The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page: 1 of 12
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THE TAHLEQUAH ARROW
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BRYAN-KERN CLUR
Holds a Rousing and Enthusiastic
Meeting in Spite of In-
clement Weather.
HON, M. M. ALEXANDER SPEAKS
From the Beginlng to the Close of the
Address the Oreatest Attention
Was Given the Eloquent
Orator.
The opera house whs filled to over-
flowing at the Democratic' meeting last
Tuesday even#. The meeting was pre-
sided over by our fellow townsman
Percy Wyly.
The. Hou. M. M. Alexander of Ok-
mulgee, made the talk of the evenjpig.
Hon. S. P. Freelitig having failed to
make proper railroad connections and
could not get here. However, Mr.
Alexander soeined to lie feeling in good
form and proceeded in his clever way
to entertain the audience, and we think
none went home disappointed. The
meeting had been opened a few Min-
nies and tlie speaker iiitluduCed Hud
had just cleverly begun when the
meeting was interrupted by the en-
trance of the young ladies of the fe-
male seminery in a body. Speakiug
was good naturedly suspended for a
few minutes to allow the young ladies
time to be seated. From the smile
that spread over the face of the speaker
we infer that the disturbance was a
pleasant surprise to him and he seemed
to enjov the brief rest. After every-
body was seated and quiet resumed Mr.
Alexander thanked the ladies for their
attendance, paying a beautiful tribute
to the woman and motherhood of our
country and the influence they can and
do exert in the ruling of the nation.
The speaker first took up the subject of
the making of campaign contributions
public before the election, such a4 has
been done by the Democratic national
committee treasurer, and which the
Republican national committee refused
to do liefore the election, for fear that
in their ignorance the American voter
might misconstrue the object of the
donors so they will wait until the
votes have been cast. Then if they
find that trusts and combines had an
axe to grind it will be too late and the
people can wait another four years to
lie fooled again. He then took up the
idea of government by injuction, show-
ing its iuiquity in the disadvantage it
placed our common people. The work
ing of the guaranty law in the state,
the tariff issue, how the sugar and to-
bacco trusts were favored by allowing
products to enter from ports controlled '
by the trusts and an enormous tariff j
laid on the same products from the j
Phi ipines where these trusts have not
got control, and what will lie the
change in the rates when they do. as
they most certainly will. The official
life of Mr. Taft, the Republican candi-
date for president, was briefly touched
upon, and a glowing tribute paid to the
Democratic standard bearer.
The orchestra struck the strains of
Dixie, the audience cheered and the
very pleasant meeting was over. We
hope our people will liear in mind the
meeting to morrow afternoon at 8:30
o'clock, as the spaker. Hon. D. A. Mc
Dongal is a ve y able gentleman and
you will miss a treat by staying away.
SEN. GORE GOES
countrx and one fla^ is the sentiment i ft IIftT flkin 1/I I I f"
oHUI ANU KILLtu
i neath tlif northern Hag or the southern !
The Blind Statesman and Crator
Will Open the Eyes of
the Opposition.
Stealing Their Postage
The Republican National Committee
| has liit upon a unique and money sav
: ing pljiu for the circulation of their
OHIO. INDIANA AND MtW YORK campaign literature To the average
] man the plan mav i' ok .")! right but i
Will be the States Faverud by His Pres-
ence During the Last Week of
the Campaign and Will
Help Cinch Victory.
New Law Firm
Judge Richard M Wolfe and George
Paschal hav^ formed a partnership and
will hereafter engage in the general
practice of law.
Judge Wolfe is the president of the
Keetoowal. society. He was at one
tlwo the chief justice of tin "upretiie
court of the Cherokee nation. Tli- Judge
is a brilliant and fluent speaker in lioth
the English and Cherokee langu ge.
Mr. Paschal is also a Cherokee, tho'
not accomplished in the Cherokee lan-
guage. He is a graduate of Georgetown
University of Law. He is a nephew of
one of Tahlequah's old and familiar res-
idents and town'ouilders, the late Ridge
Paschal. Messrs. Wolfe & Paschal have
taken the two south front rooms in the
Fite building and will pe pleased to see
their friends at any and all times.
Wrong Diagnosis.
Lovelorn Maiden—Oh, doctor, you
can do nothing for me! My heart is
broken.
TTnsympathetlc Physician—No, my
dear child, that Is not the section of
your anatomy which has sustained a
fracture. Your heart isn't broken; it
is only your head that's cracked."—
Baltimore American.
