The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1903 Page: 6 of 8
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Okahoma has no kickon the weather.
A drouth of throe months duration in
Louisiana has just been broken.
Let well enough alone will be the
battle cry of the business interests
next year.
The " has beenti" are generally won c
bores than when they wore in active
life, but General Miles eah't be.
The Daily Dispatch of Watonga, has
been sold to the Republican. After this
week the paper will be called the Dally
Republican.
The best example of seTf-denial If the
preacher who takes up the crusade
against divorce und thereby reduces the
number of marriage fees.
The postal department Is getting
such a cleansing as.lt has never before
received. Postmaster General Payne
Is In for a thorough overhauling.
Oklahoma Ifl enjoying thin year's
harvest time. The acreage Is large, the
yield extraordinary and the weather
perfect.
If the cattle < ould only know how
much fuss they are causing In the
Indian Territory they would got over
the line in short order.
Oom Paul who promts* d to astound
the world Is almost forgottten, and the
Burghers who would never surrender
are peaceable subjects of Great Brit-
ain.
Several business houses In Oklahoma
City ire losers In the Kansas City
tlood having had goods in transit in
?ar that were ( aught In the flood .
That Iireathitt county murder was to
prevent a change of government, while
the one In Servla whs to bring about a
change There Is a distinction without
a difference.
The dispatches say that the populace
if Bervln seems please I with the change
of rulers. Of course. Manifestations
of pleasure may save them from the
fate of the king and his household.
Oklahoma City Is by no means In the
center of population of the two terri-
tories. Two thirds of the population
if the two territories Ib east of Okla-
homa City.
Russia insists thnt the present Sorvi-
n governn ent a ventre the murder of
the former government. That 1h. Hub-
*'a c k* King Peter and his official
household to commit suicide.
There It no politics In Rreathltt
county. PolUl« * can't be worked suc-
cessfully without windjammlng, and
they do not stand for any back talk
over In old Breathitt.
The exchange editor will be reading
a the back country exchanges of the
/turder of the Servian dynasty for the
next six weeks, and then he'll have It
ill over again In the magazines.
When the people of Paris. Mo., began
to throw tin cans and Other rubbish
in the streets Mayor Goats felt called
upon to announce In a proclamation
that he wouldn't stand for It.
Mrs. Bailey should start Into her mat-
rimonial career with a good opinion of
the constancy of her husband. She no
ioubt knows that during their engage-
ment 2,000 women threw themselves at
the governor's feet.
When the United States succeeds in
•estorlng order in Breathitt county,
Kentucky. It should file u vigorous pro-
test against the murderous methods
adopted In Servia by the brutal revolu-
tionists.
Although June Is ordinarily a dull
month the second week In the month,
last week, shows up real estate trans-
fers aggregating almost $100,000. That
Is about $10,000 more than the average
since the beginning of the present year.
Many people fear that the floods will
produce an epidemic of populism. Theli
fears are groundless The overflowed
lands are exceedingly fertile and the
farmers who lost their c rops will soon
recover from the loss.
The anthracite miners ar-> learning
something about the law. They have
Just been sued for a $200,000 lawyer's
fee for services rendered In the strike
hearing. The lawyer evidently didn't
cut wages.
Ponca City Courier: The Oklahoma
City Oklahoman seems to h iv th r-
oughly convlnc ed Itself that the Shaw-
nee single-statehood conventl n 1* to
be a strictly non-partisan Democratic
affair.
The harvest ng of sn extraordinari-
ly large crop of wheat is now nearly
finished, r. I the farmer* are ready to
begin upon an equally large crop of
oats.
The Indian territory fo'ks never
dreamed that there was anything w th-
in the fcift of the federal nuthcrltlei
than a place on the Dawes Commission
until Governor Stanley asked to trade
for a Judgeship.
Weatherford Republican. Tlie grad-
ers on the Orient have been called off
for ninety days. Ttiey had been camp-
ed along the right of way from the
South Canadian to Arapaho, expecting
to go to work Immediately,
Tor the eighth successive time the
farmers report a good yield of wheat.
This is a remarkable showing. Not
Since IMS has there been a failure and
on tflost of the years since that date the
yields hav4 be$n phenomenal. The
report# ^hat Qome Irt this season are
velV gratifying. Prom every wctton
flittering iWrts pome In bat this
causes little oofhmoijt btoause oiaj peo-
ou*a O* u*a meo cut pniy enougn eo&i
pie have grown to expe< t big in., s r
wheat.
The Oklahoma State Register, edit d
by the notorious Harper ''upiiin^h.un.
Is after Flynn. The i • • •
nlngham Is against Fljjnn Sets Flynn
right with every hon st^mun who
knows Cunningham.
Tf the reports brought Lack from Al-
aska by the representatives of the Agri-
cultural department are not more opti-
mistic than the facts w.iiant. that
country will soon be more noted for Its
great crops than for Its gold output.
No element of, Oklahoma City's
growth is abnormal. With six 1> «
wholesale blocks, fr>u'r factories, l.itoo
feet of retail business frontage, ?. r>0,-
000 worth of residences under c..opstruc-
tion about all elements that go to
make a good city are represented.
A Pond Creek man separated from
his wife rather than follow her to
Guthrie. lie can wtMir prueurr i di-
vorce at iny of the county scat Jo wis.
