The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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The Enid feventa.
r^iti r\ CVCMT^ eiples Tl*refore. we cannot ubor- Niblick being suHoieot to provoke
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81'BSCRIPTION PEICE II * (*EK YEAH
F. EVERETT PURCELL.
with the
( The idea prevails that the coal
ult.' We an? eagerly awaiting strike furoe is a fake. gotten up by
cuuse of a fear that some leader" news from the seat of war. The the „*] trust for tlle purpose o{ un.
will get mad and tight the party latest rumor received is that Pete, loading their surplus coal stock. The
ticket at the neit election. For. Tyler, tlie Blaine county colored sage winter lias teen a mild one
any "leader" so minded is better out assisted by Deai-on Banks.
Editor 'ton in the party. city, have succeeded
___ neighborhood hennery in which they
The removal of Hon. Horace >peed captured the Dove of Peace a black
from the office of I' S. Attorney for Langston rooster and are now pre-
.Oclahoma brings to a close, for the paring peace proposals winch wil'
careei of a re- soon be submitted to the belligerents.
twanged j markable Oklahoma man. >peed was Let us hope for the best.
by l're>.- —
APPLICATION FOP FARM LOANS.
of tilts result that ti* eastern coal mines ha> To The I>eming Investme ii l y, Enid, Okla.
raiding a a big batch of coal still on hand. It!
A L1TTLK TALK ON
POLITICS GENERALLY
Regardless of all the flap-doodle j present, ti* official
which is being continually
into our ears for the life of us and appointed C. S Attorney
It isn't worth very much' we cannot dent McKinley in and has served i "Now—et's jes'lak dis. Ah hopes
perceive tlie sac redness ot political, continuously since, eleven years in de lions' doan kincur. kase ah suah
personages. We cannot conceive any all. He was a friend of President wood hate toe leave dis heah town
Oklahoma politician as being a white Harrison and Senator V"ay. and
Elephant, to be worshipped of us later lad ti* support of the Indiana
Hindustan, speckled bull to be pray delegation. Senator Beveridge making
ed to by us Egyptians, or Crocodile to a strong tight to prevent his removal.
which us Gangeans must toss our His last appointment was made over Jes' night afore las' ah kotehed one
infantas. Such conceptions of poli-! a bitter tight made against him. at ob Joe M?Neal's ruoJtalis—an'say dat
cat personages, or leaders is a relic f the insistance of Senator Quay. As n war suah de greasiest roo&rah whut
ble and lias one of ah evali Dap-doodled dese tooty-fluties
braries in the terri- ob mine ovah; Joe mus' hab suttinly
r is genial, if you j bin feedin" him corn—yah: yah! yah:
are a friend, frigid if you are not. jbettah eben |
He lias many qualities which com-
seems tliat there fe> no "disagree-
ment" between labor and capital.
A tillable.
Kase dar am Lindy Johnsing an'
Sally Hambone what am de bes' gals
whut ah evah saw—an' de chickuns
heahambouts suits mah taste fine.
He who hopes much lives least. He
don't take time to enjoy the pleas-
ures around him because of contenv on j>nd ^
p.at ion of imaginary things to come.
The festive ewe best illustrates the
happv state of man piously nibbling
the grass wherever found and scam- j
pering from hillocK to daleo^k. Isn't,
that right. Captain?
I desire a loan of $.
X..BaoRe...
Buii ir.
on tb«
. Vi 8ej
A. in cultivation.
vnloed at I Mortgage
P. O
It's a good thing dear Thompson
B. was not removed or the Watonga °' in,ere t
lawyer Speed
tlie largest lav
rorv. Persona
Republican would have long since be-
come a burning serial. Vitrei and
caustic would be milk-like in com
parison. Guess Teddy was afraid to
remove Tom.