W. J. Bryan, recognizing the su
preme worth and ability of Oklahoma >
blind senator sent him the following
tel gram which is self explanatory
Deuver, Colorado, Oct. HI, UK)*.
Senator T. P. Gore, Shawnee, ()kla .
At the suggestion of Mack and At
wood, 1 urgently request you as a per-
sonal favor to spend the last six days
of the campaign in Indiana, Ohio and
New York. Your meetings have done
us good everywhere. Hope you can
wire Mack and Atwood your accept-1 j(,
ance. W J Bryan.
Senator Gore sent the following tele-
gram of acceptance:
lion W. J. Bryan, care Norman E. i ttuij,iy able an
Mack, Chicago, 111. Would rather el
k
1 it? Tbe wliei".. is for the committee
toarrnVdi' for the printing of their
[literatui oy the ready print shop, to
; I"' made up the proper si*.- to appear
us part of the paper in which it ." ve
inserted, forwarded to th publishers of
Republican news papers and by them
j mailed as free mail matter in the
county in which the p iper is published, i
All papers having, under the postal
| laws the privilege of free circulation
throughout the county in which the
publication is made, thus getting their
literature out over the county and
avoiding the payment of proper i«>stage.
It takes the leaders of the party who
i have been legislating in favor of trusts
and capital combines 11 find a conven
nt way of beating the general public,
and this is their latest. It would seem
that the party in jsiwer, with all the
official pap coming their way would be
ionic! lie satisfied to
Burgess Witt Receives Death
Wound at the Hands of
Wm. P. Chandler.
A SUMI3AY EVENING DUEL
Victim Expired at 3 30 O'clock Monday
Morning Shotgun Loaded With
Number Eights Was tha
Weapon Used.
Literary Disagreement.
Col. Soaker—Why have Hansen and
his wife separated?
Maj. Mopper—On account of the dif-
ference in their literary tastes.
Col. Soaker—They must both be un
happy.
Maj. Mopper—Not at all. He was
In love with his typewriter, and she
with a young poet.
pay their own campaign expenses, but
ect Bryan president than luyselt as {they have become accustomed to hav-
senator. Oklahoma is safe. Bryan ; j,,g the public pay them and we expect
there is no way to stop them as the
government is in their hands and the
bead of the party having shown his
littleness ' his efforts to dictate the
election ol ais successor, that any aj
helped Oklahoma hi her need. 1 will
help him in his need. Am at your dis-
posal next week. Must speak at Kan-
sas City the 81st, unless rel ssed.
T. P. Gore,
Vice-Chairman Mniu.i.an of the speak-
ers bureau writes Gore as follows:
My Dear Senator—You must come
and help us in Indiana and Ohio dur-
ing the last week, We can charter
special cars and win the day with your
help. The Republicans are arranging
to cover these two states with their big
gans during tint week. We have them
beat now.
Next to Bryan you are the strongest
man we have to make votes, and yon
must compel your friends there to rec-
ognize this fact. It is not like the men , Kjrkp near 0gtem,
ot Oklahoma to jeopardize the great ,ln(j ]oose blouses, while their heads
cause and a national victory for local ! an(j shoulders are covered by shawls,
or selfish reasons and they must not ■ They carry their nets into the sea and
do it. Very sincerely yours, j scoop up vast quantities of shrimps
James Manahan, and prawns, with an occasional crab
Yice-Chairiuan. ' or lobster and many small fish. They
iften wade out till the water is up to
Sunday evening, lietween 7:0(1 and 8:00
o'clock, the people in the vicinity of the
Wm. P. Chandler home, in the south
west part of 'own, were startled by
thiee gun shotsin rapid succession. Up
on investigation it was found that Bur
gess Witt had been fatally hurt by a
gun sin t wound fired from a shotgun in
the hands of Mr. Chandler.
An interview with Night watchman
McCarter, who was one of the first to ar-
rive upon the scene, says upon bis arrival
he inquired who had done the shooting
and that Mr. c handler responded he did
and was ready to be taken a prisoner.
Mrs. Chandler, when she heard the
shots, came out of the house and when
she saw what had happened, t.It phoned
for a doctor and immediately went to
the assistance of Mr. Witt; took his
head in her lap and bathed his wounds
—doing all in her power to relieve his
suffering.
Dr. Dement arrived shortly and Upon
peal tohim or his underlings would be in investigation it was fonnd that 14 shot
' i.n,i ti... i
vain. So good people you may continue
ts pay the postage of the Republican
campaign and you might as well smile
as you do it. but remember this when
you come to cast your ballot.
