The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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ENID - FVFNTS !h*en c<>aduo,e,1 for • «':«« that there he would capture the
™du.ted indoors behind two UUeves who had escaped. and he
— — .blind* sad tio one but the "wise one*" was *uccessful. capturing John Lee
CVwemirTlOM prick 1.00 tkr tear 'ne* wh*' "** *"in* on or Partlcl- and Oliver Wood*, both of them nart-
; ated The sign Turf Exchange" ners of Terrr in hU escape
j meant nothing to our boys and girls. After bringing Lee and Wood* to
MndariwltanEnid OkUm. u mcc > : But the race track gambling was open Enid Campbell concluded that the
°"™r |«<i above board. The •bookies" had a; Pl0mKT horw WM in Oklahoma
,•***? H*ht. ta. fr°nt of ,h* fand Icounty, it being the only one he had
F. Everett Pl-rcell. Editor.
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FLAPDOODLE!
For a period of several months ear-
ly in the year a pool hall vu operated
in Enid In a room adjoining the pas;
office. In this room pool* were sold
on the races which were being ..trried
on at the different citie* where winter
racing takes place Right under the
nose of the county attorney, according
to the version of that gentleman, gam-
bling was carried on. The record* fail
to disclose where and when the vir-
tuous county attorney took legal steps
to stop the degrading and unlawful
work of the book makers. Wis j; be-
cause there was no crowd to applaud
the closing of the pool hall and there
was an audience to witness the arrests
at the fair ground* - The pool hall
proprietor closed up of his own at. ord
and went away The legality of book-
making at that time went unquestion-
ed It only got to be a misdemeanor
after It appeared at the race coarse
These are some of the th-r^ wh.ch
sake the public doubt the sincerity of
the county attorney if pool seiling
ia the open is gambling, then pool sell-
ing in an enclosure .s gambling. This
being true, why were the bookmakers
Bear the post office permitted to oper-
ate for weeks without molestation and
the bookmakers at the fair ground* a
few weeks later arrested' The fcook-
naker* at the fair ground were paying
a license to the fair society, while the
bookmakers in the pool ball next door
to the po*t office were paying a license
to nobody—so far a* the public record*
show. It might be as well for the
county attorney to take these facts in-
to actout when making up state-
ments for publication advertising his
official accomplishments. The public
has a way of seeing through trans-
parencies and no doubt is essaying
this oee—Enid Daily Democrat
Is't not amusing' Brutus— thoc hast
a clover hoof!
Contemplate the ' argument" appear-
ing in the above and then weep
Because a complaint was not lodg-
ed against pool-selling operators at
w tiaae in the past none should be
stand Hundreds of people sat and failed to recover. So he went after
watched a miscellaneous horde place ,he horse, scouted about Oklahoma
their money upon thU or that horse, county, thought he had the horse lo-
saw the ^bookies ' rake in the money, cated. issued a warrant for the a-rest
issue tickets, change the board bets 0f "Curly Shoots, who runs a feed
and then finally pay the money due yard In Oklahoma City, and owns a
* a'* n°^i Wm"r* N* pasture near the town.
And all this right in the face of our ^ hot did Campbell keep upon the
boys and girls our wives and our .rail 0f the thieves -hat he ran then
^ Morgan Townsh.p. in Carter all ,o earth. But. he couM not he
everywhere and it is evident that oth-
The demoralising effect of this race er conederates have taken the Plum-
traik gambling cannot be overesti- ley horses out of the state or hidden
mated for the reason that gambling i it away in some retreat.
