni',on' The ""fortunate man there when the otty of El Reno was es-
government. advantages the^ unTversUy^el know formorl, resided in El Reno, and was lablished on the south side of the
WILL ISSUE DONDS. ' hat their children were being cared coining to this place, IIo was about 11 iver. llenco his antipathy to El Reno
Authority to i>*u« and «*11 brmd* for *op by thoir own church ;«) yoaw old, %\ Kono Democrat. I nnd th« Hock Island railroad.
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