McAlester Weekly Tribune (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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McAlester Weekly Tribune
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SUCCESS* R TO [Jl MCK RA I
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SUBSCRIPTION KATKS
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political an n o l n c em i. n ts
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FOR sllKIIIW
William I'hebu*
<1 W Baker
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lA-r I'ollock
T ('. Collier
TAX AHKIWSOR;
Herbert I liilnti<-y
W>b WTKHINTKNDKSY
T T bnril
Re Flection
FOR COMMlss|o\'KH
Second District
(•••el W Pound
A (Dirk TIioiii|isiiii
For Rr rMinn
Third District
Jno <1 Toole
< a imo tv in! a
1 C\ el
R.
• KENDALL FOR HEAD
COUNTY SCHOOLS
a* i
Brilliant Young Pastor at Harts
herne Seeks Nomination.
Desires to Enter Educational
Work He Is Equipped With
a Splendid Education.
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cm
Mr i
when !.•
tor - district
bilitv *nr
lind'tha:
.i ruiiiir l>t
r :ir.* 'mv
Is « 11*1 IV • of I', | -•
r. g n ..f ti. t :•••■
'
from that into the mini-
• el- the usual routine of ,|ri\
-
.
• ■ly of i • . inn** advance I ••
■
.la'-,, a.h i>-.- to in*-it in charg.
■ *- d.- lit.| considers
experience in ord>-
tl ■ re is mi one k' ..v
a fort'inan of a Ian
s. •"■••ti and unfurl-
ing « r.-ek and niin t
is wviti \ . ritii'iv I
' - i- a Inn i •
*, i .■ of truolde
.ti ti • 'anions an-
r ago Hi* start.il
■
• r In time li- iol
r. r, miner, foreman
• V" ri'-m-e acquired : tion in
If, trained by Kendall
in 'iir.tr I '• • itur. -
a- ' • « to It enabb - i I lit
•« which lie i> \ • ry
•■'* ! • duty to give them the
n e t ir burden of res|«m
r the anxiety and worry of
i-r.ni* in.• • . ndiir>- knowing the
en t1 nt ean wit hunt a moment's
prop, -v :,n,l innir> mil death to
el art." V.-rv ofte- the pit boss
f"r things '"or which a mcrccnarv
part
• ssarv-
t-p the
w i iter, hut th
lh e|| COlKtril
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A CLEAN MAN A STRONG MAN
Senator to.r.- «>• a T> xa- popu ,«t tun ti
senator hik never decisive, In* j >|>u]i-tn might hav
nit" almost aiiytliinir Ami now his attitiied on all qu
sam. lie is neither open, frank nor aggressive in his
progr.-sivc |Milie|. s lie i- nov •!« then, a triiiiiner. a trji>i
• n • it lo-r nii|« or neither Mile, according to the cunt int.'. ncv
It i* reinarkahlc to what lie I,a- atta led. in (>ite of In* intirtn-
1'} I'tit it i* lie!erthelena aii ini|ieilinie|it. a- it render* hint unahle
to meet the ri>|i"ii<>iliilitie inciiml.eiit upon a senator
Hut nehtinicnt should not In- a consideration m ti. ci no*it ir a
I nitcd States senator T" miasm up to the standard of such
stateainen as Kolicrt I. '• n. Iloli La Kolletti h'.I other- e\.r\
lu tlii« issue of the Trihune
Kc\ Willmori Kendall, <>f Harts,
horin antiouiiccs himself a can-
didate for the office of county
s't| n! teiid'-nt of public inatr^ic-
I'ittnluirtr county Mi-
an- horn in Kentucky,
where hi- family has lonir hceii
prominent in democratic polities,
h .• In- • .ime with his parents to
ti • Indian T-rritory when only 11
y. :irs of ai; and ha- (rrown up
«ith the new state, in whose in-
stitution* ami achievement* he
tak.s tin (treatest pride. He re-
cciv.il his high school instruction
at the Texas School for the Illind
■it Austin, and has since received
tin- degree of Hachelor of Arts
from Hargrove College at Ard-
more. < ikla and the further de-
gree of Bachelor of Sacred The*
ology from Northwestern I'niver-
Mr. Kendall lost
It
sense and faculty of mind and Ihm1>
developed and his moral ami spiritual
t \ pe
•I 11 dire lla\e* measures up in |(n, ,
callv, pltyeically and in experience in
As a hoy he liore the privation-
His educational advamatti
resources -11-11 red a college I
settled ill Chickasha, built a
should
■haracti
lie intact and
r of ei|iially a
tandard int.-l eiually, itlii
public affairs
o'' pi one. r life on a Texas !
