The Harrison Gazette. The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1907 Page: 4 of 10
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STATE CAPITAL LETTER
BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
ouomijims cLDst FfiflNTZ AHUIIIED
Governor Frank Frantz ba3 mcref Every house-keeper In Oklahoma
watches probably than any other man has found in the last two years that
in Oklahoma. But they are not costly l^e servant question has grown more
ones. They are the kind that cost a
dollar each, and are "warranted to
keep correct time for a year." His
costly and better watch he keeps at
fccme in a bureau drawer. He believes
it ia cheaper to carry a dollar watch
than it 1b to own a high-priced time
piece. If the cheap watch is broken,
the loss ia alight, and another is easily
obtained.
The first political speech ever mad"
fry Governor Frantz wan at Ada, I. T.,
shortly after he became governor. He
does not claim to be "all the candy-
as an orator, and was considerably
disturbed as to what he should say
and how he should Bay it. He grew
rather nervous at hiB hotel, waiting
for the hour when he should begin,
and reaching into bis vest pocket drew
oat one «f his "tin" witches and
looked at it. A moment later he drew
another "tin" watch from his coat
pocket, looked at the slowly moving
kands, and replaced it. A third time
lie looked at a watch, this one coming
from his trouser's pocket.
A traveling man sitting in-the hotel
was looking at the performance curi-
ously. Addressing Frantz, the strang-
er said: "I do not wish to be inqusl-
tive, but really I would like to know
why you carry so many watches, gov-
ernor." "That's easy," replied the
governor with a twinkle in his eye;
'1 waat to get all the 'time' possible
to make this speech."
Under statehood the crime against
tie federal statutes of boot-legging
wfcisky among Indians will become
practically obsolete. The traffic has
keen troublesome for years in both
•klahoma and Indian Territory, most
of the defendants oa the court dcok-
•ts having been persons charged with
boot-legging. The federal statutes
provide that Intoxicants may not be
■eld to an Indian who has not taken
kls allotment of land, and whose
tribal relations have net beeu dis-
solved. This statutes has been held
valid in the face of a later act of
congress declaring the Indian to be an
American citizen, with the right to
vote, etc.
Practically all the Indians in Okla-
homa and Indian Territory have taken
tkelr allotments, and with the coming
of statehood their tribal relations will
ke dissolved, and their tribal govern-
ments pass cut of existence. Intoxi-
cants then may be sold to Indians
without running into the noose of
federal law.
The boot-legger wfll live and flourish
as in other days, however, the state.
Instead of the federal government,
being bis prosecutor. Under the
terms of the enabling act, the ctate
obligates itself to enforce prohibition
in the Indian Territory portion cf the
ftate. The boot-legger will be there
With his contraband traffic.
annoying than even • the increasing
price of groceries. Six or seven
years ago ft was possible to employ
negro servants at reasonable prices.
Now, however, the negro servant de-
mands twice as much as was asked
in earlier years, and the cook refuses
to do the washing and the laundress
refuses to do the cooking, making
the increase about four times greater
than the original wages.
The demand for cotton pickers, and
the high price paid for picking, en-
abling women and even girls to make
as much In two days as formerly they
earned in a week is largely respon-
sible for the changed condition. In
some of the larger towns in the new
state negro domestics have formed a
'union" in an effort to maintain a
scale of wages. The minimum price
is about fifteen cents an hour, in-
cluding meals. Many times it is dif-
ficulty to get domestics, even at this
price, and housewives unaccustomed
to such work, have been compelled in
many instances this fall to stand over
their own washtubs.
But a small ray of light has shown
in the darkness, that may lead to an j lament,
abundance of reliable help at reason-
able prices. Scores of Japanese labor-
ers came to the cotton fields of Okla-
homa this fall. They are industrious
and eager to learn American ways.
A plan is under way to Induce these
men to remain in Oklahoma during
the winter months as home servants.
Most of them have to be taught how
to do laundry work, and cook, but
they are quick to learn, and after
being taught make admirable ser-
vants. This plan has been tried in
many Nebraska towns with success.
