The Leedy Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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C2T VOTE FORO BSTOUT FpR COUNTY
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VOL li: NO 36
LEEDEY DEWEY COUNTY - OKLAHOMA THURSDAY OCT 29 1914
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: MESSAGE
To the Democratic Pm:
This is my last message to
Garcia It is my last word to my
tru and trusted friends be foie
the shock of battle before what
I trust will be a glorious truimph
The people of Oklahoma have
been m ire than Justto me They
have been generous beyond -my
deserts I am gr&teful beyond
words for this generosity The
striking majority tendered - me
in August I hope was but a fore-
runner of a splendid victory in
November
It was my duty to make a
thorough campaign in the state
to bear personal witness to my
gratitude and contribute so far
as in mo lies to the triumph of
the entire ticket I have been
prevented from disohorgtag this
duty to myself by a superior
duty to my state By remaining
in Washington I have succeeded
in defeating the tax of two cents
ft gallon on gasoline This saves
Oklahoma $1000000) a year Ii
rescues our independent refiners
and producers at least for the
present from the jaws and the
claws of the Standard Oil Trust
This was an adds! obligation
which I could neither avoid nor
evade without a sense of duty
disregarded
' But if the taxon gasoline had
not been proposed and had noi
been pending I should have still
felt obliged to remain in Wash-
ington The great ca'astrophr
of the European war has brought
- down a eaiastrophe upon the un-
offending fanners in the cotton
belt Men who were prosperous
on yesterday are today distress-
ed and upon the morrow may b
ruined 8olong as there was
the slightest ray of hope for
their releif the slightest hope
for averting this impending evf
I felt obligated to remain here -
This terrible! tragedy now
raging In Europe gives onr peo-
ple and our country every cause
‘ for rejoicing that President Wil-
son's watchful waiting has kepi
us out of the crimson vortex of
- bloody war -Ths administration
has not only stood for peace ii
- has stood for the emancipation
for the coronation of the com-
j mon man We have enacted into
' law a new charter of liberty for
1 labor We have dismantled
' monopoly and reopened the gate
ways of opportunity This ad-
ministration has done much in
the furtherance of needed re-
form 'Much remains to be done
Nothing can be done if either the
house or the Senate be republi-
can This illustrates the su-
preme importance of sending
democrats back to tha house ana
senate We need a democratic
governor and a democratic leg
islature to cooperate with the
national administration in the
complete deliverance of Urn peo-
- pie from industrial commercial
1 and flnanicat bondage I aha
leave for Oklahoma tomorrow
night Here's three cheers ana
a tiger for Wilson Williams and
a victory county state sad as-
tiooab
Yours very truly
T P Gore
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SENATOR ft L OWEN
JUDGE g L WILLIAMS
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'In ansser to your rcinpfct to my ettlmau- of JmJg' William final!
fleations for the governor-hip rf Oklrhoma 1 briefly roptv:
“lit have knon Judge Will la na veil Ur a a een'ury an
I regard him t a nun of the bighst Integrity and rnniuion honel
"2nd tlo is a good Judge of rreir and lannol In' i-anily dreeived I
choosing or Judging publie rervanla j 1
"3id Ho is a uiun of great courage and firmness
"tih He fa a very Indut-tr'ous u:an and will Hrnuoui-iy servo the staU
haring no family or oilier duties lo diatrnrt Mm ‘
"till I! la a man learned in alatwrafl Ulntinpul-hiJ In bin Lnowledg
of tha lam- For reven ears a Jiwuv of the supreme court of Oklahoma b
conduct as chief Justice and in nrer So kuedred opinions shows this lie hr
lha overwhelming respect of the n lira bar of tipi state who recount:
hla great ability hin intellectual timtosiy and his ai-l't' in 1 1 iA dct-iMot
irta la the humane siila as agamel ihe mere pro i it h m of view
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MEASURES PULL UP
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" " "th - Ha baa baaif tried and lias mcafrrfl tp tv 'ur klhei evpeefnitaa
11 the rdtstitiHonul (onventh-n ts ll s en ii c h-wl: llii -liIN:S hi hi
t’linton speech lo give our state rli-f t e-iaUi-h crounmy roireiiijimei
and cffkleno we can rely on
“His pledge to overthrow mat hire rule In government In Oklahoma I
safeguard umnirlpalitlrr In protect tabor to liinitlsiu aqrh iiliurr in pr
mote oo roads to simplify court p-oi-atitire lo prolo t our nil prodttr-r
to develop Male resourtce te pnnide M-Untibr imp-li-Mion and adjue'
uient of taxation to secure effective low entonrwcut to abolt-ii untie- t—sn
boards nllicers and emploiea and in pit hi Isuictl deiuiion lo the publi
service 1 believe In
"I fuilher rely upon hie per-ooal promiee to me that he will co-oporsle It
perfecting popular government In Oklahoma through the preferential ballot
through the initiative and referendum tbrctieh I lie pubhrlti pampblil
"I hope the people of oklskcsic vs 11 sot ia undue tires on untrue an
unjust glories circulated against Jut re Wiil'am by the thought'- or- reek
less partisans of other candidates nrlng the primary
"The true way to Judie a uun l by his conduct In Ihe contituilnne
convention Judge Williams as rhalr-ttsti of the romtinltee on pulilu- ulilitle-
stood powerfully and effectively n (lie rid of the prople aailj-t (urporal
monopoly and In article nine of the ntUtwtlou gyve the people tonirol ovc
all corporations What more eculd v ask?