Fill oat fhe ab' v hl r k and mail same to TH.E DEJfING
INVESTMENT COMPANY, ENID OKLA. who will send n examinor to
inspect your l«::d FREE OF CHARGE and make your loan at an low H rsle
any Company in Oklahoma. Privilege granted to make par_
tia
p>jm«ntf al any interest paying time and c-t-h i' ready as noon as iitle
security it found good, and jnu will also ' GET ALL YOU BORROW."
the Middle Ages tlie days of man's
serfdom a modernization of tlie an-
cieu: dogma tliat tlie king can do no
ill: and that whenever the king is
crowed the country suffers. We pity
any man who allows himself to e
tied to this or that "leader." Such pretty liable to come to tlie conclu- j dose senit' mendments, kase ah suah
has be«n the history of tlie ages tlie ^ioti. upon first acquaintance, that lie doan want toe hab toe shuffle dirt
multitude lias cloyed, scraped, bowed, 'lon't care wliether lie is the object of away 'frum dis chickun roost: 'deed
went down or up at individual whim your admiration or liate. Personally j ah doan: '
or caprice: the .raster las controlled ^writer las always admired j _______ I n* Kansas City SUr obnrves that
the man. so much that entire nations ^peed Xltere was something about The Guthrie Leader says that upon. whatever is done w th \rizona or
became convinced chat they «>uld Mm that struck our fancy. Perhaps the passage of the statehood hill
only thrive and proper when scouryed t was his independent mein or the the Senate, wherein the
by the master hand But the blessed ; im^Monhegaveusofself-sufflciency. (clause was knocked out. the~ was I that Congress must not refuse state-
enlightenment of this twentieth cen- >peed is certainly self-sufficient. ! great gloom and woe in Guthrie
dan posaic. Ah suah Talk about hard times. It took us
hopes de House ahtinksit de House two wpeks to ret i -nan to build i
mand admiration, though vou are • air de barn aint trwine to Vinr*nr oi! weeKs u &>et a roan t0 bull(1 a
1 air oe uarnj ami gwme to kincur in | {ence for ^and we not ?et
able to get a man to make garden.
Great prosperous country. Notjidy
wants a job.
by i New Mexico that the claims of great -
Capital I er Oklahoma so greatly preponderate
New Racket
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I hood to us at least. The Star voices
the national opinion.
tury is slowly teaching the primacy of He never crawled or begged, and I-which finally gave way to a genral
Principle a applied to tlie whole In while around him surged the forces I JOy: tlie feeling was general that the
other words, the great fact has been of opposition he stood erect and took j House would not concur in the sen-
brought to tlie fore ground that cor his medicine. He believes in give ate amendments, and that Speaker
recr Principle i- necessary in order to and take and we cannot help but ad- j Cannon's lieutenants would restore
confer the most benefits to the mire a good fighter, even if he tights j the clause which is of such vital in-
greates' number. To this day us. But for the envious, little mind-i terest to the people of thiscity." We
the eastern half of the Dnited ; jealous whiner. whose ability consists jsinoerely hope that the capital clause
States is Shackled to one manism in two-faced double crossings, and , WjU be reinserted, as we are partial
Fas-Is there are in the United whose effort is to undo tlie virtue ! to Guthrie, like her people and do not,
States Seriate, who i.ave been there and worth of others, we entertain ' desire to see a general exodus from Some dav we will be strong enough
for twenty years who should have nothing but contempt. As to the i the citv. which might lend material to maintain the truth at ail hazards.1
been turned down many years ago. justice of Speed's removal we must 110 another legend on "The Deserted! we think we have flunked some in
We are indebted to Captain Admire
for the loan of a mirror. Some fellow
Bobby Burns, in fact, said something
seeing ourselves as other see us. We
look upon the Captain as a father and
hearken unto his words with rever-
ence.
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We have a variety of over two thousand
articles we are offering at oue cent each. You ^
will be surprised at the number of useful -ar- ^
tides we are ofieringat one cent each. Come ^
early.