thereby becomes respectabliied, it j The Events looks upon the appre-
bc comes officially sanctioned and our pension of these horse thieves '-ve
boys and girls arrice at the conclu- manner in which the "coup" was
sion that gambling is all right. played and the absolute intrepidity -*
Did you ever watch race track all Campbells manoevers in the Prea>-
jiatribhng—that is. through the book- ises. as being exceedingly creditable in
1M' !he "treme and complimentary tatoto
If so you perceived ruddy faced t0 Slm Campbell. In fact we congrst-
young men and virtuous, care-free B'ate Campbell upon his good work,
girls (intoxicated with the hilarity
" iocontestabIe In our ,of mv and inherit the King- ministrations were in every way bon-
is m idMn r v SUPPir, °f 11,6 flt-T <k,m prepared f0r TOU • • And ««. Just and economica!. Mr. HaskeU
adequate. Frequently the water unto those upon my left hand: Depart made a grand-stand play, to be sure,
ar.l abandon of the occasion l^.:sh StCREf
arm with pimps and prostitutes and
all in one mote'.y crew place money boys'" Tou doubtless re-
upoa :h.s or that horse In that the popular slogan Save
whirligig of excitement all meet upon &°ys." it *-as heralded from
one common level—all art the victims i*nD*rs and housetops. Save the
of an educated gambling fever. The bo-TS II *as the stock phrase of
editor of this paper, at such times church, the pulpit and the peo-
has seen decent women converse with p'e- Everybody wants to save the
the gaudy vile as blithely as though j But to what particular thing
no degradation were therein entailed, did the euphonous phrase refer? It
Any editor of any newspaper who is needless for me to remind you
says there is not a difference between Save the boys served its purpose
race track gambling and Turf Ex- It left its imprint upon the mind and
chance' operations sinks almost to influenced the thought* and actions
the level of the fool. J it rings in our ears as we ponder re-
G:rl* snd boys are not allowed ot cent events and we reiters'e Save
participate in "Turf Exchange pools the boys - Did you ever in the days
,r horse race betting of the saloon hear of a Sunda;
It is shut from their gore, and while school boy peddling half pints for
technically it is as wrong as the other, ten cents apiece? No. Ton may
yet. morally the race track gambling have seen youth fall beneath the
becomes a thousand-fold more far- baleful influence of the saloon keep-
reaching in its effect and demoralira- «■. and felt the pangs c' pltv a-
tioa The upright and the pure like your heart. You mav have sees
to witness horse races Only the har- yomh dispensing boore and become
dened veteran has anything to do with ailed with religious wrath tha- a
"Turf . h#r d "
pressure does not reach the second
floor of building, to say nothing of
four and five story buildings. The
council has arranged to dig more
wells, all of which action is com-
mendable. yet the council can dig
forty wells without having solved the
water problem for the future Enid.
Enid has been lucky—mighty lucky
—but say an immense conflagration
should be started would we not be
helpless to combat it? Waving aside
that consideration and merely viewing
the water as a supply, say that ten
years from now Enid has S5.000 people,
does anyone contend that a hundred
wells could supply the water and fire
protection necessary for sue ha city?
ihe Events does not desire to raise
a disturbance nor create a row. but
rno.t certain is it that the city must
finally develope a water plant suf-
ficient to furnish a limitless amount
of water for all uses, occasions and
circumstances. And we think
point is well taken.
POLITICS!
The Enid Democrat lambasts Culli-
son. McXeever and Campbell. The
Democrat openly names McKeever
and Cullison. but it hits Campbell
between the lines ridiculing him
over McKeevers shoulder—for ev-
erybody knows that Sam Campbell
swore to the complaints against the
race track gamblers and all that Mc-
Keever did was to issue the war-
rants. Therefore, in its tirade upon
McKeever. the Democrat means
Campbell mcst. The reason of the
opposition of this paper is that the
Democrat has poined the anti-Camp-
bell faction in this county and in-
tends to get Campbell s hide finally.
Formerly. Kelso was a Campbell
man. but the recent change has been
gradual but complete.
We care little about what position
any other newspaper takes reiative
to affairs: yet there is certainly no
excuse for the Democrat's inuendo
against Campbell.
