The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 29, 1910 Page: 2 of 12
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL,SUNDAY MORNING,JVJAY 29. 1910.
Knees Became Stiff I Career is
Five Years of Severe Rheumatism
I The cure of Henry J. ti >ldatel"
i Barton Street. Boston.
* er victory by Hood a
This giv.it niedlcina li <
Itmny cases where othe
Is aroth-
Sai saparllla.
succeeded in
have utterly
fcred from rh- uinitwm five year*,
V.epi me ft- m bui-lnesi and r in- -d e -
better, in<l now consider myself en-
ti**<•'v i-UM-d I recommend Hood h.
rbt it todiv In usual liquid form or
cbu' ul;, 1 tiibiaa Sarsatabs.
W ithout Stain
Not Sisters
partliw
i hot.
shot In defe
of Mr. PUl
he
i
EX-liUV. FlKliM FILES
IS NOW FULLY IN RACE
Aspirants for Other Places Alao|
Enter Their Names—List Is
Rapidly Growing;.
Ex-Governor Thompson B. pcrguson >
pf Watonga, the last «>f tlio Republican |
aspirantif for governor to enter his nam
lias now filed his formal application lor
a place on the ballot with th'" state. «U
lion board. Another Republican candi ,
date lor a *to office also appeared m
Dwight Brown of Coalgate, candidate
tor tbo criminal court of^appeals, South-
ern district.
Senator \V. N. Redwtne of McAlester
Democrat, and Ki-^r^entativo Henry 1.
Vogle of ' 'Harl^s'ton, Republican, who
were in the last legislature, filed for re-
election. The list of new legislative can-
didate! includes Jim Tom Story of Sul-
phur, Democrat, Murray county; William
A. Hammond of Hartshorn. Democrat.
Pittsburg and Hughes counties; Robert
Pllgrin of Broken Arrow. Democrat
Tulsa county; H. N. Christian of kouk
eba. Democrat, Caddo jAvunty; Ben Boul-
den, Democrat of ffilK City, Peckham
county; James McMurtry of Meramer.
Democrat, Pawnee county; C. I'alo Wolf
of Wewoka Democrat. Seminole county.
• j
SAYS COTTON IS COTTON
Whether Burned or Not Railroad
Rate the Same.
WASHINGTON, May -* -No ilia-
tlnctlon between coiton and burnt cot-
ton muv he made in railroad frriKlit
rates, according to an opinion of tlie
Interstate commerce commlmlon band-
ed down today..
It Is held by tlie commission tliat,
In view of the -mall traffic in burnt
cotton and the difficulty, without
opening the bales, of determining the
extent of the Injury, and the possibil-
ity tl.at a special rate might be taken
advantage of ti ml h- d to abuses, the
public interest does not require a dis-
tinction in raits to he mad.
Grafters
Smoked Out
. j
for the
ompany of Chl-
ubtuincd tli*- f;ir«
Freler, who wns ng
Johnson Furniture
cago. which concern
niture contract.
Two More Indicted.
The two confessions regarding the
furniture contract resulted in two ad-
ditional Indictments on a conspiracy
charge. These were: Htate Senator
S. C. P* mberton. Republican, < f Oak-
land. 1111111ds, Mild Represent!! 11\Sr>
neplr S Clark, Democrat, of Vandaiia.
Illinois. £ • i
Capiases and bench warrants were
Immediately Issued for Senator Pem-
berton and Representative ('lark on
the conspiracy charges in connection
with the furniture contract.
Although an indictment charging
conspirac y was returned against Sen-
ator Holtsiaw. it was Immediately
nolled and immunity for Holtsiaw was
ordered by Judge James A. Crelghton
upon the recommendation of State's
Attorney Burke.
When the Indictments had been re-
turned and the court orders entered
In the two p i.aratf matters ti e grand
jury ad.ioviriv-ti until next Tuesday
Court Extends Immunity.
