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The Publicist
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when the voters of the two ter-
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vention, to frame a constitu-
tion for the new state.
The act of opening: to settle-
ment original Oklahoma was
passed by a republican con-
gress and signed by a republi-
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congress and signed by a re-
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ment the Cherokee outlet was
passed by a republican congress.
The "Free Homes Bill" was
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All the legislation that has
been enacted to settlement
conditions in Indian Territory
and prepare it for statehood has
been passed by republican con-
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sult of republican ideas.
The statehood bill, which
grants to Oklahoma and the In-
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republican congress and signed
by the matchless Roosevelt.
It is a republican measure and
the howling of John Sharp
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the results than the whistling
of the winds.
There will be much to be
done alter Oklahoma becomes
a state to settle the conditions
in the Indian Territory. If we
would have effective work done
in congress to accomplish these
results we should send republi-
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the friends of Oklahoma—the
republicans.
The first step in this direction
is the election of republicans
to the constitutional convention,
that we may settle the question
once for all that Oklahoma is
republican, and that it will be
able to help in carrying out the
great policies inaugurated by
Roosevelt and the present re-
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Commissioner jfanbercj Sxploins Srancl $iirif Sleport.
WHITES AN INTER E ST IX U
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IN WHICH HE EXPLAINS WHYS AND WHYFOHES OF THE CHARUES MADE.
i To the voters of Lincoln county, the commissioners had ignored sites, plans and specifications the circumstances do he old uaan
Gentlemen: In view i f the the provisions of law requiring \ were by him prepared. Bids no good unless a good and coin-
fact that the grand jury report them to let contracts to the low were called for and a contract, for | petent nurse be employed to give
has been published, and the fur-jest bidder upon sealed bids, ten was let in iny district. They medicine to the patient at the
ther fact that said report deals The specific instances of bridges were also built and I regret to proper time, to put the premises
say that they did not
with us. They were a
entirely witn the county cemmis- built in this manner was in the
sioners and is in my judgment case of the bridge across Bell
misleading; and if not reluted by i low creek on the half section
the commissioners themselves,' line west of Chandler and one ir
is calculated to prejudice the! Chandler township north of
minds of the average reader.! Chandler.
Realizing as I do that. I am re- j 2.—The jury found that the
sponsible for all the facts laid be-j commissioners had received pay
fore the jury, (as I shall show | during the years 1903,1904 and
the clerk and are paid by the
county. The jury ordered that I
reimburse the county the amount
they had overdrawn. In my
case I have done so, not because
it was not justly due me, but be-
cause the jury, prompted no
doubt by a senseofduty,believed
tay long in good sanitary condition and
finished to stay with the family day and
by spring floods. After the first1 night John Munds was there-
flood eight of them were reported fore employed as nurse at $-.00 , it right. I shall always feel that
Its having gone down stream. Yet per day mid night service. . the county is in my debt 983.00.
all the provisions of law had been Substance, clothing, medicines! As to tinding.No 1 '* ■-■ *
complied with The question I and fuel was furnished. The
will naturally arise, who was to total cost of maintenance for this
blame for the disaster? I am I family was nearly $100.00 pe
later on) and that the person who 1905 of more than $180.00 a year ! painfully certain w1 o had to heart month. As this enormous ex-
Congressional Ticket.
r or Congress First District.
I;. S. McUUIRE..
For Delegate toCon'titutional Con-
vention Twenty-third District
H. L. CLOl'D
madethe complaint did notantici-1 for overseeing construction
pate or had any desire to get even \ bridges and roads in amount*
with the other two members of follows:
the board but inadvertently drew ambkku.
them into his supposed trap 1903.
The grand jury through cour- j 1904-
tc sy or otherwise included the I 1905
For Dele . ate to the Constitutional full board in their report. There
of
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SI 5.00.
s 9,00.
DENNIS.