All of th< Judges ^ are oliged to live
In Guthrie a portion of *t1ie time each
year.
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The Times-Journal is not In svmpa-
thy with those who wonl I deprive the
small boy of the Joyof fire crack*** ard
dynamite c anes on July 4th. Uet the
small boy make all the noise he can on
that day. The old folks can stuMd the
racket for tit least one day.
The most absurd story ever sent out
from Washington is tHe staftmHfit that
the rural mall carrier are political oinls-
snrles In disguise and under pay of the
administration Such stories, however,
do not harm the service, for every pa-
tron of the rural service knows the
Instant he sees the statement In print
that It Is gross falsehood.
Things may be going badly llj£«Servla.
but with LJubomlr Stojannovics and
LJubomlr S< hivkovics ahd JJtfbomlr
Ka Monies and Jorvan Alanazkovlcs and
Vallkomlcs and Mljlovtks Avakorno-
vltc h on guard, we are inclined to think
that no potentate or -nation wiH ■ever
be able to break through the liuy i>f de-
fense.
The following were all the hogs re-
•Ived at the Fort Worth stocft yards
In cars for two days past: R. Craw-
ford. Stillwater, Okla., 1 car,*~T9; E.
Kile. Mehan, Okla., I car 84*W. C.
Wilson, Pawnee, Okla 2 cars,^ lf>H: 1).
Mable. Glencoe, Oh la., 1 car, 100;
E. D. Townsend, Sneedee, Okla, 1 car,
79; S. R. Overton, Hennessey, Okla, 1
car, 64.
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a*i b« ' Hi " ay not e -
«• v -Ji-'s of .ill.of the republl-
• mtJ ... Ok'uho'nni City, f r the < • n-
mltte, had no means of determining
public sentiment or, t ,b ugh per-
sonal inquiry, but as far as th" mc >i-
bgrs were abl to I >rn Ujje republicans
of Oklahoma favor tln-m No one lon-
ger looks up- n the constitutional ryp.
\entlon as unythlng more than hor-e
pi a j The I. "Ill not receive the
ei:dot> * t of the lomlpant j :• rty In
the territory, nor will It rtd)V|^ ap-
proval of Individual republic:!ns in suf-
ficient numbers to be classified as nn
oh i-ent In th mov •>. ent. The ('renin
nation Is the only one of the five na-
j 11• • i i? it can t put In readiness for
statehood for fit eral years. If con-
gi ss looks with favor upon the plan.Jtu
Incorporate it as a i irt of the stute of
Oklahoma 11 can l> put In read in -ss for
statehood within two years and that Is
at oon as Oklahoma c an hope for state
hood.
The benefit* .f civil service are ap-
parent In the p tstofflce Investigations,
civil service will not make men hon-
est, and it gives no opportunity for dis-
covering an applicant's moral rectitude.
As many dishonest men get Into the
government service under the civil ser-
vice rules as under the spoils system,
but under the -polls system the head of
department surrounds himself with
those who helped to put him in office.
Hence there l.< difficulty as soon as
the head of the department attempts to
correi t evil practices. Th" pressure up-
on him to whitewash the delinquents Is
usually so great that they go unpunish-
ed. Under the civil service the admin-
istration officials have nothing to do
with the selection of the clerical force,
and the heads of departments are not
surrounded with men who aided In their
selection to high offices. The admin-
istration Is not handicapped by pres-
sure from members of congress or from
party leaders. The accused clerk must
stand or fall upon his record.
> i i! 1 wield pre:it VnflneA v in : • dst
i v ,U legate i'.Jc ;u Ve to feet Ftatehoo'V
for oklahoma or I- an.^lr/g els that
might be Ihaugur^Ve l by jh if gentic-
; n.hm for the good of th# territory.
( \? we .id btfore, It Is y ot a <ju lion
] of his wants, but tte "wants' of the
people hat won/a be fcest for the
■ territory ami fhs H^pubUinn p; rty of
'•V; ' vVr.ltory. Th rejShot^YjJ be no que -
I tlon about It. Tl^ re; y' I - ti party1
should call hlin to tl^e pi u by a unan-
imous Mice and lns'|t t thal h
.T.|i I, .ii • . thou:; id ynb
cans In Oklahoma, /neu ^ pro ; Invnee
and ability, that cotyjd oejyjpy th" pl o e
with orodlt- but no^ one that could ti 11
It with the same strei^th and In-
. uence of Dennis Flynn.
A man wrongfully ores ted htts Just
secured Judgment at Enid for $500
against the olTlcer who made .tbe ar-
rest While an energetic official Is In
constant danger of becoming defendant
In such suits If the Supreme court sus-
tains the Judgment, It will sex-ve to
protect Innocent cltlsens from false ar-
rest. Some rule ought to be esfalillsh-
od by the courts that would run ama-
teur detectives out of the country.
Within the next sixty days work will
begin on six large structures to be used
exclusively f<>r wholesale purposes.