After conferences with Attorney A
M. Fitzgerald, his lawyer, Senator
Holtsiaw this morning communicated
with State's Attorney Burke Worn
haggard and driven • 11 i t to distrac-
tion during a sleepless- night, s. natoi
Holtsiaw told the prosecutor he was
ready to , ;i- d Immunity
granted because Holtsiaw was a ma-
terial witness
Before going to the grand iurv room
Holtsiaw made a preliminary state
ment to Attorne Burke in the pres-
ence ..f 1 't'>rn \ This statenv t
was as follow:
'In making thf statement to th"
Rangmon c -,mt\ grand jury regarding
the pavment of money to secure ti
contract for furniture and for th<
purpose ft electing William I,"iu. r
T'nited stale- .. . T |,ave h-e.i
Continued on Pa<;e 12—Column 3.
Lnsophiscuted a* he was,
came iu contact with u spirit of sus- |
pic-ion and 1 think he scented a con- |
*pi racy where there was none. What j
there was was a aeries of successive |
blows dealt by .Mr. Balllnger against ,
Intelests which were vital to a group i
(.i men who had dedicated their lives
to a cause. 1 shall take the responsi-
bility of showing that the conception
t a man ««f great capacity «fhl >ndi
pendent resources, devoting himself to
tlie Interests of the people with no
i ope of umbiUfni '•* a.- lai beyond
ti e ken of some people when they
come Into ills presence that apprecia-
tion is impossible and unintentional
detraction Is inevitable."
Cavil' attorney, Mr. Brandeis, had
the last word.
pleads For More Man.
"Here was a ifian disgraced, con-
demned not only without hearing,
without seeing the hundreds and hun-
dreds of pages of evidence which were
collected by Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Lawler, but without kriowh *•-,>
that tl.erv was a charge UKUinst him.
Why, why, was lie sacrificed- It rests
deep in the conception which actuated
Air. Balllnger and the men who stood
with him. and It is the conception of
a tgall «,f privilege, that men high in
« xalted station most be protected at
all costs, but a man, merely an hum-
ble servant of the government, has no
rights if. for the protection or llai-
linger. it is necessary to condemn in-
nocent men. lie is nothing but an In-
ferior official. This is a question of
privilege, whether political or financial
and it Is absolutely connected with
that same idea that pertains to Gug-
genheim, Morgan and other great re-
sourceful men of ti e country.
Denounces Garfield.
Attorney Vertrees consumed tho
greater portion of tlie day in conclud-
ing his argument. He was most bitter
in his denunciation of former Secre-
tary Garfield and former Chief for-
ester Plnchot, who, he said, conspired
to accomplish the removal of Mr. Bal-
linger from public life because his was
an administration of "law and not of
men." h
He said Plnchot had been credited
with a "loftiness of purpose that he
does not deserve." and Insinuated that
he would "scruple at nothing to carry
out his purposes and plans."
He referred to tho twenty-six mis-
Sing letters found In Glavis' box at
Scuttle as evidence of the tactics pur-
sued by RaUinger's enemies, asserting
that they intended to charge Balllnger
with concealing them if they were cal-
led for and not produced.
Mr. Vertices said the stir 11 at had
been raised over the Lawler memor-
andum was merely an indirect attacv
upon ti •• president and that the presi-
dent had fully and frankly explained
the circumstances under which that
•nt was prepared
Pepper Makes Answer.
exlnning his reply Mr. Pepper
I declared It was a "wholly baseless
Ford- ) charge" that Garfield s opposition t«
ftalllnger had been inspired by am
I'eellng of disappointment at not hav-
ing been retained iti the Taft cabinet.
Hi' said that if that had been so, Mr.
Garfield's antagonism would not have
been directed toward Ballinger.
Saying he suspected Mr Vertrees of
caricaturing conservation when he de-
picted Plnchot and his friend's a
standing between privo
"the peoples ,.,.al\ exclaim*
let Guggle get if Mr Peppe
"The Balllnger idea of ^ •
st ems to be 'do let Guggh
Now and again you see two women pass-
in* down the street who took like sisters.
You ure astonished to learn that they are
mother and daughter, and you realize that
a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be
at her linest and fairest. Why isn't it so?
The general health of woman is so in-
timately associated with the local health
of the essentially feminine organs that
there can be no red cheeks and round
form where there is female weakness.