Except—
And here's the meat of the coeoa-
ye workers of iniquity for I know you just before election and filed guits
not.' In this year of our Lord 1909 against Frank Greer and Judge Bur-
we cannot afford to temporize with ford and others for political effect,
iniquity but nothing has eve come from them
must choose sides. We must —and the effect on the voters was
show our colors. And don't be afraid evident when they gave only 11,000
*o. ;he Eternal Nemesis follows your democratic plurality as against 30,000
every at and will adjudicate—sjpre- the year before, showing how very
meij and superbly. little confidence they had in Haskell
- — nd :t£e gang or in charges they
A\ OBSERVATION. might bring against anybody. Certain-
. ly it is a fine showing for the repub-
. . _ 'Ce * "ere several hundred . lican administrations that, after most
Tr ■ fer> *mployed b-v tbe Paving thorough and searching investigations,
uskogee- hav« gone on a absolutely nothing has been found or
stn e for higher n-ages. We de- can be found on which the democratic
E-re to congratulate the paving la gang could base even a semblance of
rers at Muskogee. We hope that blame or criticism."
every paring laborer in the l"nited
States does likewise. The wage?
paid paving laborers are ridiculously
low oa.e starvation wages. And Have the packing house people ask-
' " ^e iaborers work fcr corporations ' ed the consent of Horse-Play Greeley
-;ch make from 100 to ISO per cent McKeever to do business in Enid? Bet-
upon a given contract. If it rains ter ask him. Might have you arrested
or a week the laborer goes hungry, for cruelty to animals. Or it might
his family starves, or ekes out a fce "offensive" to some hard-shell or
"alf-starved existence—and his life if nothing else would do he might
the year round is one of degrade: you "P for nuisance.—Daily Dem-
hardship. We sympathize with the ocrat-
man on the paving job. and in the i Tbafs the stuff! Give 'em 'eli—and
paving ditch. He has a hard row 1)1611 pretend that you favor law en-
to hoe. If he hoes every day he car <orcement. (Magnificent sentiment,
only make a meager existence. The ^hat is tlle Democrat sore about?
big profits go in to the corporation iSore because Cambpell and McKeever
coffers. The man and his gaunt'"' att€mPtin8 vindicate the law
wife and children pay the penalty of and uPhoId th« majesty of exact be-
an iniquitous penny pinching, dollar 'havior? Nothing other is apparent,
grabbing system. (And yet arder.t Th<? Democrat mugt allude to the ar-
feols praise that colossal murderer rest of boollegger6 and raee track
of home happiness known as John pambIers—for wllat else can it be
D. Rockefeller.) The laborer toi 6076 about? c«"«inly it cannot be sore
the street paring company is little because horBe thieves and aarder-
berter than the dog. He eats less— 6rS arrested 0r does the Detno-
he enjoys less. crat llke"'ise feel 'bat these crimina's
v«n iit« ar~A _ j• _ should go unmolested?
.ven lire and men d:e. They grab n
dotts —c ,k„ _ Queer dope this.
collar*, they arrogate affuence. thev . A , .
become somewhat in their com— ' * ShOU'd ^ 8 8ensi-
ity. but when all is said and done.
ble sheet—a sheet which stands up
2Qt: Kelso and the Democrat hare
Turf Exchange." operations. ; . — -
T ^ Each SOM hag and taggage into what is
craft that any newspaper should make .^.l* . . U\ r*n-eE:-',:- t-^at .hen inown as the Haskell facticn. That
such a debasing argument" as the J .censed and legiti- s the Haskell faction is at present
above. ' f*te lesson of j engaged in backing Wm. H. Murray
^temperance, perhah* «*-•- .
McKeever suffers no damage from ]4W treaie- We
the assault, but the community suf- ,v., v . , . i •
.rom that, but what of the bootVe- >
fers exceedingly in a loss of dignity. * -- - oooueg , Lee Crnce
M* ( V^PBFLL—THF
BOV WHO IHU> >ri\TN
hen the >ut sad rites have been ^ ;'8ht ,hing" For" " neW8"
proclalmed and the tearful «e officers in law
been turned to a survey of the life enforcemem' become of
insurance money, how much better i °'Jr coun,rT"
are they and have they become than — _
the non-pulsating clod? The writer
_ of this is positively
Our opinion is that all laborers—; convinced that botlegging will con-
~h~ m'* PaTing £nd s!reet !aborers— time in spite of everything until such
s^ou s.r.ke for a reasonable Iiv- time as punishment is meted out ac-
f *age—say $4.00 per day. and cording to law in a summary man-
refuse to work unless they receive ner in every case where an arrest
"' For the Pa^ng laborer canno- ' is made—Enid Democrat.
