The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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The El Reno Democrat
The Official Organ of the War Department and Canadian County.
T. F. HEjYSLE )Proprietor.
PUBLISHEl) E J 'EliY TillrHSlU )
$1.25 I'Eli YE.lli
Volume VII-
HlLk REi.NO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY LJV, lBJJH.
Number 15
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' A
Passing a Checkered Career Be-
fore Becoming a Law.
HOW THE LAWS ARE MADE.
Routine Legislation Required in
the Houses of Ccngress.
drops it into a box at the speaKer's
desk. There it is seized by a elerk
entered in a book, numbered and sent
down to the government printing office
where several hundred copies are
printed. They eome back to the house
the next d: y and a elerk fees that one
of tii -m goes to the committee on in-
valid pensions. The printed bill lo< ks
like the belotv.
Now, there are a great many simi ar
and possibly just as worthy, bills ahead
f tlii?- one in the committee, and Mr. his bill through the House by hool.
and suspending all the usual rules.
It is hard to yet the speaker's recog-
nition in the first place, for there are
something like : ." «> similar requests
pending, and if this is secured, the
chances are Jo to 1 that some man with
a bad case of indigestion or a naturally
churlish, envious disposition will utter
the fatal words, "I object," and settle
the matter.
heaves a sigh of relief and considers
himself mighty lucky, as indeed he
may if lie succeeds in having put the
bill through after several months'
hard work. Washington Star.
AFTEK IT
Hut granting ti
I AS PASSED,
it Mr. Poole
pas>e
I)
Poole must begin his hustling for his
friends case at tlii> point. He tells
A SAMl'LK < ASK IN DKTAIL. I lhe committee the fact about the ease
and finally enlists their attertion in
j behalf of the bill. It is taken up, eon-
u bill in Congress is a sidered carefully, the War Department,
and fraught with trou-' records examined to verify the state-
I -. pitfalls and snares. It is subject inent of facts, and if the case presents
to . iny contingencies and is lucky, in-1 especial features of merit the bill
d eil, if it passes safely through the j is ordered to be reported. This* i the
v eissitueds of youth and reaehes its ! first victorv. if tin- committee had
rile life of
•ekered one
full growth as a law. The bill may
start bravely out in its legislative
e.nver, perish from neglect and in-
not indorsed the bill, or if they had
been so indifferent as to postpone it.
the measure would never have seen
tion in some committee pig.'on hole 1 daylight again. A report containing
• ron the calendar, forgotten by its the findings of fact and stating the
sponsor, a- a homeless foundling, who I grounds upon which Mr. < "aso asks his
deserted by its protectors, sinks, into | increase, is then drawn up, and, to-
obscurity. Or it may hi? slain in the j gether with a copy of the bill, is taken
flower of its youth by the fell blow of , into the House hy a member of com-
an economist or other enemy, cut < tf mittee and reported. The measure
in the prime of a promising career, to . now takes its place upon the House
be resurrected at the next congress j calendar, in other words the docket, to
when the turn of the political wheel J eome up for consideration in due order
,4TH ( OXGMKS
1st Sessk >n.
H. R. 147
IN THK HOl'SE OF KKPRHSKXTAT1YKS.
DECKMMHI' Is!!.").
Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Mi:. Poole introduced tin- following bill:
crook, its next stage is to the enrolling
clerk who copies it and sends the copy
to the government printing office,
where five copies are struck off upon
heavy blue paper and returned to the
clerk, It is now called an act. One
of these is called the engrossed copy,
and it goes to the committee on en-
rolled bills, consisting of seven mem-
bers of the House, whose duty it is to
examine the bill, compare it with the
original and see that the engrossed
copy is really the bill That passed the
House. It. is next carried to the elerk !
of the House, who signs it, after which !
he takes it. over to the Senate.