were m.-airrc. but through his I
tin u
WHY WOT A PACMER FOR OOVERNOR0
h<- time approaches f4r the selection of candidates the Hie best lawyers in Southwest Always actn. in .ill i( i, ,iio-. of
t unk ser Mtaly sv« .1 giving support to candidates I • he was elected to nicntb -r-hi| nli.-i ir> and a.lvisori
tile kpeeial interests Reform is moving on with iiii| ortaiit coin nut ter- In . \ <■ r \ t lii i ■ ir I. was luadi* lead
pid strips bvtfin Oklalicrim the cmr of projnn*
1 f.iriii
•wi
bar.
1/
WlU the
■ « tuiltsd ^sek Hid
is secretly contesting everv
. t.
A««.st <th 'lie standard Carers of your psrtv will he
As ual. th tfr are a plethora of candidate* for almost
err ntfen, and thi« ia "specially true of governor
Tilt* W" ft-vei andMates for governor Three of the seven
are }ja**er« anv a doctor, one a hanker, mirrhant stid stiH-kman
at recent stat treasurer, and ie a real farmer
▼ etee! wket do rou know shout the moral and intellectual
• tfdarri of these men' What about the record of those who Have
o&frc, or the natural f.redileetions. because of environment of
t* ««t k> hat* not held offleet
eompai > is ino-t > to blain-. In r. a-on «■:* not fiiniishitig it* ■
i -iterial or prohibitinir him from employing .nough met to k>
mine m safe condition.
Mr i lark has - ver b.-n eotir*. .. i- ami has no especial friend or
favorites when enforcement of the mining law is concerned lie
• insiders that a matter which is not subject to compromise. In all
stion- 1- ti """VT l"r, l'nlf the safet.v of the workmen ilia- is regulated by
advocacy of ac' "f '*"• he insists that th. provision of the law must lie
trictlv complied with regardless of the cost, or the individual or
ompany aff.-ct. I My hi- efficient work ar<l constant attention to ,"-v (
business he has become a favorite with most all elass.-s of mining *''s 'tf'1' early infancy, and has
•i eli w hose respect he has gained bv r-.pectinir them and working at for""ed to make his way
i ll times for the mutual advancement of both miner and employer, through life atnid a night of total
for lie believes that the interest of the miners is to a large extent 'larkneae. It almost surpasses bc-
cioscly identified with the interest of the company. And while tin that one thus afflicted should
company may prosper for a time by ill treating tiie employees a r.- attained such a degree of
action w ill conic soot cr or later and tin- cmplover who is alwavs scholarship ami should have ac-
fnir in dealing with his men invariably fares the best in the end. 'wnpliahed sin-h important prac-
The duties of Chief Mine Inspector are executive and govern.il by w'ork as Mr. Kendall now
, -pei-ial act of the legislature and therefore having no vote in the h*s to ,lis e""dit. Both in the
making of the law he can only recommend what in his .iu<lirmeii> eolb-ge and the university, where
would be best, if given an opportunity to do so. lie worker side by side with stu-
Mr. Clark believes the mining law now in effect as good as that 'lents who possessed perfect sight,
of any of the other states hut some sections are indefinite and should1wns to lead his classes
In so n vi-eil that there could be no technical construction place.) on tantly. and in hi senior year
then:, other than the original intent If the voters see fit to elect Northwetern he won practi-
I'iin lie will endeavor to have this done, lie believes that the peoph CH".V every hoour which the
want officers who are diligent and ambitious to give honest service ll""1 —
and the miners in whose interest the mine law was instituted are his
friends and supporters because they arc familiar with his past of-
ficial conduct
fully
li i irli
E J. GIDDINUS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
lie Was one of the two men who. in 1!H*; wrote and sustai' ed
the famous la« by which political grafting was broken up Me was
chairman of the legal advistory committee when the question of
statehood was on Was a member and took an active part in the
f onstitlitional convcutioii. was the author of and pa-sn! upon manv
of its provisions before the* were adopted, thus harmonizing the.