They are; Whlteman Broth rs. three
stories on East Grand avenue; Bennett
Brothers, four stories First street; .The
Oklahoma Brokerage and Storng" Com-
pany. four stories on West Main; Per-
tebles Seed House, four stories, • n
West Main J. I. Case Thre hlng Ma-
chine Company, four stories, east Main
Nothing shows so well the sUil- e
character of Oklahoma's growth as the
funds In the hanks. An abstract of tha
condition of the banks of the territory
i has not been given out yet, but. from
j an examination of fully 100 r?p ,ris we
| are satisfied that the banks have on
hand or with other banks fully fifty per
tent of their deposits. The 1 gaJ re-
quirement Is but twenty-five pe* «~e-t.
! If Oklahoma's growth were due to bor-
rowed capital the demand for loaoa
would be so great that the banks wtull
be unable to hold back more than the
legal requirements.
The Quebec c ant I leveF"~5*rl 3 ge, now
under construction across the St Law-
rence river, will have a span 1,800 feet
long, or 90 foot longer, says the Rail-
road and Engineering Review, that the
main span of the Firth of Forth bridge
In Scotland, and the longest span of
this design In the world. The shore
spans on each side will be MM) feet, be-
sides a truss span 210 feet long be-
tween the anchor pier and the shore
abutment. The total length Is 3.300
feet. The bridge will carry a double-
track railway, besides a trolley track
and nrdlnary roadway.
How the people of Florida will curse
the legislature which recently passed
a bill to aid In the construction of the
St. Andrew. Quincy & Northern rail-
road. The act carries with It a grant
of 5,000 acres of land for every mile
of road constructed. It Is stipulated
that the road must be completed In two
years, to be laid with seventy**fX-pound
steel rails, and that the land is not to
become the property o( Hie railroad un-
tll completed. The proposed road opens
up a section of Florida t!titt *Ts now a
wilderness but future generations will
forget that the land Is utterly worth-
less without the road, and that no rosd
is willing to build unless a bonus is of-
fered.
Those who point to Callfronla ns a
state that never had a-p"ep«rter-
ritorial form of government do no^ re-
fer to the anarchy that existed In the
state for seven or eight years aft^r It
was admitted Into the^ Union. .Because
of the chaotic- conditions In California,
the worst element gained control, mak-
ing It necessary In 1H51 and again in
1K&& for a vigilance qommlttee tp dis-
place the Judges and sheriffs and to
clear the state of the gang that had
taken possession of all of the offices. A
few year^ of territorial form of govern-
ment, over which the federal govern-
ment holds control Is shown by past
experience to be necessary to a stable
and orderly state government.
The value of a Joke often depends
upon the viewpoint of the people who
hear It. There was an Interesting Inci-
dent before the American Orthopedic
association when one of the members
was describing an operation which re-
sulted in the death of the patient. He
told all about the first symptoms of a
case of hip disease and a£ the opera-
tions that were performed. It seemed
that there were elements of the case
that were not known at the time of the
operations. "But,'' he said, elucidating
the subject with the greatest candor
and showing that the doctors Interested
In the case finally triuniplied by, ac t tir-
ing a complete understanding of the
matter, "the mistake was discovered at
the autopsy." The intense Interest of
the assemblage of d,oc;tqr.s whs not In-
terrupted by even a twitch of a single
risible.—Washington Star.
Dallas News: Kansas City historians
and statesmen are growing Jealous over
the erudition of an Oklahoma orator
who. In one brief addrcHg on the no-
fence law, employed references to an-
cient history as follows:
"As Aes« hylus teach** us "
"In Clenathei* well known hymn to
Zeue—"
'As Xenophon less positively states
As Arlstottle often declares—"
As Plutarch, that grand priest of Ap-
ollo at Delphi.stoutly maintains—''
"Cicero further says—"
"Socrates points out—"
"Lucretius, too often uses—'*
When It comes to using classics as a
means of getting rid of the flea*, some
of our Texas gradustes might write
with profit to this powerful man of
Oklahoma.
The trusts do not like Roosevelt, but
the ywlll not oppose him for re-cHeotlnh.
When the campaign gets In full swing
next year the business interests of the
country, from the modest little factory
to the big steel trust, will stand for
Roosevelt's election. The modest con-
cerns will be for him because they know
that his policy of dealing with the
trusts will protect them from the Un-
fair competition of the giant concerns
without interrupting the present pros-
perous condition of the country.' 'l'he
giants will be for him because they
want no experiments; because they do
not wish to run the risk of financial
disaster which a change In the adinnl-
istratlon might bring about. The
democratic party must promise to up-
set the present administration policies,
and that Is what the business of the
country does not want. When times
are good the business of the country
opposes experiments, and for thnt rea-
son Roosevelt will get as loyal support
from tht business Interests as* Mc-
Klnley did.
Much good work was donp l&i* fall
and winter by enterprising cltlsens In
removing the bag worm cocoons from
the branches of shade trees, but while
many people did their whole d.uty ip
removing the pests others failed to do
anything and as a consequence in many
places the foliage Is now being de-
voured by the young bag worms. In
many cases these trees are alive with
young worms, stand so close to the
trees of some cltlsen who had cleared
his tres of the Insects, that In spite
of his labors, his trees will be desppoll-
ed of their foliage. There should be
some means of compelling these In-
different persons to take care of the
trees. This should be done now. Mr
A J. Day has a spraying apparatus
with power enough to feac h the tops of
most of these trees and he should be
employed by the c ity to spray the trees
and the cost should be assesed up to
the property owner Just as Is done In
the case of cutting weeds. This city
has a fine lot of shade trees and they
must not be ruined by the depredations
of Insects that can be easily destroyed.
