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THE DARROW PRESS
AMENDMENT TOO SWEEPING
By GIDEON OAtSCHVlR,
DARROW,
OKLAHOMA.
Why Reappraiaement of Certain Indian
Territory Towns Failed to Paes
WASHINGTON: Much surprise was
I expressed by Indian Territory people
i here at the action of the conferees in
Convention Sidelights.
(By Ed. J. Costello.)
J GUTHRIE: Every citizen of Oklahoma I GUTHRIE: Trouble in its most' Viru-
and Indian Territory should keep both | lent form is brewing in the deraocracy
charge of the Indian bill in rejecting" the [ eyes on the "Railroad" Haskell-"Alfalfa of the new state. Before it is ex-
amendment relating to reappraisements Bill"-"Corporation Bob" Williams com- pected to break, and then will be wit-
J at certain towns in the territory. A3 j blnatfcm in the constitutional convention, nessed one of the bitterest fights ever
Muskogee will hnkl its democratic I ori£,nall>: proposed this amendment pro- < After using the knife of gang control In j knov^ in .politics. . To those who have
city "primaries March 15th. vided a reappraiaement for Hartshorne I cutting both Oklahoma and Indian Terri- j been watching the constitutional conven-
only. 1 he senate Indian committee de- j tory Into bleeding fragments, which they I tion the trend of events in the dominant
While sitting in a hotel lobby at Wag- I 'J* f, the[e are a ™mber .ot j have the gall to call counties, but of party is exceedingly plain.. Of course
owns that claim they were done an in-- wh,ch w,n become , d,BmWT1. J there is an effort to conceal the breach
Justice by townsite commissioners, the I which is rapidlv growing more pro-
amendment should apply to these towns. ! bered wricks ot bankruptcy, these worth-1 P
The committee also added a provision I ies are tpyln« to assunle role of
authorizing the secretary of the Interior j artful dodgers in compelling their
to survey and plat new townsltes in 8ervlent tools ln the convention to adopt
a system of revenue and taxation that
NEW STATE NEWS
oner, Mrs. S. A. Miller of El Paso, Tex.,
became suddenly insane, but was re-
strained and sent to her destination.
She was accompanied by two small chil-
dren.
WHAT WESTERN CANADA DOES,
the segregated coal belt. This amendment
i was one of the few amendments to the
| Indian bill that was adopted by the
penate. When the bill went to the con-
j (Terence committee it was said that all
of the ^conferees favored the reappraise-
ment proposition. Evidently some of
them changed their minds as the amend-
| ment was rejected. Chairman Sherman
of the house Indian committee and one
I of the conferees, said that the con- ,
Coweta has another 2.000,000 foot gas I ferenc.e committee finally decided that ' to be ,evIed in state and ln its va*
well. It has been plugged. j ttu. amendment was too sweeping and rious municipalities were so low that
| that it should have applied bnly to Harts- i not enou h revenues could be obtained
W. T. Funderburk has purchased the home. The bill introduced by Represen- t0 pay runnlnS expenses. "But you
Mangum electric light plant for 120.000. I (atlve Miller of Kansas complies with the must understand," said "The Little Na'
j objections stated, as the Hartshorne re- polean of Finance," "that we expect all
C. C. Cook is under $1,500 bond at Al- [ appraisement Is the only one provided 1 Pr°Pcrty in the state to.be listed at itl
Duncan has granted a franchise to the
Lawton-Sulphur electric interurban rail-
way.
Alpheus D. Channell, a farmer residing
near Crescent City, who gained consid-
erable notoriety some time ago by writ-
ing a bible of his own, has been sued
for divorce.
will cover up the political crimes of
which they are guilty ln the division of
counties.
When the report of the committee on
revenue and taxation was submitted to
the eommittee of the whole last Tues-
day, men who have practical knowledge
of county government saw at once that
somebody was trying to work a bunco
game. They saw that the maximum rate
tus for setting fire to a saloon at that that measure. It aIso )nclQde8 the
P'ace- new townsite provisions. Both Chairman
Sherman and Senator Clapp, chairman
The Rock Island railway will expend of lhe senate lnd)(in eommlttee sav lt
$100,000 on a new depot and yards at wi„ be pagsed- It haj5 the |ndorsement
Shawnee the coming spring.
A party who has just returned from
a trip through Western Oklahoma, re-
ports wheat ln most excellent condition
in that part of the state.
