The Muldrow Press. (Muldrow, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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rABHINQTON— Once Main la eoa-
W great It session end prepared to
enact laws for the people Several
tew facei are aeen The tew mem
here are eager for tbe novelty of tbe
thing and thinking In their hearts that
the noreltjr (a wear-proof The new
onea will be t tired enough lot before
the hepatlcaa peep In tbe spring Also
thejr will be a somewhat aorrjr lot be
fore the sounding of the Chrlatmaa
chimes for the new member la Wash
Inaton la not aa tbe new member at
home his greatneaa dwlndleth and
hia glorjr dtmlnlaheth
There are more Democrats with ua
to-dajr than there were a jrear ago
Two acore of more or leaa faithful
Republicans found that their conatltu
ents liked them aa neighbors the year
through and so kept them at home It
Is always best perhaps to trust to the
soundness of Judgment of a man’s
neighbor but Washington Is grieving
over the absence of some of those who
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS TO
AGAIN LEAD DEMOCRATS
OHN SHARP WILLIAMS of Missis
slppl will again be the Democratic
leader In the houBO for the next two
years With Williams as the leader
the Democrats will go along as they
have gone along under hlB leadership
In the past rowing occasionally among
themselves and not Infrequently get-
ting bitterly angry with their leader
but In the end - submitting and fol-
lowing the Mlsslsslpplan as submis-
sively as they have followed him at
the outset
There are Democrats who hold that
DeArmond of Missouri Ib an abler man
than Mr Williams He certainly Is
an abler lawyer but the man from
Mississippi knows the arts and sci-
ences as few mere laymen know them
and the books that he hasn’t read are
unread of most men
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN asso-
ciate Justice of the supreme court
father of Interstate Commerce Com-
missioner James S Harlan Dr Rich-
ard Harlan and John Maynard - Har-
lan of Chicago the other day com-
pleted 30 years’ service upon the high-
est Judicial bench in this country Al-
though Justice Harlan has reached the
age of 74 or four years beyond the
voluntary retiring period physically
and mentally he is well preserved and
from choice will remain upon the
bench several years more
Six feet two In height with the
erectness and vigor of a much young-
er man Justice Harlan Bmtled kindly
when asked concerning Ills plans of
retirement and said he had nothing
to add to his statement made when
last questioned on the subject At
that time he said that he had made
no definite plan He could have re-
tired on full pay on June 1 1903 He
has been tempted to retire by the
thought that free from his Judicial du-
ties he could give his undivided time
to the completion of certain work he
has In hand He Is deterred -how-
CHAMPION RIFLE SHOT IS
MADE AID TO PRESIDENT
Lieut thomas holcomb jr
of the marine corps has been ap-
pointed to the position of aid to the
president This marine officer Is the
champion rifle shot of the world a
fact which almost unquestionably won
him the White House place
It is not at all without the range of
possibilities that President Roosevelt
will take his new aid down into Vir-
ginia with him some day and there
attempt to beat him at target practice
It may Interest sportsmen and some
people who are not sportsmen to know
that the president keeps a record of
his hits and misses when he Is In
the field after big game It is an ac-
curate record and no mUs is omitted
no matter how hard the shot was or
how hard were - the conditions of
shooting ' ’ ' -
Mr Roosevelt says that he has met
gunners who would say: "Well I got
made picturesque tire legislative win
ter -
There are alwajrs picturesque onea
among the newcomers but It takes
time to make pertinent their plctur-
esqueness and to overcome the yesent
meat which the galleries feel that any
constituency In ths country should
have the effrontery to rob them of
their floor favorites
It Is entirely probable that some one
can be found to fill the legislative
place In congress of Ocn Charles II
Orosvenor of Ohio but It will be bard
to find anyone to All “Old riggers’ "
place In the public eye
No one Will miss Gen Orosvenor
more than will Champ Clark of Mis
sourl Orosvenor Is a standpatter- of
suctk stength that tbe standpat Can
non sits abashed In his presence Mr
Clark Is a free trader so sturdy that
the other strong ones are weaklings
but nevertheless these two tariff ex
treraes have met In a friendship In I
double sense unfathomable
