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EL RENO
AMERICAN.
FIFTEENTH YEAR
EL RENO. OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. 1908
NO, 200
WILL
DEFEAT BRYAN
TO ELIMINATE
HIM
DEMOCRATS WANT TO GET RID OF HIM
Some Interest in Possi-
bilities of Hearst's In-
dependent Party.
lief 'that defeat would eliminate him
as a factor in his party and destroy
his prestige with the people.
While members of the two old
parties are thus vying with each oth-
er in the gloominess of their gloom,
new interest has been aroused in the
possibility of Mr. Hearst's Indepen-
dence party further complicating the
situation. This 'new Interest ihas
been aroused by a story which comes
to Washington to the effect that the
National Independence party has its
eyes on Senator Robert M. Lafol-
lette, of Wisconsin, as a likely man
to head its presidential ticket.
Politicians of all parties and all
shades and colorings of partisanship
they
The New State Hand.
The New State Hand, the juvenile
| organization, under the direction of
j Prof Mutter, made its first appear-
| ance in public last night, and ac-
quitted itself with credit to'the boys
i as well as their instructor. The pro-
I gram was rendered at a box social
(given in the United Evangelical
church in Morrison's addition. The
band will doubtless be able t ogive
some good concents this summer.
"SNAKES" CLAIM
TEXAS LANDS
Alva Hank to Open.
Guthrie, March 4.—1'nder author-
ity from Bank Commissioner H. H.
Smock, the Hank of Commerce of
Alva, which has been closed for sev-
eral weeks in consequence of the de-
falcation of its cashier, L. A. West-
fall, has reopened for business under
the new management. Henry
Prance, former county treasurer of
Woods county, is now president and
W. M. Bickel cashier.
American Special.
Washington, March 4.—The Wash-
ington Pots which has been one of
the most anti-Bryan papers of the
East, has given up the fight. It con-
cedes Bryan's nomination at Denver,
and predicts his overwhelming de-
feat at the polls. The Post views the
situation philosophically. It doesn't
believe Bryan can be elected; nor,
*>n the other band, does 'it believe any j sat up and took notice when
one of the sixteen democrats put for- j heard the story. There is no deny-
ward by the New York Wordld as Ing that the Wisconsin senator is an
more available than Bryan for the attractive figure in the public eye;
presidential nomination could win In ( he is known to enjoy the confidence ,
November. It bases th'is doleful and esteem of President Roosevelt. J?'\ old Parchment signed by Sam j fore election they would have car-
view of democratic prospects upon I and he has done something in the' °"ston and °ther TexatfS in 183i> j ried that point instead of having
the assumption that Bryan can car- i cause of reform more than merely to " ' ' t0 'he ' heiokees their suffrage limited to school ques-
American Special.
Muskogee, March 4.—Claiming
that 3,200,000 acres of land in Texas,
comprising the counties of Rush,
| Smith, Cherokee and Angelina, be-
longed to the Cherokees, three old
j full-bloods of that tribe, who call
| themselves "Snake" Indians, appear-
ed yesterday before Dana H. Kelsey,
| Indian agent for th"e Five Civilized
j Tribes, and filed a claim with him
i for the land or its money equivalent
j ask ng that he present it to Congress.
[An evidence of the rights of the In-
American Special.
Washington, D. C., March 4.—
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, was one
of the speakers in the woman suff-
rage hearing yesterday before the
house committee on the judiciary.
H's address was frequently Inter-
rupted by applause. He paid a
glowing tribute to womanhood and
earnestly advocated universal suf-
frage. He claimed that the saloon
element in Oklahoma had defeated
the universal suffrage proposition In
Oklahoma and said that if women
jdians to the land they presented a I had questioned every candidate be-
BOB OWEN FOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
GOVERNOR SIGNS TWO
EMERGENCY MEASURES
WILL ORGANIZE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Republican Caucuses.
The Republicans of the various
wards of the city elected delegates
today to .the county convention to be
held in this city next Saturday for
the purpose of selecting delegates to
the state republican convention at
Oklahoma City. The result this af-
ternoon was as follows:
First Ward—C. C. Brown, J. A.
LaBryer, Alvin Bannister, A. O. Ber-
ger, A. H. Jackson, H. A. Todd, H.
R. Canon, Fred Sears, H. T. Semans.
Second Ward—Will hold caucus
tonight at 7:30.