[ of the interior department.
The Cherokee Power company of Afton
has been Incorporated with a capital
stock of $1,100,000. It Is proposed to put
in a power plant on the river near Af-
ton that will furnish power and light for
cities within a radius of twenty-five
miles.
Myron R. Sturtevaait, national bank
examiner for Oklahoma for the past six
years, announced his Intention to resign
from the position and accept that of
cashier of the Central National bank
of St. Louis. His resignation will take
effect .Immediately. It is not known
who his successor will be.
A convention will be held at Lawton
in April for the purpose of organizing
a district bankers' association.
Delegate McGuire denies the newspa-
per reports that lie has endorsed Chief
Justice Burford for a federal judgeship.
Christian Rasmussen has bought the
Congregational church at Perry and ifrill
soon receive, the machinery to install an
up-to-date ceramery plant.
HON. E. L. FULTON,
The Seiling Commercial club has been
reorganized and a move is now on to
incorporate the town.
William Noble, postmaster at McAles-
ter, is a candidate for the republican
nomination for congress.
Tne first session of the Grady County
Teachers' association was held Saturday
at Minco.
The postoffice at Russett was robbed
of $200 in money, stamps and Jewelry.
Possible Nominee of Second District
Democrats for Congress.
Endorse Fulton
j OKLAHOMA CITY: After adopting
! resolutions endorsing E. L. Fulton for
the nomination for congress in the Sec->
j ond district and commending the con-
stitutional convention in its labors, the
democratic county convention Saturday
authorized Judge Fulton to name tha
delegation to represent this county in'
the Geary conve'ntion on Wednesday,'
March 6.
On motion of R. E. Stafford, the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
"We note with gratification the work
of the constitutional convention now in
session at Guthrie and desire to com-
full value. This would . give us all the
i revenue we \d."
| Then everybody who- knows anything
about the values returned" by-.assessors,
not only in Oklahoma, but in all the
states,; laughed .jnerriiy at. this joke-of
the "boss.'.' ...ThA utt:er impossibility of
having property values . returned at 100
cents on the dollar is too well known
to require statistical proof.
OhseVye triis: If' the Haskell crowd
vould indu.ee' th^ convention to. adopt a
maximum rate limit that was exceeding-
ly low, the democratic party, would as-
sume (an angelic--;• expression in future
camr/igns, aftd- say how benevolent it
had. been to the -poor downtrodden farm-
er and wage Earner. But what would be
happening in the counties, especially in
the dwarfed and crippled counties, like
the county of Murray? To get enough
funds to run the county government, the
people woiTild be compelled practically to
confiscate their property by raising the
taxable valuation to an amount that
would provide an adequate income under
the benevolent rate provided in the con-
stitution. The democratic party as con-
trolled by the Haskell crowd could dodge
responsibility by saying that the burdens
in the different counties wered ue to the
extravagance and lack of ability of local
officials, while the truth would be that
the trouble was due to the bony, starving
counties created by the ambitious politi-
cal demagogues of the constitutional con-
vention, in their attempt to make small
counties in densely populated democratic
portions" of the state, and large counties
in the densely populated republican dis-
tricts, that they might control legisla-
t/res and elect United States senators
nounced, but the occasional howls of hit
dogs, give evidence of what is to come—
and that in the very near future.
The disturber in the party is "Rail-
road" Haskell. This selfish politician
has simply created sheoi since his advent
upon the political stage of Oklahoma.
He is being Cussed by the former "peer-
less" leaders of democracy, and he in
his turn is cussing the aforesaid "lead-
ers," and in the meantime administer-
ing divers and sundry blows against
what is popularly known as the old or-
ganization.
In a word, Haskell proposes to be a.
candidate for governor. He is deter-
mined that Lee Cruce shall not land the
nomination aV the hands of the demo-
crats, so he has decided that he will
put the Ardrpore banker in a back seat
in the realm of oblivion.
"Corporation Bob" Williams of Durant
started in to do this very stunt, but It
was soon discovered that he was too
weak in anterior section of his anatomy
for so stupendous a task. The states-
man from Durant is regarded by demo-
crats as having, made such a damphool of
himself in the constitutional convention
that he is not to be considered in the
race for gubernatorial honors.
That is why Haskell got into the game.
True, Tom Doyle is a candidate for the
Satisfactory Yields of Wheat and
Good Prices.
Dundurn, Sask., Sept. 30, 1906.