The Japanese field laborer in Ne-
braska, upon changing from field work
to house work. Is satisfied with $15 a
month and his board.
The contracting afcent for these
Japanese ia Oklahoma lives at Okla-
hema City, and has been asked to es-
tablish an agency for Japanese ser-
vants in Oklahoma.
ACTING GOVERNOR FILSON DE-
CLARES HOLIDAY FOR A WEEK
TO PROTECT BANKERS
OKLAHOMA CITY.. Oct. 28.— C. H. K11-
son, acting governor n: Oklahoma, this
morning issued a proclamation declaring
the six dayg of this week legal holidays,
suspending maturity of contracts. All
banks in the state are closed as a conse-
quence. This was brought about by the
action of the Kansas City clearing house
Saturday to issue (tearing house certifi-
cates and limiting the amount of with-
drawal on any account to $100 for the
day and Jtoe for the week.
The action of the Kansas City hankers
was followed today by the Wichita clear-
ing hoube.
This action caused some bankers to
prevail npon Acting Governor Fllson to
declare the holiday season, fearing, per-
haps. that the Oklahoma banks might
not have sufficient currency to carry on
business duriug the panic season in Waii
street.
Oklahoma banks are in excellent condi-
tion and have plenty of money to meet
ordinary requiremonts, but as most of
the banks depend on Kansas <"Itv to
supply them with currency to handle th6
crops, some of the bankers were afraid
the drain on deposits might endanger
them. Some financiers question whether
or not the move is a wise on*. The proc-
lamation will, however, have Its effect
on alt lines of business, but may be the
means of saving bankers from embar-
OKLAHOMA'S CONSTITUTION
LIVERED TO PRE8IDENT
DE
ACTION MAY BETAKEN DURING THE WEEK
Before another Issue of this news
paper appears, the federal patronage
In Oklahoma undor statehcod may
have been dispensed by President
Roosevelt. All the candidates are in
Washington, engaged in a final strug-
gle for individual supremacy. Street
gossip is unreliable, but at Guthrie the
air Is filled with Btories that seem
to carry discredit to a number of the
candidates. It would seem as if there
was no way of getting an appoint-
ment to a federal position without be-
coming a suppliant to the corpora-
tions. The friends of this and that
candidates boast that they will win
kecause this or that rallrcad company
has thrown all Its influence to their
tnan. Even the Standard Oil compac-
ts alleged to be in the game.
Under the terms of the Oklahoma
constitution, guaranteeing freedom of
religious worship, it Is possible that
a test case may arise to determine
the validity of that portion of the
prohibition ordinance that prohibits
the giving away of intoxicants. The
proceedure wculd possess extreme in-
teract, whatever the result.
The pastor or a Lutheran church at
Oklahoma City has asked that this fea-
ture of the ronstltution be laid be
fore President Roosevelt. For sacra-
mental purposes, his church uses fer-
mented wine. He is of the opinion
that under the prohibition ordinance
It would be unlawful to administer
this wine in the communiofi services. I be had grown tired of the novelties
This pastor protested to the Rev. E ' of politics. Ho says now that he will
C. Dinwiddle, at the time the prohlbi- quit politics, as he intended doing,
tlon ordinance was before the const 1-1 after being agent for the Klowas and I
tutional convention, but was told by Comanches a year or two. Scott '
the Rev Mr. Dinwiddle that no ex comes of a family of physicians, his '
coptU n could be made, and that the 1 grandfather being a graduate of the j
embarassment might be avoided by university of Edinburgh, Scotland ;
the use of unfermented grape juice. ' The Scotts have been physicians from
It Is possible that when statehood | the time that witchcraft and necro- !
arrives an arrest may be made to car- • mancy were recognised in the pro- j
TI the question Into court • fwssK u.
So many inquiries are received at
the office of the governor of Okla-
homa, concerning the legal fees that
may be charged by notaries public,
that Governor Frantz lately Issued a
public letter of information. Many of
the inquiries were complaints against
the charging of excessive fees. Gov-
ernor Frantz said:
The Fee and Salary act of 1897 Is
the act fixing the compensation to
which notaries public are entitled for
services, and specifically set forth in
Section 39 of Chapter 15, Session
Laws of 1897. Section 39 reads as fol-
lows:
For prJtest. and record of the same
25 cents.
