The Capitol Democrat. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 8, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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cbc Capitol Democrat
AYRES K ROSS
H D CORRELL
C V EGGLESTON Business Mgr
Sullelerption $100 Year
Entcred it tLe Okla limus City Okla-
Posfttlice as secoLd ciass
miler Act or Yaich 3 1t79
(Mice of Publicaft:ol ILiticslic Build
corner Main and Ilarvey he towing election adopt the law it
onnes or: : Ave C Capitol 11111 pro hies that liquor eau unly be sold
in incorporated cities towns or vit
lages and that thig may be done only
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ifier the voters of !rich community
thall have complied NMIi the lotto
nig requirements:
che tiling of a petition signet' by
SUNSHE AND PROSPERITY twenty-11e pvr cent or more of the
I otal number of electors reskling
"I wend rather be the man who within ltie limits of such counnunity
his scatter sunshine into the homes requesting the calling of an election
the poor helps bring prosperity on alter Allich an election shall be cal-
et wings to Oklahoma and who ed and two questions submitttql to the
lint place the banner of Oklahoma voters—licensing the sale of liqor to
meside the batiner of other great (batik or consumed on the premise
ttes than have all the gold there is or to he sold in original packages and
neath the sun"--Lee Cruce noi to he (Ralik on the premises Fen
the former proposition should it
We sometimes u'ontier how Joe Air iloryp (he livense rve is $2000 per a11 nd
in the event he were elected num and for the latter proposition
vernor would enforce the provi- should II carrY the license fee is $51to
nis or a slate constitution which lie Per nntilini
flounced as a bundle of freak ideas One-half (It the license fee provided
dieb he contributed money to de in this bill in either one Of the almve
it and which he voted against in eases goes to the general fund of the
e election of 1907 connumilly ill which the license is
ianted and the other half goes into
Republican denunciation Of the ()k- the hands of the county treasurer Of
mma constitution surlwises no one 'the county in which said community
millar with their history They is located for the use Of the county
ver were extra strong In their love road and bridge fund
r organic laws It hasn't been so The bill Provides for it license
ry many years since they de- hoard of tear members dqided equal-
ainced the Const Rut Ion of the IY between the political parties re-
theft States as "a covenant with (Tiring the highest mid next highest
ath and a league with hell" vote at the general election next pre-
ceding the vole on licensing the sale
Busthc of
Pub liAled Weekly
Editors
SUNSHE AND PROSPERITY
"I wood rather be the man who
helps scatter sunshine into the homes
of the poor helps bring prosperity on
fleet wings to Oklahoma and who
belpa place the banner of Ok lahooil
alongside the banner of other great
states than have all the gold there is
beneath the sun'ixe Cruce
We sometimes wonder how Inc
Neal in the event he were elected
governor would enforce the provi-
sions or a slate constitution which be
denounced as a bundle of freak Ideas
whieh he contributed money to de-
feat and dell he voted against in
the eleclion of I907
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Republican denunciation of the Ok-
lahoma constitution sullwises no one
familiar with their history They
never were extra strong In their love
for organic laws It hasn't been so
very many years since they de-
nounced the constitution of the
United States as "a covenant with
death and a league with hell"
For more than a year the republican
press of Oklahoma has devoted acres
of space to a in discussion of
the made-to-order political Indictment
of Gov Haskell Yet these same pa-
pers are strangely silent concerning
an indictment returned several years
ago against Joe NleNeal charging him
with operating a swindling convent
at Guthrie That indictment was re-
turned by a republican federal court
Thc federal judge - was a republican
The Jury who indicted :McNeal were
mostly republicans McNeal was
never acquitted in open court of the
charge These same republican pa
pers are now supporting !McNeal and
inkssantly declaring that he is a
proper man to "rescue Oklahoma
from the curse of liaskellistiV1
The republiean party of Oklahoma
doesn't stand for a single positive
principle Their promises are till of
a negative character They do not
promise to enact any reformatory Or
progressive legislation In fact they
fall to promise to do anything They
they are given power they will not do
anything In view of their territorial
record this is not srprising In the
haydey of their power prior to state-
hood they were strangely forget!"