DeArmond concluded with extreme
wisdom so opinion- goes not to con-
test the Democratic leadership with
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
Mr DeArmond Is grave retiring and
taciturn However he Is not at all
retiring when some one Is needed on
the Democratic firing lino He won't
be the' leader this year and though
probably his hopes are high It seems
extremely likely that he won’t be the
leader when the Mlsslsslpplan retires
from the house two years hence
John Sharp Williams so It Is said
Is bent on having two years In which
to study and “rest up” before he
enters the United States senate Sen-
ator Money’s term does not expire
until 1911 when Representative Wil-
liams will take his place In the upper
house
HARLAN NOT YET READY
TO LEAVE SUPREMEBENCH
ever by the thought that a change
In hlB accustomed work might short-
en his life He is most happy In the
discharge of his present duties and
unless prevailed upon by his sons
he Is likely to die In harness
Justice Harlan received his early ed-
ucation In Kentucky where he was
born In 1861 he removed to Louis-
ville to enjoy a broader field In the
practice of his chosen profession
With the outbreak of the war he
raised a regiment and became colonel
After 15 months’ service In the union
army upon the death of his father
he returned home In 1871 and again
In 1875 he was the Republican candi-
date for governor of Kentucky In 1876
he was at the head of the Kentucky
delegation to the Republican national
convention and it was by his effort
that Hayes was nominated for presi-
dent He caused the namo of Bris-
tow to be withdrawn and directed the
vote of the Kentucky delegation to
Hayes This move caused Blaino'B de-
feat by 17 votes A few months after
Hayes’ Inauguration Justice Harlan
was appointed to the supreme bench
three out of five to-day” when In
reality they had done nothing of the
kind The president doesn’t charge
men of this kind with telling false-
hoods for he states simply that they
eliminate from the reckoning certain
misses which because of the extreme
difficulties of the case were not to be
accounted as misses
The tendency of some Sportsmen ac-
cording to the president’s view Is to
count as chances only those In which
there was a perfectly fair prospect of
hitting the game A quick shot at a
deer disappearing at a bound Into the
forest at a distance of 160 or 200
yards is not counted as a miss at all
times by all sportsmen
The president’s record however
takes account of all missing misadven-
tures and as a result his lilt of hits
is not so formidable as ars the lists
of hits of sons other -
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of too Season
CO the Solitary the dwellere apart
by choice or by chance with
hearth-fires that for one burn dull
and tot two would glow and sing—
to all of these
71 merry ChrhhsM art
Jl HWPV Dew Yean
CO Them that are eet in Families
where love bestowed with no
thought of its return passes back
and forth abundantly between open
hearts — to all of these parents
children kinsmen friends
71 merry dirlitiai art
71 Rappy new Yeari
CO the Poor and the Rich envy-
ing each the others’ freedom
from the cares of too little and too
much yet learning year by jrear
that without health and enthusiasm
and faith and love none can be rich
and with them none can be poor —
to these
71 merry Christmaf and
71 Happy new Vein
CO the Workers the vast fortunate
majority In bumble places and
in high often baffled and disheart-
ened questioning if there is not
somewhere for them a greater work
w'ith a greater reward yet happy at
the last if they will have it so in
seeing the figure they have wrought
in the fabric of living a figure drawn
by the great Designer for their weav-
ing and none other’s— to all of these
71 merry Cbriitnai and
71 Happy new yean
CO Old and Young with the years
behind and the years ahead
years that show but a span in the i
centuries since the Light first shone j
from Bethlehem upon the paths of i
service humility and sacrifice and j
gave to all the ages a spirit that has i
made them one j to Young and Old
treading with gladness these lighted i
paths even though not alwajrs
knowing whence the Light comes— i
to all " j
' 71 mrry CMittwu nrt
71 Happy ntw vwri i
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Lack of haste sometimes meanath
waste of a Job— Thomas Asparagus
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Christmas
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Olden Times
- By Sir Walter Stott
EAP on more wood!— the wind
Is chill