Convention, 22nd District
I Ix'.AK X. SWEET
For delegate to the constitutional
convention, 21st district.
E. T. HEUSTEN
Republican Ticket.
For Treasurer,
L. C. ELLIOTT.
For County Clerk,
J. E. RE A.
F. r Probate Judge,
F. A. WAGONER.
For Sheriff, .
L. E. MARTIN.
1-. i Surveyor,
J. A. WILKIN'S.
,'F r Superintendent,
O. F. HAYES.
If i r Weigher,
F. O. MASON.
r Coroner,
W. II. DAYIS.
F. r County Attorney,
S. D. DECKER.
F r Register of Deeds,
S. I). DENNIS.
r ; Commissioner 1st District,
JOHN \Y. HENRY.
For Commissioner 2nd District,
JA.COK AMF.HKG.
For Commissioner lird District,
J. A. LYNCH. .
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1903.
1904.
Ti
fore, as I am the principal and
the one sought to be injured, I
shall endeavor in this letter to
take all • the responsibility on
my own shoulders, and the
further purpose of giving such
information as I deem perti tent 190r
relating to my official acts as com- 4.
missioner of this citunty.
While I do not at this time care
to go into details as to the cause
that led up to the investigation.
To do so would necessitate ope
ing up a question that has hi ei
settled in another court so far as
I am concerned. Suffice to say
the matter is well understood
here in Chandler, and any w e
who cares to know can readily
equip themselves with the in
formation.
However I conclude that it is
not only due the public, the other
commissioners and myself as
well to give S'une of the reasons
that led to the grand jury report
in*order that an impartial reader
can juds/e and form his own opin
ion.
Some time before court con-
vened I was approached by a cer
tain individual, a
Chandler city, win
$ ti.00.
$50.00.
$ 3.45.
*41.20
$72 00.
The jury further finds that
the commissioners have contract-
ed for and erected numerous
bridges to be paid for out of the
road and bridge fund before the
i is levy was collected. This be
i g i ontrary as we tnink to the
i.itention of the law and directly
contrary to a resolution of the
the brut t i f the bmme. ! pensefor this one family seemed
One man plainly told me that likely to continue indefinitely,
he would not vote for a man for humanity demanded that they
4. It is true
as the jury reports that the com-
missioners have been, and are
guilty of contracting and erect
ing bridges before the tax levy
is collected. I ask in a spirit
of candor, business and common
sense, who is injured by this
,, demanded that .
the office of county commissioner be taken care of as human beings dereliction of duty? Is it the
that did not have seme enough regardless of expense. tax payer who pays for the
to cause b idges to be built that About one month after I had | bridges he sorely needs, or the
would not wash awav While employed the doctor to look after1 toads that need improving, or
this was tough on tqe I felt that this family I was notified by j would it be the banks who would
the man was right. In my judg- j Munds that the old lady McLaren j be deprived of the use of the
ment no man deserves to be voted had told him if they could sell funds? You, Mr. tax payer, you
for that will waste the tax payers ; their property consisting of aone pay your money; which do you
money and attempt to satisfy ! room house and 8 lots for $125.00 choose?
himself by saying "I complied that they would go to Iowa where j All of the violations of law com-
with the law." " they had a daughter living and plained of by this person who
Profiting by past expedience that they would pay their expen- j made the complaint, have been
and realizing that some other ses out of the proceeds I called going on, only more so, ever
plan must be adopted. Not only 1 my good friend ('. A. Green, a ! since the organization of the
for the interest of the county notary republic who went with; county. Is it not passing strange
but my own as well. And in me to the wretched home. The j that this person who has resided
view of the fact that the com mis- old people were glad to sign a | in our midst for the past fifteen
sionr rs had previously agreed to deed transfering their property years, did not feel impelled
apportion the road and bridge to Lincoln county in consider- through a sense of patriotic duty
fund to each ilis ation of the sum named. Giving *nd desire.to protect the tax
trict except that tin 1 st and 2nd my personal check to Green with ( payers, he now so valiantly
board of commissioners adopted districts would assign $1,000each instructions to purchase rail I'defends and t hamions, long ago.
