Fairview Republican (Fairview, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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This paper is Progressive in
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VOLUME 15 NUMBER 2 FAIKVIEW MAJOR COUNTY OKLAHOMA OCTOBER 9 1911 Official County Paper
Cheapest Farm Loans in Major County Money Ready When Papers-Are Signed At The Fairview State Bank
Progressive Schedule
The program for the Progressive
county candidates for next week
liegiuoing next Monday October 12
is as follows:
Monday night Square Cedar school
house Dist 14
Tuesday night France S H Dist 37
Wednesday “ Forrest “ " " 231
Thursday “ Johnson 133
Friday " Webb 53
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 Ringwood
Saturday night Lone Stars h Dist 96
MRS CHANDLER DEAD
The mother of Russell aud John
Kersey died at her home just west
of Fairview last Sunday at 11:30
p m
She will be remembered by all
the old settlers of this community
She Hied on the claim which now
joins the townsite on the west where
she has lived ever since having
iieen stiicken by paralysis and been
un almost helpless invalid for over
uineteeu years
Deliah Jones was born in Owen
County Kentucky March 25 1843
and died Oct 4th 1914
She grew to womanhood and was
married to William Marion Kersgy
at the age of 2J years Four child-
ren were born to this union Wm
died in infancy Goldsmith died at
the age of 22 John T and Russell
H survive her also 12 grandchild-
ren and two great grand children
She united with the Baptist
church while a girl and lived in
that faith until death
Funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist church by Rev J
H Clarke and the remains laid to
rest in the Fairview cemetery
Sympathy is extended to the be-
reaved family even though they
know that their mother is at rest
from her long suffering they ' still
feel her loss -
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Maurice Major the young son of
J C Major met with a serious ac-
cident last Friday afternoon when
he was accidentally run over by an
automobile and his leg broken It
seems there were several boys riding
bicycles on Main Street when the
Major boy fell and was run over by
Jess Doan’s auto It was purely ac-
cidental No one was to blame''
The injured boy was carried to Dr
Lindley's office where the broken
boDe was set after which he was
taken home Maurice is getting-
along nicely now but it will be
some time before he will be able to
be out
LADIES AUXILIARY
: The Ladies' Auxiliary held a
most interesting meeting at the
City Library' Monday afternoon
In the absence of the president the
fneeting was called to order by the
vice president Mrs D ' E Henry
The roll call was answered with
autumnal quotations
Master Willard Scott favored the
ladies with a pleasing recitation ft
was suggested that it would be well
to have more of such numbers ou
the programs as they are always so
much appreciated
Mrs J D Wells read a spleudid
article from the “Mother’s Magazine”
on "The Child’s Companion” Every
mother should try to be a compan-
ion to her child But the child
must have companions of his own
age also and until he is old enough
to choose good companions for him-
self the mother should do this for
him These are only a few of the
thoughts brought out in the splendid
article
Mrs Ivan Williams read an ex-
cellently written paper on “Training
the Child for Citizenship-' The
child should be carefully trained at
home and taught high ideals so that
when he starts to school he will be
more able to withstand the tempta-
tions and trials with which he will
come in contact while associating
with other children both good and
bad Much is being said and writ-
ten about womens’ suffrage If in-
stead of clamoring for the vote the
mothers of the country would train
their boys to make good laws they
would do more good than if they
themselves were in the ' legislature
Granville Jones says the legislature
is like a batchelor's quarters that
needs sweeping out and the women
will have to do it But the best and
most effective way iq to begin in the
home
The meeting was adjourned un-
til next Trades Day
4 'The visitors of the afternoon were:
Mrs J T Frost Miss Lula Frost-
and Miss Ruth Daymonde of Aledo
Illinois
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COMMISSIONERS TANGLE MATTERS
Our readers will note by the Com-
missioners Proceedings that by a
divided vote they selected the
Fairview Enterprise as the paper to
print the delinquent land Tax sale
list Things are somewhat mixed in
regard to the matter The law says
that when the Board fails to desig-
nate some paper in which to pub-
lish this by October 1st then the
county Treasurer shall select the
paper and have the list published
Mr Major gave the list to the Fair-
view Leader on October 2nd and
then the Board of Commissioners
came along on October 6th and de-
signated the Enterprise as the paper
This rather complicates matters
and may result in a lawsuit but if
it goes that far there is no doubt
hut that the legality of the Fairview
Enterprise will be raised in issue
for even if it did buy the head and
volume number of the Ames Enter-
prise it is very questionable wheth-
er it is a legal publication until it
