The Chandler News (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1904 Page: 1 of 12
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Xhxe Oi ficia.1 Paper of Lincoln County.
The Chandler News
First Paper published in Lincoln County. H. B. Giistrap, E.ditor and Proprietor.
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VOL. 14—No. 2.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER, 29. 1904.
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VOTE FOR GOOD ROADS.
/Commissioners a m b e r g
and Dennis have made their
official records such as to be a source
of pride and satisfaction to them-
selves and to their party and such
as to constitute the strongest kind of
a claim to re-election. They do not
claim, nor do their friends claim for
them, that they have never made
mistakes, but it may be said and
justly said of them that their blun-
der;- have been few and far between
and comparatively insignificant in
importance, while their faithful, dil-
igent, business-like way of looking
after the county's interests, and
their fair, impartial treatment of all
their constituents has been conspicu-
ous and praiseworthy. No official
in the county has to look after a
greater variety of matters or* to
straighten out the tangles of more
conflicting interests or to meet and
soive day by day more perplexing
problems than do our county com-
missioners, and the patience, *the
tact, the breadth, of understanding,
the sturdy honesty and firmness
which these men have shown in the
discharge of theif duties have been
convincing proof of their special fit-
. ness tor the offices which they now
hold as well of the fact that the best interests of
their respective districts and of the entire county
will best be served by retaining them in their
presen: positions o. usefulness. I; one should
try to point out any one feature of especial or
superior merit in their administration he would
probably think first of all of their practical,
sensible, and successful efforts on behalf of road
that during the past two years there has probably
been more accomplished in the way of permanent
road improvement and bridge building than in
county. Not every section of the countv has
secured just all it wanted, an.: yet the work has
been distributed fairly and impartially, with a
proper regard for the proportion' of the taxes
paid for this purpose by the several localities.
The letter from Capt. Amberg in this issue of
The News discusses this feature of their work in \
an interesting manner and pays a generous tribute
to his colleagues on the board. The work that
these men have begun will result in an inestimable
amount of good t© the farmers of this county if it
is continued. _ We believe that a big majority of j
the people of the county taw. road in movement
when it is carried on in an economical, practical
manner, and we hope that none of them will lose
sight of the fact that they have an opportunity
to express their interest in this work by voting to
endorse the record of these officials and by using
their influence to keep them where they may
continue their good work. It you want to vote
for good roads vote for Amberg or for Dennis or
for Mears, if you live in the First district. Capt.
she Republican Platform
"We come before the country in a position
which cannot be successfully attacked in front or
flank or rear. What we have done, what we are
doing and what we intend to do—on all three we
confidently challenge the verdict of the American
people. The record of fifty years will show
whether as a party we are fit to govern ; the state
of our domestic and foreign affairs will show
whether as a party we have fallen off, and both
together will show whether we can be trusted for
a while longer.
"Uur platform is before the country. Per-
haps it is lacking in novelty. There is certainly
nothing sensational about it. It is substantially
, the" platform on which we won two great victories
in the name of McKinley, and it is still sound
and serviceable. Its principles have been tested
by eight years of splendid success and have re-
ceived the approval of the country. It is in line
with all our platforms of the past, except where
prophecy and promise in those days have become
history in these. We stand by the ancient ways
which have proved good."—Secretary John Hay.
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A GOOJ CAMPAIGN.
S we have remarked before,
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Amberg'g devotion to the cause of good roads has
been recognized by his being made vice president
of the ^attonal Good Roads association, and it is
well known to the people of the Third district
that Commissioner Dennis is no less earnest in
his efforts.
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pkERE has been a good deal of discussion
during the past month in regard to the re-
publican convention of the Third council district,
the result of that convention being that two can-
didates—S. E. Seeley and *D. F.* Smith—both
claim to be the regular nominee of the partv.
Both these gentlemen reside in Guthrie, and there
is a feeling on the part of many Lincoln county
republicans that their contention is a Guthrie
quarrel; that having conceded the nomination to
Guthrie we should not be required in addition to
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in the right and which in the wrong, in the face :
| of cor.flirting reports ; that th- present conditioi.
of affairs is highly advantageous to the demo-
crats, and that these two gentlemen .should be
willing to subordinate their personal wishes to I
the welfare of the party ; and that the republicans i
of Guthrie should see to it-that the tangle is!
straightened out. We are pleased to see that
Mr. Smith has shown the right spirit by propos-
ing that both-he and Seeley withdraw and allow
the republicans to nominate another man, or that,
if Mr. Seeley will not do this, that they both agree
to submit the matter to the board of election com-
missioners for settlement.
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republicans oi Lincoln cov u.
certainly have reason to feel p."~
of the nominees of their part) ^
county officers this year. It was a
matter of general comment just after
the primary election last May that
the ticket was an unusually strong
one and that individually the candi-
dates were very popular, and now,
four months later, after the cam-
paign has been actively in progress
for a month, and after the people of
the ^county have had a fairly good
chance to compare the respective
•merits of the republican and the
fusion ticket, the feeling is strength-
ened on the part of the republicans
everywhere that our county ticket is
the best that has ever been nomi-
nated by any party in the county.
There is additional reason for satis-
faction in the fact that they are
making in every case a manly,
dignified campaign. We have not
heard of an instance of "mud-throw-
ing" on the part of any of the repub-
lican candicates, though there "have
been several instances within our
knov edge of this improper method
of campaigning on the part of some
of the supporters of the fusion
ticket—stories having been circulated that are
absolutely without foundation and have been cal-
culated to prejudice the uninformed against the
republican nominees. The republican candidates
have not found it necessary to make ridiculous
statements to the effect that the)' were going to get
aL the fusion as well as the republican voles ; they
have not had to denounce any of .those whom
they supported enthusiastically two years ago as
now being "traitors' and "pipe-dreamers" and
tools and as having sold out; they have not
had to resort to abuse and misrepresentation and
evasion; they have not had to deny their party
i allegiance and* be one thing to one man and
| another thing to the next whom they might meet;
i the) have not had to assure any of the voters
that while claiming allegiance to a party (for of-
uce-getting purposes only) they were not in har-
mony with the principles represented by its pres-
idential nominee. Believing that the record of a
! public official is public property and subject to
public inspection, they have not hesitated to dis-
cuss in a proper manner some of the peculiar
reatures of the records of some of the officials
who are candidates for re-election, ^Vhere the
fusion candidates or their committee have raised
issues there has been no attempt to dodge them.
We believe that such a campaign is meeting with
approval from a majority of the people
o. the county, an an additional evidence
o: this is found in the conspicuous disapproval
which has been manifested by the coterie of men
who are interested in the success of the fusion
ticket. From all parts of the county come words
of encouragement and assurances of success.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1904, newspaper, September 29, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc160268/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.