saved the boys Campbell faction is standing pat for work €Ter-T day. Half of the year he Cert:
-er* I'nder the ^ ' *** CrU"' •' ^ ^^P^nsed But all Democrat editorials and
who aUteid L .heT'^ Therefore, the split and therefor-j "bde he work - Positions have a tendency to dis-
I doabtless the son ot the, ■■ lJ.** ! ,hi* hnllab*loo inuendo against | ===== courage officials in the performance
f h , ' ~ ' Campbell. Kelso has heretoofre PAEDOX! of duty. However, to treat the re-
^ " tD* '"Jaor was been the Campbell physician and a i^, E | mark seriously.
And again it appears that old Sam ; ^ld. bm.Mw. w et, brought belt* Campbell mar. but the Haskell fel- ^ ^ a£k ^ indul-
Wged against them now. Campbell has destinguisaed himself.] Juvenile judge he pnres to V a ;ows h8Te !00 mac!l for hin, , °' IU r*'id?rs for this issue.
, Specjous is the extreme' As a matter of fact he h.;s. of late. a?n;ber of the judges Sunday school hence. k.;, e^^nion of h;s eld' otaerre- CO¥t °f our editor-
1 And untrue- demon*rated a decided detective in- Dtil-T Democrat. J frieD<Jf and tis .akir;? Sid^ ...v, l!le 'a' n^r'er U ^oted to answering
"Hie Denoctit says that a **fe stinct which stands him well in hand from the above it would seem tliatl aew nac*s upon public officials. For
«eeks after" the bookmaker* test as a law enforcer. Recently he dem- the Democrat intends to favor "Re- ' j„ onr c,p—;oc Kelso vas -&3e a SeTera' ^ave teen watcij-
door to the post office had gait busi- castrated the quality of recapturing submission. We d o not desire to
cess the rack track bookie* were ar- ; hoss thieve* who had escaped from ^ i,no lie fallacq of the aboTe. It
rested. As a matter of fact- the other officials. That Sam has long falls of its own weight. We only
"Tarf Exchange" operated ia the room been the hated terror of the bootlegger republish what seems to us to be a
next to the post office from January we are all aware. The bootleggers condemnation of Prohibition to sob-
T or S until the middle of February, hate Campbell as doth the devil hate stantiate our claim in other parts of j
about five weeks Then they vacated ' holy water. Tet San goes tight along -=■ :s> that the Deo-.-rats oppo- THE ESSESCE!
big mistake and will finally wtnd up i
in the little end of the bom Or ^11 " ^
onr enforcement officials T>e arti-
tain K a that the Campbell stock tnii, , . .
t^ae of our daily papers would
continues to soar. 1
we presume the
Democrat means to cast a slur upon
Campbell, McKeever and Cullison.
"*v ho constitute the enforcement part
of the country administration. And
in its zeal against those officials the
Democrat forgets that every bootleg-
ger has the right of jury trial and of
appeal when found guilty. Not a
case against a single bootlegger has
to indicate ,s«. bwn dropped by the county officials.
w iDaicaie mat they approTe a la* ^
ir t v. ™ • and when found guilty the bootleg-
m the enforcement of prohibitory s
and gambling laws, and it occurred
j to us that it was time for the Events
to take a hand and show up the fal-
j lacy of what appear? to us to be a
the room and the room was rented to J regardless of the rebuffs and abuse ^tion to our enforcement officers
the Odeon theatre which continues to heaped upon him by law rioliters and not based upon any high or sound ' .j" tiJDe for e -*s '°
oceupy the same. Why did the Demo- ' a local democratic newspaper com- Principle. ~ .e.-.r. . ..r __s a.ri*r-3 w_-:
crat say "a Jew weeks later." if aot btned. doing his duty in an entirely And to think that the Deoocrs- l.rl:r" m ai "crp tbe plice of bowels mos. uvgnlT prorris. {
fearless and impanial manner which after havtaa cone hag and ba™1^""" 1 ^ °° activity.