. IJUirlng
s tarted a
by. the s
le flood many fir
Topeka and Kam
king of lime and
City
y the
1 oatlng of burnli g h ure* against
Others. It Is reported that the insur-
ance > oinpanles will claim exemption
from liability on the ground that the
fires were due? to the "act of God."
Such a claim would probably be he'd
to apply In this case, but the insur-
ance company which Invokes such an
exemption should be boycotted, not
only by Kansas and Missouri, but I y
the entire nation. The floods caused
probably fifty million dollars In dam-
it es. Of this probably less than $100,-
OOo was caused by fires, in most cases
ths se who sustained losses by fire sus-
tained ten times as much by flood.
The Insurance companies take millions
of daUara from the two states every
year for guarantees against Jobs by
fire, the business being the most pro-
fitable line In the state
attempting to evade liability for los
Nn/, P. j« P'ettj fie .orally known
that gold I ilck jfa< ; u\ s thrive h«re.
The comp in's for Increasing th" pro
duc-llon of butter have been on the
market for thirty years, have been
denoun-r I by experts nd the news-
fi pers and hove been legislated«out of
most of th states, but people buy the
cofljppunds,!^ Sj>ltf of all warnings and
In spite of the laws. Where Its sale
is prohibited th-y buy by stealth and
I In other stab s those who oppose Its
(,t j cal° and use are called vile names.
Ml- P,v i !•' who lis • compounds which
,<e j product* butter In • x< ess of the butter
fat contained In the milk are either
(lens dy knorant or are grossly dis-
honest, and neither disinterested warn-
ings nor an it tempt to explain where-
in the.compounds are frauds will avail
against either ignorance or cupidity.
Some time ago the foot-and-mouth
d! en o Prok out among the cattle of
?e\. ral of the New Fngland States, and
nil that section was of course, prompt-
ly quarantined by foreign countries
and by t*he other states. The agricul-
tural department at Washington took
prompt and vigorous measures to
stamp out the disease. All cattle af-
fected with the disease were ordered
slaughtered and the carcasses burned.
A strict quarantine was mnntalned and
all cattle that could by any chance have
been Infected were completely Isolated
ard carefully watched for symptoms of
the disease In the appearance of which
the cattle were promptly killed. This
vigorous policy on the part of Secretary
Wilson md his associates, soon brought
the disease under control and to-day
It Is not believed there Is a case of the
Tn-' i l oi Foot-and-Mouth disease In any one of
New England States. To further
The pronouncement of the committee
of republicans appointed tQ draft a
lid mlel the vie-
d Oklahotnsm <
H jointed to
statement that would mlel the
and
ty republicans, is In line with the Flynn
Oklahoma city
•w« of
coun-
Ull, and thereto* in Une .>yith the rc-
1* ail MlWHwiu <j± «*•-
The wheat harvest In Oklahoma Is
now in full blast and the crop Is com-
ing fully up to expectations. The crop
In this part of the territory Is fully up
to that of any section of the great
wheat growing states ajid is much bet-
ter than In most sections. In passing
through Kansas and Missouri one is
Impressed with the fact that the yield
will be le*< per acre than last year. A
few fine fields, are seen, but the great
majority of the fields show too thin i
stand. For some reason the wheat did
not stool. An Oklahoman need have
no fear In compalrlng the wheat crop
of 1903 with that of any section of the
United States. Corn everywhere Is far
behind what It should be for the time
of the year In passing across the
great com belt farmers may be seen
In some instances, planting, but In
most cases giving the crop Its tlrst
cultivation. The orn through Illinois
stands about four Inches high and even
In the Indian Territory and Oklahoma
where corn should be nearly four feet
high It Is hard to find a field that is
not more than a month behind. How-
ever there la plenty of time to mature
a crop of corn and the future of th.it
crop for this season dej ends upon the
raJnfuH or lack of rainfall.
Norman Trans, riot Th • Trans rlpt
le unreservedly for Dennis T. Flynn for
national committeeman, regirrtl* s of
whether he wants It or not. It 1* not
a question of his wanta Wo r e for
him because we believe he Is the lcglo&I
man for the position and can do more
for the party and th# territory In the
position than any other man we c uld
name. His past splendid services for
the territory, hts cl e# personal trfehd-
shlp for President Roosevelt, his In-
fluence with public men of national re >-
utatlw, his knowU-.U- of hat to do
for the territory and how to accom-
plish reault^, all make him THE MAN
lor the- posltioo. Xn that position, h*
those companies should have been first
to wire In liberal donations to their
patrons who suffered damage by the
floods.
' insure the world that the case has been
thoroughly Investigated and that Im-
portations from that section would be
safe, Secretary Wilson offers the fol-
lowing reward:
A reward of two hundred and fifty
dollars (250.00) will be paid to any per-
son who shall, before June 30. 1903,
first report to the Chief of the Bureau
of Animal Industry Washington, D. (\,
the existence of any specific case or
cases of foo^-and-mouth disease (epl-
sootlv aphtha) In any animal or ani-
mals In either Massachusetts or New
Hampshire. The nature of the disease
must be confirmed by the Inspectors of
this Department.
