The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 6, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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PARTYS NOMINEES CONTRAST
The Democracy of Each the Only Resemblance Between Owen and Gore.
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Hon. T. P. Gore, of Lawton, Oklahoma
Two men of widely different types
have been made the nominee* of the
Democratic party of Oklahoma for
United States senators from the Mew
state—Hon. Bobert L. Owen, of Mus
kogee, for the Indian Territory sec
tion, and Hon. T. P. Gore, of Lawton,
for the Oklahoma Territory section. The
first is an Indian, the other a white
man; one born within the boundaries
of the state, the other born without.
One is a millionaire, the other a poor
man. One is a handsome man whose
fine eyes contribute to his striking
appearanee; the other Is as homely j
as was Abe Lincoln and has been with-
out sight since bis fjeventjh year.
One has thousands of acres of land,
the other mortgaged his little home
to obtain the one thousand dollars with
which he made the campaign for the
in iiiiimtion. The one point of resemb-
lance is that both are lawyers.
It was proof of the liberality—it
was proof also of the discriminating
judgment, of the voters of the Demo-
cratic party that they selected these
two men of such far different surround-
ings for positions of equal honor and
influence. The ability of one of tue
nominees is dedicated to the removal
of restrictions, the matter of chief
local moment to the people of Intlian
Territory; the other is directing his ef-
forts for the relief of the people from
the extortions of the trusts, the mat-
ter of chief general importance. Singly
or collectively, no state in the Union
will have bitter representation in ]}<e
I United States senate than Oklahoma.
£)R. SOMEVILLE
Physician and Surgeon.
Offices—Rooms S and #. Bradley * Bryant
Building. Office phone 141. Residence
phone 304.
DOCTORS BARTON
O8TEOPATH8
American School
lie. Mo. Office In
ing. EastThlril street. Phone 31*1.
DR. T. A. STEVENS
Caney, Kansas.
DISEASES OF WOMEN-t'nexoelled
Hospital facilities—graduate Nurses In at-
tendance.
C. WEBER
Physician and Surgeon.
Hon. Robert L. Owen
of Muskogee, I. T.
H. C. MOORE
Insurance
Fire, Tornado, Casualty, Plate
Glass, Steam Boiler, Em-
ployers Liability, Fi-
delity and Surety
Bonds,
Room II, McDaniel Building,
PHONE I 35.
REPUBLICAN BOSSES WOULD ROB
THE PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS
DR. W. T. FEAZELL
DENTIST.
Office—Rooms 1 nnd 2, Foster-Slmmoni
building, Bartlesville. Indian Territory.
DOCTOR WYATT
Physician and Surgeon.
Special attention given to disease of wo-
men and children, office over Bartlesville
National Bank, Bartlesville, I. T. Phone 61
DR. F. N. BUCK,
DENTIST
Graduate of Western Dental College, Kan-
sas Olty, Mo. Office over Bartlesvlle Nation-
al Bank.
JP_ H. BEAUMONT, D. D. S.
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas Given.
Office Suite 4 aod a Gray Building.
JW. POLLARP,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office over Gray's Jstore. Local Hurgeon
Santa Fe Railway. Phones' Office, 10#:
residence, liv
F# R. SUTTON, M. D.,
Surgery
and Diseases of Women a specialty. Office In
Gray bldg. Phone—office. 103; renidenoe, 104.
Hours at office, when possible, 1:30 to 5:30 pm.
ft. F. WOODRING,
Physician and Surgeon.
District surgeon for Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railway. Phones—Residence. No. 6,
Office, No. 5.
'WE CAN, WE WILL!'
By buying direct from the factory we
can make dealers as good prices on
Cigars and Tobacco
Save You Freight and Drayage
All the leading brands are constantly car-
ried 8n stock. My motto Is quick sales and
■mall profits.
D.H. BEHNINC
Wholesale Cigars, Tobacco and Soft Drinks
Cliu HC
Make Your Present
Pros per ity
Permanent
by insuring yourself against the I
risk of fire loss. You don't own |
a house or store? That doesn't;
matter. You do own personal
effects—furniture, books, clothing
and the like, don't you? We in-!
sure them ail—houses and busi-J
ness buildings, too.
JAY H. MULLEN
MASONIC BUILDING
"Turn the constitution down; we
don't want any more Democrats in con-
gress than there arc there now."