Third Ward—Will hold caucus at
4:30,
Fourth Ward'—W. M. Wallace, J.
E. Jones, A. F. Newell, F. E. Gillette,
M. 1). Lib by, Sam Tannebaum, Dick
Lyons, D. C. Smith, T. J Mitts, W. A.
Maurer, John Murphy and Geo. Bing-
ham.
J and their associated tribes, twelve in tions.
ry no states he failed to carry In : utter words. Some who heard the
1900, with the exception of the new j story went so far as to predict that 1 nua" "le lttnd which now
state of Oklahoma, and upon the LaFollette, as the Independence nom- ^ th° four 00unties above
further assumption that Bryan ' inee, might carry enough states to 1 '
It seems that about 1830 a large
band of Cherokees on their way to
into the House of Representatives. M8XiC° SeUled 0n the lands referret>
Tomorrow there probably will de
woifld not render loyal support to: cause a dead lock in the electoral
any man who might defeat him in J college, thus throwing the election
the convention.
The Post attributes the assurances
of Bryan's nomination to the alleged velop something new, startling and
to, and that they were confirmed in
the possession of the land by the
hopelessness of tilt Democratic sit- | unprecedented in its possibilities. 11 j Kelsey here 'uMia^ '° Agent
Democrats acquiesce in Bryan's can- j l°°ks as f this year's pr lential stv or cvht
Democrats acquiesce in Bryans can-.race was S°ing to beat a circus
didacy, in the belief that a crushing, dozen blocks.
defeat iu November will forever elim-
inate the Nebraskan as a power -in . _g _ _ _
the democratic party; that by al- Ijv
FOR $70,000,000
American Special
Washington, March 4.—The start-
ling charge that the railroads of the
country carrying the mails and rob-
bed the people out of $70,000,000
was made in the house yesterday by |
Mr. Lloyd of Missouri.
He declared that the new system j
Six or e ght years later, however,
the Texas senate repudiated the
agreement with the Cherokees and
sent soldiers to drive them out of
country which was done, the Chero-
kees coming to what is their present
home iu Oklahoma.
The old full-bloods who filed this
ancient claim cannot speak English
and an interpreter translated their
statements. They say that the Texas
counties 'belong to them, and that
congress should make Texas give up
e ther the land or its price.
Mr. Alexander, of New York, asked
Senator Owen if he would be willing
to give the ballot to the low class of
immigrant women, who come to tills
country.
"Yes," replied Senator Owen, "be-
cause that of the male immigrants
is largely dominated by the saloon
and brother influences, and the vote
of the women would counteract the
vote of this class of males."
The senator pointed out that in the
states where women suffrage is uni-
versal the percentage of women con-
victs is very low. He said in Wyom-
ing there is not one woman now In-
carcerated In the penitentiary. He
contended that the vote of the wo-
men would largely be against cor-
ruption and immorality in the states.
Appropriate $150,000
for State Insane Asy-
lum at Fort Supply,
Americau Special.
Guthrie, March 4.—Two more em-
ergency measures were signed today
by the governor and 'became effective
at once. They were the Blair bill
from the senate, providing for the
organization of the- board of agricul-
ture and appropriating $75,000 to
carry ou its work, and the Murdock-
Sands bill from the house, appropri-
ating $1 50,000 for the equipment
and maintenance of an insane asylum
at Fort Supply.
1 wo other bills which have passed
both lions, s, although In slightly dif-
ferent form, were sent to conferenc-
es. Both were senate bills, the
I homas bill giving the supreme
court jurisdiction over 'ilie division
of assets of divided counties and the
!• rauklin bill relating to the traus-
I'loiiiiiient 1{. It. Man Dies.
American Sp- sial.
New York, March 4.—Russell
Harding, formerly general superin-
tendent of the Great Northern rail- , ,■
" ler of court cases on the east side,
\n , (1 i(?(i here vesfordav from livpr 1 . .
In <i(ld it ion to tli Thomas bill
and stomach complications, aged 52 ,,v,„ . , , , , '
veal.s ,u house today passed the Durant
, ''"I for the reapportionment of school
lands
Negro Dies in Chair.
mbodying the suggestions In
Trenton, N. J„ March 4 —George 1 TT ,ne88a(ge, from tlle pernor,
„■ , ijioigi i)Ut cu.t, Mg 0||t |)le 2- cpnt
\\ ilson, a negro, was electrocuted ,, i
in lentuls proposed by that message
yesterday for the murder in Decem-
ber last of Frederick Homer, and Or-
ange (N. J.) undertaker, who was
killed In Ills room at a hotel.