One Cent
C o u n t e
and yet. so great is their hold upon allow that to stand as it is. He was
their constituents, so much are they removed after a long drawn tight and
idolized, that they are almost impreg- j investigation. That he did what
nable to the eud that the Senate has other men have done, did not excuse
beccme corporation-ridden—almost a him: that he may or may not have
menace to our great free government, thought hi> actions right does not
The trend of the ages has been to- enter into the consideration. We
ward individualism as applied to all cannot bring ourself to condone
and to the over turning of individ- wrong even in our best friend when
ualism as the ontrolling part. If acting in an offlcial capacity, and we
the great Lincoln taught anything ''annot allow our admiration for
he taught tli« maintenance of prin-: Speed personally to stand in the way
ciple. If the Republican party was | °f our judgment of Speed officially,
bom for anything it was born for We have never discussed the charges
the maintenance of Principle. For, "gainst Speed pro or con. and his re-
only in the maintenance . of correct i nwva' must act as a closure of the
Principles of Government is the gen-1 chapter: the verdict must stand as
eral welfare subserved. We believe ^'"st him so far as he is officially
the Principles of the Republican! concerned.
Party best adapted to the perfor- -r—^-
mance of this government. If we George I). Orner was appointed Re-
did not believe so we would not be a reiver of the Alva Land office last
Republican, Shall we, therefore, week, and editor A. J. Ross register,
subordinate the principles of the Orner is a resident of Enid, roming
party in order to maintain the su- here at the opening of the strip. Dur-
premacy of this or that band of ing the early days lie survived on
"leaders," who aim at party control for cactus burrs and pickled pigs feet.
but when the McKinley administra-
Yillage "
I the past, through solicitation, but
j will endeavor to make up for lost
Tom Hensley has dropped as com-!,ime sorae da-T'
pletcly out of sight as if he had never , , S u ■ ~j ^ : * -
been. Poor Tom: And yet happier j th^ ^"bry Is said to be slated for
purposes of financial profit to them-
selves? Is it a disruption of party to
attempt to depose an unworthy or
corrupt leadership? If so «e main-
tain that it would be a magnificent
thing for the country if some dis-
rupting was done back east in the
deposition of a large number of cor-
don surplanted the infamous Cleve-
land hard time reign Orner com-
menced to go to feed regularly
During the dark days of the Cleve-
land regime, when the country groped
in darkness and men everywhere
were seeking a solution for their ach
poration senators who are using the ing stomaclis. Orner was among the
prosperity caused by correct political j very few in this neck o' timber who
principles and natural resource to ; kept the fires of faith burning by his
fatten already over-gorged corpora- broacj good nature and kindly genius,
tions Hut such is not the fact. No ever maintaining that the cure for
party will be disrupted whose pritici- the country's ills lay in the suprem-
ples of government arc right, regard- acy of Republican principles of gov-
less of the deposition of leadjrs. A j ernment. When Whittinghill.
man is elected to office as a re-j Havens, Drummond. Chan Greer and
preservative of his party, others were turning their eyes to
He is supposed to represent free silver and populism. Orner stood
that party, and as long as he does he as a solid rock for the gold standard
is entitled to party support. But. and Republicanism. And, upon the
when lie acts dishonestly, or upon re-1 election of McKinley he was appoint-
tiring from office attempts to disrupt ed t". S. land office inspector, which
the party in efforts at factionalism, ! position he held for nine years,
he ceases to be a party representative ! Orner had the misfortune to lose his
or leader and lays himself open to wife here, she dying just after the
party condemnation. One man is as ' dawn began to break over our dark
much entitled to represent the party days. The loss was irreparable to
far is he. How titular—how ephem
eral is the will—good or evil-of man-
kind. They who love you today will
hate you tomorrow and the same ton-
gue that praises will curse you. How
enviable the lot of the obscure. Far.
far below the plane of envy a d
malice—working out the destiny al-
lotted by the Creator, tilling time,
unhampered by the storms of hate.