For each notice of protest, 10 cents.
For certificate and seal, 25 cents.
For all other services, the same
fees as are allowed to the clerk of the
district court for like services.
The attorney general, in an opin-
ion to me under date of January 15,
1907, reaffirms an opinion by former
Attorney P. C. Simons, to the effect
that the statute is imperative, and
that notaries must not charge fees
In excess of those fixed by Section 39
of Chapter 15, Session Laws of 1897.
In one complaint which recently
reached this office, It appears that a
notary charged the sum of $4.50 pro-
test fees on a check for $10, when the
proper charge, according to the stat-
ute, would have been $1.10.
Any further charging of fees un-
warranted by the statutes, by notar-
ies public will lead to a revocation of
commissions, when the fact has been
established that any notary exceeds
the statutory fees for protesting any
Instrument which it may be his duty
to protest.
The recommendation by Secretary
James R. Garfield, of a Rough Rider
to be United States agent for the
Kiowa and Comanche Indians at Ana-
darko, not only withholds the ap-
pointment of Dr. Hugh Scott, private
secretary to Governor Frank Frantz,
but gives considerable satisfaction to
a number of Scott's friends. Scott
has been in active politics long enough
to learn that the life is one of dis-
appointment. and that a young man
who remains in it wastes both his time
and his opportunities. Scott was a
practicing physician before be be-
came private secretary to Delegate
B S. McGuire. and later to Governor
Frantz. His purpose has been all
along to return to his practice after
OKLAHOMA TO BE
ADMITTED ON
NOVEMBER
16
WASHINGTON, OCT., 28.—PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT WILL ISSUE HIS
PROCLAMATION ADMITTING THE
NEW STATE OF OKLAHOMA ON SAT-
URDAY, NOVEMBER 16. THE CON-
STITUTION WAS FORMALLY PLACED
IN HIS HANDS OY GOVERNOR
FRANTZ AND A DELEGATION FROM
OKLAHOMA AT 11 O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING.
WHITE8 CROWD INDIANS OUT
Action of Pupils Results in Closing
of a Territory 8chool
MUSKOGEE: Because fifteen In-
dian children were driven from a
school near Coweta by white children
who were encouraged by their parents
to make things disagreeable, an ordar
was issued by Territorial Superin-
tendent J. D. Benedict closing the
school, and locating it eleswhere.
allowed to attend. This is the first in-
stance of this kind in Indian Terri-
tory. Superlntenden Benedict says
there hus been a tendency for some
time to crowd the full-bloods out of
•he white school, and when the govern-
ment gives up the schools after state-
hood the question will bring about
trouble between the races.
The school was originally estab-
lished for Indians, but whites were their finish in Oklahoma, as the very
Negroes of New State Enter Protest,
But President Roosevelt Tells Them
to Submit it in Writing—Candidates
for Judgeships Numerous
WASHINGTON: Governor Frantu
i has arrived from Oklahoma with the
new constitution, and delivered it to
the president Monday morning. He
would have done so Saturday after-
noon, but the president out loose
from al! official business und Hpent
the afternoon horseback riding in
the country.
Saturday forenoon the Oklahoma
colony watched patiently l'or the ar-
rival of Frantz. They thought he
would get the constitution before the
president last week, and then some-
thing -would be doing In the patron
age line. Finally four carriages were
seen moving up Pennsylvania ave-
Bue.
"I'll bet that is Frantz's proces
-lion," said Senator Warner. "It will
lake about four carriages to haul that
;-onstitution."
The carriages wheeled up to the
Willard. Governor Frantz and his
party with the constitution alighted.
When he found that the president
would not receive the document Sat
urday Frantz bad it locked up in the
hotel safe.
"I feel sure that the president will
promulgate the constitution," said
Frantz, ' although it is a most unde-
sirable instrument But the people
ratified It by such a big vote that the
president cannot afford to turn it
down."