Mr. W. H. Rogers, Canadian Govern-
ment Agent,
Indianapolis, Ind.
My Dear Sir:
When you were at our place in July
I promised to write you what my
north quarter made per acre. You
will remember it was all sown to wheat.
Well, I finished threshing yesterday
and received from it an average of
43% bushels per acre—testing 64*4
pounds per stroked bushel. The wheat
is the best sample I have ever raised
—so uniform and even in size. You
may know it was a good sample when
I tell you that I have already sold 2,000
bushels of it for seed to my neighbors-
This year has been my best efTort in
farming during my life. My wheat
totaled 9,280 bushels and my oats,
nearly 5,000.
If you remember I pointed out to
you a half section lying just west of
our house and joining my upper quar-
ter on the south, which I said I should
have in order to make one of the best
farms in western Canada. I am very
glad to be able to tell you that I now
own that half section. My ambition
now is to be able to market 20,000
bushels of wheat next year. If some
of those good, honest Hoosiers could
have been with me during the last two
weeks and could have seen the golden
grain rushing down the spout into my
wagon and then could have seen it in
great piles in my granaries, I feel sure
they would have been forced to
acknowledge there is no better farm-
job on the Oklahoma side, but Haskell i ing country in the world than this. I
has determined to kill off all of the | may just say that I have done all my
Oklahoma leaders in the party. He hr>f j farming with eight head of horses and
made up his mind to entirely disrupt j one hired man except during harvest
and threshing. This year I proved to
my neighbor that the Hoosiers, when
once "woke up," can raise grain equal
to the best Minnesota farmers. His
best yield was 42*4 bushels per acre,
so you see "old Indiana" is holding the
-ibbon this year.
Yours very truly,
N. E. BAUM1NK
the Oklahoma organization in order that
a new machine, hailing from Indian Ter-
ritory, and of his own making, may be-
come supreme. His acts in the conven-
tion have been with that very end in
view. He insisted upon the elimination
of the "Jim Crow" clause from the con-
stitution because he knew the leaders ot
the old Oklahoma organization wanted it.
Then he proceeded to choke his ideas on
this subject down the throats of Moman
Pruitt, and other former stalwarts—and
strange to say. they swallowed the dose
and licked their master's hand in abject
submission. Every other piece of legis-
lation by the menagerie has been train-
ed along this very line by Haskell.
And now, as a final stroke, he pro-
poses to skin the Oklahoma works for
the governorship. Naught cares he for
Tom Doyle. The latter helped him to or-
ganize the convention in the early stages
of its session, but that makes no differ-
ence. He proposes to knife Doyle. In
the gerrymander, perpetrated by his sub-
ordinate, Pittman of Enid, he has already
who might be moro or less the creatures | killed the chances of Hoffman of ChartJ-
of their makers. I ler for the United States senate. Gore
During the discussion of the revenue is a makeshift and Turner is not regard-
and taxation report, "Bobolink" 'Williams,
as he is called endearingly by "Alfalfa
Bill," began snorting fire and brimstone
when somebody had the temerity to call
attention to the danger of bankrupting
the counties of the state. "If there should
be counties so small and impoverished
that they could not survive under the
provisions of this report, let them be a
tached to other counties for judicial pur-
poses," shouted the pompadour delegate
from Durant, who is being double-cross-
ed without his knowledge in his race for
the gubernatorial nomination. Such,
ed very seriously by the new brand of
Muskogee democracy.
! he jury in the Mack Alford case at | mend the members thereof for the fidely
Eufaula reported that it was unable tc ity displayed toward'thelr trust. Insofar , , , ., „
agree and was discharged. Mack Alford as their work Is completed we find muctf ! frlends' countrymen and suck-
was charged with the assassination of ! which meets with our hearty approval/ I erS' were the patrlotic and kindIy senti*,
Cicero Davis, a wealthy cattleman of ! and have confidence in the ability ami ments °f a ma"W ho helped make these | today:
t ......... .... .. small pnnntipc n'lioco oitUAno v>a i 41YV a
MUSKOGEE: The defeat of the "Jim
Crow" law in the constitutional conven-
tion by "Railroad" Haskell is v. source
of much gratification here among the
negroes. Prominent leaders of that race
are open in their commendation of the
"boss" for his championship of their
cause. He is regarded by them as their
best friend in having prevented the
southern democrats from inserting what
is considered an objectionable piece of
race legislation in the organic law of
the new state. Said a prominent negro
the Creek nation, aear Russell, last
August. The jury stood seven for con-
viction and five for acquittal.
