Piedmont News (Piedmont, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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ATTEMPTS TO MISLEAD
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II ASM I I IsM || \S I I S < II \ II-
A(TKit ASSASSINS AT
WORK.
No Tactics Tim Base to Prevpnt lvv-
|h sure of Hidden Secrets of Has-
kell Administration.
From tlie El Reno American.
No man that attacks the iniqui-
ties of Haskellism may hope to es-
cape slander. By his courageous con-
duct in his campaign for the republi-
can nomination for governor on ti is
platform of "More business and less
politics" Joseph \V. .McN'eal has drawn
the fire and vituperation of Haskell-
ism. In a democratic newspaper, the
Kiowa County Democrat, published
at Snyder, there was printed on July
7 the text of an indictment returned
against Mr. McNeal by a Logan coun-
ty grand jury on February 11, 1901,
charging him with conducting an al-
leged lottery.
By the suppression of facts to this
indictment -a trick characteristic of
Hasl. llism it was hopef?
above referred to came before me as
presiding judge up. n a demurrer to
the indictment, and upon full pre-
sentation of the law, I came to the
conclusion that the matters charged
in the indictment did not constitute
a public offense, and so held. The
subsequent action of the parties
showed that no wrong was intended,
and no one was injured."
Instead of resorting .to every pos
sible subterfuge to escape facing the
law, Mr. McXeal and his associates
gave every assistance to the court in
bringing about the hearing of what
proved to be a blameless charge. In-
stead of making a public appeal for
money to employ an army of attor-
neys to obstruct the processes of the
counts, t'hey not only proved to the
courts that they were guiltless, but
went down into their own pockets and
paid every cent that was owing by
their company. If this be knavery
ord trickery and corruption, as Has-
kellism would have the public be-
lieve, then let Oklahoma be filled with
foi l mii:di:b
Brother of Martin l.iischeu Killed in
His Home in Soutlnvcst Texas
—Murderers ( aught
LEI MEN DO THE WORK
(iHI AT IWlt \I)K (>r I I.KS.
Detrt t, Mich., July 14.— A parade
f 25,0o(l men with gorgeously dec-
rated floats and automobiles was of-
red today as the grand spectacu-|
?nt of the Elks' reunion.
News i
Luschen,
owns in;
•ame here Monday that Fred
brother
a, M. Lm
THINKS WOMIN BliTTKK OH' II
FORI 'ED OI I OF MR W \ LKS
OF < OMMI IK IAL Ml F.
•pageant was the most magnificent af-j
its kind
Detroit. Great rivalry existed among
the local lodges throughout the coun-
! try as to which would make the best
Lawton, July 9. — Much newspaper showing and many rich and pictures-
and magazine comment has recently (,ue ('()S,l'mes. in most rases emble-
u... . i , , , * malic of the section from which the
bent abrodd 111 :he land follow- lodw hailed, were to be seen. Fifty
ing a movement on the part of the bands, Including a cowboy band, a
bigger concerns to force women out full-fledged Indian band and a Filipi-
of the walks of commercial life. Dr. nu band' furnished the music. Stale
Young a prominent Lawton physi- Mother'no,fb^ rel^d
(ian recently arrived from the east the pageant from a stand in front of
thinks the movement a blessing to the city hall.
the women. He has the following to
say:
"Much temporary sorrow was oc-
casioned recently when a great rail-
road apparently 'handed the women!
a large package.'
"The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad I
concluded after a thorough test in!
the ability of women as stenographers'
that men can do thirty per cent more terson, probably the best known man
work than woman, and no more wo- fighter and early day peace officer
men are to be employed in this vo- in the west, was in Wichita a few
cation. Hut I believe the hardship is days ago visiting his brother-in-law,
THE REAL STORY OE
THE JEFFRIES DEFEAT
Wichita, Kans., July
temporary and I for one am glad for Jimmy (lairns, who, like his distin-
ot our fellow | this means not only a good thing for guished kinsman, was also a front-
-1 ... hen, had l>een ; the men, but a good thing for the wo- iersman of far fame and renown as
hat injury killed, and immediately relativesj man, who can let the responsibilities a cool headed courageous officer
might be done Mr. McNeal's candi- from here wen: to the .-.one on the fall upon the broader shoulders and Mr. (Jairns was city marshal of
dacy in the last hour of the primary Kio Grande river near the Mexican J feel the spirit of true womanhood to Wichita in trving davs.
