The Talihina Tribune (Talihina, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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Talihina, Oklahoma, Friday, June 2, 1916
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Successor to the News and Democrat.
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A Weekly Paper Devoted to the Interest of Talihina, Le Flore County and Oklajj^B
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Have you any vacation
money put aside, or will
you be forced to take a
vacation on half rations?
Why not open an account with us?
Add a little to it each week,
and when the time comes
you can enjoy a real vacation!
Settle that vacation problem
and in the meantime form a
Rood habit—that of saving!
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Farmers and Merchants
STATE BANK
until thusly introduced, ready
printed and were on action.
All debate was voted down,and
the "previous question" called
for, which cuts off all debate,
® and the bill was ordered to a
m third reading, which has to be in
®' full, and was then subject to
§ \ amendment. During the three
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Our New Election Laws;
and tne Method of Pas-
sing Them
By Jail. L. Brown,Oklahoma City.
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(Seventh Letter.)
to the Readers of the Tribune:
In my last letter, 1 detailed to
some extent, the caucus act act
and proceedings, and stated that
I would in this letter, state and
detail the proceedings had in
open legislature in passing these
measures. The Democratic sec-
ret legislative body, by them
called a caucus, at long last, and
after a protracted fight among
themselves by a bare majority
in their caucus; agreed on two
measures, one is Senate No.
38, which was registration law
and the other was called "Senate
Joint Resolution or Bill No. 6."
This later one is the disfranch-
cbiuing amendnent to our con-
stitution, and is the real gist of
their whole proceedings; in other
words it is the real kernel in the
not of their proceedings, and is
the matter for which the special
session of the legislature was
really called. Under our State
Constitution, as it now stands,
no legal disfranchising act could
possibly be passed; and if not
passed, the whole structure, so
laboriously, and secretly passed
byStheui will bepracticall ruined,
and be of no practical value to
them.
The usual method of proced-
ure, in introducing bills in our
legislature, and in all legisla
tures, is to have the bill in type-
writing, and in that form it is
introduced, and read by title in
open session, and then referred
to a committe for consideration,
and after consideration by the
committee, they may report this
type written bill back with three
forms of reccomendations, as
follows: We your committe (on
whatever committee it is re-
ferred to) beg'leave to report to
vour JHonorable Body, that we
have had under consideration,
Bill, No—. and reccvwend that
days the printed bills had been
in the house, the Socialists and
Republicans had a chance to see
them, and they prepared four-
teen (14) amendmenta Ito the
various sections of the bills. As
soon as that section was read,
this preceedlng was had. The
Speaker of the House call out,
"Mr. Clerk read the bill." The
Clerk read section one and no
amendment was offered: the
clerk then read section two of
the bill,and at once a Republican,
0 : holding aioft his amonomei^ in
^jliis hand, called out, "Mr.
$ Speaker. I offer this amendment
| to that section and ask the clerk
I to read it." Up Jumped a mem
it do not pass, or that it pass, or • b e r of the secret fore-sworn
that it pass as amended| as the gang, and yells out; Mr. Speaker,
committee may see fit to reco- ' move you that this amendment
be laid on the table." Up came
a dozen yells, "I second the
motion:" the Speaker Instantly
yelled hack; "all in favor of the
motion to lay this amend ment on
the table say "I:" and up went a
yell "I" from the throat of every
one of that gang of secret legls
lators; and the Speaker yelled
back; "Motion carried; Mr. clerk
read the next section of the bjlj."
And so it went with all the four-
teen amendments offered; and it
was this course that led up to
the tight so much talked of ia
the prints as having taken place
omend. If the bill is recomen
ded for passage, it is ordered
to be printed then, and not be-
fore. In due time it is printed
and, by the printer, returned to
the House where it is introduced,
and must then be read to the
House, once each day for three
days, the first reading being by
title, and the last reading must
be in full. The object and pur-
pose of all this is to thoroughly
inform every member o f the
House just what the bill is and
what its contents are, and in ad
dition to all this a printed copy ,. .. _ „
. . .. , , m the House of Representatives,
of the bill is placed on the desk
of every member, before the bill
can be apted upon at all. Then
too, every member must have
the right to offer au amendment
"THE MAN WORTH WHILE.'