But let It whistle as It will
We’ll keep our Christmas
merry still
Each age haa deemed the
new-born year
The fittest time for festal
cheer:
Even heathen yet the savage Dane
At lol more deep the meed did drain
High on the beach his galleys drew
And feasted all his pirate crew
Then In his low and pine-built hall
Where shields and axes decked the waU
They gorged upon the half-dressed steer
Caroused In seas of sable beer
While round In brutal Jest were thrown
the half-knawed rib and marrow-bone
Or listened all In grim delight
While scalds yelled out the Joys of fight
Then forth In frensy would they hie
While wldly loose their red locks fly
And dancing round the biasing pile
They make such barbarous mirth the
while
As best might to the mind recall
The boisterous Joys of Odin’s hall
And well our Christian sires of old
Loved when fae year its course had
rolled
And brought blithe Christmas back again
With all his hospitable train
DomefOo and religious rite
Gave honor to the holy night:
On Christmas eve the bells were rung
On Christmas eve the mass was sung
That only night In all the year
Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear
The damsel donned her klrtle sheen
The hall was dressed with holly green
Forth to the wood did merry-men go
To gather In the mistletoe
Then opened wide the baron’s hall
To vassal tenant serf and all
Power laid his rod of rule aside
And ceremony dolled her pride -The
heir with roses In his shoes
That night might village partner choose
The lord underogating share
The vulgar game of “post and pair”
All hailed with uncontrolled delight
And general votoa the happy night
That to the cottage as the crown
Brought tidings of salvation down
The fire the well-dried logs supplied
Went roaring up the chimney wide
The huge hall-table’s oaken faoa
Scrubbed till It ahone the day to grace
Bore then upon its massive board
No mark to part the squire and lord
Then was brought In the lusty brawn
By old blue-coated serving man
Then the grim boar’shead frowned e
high
Crested with bays and rosemary-
Well can the green-garbed ranger tell
How when and where the monster fell
What dogs before his death he tore
And all the baiting of the boar
The wassail round In good brown bowls
Garnished with ribbons blithely ttowla
There the huge sirloin reeked: hard by
Plum-porridge stood and Christmas pit
--WOO
Nor failed old Scotland to produce
At such hlgh-tlde her savory goose
Then came the merry maskers In
And carols roared with bllthsome din
If unmelodlous was the eong -It
was a hearty note and strong
Who lists may In their mumming see
Traces of ancient mystery
White skirts supplied the masquerade
And smutted cheeks the visors made
But O what maskers richly dlght
Can boast of bosoms half ao light!
England was merry England when
Old Christmas brought his sports again "
’Twas Christmas broached the mightiest
ale
’Twas Christmas told the merriest tale
A Christmas gambol oft could -cheer
The poor man’s heart through half the '
year
IfoUitaB (gftuey
See that your stockings are
right side up never turn the
hose on Santa Claus
fir
"What would you like for
Christmas?” "A match and an
ash tray” - “But you don’t
smoke” : “No but think of the
bills that will be coming In”
fir tt fir
"Now children” said the
teacher of the Juvenile Sunday
school class "can any one tell
me what man attained the great-
est age In the world 7” "Santa
Claus” promptly answered a
small boy who had ideas of his
own
it - it it
Tess— May is having her own
troubles worrying about Cholly
Roxley Jess— Surely she doesn’t
want to marry that simpleton
Tess— Of course not but she’s
having trouble keeping him on
the hooks ’till after Christmas
fir fir fir '
Molly— Do you expect to have
much fun at the Christmas mas-
querade? Dolly— How can I help
having it? My hat will be
trimmed with mistletoe
it fir fir
While the kiss under the mis-
tletoe doesn’t count yet every
girl counts how many she gets
it fir fir
Stella— Don’t you believe it Is
more blessed to give than to re-
ceive? ' Bella— Yes indeed there
is no’ tantalising Ignorance ' of
how much the gift cost
’ i it h it
"I won’t be good” said Willy
"Then Santa Claus won’t bring
you any presents” "Wasn’t I
bad last year and didn’t I get
more'n ever?" '
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Miller, E. A. The Muldrow Press. (Muldrow, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1907, newspaper, December 20, 1907; Muldrow, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2082537/m1/4/: accessed May 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.