JAMES WILSON,
Secy, of Agriculture.
U. S. Depnrtmnet of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C., June 16, 1903.
Our government by the strong hand
in the Phlllplnes enables us to try some
int^stinfc . experiments which could
not be made In a republican state. One
of these Is that of the government mo-
nopoly of the importation and sale of
opium. It may be Imagined how some
persons will denounce this as a com-
pact "with the devil, and how members
of congress will Jump to annul It,
The Atlanta Constitution attacks the
Irrigation law as wrong In principle,
yet It la nn enthusiastic advocate of
the construction of the Isthmian canal.
Even as great a paper as the Constitu-
tion does not outgrow Its selfishness.
The Isthmian. canal Is of direct ad-
vantage to the territory In which the
Constitution Is personally Interested,
while the Irrigation plans do not con-
template direct benefits to the region
surrounding Atlanta. The Constitution
does not do the Irrigation side Justice
In its attack. It assumes that the
public lands belong to the government,
and to divert the receipts from their
sale to the construction of Irrigation
plants Is taking from the whole people
money to be invested for the benefit of
the few. This error is no doubt due
to a lack of knowledge of the publta
land situation. Scarcely an acre of the
uuot:cuplc d public lands Is worth tak-
ing wp under the Homestead or pre-
emption Inws except for the prosp^etlv*
Increase In value that trrtKntlon plants
will bring to them. The government ! t*ey jumped to re peal the canteen law,
Is In c Itect paying out nothing-merely ^ conKrewt; w,.r„ sponsible for It. Gov-
uslng Its credit. Land now valueless
can, by this means, be mads Into
splendid homes, not alone for the peo-
ple who reside In the states where the
Irrigation work Is Carried on, but for
all who wish to apply.
ernor Taft Is responsible, and not many
persons doubt but that Governor Taft
does what he thinks best for the Phll-
lpine people, and that he knows what
Is best far better than any critic'In this
country.
Still the Idea Is a startling one. The
government will sell the monopoly of
the opium tra^e In the Islands to the
highest bidder—presumably a China-
a man. The revenue Is estimated at
over *500,000 per year, and is to be de-
voted .mainly Jo educational purposes.
The law forbids any but a full-blooded
Chinaman of mature years to use opium
except on a physician's prescription,
and permits Chinamen to use It only In
their own homes.
The Idea of the law is to conflne the
use of opium to the Chinese who will
use It anyway: to regulate the Impor-
tation and use of It. to put a stop to
the smuggling and to get the greatest
revenue out of the traffic. The Island
government has had a deal of trouble
with Ipfum smugglers and believe that
the Chinese contractors can do more
to suppress them and to regulate the
traffic- than custom house officers, when
it Is made to their Interest to do so by
.a monopoly. It is believed, too, that
the new law will reduce the use of op-
ium to the lowest limit possible.
This belief Is founded on the experi-
ence of other Oriental countries Includ-
ing tt|p Brm$h colonies, most of which
have laws from which this this Is sub-
stantially copied.
The name socialist as applied to the
largest political party In Germany does
not signify that the party is an advo-
cate of socialism as It Is viewed In the
United States. The party's most ur-
gent demands are such liberties of
thought and action and such govern-
mental conditions as already exist In
the United States. For Instance the so-
cialists demand:
1. One vote for every man and wom-
an: a holiday on election day; pay-
ment of the members of parliament.
2. Responsibility of the government
to parliament: local self-government
and the referendum.
3. Substitution of the mlUUa system
for a great standing army.
4. Freedom of speech and th* press.
5. Disestablishment of the churches.
6. Free non-sectarian schools with
compulsory attendance.
In addition the socialists demand fe-
male suffrage, which Is already adopted
by some of the states. The referendum
Is also In use In all states to a limited
extent, bond Issuing being referred In
practically all of the states to the peo-
ple. Oregon has gone farther and has
adopted a permissible referendum on
the general laws. In addition to the
demands lready mentioned the social-
ists of Germany demand—
1. Gratuitous legal proceedings.
2. Free medic «1 attendance.
3 Progressive income and Inherit-
ance tax.
Pra. tically all of the states have gra-
tuitous legal proceedings for th >se un-
able to pay court fees Free medical at-
tendance Is supplied by most of the clt-
ple, but because there are more era- h'S Kon> of the states have already
mm twt) t th* t* th* pUot I >4opt«j ui Inttritanc* ux. ul th*
j for a city of a hundred thousand peo- United States has twice resorted to an
! pie than can be found for any other j Income- ? x to raise revenue.