and criminally neglectful They for-
got to build a penitentiary They for-
got to provide an asylum for the in-
sane They forgot to provide a de-
partment of charities They forgot
to provide a department of labor
They forgot to provide a corporation
commission They forgot to establish
regulation Of freight and passenger
rates True they received a report
from Attorney General W 0 Crom-
well declaring I hat t he railroads had
literally stolen fifty-four million dol-
lars from the 'people of Oklahoma
But they allowed that report to sleep
in the dust and silence of the upper
shelf and forgot to supply ally reme-
dial legislation They forgot every
demand of the federation of labor and
left the enactment of demanded laws
to the grace of a democratic legisla-
ture Their position today is cxactly
'hat it was through seventeen years
of territorial government—they prom-
: ised to do nothing execept to do nothing
Mark Twain on Gratitude
Mat Twain in all tif t itrit nor
h in Ilvimittilit olive tallotd of
llo didn't much care he
Fuld for gratitude of the !Wkly buts
teriiiis kind "NVity" lie exclaimed
'when nien ilitfilartto tliliga-
tion you ran licar tlic ict ort ter tulles
around'
Too Much of a Good Thing
A bag of peppermints sat beside
tncle Ethan always try" he said
"to lie as tqoad-niitidel a 1 IlesittlY
can be Bat I can't In In inclining to
bts1I4:'e' IU eta on "that no one
onght to chew gum and eat candy at
1 he same time"—Youth's COMPli n ion
Emersontan Philosophy
I find the gayest castles in the air
that were ever piled far better for
pomfort and for use than the dun
geons in the Mr that we daily dug and
uverned obt by grumbling discon-
tented people A man should make
life and nature happier to us or he
had better never been born—Ralph
'Waldo Emerson
Proposed Change of
Liquor Law
0M10'E0
SYNOPSIS OF THE BILL THAT
HAS BEEN INITIATED-ITS
S1 RIOT PROVISIONS
The law initialed hy the 'collie and
to Le 'voted on at the general elec-
tion Nu' Mu has created some
tilmilderable contention as to its ex-
act provisions That the readers ot
this paper may have an opportunity
to onderstand the bill the tollQwing
analysis is given:
Should the people or Oklahoma at
of litiors This board is eketed for
'the term of two years
After the people have expressed
their will at the ballot box if they de-
cide that license shall he granted as
provided by law then each person
making application must present to
the board a petition signed by at
least ten resident tax payers of the
vat d IU I he (lIy t own or village in
which said liquors are to he sold
The bill also requires that no ac-
tion be taken upon said applications
until notice of same has been pub
ti in two newspapers Of general
circulation and of different political
fall It
'rhe hill also 'provides that objec-
tions may be maple in writing to the
issuance of said license and when an
objection is signed bY len resident
tax payers of the ward a day shall be
set for a hearing If it be proven
that t he tipplicnitt is an immoral per
son or If any former license held by
him shall have been revoked then
: the board is compelled to refuse to
issue said license granting the right
of appeal to the county court or any
court having jurisdiction
Tito liCentie board is given full pow-
er to prescribe additional rules and
regulations governing the Hatt ot
liquor that are not inconsistent with
the law It also has power to limit
the number of saloons and may at its
discretion refuse to issue a license
for any particular Ivard precinct vr
block in any community
License may he issued for only one
year and must he renewed cach year
The hoard may renew licenses each
year for five years
The law provides that not anwe
than one saloon license for one thou-
sand inhabitants or major fractional
part thereof shall be issued in any
comm un it y
It also provides that a license
granted by the hoard shall be sus-
pended for a period of thirty days
uPott Proof of tirst conviction by any
court for V iola I ion of the law and
may he revOked by said board uPoll
Proof of second conviction of party
holding same
The law provith S that any room ill
NV Iduli I k I UM' is o he sold shall con-
tain no tables or chairs Where a per-
son may sit and he served Witt)
that it shall contain no
LAND F4 POOR FARM blinds partitions screens stained
— glass or other device or scheme to
—
A resolution has been passed by ihe (instruct a lull iow of its patrons
county commksioners calliI1 g for a fr"Ilt t lit' irmt
special election to he held Nov sth There is alt 1 t I-1 yea I ing clause
for a vote on the proposition of buy- "11111 piohilirs any Person 'root pay-
ing for another's drinks
ing land a new county poor farm
The proposit'Idi which the commis- Another clause prohd its gambling
sioners Ill pies1t holds lino telt all'1(:1:'rY uIuh1 di'vite it als°
lest than Plo aercs shall bo put 1""'"s 11"1"' IIlIiit1 or Pool
cha'-4e1 and that it shall cost not "het' hind of g
more than $2:'0 an acre Cialer the la‘ no wine room where
mcn or woincit congrel:ate I s
! 1111 it is ilso commanded
I that there be no door or Ilassat20‘‘a
! :0 a wine 00111 or other apartment!