This remark, which was made in
the presence of witnesses by Congress-
man Landis, of Indiana, during his re-
cent stay in Bartlesville, furnishes the
kivnote of the Kepublican opposition
to the proposed constitution for the
new state. While Mr. Landis' impol
itir- remark occasioned some surprise
among local Bepublicans who have
| I > en laboring under the delusion that
| the conspiracy against statehood did
I not extend to Washington, it merely
I confirmed the belief of those who have
| kept in close touch with things polit
ical, that even the president hag been
lending himself to the cheap, ward
healer tactics of the ban.l of Oklaho-
ma political pirates .headed by Bird
MoGuire. It is now believed by local
Democratic leaders that the plan for
I the defeat of statehood and the ab-
sorption of Indian Teritory by piece-
meal, has had the tacit approval of
the president ever since the conspir
acy was conceived last November,
when the Bepublican party sustained
its humiliating defeat. Tile result of
the election, despite the bare-faced ger-
rymander of the delegate districts, was
a bitter disappointment to Republi-
can national leaders and they natural-
ly were in a receptive mood when
the Oklahoma grafters proposed to kill
statehood by fair means or foul and
extend the territorial form of govern
ment over both territories. This
would serve a two-fold purpose—pre-
vent the election of five Democratic
congressmen and two United States
senators, eliminating seven Democratic
votes from the electoral college in the
Wxt prudential election, (an I give
the hungry carpetbaggers a new lease
of life.
At no time since their defeat last-
Xovember have the Republican leaders,
state or national, acted with any de-
gree of sincerity. They have not" only
attempted to deceive "the public gen-
erally, but they have wilfully deluded
the lesser lights of their own party.
Their opposition to the proposed con-
stitution from the very beginning has
been wholly a pretense, and no matter
what that admirable instrument might
have orfntained, it would neverthe-
less have been hooted and jeered at by
theBe obstructionists whose patriotism
is guaged by the amount of sop they
are enabled to get their paws upon
while feeding nt the political trough.
The fact that Oov. Frank Frantz,
Delegate Bird McOnire and Secretary
Filson have succeeded again in having
Postponement of the State Convention
Discloses Despicable Conspiracy.
I)R. SHEETS
PHYSICIAN
the Bepublican state convention post-
poned, notwithstanding the fact that
ninety per cent of the Bepublicans of
the new state favor the adoption of the
constitution and immediate statehood,
is but an instance of the power to
thwart the wishes of the majority these
men possess. They do not want a
convention now, nor at any other time.
Were they to go into a state conven-
tion at this time the committee on
resolutions would be forced to a tempt
to point out specifidally Bepublican
objections to the constitution in its
present form. If this were done, it
is more than likely that the del-gates
would sacrifice certain .principles and
so revise the document that the aJleged
objectionable features would be elim-
inated, thus making further opposition
even bv Kepublican pretenders impos-
sible. Such a course would mean im-
mediate statehood and that is < xactly
what Governor Frantz, Delegate Mc-
Guire and Secretary Filson do not
want.
If Frantz should call an election,
immediately after the adjournm. nt of
the constitutional convention, th> elec-
tion would have to be held some time
during the latter part of September or
the first of October. That the con-
stitution would be adopted by an over-
whelming majority, once it is submit-
ted to the people, is a fact quite as
apparent to the horde of bloodsucking
carpetbaggers now opposing ir as it
is to the thousands of patriotic tizens
who ask for but en opportunitv to ex-
press themselves at the polls. But the
Oklahoma carpetbaggers will s1 • to it
that this opportunity"!® not given the
people, apd in this determinati they
are apparently backed up by every na-
tional leader in their party from Presi-
dent Roosevelt down. If human Inge-
nuity can divise to still furth' r delay
the ejection the Oklahoma p iifical
highbinders may be depended upon to
into execution.
That it lies wihin the power of
a few politicians to thwart the will of
the whole people is a sad commentary
on the theory of the government by
the people and for the people. While
of statehood seem to be as far dis-
tant as it was in the days when Demo-
crats voted solidly to send men like
Flynn and McGuire to Washington un-
der the fond delusion that they might
hasten the day of local selfgovernment.
It is a matter of surprise to some peo-
ple that profesional bunco men find
new victims every day for their gray-
bearded swindling echeuiH, but the
limit was not reached until those two
adepts of con-ology, Flynn and Mc-
Guire, ynceived and put i*to successful
operation the scheme of selling the
same old gold brick to the same old
victim annually for eighteen years.
The fact that statehood seems like-
ly to be effectually blocked is apparent
to any one who has watched the move-
ment of the Bepublican state bosses.
