Ada Weekly Democrat. (Ada, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, May 24, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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ADA
DEMOCRAT1
SUCCESSOR TO THE ADA WEEKLY STAR THE OLDEST PAPER IN PONTOTOC COUNTY
VOL 7
ADA CIIICKAGAtf NATION ItD TER FRIDAY UAY 24 1007
NO 42
LEE CRUCE IS
COMING JUNE 1
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
FORMED AT EGYPT
McPHERREN THE
LOGICAL CANDIDATE
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The Democrats of Pontotoc
and adjoining counties are invited
to Ik? in Ada on Saturday June
1 and attend a Democratic rally
at which time and place Hon
Iao Cruco candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Gov-
ernor of our New State will de-
liver an address to Democratic
voters Other prominent candi-
dates including those for Con-
gress and Supreme JUdge will
be present
Air Cruce will not engage in
mud slinging but will answer
those who have made false
charges against him in a man-
ner becoming a man worthy to
be the standard bearer of De-
mocracy Owing to the great number of
copies of the New State Tribune
that are being sent out as sam-
ples at this time to the Demo-
cratic voters of the New State
and since this paper is owned
and edited by Mr C N Haskell
one of Air Cruce's opponents
the damaging charges made in it
against Air Cruce are widespread
it is apparent that if they are
not true how unjust and unfair
it is to him All true Democrats
cherish the sentiment that no
man shall be condemned without
a trial much less without a hearing
ADA MAY GET THE
NEXT CONFERENCE
A committee of the Methodist
church is canvassing the town to
ascertain the number of homes
that can be had for delegates to
the next annual conference If
a sufficient number can be fonnd
the conference will be invited to
meet here
Ijist night a number of the
leading citizens of Egypt com-
munity met at the school house
and organized a Democratic club
with John Floyd as president and
— AIcCracken secetary
After the organization the
people? very patiently gave atten
tion to the hot air exhibition
given by Capt Hargis Duke
Stone and the Democrat man
A heavy rain came up before
anything caught fire and the
hides if not the spirits of the
spielers were considerably damp-
ened ore the homeward drive of
six miles was ended
HELD UP DEATH
ROBBED GRAVE I
One of the boldest and most
startling and successful hold-ups
that ever occurred in the Chicka-
saw Nation took place right here
in Ada last Friday afternoon
about 3 o’clock while the last is-
sue of the Democrat was on the
press The press had stopped for
a correction in an item Our
devil the inquisitive little Benja-
min Savage Tolbert who is al-
ways interested in things occur-
ring in this office started around
the machine to see what was
about to happen Suddenly a
shriek of horror rang out through
the office Turning around the
printers saw Ben “going round
No man should Ik? nominated
for the imKrtant office of con-
Igressman who has not Inn-n tritnl
and found to inmess patriotism
and the true qualities of states-
manship What has Chas E
McPherren of Caddo Bryan
county done that entitles him
more than his opjjonents to
favorable consideration of
democracy as a candidate
the democratic nomination
congress in this district?