Miss Gladys Newman of Darling-
ton was shopping in the city this af-
ternoon.
lowing him to have the nomination
this year, when there Is no chance of
^electing a Democratic president, he
will not have to be reckoned with in
the years to come. Had it not been
for the necessity of eliminating Bry-
an, declares the Post, his nomina-
tion could have been prevented.
This surrender on the part of the
Post is regarded as practically
marking the end of Eastern opposi-
tion to Bryan's nomination. The
Post is a democratic paper—at least
its owner, John R. McLean is a dem- f we,gh,ng ^ wag an adm(s8ion
ocrat who has asp.red to high hon- of the postma9(er generaI that thp
ors iu the party—and it probably I weIghlng ln the ,ast 27 had j
voices the sentiment of the great ma-j |)een frauduIen,t He {,al]ed f(>p an [
jority of these democrats who have, ,nvestlgatlon of the postofflce d t_ ; An.erlcan Special. American Special.
been engaged in an endeavor to dis- nt and Mr Wagner of pennsylvan-I Oklahoma City, March 4.—The Oklahoma City, March 4.—A state-
place Bryan with some man more to | ia, chairman of the committee to con- j complete separation of the Rock Is-Iment has just bee" issued ahowlnS
the relative weather conditions dur-
his nomination is concerned, there is I" ' v«M«« er Heparin* nw ; Uis the month ot March tor the last
HAVE THEIR EYES MARCH WEATHER
ON OKLAHOMA FOR 17 YEARS
ALDERMAN
VS. AN EDITOR
their Tlklns. So !„r „ t j „„„„„„
not likely to be heard much mow J conducted illq" ° would b<' which was begun several weeks ago 17 years.
anti-Bryan talk. The Post predicts
and its prediction amounts to a
Others who spoke were Messrs. i ng the entlle systems, was com- The mean or normal temperature
Moon, Tennessee; Briggs, Georgia; l'leted in Oklahoma City yesterday, lla3 been 50 degrees, w-hile the warm-
threat, that he n:ll be unmercifully Mnpjoek, Kansas, and Smith, Call-"P°n 'I16 occasion of the visit of A. I!S' month was in 1907, last year
knifed at the polls.
It is one of the remarkable fea-
tures of the present remarkable pol-
itical situation that while democrats
are conceding Bryan's nomination
an'd mournfully predicting his de-
feat, there is a large and influential
■element in the Republican party
which fears Bryan will triumph at
the polls over any man now in the
race for the Republican nomination.
Roosevelt, these Republicans declare,
is the only man who can defeat the
Nebraska commoner.
If this doesn't present a pretty
kettle of political fish It would be
difficult to find one. Here is a fac-
tion of the democratic party taking
it for granted that any mail whom
the republicans are likely to nomin-
ate will defeat Bryan, and a faction
of the republican party taking it for
granted that Bryan will defeat any
man whom the republicans are like-
ly to nominate. There no longer is
any reasonable expectation that Mr.
Roosevelt will be nominated at Chi-
cago, so those republicans who be-
lieve him the only man who can de-
feat Bryan are Just as far down ln
the dark, dark doldrums as are the
anti-Bryan democrats.
There is a third element in the re-
publican party which is committed to
the belief that Roosevelt's nomina-
tion would make Bryan's election
certain. This belief is based on the
assumption that charges that the
president was not sincere in his auti-
3rd term declarations coupled with
aentiment against a third term and
the bitterness of Roosevelt hostil-
ity in some parts of the East, would
make him the weakest man the re-
publicans could put forward. Some
of the republicans who hold this view
would like to see Roosevelt nominat-
ied, for the same reason many demo-
fornia.
BRITT BEATS
BATTLING NELSON
March 4.-
llilton, general passenger agent for w'len 'be thermometer registered an j something serious
I the Frisco, with offices in St. Louis, average of 60 degrees. j
I C. E. Bascom, formerly traveling -yarch 1906 was the coldest month |
passenger agent for the Rock Island Iot the perlod and shows nn averaSi'!
who has been general passenger ag. '-'"Perature of 40 degrees.