Women Fishermen—Flemish Style.
On the coasts of Holland, Belgium
and northern France the fisherwomen
' are a familiar sight, with their great
band nets and quaint costumes. Many
of the towns have distinctive cos-
tumes by which their women can be
had taken effect in the right arm and
12 had penetrated tho right side. An
hour or so after the shooting, Mr. Witt;
was moved to the Fuller Hotel and his
sister, who is empk yed there, was ac-
quainted with what had occurred. She
at once sent for the parents and other
members of the family, who arrived
liefore be expired at !t:it0 o'clock Mon-
day morning.
In tbe meantime Mr. Chandler turned
himself over- to the officers and was
recognized anywhere. Those of Maria- : placed in jail, where he remained until
I Kirke, near Ostend, wear trousers Monday afternoon when the grand jury,
which was in session at this time, after
having investigated the evidence at
hand failed to find an indictment and
Mr. Chandler was discharged.
The following statement was made
by Mr Witt to his sister after his re-
SEN GORE ON SEN BEVERAGE j their necks, and they remain for hours j moval to the hotel as elicited by an
at a time in water above their knees, interview with her bv a representative
rarely returning until their baskets •
are full.
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School Shoes!
!
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We are sure we have the best chilclrens' shoes made.
I hey are positively guaranteed not to rip, and il any
pair ol them rips they will be mended free of charge.
Send your boy or girl to my store for a pair of shoes.
1 hey will be treated as well as if you were with them.
Remember you get a good pencil and a fine
School Bag Free
with a pair of shoes. Don't forget to ask for them.
H. H.
Racket
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Green
Store
OKl&homaj
e Answers the Indiana Senator Re-
marks Made in a Speech at
Muskogee Oct 17th.
In his speech at. Muskogee on Oct. j
17th, Senator Beverege aaid, "Okla j
I liotna is too intelligent to be a part of
the solid south and too big to be the j
tail of Texas.''
| "Mr. Beverege is the great Senator of I
a great state. I rejoice that our peo ]
I pie had the privilege of listening to bis j
eloquence and of profiting by his wis I
dom. I deplore the fact that Senator j
Beverege felt called upon to give utter
ance to such narrow and sectional sen
timents of bitterness and hate. I feel j
that he felt called upon to stigmatize
a great section and a great state in J
this reunited republic. Senator Bev
erege misunderstood Oklahoma and mis
understood Oklahomans. There is not
| a patriotic citizen in this state who will
endorse those utterances, reeking with
sectional animosity. Every loyal citi-
zen, whether a Democrat or Repub-
lican will regret and resent those wan-
ton insults and indignities.
"The south is loyal to this glorious
union. She sealed her devotion with
her heart's blood in the Spanish Ameri
can war. Texas does not profess to be
better than atiy other state, but she is
as good as the best. Lincoln predicted
that the money power of the country
w mld endeavor to prolong its own reign
by working upon the prejudices of the
people, till all wealth is concentrated
in a few hands aud tne republic is des
troyed. Beverage's speech justifies
Lincoln's prediction.
"Here, Texans and Indianan's; Kan j
sans and Kentuckians have united their j
hearts and their hopes to build up this :
matchless republic.
"I would suffer my right arm to I
wither before I would array section, j
against section or desparage a single j
state in our much loved union. JCnrsed j
be the traitor's lips that utters the sen-
timent of sectional hate and thrice
cursed be the hand that rekindles the
extinct fires of sectional passion. One
[Continued on Fifth Phk? i
Clothes
#"XU1{ line of clothing is ex-
elusive in style, fit and
durability. It stamps jou as a
well dressed man and yet does
not leave your pocket book in
such an unhealthy cordition.
We are showing an unusually
large line of handsome samples
and cordially invite yon to call
and look them over. We are
sure we can please yon both in
the quality of the goods and
the price. We also carry an
exclusive and complete line of
Mens'
Furnishing
Goods
This is one of the most hand-
some and complete lines ever
put on display in Tahlequah.
It embraces everything in the
way of Mens' Furnishings. In
our new quarters, in the Crew
building on Main Street we are
well situated to display our
stock and we'll lie glad to show
you whether you buy or not.
Remember we have many ex-
clusive novelties in this line
carried by no other store in
town and all the latest fads
and fancies in modern dress.
Come and see us
HICKS <S FOSTER
Mens' Furnishing Goods
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