Wonieu who have suffered from
this trouble have found prompt
relief uad euro in the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It fives rlfor and vitality to the
orgaas of womanhood. It olears the complexion, brightens the
eyes and reddens the cheeks.
No alcohol, or habit-forming drugs is contained in "Favorite Prescription.'1
Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is
held as sacredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Address:
World's Dispensary Medical Association, I)r. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y.
now it was appoints i am! vheu.
Ou page 37 wo lind the first mention
of the committee "House Resolution No.
1, by Ross." It Is a simple resolution
for a special comm.ttee of seven, to be
appointed by the speaker oi the house
"to investigate and Inquire Into tne
management, expenditure and dis-
bursement of the public funds; and
to that end the commttes shall have
power to send for per«,onj and papers
and exlmanio witnesses on oath, and
to punish for contempt, non obser-
vance of process an.' or coi. rr -
aclous or disorderly <ondict; and to
report to this house ^hat rction, If
any, they may deem necessary; and
that snld committee have leave to re-
port at any time."
Tho resolution was passed In the reg-
ular order of business. Immediately
there was a hurry up call scut out to
tho followers of the governor. A demo-
cratic caucus was called and there nr.is
jl11 argument which came near ending in
free-for-all battle.
PUTTING ON THE GAG.
Absent members of the house were or-
;red to retu-n to tlie city instanter and
ciitually the administration crowd was
able to control a majority of the demo-
ratlc caucus. Promises of all kinds
lore made as well as threats which
caused the timid to sit up, and tako no-
tice. With a majority of the democratic
members under his thumb it was easy
for the governor to dictate tho resolu-
tion which would be introduced and
passed, as well as to the members of
the committee.
This was not all done In a day and
it was not until January 2) that the
Ross resolution again saw daylight, when
on motion of Representative Ross, tin
resolution was read. Immediately Rep
resentatlve Durham bobbed up with tin
democratic paucus substitute resolution.
GOVERNORS FINE HAND.
The substitute resolution provided:
"That the speaker of the house
shull appoint a committee consisting
of seven members, two of whom shall
ho of the minority party, whose duty
It shall bo to investigate expenditures
and disbursements of public funds.
'•'Any member tnny, within five days
from and after the appointment of
such committee, file written charges
with tho Committee, against any de-
pai tment of the sta'e government, al-
leging in plain and concise language
the mismanagement of any of the
public funds, and in what particular
such funds have been misappropri-
ated, stating as full as may be the
grounds for such charge or charges.
Such charge shall be in writing,
(IOING DOWN LINE
ALL OPPOSE SCHEME
signed and verified by tne party pre-
senting the same.
"Upon the filing of cuch charge or
charges, such committee shall pro-
ceed to make requlsltlo * upon the
department complained against for
a detailed report, covered by any
complaint. Such committee shall be
empowered to comp-dl the attendance
of witnesses and to punish as for
contempt, disobedience oi process or
contumacious or disorderly conduct,
and to make final report to the house
before the adjournment thereof.'
NO REPUBLICAN WANTED.
Representative Jones moved that the
minority members of the house be per
mltted to select the minority members of
the committee but notwithstanding the
fact that ten or twelve republican mem-
bers seconded the motion Ben Harrison,
speaker pro tem. ruled the motion lost
for want of a second.
The motion to adopt the substitute was
then considered. Tlie republican mem-
bers of tho house being in favor of the
Ross resolution voted against the substi-
tute with Representative Ross (demo-
crat)." A strictly • aucus vote resulted In
the passage of the substitute Ben F
Wilson, speaker, was absent from the
house and does not pppear as having
voted on thj resolution.
REPUBLICANS FOR RFAL PROBE
As a result of tills vote the republican
members have been charged with having
voted agalns' the appointment of an
estigatlon committee, but sk a mutter
' fact they voted in opposition to 'hi
I't n.ocratlc caucus resolution an.' their
vote Is simply a vote wbxth wu cast
fcr tlie Ross resolution and tlie •>* "sage
of the substitute, naturally under par-
liamentary ruies, made It Imf-.^i.i'e to
call up the Ross resolution. Governor
Haskell, one oi those to be Investigated,
having won.