I ent for the Frisco by the order of! Tl'e warmest day was March 19-
1907, when the murcury registered
97 degrees. The coldest day was
March 4, 1893, when it stood at only
9 degrees.
The greatest amount of snowfall |
recorded in any 24 hours, the record
American Special.
Muskogee, March 4.—A hot fight
has broken out here between the
Times-Democrat, the local dally dem-
ocratic paper, and the city council,
which is republican. Ait a council
meeting on Monday night, H. Levy,
one of the councilmen, took the paper
to task for many articles of a general
nature charging the council with
graft, etc., and severely roasted the
reporter of the paper who was pres-
ent at the meeting. Yesterday the
paper came out with a front page and
big-headlined article accusing the
said councilman of attempting to
bribe the county attorney not to mo-
lest the houses of ill-fame in the city.
There have 'been made threats of
bloodshed, which may develop into
and leaving the matter wholly In the
hands of the school land board. The
separate school bill received some
attention, but was finally referred to
a special committee.
Much of the afternoon in the house
was spent I11 the consideration of the
'bill in regard to clerks of the district
court and their fees. The most im-
portant change made was the ex-
tens on of their term of office from
two to four years to conform to that
of Che district judge, and the inser-
tion of a provision which made them
Ineligible to re-election. A provision
was Inserted making the maximum
cost die posit required $6, instead of
$15 as at present.
The senate in committee of the
whole recommended for passage the
Bryan bill from the house, for the
funding of the state debt. The bill
for a barber's examining board was
killed by an unfavorable report from
legal advisory committee.
February 20, was removed to make
way for a Frisco man1 Charles A.
Jackson, of Dallas, Texas. Mr.
Jackson has entered upon his duties,
with headquarters in Oklahoma City.
His assistant will he Jay T. Cobb
of San Francisco and ' formerl-v traveling passenger agent I eXfndlng ln the winter oI 1884
1 - 'only, was 4.5 Inches on March
American Special.
Los Angeles, Cal.,
Jimmy Britt
zrr T 1 • *■ •
fought ten rounds before the Pad- Uock isiall(1 aB traveling passenger "Ullt of Palpitation recorded in any
fic Athletic club in this city last (agent. He will maintain offices in "4 hoUrS Was 2'64 inches 'on March
night with Britt a slight victor in |the present location, 502 Bassett 11>aad 12>
point of blows landed and Nelson i lnlildinS. until the completing of the 1 he gl"atesi monthly precipita-
. t „ i Rock Island offices at 117 vv ^ "°" was ,, a0 Inches in 1902 and the
somewhat the stronger at the close,; d °m'CS at 117 Mal" : least monthly precipitation was 0.26
but unable to overcome the clever-! ' ,g the causes of the sep- j inches ,in 1904
... . 1 aration of the Frisco-Rock Island
01 hlS °PP°nent- The fight ()(W, 0enerttl Pasaenger Agent Hn.
seemed ended in the 6th round when ton said:
ti-iit . . . days show a precipitation of .01 inch
Britt appeared to have received a "Although the establishment of ()r more.
knockout blow at Nelson's hands, « his division passenger agency at The average humidity at 7 a. 111
but was saved by the gong. Oklahoma City is the recognition of wag 79 degrees, while .that at 7 p'
Nelson showed an advantage I11 the splendid growth of the new state m. was 58 degrees
DR. ABBOTT AT
THE UNIVERSITY
American Special.
Norman, March 4.—Lyman Abbott
will arrive ln Norman, Wednesday,
jg March 4th, and will remain until the
11th. His program at the University
is aB follows:
The average for the month during)
the 17 years is 2.24 Inches and seven I
Thursday. March 5, at 4 o'clock,
"The Message of Paganism."
Friday, March 6th, at 4 o'clock,
"The Message of Judaism."
Saturday, March 7th, at 4 o'clock,
"The Message of Christianity."
Sunday, Sermon, at 3 o'clock.
Monday, March 9th, at 4 o'clock,
"The Doctrine of Christianity."
Tuesday, March 10th, at 4 o'clock,
"The Evidence of Christianity."
The general subject for the lec-
Irving School Items.
Room 8 enjoyed a holiday Friday
afternoon. The pupils of this room
have earned three such holidays this
>ear by their good attendance and
leportment.