The Muskogee Elks will present Rob-
inson Crusoe. Jr., March 28-29. There
will be seventy-five local participants.
disposition of the majority to give the,
new state of Oklahoma a constitution
that will conserve the interests of the j
great mass of our people."
small counties, and whose citizens he
would send to a political almshouse, be-
cause of the intrigue and trickery of men
who should have been loyal to every
community in the state, whether it be
We knew Mr. Haskell was our friend.
He has shown this through his work in
the constitutional convention in turning
down the "Jim Crow" law. The fact
that he is from the north fs what led him
Enid Is getting "finical.
cement sidewalks can be laid, good old-
time bricks even being barred.
ith gas to be furnished at one-cent a
thousand Tulsa felt like it could afford
north or south of the Grand Canadian, i to favor us. He knows he needs us in
f I his campaign and for that reason he
most consistent campaigner in the j taught those southern democrats a les-
state is "Corporation Bob" Wiliams, a
candidate for governor. He had done
more to obstruct and delay the work of
the convention by continually trying to
make a record than any other man in it.
Murray excepted. Some of the delegates
do not realize that they are here to
ti. . , -onstitution and not to nurse j lutions endorsing Haskell's action will
free ad* ice if they were trying to run | booms for future political preferment. be adopted.
Harvey Lynch a Candidate
SHAWNEE: J. Harvey Lynch, sec-
retary of the State Federation of Labor.
Nothing but j Saturday night announced his candidacy
for the democratic nomination for con-
gress in the Fifth congressional district.
The Washington Herald offers this one:
| "The Oklahoma constitutional conven-
a holiday, so closed all the shops and I "on delegate#*'could hardly get more make
celebrated one day last week.
——— I a newspaper."
Sapulpa has secured the location of I GUTHRIE:
son. Speaking for the negroes of the
Third congressional district, I can say
that we are exceedingly proud of Mr.
Haskell."
It is understood that there will short-
ly be held a mass meeting of the colored
organization, at which appropriate reso-
Expect Contest Over WilF.
A contest is expected over the wil*
it Mrs. Isabelle Beecher Hooker, sis-
ter of Henry Ward Beecher. Mrs.
Katherine Burton Powers of Brook-
line, Mass., granddaughter of Mrs.
Hooker, is expected to contest the
will. The bulk of the estate which Is
estimated at about $70,000, is given to
the son of Mrs. Hooker, Dr. Edward
B. Hooker of Hartford. Mrs. John C.
Day of New York, daughter of Mrs.
Hooker, receives nothing "because,"
according to the will, "she and her
daughter are so amply provided for
By the estate of her late husband."
Inducement to Undertakers.
The following advertisement ap-
peared in a paper of a small town in
Colorado:
"For Sale—An old established, well
paying undertaker's establishment.
The city is in a very unhealthy loca-
tion, where the mortality is very
great. There is only one doctor in the
whole town. The deaths from fever
alone pay the expenses, and the rest
is clear profit. There is no competi-
tion."—Judge.
Max Nordau's Latest Think.
Writing on the dacadence of Juda-
ism in France, Dr. Max N'ordau has
this to say: "How many French Jews
still hold religious beliefs? I will not
make any guesses as to the number,
but it is certainly small. If Judaism
is only a religion, then religious indif-
ference will soon put an end to Juda-
LTTTI"
COFFEE THRESHED HER.
15 Long Years.
the Mammoth Oil Supply company, which
will remove from (Independence, Kas.
NAB CASHIER WHO SKIPPED
"Corporation Bob" Wil-
liams this morning frankly admitted that I,
the democrats in the constitutional con- j
GUTHRIE: On how
laws adopted by the constitutional con-
"For over fifteen years," writes a
patient, hopeful little Ills, woman,
"while a coffee drinker, I sufTered
i from Spina] Irritation and Nervous
radical are the trouble- I was treated by good physi-
cians, but did not get much relief.
"I never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating my condition. I was
downhearted and discouraged, but
prayed daily that I might find some-
thing to help me.