From that day the investigatijii .ic-
came a farce.
Close examination of the uiTftitute
resolution will convince any peri-en that
it was not Intended there snouid a
real ienvestination.
In the first p'ace the majority r..embers,
—really the persons under ch u: j.--se-
lected the members of the jom nittee.
(the Jury), the minority not ev ?u Having
the right to select those who would be
on the ?ommlttee as republican "c; n<5
— charges had to be ma !e within five
days, which provision !n itself inafe the
entire procedure a farce. fhir-l, those
who might be under investiea , n 'v-r«>
to make their own report frjin which de-
ductions were to be mede.
THE COMMITTEE NAMED
A democratic caucus .vas held on the
night of the 21th when the members rf
Covers Two Entire Counties With-
out Finding a Single Supporter
of the Oklahoma City Real
Estate Graft--Senator Sorrals
Said to Oppose Also.
KEOTA, Okla., May 2S.—Secretary
Rayson: Have visited Sapulpa, Musko
gee. Stigler, Keota and Cowlington; dis-
tributed literature and talked with farm-
ers and business men and find all in
favor of letting the capital remain in
Guthrie until 1913, and some perma-
nently. Find most people against article
9 (amendment) and of letting constitution
stand. Vote will be a majority against
Oklahoma City on the scheme in this
section of the state—Haskell and
Flore counties.
Senator Sorrels. I understand is against
both propositions. Fraternally,
W. J. LEATH0RMAN
the committee were decided on and on
the morning of the 23th the committee-
Messrs. Smith (of Grant), Rat .iff. Wort-
man, Johnson, price, Simmons and Dix-
on were appointed. This was on the sixth
legislative day. Don't forget—the sixth
legislative day.
What that committee did was thorough-,
ly discussed in the press as it held so
called sessions and n.ade so-cal'ed bt
vestlgations of ofTl • ai reports mude t> i
by tho officia l under probe.
The examination of witnesses was s<
humorous that even such democratic
publications us the Oklahrman mude the
proceedings a joke and even went so ft
as to stato that the governor's detcctlv
Lawler, had fiatly contradicted the gov-
ernor.
THE REPORT FII.ED.
The records of the house show that
the committee was not heard from until
the fifty-eight legislative day when a
port was filed and which bears the date
of the fifty-seventh legislative day.
other words the committee had It worked
each day, hjld sessions each day,—which
It did not do Ly any Manner of means, It
would have been busy fifty-two days
On page 701 of the printed house Jour-
nal we find tho remarkable assertion
made:
WASTED THIS TIME.
"That we have had under consider-
a'ttion all the resolutions submitted to
our committee by the house and re-
turn the same herewith with our re-
port attached thereto.
"We have also examined the state
examiner and Inspector's report to
April 1, 1909 of the followl g named
state officials:
"Towlt:
"State auditor, insurance commis-
sioner, state mining board, state li-
brarian, district Judges, state exam-
iner and inspector, state bank com-
missioner, state banking board, secre-
tary of state, state oil Inspector, cor-
poration commissioner, supreme
court, state printer, labor commis-
sioner, commissioner of charities and
corrections."
None Of thefie departments had" been
charged with anything, but the commit-
tee made uncalled for examination o. fif-
teen state departments besides those
against which charges had been filed. Had
they devoted their entire time to exam-
ination of reports of state departments
mentioned above they would have had
but three and one-half days for each de-
partment and which any individual
NEW STRAW HATS
NEW PANAMA HATS
Early Choosers are Picking
Out the New
Panama
Hats
Gets a Good One, The
New Split and Senna Straws-
25cts to $5.00
$5.00
of KNOX and
STETSON'S New
Soft and Stiff Hats
Are Here.
/Z
LEADING CLOTHIER
;
jgD
knows would have been insufficient, far
too short to make any kind of examina-
tion.
Hut this is not all. According to the
reports whl n appear on pages 702 to 71-,
inclusive, tho committee took up and
mado report on ten direct chr.rges as well
as ten resolutions calling for information
making a total of thirty-five subjects in-
vestigated. an average of one and one-
flfth subjects per gay.
