The Grove Sun. (Grove, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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QROVE OKLAHOMA DELAWARE COUNTY FRIDAY APRIL 32 1910
NO 6
WHY
LET
YOUR
DOLLARS
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AWAY
MAKE A NEST EGO
OF YOUR
AND DIMES
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than twenty to thirty thousand So-
cialists whose votes have gone to
waste in the past This condition
of affairs will hardly obtain in the
future in Okla or elsewhere The
Independence Party realizing the
foolhardiness of an Independence
movement soon ’ capitulated and'' is
once more fighting shoulder to
shoulder with the deciples of Jeffer-
son Jackson and Tillmah and the
a sharp rise last week on the an-
nouncement of the Supreme Court
that the so-called prosecutions
against the Standard Oil Trust and
the Tobacco Trust would be re-argued
next October It will be re-
membered that the Supreme Court
was on the verge of deciding the
Tobacco Trust case when Justice
Brewer died It seems as though
Justice Brew'er was the mainstay of
RUSSELL TELLS THE
BOVS ABOUT IT
and
$
and they will soon hatch DOLLARS
“Only a Dime”— how small a sum
how easily spent
Most of us give little thought to the
importance of a dime which 1 jingles so
lightly in our pockets
Ten dimes carried about are spent for
trifles before we realize it
Ten dimes— a dollar— how they fly
Are you setting your dollars free to
follow those which have flown away from
you never to return?
You are if you have no regular plan for
saving Place a nest egg in our bank today
4
Rer Cent Interest
will help to hatch your
dimes into dollars
THE - BANK OF QROVE
DEPOSITS GUARANTEED
Oldest and Strongest in Delaware County
A BANK FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
W E Ross
J C Rhodes
J E Kelley
T H Thompson
WASHINGTON NEWS
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From Oar lteirular Correspondent
Washington D C April JR 1010
Hard sledding seems to be ahead
of the McMurray contract with the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations
and individual members of those
Tribes These contracts involve
millions in fees and if approved by
President Taft will mean a for-
tune for J F McMurray of McAl-
ester Oklahoma and his associates
Steps have already been takpn by
the Oklahoma Congressional Dele-
gation to thwart the McMurray pro-
gramme at the White House and
the chances are that the present in-
cumbent like his illustrious prede-
cessor Roosevelt will refuse to O
K Mr McMurray’s scheme
The McMurray contracts were en-
tered into with the Principal Chiefs
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nations nearly three years ago and
attempt to bind those nations to the
payment of ten per cent of the
moneys received for the coal and
asphalt properties of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw people This fee
predicated on the one hundred and
sixty million dollar appraisal of this
property by the Geological Survey
will represent a fee of sixteen mil-
lion dollars which Mr McMurray
and his associates would claim as
their own and lieu of services ren-
dered in connection with the sale of
the coal and asphalt lands Of
course no such amount will be
realized from the sale of these lands
but enough is known of their value
to indicate their sale at figures rang-
ing from fifteen to fifty million dol-
lars which would also represent a
tidy fee should the McMurray con-
associates hold contracts with
thousands of Indians for the dis-
posal of communal property These
contracts likewise will need Taft’s
O K before they become binding
These also involve a ten per cent
fee and likewise involves millions
While Mr McMurray’s prospects
are not bright at the present mo-
ment his resourcefulness as a loby-
ist and his success in the past in
this and other capacities make him
a formidable opponent to the Okla-
homa Congressional Delegation
which is combatting this latest raise
upon the pocket-books of the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw people It is
said that Cecil Lyon Republican
National Committeeman from Texas
is Mr McMurry’s righthand man in
promoting this enterprise Mr
Lyon has been identified with Ok-
lahoma affairs on previous occas-
ions and it is said always at a good
profit notably in connection with
the Choctaw and Chickasaw citi-
zenship Court and subsequent
events which involve the payment
of a seven hundred and fifty-thousand
dollar fee to the law firm of
Mansfield McMurray & Cornish of
McAlester It is almost needless to
add that the mysterious Mr Murray
was the senior member and guiding
genius of this firm
In a letter drawn up by Senator
Owen and signed by every member
of the Oklahoma Congressional
Delegation save Mr B S McGuire
who is unavoidably absent from the
City these facts are brought out
namely that the fees proposed are
grossly unjust that the work of
disposing of the coal and asphalt and
residue property naturally devoles
upon the Oklahoma Congressional
same should be Jrue of the Socialist the interests and might have been
whose real usefulness is in the I expected to cast the deciding vote in
Democratic party and not outside the make-believe prosecution It is
of that Historic Organization therefore very significant that on
Republicanism is Cannonism-Al- his death a new trial has been or
drichism and Plutocracy Democra- dered which will give the trusts
cy is government of the people for time in whicho select another Su
the people and by the people I preme Judge and will also delay
There is lijtle or no likelihood ofl16 decision of the cases until after
the passage of the Creager bill Section in November
winding up the affairs of the Five GORE’S PLATFORM
Civilized Tribes at this session of Senator Gore’s speech and plat-
Congress There seems to be sev- form made a decided hit at the Jef-
eral reasons for this: First Presi- ferson Day Banquet held at Wash-
dent Taft is so busy urging upon ington on April 13th He said: ‘‘If
certain administration bills that he I had the power (as I Ought to have?)