( kiph leoliekz to the i
piaee limor is sold
No into‘it TIN: liquor an be soli
to minws (hunk:ads or any
vh--( k‘ do motto r sier!
t r ha gkep I-litchi
t S
No Flah to sell livor eau
utl 4ir (la i
i special elyctioll day and all suci !
plaes at 12 (1(100(
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a In
uhtUse I if the law it is
! :i i t1 1113? (‘ cry
nay ( r po‘ of the law
'
s ef a misdemeanor anti
! tipon conviction shall be fitted not
114 ss 1It $:01 1!(r mo lila!' $500 or
Iottfr
ined itt tho coatitv jail not lessl
than thirty (lays nor more than six
months or shall lw pumishod by
I SI itl) fl 11 ( 11111)1' iSon Inept
The law repeals the present hrty
'tltory amendment adopted (In Sept
I IT 104)7 anti applies to the entire I
Of ()MitholO:t 1
What They Live On
If there were no such thing as fash-
ion Mt' the workmen in the world
woul I It)' t heir jobs— Somerville
ird
LIVELY TIME WITH PYTHON
Crew on British Gunboat Has Exciting
Experience When Reptile
Breaks Loose
—
Once when the British gunboat Rat-
tler was in eastern waters the crew
had a lively time looking after a
python on board that got loose
Besides the python there was on
board a big Borneo orangoutang The
python which was 19 or 20 feet in
length having dined heartily on a
deer about three weeks before began
to feel its appetite returning and in
searching about its box for a place of
egress found one side in bad repair
It did not take the python long to
come through the weak part and
quite unobservel it began its peram-
bulations around the boat
Seeing the orangoutang chained up
a few yards off the big snake invited
itself to a dinner very much to its
taste It would have been all over
with the orangoutang had not the
quartermaster at that moment made
the discovery that the two pets were
about to be merged into one Ile
promptly cut the orangoutang loose
The latter was up the masthead be-
fore any mischief could be done and
a lieutenant the proprietor of the
orangoutang the quartermaster and a
memberof the crew flung themselves
upon the hungry python—one at the
head another at the tail and a third
In the middle
Then the fun began for the python
wanted to get one of the aggressors
nicely in its coils and the men were
determined it should be kept out in
something as nearly approaching a
straight fine as possible
For a minute it was the Laocoon
group all over again only in this case
the three men and the snake were
sprawling over the deck instead of
standing upright in a classic attitude
Reinforcements however arrived in
hot haste and about 20 bluejackets
each embracing a foot of python re-
duced the reptile to comparative
quiescence The procession marched
back to the python's box coiled the
creature inside and shut it up But
the orangoutang sat aloft in the mast-
head a long time before he came to
the conclusion that he was off the
menu for the day
NO MORE POLITICS FOR HIM
Abusive Campaign Tactics Causes
Uncle Zeke to Lose Confidence In
Fellow Citizens
"Yes sir" said Uncle Zeke "pol-
itics is a dirty business You don't
ketch me mixin' in it any more
Never again I knolv when I've had
enough"
"You've been a candidate for of-
ce?" "Wunst That's enough for me"
"Got beat did you?"
"Yes sir I got beat but I didn't
mind that It was the loss of confi-
dence in my feller citizens the flndin'
out that our politics is rotten all
through and that you can't depend
on a man's promises That's what
hurt"
"Was it an abusive campaign?"
"Abusive? They circlulated a re-
port that I had corns in the palms of
my hands They said I took out my
false teeth when I ett my dinner so
I wouldn't wear 'em out They charged
me with cuttin' my stogies in two when
I smoked 'em so's to make 'em last
longer One o' the papers printed the
story that my grandfather on my
mother's side was an Algerian pirate
They got a man to swear that I never
had my hair cut in the dark of the
moon They accused me of belongin'
to a non-church church They said
I drunk my soup instead of eatin' it
with a spoon They said my breath
always smelt of onions and that my
dog had fleas"
"What office were you running for?"