"Several years ago while at
It will give employment to 100 people Alleged Embezzler From Kiowa, I. T., I* j ventlon have been and are making po-1vontion of Oklahoma concerning the rail-
and for its removal the enterprising clti- j Caught in California j litlcal capital for the republican party. I roa', interests will depend the future ex-
zens pdid a bonus of $4,000. j LOS ANGELES: C. A. Burge. for- . He acknowledged in a speech, in which tension work of the Fort Smith nnd
■ merly cashier of the Kiowa. I. T., Na- j he criticized Delegate Caudill for hav- Western railroad, state3 W. E. Crane,
A census of the city of Sapulpa taken I tional bank, who is accused of having ing allowed his photograph to be pub-1 general manager.
with a view of voting on sewer bonds ' stolen $5,000 of the bank's funds, was ar- ' lished in the State Capital, that the ad-I ..g. j. . h ■ hll h _ -
has been completed, and shows that with- ( rested at Fullerton by United States I mission of the incompetency and PoUti- th " J?U. j friend's house, I drank a cup of Post-
,there is a popu* !Mar8hal franklin. Burge Is now In jail1 j cal trickery of the machine on the floor | ,Jne P0Uth from E, Rpno .. ^ (;eneral | ™ and thought I had never tasted
lything more delicious.
lication was unauthentic, and was not I From that time on I used Postum
given out from this office. What we instead of coffee, and soon began to
will do is yet a prohlem. We have to j Improve in health, so that now I can
await the adjournment of the consiitu- , walk half a dozen blocks or more with
flonal convention and see what railr-.^l ] ease, and do many other things that
laws will be recommended. If the lavs I never thought I would be able to
are radical and against the interests [ do agaIn th,a world
porated with $250,000 capital stock; incor- ' ^P06'1 sl'P for $5,000.
porators, J. J. Williams, C. F. Boyer, G. i BurRe pa'd that he was preparing to
Stettler. M. C. Barnett, Anton and Chas. return to Indian Territory when arrested
A. Huber. J He had already applied for and received
transportation to South McAlester,
The Altona Telephone company of Al- where his wife and r*mlly reside.
tona is a newly chartered institution wl
R
rrSl °il 1hI>! ab°Ut 2,000 people hT' ' i °f the conventlon was doln* ,nuch to Manner Crane"vesterdav "but'thTouh- I an>'thinS more delicious,
reside in the suburbs outside the cor- Burge says he resigned as cashier of discredit the democratic party. "' ' "™ .....
poratlon lines. The city's population ex- the bank in November last. The war- ; In a lengthy and considerably Involved
feeds expectation by about 1,800. j rant for his arrest was sworn .out Jan- ! harangue the Durant statesman swore hy
uarv 31. 1907. by H. P. Ward, former the "eternal gods" hat he was a demo-
The Weatherford Oil and Gas com- : President of the bank. He was accused crat from start to finish, and left the
pany of Weatherford has been lncor- ' ot "tealinS valuable papers, Including a | impression that he would never permit
his photograph to be hawked around in
the republican press, and that he wouldn't I 7T"k.,T „,niere8'
thirk for a moment of doing anything ° , ' °UMfUl " "
which might be turned info poUtlc^! ^ CX't'nai0ns direction
capital by the opposition.
Delegate Caudill said that the fac
that Williams was a candidate for gov
ernor was the cause of many of his
grand stand plays.
1th
apital stock; incorporators, Har-
l- tterback of Kingfisher. Claus
r-r. John Robinson and J. M. San-
al. una City and Muskogee business
a- petitioning the Frisio railroad
last train between the two cities.
He says he will not resist extradition.
The bank, he states, has made no
charge against him. and he is not guilty
I of the charge preferred by President
Ward.
j From South McAlester it was learned I
j that since Burge took his hasty depart-
ure a grand jury hat returned Indict- «
ments against him on embezzlement ;
charges.
story is current to the
alfa Bill" combed his
■ the other evening at a
ing some of the delegate
?nt to leave the table.
| SUn* the fatal death blow was ad-
ministered to the late James Crow, par-
ties around the convention have won-
dered why President Murray does not an-
nul his order creating a Jim Crow sec-
:hair than a
on for the
he cannot
My appetite is good, I sleep well,
and find life worth living, indeed. A
lady of my acquaintance said she did
sot like Postum, it was so weak an**
tasteless.
I explained to her the different
when it is made right—boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agre^
with her. Now her folks say they ex-
pect to use Postum the rest of their
dves." Name given by Postum Go..
Battle Creek. Mich. Road the little
book, 'The Road to Wellrille," in-
pkgs. "There's a reason.'"
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