El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1898 Page: 4 of 8
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MORE TAXES.
THEY WILL FUSE.
EL RENO DEMOCRAT.
T. F. HENSLEY. EDITOR.
announcements.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself a- a candi-
date for sheriff of C anadian county, ub-
iect to the action of a democratic nom-
inating convention or primary e ££on-
Governor Barnes ha* appointed hi*
-on Harry, of Arkaiisa-. as one of the
captains of th« four new companies to
be recruited from Oklahoma, and it is
intimated that the governor himself
may take a war position and turn the
office of governor over to a man from
rill"
The supreme court «>f '
has again put itself on record, not a
Triumph of Genius
ti warfare i- a practical illus-
tration of the triumph o! brains over
brawn. The case was aptly put by
To Populist Township Central
Committeemen.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of the authority vested in me as chaii-
mitu of the populist county central com-
mittee. I hereby call a delegate con-
vention, to be held in the city of Ei
H,•no, Okla., on Saturday, the tnh day
of July, 1808, at one o'clock p. m . to
elect eight delegates to attend the ter-
ritorial congressional convention to be
held in Oklahoma City, on the 13th
day of July, 189*. The representation
to the said delegate convention being
based upon or tixed at one delegate for
each fifteen votes or major fraction
thereof cast at the county election of
for J. A. Orsborn for sheriff, and
is as follows:
3 Mathewson. 1
3 Reno ^
. ..3 Purcell -
.. .:{ Prairie .. . ■
. .2 Cement 2
2 Union !
3 Meridian '
Wbitlock -
KL RENO.
First ward 1 Second ward
Third ward 1 Fourth ward..
Total number
The two steering committees. a|i-
,jointed by the populists and democrats
to arrange a basis of fusion, came to
gether last Saturday. There were five ()lutc
on a side, a double quintette, and it is Texas.-Hennessey Kicker. mlnlstratlve |>olitician*. It has again (>aJ))nij) waM uk. n below and a^ked
said they were the willingest set of po- \ve no'ice a great deal of uncalled for form(.r decision, two of lf ll() couid make this piece of tnachin-
litical fixers that ever came together! criticism of Governor Barnes for ap- theBjj ,{ W(. mintake not, and now holds ,rV) luljUl)t that or repair the other. In
under one roof. It was like the sudden pointing his son as captain of one of the ^ ^ 4- railje tl1(! valua- ^ ^ of Uot,I)erat ion he left the ship and
meeting of youthful .sweethearts after a new volunteer companies. It is a well ^ o(taxa,|le p,.opurtyof the territory, ^ ..They don't wunt sailors noWtt-
month's separation. Tlure was a rush. kn0wn fact that this paper has not been made bj. lhe X(.n.ilorial board of equal- whul they want is dam blaok-
a sudden pause with open arms, a meet- inftttuated in the past with some of Ualion u le(fal |ind mU8t be paid. Thi- smUha
ing of lips, a subdued concussion, and t Governor Barnes' appointments both decUlon (.0IU,., ln strange contrast T|)tJ Scotcb sailor was right. What
the thing was over. civil and military, and it has not been ^ tw# fo!.nu.r d(;cision of this body ^ (f ^^ importanoe today, and par-
The populists got ,lx plums, and the j .paring in rts criticism of his adminis- |t WHo |(r01-a,, ized, to the effect ti(,ula|.ly tbe naVy, is men of superior
demo2rats eight. The pdpulists wanted ,ration, whenever it felt that criticism that thU rR,M wa< illegal and void and | mochanlca, HkU, and Kenius. Every
no more, and the democrats would have j was due. but in regard to the appoint- a refugal the thlrd time to re-open th(' maI1 (roui artificer to admiral should
called the deal off if they had wanted i menl „f young Barnes, as captain, we j jt is causing well informed 1'°°' : tK! a ,ua,ter mechanic. In European
less. It was the oiliest piece of politi- j think in view of all the facts, that crit- ^ ^ ^ j{ ^ courl wag reorganized navie(J) Engiand easily takes first rank,
cal blending that was ever accomplish- icism 5g both uncalled for and unjust. ^ ^ expregH pu|.p0he of reversing FraDCC) Germany and Italy rank next,
ed in a!.y ,tate or territory before. HI In the firs* place Governor Barnes I ^ decisions. We are making ^ nnM<m and Jamn. Butiita
requires a magnifying glass to see the bas only followed, in this instano , a ^ cbarge in these columns against the ^ notable fact that when England fur-
seam where the two joints of the two j lone line 0f very recent precedents, ;ntfegrity of the gupreme court: but; nlghed ]UgBia with modern battleships,
Yukon
Frisco
Hock island
Maple
Oak
Okarche
Valley.
