Chickasaw Capital. (Tishomingo, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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pur stop To tne SrrongdoIng But it
I were true that to cut out rottenness
from ths body politic 8eT't JL
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section re:
-U !— iwwwitir a atatMOftt la
sued by the chief of the bsmu of cor
porationa In answer to certain state
snents 4 which 1 also enclose) mads by
and on behalf of the areata of the
Standard Oil Corporation and t letter
of the attoraeyreoeml containing an
answer to certain statements also In-
closed made br the president of the
Santa F Railway Company The
btaadard OH Corporation nnd the rail-
way company hare both been found
guilty by the- courts of criminal mis-
conduct both have been sentenced to
pay heaer fines: nnd each baa Issued
and published broadcast these state-
ments asserting their Innocence and
denouncing as Improper the action of
the courts and Juries in convicting them
of guilt These statements are eery
elaborate are very ingenious and are
untruthful In important particulars
The letter and Inelosure from Mr
Heaey sufficiently Illustrate ths meth-
ods of the high official of the Santa
Ke and show the utter falsity of their
plea of Ignorance the similar plea of
the Standard Oil being equally with-
out fOOBtetiOIL
WmiM Im T raffia Awoclitlww
Uniformity f railroad ntra wax an-
other ana of tile utniiln’i lbaw
which Is of Interest lo tba general pub-
lic and PTMldnl Rooserlt adrtaed a
-pool of tnBe aaaootatlona for tha pur-
pose of conferring on rates In that
connection he continued as follows:
“I destra to repeat my recommenda-
tion that rail ware he permitted to form
Ira die aaasclaUoaa for the purpoae of
conferrlna about and agreeing upon
rates regulation and practices a IT ret-
ina Interstate buslaeas la which tha
members of tha association are mu-
tually Interested This does not mean
that ther should he atveu the rleht
to pool their enrol ns or their tralllc
The law require that rates shall be
So adjusted as not to discriminate be-
tween Indlriduale localities or differ-
ent species of I re flic Ordinarily rates by
nil eompetlaa llaea most be the same
As applied to practical conditions the
railway operations of this country
can not no conducted according to law
without what la equivalent to confer-
ence and agreement The articles un-
der which such associations operate
should be approved by the commission
all their operations should he opes to
Public inspection: and tha rates reru-
latlona sad practices upon which ther
scree ahoold be subject to disapproval
by tha commission"
Then followed a “roast" on the “evil
rich-'’ Tha president told of the cam-
paign which the wealthy lawbreakers
conducted and set forth remedial legis-
lation His statement In that regard
folloara:
“Under ao circumstances would wo
countenance attacks opoa law-abiding
property or do aught but condemn
those who hold np rich men as being
evil men because of their lichen On
the contrary our whole effort Is to In-
sist upon conduct and neither wealth nor
property aor any other class distinction
o being the proper standard by which to
Jodga tha actiooa of me For the hon-
est man ef great wealth are have n
heerty regard Just as wa have n hearty
regard for the honest politician and hon-
est newspaper But part of the move
meat to uphold honesty must be a move-
ment to frown on dishonesty We at-
tae only carrupt men of wealth who
and In the parrhaeed poll t ids a the most
etucient Instrument ef corruption and la
the purchased newspaper tha most effl-
cieat defender of eorvuptJaa Our main
quarrel is pet with these agents and
representative of the Inter eels They
derive their rhlef power from the great
sinister offenders who stand behind
them They are hot puppets who more
on the strings am palled it Is not the
Ptp its but the strong cunning men
and the mighty forces working for cell
behind and through the puppets with
whom wa hare to deaL We seek to con-
trol law-defying wealth: la the first place
to prevent Its doing dire evil to the re-
5 the next Place to ovoid
the vindictive and dreadful radicalism
axoviowit to bo completed lo one year
of ewe year r f fee year It a a
nefenmt which a-at be persevered In
until the spirit which Ilea behind It Sinks
deep into the heart Md tba conechmen
of the whole people II I always im-
portant to choose the right mean to
achieve onr purpose but It is even
more Important to Beep this purpoae
clearly before us- and this purpoee is
te secure national honesty In business
and In politics We do not uubecrtbe to
the cynical belief that dishonesty and