campaign—another trick characters-1 line in Texas. The coroner's jury let the men do the work.' i Hat Masterson a
tic of Haskellism. Ever since the be- found that he had been shot in t'he| "The question is asked me often, is Dodge City was k
ginning of liis campaign Mr. McNeal head while asleep and then in the; a woman physically tit to demand the west as one of
has been singled out for attack by side, and later his head beaten to a j equal right with man, my answer is officers and quicke
Haskell and his associates, so fear-jpnlp with a club found in the room. | no. Woman from the dark ages have in days when the
ful were they that McXeal would j I wo men with a mule and horse j moved by steps upward until she has manded nerves of
" ' what she calls her rights, ness approaching
sweep tile state, and as governor pour were tlacked from the seer
the full light of publicity into all the tested, who were probably
dark places of the Haskell adminis- derers. The body was s
tration. McNeal said he would do [ Oklahoma and buried in
it. and Haskellism knew that he eran cemetery southwest o.
would keep his word. ma City. Mrs. Will Wiede
The McXeal indictment is nearlylelster of the murdered man
ten years old, but there is no man in community deeply svmpath
the community where McNeal lives, the relatives.
and where everybody knows the facts|
N
: it as an accusation aeainst M. -l
s honesty or integrity.
ai's various investment
he owenrship of stock i
tment company, and
associated ex-Governor . . ***| having the
of Kingfisher, John W. Shartell j ]jtljw ■
IIO.M F( OMIN(.
. , Mrs. C. Men den hall ot
Among| vjring at the home of
i in 90 Dr. Long, and she is accoi
n a bondL,rand children and great
Mth linn ,|ren of the genial doct<
J-1 having the time of his lif
i„i .. t ^i i o ,|iuuc ones that he so mud
Oklahoma City, Ralph Seay ofi
Kingfisher, W. J. Horsfall and Ed-|
ward H. Young. The latter was man-
ager of the company.
In i.'Oi the late iCdgar W. Jones
was attorney of Logan county, and
?n enemy of McNeal. John Dever-
an\, a North Carolina Democrat,
:11 a resident of Guthrie, was assist-
and ar-
the mur-
ipped to
ie Lutll-
Ok laho-
father, J
nied by
getting on in :
II the keen eli
se of the man
H
WHIP
om
and while we would gladly thr
down the gauntlet and give her all
the privileges of man, who since
creation has been burdened by the
toils and spoils, the building up and Fnited Sts
tearing down of this great universe, city,
we should pause and think. We have "Bat" s
placed them in the professional walks see Jim c
of life, and how many have succeed- great mill
• d, let us for instance take doctors, New York
lawyers, dentists and countless other tor of the
vocations, a?id as trades they have an inter* si
filled positions as street car conduct- he told a w-
ors, cab drivers, barbers, telegraph dope of the
messengers, theatre ushers and ofti- them, and i
cers of ihe law, and what is the re- matters sp<
suit? Man has had to re Urn to his and no one
place and boar the burden. Every than he.
man loves his mother, his wife, his This is 1
daughter, his sister, but does n >t ex- affair, as h
pect of her to earn the living. He ran ! n w and
be encouraged by the gentle voice of
either one to bear these ills we have
NEGRO CITIZENS ARE
ASKING FIR JUSTICE
\\ \n i: \ i. i oh .u s i in to i hi:
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From the El Reno American.
What will be the next thing that
will take place to discriminate
against the negro in the state of Ok-
lahoma?
On an important occasion in the
life of the Master, when it fell to
him to pronounce judgment on two
courses of action, these memorable
words f^ll from His lips: "And Mary
has chosen the better part." And
this was the supreme test in the case
of a race or nation. Now let us ap-
ply the same test to the American
negro. In the life of our Republic,
when he has had the opportunity to
choose, has it been the better or tiie
worse?