meets the hearty a proval ^d ap- 3to the Haskell cam?. corned o« ^ i ^ -d —
with a condemnation of Prohibition: bootleggers race track gambling, and 1 E°C
to deceive the public
The above article is entirely con-
temptible ia that there was no com- j plause of all good citiiens.
plaint made to County Attorney Vc- i Sams 'itest stunt was pulled off in
Keever thai a book exchange was in 'the capture of the horse thieves. And
operation ia the v'.iy 11 the Demo- 'he captured four hid men and recov-
ers! editor knew of the operation of ered the horses At the time
"Taft must act"
sach a place why did he aot make
complaint against Its operators?
The County Attorney is not a de-
tective nor an iafortMHioa-ftler. 1- _>
aot his province to go snooping about
*> see whether the law his or .* be-
ing violated or not It .s i.s pro-
Tince and hi* swora duty to proses ute
law vxilators when nformatxa of the
facts have teen brought to hj at-
tention.
The County Attorney ma* no; in-
fermed that race gambl.ng was c.xte
en in the room named and we chal-
lenge the Democrat to produce aay
written he had aot recovered the
Plurabey horse, cor had arrived in
Enid with "Curly.~>
At the t.me two horse# were stolen,
one from A Plumley and the otkv
Prohibition:
We will stop to answer the above 'torse thieves, commits a decided and i
to the extent of saying that, whereas coiosssl mistake Patrick Henry
r seems that one "Sunday school stated upoa a cer_*i- memorable oc- j eI?e : opm::.ns to meet Leader. Cert—das
—years of age—was .nslon Give us libeny or rive us | "lLh ccn"der*'x>n cpoa public ques- acted?
caught peddling bocne that- with an death " *w- -v- * - _v ticas.
opes saloon
gers have been sentenced and fined.
What more can our enforcement
officers do? Can they compel the
supreme court to pass upon appeal?
Such rot as the above becomes
pure rubbish and sickens the intel-
i.cence of an enlightened commu-
nity.
Neither can a newspaper excoriate
i:cers for enforcing the law and
eipect
says the Guthrie
he not already
One of the framers of the _
system our -Sunday Declaration of Independence said: i Hi3 t!:- officers merely made a
s.-.00. toys could send in and "Let's all hang together." Quick as a i — :L i-5dgment It was the duty Guthrie Leader will be aanble
r~ ■ -re all the Ixvire they de- flash Benjamin Franklin said: "Cnless ^ cewspapers to point out that :o do Wilson or any other demo-
from F D. Owen* .w s , .T ^ t5'*0 ' ::hCW ,d:fflcahy- ^ San- *« together we shall all hang Howerer. we do not per- crat any good in the next gubnatorial
v,.v — .. boy peddling booze does separately." Those who espouse the "**T? they have made a mistake race. The deader is
gone and no trace had been found of 1
the th.eves Sam >*i his think tank
work and said: "1 know where to
ftad etc and he started ovt. Ia the
meantime two more bors«s were stol-
en one from M. B Osoley and oee
person or person who will say that ;froK L H Patton, both of this city
they infortsed his or who attempted Sam was in Enid at the time. He had
tc tie iaformr.ttt r the pretr ses. Cade up his mind that the Plumley and
Bat VcKeerrr did hare official no- Owens horses had been stolen by an
tioe that bcvfc-aiaking or race track Oklahcena oacnty band of thieves anv
raaebl ng was to be atteai; ted during *kes the Cooley and Patton horses
the recent race meet. He thereupon *ere stolen he ordered his deputy to
was in Oklahoma City attending coon
as a witness ia the Mingle trial. VlHB
he returned to Er d the vorse-s mere en.: r.c temptation to all "Sun- 1 uphold the loyal enforcer of the pro- :jn3d* oi certain papers at this time
school boys" to the open saloon hibitory law. Le: the law be en- 4 that they are engaged ia
:s officially commit-
ted to the candidacy of John Golobie.