RAILROAD REGULATION
His record of faithful service
to his party begins in Texas
under the leadership of Hogg in
the famous Hogg Clarke cam-
paign McPherren although 17
years of age quit his farm work
and took the stump for Hogg 1 103 South Main St
and the Railroad Commission
law Since that time he has I blanket primary in Oklahoma
made a careful study of this I and the author of our anti-trust
question and no man in the state law is only 32 years of age his
understands better than he the life is before him: yet while
the problem of regulating inter-1 opponents have nothing
4000 Souvenir Post Cards
lot tine just received ia comic and fancy do-
sifai views of Ida and the cement rorki
which till in teriit Sind tome of these
eirdt to jour friends
ISPRAGUE BROS
JEWELRY AN0 OPTICAL GOODS
ADA OKLA
Candidate for the Uuited
States Senate before the Dem-
ocratic primaries June 8th is
making his race solely on thq
fitness for the position and the
LINEBAUGIi TO
SPEAK JUNE 1
Hon D II Linebaugh will ad-
dress the citizens of Ada and vi-
cinity Saturday June 1 in the
interest of his candidacy for
Congress Mr Linebaugh made
a fine impression and many
friends on his first visit and all
who did not meet him then should
do so this time
and round’’ on the end of a shaft good he can do the peolpe
driven by a three-horse-power Be insists that the restrictions
motor The boys grabbed hold be removed-for if they are not
of the little fellow and pulled him the country will not prosper
loose happily surprised' to find There is but little taxable land
that Ben was not — thus holding outside of the towns Non-tax-up
death and robbing the grave I able land is unrentable land
The lands under present con-
ditions cannot be sold Homes
and farms for the bonafide home-
seekers cannot be purchased
These conditioss must be chang-
ed TO INTERVIEW I Robert L Owen is the man
THE PRESIDENT I best qualified to accomplish this
He is a lawer of international
state commerce business through
Congressional Regulation
McPherren became a resident
of Caddo Ind Ter now Bryan
county in 1896 and his first po-
litical service to his party was
actively assist in defeating the
dollars of property for his clients I effort of the “Gold Bugs” in
in the past sixteen years He capturing the party in the Ter-
TL Owem
us
to point
to as recommending them to the
consideration of the people hut
promises ho stands upon a
matchless record of perfor-
mance Vote for the man who ha?
done something — Adv
3 Shows Daily 3
4 8 and 9 p m
Washington May 23 — T h e
Oklahoma Democratic delegation
check the constitution squarely
up to President Roosevelt at the
conference Friday morning Their
plan is to confess that probably
the constitution does contain
some objectional features but if
he will indicate them them they
will go back and have them eliminated
reputation and his past services
in securing needed legislation
for the territory have been of
almost incalculable benefit to it
He is a diplomat and accomp-
lished linguist v He has recov-
ered over nineteen millions of
rendered material assistance in
securing Civil Government for
the Indian Territory in 1889
The extension of the National
Banking Act over the Indian
Territory was wholly due to his
efforts Securing full United
States citizenship to every In-
dianin the Indian Territory in
1901 The removal of restric-
tions on lands of allottees not of
Indian blood is largely due to
his efforts These are a few of
the many things he has accomp-
lished for the country and his
people
He takes an active interest in
business and social affairs He
is president of the Arkansas
River Navigation Company
EPWORTH LEAGUE
ENTERTANMENT
ritorial convention at Vinita in
1896
A ROUGH RIDER ml
Then came the Spanish-Amer- I The Epworth League enter-
ican war and he quit his business I ined y°unf P1? °r
and enlisted as a private soldier 1° !!? ors ° eth-
in the Rough Riders under Theo
Roosevelt but his democracy I
remained untainted— no Fed-1
eral office for him
WORK FOR STATEHOOD
In the fight for statehood
Me
lodist church Thursday evening
Quite a crowd was present and
the League did itself proud as an
entertainer A very interest-
ing feature of the evening was
the drawing by each guest of a
Pherren has played a leading pctuie °jLs?me one ese n
part He served as a delegate to
all statehood conventions during
the past twelve years
FIGHT FOR BLANKET PRIMARY
At the first meeting of the
democratic executive committee
held in the proposed state after
crowd This was novel beyond
the ordinary Miss Annie Mae
Sims was awarded a prize she
having made the best picture
Each and every guest was
given a pressing invitation to at-
tend the League meetings at
Vice President American Sunday I passage of the enabling Act Me-1 Sunday evening
School Union President Florence Pherren introduced the resol u-1 The church parlors are well
Crittenden Home for fallen tion that resulted in pledging the adapted to entertaining and we