You may talk about your city dads,
And the little Ford 'mobile,
Hut we know some common farmers
That we also think worth while.
They planted cotton, corn and cane,
And plowed it two times o'er,
Then came a mighty cloud one night.
The thunder it did roar.
1 lie farmer kissed his wife good night, ?
Turned o'er and went to sleep.
While the flood in town brot railroad ties
A whirling down the street.
The townsmen rose next morn at nine—
All met at Wooden's store,
Discussed the downfall of the town
All with a mighty roar.
The farmer woke at break of dawn,
Slid from his bed of hay,
Rolled up his pants, went to view his crop,
Which was many miles away.
He looked o'er the land where the crop had
been,
His heart it almost stopped,
That old boy worth while kept that smile,
Said "I'll plant another crop."
So he called that trusty mule to the gate.
Threw the harness on "kerwhack,"
Drove straight to town, said "I'll see Mc-
Gowan,
And I'll plant the whole crop back."
He met the Irishman on the street—
Mac hadn't lost his smile,
So he dug up for the cotton seed--
There's another man worth while.
But when it comes to nerve and viva.
Tho8« farmers have th'j woods,
Any man worth while oan sing and smile
When t|it! Country lias no floods.
—Nester in the Sticks.
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A Farmer
Without a Farm.
You never heard of a farmer
witouta farm—did you?
Did you ever hear of a rich or
successful man who had no bank
account?
You can no more succeed with-
out a bank account than you can
uarm without a farm.
The First National Bank is the
bank of personal service—meets
Your needs—fits Your case. The
same hearty welcome is here for
the man who opens an account
. with $1 as for the man who op-
ens it with' thousands.
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First National Bank
S. L. CHOWNING, Pres.
JOHN T. BAILEY, V-Pres.
G. A. KELLEY, Cashier.
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to the bill, and have an oppor-
tunity to explain it to the House
and also to "discuss the bili to his
fellow members, and to urge
that the bill be amended or pas-
sed, or not passed, as he may
desire; and all that is done in the 'nt^an Does Need
open House, with members pres- ^atldle or Mattress.
This letter Is now of such
length that space requires that
itcometoaclose. In my next
letter, I will set out the amend-
ments in detail, and tell how
they led up to and provoked the
tight that cRme on over the mat-
ter; and will show how important
these amendments were.
ent, and spectators, newspaper
eporters all present and re-
porting; in other words, the laws
are carefully examined in open
session, and discussed, amended
if desired, and openly voted up-
on, fully and freely, and the
views, conduct and action of all
members, and what he said and
did can be known by his whole
people, and 'no concealment or
seceet action °an be had. Now
how was it with these two meas-
ures above named?
These two particular measures
came to the open legislature
from a secret body fore-sworn
to pass it, ready printed, and
were introduced in that way;
were not referred to any com-
mittee for examination and r<-
port thereon; but on thecontary,
were immedilately read, twice
by title, on two different days,
and on the third day read for
nmendment and passage. Hp to
this time not a Republican or
Socialist had any opportunity to
An Indian farmer Bfown and
his wife Salina Brown, neeToh-
nika, came to town this week
from Goodwater, to purchase
supplies, including a saddle and
a mattress to sleep upon. The
matter was placed before His
Royal Highness, Mr. Indian
Field Clerk, a 11 d asked that
Brown and his wife be permitted
to draw upon the Union Agency
at Muskogee, for a part of their
money that they claim has been
in hands of that department for
several years, but the Field Clerk
said NIX on the saddle and mat-
tress. "The saddle too expensive
and unecessary. The mattress
TOO GOOD for Indian to sleep
upon," Thus iwor Lo is "pro-
tected" by Imported "experts."
—Idabel Democrat.
The state milita of Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas, made a
bad showing when called for
service on the Mexican border
and was a disappointment to the
say a word or even see the bills I war department.