seems to be in no position to add to of drafting the congressional plat-
his burdens at this time The first form this year and of drafting the
year of the Taft administration has national platform two years hence I
The round-robbin as laid before
the President is in part as follows:
“I cordially approve reasonable
compensation to attorneys for ser-
vices actually performed The fees
proposed in this case are grossly un-
just and would be so regarded by
the people of our State My duty
to your administration compels me
to register my views in regard to
this matter in order that I may pro-
tect your administration against pub-
lic disapproval in my State Any
reasonable compensation to attor-neys-for
professional services shown
to have been performed I am sure
would meet the cordial approval on
the part of the Oklahoma Delegat-
ion But enormous fees which are
pecuniary the duty of the Oklahoma
Delegation will not meet approval
of the Oklahoma Delegation or ot-
her people of Oklahoma”
Ornsby McHarg General Eastern
Representative for the Choctaws-
Chickasaws in a telegram to Sena-
tor Owen announces that he will
also oppose the confirmation of the
McMurray contracts although he
does not say that he is against any
and all contracts of the nature of
those now held by The McMurray
Line Combination
With the Independence League
and William Randolph Hearst back
in the Democratic fold it would
seem that the time when the So-
cialists also will join with Democ-
racy in its struggle with Cannonism
and Aldrichism As John Temple
Graves well said there is room for
two great political parties in this
country and only two The So-
cialists will doubtless realize this
and will be found on the Democrat-
ic band-wagon during the forthcom-
not been the howling success antici
pated for it by its friends and the
Republican party seems anxious to
harmonize its differences as to the
Taft policies without placing addit-
jional obstacles in the way of the
speedy enactment Postal Savings
Bank Bill Railroad rate bill and the
conservation bills now engaging the
J attention of the public
The Administration is at a loss
I what to do with respect to the sale
of the coal and asphalt lands and in
some quarters statements are being
made that there will be no legislat
ion until Secretary Ballinger can
look over the field personally and
make a recommendation to his
Chief Secretary Ballinger was
anxious to visit Oklahoma last year
Indeed he already planned to spend
a week in the new State but when
the Pinchot ' Conservation fight
waxed warm and his presence was
necessary in Washington he curtail-
ed his itinerary and Oklahoma was
eliminated entirely Unless noth
ing unforseen happens Mr Ballinger
will be found in Oklahoma this fall
He will study local conditions and
doubtless recommend immediate
I legislation to Congress
The end to the hearings before
I the House Committee on Indian
Affairs on the McGuire bill is in
sight Thus far only attorneys for
and against this particular piece of
I legislation has been held I FOR SALE: — Six room residence
This week however Representa-1 GrandAve three lots summer
tives Carter and Ferris will take a
would condense and compress them
all into a dozen words Those
words should be these “Less
Tariff More Trade Free Ships No
Trusts No Graft No Taft” “In
that sign we conquer”
DEMOCRATS JUBILANT
The Democrats are becoming
more confident every day and it is
conceded on every hand that their
day of accounting has come
They declare that they will elect
a governor in rock-ribbed California
a U S Senator in Indiana to suc-
ceed Beveridge a governor and half
a dozen Congressmen in Iowa a U
S Senator in Nebraska to succeed
Burkett a U S Senator in Missouri
to succeed Warner and many ot-
hers Even the Republican leaders
admit that the next House will I be
Democratic by a substantial major-
-
ity
SEGREGATED INDIAN LANDS
Senator Gore secured the passage
of a resolution through the Senate
calling upon the President to strans-
mit to the Senate any contract now
pending before him between J F
McMurray and the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Tribes of Indians in re-
spect to the sale of the segregated
coal and mineral lands' He says
he wants to see that the Indians get
a square deal
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE THIRD
DISTRICT
hand in the hearings and speak out
in no uncertain way against the al-
Iedged iniquities contained in the
McGuire bill Senator Owen may
be asked also to join in this attack
As previously stated the Democratic
members of the Oklahoma Con-
gressional Delegation are not friend-
ly to any legislation which attempts
to place the negro on a parity with
the Indian and this is what the
McGuire bill attempts to do when it
would open the way to the enroll-
ment of negroes as Indians by blood
There are thousands of negroes
claiming Indian descent who are de-
sirous of sharing in the rich heritage
of the red man in Oklahoma They
are urged on by unscrupulous law-
yers who in most instances are
contracting for large fees frequently
as much as forty and fifty per cent
of the amount recovered
The Republican members of the
Oklahoma Delegation seems to be
divided on the subject at least
there seems to be no activity in the
Republican camp to forestall the en-
rollment of negroes as Indians in-
deed what activities there is may
be found in the person of Represen-
tative McGuire who is boldly' pro-
claiming the rights of the negro as
against the Indian Representatives
Morgan and Greager “trying to play
both ends against the middle”
Both declare the McGuire bill to be
loaded” but should ' there ' be an
explosion neither seems to know in
which direction to jump
Should there be legislation along
the lines of the McGuire bill it is
doubtful whether the affairs of the