different forms of government in the two territories . How prone many of us are to prematurely judge our neighbor
Following Oklahoma statehood .ludgc llays wa« elected to tile *\e fellow being in the race, struggling for the acomplishinenr
Supreme Court Was re elected in I'NK without opposition and wa« a purpos.-, striving to reach a goal. It may all he for the grati-
chicf justice from .lime, l'M t, till hi* resignation as a member of "'cation of sordid, selfish ambition, or it m\- V a laudable purjiosc
the court '«r worthy ambition, prompted alone by honest desire for tile gen-
llc served seven years In the impeachment trials of the fourth ,-ra' f00^'
I b gislature. Judge Hay* presidcil. and his fairness and executive Such a one running counter to our endeavors for the accomplish
Be aa broad and as liberal as you mav and vet we cannot '"'«ty commanded the admiration of everv one anil trr. atli
almost universal rule of entrusting the affairs of gov pedited the disposition of
alirnat exclusively to the lawyer and an occasional banker ludge Mayes is a strong man. spiciiou
•n of these professions are not necessarily bad men Main icliabihtv of his judguieiit fairi • ss nt his ih i'i-imis tin strength
a are true, self.sacrificing patriots, but arc men subject to •"' ' l"""t> of his character and the high ipmlitv of" his stut. -niaii
foible* and lelflsh inclinations of other men ami represent slitp
#4 and powerful minority clas* They haw heei thi archi
* <w
Jul builders and unrest rained governors of governmental af
rt*tehoi"l Ami the reverberating thunders of disap
tnd of distontoH are evidences tlmt they have ilisrrgard. il
'•■^^•neral good and eon*tnictcd our Hate eovcrnm< lit nlonir selfish
.Mm Mid n|>oii a foundation of -and
All intelligent, honest thinking men despise t chr-mic fault
Wr •Tsiil that dcphirahle f\treDie( but half of what i
th« demoesrts bave said of fellow demoerata in o' be true ti e
distinguishing features of democratic r. iirn since stntel has licen
•a >oBip«tence, extraragsncc and corrupt on
This la a aeriom in lietment agai si n partv w ith -n I stalwart
naltona! leaders as Wilson and Bryan and many a- w .-thv leaders
is Oklahoma, ll is not the party w eh has gone nr. but pro
machine politicians who h:ne used it for nnr-enarv per
saaal interests
To e#rrect these evil®, at-I re -tahli-ii the partv in the confi
denea of th« pe<.p|e it ts lndi«|>etis b|c ..at .t„. machine l>,. driven
out of power, the physologicsl tact that s, IfUhncs- the main
•pring of human action he rci'ogM.cl and that proportisiate class
rspriaiatation in all departments of gnvcruiitenl be .l.'iimded
lawjren moat neeessanlv ,-t m the capacity of rig^, and
attorney g >inral Ilukl - ta'l\H
the banking board , doetms ; r I tlth
iiiatii.itions, and oth.e p<i*itions should I.
labonnr nen. Imisiii... nun and far- i-
la this not jv.st' Is it t ot (| .i.-ra'ii \.TI
and we daresay no man seeking or will deny
The farmers of Oklahoma cast • tha -i\t\ |. r * t of all
tha trotea in Oklahoma a laitr-r * In ■not, • •„ ! , ,lt
than the combined vote of all ut' r i--, . " |, , , t[V
good r.-ason why a farmer slim,'.! not 1 '
c, i f pcil for t -vice on
"iiciiis ami iV nosinary
proportionate',? tilled by
denv it.