this decision, cominj
as it did and at
parties went together. The only fric- many of them set by democratic gov
tion in the whole proceeding was oc- j trnorg uf other states. The favorite
casioned by the unnecessary contention .^on racket has played a" intl'>orlaDt the tim0 jt did, lays the court open to j5ul even Kngland is not in advance
of Chairman Bill Riley and Chairman j part an along the line ir, this war. the sanle kind of eriticiems that Justice ^ Unitod States in mechanical
! truth and candor compels us to say that ^ a,B0 had to Hend along skilled me-
chanics to explain and operate them.
Montrief as to which of their respective! Kven the illustrious tit'/. Hugh ..ee _.|i|rBS> 0( the supreme court of the
parties went in or out, so perfect was n0w being coached as a democratic can- state(s subjected himself when i "learly in advance of anything yet pro-
^eniuf*.
Our latest battleships
"— . , , , . tvuifccu s? 4- ciean j m ^ "
the job at the point where the union dldate for president appointed His "on he reverged himseif in a decision in" du(.ed by her shipyards, and we h
IUC juu av iuv v. i
was effected. All agreed that the joint t0 tbe chief piace on his staff. One
i . _j k f/\MA i m ailfi r TTnUca/)
! volving the validity of the income tax ( ^ begun U) build a navy. Here
was water-tight and therefore it made L,f of tte goYeMOn, of the Unl'®f |law " ed by congress, and wnen ^'! TV Spain's great weakness. It is
00fhewZ"** got treasurer, county ; States, democratic a= ^1 people write the history of this court ^ on lhe hlgheist authority that
clerk, county assessor, county weigher. , an- ^ia%e ?1,,en [' ' they have written the history of she ha8 D0 mecijanic8 capable of keep-
coroner and one commissioner. The i their sons and other relatives. shiras, they will write it. whether jn the machinery of her best ships in
democrats took the balance. ' We notice that many of the demo- .lght Qr wrong over a(?ainst the word
—infamy.
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cratic and pop papers of the territory
Attention, Homesteaders- I are exceedingly harsh with Governor
The friends of free homes are re'J QarneSi yet U is a notorious fact that
quested to meet immediately after the
good repair.
This has been Illustrated
again and again during the present war.
1 adjournment of the annual school meet-
The central committeemen of the va- j OD Tuesday, July 12th, 18fS, at
rious townships of ^aid county are here- ,
by requested to call their primaries at
such time as will best insure a full at-
tendance, and it is hereby recommend-
ed that said primaries be called and
held at the usual voting precincts in
each township, on Friday, the «th day
of July. 189S, between the hours of one
and seven o'clock p. tn.
\v. J. Montrief,
Attest:— Ch'm Pop. Cen. Com.
Earl. Beebe, Secretary.
E. T. Marsh, Ass't Secretary.
It is conceded that the Spanish will
fight.
Governor Barnes was one of the ora-
tors of the day. at El Reno on the
Fourth.
Shafter said be would take .Santiago
in forty-eight hours, but he got busy
and forgot to look at the clock.—Eagle.
Oklahoma is making a great name
for herself in this war. Statehood is
nearer than it ever was before, by sev
crnl years.—Outlines.
The Forrest iren knocked Dan Peery
clear out of the box at the primaries
Dan is now turning his attention to
military affairs. He may, however,
stop long enough to rustle a proxy so
as to be able to register a kick against
his own town.
their respective school houses in every
school district in th county, and there
elect three delegates to meet with the
president of the Free Home League at
El Reno, on some future date. The
delegates will be notified through the
columns of their county papers of date
and place of said meeting.
Only claim-holders and those indebt-
ed to the government for their homes
will be accepted as delegates Send the
best men in your district, and those
who will attend, as business of impor-
tance and of greit moment to home-
steaders will come before the conven-
tion. James Kirkwood.
Pres. Free Home League.
will go solidly for Forrest.