To be all in all in your small corner,
to gather around the fireside with
kindred souls, unhonored and unde-
spised. Tom is happier now and un-
wise indeed should he again assay to
appear before the footlights.
Attorneyship to succeed
Speed. Scothorn and Cotteral seem
to have dropped out, However, the
Lord only knows—some eastern car-
pet bagger may get the job.
Broadway The New Racket. J
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Roy Stafford and Dennis Flynn took
the Capital Clause out for a time at
Washington Thursday night. High
balls was the order of the night. It
is said that the Capital Clause got
drunker than the rest, retched
fully and was sick all next day
much so that it was impossible for it
to take its place in the Statehood
Rill when it came up for final pas-
sage. This was a dirty trick and
shows the evil effects of drink. Den-
nis was evidently mad oecause he had
not been able to trot Cherry's gait
and took his revenge out on the ten-
derfoot Capital Clause. We favor
prohibition for the District of Colum-
bia.
A scientist in Oklahoma City ad-
vances the^theory that Love is
caused from a baccilli. «'e are pre-
pared to believe this, provided some
other scientist will discover the serum
for its cure.
Marcellus Murdock says that when
a man sits before the grate and gazes
steadily into the fire." it is a sign
that he is in love." Hump! Mar-
cellus knows all about this grate and
love business.
FAGAN & FAGAN
FARM LOANS
At Lowest Rate of Interest
Office over American Mate Bank Enid, Oklabom
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The Events long since came to the
conclusion that there is no use to
kick. If things don't go to suit you j
fear- Just bide your time. Your opportun
So 1 ity is certain to come later—sure ai
fate.
General Wood is busily engaged in
supressing the Moro insurgents of the
Filipines. We will have a job of
suppressing on our hands for the
next hundred years to come.
Anna Gould is now busily engaged
trying to loose herself fromBoui. but.
at the same time, to hang onto her
title. Poor ignorant Anna.
as another. The "preference right"
policy breeds stagnation and corrup-
tion. Things have come to a pretty
pass indeed when office-holders and
"leaders" are sacred—so far above
criticism as to endanger the party by-
even breathing their faults. But
such is not the true rule. It is the
him, and ever since his entire life
ha.s been mellowed and sweetened
with a broad fellowship and kindly
interest in the trials of others,
tieorge Orner is one of those unselfish
princes, who would part with his last
dollar to assist a friend. Editor R- ss
is a hard working Republican editor
In the ;lbsence of Omar Benedict
from Hobart some youthful squirt,
now in charge of his paper, endited a
juvenile roast of the' Events, because
0f our special edition. The Daily
News-Republican is a patent inside
paper. Tlie Events special edition
was designed for quantity for adver-
tising purposes.. not beauty. There
are so many brainless envious squirt
guns running papers in Oklahoma
that they become really distressing
in their jealous ignorance.
It is said that George Healey will
be appointed register of the Wood-
ward land office, George is a mighty
good man.
Fred Rarde says that Horace Speed
is a "good hater." Horace would no
doubt be very acceptable, ti en, to
the illustrious Ben Jonson.
"Am J a drone?" asks the El Reno
Democrat. Yes, the Democrat has
been pretty droney ever since Kinky-
Head Tom left it.
plaint of the weak and the man with and richly deserves the appointment
an axe to grind. The only correct j he received.
party principle is that principle which ——
votes for the men because he repre-1 Harve Olds and Otty Beckemey.r
*ents the party-if you believe the I liave ^ appointed >t
party principles are right Any oth-' committee Plenopotentiary for the
er principle is individualism and purposes of drawing up Articles of
PartTstl u6 th f°midrl0nS °f War " "the capital clause UrS re
Party stability The man who votes j inserted by the House we mav ex-
and worKs for the man. losing sight pect hostilities to begin at once' Ok-
of party principle, tosses to the wind lahoma city realizes the gravity of
permanent results and sets at work;the situaUon and Hear Admiral
disen eganng forces fatal to substan- viadibrownsky is throwing up bre™
Uality. We must maintain that a works for defense of the city. He
party s success should not be depen has collected all the far famed negro
dent upon one man or one set of inches and stationed them around
mens whims or caprice. If so. any the city decollette from the wais^un
disaDDOinted office ra>. take ti j " j ™ , . waist up.
take Tlie shrewd Oklahoma City admiral
disappointed office seeker can
his set of friends and defeat party
success at will. What we need is a
staunch adherence to party principles.