When in the childhood of this nat-
ion, the negro was asked to submit to!
slavery or choose death -extinction
as did the aborignee—he chose the
better part, that which perpetuated
tlie race. When in 1770 the negro)
was asked to decide between British i
oppression and American Independ-
ence, we found the negro choosing j
the better part and Crispua Attucks,
negro, was the first to shed his
jod, on State street in the city of
tlie most daring ^ Boston, that the American white
st on the trigger man might enjoy his liberty forever,
fficlal position de-jv.-t ijjs rate should remain in slavery,
steel and fearless-; when jn 1SI4 at New Orleans, the
:hem, taking are of his property, as1
well as over the sick bed of their'
mothers and fathers and not only
that, but even following them with j
:ear-dimmed eyes to heir graves
there paying the last sad respects L
with all the sadness and sorrow that
a human heart could contain. The
negro has been loyal to his country;
he has been loyal to the stars and
stripes and as he has proven his loy-
al! tv in the past so I assure you he
will ever remain in the future years
that will come.
Our fellow citizens, we do not seek
social equality; that is not the mot-
to of the negro. AH he wants is
equal rights to suffrage as an Ameri-
can citizen of this republic.
CALLS A MEETING
Hat Mas-
"Tihe laws of ehangless justice
binds, oppressor with oppressed, and
close as sin and suffering joined we
march to fate abreast."
Ol humbly ask that from now un-
til the 2nd day of August all Ameri-
can white citizens think over this
matter very closely and see if on
that day it wiJl be to your benefit as
well as the negro, to vote against
the "Grandfather Clause," which
will be the great subject.
Respectfully yours,
F. C. CHANDLER.
s city marshal of i
nown throughout 11
MUST GET A NEW
E FOR STERRFTT
IVI I.IMSI l\<. ( \si: |n;( ||>|;i> BY
Tin; oklaimim \ si dbi.mi;
< olttt.
of pa
Sill
1 hosing the better!
Andrew Jackson te.s-J
art wai
irs now, but has I find
r eye, and alert i part
f nerve and self|tifip
He i- now a deputy | i.1V;il and no ann more strciiu- and
s Marshal in New York j useful in defoi.-ivn rifhimiiixn"**
ipped off in Wichita to
Wha
land ii
El Reno Amer
in a Name,
he claim of the
\ U
any
Re
lion and
that vie
sdom and
eem to;
I with
New
ed .2
fin
•al inside
ed all of
ty than Bat Masterson j seii<
loser to the real inside■ h*
I find
s version of the whole tor
got it from those
master wl
and ,
an 1
never forgotten the
to him called n loir
That is as much co
would
named in
mipany we
■ lared tha
BK1 OVRRTiAM)
BI T \NI) TI I
NO SMHIOI S
(XX I I
place dear
eet Home.)
ence as his
d one with-
' \b stbikivs
;\s tibtli—
i vii i:1is to
* \ vi s.
nglv verified by subsc
nents and certain que
hat always have puz:
M t'ore and during the
Ight. Bat says it wai
va> rill arranged from
quent develop-
snpportinp
and when
union sen
would tnell as sweet," the
lie town of Sterrert, Okla.,
have been thoroughly impress
:he idea that the name of a
.- aiion is very important
I At and prior to the time the town!
laid out the station was called'
('ale," hut the post-office department
; refused to give tlie same name to
because of the existence
r ('ales In Oklahoma and!
Indian Territory, and selected the)
name "S;«-rrett" for the post office.
The citizens subsequently tried to In-f
Guthrie, Okla., July 9.—James A.
Harris, chairman of the republican
ate central committee, has issued a
1 all for a meeting of the committee,
: the lone hotel in Guthrie, at ten
o'clot k a. iO., on Monday, July 18,
for the purpose of planning the work
of the campaign, discussing the elec-
tion laws and providing ways and
means f >r t arrying on the fight
against the democracy which will re-
sult in a victory for tlie Grand Old
Lam at 'he polls in Oklahoma next
November.
Chairman Harris says: "It is
hope.] every member of tho eommit-
> ' will he present at this, one of the
most important meetings of the year.