"He stood for llie pioiecliou of -eber effectively he stood for popula-
government llirongh tlie Inltwulre end referendum
"He is a man who has proved by l ie twa Utc that he hcliev -a In ec nom
and thrift
"III leading antagonist Mr Fleli'a a genial agreeable tompanlon and 1
hebeve of good character has had tut training o compare with Judge Wil
llama t agree with Mr Klslds that laBreorn ta a good crop and that bcrrmidt
grass la a good grass blit we can't make every gentleman who believe It
kaflreorn and bermuda graaa governor of Oklahoma I disagree with b in o-
t lie value of feterita and hla tkcorv that th- red bloom of cotton Is liutr
productive than thecwhlte bloom la nece-warily erronrotia because ll I th
same bloom
FIELDS' SURROUNDINGS
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"Mr Fields would be surrounded liy wtaudrot republicans who fought I hi
constitution wlwt (ought the Initiative and referendum who fought tlie cpn
rate coach and separate waitlug-rnoai who fungbt the grandfather ctiu-e mu
under Mr Fields' administration of Ibe law we might rasll' cm e t t'u
wholesale atlimilallou of negro aslivltv ta state electiutia
"Mr Fields and bis frkmde fought progressive measures and he repre
rents (he statolpat -wing of the rept ibran perry
"The stale cannot afford to ovrrl-sik hie d'siiunlificaiinns and lie mi sled
by hla agreeable ntannera or by hK valuable services as an usru nltiiia
etllion"
CORE FOR WILLIAMS
"I earnestly hope to see Judge IVUIIams elected governor her rinse I know
that he will co-operate both in principle and fu purpose with the nailonul
administration In ihe enactment ef end in Ihe eteablithmenl of these military
n forint The legislature of Oklahoma Is certain to be democratic and
republican governor would be as powerless te rt lleve the reople aa Fro-
mellieu hound lo Ibe pillar I express It ai my confident faith that no state
In this union will have a more economical er e more pregrets've adnilnUtm-
thin than Oklahoma would have under Judge M'HItams nor one more devoted
not only to Ihe general welfare hut to Ihe welfare prosperity and hnpplne-e
of the Individual eltlaen and this alter all is the real measure of enlightened
civilisation
T P OORR"
JUDGE ROBERTSON TO DEMOCRACY
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF OKLAHOMA:
Flection la hut few da vs awav It Impossible for me to reach and
speak In all of the counties of this aisle I am spending all of mv t'me on
lha stump urging the voters to elect Hob William and tho entire democratic
ticket
I want tp strongly urge every frlead I bnve In the state to do hie vtmoet
to democracy a optaadld vtotory on nett Tuesday
When yen veto the democratic ticket Tuesday you are giving the aoal
of yosr approval to Freaidoat Wilson
J B A R0BKRT8OM
Wm CC3Y
BROUGHT 1I0HE
The body of Frank YVi'snn w o
was mi r’erpd at Joplin Mo
arrived here Sunday and was ta-
ke n to his honre about fourteen
mile north wi At of heie for I Ur-
iah A letter to The Cotton Ex-
change Bank tells of the manner
in which it is thought that he
met his death As to later r
ports wc clip from Joplin news-
papers as follows:
‘‘The body of a man thought
to be J F Wilson t-f Iedey
Okla was found at 7 ‘iO o’clock
this morning under a viaduct of
the Southwest Missouri R R Co
over Turkey creek northeast ef
the city The man had been
dead from six to eigiit hours-
Whether the man fell from a
streetcar started to walk across
the viaduct and was struck by a
car or was slugged and murder-
ed under the bridge may never
be known His head was crush-
d nd it is probable that he fell
headlong from' a moving street
car -
J II Wingerj who owns a gro-
cery store at Castle Rock found
the body this morning when he
lead hie cow to the creek for wa-
ter The body ergs face upward
and both feet were In the creek
One of the hands also was in the
