The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ENID EVENTS
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Vol. 12
ENID, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4,1904.
No. 4"
BONDED
ABSTRACTER
To Loan on FARMS
At 7 per cent Interest.
$100,000
cTT h-' To Loan on SHORT TIME
At Low Rate of Interest
Frank Rradfielo
AND COMPANY.
North Side Square, Enid. Okla
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"Crooked and
Indefensible/'
The Oklahoma City Times
Journal gives a lucid account of
the political trickery and chican-
ery that secured Matthews the
democratic nomination for dele-
gate:
After an all-night session
when the sun had risen on a day
other than th« one when the
convention began its session the
democratic party of Oklahoma
territory was saddled with a
candidate who never received
more than 268 votes i!i its" con-
vention under the rules it had
adopted and was at no time
within one hundred votes of be-
ing the choice [of the delegates I
who attended the convention
and who were under a two-1
thirds rule in the nomination of
of their candidate, The trick
was pulled off by Oklahoma
county politicians and was one
of the smoothest pieces of fine
politics that has ever been pull-
ed off.
On the announcement of the
twentieth roll call a number of
Matthews men seized the stand-
ards of a number of delegations
and forced their way to the
Greer county station. With
great cherring, Texas yells, and
in the midst of a wild effort to
stampede, the chairman called
Ed L. Dunn, of this city to him
and assisted him upon the plat-
form. A mad effort was made
to obtain silence and after sev-
eral minutes a condition of com-
parative quiet was secured and
Mr. Dunn moved to make the
nomination of Matthews unani"
mous, though no vote had shown
him within reaching distance of
the nomination. Before the par-
tially stampeded Jones and
Dunn supporters could gather
their wits a viva voce vote was
taken and the chair announced
' that Frank Matthews of Greer
county was the unanimous
choice of the convention for its
candidate for delegate to con-
gress. Judge Maxey of Shaw,
nee, whose forces had gone to
Matthews some timt before,
was in the play and on the stage
as the vote was announced and
added his voice to the welcome
of Matthews who was dragged
on the stage to accept the nomi-
nation secured by the clever po-
litical trickery of his henchmtn
THE EXPEDIENT PLATFORM.
AfTER
Knocks are
Bearing Fruit,
Populists Nomi'
nate Candidate
(The woee m«H< the place where the money plank wae rlpced out.)
~n
Because of the perfidy on the part ol
the democratic territorial eoriveutio!,
pertainum to fusion thin year, and the
nomination of a populist candidate
according to the old agreement the
Populist cot vention, held at Oklaho-
ma City at the same tim* with the de-
mocratic convention, nominated H. K
Straughen of Ohandle. as candidate
for d-legate to Congress and adjourn-
ed, Another candidate before the
convention was James Mathews of
Payne county. The vote wa? 138 to 8.
Long before the convention was called
to order Democrats gwarmed the con-
vention hall seeking some method by
which to patch up the injury to the
Populists at the convention last night.
J, Wasson of Grant County and
Jesse Dunn of Alva went before thu
convention and made long speeches
advising the delegates to act in har-
mony with the Democrats and to in-
dorse the Democratic nominee, I1 rank
Mathews, This immediately caused
a disturbance, When one of the
speakers suggested that Mr, Mathews
shouid come before the convention
and speak a storm of hisses arose and
many voices exclaimed: "We don't
want anything to do with Mr. Mathews
He and his party have turned ua down
and we prefer to go it alone," Mr.
Renfrow of Woods county, in reply to
the speeches of Mr. Dunn and Mr,
Wasson said:
' Mr. Mathews snail receive no aon-
sideration or sympathy from in. The
Populists elected him to his first office
in Greer county, after which he turned
the black Hag on u« and fought us ever
since. He shall not allow any Detio-
crats to come into this convention and
dictate to us what we shall do."
The populists had appointed a com-
mittee to confer with the democrats,
but no agreement could be reached,
the democrats insisting that the pop-
ulists abandow their organization and
oome bodily into the democrats. The
nomination of Matthews, an anti-pop-
ulist and anti Bryan man was constru-
ed as a slop at the populist party.