This view was corroborated by the
president himself earlier in the day,
when he told a delegation who had
called to protest against the consti-
tution (hat he would approve it.
"You folks made it and there is
nothing left for me to do but pro-
claim it," said he.
W. T. Vernon, register of the treas-
ury, took a big delegation of Indian
Territory negroes to the White House
to protest against the constitution.
The president received them, but told
them he was too busy to discuss the
matter. He instructed them to put
their protest in writing and have Mr.
Vernon file it. They claim that the
approval of the constitution means
MOTHER DEFIES COURT ORDER
Kidnaps Her Child From Custody of
Divorced Husband
MUSKOGEE: Defying an order of
the court which had given custody of
her child to her husband, Mrs. Frank
Cochran of Oklahoma City, kidnaped
ber own 12-year-old girl from the home
of John Cofleld where the father had
placed her and left for Oklahoma City.
The child failed to come home from
ichool. The teacher told Coffield that
i woman had called the girl into the
ball and talked for a long time. The
father left for Oklahoma City to se-
;ure the girl if possible. Cochran was
i long time chief of police of Okla-
homa City. He secured a divorce
eight months ago.
first legislature will pass a "Jim
Crow" car law and will disfranchise
them.
The negroes point out that many
ol them have Indian blood, and much
property, and that they will be driven
to oispose of their holdings and leave
the country. They did not think that
was a square deal. They also filed a
brief containing the grounds of their
protest with Attorney General Bona-
parte and Secretary Garfield. Vernon
says the negroes will fight to tbe
last ditch, even though the outlook is
dark.
LEIIPPSKEWIIWMII PUN
COMM1881 ONER TO DIVIDE IN-
DIANS INTO THREE CLA88E8
AND LET THEM GO
WASHINGTON: With a view to
the government cutting loose from tbe
Indians of this country at the earliest
practicable moment, Francis E. Leupp,
commissioner of the Indian affairs,
has under consideration a plan to tako
a census of the Indians touching oa
their ability to handle their own busl-
ness affairs. He proposed to separ*
ate them into three classes. The first
composed of Indians who are compe>
tent to run their own affairs; the
second of these who know the mean-
ing of a contract, and the third of
those who are absolutely incompetent
to transact business.
Mr. Leupp believes that the govern-
ment should cut entirely loose from
the first class as soon as they are as-
certained. He doesn't believe their
should be given any protection from
the government whatever. As to tbe
second class he says the government
should probably prevent them from
seiling homesteads, but it should
let them go ahead and maka
their own contracts for leas-
ing and the like. Then if they
get the worst of it let them suffer. If
they get their eye teeth cut in a few
deals they will learn to be more care-
ful in their business traneactions.
Indians of the third class would stiff
have to he protected by the govern-
ment until they acquired the rudi-
ments of business. Then they would
be turned loose to shift for them*
selves.
"The best thing that could happes
to a big portion of the Indians would
be to lose every dollar and every foot
of land they have," said Commis-
sioner Leupp. "They would then have
to get down and work for a living.
That would make industrious citizens
out of them. They would be better
off, and so would the country."
COTTON GINNING FALLS OFF
Result of Information From Special
Agents Shows Decline
WASHINGTON: The census bui
reau has made public the result of
the reports of its special agents on
the quantity of cotton of this year's
crop, which had been ginned up to
October 18, showing 4,089,326 bales
as compared with 4,931,621 bales
ginned to the name time last year.
In these figures (59 counties are not
represented and these gave last year
a total of 320,120 bales.
The unrepresented counties are di
tributed as follows:
Alabama. 10: Arkansas, 5; Florida,
6; Georgia, 5; Louisiana. 9; Missis-
sippi, 17; Oklahoma, 5; South Caro-
lina, 1; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 8.
The total reported is the output
of 22,796 ginneries, as compared with
26,125 for last year. The figures by
states will not be given out until re-
ports are received from all of UtS
counties in each of tfie states.
ELOPE INTO MEXICO
Married Man Forfeits $700 Bond And
Runs Away With Woman
GUTHRIE: That E. W. Selgler. wbo
recently forfeited a $700 cash bond
Senator Warner called at the White j here and disappeared has joined Mrs.