Cromwell, a populist from Enid, and
ex-Judge Keaton. of Oklahoma City, a
democrat, mea-sured oratorical swords
for the nomination to congress here on
the Fourth. The verdict was in favor
of Cromwell. Bob Forrest, however,
carries the pole that will knock the per-
simmon.
\\\. are in favor of assigning General
Miles to the Anadarko Indian agency,
and sending Billie Walker to the front
in Cuba. Miles and Woodson, acting
in conjunction, could certainly hold the
blood-thirsty ravages in check until
the war with Spain has terminated.
Then it would be safe for them to go to
the front. —
-^TheCuster county populists refused to
/fuse with the democrats. In < anadian
/ county the pops are so thirsty for pie
they were willing to fuse on any terms.
A'i pops are alike on the subject of pie.
In the southern states they are willing
to fuse with the republicans to get it,
and in the north the* will hook on to
tbe demooracy.
The appointment of John Stone, of
Guthrie, as major of the new regiment
of volunteers assigned to Oklahoma,
and Jerry O'Rourk as lieutenant of one
of the companies, .s two of the best ap-
pointments Governor Barnes has yet
made. O'Rourk should have been given
a captaincy instead of a lieutenancy.
The very idea of putting a man of the
age and military experience of O'Rourk
under a pinfeathered captain with no
kind of experience sounds ricitulou-,
and will look infinitely more so when
the Oklahoma troops are drawn up in
grand review. Jerry O'Rourk, how-
ever, is not complaining. He is too
much of a military man for that. He
knows full well that all that remains
for him to do is to abide his time, for
the spring chickens will go early to
roost.
the winner
1 he has ignored party line^ more than
the majority of governors in making
appointments. His first appointment
was that of Stone, a republican: his
next that of Roy Hoffman, an alleged
leader of the democratic party. In 1.1
Reno he selected two lieutenants, |
Schweizer and O'llourk. both demo-
crats. and a number of his other ap-
pointment- were from the democratic
party
We were over in north Missouri the j
other day and the republicans were bit-
terly complaining of Governor Steph-
ens for refusing to recognize the repub-
lican party in his military appoint-
ments. They claim that he has his first
republican to appoint.
Whatever else our democratic breth-
ren of the press may -ay of Governor
I Barnes, they cannottruthfully question
his loyalty to the tlag of his country.
In the war of the rebellion he went
in his own proper person to the front.
and in this war he has offered up two
sons as a sacrifice if need be to the mol-
lock of war. all that any father ought
to be expected to do for his country.
and more than nine hundred and ninety-
nine out of every thousand are doing.
When war with Spain was declared
his son. Bart, who was an ensign on
one of our coast defense vessels of the
north, asked his father to use his influ-
ence in securing his transfer to Samp-
son's fleet where fighting was to be
done. The governer secured the trans-
fer. and young Barnes has received his
baptism of fire, and may have sacrificed
his life at Santiago
' Not only so. but Spaniards lack the me-
j chanical genius necessary to the skill-
Reports at hand, from a number of use 0j tbe guns, and even if they
counties that hate already held then ^ tfae talfcnl #re too indolent to learn,
primaries indicate that Ii. B. l-onest ^s'ot so with Americans. They are a
will secure the nomination for congress ^ oI invenlors. They have aston-
without a struggle, if not upon the first; ighed the world jn the development
ballot. Washita county elected dele' | and aj,pUcution of mechanical forces,
nates last Saturday anu instructed them ^ nowhere ig this roore clearly shown
for Forrest. Custer county also elected ^an in connection with the navy. The
Forrest delegates, and Blaine and Rog-1 {orce 0j statement is seen in the
er Mills will follow suit next Saturday, j recent jnvjt!1tion extended Mr. Scott,
As to the three remaining counties ^ builder Df the Oregon, by the Oar
of the C. and A. country, Bob Ray is j ^ Rugsia It is an acknowledgementon
is claiming them on the lirst ballot'| the part of one of the foremost powers
but nobody concedes him more than a i q{ the wor]d lhat American genius in
' complimentory vote after which they I this line stands at the head. Clearly
brains have triumphed over brawn in
modern warfare, and will continue to
triumph.—St. Ixiuis Republic.
As to the east side we have reliable
advice that Forrest will divide this
vote with Keaton, and that he will would seem that the variety of
likewise have a strong following in the gmaU arra. u;ed jn the army and navy-
Strip. is an unfortunate coincidence. The
j regular army is provided with the
K
The indications now all point to an 1
easy victory for Forrest.