*c*d his posinc* and stated that
facehivk.^ wti. ia lit opinion, a
gashing dene* and announced that
he would prosecute any person or per-
se* so enraged during the race meet
pre vv*ed the required mtermatxa was
placed is Mi posses* . a and duly
trwcei is
Wha
4e?
follow them ia an automobile bead-
systems. However we cannot imag- forced in e ery city of the state. Why ! tempt to desroy public ccnSdettce in Seems to ti* a* though the El*
me any genuine Sunday school boy" should Oklihoma Qty and Tulsa be j <** enforcement officials, break De oc t should come out first as
capable of peddling bocue. We are immune. Let s enforce the law. and. j <5°*n the moral effect of their efforts in an announcement that it is
inclined to th jik that the young man people do not approve of the en- and place tht city back upon a "lib- :il« official organ of the bootleggers
who mas arrested long since d:s- forcemeat of the law let them repeal j eral plan—that is. upon a "wids "d gamblers. But—perhi;>s every-
law. But .et every ciuxen stand cpea" basis, whersm gambling and ~*>d-T *>t2(terstands its posifton any
and demand an absolute enforce- Uzotlegging meets with but desultory *a-T-
•ppocitioa. If our people wiah this
kind of a program, well and good _. _
but the Events expe«s to train IU L, De®°cr,:
lf-toch run for deadly actioe dcring "
carded all Sunday habits and incl.n- law
atiou.
xceEt.
WAfU! ^ cannot CDEBire.
A law nolatioi it a law nolaxioo—
It tiia: Cotic.ii&is Hltdh do more, no
cock took the editor of the Events to To® cannot palliate a wroeg.
task at the last council meeting upon , Let s stand by our oaanty <rffkiaia
ing Oklahoma ooaaty. whle L'nfv 7?* <* Let* thea up to a ftnish-and
be Jumped a train by wav of Perrv kao t c^acil-'ls HivL ^ *** ^ 01
When Sam reached C- thre v# ,0 ^ 1 «*" * -And the® we wCl
• v , J™ CX~a~*maomm ***** ■ =.nd have a real state
^ fOMTT officiant had its# w; t w rv;J ,
captured Johr Lee a->d OJ ver w>-js *** ******** ot Enid We aj- Let * no* foliow th, footstapa ot
ITT,L-—--T-T1 i =====
scai'l o«rfe=ne* If net ti s uum* ^ ***** Cam;- achieve s of the 7 ^ . ^ ** J<X* ^ tbe school land crar
tie time the people are making up f°rm °f fitT t?v'rrmfnt
their minds Certain it is tha- we " UCQn*!ifi^1 'ajustice as Harry Al-
wai n« allow -dictle and inuendo '.^7^ h" b**B *" d * 411
of onr officials to go unchallenged ^ Co:nmi~i<>n
' " N--s,, ,-s ■ :
— sutements relative to a mac s opinion
,r„. as>on P^Mic matters without having
Investigated and interviewed him.
to get broad gauged and level headed
into men :a such positions.—Enid Dea -
Tbe
aSemi bit
**• mstaaces Cai*r -V
.-ndgrient iWkaM
must chcoae nc*. "And ia that last
* train for Oklahoma CSty ftgur- ,
that the <Hy of
ttt -nerefore (supply at Sheietor creek. <«r some
-xher stream «f water wh ;h C,
ner at oar sphere "1 shall say m then
r tie upoa my r^it Crat ye t..esM<i
tocout-
delve and d.g. they have absolutely nev next time wM «.<n
ana at ll.per day an£ expenses to • whatev. ^
*a_.f*d to tr.nuii wrong! Etfrr Tver ** v
J^ar . nested for an! it £ ^ ^
been thit the Territorial ad- Bosh! "
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1909, newspaper, July 29, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147501/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.