The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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The Norman Transcript.
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Norman, Okl i. August 22, 1907.
Voters in the city must regis-
ter if they want to vote on Sep-
tember 17th. The books are
now open at office of city clerk,
Tate & Clement's office. Do it
now, and tell youi friends.
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E. B. Johnson President..
Ciias. S. Smith Vice Pres.
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WillSynnott Asst. Cashier
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M. KEIGER,
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Office over City
National Bank.
THE PROHIBITION QUESTION.
In his speech at the Old Set-
tlers' reunion last Saturday, Mr.
Haskell, in answer to a question
from one of hi' strikers (un-
doubtedly as'-ed by prearrange-
ment), stated that he was in fa-
vor of and would vote for State-
wide Prohibition. As is well
known, neither party, in its plat-
form, declared upon the question,
taking the ground that it is not a
political issue, but a great moral
question to be decided by each
individual voter according to the
dictates of his own conscience-
Mr. Haskell, however, evidently
seeks to inject it into the cam-
paign, hoping thereby to secure
the votes of some radical Prohi-
bition Republicans.
But it won't win. Even the
most radical of the radical Prohi-
bitionists have little faith in Has-
kell's good faith. They know he
plans both ends against the mid-
dle on every question; is all things
to all men. They will at once
ask themselves why, if Mr. Has-
kell is such a strong Prohibition-
ist, he did not have the Prohibi-
tion provision made a part of the
Constitution, where it would be
sure of adoption, instead of sub-
mitting it as a separate provision,
where it might be defeated.
"Haskell is the Constitution" ac
cording to Democratic ideas, and
he could have made it a part of
the Constitution as certain as he
did any other provision.
Tom Robnett sizes up the sit-
uation as follows, in an interview
in the Post;
"C. N. Haskell, democratic
candidate for governor, is estab-
lishing precedents when he an-
nounces himself to be in favor of
sumptuary laws and indirectly
lines up the democratic party for
prohibition." Thus spoke Tom
Robnett, of Ardmore, at the
Threadgill yesterday. Robnett
has been following closely demo-
cratic antics on the liquor ques-
tion.
In an interview last night Mr.
Robnett saicfc "The republican
party has no complaint to make
against Haskell for going outside
of the democratic platform for a
campaign issue- To the contrary
it regards Mr. Haskell's latest
performance as an admission that
the constitution of Oklahoma as
written by the democrats is not
sufficient to elect him to office
and is not the issue during the
present campaign after all. If
Boss Haskell is sincere with the
people of Oklahoma let him ex-
plain why prohibition was not
made a part of the self styled
peerless constitution. He was in
a position to do so at Guthrie and
what is more the people know it.
Can it be that the democratic
standard bearer will shortly be
seen in his true light and shown
to be the blatant demagogue he
really is."
"Thirty years have elapsed and
every democratic platform since
Samuel J. Tilden was an out and
out declaration against sumptuary
laws. Now comes a political
Pecksniff, who, by indirection,
would have the people under-
stand that prohibition is a politi
cal question and that democracy
and prohibition are one and the
same. Is the democratic party
of the state and country willing to
go on record and announce in
favor of prohibition?"
The Republican party, through
Dennis Flynn, gave Oklahoma
Free Homes. The Republican
party, through Frank Frantz, will
give Oklahoma Statehood. Vote
with the party that does things;
that can do things.
Gov. Frantz is extremely hap-
py over the coming of Secretary
of the Interior Garfield to Okla-
homa at this time; not for politi-
cal or partisan reasons, however,
but because the policies openly
advocated by the Secretary are in
distinct harmony with those the
Governor himself has been advo-
cating for so long.
Norman,
Oklahoma
Ira N. Terrill, who served a
term in the penetentiary for one
of tie most cold-blooded mur-
ders ever committed in Oklaho-
ma, wears a Haskell button and
distributes Oklahoma post cards,
having a verse, the beginning of
each line of which spells the name
"\Villiam H. Murray." He de-
nouncetthe last two republican
governors of Oklahoma and Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his imprison-
ment.
The "official" constitution is
out in pamphlet form. On its
cover it portrays pictures of Has-
kell and Bryan (why not Murray
and Bryan?) and the illustrious
words of Bryan "You have the
best constitution today of any
state in this union, and a better
constitution than the constitution
of the United States." After Bry-
an uttered these illustrious words,
the con-con met and made forty-
three changes in this best con-
stitution ever written, and knock-
ed out many of the things that
Bryan thought were the best.
Haskell is smooth and oily;
all things to all men. If you are
a prohibitionist, he tries to make
you believe "them's my senti-
ments, too." If you are an anti-
prohibitionist it is; "Oh, I'm
liberal myself and believe just as
you do." In Muskogee he told
the negroes that separate schools
would be as far as he would go;
that he would certainly knock out
the separate coach and waiting
room provision from the Consti-
tution—as he has done; and then
in other sections, negro-hating
localities, he is bitter in his de-
nunciations of the black man.
The sense of being
economical is always
gratifying to any of us: to
feel that we've spent our
money to good advantage,
got a good deal for it.
That's exactly the way
you can fefel when you buy
a suit 06 Hart Schaffner &
Marx clothes here; no mat-
ter what your price, these
clothes are worth the mon-
ey and more.
The store's full of all
sorts of good wearables',
we promise you your full
money's worth.
We ore selling our Sum-
mer Dress Goods, Ladies
Slippers, Etc., at cost. \N e
have just received a car of
Fresh Hunters Cream Hour.
Your Produce Wanted.
R. C. BERRY
Register, or you can't vote.
A vote for Frantz is a vote for
Statehood.
feited if the operators "hold up"
the people by charging exhorbi-
tant prices. And he'll do it.