unfair dealing am essential to business
luccfti b4 are to b§ condonw wnn tno
uema I moderate and appUuded w he
th miccch la great The method by
which the Standard Oil people and those
engaged in the other combinations of
which I have spoken above have
achieved great fortunes can only be Jua-
tilled by the advocacy of a system of
morality which would also Justify every
form of criminality ou tha part of a
labor union and every form of violence
corruption and fraud from murder to
bribery and ballot-box stuttlng In poli-
tico We are trying te secure equality
of opportunity for ail: nnd the struggle
for honesty is the same whether It la
made on behalf of ooe set of men or of
another la the tnterrot of the smalt
settlers and landowners and against the
embittered opposition of wealthy owners
of huge wandering flocks of sheep or of
corporation- desiring to rob the people
of coal and timber we strive to put on
end to the theft of pobHc lend In the
west When we do thin and protcet
against the notion of nil men whether
m public life or In private life who
either take pert In or refuse to try to
stop such theft we are really engaged
la the same policy as when we endeavor
to put atop to rebate or to pwvtnt
the upgrowth of uncontrolled monopolies
Our effort l etmply to enforce the prin-
ciote of common hoiety nnd common
ene It would Indeed be III for the
country should ther b any halt la our
work
tat Government Must Aid
Eltl- the stste or national gov-
ern merit muet undertake the regula-
tion of which the president spoke and
the executive ashed the common-
wealths to share the responsibility of
curbing those corporations which are
accused of evil-doing “Of course la
say event both the national and state
governments must each do its part'
aald President Roosevelt's message
and each can do a certain amount
that the other cannot do while the
only really satisfactory results must
be obtained by the representatives of
the national and ntate governments
working heartily together within their
respective spheres But lo my Judg-
ment thorough-going and satisfactory
control can In the end only be obtained
by the action of the national govern-
ment for almost all the corporations of
enormous wealth — that la the corpo-
rations which U la especially desirable
to control— are engaged In Interstate
commerce and derive their power and
their Importance not from that portion
of their business which Is Intrastate
but from the Interstate business It is not
assy always to decide Just where the line
of demarcation between the two kinds
of business falls This line must ulti-
mately be drawn by the federal
court Much of the effort to secure
adequate control of the great corpora-
tions by state action has been wise
and effective but much of It has been
neither: for when the effort Is made
to accomplish by the action of the stated
what can only be accomplished by the
action of the nation the result can only
be disappointment and In the end the
lew will probably be declared uncon-
stitutional So likewise la the national
arena we who believe in the measures
herein advocated are hampered and
not aided by the extremists who advo-
cate action so violent that It would
either be useless or rise would cause
more mischief than It would remedy
Folnta te tha Fitters
“Tha laws must la tha future bo ad-
ministered as they are bow being ad-
ministers A ao that the department ef
- - - — “! w 'W
in moment hesitate to put the knife
to the corruption On behalf - of all
our people on behalf no leas of the
hoaeet men of means than of the hon-
est man who earns each - day's liveli-
hood by the day's sweat of his brow It
Is necessary to insist upon honesty la
business end In politics alike la all
walks of life In big things and In little
things upon Just and fair dealing as
between man and man Those who
demand this are striving for the light
In the spirit of Abraham Lincoln” aald
the president In conclusion
FEW FREAKS IN ARCHITECTURE
Eeesntrlcity on the Part of Theoo
Building and Furnishing Housaa
Instances of eccentricity on tbs port
of those building and furnishing
houses are common enough la every
community The following instance
of freakishness In that regard may be
cited la illustration of certain phenes
A Bosnian gentleman has erected at
a coat of 8000 rabies on big c6untry
estate at Savlnowka la Podolla a 18-
room bouse made entirely of paper
This bouse which was constructed la
New York is calculated by Its archi-
tect to last longer than would n etono
building The whole of the furniture
too Is made from the same material
In County Westmeath Ireland u
house has been built whereof nil the