Chicamauga
Chieamauga is an Indian word mean-
ing "Uiverof Death." The Indians so
named it doubtless because of some
bloody battle between the tribes which
occurred near its banks. And well has
it earned that title. The battle of
Chicamauga, between tin- I'nion and
Confederate forces is one of the blood-
iest in history, in the neighborhood of
.'10,(MX) men. dead and wounded having
been left on the field. Where there
was such terrible fighting many deeds
of great bravery were naturally per-
formed. but it is a singular though ex-1
records of heroic n
ury field have bt
I'eason is clear. Tli
'ion ou thcsaugiun-
n preserved. The
onilict was so
deadly that then.' was small chance for \l""1 loa8t'd to eoul "l«'''ators for
l ridiculous figures. Kverv foot
A BILL
(it-
(\>m-
"/
a pension to George W. Cast', late privat
pany B, Twenty second New York Cavalry.
1 /If it fnaittd !<y Hit Stnatf (in,/ House of Rrprrsruta/ife
"J the I'/iitri/ S/iihs of Amrrico in Congress asiembliit,
t That the Secretary of the Interior lie. and he is herein
4 authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll.—etc
observation and many lips that might
have told of thrilling encounters and
the display of glorious courage were
closed forever in death. WhileUhica.
IN THK SENATE* llAMHKIi. j maujja is in (ieOrgill it is just 11 cross
The di rk appears before the bin- j u,,. nno f,.omTennessee, and may bo
Of the Senate and announces to tin-I said properly to belong to the Tennes-
\ ice 1 'resident 111.11 the House has see cumpai"ii
passed II. U. 147, in which it requests | Ou the second .lav of •'hicamauga
the concurrence of the Senate. The j Ueut. Anthony 'i'aylor, of Co. A, loth
Nice I'resilient directs that the act hi- I Pennsylvania Cavalry, had eoiimuiml
referreil to the committee on pensions ! ,,f t)la couriers of ti en. Itoseerans.
and again printed, and now Mr. i'oole j When Longstreet made the charge
must begin his work again. He has a that broke the Union line, Lieut. Tay-
big job before him, because he must ! j,,,. „.as headquarters, on a little hill
convince that august cm ittee, ab- | a short distance from the house owned
soi'bed with mighty affairs of state. \ by the widow Cleun. As the disor-
al functions and the pride of power-, ganized troops fell back Lieut. Taylor
of tin necessity for action on Mr. .dashed forward and made heroic ef-
Ciise s bill, lie cannot co before the j foi-ts to rally them, and failing, was
ommittee himself, but interest some tho i„st Federal ottieer to leave that
member of the committee, who. ir it i part of the Held, It was Lieut. Taylor
uits bis pleasure and convenience, will j who secured the information which led
some day have the act reported to the > l() the capture of Jefferson Davis, the
Senate and placed on the calendar, president of the confederacy.
Now. Mr. Poole must keep after hi-; During the hottest part of tin light
senatorial colleague and induce him to | at Chicamauga an order came to Co. F.
see that the act passes. It, may come 0f the 101st Ohio volunteers to sei.d a
up in regular order or by unanimous corporal to the colors quickly, as the
consent, anil will very like!vlie amend- j e,dor guard had been nearly all killed
t all probable that or wounded and the colors of the regi-
ment were in imminent peril. There
was no corporal left in the company,
will either consider the amount of the ilnd Kilmer asked if there was a
pension too much or too little, the1 privull. wh(J wouh| U)],,t
med like volunteering to go to an
Dawes on the Five Tribes.