BROKE ALL RECORDS.
The record of Investigations will always
stand out as the most rapid In the history
of an..- state.
Governor Haskell has the nerve to op-
enly state that the committee thoroughly
vindicated him.
Now. ' f'a see what the committee nc-
"^CONTINUED ON PAGE 11.)
JCittl.*
"'.Mr. Plnchot has
dreame
nit 1 hnv
claim
et to
u statement of his that cannot stand
the test of the president's definition
of conservation."
In Mr. Brandeii' doling speech ref-
erence was made In Vertrees' state-
ment that llHlliimer's administration
was one of "law and not of men."
"Hather of lawyer**and not of men,"
•uggested Brandeis; "lawyers who
have been ever ready to resort to loose
construction nt the law when private
interests were threatened nnd a strict
construction of It w hen the public'a
Interest was Involved"
"Herrick "
\ ou Cannot Afford to Buy Anything But
Refrigerators
Therr is a rprion
Why Graru-Nuts does correct
A weak, physical or a
Sluggish mental condition.
The food is highly nutritious.
And is partially pre-digested,
Sc that it. helps the organs of the
stomach
To digest other food.
It is also rich 111 the
Vital phosphates that go
Pircctly to make up
The delicate gray matter
Of brain and nerve centers
Pead "The Road to Wellville
111 pkgs. "There s a Reason. '
PoRtum Cereal C<\, Ltd.;
little Cr«t;k Mich.
QUESTION OF PRISONERS
Authority Vested in Board of
Prison Control.
In an opinion to Governor Haskell j
\ tt.TW ieiier:ii \'%*t Ids that tho j
•ntire authority over state prisoners j
vested in the state board of prison
ontrol and that they are not to be I.
t;n : . .1 o « r t > • t < omit :i i! i hi rit ie ||
but Kent under the -supervision of
u arris appointed by the -late board
As to whether the guards shall V
11 residents of t ne county in the at-
. | to-ney genera- s opinion merely a
' matter of business detail for the board.
ptacSiA,; . 1 i
Lijl ' j
m I
Here is what we mean by "Quality"
In Gas Stoves
and Ranges
"Garland"
Gas Stoves
t
hi:««ick eb refrigerators.
In Refrigerators
Pure, Dry, Cold Air
maintained at ail Hmes ., , . r . ,
. , . , Absolute sarety and
with the least consump- highesty EFF,CIENCY,
'i°n of ICE by a system besides be;ng [,andsome
of circulation which is in abearance and dur-
both scientific and practi- able. Ask the man who
cal. We guarantee our owns one and he will tell you that the Garland
Pe ifccicr is the namethat fits our stoves.
Citizens Not
All hools
refrigerators to do this.
We carry a complete line of both zinc and
white enameled lined.
We also carry the "PERFECTION" OIL STOVES which are re-
cognized by all authorities to be the most perfect oil stoves on the
market.
a (eiv day*.
Governor Haskell seems to be of the
opinion that the people 'oii;« t easily and
that they absolutely have .no reinem-
l ranee of the way the white-wash com-
mittee reported and for that reason, just
;it this time, it might not bo out of place
j to recall to the governor mind a few of
j the things which the ^mtnittce did do
and a few of the things which "his" sc-
j i.- i. .1 i'ii nit*■ ■. i not Oil
I It will be interenting. first, for those
j most Interested, the taxpayers of Okla-
homa. to tak the rlnted bouse
journal of the "needless" session ot Jr.
legislature ami turn to Age "01, where
will ne found the commencement of the
•jusr a
TT LE HISTORY.
• firnt tho commutes
COLDWELL LAWN MOWERS
Start rcw to fix the favn erd Ity a lave rrcwer ycu cen depend upon
The name COLDWELL stands for satisfaction. We SHARPEN old
mowers and make them cut like new.
THE NEW YORK HARDWARE CO.
218 W. OKLAHOMA
SELLERS OF GOOD GOOD-j
GUTHRIE OKLA.
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