windows are made to resemble in out
line the backs of of easy chairs being
thus constructed by Its eccentric own-
eer to match the backs of a set of
chairs In the dining-room
In Connecticut n certain land owner
thinking that the view from his house
lacked n church proceeded to supply
Its place by erecting a row of cottages
o designed as to resemble from his
side the edifice required Approached
from the other direction however the
sham la at once manifest
Some years ago n man of sdentlflo
attainments as well as of considerable
means elected to live In a tree In n
suburb of Washington — that is he en-
joyed his leisure moments In the
branches of tha tree Itself where be
had caused to be built a platform
large enough to accommodate easy
chairs and such other furniture ns he
desired to make use of during the day
At the base of the tree however
and surrounding it was built a etrao-
tore of brick and stone Inclosing the
sleeping apartments of this eccentric
Individual For many years thU
unique residence was one of ‘ the
sights of the national capital
One of the oddest houses ever con-
structed was the fruit or a French-
man’s Inventive fancy This was the
“revolving house” a structure actual-
ly built upon casters so to speak In
order that the occupant might- by
nun of nn Ingenious mechanism at
any time roll It about obtaining what-
ever light and air bis fancy dictated
—
ku I— lud 'V--et SVUlUdlllHlWltJ iCf
crstlo senators and members of con-
gress nip wake ap a Httletphen they
hear of wllht la contemplated in Okla-
homa' They might feel that If tie
‘grandfather plan of disfranchising
negro voters should ' be made a na-
tional Issue by its Introduction as far
north as Oklahoma merely to give
Oklahoma democrats certain advan-
tages la political campaigns that the
entire south where the negro la ac-
tually a social and political problem
might be Injured far more than the
democratic party In Oklahoma could
be helped"
State Attorney General Chas West
Is esger to carry out hie program at
assault open the fortifications of trust
and monopolies In Oklahoma and has
mapped ont a campaign that would
require the expenditure of a large sum
of money to bring it to a successful
conclusion Ha Is confident however
that he would win and that bis win
nlng would save to thecltlzem of tbe
state many hundreds of thousands of
dollars in excess of the cost of prose-
cutions by his department Attorney
General West heard lately that the
legislature might cripple his work by
making an inadequate appropriation
and concerning the matter he said:
T want the voters of this state to
know that every member of the legis-
lature who votea against the amount
I have requested is giving his vote
directly for the Standard Oil Company
and the railroads In order to do tbe
business of tbe people It Is absolutely
necessary that I he given at least
thirty-five thousand dollars and In my
opinion any one who opposes that
whether be wishes to or not Is acting
in the interests of those people who
are trying to despoil this state"
This statement by Attorney General
West was not received kindly by mem-
bers of the legislature and by some
was thought to he Impolitic Tbe at-
torney general has caused some Jeal-
ousy because of the unusual amount
of publicity be baa been receiving la
his war on the trusts etc and there
la doubt that It would be profitable for
him to take on the burden of a fight
with the legislature
“General" Perkins tbe nestor of
pegro newspaper editors In Oklahoma
and- owner of the' Guthrie Guide ths
the sworn enemy of Colonel Leslie O
Nlblack nnd occasionally Colonel
Frank Greer hsl been sorely dis-
pleased over the"Jlm Crow” legis-
lation that haa come from the demo-
cratic legislature ' Froci week to
week he has fired broadsides at Sena-
tor “Clin" Graham anl sometimes
"rocked" the gubernatorial headquar-
ters It remained tor “General" Per-
kins several days ago to deliver the
stinging blow
lull”
fleers of the seven companies in the
state to meet with him at Gnthrle on
February 4 to diacesa plans tor reor-
ganisation by which the comp sale
wonld be able with certainty to meet
their obligations each year In times
past some of the companies when
hard hit by hall losses fonnd them-
selves in deep water One of the most
important questions Is the regulation
of expenditures by officers of tie
companies tor other than the payment
of policy losses One of the absurd
provisions of tbe present law Is that
no person other than n farmer may
be an officer Few farmers as n
matter of fact have the experience or
technical ability successful''" man-
age one of these big mutual cupanles