I lie pupils of room 3 are very
much interested in watching the
growth of their window garden.
Miss Rich, teacher n room 6, was
compelled to be absent 011 account of
sickness Tuesday forenoon.
1 he boys of the 8-A class are puit-
tliig iinto practical use their lessons
in mechanical drawing. They work
in a room in the basement and ex-
pect to make several useful articles.
The story of "New England Girl-
hood" by Lucy Larcoms is being en-
joyed by room 7.
I he little folks of room 1 are very
much Interested in the reading of
the "Sand Man."
The attendance of the Irving
school has been very poor on ac-
count of sickness.
only three rounds because of telling ^ '* ''' this is due very largely to the There were 14 clear days, nine' tiwen of Dr. Abbott is "The Message
Indian School (Jlrls Run Away.
American Special.
blows landed when the men were '"'t'atlve effortB of the people them- partly cloudy days, and eight cloudy
sparring openly. The fight was by j sHves> 't has been greatly strength-1 days, if figured relatively for the
no means a savage affair and at | ened and hastened by the campaign j epoch.
tlnws the audience howled at the men of'mnil8I'atlon conducted in the state The prevailing winds were from,
to flghtv ''y 'he Prisco-Rock Island lines. The the south and the average hour ve- ^tlon for the efTorts that the Imper-
people in the central east still have i0city of the wind was 13.2 miles, | 'al Dancing Club is making to es-
tlieir eyes 011 Oklahoma for new while the highest was 60 miles and tablish good weekly receptions for
uomes and the hospitality extended from the northwest. This was on El Reno.. Last Thursday there was
to the new comer continues to In- March 11 1S94
Okmulgee, Okla., March 4.—Cltl- vlte others. If every mian, woman" -!
zens of Muskogee are much amused 1 and child I11 Oklahoma would write Meld for Swiping Watch.
and astonished at the feat of three j one letter to a friend In the east' E. E. Ellsworth, charged with
liitli full-blood Indian orphan girls, telling them of the splendid resour- stealing a watch, is being held by the
e cilldien, the oldest of whom Is , ces of this new state, it would be a officers here awaiting the arrival of
10 years, ran away from the Orphan ! mighty force in the Interest of awel-ja deputy sheriff from Granite, Okla.,
Home here, and before they were ap- ling the population. At this time! who will take him to that place for
pre ended had gotten as far as Hen- { people are more than ever coming trial. The time-piece Is alleged to
ijt tta, a distance of fourteen miles, to believe that land has a staple val-1 have been stolen from Mrs. Ida
lo get there they had to cross sover- ue. We already see encouraging Urown at that place about two weeks
of the World's Religions."
Every Tliursilay \iglit.
The public Is showing its apprecl-
a very large crowd, and even larger
crowds are anticipated In the future.
Ladies are admitted free, at Gunn's
hall every Thrusday night at 8
o'clock.
M«me Mltmlon Society.
The Home Mission Society of the
St. Johu's M. E. church will meet
ou Thursday afternoon at three
, . o'clock at the home of Mrs. C. B.
„„„ , , . „„„ „ f nnd Pass through a signs and with the opening of spring I ago. Ellsworth was arraigned hero I Gale, 921 south Macomb avenue. All
in tli ■ no 1 n" f 11 ((i'lesce | rat hi «I1i lilt of country. They we expeot that business will Im- tor the crime, but was released be-j members are requested to be present
the noluluatlon Bryan the be- .peat one night out of door., Jprove." icau.e the oourt had no jurisdiction, and bring fancy work.
A PECULIAR
DAMAGE SUIT
American Special.
Eufaula, Okla., March 4.—In what
promises to be a very interesting
case from a legal standpoint was tried
here In this city, but the Jury dis-
agreed and failed to reach a verdict.
Mrs. Cecil McCalvey sues the Eufau-
la Light & Power company for $10,-
000 for the death of her husband Iu
December, 1906. His team ran away
and flung the deceased out, catching
him between the side of his wagon
and an electric light pole and crush-
ing him to death. The plaintiff con-
tends that the pole was an obstruc-
tion and oaused the death of her hus-
band.
She (iels the Best.
A marriage license was Issued by
the clerk of the county court today
to William E. Best and Miss Anna
Crtt'tii'?, both of Tedda, Okla.
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