i Ity within the two territories Ther- It HI he seen that the socialist par-
i uf. rn«ny towms w|#iln the two ; ty of Germany is in effect contending
| territories, but the people of this city f->r the sdopglon of American ideas of
! fully believe that It has many advan- government and could as consistently
tages over any of the other hustling I assume the name of the republican or
People's Voice: The d^faiocrats have
called a convention at Shawnee on the
24th of this month for the purpose of
attempting to agre% upon the holding
of a constitutional contention. Of
course It Is styled a nonpartisan sin-
gle statehood convention but everybody
knows It Is a democratic affair clear
IKrough and through. The effect the
convention will have on the statehood
proposition will be nil; but the effect
on the democratic party, should con-
vention decide to call a constitutional
convention will be equally as disastrous
as was the recent Kaw flood to North
Topeka, and the republican politicians
are losing a golden opportunity to tOtn-
pletely disrupt the democratic party
In this territory If they are not working
Jlk.e. buyers now to get the Shawnee
convention to decide on a constitution-
al invention. Senator Gore, of Law-
ton, sees what such a constitutional
convention would lead to, and he is a
blind man. In his letter to the Okla-
homan ' published In last Sunday's pa-
per he gave his views at some length
and his letter contained more good
sound logic on the question of the ex-
pediency of holding a constitutional
convention at the present time than In
any other published Interview we have
seen. Senator Gore Is against the hold-
ing of such a convention. It Is very
apparent to him that such a convention
could not possibly result In the accom-
plishment of any good; but on the
other hand It would he almost a miracle
If such a convention did not completely
disrupt the democratic party not only
In Oklahoma; but in the Indian Terri-
tory as well.
It is understood In all the cities of
the two territories that the people of
Oklahoma City to a greater degree
than any other people stand together
in working for any proposition that
would be of benefit to the city. People
marvel at what seems to them unusual
unity of purpose and action on the
part of our people. This is a reputation
to be proud of, and all the people
should strive to make that reputation
well deserved. Such a reputation has
real value In the upbuilding of a city.
Outsiders understand that every enter-
prise started In such a city must suc-
ceed and those who contemplate start-
ing some large enterprise, look for
Just such a public spirited patriotic
community in w hich to launch the new
enterprise and to join the crowd of
undaunted city builders. This .reputa-
tion we now have .and we must keep
It. Tests will com*/ constantly. Many
more institutions thot employ labor
and distribute goodg are seeking places
to Invest and they must be brought
here and the publlc««plrlt of the peo-
ple will guarantee nfalr treatment to
any worthy cause. . Kvacy man, wo-
man and child within t^- city singe
her praises, not that ouj people are
differently constituted than other peo-
borax as a preservative were treated
with the amount of borax usuaiiy ap-
plied by the manufacturers and park-
, i s. rihe ! en were ahu utly sup-
1 \ iih food and have eaten nothing
X- opt v, hat has la-en prescribed by Dr.
\v;'. y EVery member of he two pass-
es has her er mined dally his weight,
temp ratioi< and pulse have been rec-
orded. The report of Dr. Wiley will
not be made, of course until after June
30, but as far as appearances go. the
borax class has fared fully «s well as
th- pure fc ' 'ssr T • experiment
will be of In, ens« benefit In determin-
ing a much debated question. Its prac-
tical value is the off ♦ it will have up-
on the s ale of American food products
In Europe ' here .. ; c been made
upon them thfcvigh claim that In-
jurious preservatives are used.
The value of the experiment has been
uttacked by some doctors who claim
that the experiment should have In-
eluded a class of • dinted persons,
hut that would hn\« been not only
worthless from a scientific standpoint
but of io value from a commercial
point of view. Borax is used In th^ cur-
ing of meats and other of the heavy
food products, those foods used almost
wholly by healthy adults. Invalids use
so little of the.preserved foods that to
make the experiments confor into their
normal regimen would be to supply
them with an infltitestimal quantity of
the preservative.
The Kingfisher Free Press says: "The
statehood question Is getting to be
somewhat like religion—every one is
Ilk dy to have his own notions about
it."
It Is true that on the statehood ques-
tion, as on all other public questions,
there are wide differences of views
ns to methods and details. All want
statehood, but when It comes to the
means of getting it—how and when—
there are many conflicting opinions.
But the usual means of uniting In a
common effort all whose pin-poses are
substantially the same ought to pre-
all, and that Is the rule of the ma-
jority.
The republicans of Oklahoma have a
well understood position, taken by al-
most a unanimous agreement In Its
conventions. And agaist that position
there ought not to be any factious op-
position in any quarter.
It is only by acquiescence in the judg-
ment of the majority that political par-
ties are made possible. Republicans
have very conflicting ideas us to the
details of a tariff system. When It
comes to fixing rates of duty, and the
official machinery for their collection,
there are very many opinions as to
what (s most practicable. But all re-
publicans believe In a tariff for protec-
tion, and individual notions as to
methods and details are made subordin-
ate to the opinions of a majority of the
party. Otherwise, there could never
be a tariff measure passed. A majority,
se lng things Just alike, could never
be secured. It is by concessions, and
acceptance of the views of the major-
ity, that political organisation and
practical legislation is effected.
The same thing Is true of every other
political Issue, and on all subjects of
legislation. All can not get Just what
they prefer, and those who can not,
support the measure which a majority
of those with whom they are politically
associated believe to be best for party
and public Interests.
Without such cheerful recognition of
party authority political parties would
be scattered Into many powerless fac-
tions. Political confusion would ex-
ist, and legislation would be uncon-
trolled. reckless and uncertain. It Is
only through the authority of political
parties that safe and practical results
can be assured.
Ts there any reason why all republi-
cans should not Join In hearty, and
active support of the party's position
on the statehood question? Is there
anything to Justify factious or un-
friendly opposition to that position?