Kx-Senator Dawes of Massachusetts
the chairman of the Dawes In-
dian Commission appeared last Thurs-
day before the Hoiiso committee on In-
dian a Hairs in support of the hill intro-
duced in tin House tho day before, em-
bodying the views of the commission.
lie explained at great length the
situation among tin* five civilized
tribes and manner in which the white
Indians w«re absorbing all the best
lands by obtaining leases. In one in-
stance, lie said, a white man had mar-
ried a woman who was one-sixteenth
Cherokee. Hy that marriage, accord-
ing to the laws of the council, he be-
came a Cherokee, and now holds 10,000
acres, without paying a cent into the
nation's treasury, lie described how
Pennsylvania coal --xperls had told the
Indians where to "discover coal, and
in virtue of the "discovery'' had ob-
| tained the use of the lands which they
ver at
of the
| vast coal deposits was, he said, covered
I by these leases. The trouble, he said,
j was with the Indian courts, which wore
j corrupt, and with the councils, which
were dominated by the "white In-
dians," whom, he said were tho keen-
est politicians be had ever seen. In
! support of his charge as to the eorrup-
j tion of the courts, he described how
Verdicts hud been openly offered for
sale. In reply to the legality of the
leases made by individual Indians, he
said that some of them had been rati-
fied by congress under prescribt <i con-
ditions, but that the Question was still
open. He said there was an utter per-
version of functions of government in
the nations, and a change such as was
proposed in the bill submitted, which
would requin
the acts of the councils, give the In i ted
DEMOCRATS MEET.
Delegates From the Various Precincts
Meet and Reorganize.
Pursuant to a call the delegates from
the various precincts of Canadian coun-
ty met and reorganized tin Democratic
Central Committee last Saturday
afternoon.
The committee assembled at the of-
fice of Major K.J. Simpson, who as
temporary ehairmun called the meet-
ing to order and presided over it. In
addition to the delegates a large num-
ber of stalwarts were present and much
enthusiasm was manifest. New officers
were elected, vacancies existing in the
precincts were tilled, plans formed and
the tirst steps taken toward beginning
the coming political campaign.
A number of short speeches were
made by the delegates and visitors and
t he general impression seemed to be
that with proper management on the
part of officers of tiie central commit-
tee backed by the hearty support of
the democrats of the county, the next
election would give Canadian county
a democratic administration.
The following officers were elected:
president, I .1 O'llourk: secretary,
T. I'\ Ileiisley: treasurer, James lligh-
towt r: delegate to territorial conven-
tion, !•]. .J. Simpson.
WASHINGTON NOTES
Dennis Klynn's Kree I
been grafted onto Lacey
bill and now has a good <
iu^r both houses of congn
oiue bill has
> I'Yee Home
liance of pass-
es. It is In-
states courts jurisd
quest ions and provid
tion of certain lea>e
lie veil, however, that Cleveland will
veto it as both he and the secretary of
the Interior department are hittoriy
opposed to the measure.
In conversation with Dennis Flynn
euti\e approval ol j this week upon the subject of statehood
for Oklahoma, he said that he had
on of all land
hopes of passing his hill as soon as the
for the revoca- j Homes bill was out of the road,
would prevent notwithstanding the reports of the
the real Indians, for whom the govern- !
tablished, from he
nicut was
the prey of d
J,
signing \\bites
ed, for it is not
the Senate in it
tent with the u<
i wisdom will be
1 ion of the House
con-
It
has relegated the economist to those
bucolic shades from which an all-wise
Providence had seen fit to separate him
for a brief period.
To get a bill through congress re-
quires unremitting effort and watch-
fullness. The measure must be pushed
from step to step by its sponsor through
tho devious maze of official action, and
if the effort is relaxed at any point in
journey, there the bill will stop until
routed out again, other bills with more
energetic promoters taking its place in
the meantime. In the case of bills be-
fore congress it is a striking exemplifi-
cation of the biblical assertion that
many are called but few are chosen,
for out of evrey thousand bills intro-
duced not more than a dozen are
destined to become a law.
unless otherwise provided, is printed
again, and the indorsement upon the
bill is like this:
H. R. 147.
I Report \u. .Vt.]
A BILL
I'lanliag ;i pension to George W. Case, late
private, Company It, Twenty second New
York Cavalry.