Chang and Sinyen roads. Two
separate armies were launched
from the east above the two
roads, while a third, under Oku,
moved up east of the railroad
from Tche Kiao. to try to cut
off the Russian force there from
Haicheng. If the latter move is
successful this force will be
crushed. A portion of General
Kuroki's army at the same time
advanced against General Count
Keler's position at Ikhavuen,
east of Liao Yang trying the
favorite Japanese plan of out-
flanking him upon the right.
Still farther north, upon the
Saimatzsa-Liao-Yang road, the
Japanese moved forward against
Houtsiastse, twenty-five miles
from Liao Yang. At all points
the Japanese employed artillery
to the best advantage.
General Kuropatkin's situa-
tion will.be desperate in the
event of his defeat. The keen-
est anxietv i* felt at the war
offic for news of the progress of
'the battle. The general staff
seems utterly dumbfounded at
! the number of men the Japan-
ese possess and consequently
| Kuropatkin's statement that
they are landing another force
• at the port of Ninchwang adds
to the solicitude.
Thomas, Ok., Aug-. 1, 'o4.
Editor Events:—Cau you tell
me of the prospects and condi-
tions concerning Enid. I re-
centlv inherited several thous-
and dollars and desire to invest
it. My attorney informs me
that owing to the recent bank
failure Enid is on the decline
and property decreasing in
yalue. Is that so. Please in-
form me whether you consider
Enid property a safe invest-
ment. Thanking you in advance
for your favor. Very Truly
A. C. Parker,
The Events received the
above letter Tuesday aud
forthwith answered our cor-
respondent by mail to the
effect that the attorney was a
badly mistaken man, having
evidently been misled by
some of Enid's ungrateful
calamity howling editors.
We have received several
letters lately inquiring
whether Enid is ce:ling or
not, and we now take the op- j
pnrtunity of answering them,
all. The uneasiness abroad
concerniug Enid is caused
by the newspaper articles
which have been appearing
here and were republished I
by envioiu exchanges in ■
other towns.
Enid is certainly not on
the decline, But on the con-
trary booming along. Hun
dreds of houses are in coursi
of construction, and there i;-
not sufficient labor to suppl}
the demand, There is hard-
ly a poor man in Enid. S<
firmly is Enil established
so strong is its busines.
houses that as a result of thf
bank failure tot i
business failure occurred here.
The bank deposits in our
various banK.s have increas-
ed 5o per ceut iu 6o days.
The immense corn and wheat,
crops of the county guaran-
tee the best year in the his-
tory of the city. Our mer-
chant's will do more busi-
ness and there wi 1 be more
money in our banks than
ever before. This fall will
witness large material ad-
vances. Enid property is
steadily increasing in value.
Lots that sold for $3,000
six months ago are now sell-
ing for $4,000. The demand
for Enid property is greatly
in excess of the sitpp'y.
We would respectfullj' ad-
vise Mr. Parker that Enid
property is the best invest-
ment possib'e and that if he
desires to reap the moU bene-
fits from his inheritance he
will speedily invest.
Odd Fellow Installation
The public installation of the
Odd Fellows at Fairmount on
Saturday evening last in point
of attendance, interest, and en-
tertainment excelled any other
gathering ever held at that
place.
The hall was well filled with
Odd Fellows from the sur-
rounding towns, large delega-
tions from Enid and Garber be-
ing present. After the installa
Decisive Battle
Now in Progress,
\Aon of the otlicers, the address
of the evening was delivered by
Judge M. C. Garber. The well
merited reputation of Judge
Garber throughout the Terri-
tory, as an orator of rare ability
was highly sustained by his able
treatment treatment of the sub-
ject "Odd-Fellowship."
After the address a bounteous
banquet was admirably served
by the Fa-.ruount ladies.
Joe Black was in the city from
Covington Monday ind he
brought fiattering reports from
that section. Black is the man
who buys a good part of the
wheat raised in the southeastern
part of 1he country, and he is
now preparing to buy all that he
can get his hands upon. He
states that there will be an im-
mense corn crop all over the
county, and from the best of
his observatious this will be the
banner prosperity year in the
history of Oklahoma.
For Sale. A Snap
I A strip of ground 75 fe^t wide and
3>H feet long. One block west of the
Presbyterian church, on Monroe street,
A six room house, ham. I uugy sheds,
' tree*, all k:nds of 'ml'. Must be sold
•eon. Enqu're at 300 Jfonfe srreet or
| of R I*. King at the northeast comer
of it|uare| itui ', 0 1' There isno bet
j ter bargain in rea d-Mice property in
Enid, Price $2500. Good terms.