Such opposition Is. at least, practical
assistance to the democratic party In
the territory and weakens the efforts
of republicans to make their party's
policy successful.
Not all republicans may fully agree
that that policy Is the wisest that
could have been adopted, but should
they not, as th> y do upon other ques-
tions, acquiesce In the Judgment of th^
majority and assist the party In the
flght It has undertaken. A united ef-
fort would make victory certain. Noth-
ing can defeat statehood next winter
on the line of ropubllcian-demands hut
the factious opposition and Intrigue
of a few republicans, "wffo lend them-
stIves to the us# of the opposition to
mislead the judgmsat of congress as to
party and public sentiment In Okla-
homa.. The mere hope of local advan-
tages—which seems to control the ac-
tion of a few—are not sufficient to Jus-
tify party antagonism, and the sacri-
fice of party interest, Irt'so Important a
contest.
'•*
d
young i ties. That ,1s why they stand
stoutly together for any pro|K>sltion
for the good of the ity They are
certain their work will bring results.
the democratic party as that of social-
ist.
Mr. Thoburn made a mistake In warn
lug p ople against that Alva concern
which advertises to supply a compound
Which will produce more pounds of but-
iet than milk contains of butter fat.
The error < islets In supposing that
those who want to Invest In freaks and
gold bricks can be prevented from
doing so The notoriety given the thing
by Mr. Thoburn's interview Is
oying to the Intelligent element of
On June jo 'VTfT nd a six months ex-
periment made under the most careful
supervision to determine the effect up-
on the human system of foods treated
with borax as a preservative. Dr. Wil-
ey. the government clfemist selected
from the clerks of the agricultural de-
partment 'two classes of young men
with whom he has carried on his exper-
iments The Inducement held out to the
young men was fre* board for six
months. One clash has been supplied
with food, none of which has been
| the territory. Hud It not been for the treated with boras. The other class Is
InUivlew the public at large would giv<^i precisely the same quality anil
not lave known ihal Oklahoma people quantity with the exception Unit all
Wft UnrtaUn* h%,vilv In coil briott. LukuuLOt luQdt >u nam
An Interesting contest for the gov-
ernorship of Arkansas was commenced
last week. The contest bids fair to he
sufficiently etcltinguto keep up public
Interest. Governor Davis-has announc-
ed that he will seek a third term. His
opening speech wil made at Bonanza
last week. As Is usual with him, he
blazed away right and left, his speec h
being devoted to the denunciation of
his enemies. His enemies were on hand
to make reply, and from reports the
reply was strenuous enough to make
the meeting Interesting for Davis and
the audience. State Senator Sen gel
spoke In reply to the governor. Th*
j governor sat upon the platform and
heard every word ti Tat' was uttered.
Senator SengeL by saying:
"I did not come here with any spe-
cial desire to made a political talk, but
I would be untrue to myself and *iy
constituents if I did n^ - ply to th^*
Infamous charges made by Governor
Davis. It his come "tO my ears that
a friend of Davis said that if I made a
talk : gainst DajtU X ivfiu^be remov ed
from the platform Knowing the con-
temptible, eownf'nft Hi fleeter of the
governor, as I do. It would not at all
surprise me If he had henchmen on
hand who would not hesitate to shoot
at the word of com to and. For that
is the kind el N if that DlMl is. But
I I propose to st ind here Ju«t the same
in my own defense and 'hat of th*
, grand old County of Sebastian, upon
which the governor J.ts today heaped
j vile slander. I would pe willing io
bare my breast to Any assassin's bul-
let If necessary. And I want to call
I your attention to some thlr.gs that have
been said today by this man who has
I done more to traduce and vllllfy the
.-state of Arkansas than any other man
| living.
j "Now, the governor ha said In the
course of his con that he was twice
j victorious In S bastlan county, but had
been counted <>ut In the Third ward,
j I am going to answer tl^Js Ipfamous
j charge In plain Eugllvh, and I am p^r-
, qonally responsible for everything that
, 1 say. for I am over twenty-one years
of age. and weigh two hundred pounu
i Davis' story is a lleIM
1 "Better look out*" talc} a Davis pat-
•isan In the audience,
• Yes, I am looking out," retor
Sengel: "don't you forget that."
The speaker then went on to refat
to the attack that Davis had made o«^
his anti-trust bill record. 4
"The governor has said that the anti-
trust bill two years ago had died a'
natural denth In my hip pocket. That
Is false. My r -cord on the matter of
anti-trust legislation Is nn open book
and I am not at «.n ashamed of It. I
made a flght on the anti-trust bill in «
the last I- glslature, and my record in
that flght is very clear. I consider tho
bill that Davis wanted to have passed
the most villainous document thnt was
ever introduced Into the legislature,
and thnt Is why I fougtit It from begin-
ning to end."
"Then there Is another matter to
whh h I want to call your attention,"
said the speaker. "In regard to the
letting of the famous penitentiary brick
contract, Davis explained his conduct
hy saying: 'When 1 signed thnt con-
tract I was either cra*y, or I had my
hand behind me!' A beautiful expla-
nation for the chief eS'^-utlve of a
state to make! If «fcl« Mptamition b#
com ct, then the State of Arkansas
has either a knave or a fool for a gov-
ernor—and In either caso is to be pit-
ied.