Hy Mr. I'ooi.k
Dkckm mi ii ;, Iy .Y Referred i« i lie < 'urnmil lee
on Invalid Pensions and ordered to !)••
printed.
Jam aiiy 1.1, tv.it; Committed to the Com
mittee of i he Whole lloijsoand ordered
to be printed.
a sampm: mill.
chances being about even whether it
is to be a reduction or an increase.
A CAMK OF HATTLEDORH
If the bill is passed with an amend-
ment it goes back to the House with
the amendment noted. When this
action is announced Mr. Poole rises in
the House and moves that the House
non-concur in the Senate's amendment
and ask for a conference. The speaker
thereupon appoints three members of
the House as conferees, who meet three
senators appointed by the Vice Presi-
dent for the same purpose. Then Mr.
Case's matter is gone over again. It
is now a question of pride with the
representatives of the House and
Senate to stand up for the action
of their respective houses, and they
contend until one side or the other
gives way.
AT LAST HE FORK THE PRESIDENT.
Finally they agree upon a bill. It is
sent to the enrolling clerk of the House
who has it printed on parchment and
submitted to the committee on enrolled
bills, who examine it. and one of their
number presents the parchment to the
speaker for his signature. After this
it goes to the Vice President, is signed
The House calendar is the rock upon
which many a worthy bill is stranded,
left high and dry bv the receding tide
of legislation at the close of congress.
Let's take a private pension bill, any j It is impossible to reach all of the bills ! by him and then taken to the ['resident
one at random, and follow it through I reported during the session, and Mr. | for final action. Now is likely to be
imagining that it becomes a law. I'oole must look sharp now to float his ! the winter time of Mr. > i-<
Here is a bill offered by Mr. I'oole of craft at some high tide. If his bill is 1 tent. The scrutiny which h
New \ ork to increase the pension of a anywhere near the top of the calendar received hen tofot
constituent. 1 iiis person, for reasons Mr. Poole may all'ord to bide his time what it will now ■ t
considered good, believes that he until some Friday night at the session the executive. It i-
almost certain d -nth. There was a
moment's silence and then Private
lleorgeS. Meyer stepped forward.
"I'll go'' he said. As Meyer started
1 'apt. Kilmer remarked: "I will see
that thatman is promoted." Twenty
minutes later Kilmer was killed and
his company almost annihilated.
Just a~ Meyer reached the color guard
the man who was holding the colors
was shot dead. Meyer lifted up the
Hag and planted it on a little knoll in
the face of tho enemy. He was
wounded, but stood bravely bj the
precious emblem, only carrying it away
when there were no troops left to de-
fend it.
Young man, there is only one thing
you cannot do. You cannot make a
success in life unless you work Bet-
ter men than you have tried ar.d failed.
You cannot loaf around street corners
smoke cigars, tell foul stories, drink
whisky and sponge on someone else
without making a failure in life. You
must learn a trade or get into some
honest business. If you don't you will
beeoni" a chronic loaf.'!', despised by
all. I here is no place in the world for
loaf' r . The rip" fruit i- at tlx top of
wspupurs to the contrary, and the
known opposition of the (loldhug ele-
ment of both parlies lo the admission
of western states milii the financial
<|Ucstions are settled.
Ys an illustration of the sentiment in
the m mile against the west, and the
of | admission of any more western states
I into the inion. we reproduce the words
of John Sherman dropped in eonversa-
i tion while discussing senatorial dig-
! nltj in connection with Tillman's
Humorist Nye Dead.
Kdgar \V. Kill) Nye, died at hi
home in North Carolina last Saturday
Ten days ago he suffered a stroki
paralysis and gradually jjrew wor
until the end cattle.