women and the salvation army democratic party to the adoption believe will prove valuable in
relies on him as their strongest of the blanket primary system helping to bring people into clos-
adviser and contributor
Hoffman Is Vindicated
AT TUB
ElectricTheatre
PROGRAM
No 1 — Illustrated Song — Fly Away
Birdie Fly Away
No 2— Motion Pictures — The Burg-
lar’s Cunning and The Two Truants
No 3 — Illustrated Song — Belle of the
Ball
SPECIAL FEATURE IN
COLORS:
No 4 — Motion Pictures — Japanese
Scenes on the River Ozu
Miss Alma Ingram entertained
a number of her friends at a forty-two
party Monday night She
entertains splendidly and those
present report a most enjoyable
evening
C I Patterson was around the
other day making up money to
lease a base ball park He met
with a gratifying success of
which we are glad for we be-
lieve in the old adage that “all
work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy”
PROGRAM CHANGED
TWIGB WEEKLY:
Mondays Sc Thursdays
Show begins promptly
at 4 o’clock
Saturday Afternoon Special:
Three full and complete per-
formances First perform-
ance begins promptly at 2
p m
Boulder Colo May 11 1907
Hon John B Harrison
Sayre Okla
My dear Sir:
It has just come to my atten-
tion that Hon Roy Hoffman of
Chandler is a candidate for U S
Senator and that some are seek-
ing to harm his interests by cow-
adrly charges of disloyalty to the
fusion candidate for Congress in
the 1896 campaign I feel it but
justice to Mr Hoffman to say
that I was chairman of the cam-
paign and as such officer was
probably in closer touch with
both the Populists and Demo-
crats of Oklahoma than any other
one person I wish to say that
to my knowledge Mr Hoffman
as a prominent Democratic
speaker and also as owner of the
Guthrie Leader was one of the
most potent forces in that suc-
cessful campaign It was my
duty to know who boosted or
who lagged and I did know that
Mr Hoffman never required any
urging from the beginning to the
end of that campaign but with
for the nomination of all nomi-
nees from constable to U S
I senator
WORK FOR PARTY SUCCESS
During the campaign for the
I election of delegates to
er touch with the church
DEATH OF DR CRUME
Dr T M Crume of Mill
Creek died at his home May 19
itrcviuUiuC6iJ w the con-1 Deceased was a son-in-law of
both voice and throughhis paper stjtutional convention McPherren Capt J C Cates of Stonewall
made as many speeches and col-1 He was one of the foremost cit-
he was a constant and earnest
supporter of Mr Callahan As
chief disbursing agent of the
campaign funds I also know that
neither Mr Hoffman as speaker
or as publisher ever received a
cent for his constant service
I make this statement as a sim-
ple act of justice to a conscien-
tious Worker and speak from a
close knowledge When you see
Mr Hoffman please extend to
him my kindest regards
I may add that the only real
ambition I had for official prefer-
ment was to have been a mem-
ber of the Oklahoma Constitu-
tional Convention It is possible
lected as much money as any
man in the state without the
cost of a single cent to the party
AUTHOR OF ANTI-TRUST LAW
Although not a member of the
constitutional convention Mc-
Pherren is the author of Sec 41
of Art 9 which is our anti-1
trust law in the proposed state
constitution if this patriotic
citizen performs no other public
service this anti-trust provision
will serve as an enduring monu-
ment to his loyalty to the public
interest and thorough grasp of
the problems of anti-trust legis-
lation Should not the author!
izens of his town and was a
member of the Woodmen Odd
Fellows and Masonic fraternities
W S Matthews returned yes-
thrday from a business trip to
Roff Checotah and other points
that similar and equally unfound- of our antitrust law
ed charges against me just after
promot-
ed to represent us in congress
that campaign caused me to lend j and fa placjg simiiar eff
an ear to attractive offers here
I am carefully watching the pro-
gress of the brave young state
The Democrats have my best
wishes
Sincerely
Leo Vincent
ADMISSION:
Adults -Children
10c
Vote for M E TRAPP of Guthrie
for State Auditor Democratic Pri-
maries June Kill
S H Nycum an experienced
butcher and market man is in
town looking over the field with
a view of putting in a market
here
Dr Kiles of Midland was on
our streets yesterday
Talking of removal of restric-
tions why not make a clean
sweep while you are about it?
ective legislation upon the nat-
ional statute books when we se-
lect a democratic congress and
democratic president in 1908?
There is not a voter in the dis-
trict that can for a moment
doubt that in point of past ser-
vice to party and country Chas
E McPherren is the candide
entitled to preference This
man who is one of the original
railroad regulators an ex-sol-dier
a leader in the fight for the
Fat
Beef Cattle
Wanted
Round up
your fat beef cattle
and bring the in I pay the
highest market price
at all times
R
R 8 TOBIN
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