Again the salaries allowed tbe officers
are ridiculously small and In order
to pay an officer what bis services
Justly and actually are worth various
devices and manipulations have been
employed change In these condi-
tions would help both the companies
and the policy-holders
Republican leaders In the state are
preparing to outline a new plan of
party organisation by which the or-
ganisation would begin at “grass
roots” and move upward step by step
to tbe chairman of the state commit-
tee himself Under the present or-
ganisation the different committees
are so detached that concerted action
Is Impossible The organisation of
the republican party In Kentucky tn
its working details was said by the
late Marcus A Hanna to be the most
perfect In the United States The
matter will be discussed in the dif-
ferent counties before the state con-
vention Is held at Oklahoma City
March 11 and at that time steps prob-
ably will be taken to reorganise the
party on the Kentucky or a similar
basis 8uch n change might Include
the election of a new chairman of the
state committee at an early date
Should this be undertaken the issue
would be forced In the proposal to
oust Chas Hunter from the chairman-
ship of the committee Hunter la
still so firmly imbued with disHke of
retiring from the chairmanship that
the story la told that he may resign
his federal clerkship rather than let
go the reins of the party Hunter be-
lieves that he was elected for four
years nnd that there is not enough
anti-Rouffh Rider dynamite In Okla-
homa to dislodge him
The state legislature la being urged
not to delay longer Us creation of the
minor clerkships etc In the different
state departments and to speolfy sal-
aries that shall be paid to all atate
employees not named In the constitu-
tion -This Is n kind of emergency
legislation that has received little at
tentioa
8 t t8
rnxLXZm
Including the agin when restrictions
are removed by ttet of the qAretary
oil gas and mining leases oPadults
all leases of minors and the disposal
for ths benefit of the Indians of the
proceeds of such sales and leases Said
appointed representatives shall with-
out charge except necessary court
fees If any care tor the restricted al-
lotted land of minor allot tea
Haa Guns for 731000 Men
Brlgeadler General Crosier chief
chief of the bnreaa -of ordnance of
the United 8tates army la the course
of - n statement made to the house
committee on military affaire aald
that the United Ltatee has now on
hand enough rifles to equip 731000
Infantry- The K rag-Jorgensens of
which there are 00000 are being re-
placed rapidly by the near weapons
known officially at the model of 1M3
of which 331000 already are la use
or on hand
OWENS' RECOMMENDATION
Oklahoma-Senator Offers Amendment '
to Aldrich Banking Bill
WASHINGTON: The senate com
mittee on finance gave a hearing to
8enator Owen of Oklahoma who Is
desirous of having the Aldrich blU
amended by the Insertion of n clause
permitting national banks to enjoy the
benefit of the laws of any stata which
provide for th insurance of the de-
posits of the banks of such states
He submitted tbe following amend-
ment: ‘
“Whenever the t laws of any state
provide for the Insurance of the de-
posits la the banks of such state and
provide further that the national
banks of such state may bp permitted
to enjoy the benefit of such law any
national banking association within
such state is hereby authorised to
aval tselt of the benefit of such law
upoi vote of a majority of the
stockholders of such national banking
association at a meeting called tor
that purpose provided that the cost
of such Insurance Bhall be paid out of
their undivided profile and shall not
diminish the capital or r surplus of
such bank"
There was considerable discussion
of the insurance feature offered by
Senator Owens but no positive sent!
men tor Us Incorporation la the Aid-
rich bill developed
VIN1TA: John Hopkins who bru-
tally murdered Misa Lena Crag an
18 year old girl near Miami last
week ha been 1 removed from the
Ottawa county Jail to the Craig coun-
ty jail It was feared that an attetmpt
would be made to lynch him Hop-
kins has recovered from the wounds
he Indicted on himself after he kill-
ed Miss Craig and Is able to take hla
meals wtth the other prisoners
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Simpson, R. H. Chickasaw Capital. (Tishomingo, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 6, 1908, newspaper, February 6, 1908; Tishomingo, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2042943/m1/4/: accessed June 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.