has been published here for one
year it looks like that is ' carrying
the question of party politics pretty
far for certain members of the Board
to let themselves be influenced
from a party standpoint to have
the list published in a party paper
when its legality might be question-
ed and also might be the means
of effecting the title oft housands of
acres of land under an illegal sale
As it looks now the Leader has the
little the best of the situation as
they have the copy for the list
while the commissioners have not
put themselves in a very enviable
light before the voters of the county
ANY OgE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE
The attention of every Progress-
ive paper in Oklahoma is called to
fact that the new paper at Fairview
The Enterprise has printed the Ok-
lahoma Republican State platform
in full the first case that has come
to notice yet Many of the Pro-
gressive papers have been daring
them to publish it because most of
them thought that the leaders were
actually ashamed of it The new
paper had not kept in touch with
events of the state or it would uot
have published it but done like the
most of the other papers were do-
ing just brag about whHt a splen-
did platform it was
Now that is has been published
in full we are going to take the
time and space to 'make a little
comparison
John Coward has been going
about the country telling that this
paper has misrepresented the Tulsa
convention We will admit that
there may be some difference of
opinion between us as to what act-
ually transpired at Tulsa as seen
through Mr Coward's eyes but we
are going to make some comparisons
here for the readers to study and
decide for themselves
In the first place we are going to
quote from the National Progress-
ive platform adopted at Chicago
August 8th 1912
“We pledge that when an act
passed under the police power of
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the state is held unconstitutional
under the state constitution by the
courts the people after an ample
interval for deliberation shall have
an opportunity to vote on the ques-
tion whether they desire the act to
become a law notwithstanding such
decision "
This is the plank in the National
Progressive platform that applies
directly to the recall of Judicial de-
cisions Now note what the Re-
publicans did at Tulsa in reference
to a similar plank
“We believe that when an act
passed under the police power of
the state is held unconstitutional
under the state cqnstitution by the
supreme court the people after an
ample time for deliberation shall
have an opportunity to vote on the
question of whether they desire the
act to become a law notwithstand-
ing such supreme court decision
by a eonititutional amendment"
Now dear readers you hav the
two planks before you aud do you
see any material difference? Well
let us see Did you note the last
four words in the republican plat-
form? “By a constitutional amend-
ment” As many as know something
about the Oklahoma Constitution
and already know that the people
can amend the constitution by fol-
lowing the proper proceedure laid
dowa in the constitution for making
amendments to it hold up both
hands Of course you know that
it can be done and has been done
several times since that great docu-
ment was written seven years ago
but in the meantime what becomes
of the recall of Judicial decisions
Those four words at the last of the
republican plank nullifies the whole
intent of the plank as drafted by
the Progressives at Chicago If
that is not evident to everyone all
we ask of our readers is to put the
proposition to Judge Cullison and
Judge Robberts' who are running on
that ticket for District Judges or put
it up to Harry Randall or F L
Wells running for County Judge
and County attorney on the same
ticket! If they will be honest they
will say that those four words at
the last of the republican plank only
gives us the same power that the
people have now and is no relief
from the complaints of Judges' de-
cisions which the Progressive party
pledges to enact a law if put into
power whereby the people can get
direct action on a decision given by
a judge which everyone says is not
just The amending of the consti-
tution is a long and tedious process
aDd the people are demanding a
more speedy way to get at this very
thing
Now the standpat will say what
of it Well here is the exact truth
of the matter notwithstanding the
fact that Mr Coward says we have
misrepresented the Tula convention
that when that very plank came up
for adoption in the resolutions com-
mittee there was a very strong
fight against putting in the platform
but there was a very smooth Rock
Islaud attorney in the room and he
paid “Let me fix it” and the four
words were added When the reso-
lutions were read before the conven-
tion the same fight occurred and
the same railroad attorney appeared
on the rostrum and in that same
smooth way explained that the
plank was all right aud the platform
in afe hands
Now a word as to how this plank
and several others taken bodily
from the National Progressive plat-
form appeared in the platform at
Tulsa There is one Emery Brown-
lee an attorney of Kingfisher coun-
ty who was a very strong worker
for Roosevelt in 1912 who insisted