water- '
The body was moved to the
morgue of th! Hdrllw££fcder--taking
- Company ' Arrange
ments are being made for an in-
quest but it probably will not bo
held until tomorrow as Coroner
A- R Snyder said today that he
had obtained no evidence
Bank deposit books made to
J F Wilson were in the man’s
pockets One was on the Inter
state National Bank of Kansas
City and showed a'- deposit of
$00on October Id Another
book on the Cotton Exchange
Bank at Leedey Okla showed
that he had done a great deal of
business there
Wilson was well dressed He
was about 40 years old and had
the appearance of a prosperou-
merchant or farmer
No hat was found near the
body and a search up find down
the street car tracks fsileil to re-
veal one”
THE INQTFST
“That J- F- Wilson of Leedey
Okla was murdered was the
couclusiun which tlie coroner’s
jury reached today The verdict
was “We find the deceased
came to his death through a blow
inflicted on Ibe head by parties
unknown ’ Efforts to find Wil-
son’R companion have been unavailing”
’Judge C S Gilkerson
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Judge C S Gilkerson is cam-
paigning in Dewey and Ellis
county this week in (he interest
os his own candidacy- for State
Senator and also that of the
state and county ticket — He ia
one' of j the State ’Committee ’s
best speakers and ' bait already -made
speeches iff nearly every
county in western bklahoqi- He
is now looking after his own can-
didacy merely from the fact that
be wants to meet and tjdk with
the people about some measures
which h® has outlined for his
winters work ia the ‘State Sen-
ate r Among reforms ia
the abolishment of the State offi-
ces of Highway CommisR'oner
School Land Comniisstorer State
Game Woj'den sr’d FT re' ’
vision in many of tlie
offices Judge Gilkerson is a T"
able man He has served five
terms as Reading Clerk of tlu
Senate He is acquainted w itli
every part of the work fd best
of all he has an acquaintance
throughout the state and with
the members of the senate that
will be very beneficial to him in
his work of reform ia the' stale
departments He will be a lead-
er on the floor of tha snato
Vote for C S Gilt-arson I
Democratic Speaking
Judge A G Wood candidate
for re-election for County Judge
Frank Clark Assessor D T
While Commissioner for this
District and R L- Neves candi
dats for County jBuperintendent
arrived here Saturday afternoon
and held a well attended meeting
that night
They have been nearly all over
tha coaaty eat feel confident of
their election next Tusaday A
vote for either tf ttne mta ia a
vote for a goei tsta
Communications Galore
From the great number of let-
ters the Herald is rwcwiving
from farmer on the east side t t
the county urging us to U all we
can for T C Knoop denviermtie
candidate for representative we
take it as unquedlionable evi-
dence that he is very popular in
thnt part of th enmity One
letter states that Mr Knoop re-
ceived every vott'Qi the township
in wh:ch he lives in the Primary
Election Any maa should be
be proud of suck a vote of con-
fidence by his home people Our
guess is that Knoop all light
and that the west vide f iLe
county will give fcwn its henriy
support Everybody rwto for
Theodors C Kacap for ltopne-sentative
Elk City Basks CooaoLdbl
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Announcement has been made
that the Cotton Rxctaage Bank
at Elk City has bswn sold to the
German State Caal f ibid rfc v
Ur Horr presUeot of tle Ort-
ton Exchange C1 retire fan
the banking ferm bet the
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Burnham, Fred N. The Leedy Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914, newspaper, October 29, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1756166/m1/1/?q=mineral+wells: accessed June 14, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.