"Another thing: The governor de-
clares thot there is a little clique In
the city of Little Rock that is opposed
to him on all occasions, right or wrong
—a c lique whose members go into cau-
cus pledged to flght him on any and all
occasions. Again I say to this story
of Davis: 'If Is a lie, and an Infam-
ous He!' I have never gone Into cau-
cus pledged to do uny thing other th n
what I believed to be for the right."
in regard to the matter of pur bas-
ing a county farm, Senator Sengel's
English was very foj ceful and plain,
leaving no doubt of the meaning that
he Intended to conves.
"You have all heard of the stand
taken by Davis when It came to the
question -f purchasing a county
farm," he said. "This man simply at-
tempted to steal $12,500 <>f the purchase
price of the farm, and it was by 110
fault of his that the plan miscarried."
News oi Current Interest.
Tn these days of fast motoring and
high railway speeds It Is interesting to
recall that it was In July, 1820, some
little time before George Stephenson
had solved the problem of steam trans-
port. that Sir Golds worthy Gurney
made his famous Journey In a "steam
carriage" from l^ondon to Rath and
back. Gurney was a surgeon In Msry-
lebone, greatly given to the working out
of Inventions In his spare time, and It
took hlin some years to complete his
first "motor" In his back yard In Al-
bany atreet. He accomplished the Jour-
ney to and from B^ith at the rate of
fifteen miles an hour, and there was
only one disturbing Incident, when a
crowd assembled at Melksham set up-
on the machine, and having burned
their Angers, threw stones and serious-
ly wounded the stoker. This Gurney
Journey stands as th first example of
locomotion by steam In England.
Russell Sage Is going to move from
the modest little house in Fifth ave-
nue, New York, where he has lived for
forty-two years. He can 110 longer
"stand for" his neighbors. First some
one put a candy store next door to
him. Then another store was establish-
ed on th other side At the rear of the
candy store In an Immense fan design-
ed to cool the Ice cream parlor. This
fan Is right next to three of the win-
dows of his dining room. The noise it
makes Is deafening. On the Forty-sec-
ond street side there Is a smoking par-
lor, and as Mrs. Sage detests the smell
of tobacco she is compelled to keep
her windows closed. So they are go-
ing tn move to the now deserted man-
sion of the late Charles Broadway
Roues. On one side lives Henry Clews,
on the other D. Ogden Mills.
Fifteen years ago a rather grewsome
sensation went round the Duke of Well-
ington^ drawing room at Rtrathfield-
saye on the appearance of a distinguish-
ed and expected guest t Henry Irving).
As the tall, thin, Impressive figure with
the cadaverous countenance, seemed
to totter rather than # ulk across the
floor to his host and hostess, the mur-
mur passed along it is Dizzy risen
from the deud." The likeness had. In
fac-t, been noticed long before by Lord
BeaconsfleH himself Watching from
Mr. Alfred Rothschild's box the play
on the Lyceum stage, th- statesman,
to the question what he thought of It,
replied, "It reminds me of my own
career, and In person I should think
Mr. Irving might be taken for myself."
Dean Farrnr has related this story:
"At one small public pinner at whhh
I met Charles Dickens J was struck
with his chivalry to an absent friend.
Mr. Sims Rei os had been announced
to sing at the dinner, and. as happened
not Infrequently, Mr. Sims Reeves had
something the matter wirtf his throat
and was unable to be present. Die kens
nnouneed this and the statement was
received with a general laugh of In-
credulity. This made Dickens, who was
In the chair, very angry, snd he man-
I fully upheld his friend. My friend, Mr.
Sims Reeves.' he said, 'regrets 1 1? in-
| ability to fulfill his engagement owing
I he added with great severity, to an
unfortunately amusing and highly face-
tious cold!' "
Andrew Lang held at one time *what
must have been very nearly a world's
record in literary output. His regular
weekly work vas six leaders for a
morning newspaper, two huu^orous
sketches for an evening 'Journal, two
| long articles, two book reviews and a
contribution to a weekly Illustrated pa-
per. In addition to this he devoted four
hours every day to what may be called
puie literature He turned out books
at the rate of three a year, or even
more. In 1S9<). for Instance, there ap-
peor- l from his pen the "Red Fairy
Tale Hook.' 'Life. Letters and Dairies
of Sir Stafford Northeote," "How to
Fall in Literature ' and "Old Friends.
For wetks together his work would
Average 25,000 words a week.
1 A novel and Ingenious monument b;
Bartholdl to the cernauts >t the siegi
| of Pails Is to be ere- ted li ! ntmartn
j or Its vicinity. It will stand >ut l\
•y feet high, and bo < tlp< ,v bal
| loon of bronze and tlaa* if transpaien
mica. Its dlan eter will be about te.
feet, and Inside will be an ck ti it ' .nif
j with a reflector, so ih - by night th«
monument will be Illuminated. Th -
l al!oon will be guided by a symhali al
; flgui e Ct' the 'iUV I'l I r
it a mother i^h her'dying children
I will represent the city of Paris.
f
Col. J. \V. Johnsop has been retained
to'defend tl)& Reedy*, who tire mixed
up in the -3wtnf hammer caaa.
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