Hastings Wants
Land Sold.
Washington, May 28.—Con-
gressman W. W. Hastings in a
lettter to Indian Commissioner
Sells this week is urging the
speedy winding up of the affairs
q f /he Five Civilized Tribes,
suggested that the department
advertise all unalloted, surface
and timber lands in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Nations for sale
about the middle of August, at a
time when money will be plenti:
ful in those nations because of
the per cepita payments amount-
ing to nearly $8,000,000.
Mexican Huddle
Continues Chaotic.
Events in Mexico are drifting
rapidly toward what all good
Americans dread and what most
thinking ones believe inventable
—intervention. With the entire
mobile regular army either in
Mexico or along the border, and
with 4,000 National Guardsmen
called into federal service to
protect our territory from hos-
tile raids, the situation may well
be termed the most serious that
has yet developed in our rela-
tions with Mexico. In Washing-
ton its gtavity is realized.
New Subscribers.
Following are latest additions
to our subscription list:
Mrs, W. F. Shields, New
Hampton, Mo.
L. E. Titus, Tucson, A rim,
Mi's. Tilda WUitlock, Talihina.
Republicans In
Bryan Nominate.
Durant, Okl., May 28.—At the
republican county convention
held here a full county ticket
was nominated, as well as candi-
dates for the legislature. Much
enthusiasm was displayed at the
meeting and republican success
in Bryan county this fall was
prophesied by Republican State
Committeeman James W. Lewis
of Bokchito, who announced that
the republicans registered in
eycess of 1,500 voters this year
compared whith 920 votes cast
for John Fields in the last elec-
tion.
Horgan, the Raider.
Washington, May 30.—Col. J.
Mosby, the most famous Con-
federate raider of the civil war,
died here Tuesday. He was a
native of Virginia and was 82
years old.
The Tribune has now a cylin-
der press and will thus be able
to print a larger paper, and we
expect the people of Kiamichia
valley to respond to the call for
help. The improvement is an
expensive one and we need all
the cash we can get. If you owe
us anything please pay up at
once; if you don't owe, come in
and subscribe, and help us raise
the price of the press.
Lester Lovin was up from his
fann near Albion Wednesday,
and tells us the reccnt Hood put
fiiiu out uf business,.
Registration Law
Held Invalid.
Oklahoma City, May 30.—The
ruling of district Judge Oldtield
holding that the new Oklahoma
registration law is unconstitu-
tional is the tropic of supreme
interest in political circles.
Judge {Oldfield granted an in-
junction asked by Arthur H.
Geissler, chairman o f the re
publican state central committee.
Attorneys representing the state ^
serve notice that they'.wAtriii-
take an appeal to the supreme
court. Everything will be done ff
to get a decision fr m the sup-
reme court at the earliest pos-
sible time.
Attention,
Republicans.
Call has been issued for pre-
cinct meetings, which will be
published next week, to be held
Saturday, June 10, to elect dele-
gates to a county convention at
Poteau on Monday, June 12. We
desire to call your attention to
the fact that on Saturday night,
June 10, there will be held a big
meeting at Talihina for the pur-
pose of ratifying the Chicago
platform and nominees, and
every republican in the third
commissioner district, or the
whole county, for that matter, is
expected to be with the Talihina
Republican Club. Keep in mind
and be here.
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The singing at Pear Grove
Sunday was a decided success,
and a large crowd was present
from Talihina and surrounding
country. Rev. Gates preached
a sermon at 11 a. m., after which
a good old fashioned picnic din-
ner was served to the hungry—
and that meant all—and at 1 p,
m. Rev. Justice delivered a
lecture on vocal music. Then
followed sn afternoon of singing
that was enjoyed by all. It was
a feast appreciated by every
person present, and those who
failed to be there misted a treat.
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About 15 member* of the B.
Y. P. U. of Talihina went to Wis
tor Sunday and met with the
Wister Union. A sp'/endid time
* was had, aud all enjoyed the big
^eat.
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