House again, and urged the appoint-, J. S. Bogard of Oklahoma City, with
ment of L. F. Parker of Vinita for j whom he was charged with eloping,
judge. Senator Long talked the whole , and that the two are now in Old Mei-
situation over with the president. He ! ico is the belief of Iccal authorities
said he didn't want to be placed in
the position of opposing Senator Cur-
tis and the eight Kansas members
of congress, who had endorsed Judge
Dickerson, and that be might later
jpln tbem In the endorsement. Sen-
ator Curtis Is making a hard fight
for Dickerson. He had the ear of the
here. Seiglar, upon the complaint of
J. S. Bogard of Oklahoma City, was
arrested on the charge of adultery.
His bond went to the school fund upoa
his disappearance.
Mrs. Regard has also been success-
ful in eluding tb« officers. She was
thought to be iu Dallas recently, and
president for a few minutes Saturday a requisition was issued for her, but
MEERSCHAERT COMING
Roman Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma
on Way Home
NEW YORK: Theoiphile Meer-
sehaert, Roman Catholic bishop of
Oklahoma, arrived Tuesday from
Antwerp.
Bishop Meersehaert left Oklahoma | dent and Secretary Garfield fixed the
and seems pleased at the situation.
He left for Mexico with a special sen-
troubles of tbe kicking Klckapoos.
ale committee to investigate tbe
Judge*Gi!l had a quiet interview
with the president also, as did Judge j
Hosea Townsend. The president told
the latter that his age was against
bim. It Is understood that the presl-
she left the community.
relatives and
STANDARD HAS A $2,680,000 FINE
HANGING OVER ITS HEAD
,VIV V.IMIH1U, , CHICAGO: What Ib known as tbs
pity June 2 for Belgium Intending to 1 age l,m,t at 60 -veare ,f ^is Is true. "Little Alton" case against the Stand-
country several | " bar" °"t a11 th« candidates in the ard 0il company of Indiana has been
Eastern district but Dickerson and i „ . , .
Parker. All of the candidates l„ ti,. "V January e. hy J d .
Weoterii dl.trlet are under the limit Be"le*' the "°"'d S'*tc" <ll"rl"
Governor Frantz said he had en I COUrt ,n thia caBe the Standard Is
dorsed no (me for anything, but that ' char«ed w,th the acceptance of ro-
be thought he would urge the appoint- ba,es from the Chicago ft Alton rail-
ment of Attorney General Cromwell , r0ad on shipments from Whiting. Ind..
for judge of the Western district. j to 8t. Louis, after the change in the
"If my administration of Oklahoma , division of the northern judicial dls-
affairs has been a success," said he. ti let of Illinois, which occurred March
"It is due In a large measure to Mr.
Cromwell. He has gone to tbe front
In all the things that have been n -
compllshed. He would make a go.>«i ,
remain in that
aionths visiting the
friends of his youth.
The trip is one which the bishop
makes every three or four years. He
Is expected to arrive in Oklahoma
City within the next t< n days Bishop
Meersehaert has maintained a resi-
dence In Oklahoma City since the re-
moval of headquarters from Guthrie
•time two years ago.
Mexico is falling Into line with tho
centennial celebration procession.
President Wax Is arranging to com-
memorate the one hundredth anni-
versary of the beginning of tho re-
volt against Spain which led ultimate-
ly to the Independence of the repub-
lic. The celebration will begin oa
September IS. !•!•.
3. 1905.
The indictment which was returned
last year, contains 134 counts. slmUar
to the 1,462 counts of the Indictment
I judge, and I am in duty bound almost *hich resulted In the fine of $29,240,-
| to endorse bim." j 00° by Judge Landis. Earth offense Is
I Charles Hunter, chairman of tbe punishable by a maximum fine of |20,-
republican state committee, has given Standard Oil company |p
up all bopes of unletting tbe coostltv 'ound snilty on all the counta It wlfl
ties. ] subject to a line of $2,680,000
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