in 1905 and spread upon the 1 to the 3rd to indemnify that dis
records of the office." I do not I trict for the school lands on which
give the report in full but enough no tax was levied, By this ar-
for the put pose of this let- rangement each coin missioner
ter. knew the amount of available
I shall take up the findings in j funds at his disposal and'could
the order enumerated. When | govern Inscotractsandlimitthem
our board assumed charge of the within the 80 percent limit.
duties of county commissioners I wish to say that we have
January 2, 1903. we were con-! since the time we advertised for
fronted with a bridge deal that j the bridges mentioned above been '>ur statute
road tickets for the family and I He' lays himself open to suspic-
then when safely aboard the cars ion that there must be a nigger
to give them the rest of the in the wood pile.
money, which he did and they I have taken up more space
went to Iowa. Shortly after j than I intended. I have an ob-
their arrival at the daughters ject in view. It is to make my
home the old gentleman died and j position on the subject referred
was given a paupers burial which 111 this letter so plain that no
would.have been the case had heione need misunderstand me.
died here. There is no law on The election for county officers
mtssioners
resident of j bougie ten steel bridges agree-1t0 build a bridge. I employ an right?
n an angry ing to pay $10,000 i'or.them deliv experienced bridge builder. To I order to call attention that some-
books empowering i will be held some time in the
had been made and entered into I working under this rule. I now a county commissioner to pur near future. I do not wish to,and
by the proceeding board of com- concluded to try a plan altogether chase land for the purpose I have never did. deceive anyone. I do
wherebv thev had my own. After I have decided mentioned". I ask yyu, did I do not believe in double dealing and
I mention these facts in w'" n°t practice it.
I am the Republican candidate
times a county commissioner for commissioner for the fifth
common labor necessary must adjust the law so that it will term. 1 he question of vital im-
He is held responsible not only a] ply itself to the case at hand. portaneo and that which led to
lor the faithful and workman- As to finding-No. 2. The road I tl'e. Plication of this letter, and
ship manner lie does Ins own and bridge law provides a salary w' ch desire to submit to the
work, but of those under him as for the com missiorers at $:S.d6 i v°ters is: Do you want a man who
well. Reporting to me the num per day not to exceed 15 days inj never Pa.vs any taxes himselt
ered at Chandler. The bridge j him is delegated authority to hire
1
manner demanded that 1 do eer- ered at Chandler. The
tain official acts in his ^fnvor. 'companies who were awarded tiie I the
Threali -nir.g me that il I did not contract proceeded and did de-
comply with his unreasonable liver all of these bridges at Chand-
demands that l.e would expose ler city. But before a warrant
Eiitor L. W. Boikin Head
E. Botkin, junior editor rae by having my official conduct COuld be drawn Honorable .1 B.
f T], , Pi,Minist died Wednes- investigated in district court. A. Robertson then county attor-
( 1 L. ' | ., . that he would com pel either my nev succeeded in enjoining the ber ol men employed and the any one quarter or sixty days
clay i ..'.ing, Oct. <, , o self or my bondsmen to pay for board from issuing warrants in
malari.1l fever. ^ funeral ser- two steel.bridges naming one pay ment for Jhe bridges. Thus
were held;, the Christian across Bell Cow creek and one we found the matter tied up at
the time mentioned
The bridge companies, anxious
j to have the matter adjusted, em-
ployed able, counsel who at var-
vices
church Thursday morning at
10 o'clock, lint! r the joint
auspices of tin Knights of
Pythias and Modern Woodmen
lodges and assisted by Rev.