Five Tribes will be wound up with-
in the next five years
kitchen barn hen house good well
water on back porch fruit trees of
all kinds good plank fence with
locust posts fine garden and in fact
a very convenient arranged home
with a north and east front This
ideal home can be purchased for
£140000 Will sell for £200 down
and $200 per year at 6 per cent
Can give possession in 30 days
from date of sale For further par-
ticulars call at the office of
The Grove Sun
In tendering my services as
Standard Bearer during the coming
Congressional Campaign in this dis-
trict I do not deem it necessary
give the customary “Personal Ped
igree”
I have been in this immediate
section for more than 28 years and
the statute of limitation has run
against any case of watermelon
“Confiscation” that I may have
been a party to during my boyhood
days in North Alabama or any
similar case of “Developement’
that might have occurred during the
period of my “Acclimation” in the
good state of Arkansaw - 1
There is no county (and but few
townships) in the Third Congres-
sional District that does not have
reliable trustworthy citizens who
are personally acquainted with me
and a large per cent of these have
had dealings with me I will stand
for the reputation which they give
me
Fully appreciating the fact that
those who know me best are my
best friends and most loyal sup-
porters I shallendeavor to meet as
many of you as possible during the
campaign
My duty however is to the en-
tire state until the special election is
over
On the 11th day of June when
a majority of you might reasonably
be expected to be at home at-
tending to the daily duties of a
BUSY people in the midst of
BUSY season Oklahoma City
‘Boomers” expect to have voted
to them “The State Capital
and £600000 in tax moneys on
slider” with permission to expend
said money for an indefinite
amount of land at an uncertain
place (the state of Oklahoma not
having options upon a single acre
available for that purpose)
This election means millions of
of dollars to Oklahoma’s tax payers
and I shall devote this time to an
educational campaign upon this
question endeavoring to arouse the
people of Oklahoma to a realization
of what is proposed to be done TO
us upon this occasion
If the Democrats of this district
having before them my record
(public and private) which is an
open book do not wish to select me
as Standard Bearer without a “Cat
and dog fight” I would not desire
it
The final result of a nomination
so secured (in this district) would
be to embarrass the party and hu-
miliate the nominee
It is impossible in this announce-
ment to lay down any “Platform of
Principles” Suffice it to say I am
not promising that I will reform and
remodel the government
True my friend Bill Murray has
agreed to have “B S” put on the
free list during this campaign but I
am too busy to use any now
Working in connection with the
REAL representatives now in Wash-
ington and others to be elected I
hope to be able to bring to the peo-
ple of the Third District the wel-
come message that not only Can-
non but “Cannonism” has been
dethroned and that the Federal
Government has awakened to the
fact that the voters are demanding
that less money be wrung from the
tax payefs to be squandered upon
Dreadnaughts” and other para-
phernalia of war and that a larger
per cent of what is collected to be
used to advance and improve the
arts of peace — chiefest among which
is agriculture The present house
of misrepresentatives at Washing-
ton contains 255 lawyers and 10
farmers
In my humble opinion this has
come to be too much a government
OF lawyers BY lawyers and FOR
lawyers AND THEIR CLIENTS
I DO believe that the people who
ESPECIALLY need representation
upon the FLOOR of Congress are
the people who DO NOT have
paid lobbyiest hanging the commit-
tee rooms
I will be pleased to have those
who are inclined to favor my
candidacy drop me a line that we
may get better acquainted keep in
touch with each other and conduct
an effective winning campaign
I am yours for defeating upon the
11th day of June the most stupend-
ous graft yet attempted in the state
of Oklahoma and doing thereafter
that which seemeth good to a ma-
ority of our people ‘WHEN OUR
PEOPLE ARE AT THE POLLS
CAMPBELL RUSSELL
(adv) Warner Oklahoma
MOST POPULAR
LADY CONTEST
1 am going to conduct a voting
contest this summer All who are
interested should call and get the
particulars With each cold drink
sold I will issue a ticket which can
be filled in with the lady’s name
you desire to see win the £3500
gold watch which is to be given
absolutely free to the lady receiving
the greatest number of votes You
may select single or married ladies
Get busy and make your choice the
winner Each ticket will be good
for five votes Contest will open
May 1 1910 and a correct list
of the contestants with the votes
they have will be published each
week in The Grove SUN during the
time contest lasts which will close
about Sept 1st or 30th
Lon Montgomery
The Cold Drink Man
3C
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DID YOU EVER REALIZE
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pairs for the Oliver Plows?
cost you to be forced to wait for the arrival
of repairs when they were not carried in
stock by the dealer
We carry at all times a full stock of all
points landsides moulboards etc
Eventually
You Will Use
?
OLIVER STEEL PLOWS
You’d Better Begin
At This Time
EVERYTHING YOU WANT
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Butler, Orlando E. The Grove Sun. (Grove, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1910, newspaper, April 22, 1910; Grove, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1751252/m1/1/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed June 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.