"I was runoin sir" snswered Uncle
Ze Us with impressive dignity "for the
office of coroner"
Reason for Happ
"You look particularly happy to-
day" said Citiman "I am" replied
Suburbs: "I've just succeeded in get-
ting our leading lady to sign for an-
other season" "I didnt know you
Were in the theatrical business" "I'm
not refer to our cook
Standard and Tinirs
Wanted Luxuries Also
Grandfather had been teaching the
family darling to say the Lord's Pray-
er The baby lips repeated the lines
quietly until the "daily bread" clause
NVItt reached Then: -Grandpa do you
siiise that if I ashed real liar I ile'd
put jam en it?" said
Must Have Harmony
"Now" said the architect who Wita
putting the finishing touches upon Nit
Nurich's ne residence "what color
do you prefer for the parlor decora-
tions?" 011! they've vaq to be red"
replied NI t di "My NV ifo's got a red
plush photograph allenn that always
set on the pArlor talle"LThe Cattio
lie Standard :Ind Thi:1 s
His Votive Offering
Some halfformed idea of a votive
offering indubitably lay in the mind
of the eager youngster troubled for
fear of rain on the day of a longed
picnic For a wt-ek before Tommy
prayel daily: 0'0 Lord please mate
Thursday fine so's NV can go fishitc
anti I'll give you my voact money for
ull the veeli"
CAVNAR & FARISS
Hardware and Furniture
Get Our Pricos
We wish to announce to the people of Okla-
homa City the opening of our Tailoring Estab-
lishment and invite you to come in and examine
the line of All Wool Goods from which we are
making Men's Suits for
LADIES G A RIVIENTS
in the latest style
We do Expert Cleaning and Pressing
Robinson St
SHREWD SCHEME TO GET MONEY
Mrs Cull—I arv very careful about
my cooking The way to reach a mans
heart is through his stomach
Mrs I Nary—Yes and the way to
reach his pocketbook is through his
heart
Practical Experience
The old farmer equipped with the
tools of his trade was busy near the
road
"What have you growing in that
field" asimi the innocent passer-by
"Weeds" answered the granger
"lint why are you cultivating
weeds?" queried the other
-Because" replied the man behind
the hoe "after years of experience I
ant convinced that the only NV ay to
externo no I o I hem '
Discouraging
no tried to do
But every blamed time
purclimtd sonit fruit
lie got it pliigged dime
Early Habits
"That last speaker" said the first
gu-st at the banquet "was quite en
"Yes" repliod the other "and be's
a self-nwile man too"
"I can't say though that I liked
his delivery It was rather slow"
"Oh! naturally Ile began life as a
InOSSenger boy"—Catholie Standard
and Times
Origin of "Boom°
"Poom' as in the ffirase 'rubber
boom: is of American origin and ap-
wars to have originated in the west
tomewbere about 1878 Its original
reference was to rapid movement pro-
ducing a roaring sound When a 'Jim'
of logs brealis up the logs are borne
violently down stream and are then
said to be booming FO it seems prob-
able that the expression originated in
the 111113ber trade and Fpead thence
to all forms of business"
We make a specialty of
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Call and see Goods
First Bellboy—I sees 3'o' always
takes a silver cup ter room 17 Must
be a s WC11 hoarder ain't he?
Sedon Itellboy—No indeed! If
hadn't done dat dere wouldn't be a
goolet kit in de house Dat tuan's
a glass eater
Peculiar Bait for Fish
Natives of a number of South Pa-
cific Islands make fishhooks of mother
of rear: so bright that no bait or other
:ure l neewzsary
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No 112-1 C & Chlgo Flyer 7:10 pm
No 1111--Fo C117 7:21 arn
No 1o0—K C & Chi'go Ex 4:16 am
No 18—K C & Chicago 3:-11 pm
SANTA FE----S1tUTIll(1NI)
No 1 '7-1'or Purcell 9:30 pm
No 17—Texas Exprcss 11:411
No 100—Tcxa4 Expr ss 12:12 am
No 111-1 )1la TuXaS Flyer t1:05
AlISSOUttl KANSAS & TEXAS
No 21----1rrks from Kan C 7:00 am
No 22—Leavts for Kan C 7:00 pm
No 26—Arrives from St Louis 5:20 pm
FltISCO
N 412—Iota! for points tast 7:40 am
No 40S—Itintittl for St Lotils1!:Lt amn
No 40—Mtleor for St Louis 4:411 pm
No 41 I—Kansag City Mottor '7:110 pm
Ni) 413-1eteor from K C 10:10 alT1
No 9—Metcor from St Louis 9:50 ant
N 407-1mCd from St Louis 4 :4 0 pin
Na 411-1ocal from East S:09 pm
Not 9-4uannah Limited 11:00 am
Ni 407—Lawton Limited 0:00 pni
40i—L'nfrti frton Law1on11:115 ant
No lit—Itimitctl from Quamth 4 :05 pin
ROCK ISLAND--wEsTuouND
No 41—Anutrilla 6:10 am
No 709—Mangum & Alva 7:00 am
No 47—Sayre-Mangum 11:00 am
Not 733—Omaha & K C 6:55 Dm
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K C 6:55 pm
EASTBOUND
co 44—Memphis 955 am
No 731—Prom Mangum 1:40 pm
No 4S—McAleshrr 5:35 pm
No 42—Memph1s : 12:15 am
No 770—From Alva arr ' 10:50 pm
TRADE—For Capitol Hill property
400 acres of land in Custer Co Price
$5500 Long loan $1140 six per cent
O B FRISBEE
215 Am Natl Bank Bldg Phone 3497
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Hardware and Furniture
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Ross, Ayres K. & Correll, H. D. The Capitol Democrat. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 8, 1910, newspaper, October 8, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2174973/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.