•.All of the candidates for s'ate,
judicial and legislative offices and
the chairmen of the county republi-
■ an organization are cordially invit-
ed t<> be present at the meeting. The
present ,• of republican newspaper
men and party workeis will be fully
appreciated.
I.e, everybody como and make
this a genuine, old-time love feast
for the good of the party and the
s ot the ticket to be nominated
on August 2."
Chairman Harris has been plan-
ning for a meeting of the state com-
minee, county chairmen and party
wurl i : for two v\ eks, believing the
referendum of the democratic elec-
• on laws demands immediate atten-
n, as well as the discussion of
plans for carrying on the campaign.
From all sections of the state come
reports of party enthusiasm, of par-
ty loyalty, and of conditions that are
encouraging for success. The an-
her name, nouncement of numerous candidates
people of "r , v 'ate office and in every
legislative and judicial district in the
s ate Is taken as an unusually good
sign, and throughout the state the
I party workers are busy.
| Chairman Harris believes the re-
Nothwlth-
great poet
publicans
is using e
will win this fall and he
•ery effort to that end.
SAO ACCIDENT NEAR
Etilrc
id opt
1 up the name
f t for the 8ta-
d to do he-
it at ion
en the
peal *
H. M. <11 wi l l: Los| s Ills LIFK
I \ W \ S111 I V |{|\ IB—\\ \S
IBM K ISLAM) BB \ l\ liM \\
M. Chanle
Clark, an
s. Upon the
eraux declii
j C.
El He
The big Ov
lode has be
id which lie
•n drivin:
niri, K \ T. R\ C(
in the affair.
being
-sued.
ndictment, Mc-
included. No
M Ne
vns, played a
trick on Johnny and turned
Thursday night, and tried to
mit suli ide. From the lo 1 s
car it prettly nearly fuc -ceded.
ti S. except Yoilllj
1 to the indict
i«r immediate hear
nts were not til• ;
.1 >!in H. Burford
in.-tin? of Oklaho
ge of the dlatric
i Ne
Ernes
id Ned
Iteno
•man, F
iry
Mr. ,
Van |
'-r Oil
-<>:
over I]
The I f
,100
ship-
imn:riiM i m oil di; \m;i:s
The
eters'
down
lissed
resided at 804
and who was employed
Island railway company
m, i -• h - . fa Mondttr
deceased was what is
idem brakeman, just
e intricacies of signals
carry a lantern, when
intimely end. His con-
il him when the fain
hickasha and his body
the Washita river s );n
y ards below the bridge
lock yesterday morn-
i that lie was
-i«le of the - ar and
•oting and fell or
far and vas sti uck
and
Mr.
were pretty b;
l \! : lb bio p v( kfjts.
was borne largely
and ex-Governor
of the men agai
hands ot i
ent of its
■ McNeal, j
lioiua, and are ami
>d, Influential and
Less than all tlK
y equvalent to a li
ress «m of the impor .ai
g to the indictment, Ha
ed no doubt ro inislea
by fah.ehood ai a tin:
thought it would be t(
•eput-1 Rran{-
truth I | <an(j
and N i ins
id quashf
igainst ti
i s faulty
BIBTIID \ \ r \B r\
ol Miss |'inliii \\ liclan (jive
a (jenuine Surprise and
ijoy a I'lca-aiit !• veuillir
)'l Vl'.l.l sin || n Wl DDI \ (•
iux, on Jn 1 \ I J, 1 !♦ 1 0,
admis
• more
stenog t
undred
ie previ
o ld I .11, Us |f
\HM BltOM N.
\\ i i ll Tin i Dili i l l;
I i. \ I. TOI'll
coil."-n. who did not attend th
I know at the time, nf'er an ex-j Keno.
pre-- ! iho op iron that no offense the Langford.-Ketchel ti
ana nst i11e la.\> if Oklali una had! Bay Bronson continn
been ceuiin.;; e i. and that there was batt les and looks to
no eurihl) reason for invoking the star among the lightweight#. i el," and Samuel M.
.; n i..e law." The colored population of ngton on Court <
same date, July 12, 1910, the home of Sam I^angford, is pan- dresses were followc
•' rd and
m hi i !
win his
coming i
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