Mr. Nye first. became known as
humorist of great promise about si
ti i n \ ais ago. sa,\s tlieC hicago I'imes : speech. The old hard money financier
Herald, when it was discovered that j said that the admission of new states
he was the writer of certain capital ] into the union had already brought an
sketches published in a Western paper inllu.\ of new members int
which was totally unknown except for
his work. Since that time lie has been
one of the foremost humorists in
America journalism. He was born in
Maine, in the same neighborhood that
produced Josh Millings. His true and
full name is Kdgar Wilson Nye, al-
though many of his admirers have be-
lieved for years that it was a non de
plume. It is contended that he is the
man whom liret Hnrte mentions in the
"Heathen Chinee.' At any rate. Mr.
Nye's father imigrated from Maine to
Wisconsin when the Jiumorist was but
two yours old, so that Kill was never
an eastern man. Ilis education was
given him in an academy at River
Falls, and in when he was about
years of age and had been already
admitted to the bar, lie went to
Laramie. Wyo.. to practice. When
Nye got to Laramie he found the lield
pretty well filled with lawyers, and
learned that going out we-t to ^row up
Ho'
senate
which had done much toward lowering
the d i gni ty a ; d character of the I'n i ted
States Seriali . and that such conditions
would continue for a number of years
ve| to come.
•upper
Kaeh weighed
I nitcd State-
Curiosities About Coins.
Herodotus says that Croesus was thi
first ruler to order gold coins made.
In the year l.'iii 15. ( ., round
coins wi'iv fir~t made.
I li ounces.
The most valuable
eonls arc thos of 179.'!. I7! !>. 1S04, ISO!!,
ixil, 18i:t, I*u:;. and IH27.
The rarest and most valuable I'nitcd
States coin of what is called the "regu-
lar mint series" is tn e silver dollar of
18(14.
A silver half-dime of the year 1802 is
worth $'10, if in good condition, and
from ^ 10 to if in only fair shape.
Tin- only valuable nickle.Vcent piece
is that of th«- year I VTI. which the eol-
should get a larger pension than the
one allowed him under the general
law. but it requires a special act of
congress to make an exception in his
case, so he gets his representative to
introduce a bill. Mr. Poole writes out
the bill on a blank form anJ some
morning after the house has assembled
discon-
bi 11 has
is not a marker to
the hands of
imined from
ery probably
th<<
and vt
11! ist
iin if you get
devoted to pension bills, or he may. by every stand point, and
a stroke of luck almost miraculous, submitted to the s.-cre'.ary of the In-
pass his bill through the House by terior for his examination also. If, bc-
"unanimous consent. To do this he tween the two of them, a veto does not
must induce the speaker to recognize apperr advisable, the President signs
him some day immediately after the ! the act. and it is sent to the State
reading of the journal, to ask the | Department as the law of the land.
House to pass the bill by generaf consent
grit ant
qualilit
can tlo.
i and others
- "o royal uute
1 endurance.
Wake up a
lie true ami
\ ou.
will
bono rat
your parents and ali wili be
N- u- (.raphic. (Hamilton M<
with, the country would not do in his lcetoi
day. b. eiuis.1 (,f • fact that the eoun- | Tin
try had attained its majority. lirst
I lav! i i l. tailed in law. h< liM what tium <
tried journalism. In those days
journal called tin- Sentiru
1 by a rival paper as a "
nUntil was printed by a
a.- called "doc" and "dc
•base at *1
• -ilver Hire
in is.il.
• f ti
Ti
! Dank robbing in Texas is not
Mr. I'oole now draws a long breath, a profitable nor safe vocation.
was
scril
The
who was cal
Nye >aid the boys called him ' deacon"
on the principle of lueus a non lueendo.
•The deacon," said Bill in after years
'•was generous to a fault especially
i his own faults."
IT." pi
asl $1.
on the silver dollar is that
ady residing in I'hiUadel-
namc i- Anna W. Williams
i
philosophy.
The very oldest coin in the Uritisii
Museum is an Ae^ian piece, of tile year
Tot) li. ('. It is not dated, of course
dating being a modern innovation, ex-
tending back only ."><Xi vears.
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