Arthur Ingold.
northeast of Chandler city. I
informed him that I had not in
jured him and that he could not
hold me personally responsible
as an individual, for the official
acts of the board of commission
ers and as to his threats I said,
man whose nam<
time and amount of labor per any one year. A sum total of delinquent tax-
form ed by each man. The ma $h6.(H), Concerning the 833.001 W l delinquent
terial is furnished unorders from which the jury found 1 had over
myself. The advantages under drawn I have this explanation to
this plan briefly stated are as fol- make.
stands on the
rolls charged
taxes, who re-
fuses to pay them and defies the
county aui orit i s to collect them
if they can. a man who when he
finds himself "pinched'' by the
j l>oard of commissioners in their
I efforts to compel him t i pay that,
The republicans of Hobart
have raised $5000 for the es-
tablishment of a republican
paper at that city.
Omer K? Benedict h: s sold
his News-Republican at Ho-
bo and I were the principals.
At was a net sum saved to Lincoln' lively few. Then again the sinner must decide and the inter
party outlined anu -county amounting tc more than money paid for the construction est of the county depends on hi-
f Brookfield, Mo., who has read the very charges embodied tht> salaries and expenses of the j of bridges is paid mostly to the-sound judgment. Attention i?
the in the report of the grand jury. | entire board of commissioners — iu. ... ,, , *
lows: « .1 cannot afford to own more
The average man will not slight i than one team. There are times
ious times endeavored in behalf | bis work if employed*! i.v the day. during the crop season .when no | whjch js due from him to tin
He will .if held responsible see farmer will take his team out of
that all work is well done. the field for $3.00 per day. I
The common labor is usually have at various times been obliged
employed at or near where the to hire teams when in the dis-
bridge is to* be built. They are charge of m,y duties as overseer
personally interested in having of bridgfis and in that-way in
good work done. If any grafting curred additional expense and
" I $2,500 was saved on the original lis going on I am not very long charged accordingly.
a I purchase price. Cost for trans finding it out. And I desire to This was one caSe among many
different
commis-
of their clients to .sell our board
, , ., . the bridges. We finally pur-
that as I had never done anything : cliased them for $7,500.00 on con
either private or official that dition tjiat the county be at no
oared to hide since I had icon ,i eXpense for transportation to the
resident of Ligcoln county and sites selected or for the. cost of
that I wopld not do as he dc
manded.
This was tfle begining of
erection. In this transaction
case th.v led to a trial in the | portion of bridges, and erection I say that while I have found some although they may bt
court referred to above, in which : not less than"$1,000 more. Here eases, yet they are compara in character, where a
bart to W. E. Crumpaker, late tllis tl.j„
of Brookfield, Mo.,
changed the politics of
paper from republican to demo-. I cannot in justice to others per
' . , . . „ , , , sue the case in that court further,
| dratic, thus giving llob.ut two t0 do so, would be to tread on
democratic sheets and the re- forbidden ground and violate the
!, publicans none. Omer Bene- obligations I am under.
diet announces that he will re- I shall now take up the grand
main in Hobart but in another jury report which I c^uote as
line of business. * f.ellows
In the case of the board of
Vice President
will speak.at the
towns in Oklahoma
day, Oct. 22.
Newkirk
Ponca City
Blackwell
Medford
Pond Creek
Knid
Hennessy
Kingfisher
El Reno
Oklahoma City
Fairbanks county commissioners complaint
following was ,nad!' t0 th0 -iury Jh,at,.th®
commissioners were not follow
next .Ion- jng the law in regard to the let-
ting contracts.for the construc-
8:40 a. m. tion of bridges. The jury sent
9:30 .-um. for witnesses and for the records
10:30 a. m.
.12:10 p. m.
12:50 p. m.
.'oi-their term of office. And all
this was contrary to law accord
ing to the construction placed
upon the road and bridge law by
our late grand jury. .
Later on, some time in October
1903 we decided to advertise for
nine steel bridges. Strictly in
compliance with the statutes.