In discusisng the matter with an Ex
aminer representative a prominent local
Democratic leader said:
"It doesn't look good to mc. It
seems to me that the concerted action
of the few who have fed at the public
crib for years and who must so con-
tinue to live or starve , meanB defeat
for statehood, and somehow, there are
sufficent politic;^ serfs to add just
enough credit to their coup to hide its
criminality.
"I have always been a great ad-
mirer of Boosevelt, and nothing has
ever surprised me more than his order
for a census to ascertain, as he says,
whether or not there has been a real
gerrymander. Boosevelt must and does
know that the formation by congress
of congressional districts iii the pro
posed state of Oklahoma, especially
that of Bird McGuire'i district, is the
- - -- , rottenest sort of gerrymander, and yet,
produce it. Some means will <>o found; instead of ordering'a census at the
to delay submission of the eonstitu- public's expense of <70,000, as he has
tion until after congress meets „ | done in this case, he blandlv signed the
eember, when the present enabling act I bill. It is to his shame that after
will be repealed. The people of Okla- failing to find anything in the con-
homa wil then find themselvs exactly | stitution conflicting with the United
Where they were eighteen years ago. If , States constitution, he had to, purelv
tin, delay can be accomplished )n no as a subterfuge, resort to attack upon
other way the constitutionality of the party tactics that are more than one
present enabling act will be 1 -ought hundred years older than tie Is, and
HoomsS and 4 Foster-Simmons building,
Bartlesville, I.T. Practice before all courts
and Department of the Interior.
only because it was not his parry that
it is somewhat nauseating to have to Otflces—roonM i«.is, "Masonic building.
... f i Bartlesville, I. T. Diseases of women and
admit it the realization of the benefits , children a specialty. Residence plione 106.
was doing the 'tacticing.' office phone lw. _____
"It is to the everlasting disgrace of . {JHAS. C. JULIAN
the Bepublican party, not only local-
ly but nationally, that its delegates J LAWYER
in the constitutional convention never
raised an objection to the alleged polit-
ical gerrymander and worse, still re-
fuse to make known to the special com-
mittee appointed to hear their com TOM GEORGE
plaints, their objections. It demon-1
st rates their faith, which has been dern-' Attorney'at Law.
onstrated both in state and national J
affairs every time the trusts and corp- [ Practice in all courts and before all Depart-
orations tiav, been called on the carpet.' Mlng!lDBtOU' H"rUesvl"° N«t'n'l
That Qonstitution is a deadner to those -—- _
elements, and worst of all, the admis- TOH.N J. SHEA
sioti of this new territory to the Union | "
means two United States senators and [ Attornay-at-Law
five congressmen "who will make them |
selves heard in contrress' halls against I Practice in all Courts and before the De-
, ' 1 c ongress nans against partment of the Interior. Boom 14, Masonlo
these he oillll, a in ., nm t if ti,.. ,.1,1 K..11.41.... . ' 'i?ovluw
these hellhounds in a way that the old
pap-sucker pet can't just stand.
"The districting was done, as I un-
derstand it, on the census rolls where
censuses had ben taken, and elsewhere
on the vote cast at the constitutional
election. That the Democrats carried
building. Bartlesville, I. T. Phone 77,
0HAS. W. FENNEL
Attorney
arid Counselorat Law.
Will practice In all courts of Kansas, In-
n.any a district by a vote largely over di^n TeSry a.VoklaZ^a°f PhoS^No.^
tin normalDomocratic majoritvor minor- Woodrlng Building, Bartlesville, I.T. - —
ity as the case mav
have been, was
due to the attempt of the same old gang
of cormorants who undertook to run
down human flesh with every com^
mon bred stag hounds. The result
was human, and the Democrats had ev-
ery right to base their action upon
the result.
"In sny opinion, there is a concert-
ed action to delay the submission of the
constitution until congress meets In
December, when it is their purpose to
repeal the enabling act and defeat
statehood for many years to come.
Bonaparte's declaration that the enab-
ling act is unconstitutional is positive
proof of their intention
JOHN H. KANE,
LAWYER.
Practices In all courts and before Depart-
ment of the Interior. Phone 412. Suite 12.
Masonic building, Bartlesville, I. T.
yEASEY & ROWLAND,
Attorneys at Law
Rooms 1.1, 8 and 4 Trust Building, Bartles-
ville, Indian Territory.
FRANK B. CROSTH VV AITE
Attorney at Law.
"It is, however, gratifying that theer 1 No. 1.120 F St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
a great number of Bepublicans in ! wP>'clal attention given tocontests on leases
n.,1 „f ,i.„ „.i,„ l. ♦ . , I and allotments and a 1 matters before Inte-
this part of the state who are not ready | rl'or Department";'
to bend their knees to the commands of
the offscourings who receive their daily
bread from the hands of the tolerant
public and forget to either serve or
respect their succors."