President Roosevelt will back
him in every effort to secure the
people a "square deal" — and
Frantz will keep after them until
he makes them come to time.
That's what he's here for; to see
that the people get a "square
deal."
Haskell's Statehood Record.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Aug.
13— The inconsistency of C. N.
Haskell in his professed desire for
Statehood is best shown by glance
at his past record. He is, at the
present time, engaged in telling
the people cf Oklahoma and In-
Can vou believe such a man? Is'dian Territory that without him
u a uil ,lf^ .1 . • Statehood would have been an
such a double-facer worthy to be impossibiHty He makes a direct
Governor of Oklahoma?
Vote with the Free Homes
party, which is also the party of
Statehood.
Be sure and register. Books
now open at city clerk's office,
Tate & Clements.
Great to-do is made over the
question of whether E. P. Mc-
Cabe was appointed assistant au-
ditor of Oklahoma by Auditor
Nichols, who was Gov. Renfrow's lowing is
appointee, or by Auditor Hop-
kins, under Gov. Barnes' admin-
istration. One thing is certain,
and that is whoever appointed
him appointed one of the most
capable men for the position that
can be found in Oklahoma, and
it was an appointment creditable
to the appointive power. Gov.
Renfrow ought not to kick, how-
ever. His chief, the man who
appointed him Governor of Ok-
lahoma, Grover Cleveland, made
numerous appointments of color-
ed men to office. So would Bry-
an and Hearst, if either of them
became President.
Vote with the party of Free
Homes, Free Speech, Free Bal-
lot an Fair Count—the "Square i
Deal" party.
President Roosevelt is anx-
ious to see Gov. Frantz elected
Governor of the New State, know-
ing he will give a square, honest,
capable administration.
Gov. Frantz and Attorney
General Cromwell have struck a
new scheme to bring about a re-
duction in the price of South Mc-
Alester coal. As is well known,
consumers of this coal in Oklaho-
ma pay from $7.50 to $8.00 per
ton, retail, on a 140-mile haul,
when coal of similar quality from
Illinois is sold at Springfield, Mo.,
with a much longer haul, for $5.00
per ton. The mines at McAlester
are operated under lease from
the government, and Governor
Frantz's idea is that he can get
the National Administration to
rule that all leases shall be for-
attack upon Republicans that
their leader has been the arch
enemy to Statehood and that
other men in the Republican party
have been fighting for a continu
ation of the Territorial regime.
In view of his Statements the fol-
interisting: Two or
three years ago, while Republi-
can delegations were storming
Washington in the interests of
the single Statehood idea, C. Ni
Haskell was making the most
strenuous efforts to set up a king-
dom of his own in that section
of the proposed new state now
known as Indian Territory. While
Governor Frantz, Dennis Flynn,
C. G. Jones and others, were
spending their time and money
on behalf of single statehood, C.
N. Haskell was urging the estab-
lishment of Sequoyah. When
his Sequoyah idea was repudiated
by the people of his own section,
C. N. Haskell premitted his own
selfish desires to lead him into
other paths. As has been stated,
time and again, only one thought
has actuated C. N. Haskell in all
ville, Arkansas, and his children
attend school in that city.
"Canada."
Jim Keisley and sister, Ethel,
were callers at the home of Clara
Stufflebean Sunday.
Little Nellie Stufflebean and
Miller Riggs are suffering with
the whooping cough at present.
The mumps are in the family of
A. L. Lewis.
VV. E. Riggs and family, Floyd
Eastep and wife dined with W.
H. Wilson and wife Sunday.
Singing School at this place is
getting along nicely under the
supervision of Profs. Womack
and Strickle.
Quite a number of our people
attended the "Old Settlers pic-
nic" at Norman, Friday and Sat-
urday.
Married at the home of Rev.
Price in Noble, Sunday, Miss
Agnes Lewis and Columbus Ren-
ter. These young people have
many young friends who are sor-
ry to lose them froih their circle,
but wish them joy, success and
happiness.
Singing School closes Saturday
night, Aug. 31, with a concert
which will consist of songs, re-
citations, plays, etc. An admis-
sion fee of 10 and 15 cents will be
charged for the benefit of the
teachers. Profs. Womack & Stric-
kle taught a class for us last year
and cannot be too highly recom-
mended by the people of Canada
and a concert under their super-
vision will undoubtly be a suc-
cess. Everyone is invited to
come.
Republican Headquarters.
Republican headquarters have
been opened in rooms over
the Farmers Store, near Mosier
& Dudley's offices. All republi-
cans and everybody else are wel-
come. Make the rooms your
headquarters. Call in and see
Dudley. He'll be a Iways glad to
For Sale: A registered Jersey
cow. See or address Mr. j. W.
1 Klinglesmith, Norman, Okla.
the years he has been in Indian sej you.
Territory, that of establishing a
State, with himself as its head.
Without himself as its head, he
is against the Statehood ideas.
His course in the Constitutional
Convention at Guthrie indicated | —E. K. Himes returned on
this most emphatically. Through ! Monday from his visit to his old
t*anipulations he organized that I home in Iowa. He says things
body in such a manner that a so- are mighty prosperous up there
called Constitution was drafted land crops magnificent. As an
which might or might not bring example he cites his brother, who
Statehood, preferably, so far as | is farming near Oskaloosa, on a
Mr. Haskell is concerned, not, I farm he has lived forty-seven
unless he could be made the first ■ years, and he says he will have
Governor
State.
C. N. Haskell
of the proposed new
is not eyen a
thdbest corn this year he ever
had. And it is so all over Iowa.
I imes are prosperous, and there
resident of the proposed new are more Republicans than ever
State as his home is in Fayette-' before.
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