For we may be deceived in. and lied
to, by the man. but we are able to
know as to the correctness of prin-
Oklahoma City rejoiced with great
glee over the knocking out of the cap-
ital location clause. They didn't care
so much about the passage of the
bill. If Oklahoma City don't get the Guthrie is to have a Cotton Miil.
capital or something the citizens fear The object of it is to give employ^
that there may be a decease in the''"6"1 ,0 >""*** M't.cal fnends.
line of town activity followed by the
ushuring in of
In his speech before the Senate
Senator Long said it would be a crime
to defer the admission of Oklahoma
to statehood.
bats and owls. etc.
Oklahoma City has to have some-
thing to keep going.
Newkirk is laughing hilariously-
over the appointment of McGinnis.
It seemed that McGinnis formerly
lived at Newkirk, and they say he
knows as much law as a jaybird. W'e
don't object to the powers that be
going outside the party—for we real-
ize that there are two offices to every
Republican aspirant—but we do
think that the better and more in-
telligent class of democrats should be
catered to by the appointing power.
It is just as easy to pick up capable
democrats as scrub democrats
anticipates; tliat when Guthrie's
negro regiments heave in sight they
will conclude the "breast-works" to
be impregnable and ground their
arms in pure uuuilowed admiration labeled it "Horace Speed." Mr.
not even the skill of <lave-Driver I :peed stlo"kl commence suit to re
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And Horace Speed has not said a
word.
nanT Ci,7 Times PUblbhed a "It's up to Cannon." And we'll
cut of the city alderman, first ward.. wait for the Cannon-ade.
The happiest phrase the Leader
ever published was: "The House wil!
not concur."
The Panama Canal is about the
only real live subject now for editor-
ial discourse.
Capital Clause to Guthrie: "Just
tell them that you saw me and I was
sick as
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It's Goin Up!
The quality of most all laundry soaps
better than formerly, and the price is the
lowest for many years. We are selling
all standard soaps
7 bars for 25 cents and
$3.25 to $3.50 per box
just \\ holesale price one year ago.
Now is the time to buy your soap for the sea-
son. It will not remain so low long. Fresh Berries
Daily A complete lineof Staple and Fancy Groceries
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PHONE 153 GROCER. Noths
There are no flies on the Garber
oil well. It lias already made Garber
famous
It don't make so much difference
what a man says as what he means.
"Master of Two Town's Destinies
am I''—Capital Location Clause.
> JohnGoloble says "Vox Nux.''
1 without even cracking a smile.
and
To The Public
At the beginning of our third year in Enid, we wish to
thank our many friends for their patronage and kindly in-
terest. Our succees has exceeded our expectations and we
hope and shall strive to merit
your continued confidence.
\Ve wish also to invite all who may be expecting to buv anv
thing in musical instrumsnts to call and net acuuainted
with us and our methods jf business, assuring all that we
can and do offer the best passible values. That every
Piano, Organ in fact everything in our stock, is at all times
sold for what it is and at the lowest price consistent with
quality. We buy at the best possible advantage direct from
the factories for cash, and make our own prices and terms
acccrdingly. When you buy from us yoS are not buying
from a mere agent of some foreign corporation who know!
nothing of you and cares less. You are always welcome at
our store where you will find the best to be had. and at
prices and terms to suit you. Respectfully,
ASHER & JACOB QS
South Side of Pablic Square. Enid Okls
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