that some oi those Progressive
planks should appear ia the repub-
lican platform if they expected him
to stay with the republican party
and all agreed that if some of them
were pur in the platform it would
take the props out from under the
Progressives in this state and they
would not have a thing to stand on
Mr Brownlee stood at one end of
the table and read plank after plank
from the Progressive National plat-
form and they were embodied in
the Tulsa platform not because the
committee believed in them pr
wanted them but just to fool the
Voters into believing that the repub
lican party of Oklahoma was really
progressive "
After reading the planks as ap-
pearing in the two platforms do the
readers really beleive that the lead-
ers at the Tulsa convention really
beleived in the progressive planks
adopted or was a very evident at
tempt to deceive the voters It can
nut be interperted any othei way
when they would deliberately add
four words to a plank which com-
pletely destroyed the intent of the
original plank If they would do
that with one plank how cau the
people expect them to mean or
carry any of the other planks copied
from the Progressive platform
They do not expect to carry out any
of them as long as the control of
the party is in the present hands
for as the Rock Island attorney
said "The platform is in safe hands
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wool line Just think! An all wool tailor made
suit for only $15 Op Cheaper than Steal’en ’em
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and will not harm any one” at least
that is what must be Inferred from
such a remark
Now some will say "How did
that editor know so much more
about what was going on at Tills
than did Mr Coward?” To be frank
the humble writer of this article
was in the resolutions committee
room for over two hours and heard
and saw just what transpired while
Mr Coward was seated in the con-
vention hall listening to wonderful
get-to-gether speeches by the leaders
of the party in the effort to keep
the boys in line 1
The platform would have been
all right as a sop to the progressive
inclined voter if the organization of
the party had been placed in the
hands of progressive inclined meo
but when the convention under the
manipulation of Jim Harris and
Henry Asp made Arthur Geissler
the state chairman it was very evi-
dent that the leaders did not expect
to carry out the progressive planks
which they had stolen from the
platform of the new party born at
Chicago
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As a little aftermath in reference
to Emery Brownlee he ran for the
nomination of County Attorney in
his county and was badly beaten in
the primary This is only a little
case close to home to show that the
real standpat element of the party
did not have any use for a man who
had any symptoms of having pro-
gressive proclivities
Another plank which we wish to
speak of briefly was the one provid-
ing for the Preferential State Con-
vention to nominate a state ticket
Every one knows that a ticket was
selected and just one name appeared
on the primary ballot for each office
for the republican voters to vote on
If this is not so we would like to
ask Garnett Fields why the accept-
ance speech of John Fields was all
typewritten and handed to the news-
paper reporters before the name of
John Fields was ever placed in nom-
ination If John Fields had not
been preferred by Jim Harris and
Arthur Geissler along with the
other bosses why was it all fixed
before the delegates to the conven-
tion ever got a chance at the mat-
ter Garnett knows that is the ab-
solute truth or he did not get next
to the inside of things which took
place the same as Mr Coward who
says we misrepresented things
which took place at Tulsa
We went to Tulsa to see what
took place and we took methods to
seejwhat happened on the inside
We did and were thoroughly con-
vinced that no good could come out
of it for the people and we are not
the only one that arrived at the
same conclusion for P EL Reed of
Wagoner who was on that very
same resolutions committee is now
the Progressive candidate for Con-
gress from that District '
It is very evident that the leaders
who were in control of the republi-
can party of Oklahoma did not in-
tend to carry out any part of their
platform except as it suited their
convenience and in the light of the
nominations made by that party in
other states their claim to be pro-
gressive is only made to fool the
people and the man who says he is
still a republican does it from a
loyalty to the old party name with-
out studying the situation in regard
to the future or is a candidate for
office'and thinks that party will help
to pull him through while telling the
voters he is progressive
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We are expecting a full car load of
brand New Furniture Rugs and Lin-
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paper reaches the readers
Now you have been waiting to buy
something new and neat so come in
and look these new goods and get
prices
By buying in car loads lots and pay-
ing cash makes it possible to sell at
much lower prices Take advantage
of it
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