War Chat.
Spain ha. o0,000 Gypsies.
Patti made her debut in Cuba.
'Frisco to Manila—fi,'>00 miles.
Cuba has 1,621,000 inhabitants.
Cadiz to New York—2,800 miles.
Key West to Havana—90 miles.
Spain has 28,922,609 inhabitants.
Great Britian is building 108 ships.
Our daily output of powder is 16,000
tons.
Cuba has 16,000,000 acres of virgin
forest.
Russia's common .oldier gets $2.25 a
year.
g-Jorgensen of .liOcaliber, the navy
with the Lee of .24 caliber and the vol-
unteers with the Springfield of .4.". cali-
ber. Aside from the variation in cali-
ber, there is also a radical difference
in shooting qualities. The Spaniard*
1 are armed with the Mauser, which is
' thought by some to be superior to even
i the Krag-.lorgensen. But even admit-
ting that there is little difference be-
1 tween the three in use in the United
States army and navy so far as carriage
' and penetration are concerned, still
j the variation in caliber might become
a serious matter. For instance, sup-
pose that in a given engagement there
should be a mistake made in the distri-
A Kingfisher special to the \V ichita
Eagle, last Monday, says: -Yesterday
a Spanish sympathizer visited our citv
and gave vent to his feelings for Spain
and the Spanish army in Cuba. He
.aid be hoped that every man who left
the United States and landed in Cuba
for the purpose of fighting the Spanish
army would be killed, and that the
Spanish fleet under Cervera would sink
every vessel commanded by Sampson,
and that every marine and sailor
aboard them would be either killed or
swallowed up by the waters of the Car
Iribeansea. His words being communi-
cated to the general public caused the
greatest ind nation, and more than
100 men went after him with every im-
aginable instrument of destruction, and
but for the counsel of the older heads,
the fellow might have been lynched.
As it was, he was beaten unmercifully
ar.d left in a cornfield jurt south of town
in a critical condition ar.d insensible."
War has doubled the price of army ^ ^ al a crltica
When the second call for troops was ; hor9ei m0ment. The mistake would doubtless
made. Oklahoma, under the apportion- £jurlnfr our civil war there were... 12a
ment. was entitled to but eighty-four battle!i
men. Governor Barnes went in person
to the war department and secured per-
mission to recruit from Oklahoma
nearly five hundred men. He appointed
his eldest son captain of one of these
companies, not to play tin soldier, not
to take charge of an Indian agency,
nor to run a sutlers' camp, but to go to
the plague stricken Philippines or the
West Indies and fight and die for his
country if necessary.
When these carping critics have
shown a disposition to sacrifice them-
selves. say nothing of their sons, upon
the alter of their country as Governor
Barnes has done, then we will listen to
their criticism with some degree of pa-
tience.
With General Miles at Washington,
and Major Woodson at Darlington, the
country i- douotless safe
prove fatal. So, too, in the case of run-
i,- ' ning short of ammunition supply of any
Italy's war department utilizes ? . ,- These anJ other not im-
000,000 a year. , obable difficulties make the matter
Prior to the -rthe annual net rev- ^ q[ make or unlformity of
enue of Cuba was **0,000. k caliber of first importance. It would
Every Spaniard is liable to be cal It . ^ ^ ^ of wigdom t() appoint a
to military service on attaining the age ^ comm{nee of competent army and
of 20years. ..Inavy officers who should decide
More powder ha, been burned in j ^ .mpartiaHy as tQthe best
San Juan bombardment and the occas- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
sional small engagement a ong e (n volunteer and regular, should
ban coa t than has been consumed in ^ ^ ^ and none
saluting purposes since the civil war. ^ ^ goyernnient caQOOt affford
Captain Francis Martin. ,1 . S. N., « ^ wagte time nor money on inferior
the oldest officers of the United States . arms _st. Louis Republic.
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navy now living, a- he completed his
98th year on June 4. He is living in , ^ Jenkins, territorial secretary,
Detroit. Mich.-Ex. faas U8ued iicenseg to do business in
The boys from Ft. Reno and Ft. Sill Oklahoma to the Kansas Mutual Life
of the regular army were in it at San- Insurance company of Topeka. and
°tZ ;; the thick of it With the rongh | pacific Mutual Life Insurance company
. of San Francisco.
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Hensley, T. F. El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1898, newspaper, July 7, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc139935/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.