"Let the people rule," is an in-
spiring phrase, but it has an awfully
faraway sound when uttered in Indian
Territory or Oklahoma."
into question. Secretary Bonaparte
in carefully worded interviews is al-
ready paving the way for this plan in
case it is found necessary to put it
till practice In all courts.
gIDELL & SHIPMAN
Attorneys
and Counselors at Law.
Practice In all courts. Offices—Nos. 6-A-7.
Opera House Block.
pALMER & TURLEY
Attorneys at Law
T. CLEVENGER, M. I).
Office In Bradley A Bryant Bldg.
Oor. Third and Dewey.
Office hours from 9 to 12 a. m.; from 1 to
4:80 p. m. Diseases of children nnd all
chronic and specific diseases a specialty,
HOW OFFICERS CAUGHT NEGRO
To Deputy United States Marshals
Fred Kecler and George Williams is due
the credit or the capture of Joseph
Pelhorn, the negro known as "Stock-
ings" whose brutal nnd cold-blooded
murder of "Poor Boy" Walter Mey-
ers occurred Thursday afternoon of
last week. "Stockings" crossed Can-
ey river at a point about two miles
north of Bartlesville the afternoon
of the murder, stopped st the home
of Mr. Lynn at the point where Mis-
sion creek empties into Caney river
and again crossed the river and went
on to the home of Jake Carpenter
where on Friday be again crossed Caney
river. At the Mays farm, about
twenty-two miles north of Bartles-
ville," "Stockings" got a glass of
milk Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
He got into Elgin, Kan., ab' .' 8:30
Friday night. The marshal a id leputy
sheriff thefe lad been infir.ne that
a negro wis wanted at Bartlesville
end he arreste 1 Pelhorn. When 11 tele-
phoned into Bartlesville for a - rip-
tion of the negro, Deputy Marshal
ll pcr gave a description win,1 in no
wfe agreed w'th the description of the
man wanted and the marslu' turned
Pelhorn loose. He refcreted the action,
however, and on second thought re ar-
rested the negro.
Deputy Marshal Keeler and Indian
Police Walker were on tlu Santa Fe
train coning soilli Thursday after-
noon and llr. Kecler w:u on Ms way
t i Ramona, "hen he barnel I.ere if
the killing. He got two saddle time*
from J. E. Wiley's barn and with Mr.
Walker started in pursuit. The negro's
trail was found and then lost, and the
party returned to Bartlesvile Thursday
night and got a rig in which Officers
Kecler. Walker, and Williams set ont,
with Dick Parris for a guide. They
went to the Olive Stokes place in the
belief that Pelhorn sought refuge with
the Btokes negroes. ..When Pel-
horn's trail was found the
officers took to the saddle. Farther
up tho trail Mr, Walker gave up the
chase and returne dto Dewey and Mr.
Keeler and Mr. Williams followed It,
sometime on foot and sometime on
horseback. The officers got to Chau-
tauqua, Kansas, Friday night and hid
word that the negro was under arrest
at Elgin, to which place th v wot
Practice In all the Courts and before the
Interior Department.
FOSTER-SIMMONS BUILDING
IIAHTLKSVILLB, I. T.
Long Distance Telephone 212.
the nejt morning. ' Mr. Keeler came use a gun
back home ond Mr. Williams went to
Peru where he took the Missouri Pa
cific. Mr. Keeler joined him at Clare- | J{,OSS J- HEATON
more Saturday and together they took
Pelhorn to Vinita. Ttie neoro will have
his preliminary hearing in Bartlesville
Monday. Juno'22.
To the officers Pelhorn said that
when he got to Elgin he was so tired
that he didn't caro whether he was
caught or not. He did not deny that
ho had killed other negroes at other
places. In explanation of the murder
of "Poor Boy" he said that "Poor
Boy" had beaten him out of "two
bits" and as that nigger was bigger
than him there was no uso fighting
him but he (Pelhorn) was raised with
white folks in Texas and knew how to
ISi
Attorney at Law
Room 6, Foster Block
BARTLESVILLE j, T,
NORMAN BARKER
LAWYER
Practice in all Territorial and Kansas
Office in American National Bank
nulldlnv. Bartlesville. Ind.Ter.
OSCAR LEARNARD
LAWYER
BartlssyRu!"?T.floor' Wiring B tiding.
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Haywood, Charles E. The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 6, 1907, newspaper, July 6, 1907; Bartlesville, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc162557/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.