Convention September I.
A St. Petersberg dispatch
says:
At last the decisive battle of
the campaign seems to be in
progress. Having completed
his enveloping movement of the j
Russian position. General
Kuroki has ordered simultan-
eously an advance from all points
against Haicheng and Lia Yang.
Fighting is raging on both
fronts and still continues.
The latest reports contain
nothing yet confirmatory of the
rumors that General Kurooat-
kin has been defeated. In fact,
the latest information is to the
effect that the Russians up to
the last night had successfully
repulsed the Japanese attacks
against Sinioucbeng, one of the
fighting centers.
According to Kuropatekin's
official dispatch to the emperor,
the battle began for the posses-
sion of the important position at
Simoucheng, which is located at
the juncture of the Fung Wang
| The Republican Central Com-
mittee met at the court house
Saturday evening and set dates
ifor the convention. Chairman
Houston called the meeting to
order. After some discussion
the date for the county conven-
tion wa set for Sept. 1, at Enid,
the Representative convention
August 31, at Waukomis.
The primaries ior both
conventions will be held August
29, between 2 and 4 in the coun-
try and between 5 and 8 in the
city of Enid and towns of the
county.
1 The meeting was well attend
' ed an.l enthusiastic.
In talking with Jack Everitt
the other evening Iscy said: "I
am against Parker and Davis:
I am against Matthews and don't
think he ought to be elected; and
I am against the Republican
party-. I don't know where in
the 1 am at."
Owin^f to a ru*h of matter
this week we are unable to pub-
lish the orlicial call for the Re-
publican county convention, but
we will do so next week.
Mrs. R A. Fei!d is visiting in
Ft. Worth, Tex as.
Presley & Jenkins
Specialists.
Ey?f Ear, Nose, Throat
Th.;j treat successfully all catarrhal
troubles of the nose and throat.
Absolutely cur Granulated Kya
when others have failed.
They have numbers 0/ cases in aud
around Kuid no* to show what they
have d n .
These Special'sts keep up with the
very latent, treatments in their spec-
ialty They have lately had t treat
quite a number of eases so-called
"Pink Kja" which ha I been neglected
and eyi-s were nearly blinded.
See these speoiaiials In these ca*es
before it is too lar.e. KM!*, OKI.A,
A-r
■ •jfl Ar«*rl".jn Instrun*
taie-rarh lifetrutoents
I,, s,hT'a a"«l In Italy, wh i<s our
•eWMuO« *rs "{wlUwd" through !>y
• e r: '«.'•« Uaal. India men aud
nta.
S'reet Railways In Cities.
Philadelphia has 1,540 miles Of
streets and 480 of street railways.
St Louis tas 875 miles of streets and
321 of street railways, and Boston
has 465 miles of stree's and 215 mllef
of streot railways. Baltimore, with
450 miloa o( street, has 353 miles of
street railways; Cleveland, with 500
miles of streets, has 21S miles of
street railways. The figures for
other citiee are: Buffalo, streets, MO
miles, railroads, 29S; San Francisco,
streets. 750, railroads, 258; Cincin-
nati. streets, 390, railroads. 208; Pitt*
burg, streets, 3#0, railroads, 172, and
New Orleans, stree's, 700, rallroada,
176.
Finns In United States.
The immigration of Finns into th«
United States was 00 per cent higher
durloa tho first six months of 190J
than during the lifce period irf 1901,
and only 2 p*jr cent of the newcomers
were forty-live or older. The ir.creaa®
of Finns in the United States, and es-
pecially In Michigan, in which state
they are most numerous, is thown ta
the announcement that the Uctlset, •
Finu paper puhllsled at Calumet, ha*
been changed from a w*e«ly to •
dailf.
Income From Prlvat* Yacht*.
PHvo e yachts this year have
proved as great an Investment as •
luxury. For business reasons over
Rfty lv"ll street men have been
jhl'sed to Rive up cruising this sum-
n-.f v. an.l most of them have leased
Hie r lx^Hts to parties more favored
witji leis'.f.'e. On a a( these mon, who
paid }201.000 for a steam yacht a
couple if yeirs ago, has already taken
In over half that utn In tha form o£
rentals.—New York Letter.
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1904, newspaper, August 4, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147351/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.