All provisions were complied
with. On the day set for the
opening of bids we found 1 (*> bids
representing as many steel
bridge companies. We found
! county, selects one member lie
holds responsible fur his difficul-
ties, pours out, the viles of his
wrath, blusters, threatens, and
finally rushes to the grand jury
\^ith his tale of woe, and when
asked by one of the jurors if the
other members of the board were
not equally guilty, was obliged
to confess that he did not know.
Do you want this man to dictate
to the county board the manner
in which they slTall spend the tax
payers' money? I apprehend
not. But if you do, then all 1
can say is that I do not want to
be your commissioner.
While I have considered it
necessary to refer to myself in
connection with the commission
ers duties for the reason as be-
very ineii, who contribute it to the simply called to this case in
county in the shape of taxes. order that the reader may reatli-
Whilethis method has been in ly recognize the faft that the law
vogue in the 2d district 1 can cannot always be strictly coin-
cheerfully testify that no bridge plied with if the interest of the
built under thi^ plan has washed tax payers are to be considered.
out. They all stand today just And as n better illustration of
as they were built. A monument this fact i invite-attention to the •fore stated that the light was
to the skill and honest labor of fact that four years ago the tax made on me alone, I do not wish
those employed to do this work, levy for maintenance ol poor and to disparage or minimize the du-
insane was two mills: it is now (ties performed by my colleagues
one-fourth of one mill. See the ',n their respective districts,
difference? Names in the Mc- j They have done their duty as
Laren case are given in order they saw it, and I have tried'to do
call! mine, and I wish in closing to
Yet this is contrary to law. This 1
is all I care to say about bridges
at this time.
I shall now take up a case ; j,
where 1 was again guilty of that those not familial may
that the prices were all nearly violating the law' During the Ion t'je parties referred to if they pay them this tribute of respect,
uniform and exhorbitant in the summer of 1903 before we had a so wish and learn all the particu by saying that I have served as
and found the facts to as fol- extreme. We therefore prompt j p0oi; farm, there lived in the lars- a member of three preceding
lows: ly turned them ctown. Later we I town of Carney a family by the In Commissioner Murphy's boards of commissioners in Lin-
1 -"'That numerous expendi- j learned that at a caucus on the name of McLaren consisting of case, who owns no team, when coin count.y. Phis board of which
tures amounting to thousands of day before the opening of bids an aged man, wife and t imbecile he goes out on county business
he goes out on county business 11 have been a member now near-
1:40 p.m. dollars werc made on ti e road , the bridge men had agreed upon son.' I was notified that the old is obliged to hire a conveyance | ly four years, have allowed me
2:55 p.m. and bridge fund for the construc- ^be price each was to .propose gentleman was sick and needed which costs him from $2.5o to more freedom in the transaction
tion of bridges in amounts of|an(^ 'n ^be event the contract medical attention. I went to see j $3.00 for team hire, besides inci- ol county business in my district
more than twenty-five dollars,; should be awarded to one of them, the family and found them in a dental expenses. Does any sane and showed me more personal
without any plans and specifica- all would receive a prorata rake-
woeful and destitute condition.
tions being tiled in the clerks off- The above was all done ac- [ called upon Dr. Pendergraft
of that town and requested him
to' render medical assistance.
who after his tirst visit informed
me that medicines could, under
3:50 p. m.
4:40 p. m.
7:30 p. m.
office as provided by law, without cording to law.
Let the constitution be any ag reqUjred by law, and We now determined to supply
formed by the people who have without notice as required by wooden bridges. The surveyor
always fulfilled their pledges, law. In fact the jury found that was sent to the various bridge
Does any sane and showed me more
man expect him to give his serv- courtesy than any previous board
ices free? I think not. Other of which I have been a member,
county officers when they leave and if there is any credit due the
the county seat on public busi- present board of commissioners,
ness in wnich they incur expen- they are justly entitled to a full
ses invariably file their bills with measure of praise
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