■' <" U'iott, the
"s in 31 v Iter pari |
ifiinn nt ? macliini
of .
h
v
hoaiat Certainly not'
The address, plalf. rm and • noin i
only farmer yet in the race for n.n.ri
of this pa|>er Ti c addr ss i- a pim.-.M
methods which • tnlanger fie snprei t. >
Oklahoma, inn] demonstrate a • • ip>.
and industrial conditions Mis | ,•
vital iaaue- parti, ularly tho- f. ti, L- •
and in une.|uirieal simple ..• -|- 1
isaae
Read Mr Klliott'a addn — an I plat'..
and unbiased trdnil and with tin knowbdirc
a farmer, one of a pnlitieaHy .-xcep- , . I,.-
tohaaed class; eompar. its irr.tsp ..• ..
enunciation, its ml. and dietioi at it* •■.ink avowal of evmpelhy
for the progreasive ideals of the mosi p. .ir-.-;v, d. no. rjti, j,|, ;,i
ista with any of the fulininations of
anawev ia a farmer not, in . very ess. i
** r'varno' of thiaiatate aa is a member ..
"liter
li ad
isi it i
I davl
l ar'\ in
COIIOIIlic
"vets all the
and labm-r
t-M'ist every
i' with open
- >trittcn by
demised ami
its clear cut
inent of different purposes, or interfering with the gratification of
similar ambitions, arouses in u* a feeling of distrust, distorts our
for his couragc. the O'Jir'li'-nt. in inevitable result of which is often unjust conclusions.
The above is an honest confession of a wrong done E. J. Ciid-
dings by the writer, the editor of this paper.
Without enumerating instances leading up to such belief, suf
ticc it to say that up until a few months past I regarded him with
great disfavor, and lielieved him the embodiment of all the politi-
cal evils which so often encumber ami degrade the modern political '
Machiavelli. 'this capacity he ha* met his liv-
I was honest in my opinion then, and frankly announced that *°hool expenses hv sell-
opinion. I now as frankly acknowledge my mistaken judgment Ileteure notes to other stu-
of him. and the wrong I did him
The E. d. (lidding* I knew then is not the K (lidding* I
now know.
The man I reviled as a self-seeking, conscienceless politician.
wholly oblivious to the public weal, seeking only the political eleva
school could bestow.
The following sentences from
one of Chicago's leading daily
paper* (the Daily Journal for
May 1, 19121. show with what in-
terest. and admiration that great
city looked upon the career of
this sightless student: Will-
more Kendall, who wss gradu-
ated yesterday with highest hon-
ors fro-i the tiarrett Biblical In-
stitute. Northwestern I'niversity.
came to Chicago two years ago
with fifty dollar* ill money, ac-
companied by a young wife and
one child. He had no prospect
of employment, and no source
from which to obtain additional
funds while securing his educa-
tion. He soon obtained the pas-
torate of the Augusta Street M.
K church in this city, however,
addition to his work
dents, and by the writing and
publication of a very popular
book entitled. The Aspiring Life"
Since coming to the city. Mr.
Kendall has furnished
tion ot himself, I found had given his time, his means and his spier- home on the west side, purchased
j did ability iu sacrificial service to his party and to hi* home city, a library valued at fiiVl. and ha*
county and state ' established a small hank account.
The man I believed to be a carping, cowardly, blatant detni ^"t a bad showing for two years'
gogtte and selfish |>olitician. I found had a heart of gold, the cou- work."
aire of a hero, and an utter disregard of consequences to himselt, During the two years since his
which has been repeatedly demonstrated and testified to by th. ■graduation, Mr. Kendall haa been
usury I farmer and wronged working-men and women ofjpastor of the Southern Methodist
this city and state, for whom he has battled, oftentimes without re church at Hartshorne. 1'nder his
eompci.se care this church has doubled its
I have never doubted his ability a* a lawyer; I knew h membership and has made re-
poscsscl highly developed attainments as a writer and public spea"; markahle advances along
I now believe him to lie honest, courageous and a self-saeri line*. Hut Mr. Kendall
I n..« i.ciie., iiiin io in- none*!, courageous and a seir-saen- line*. Mut Mr. Kendall has al-
ticinir friend of the common people and that if elected as attorn, ways wished to become a teacher
general will honestly vigorously and impartially perform the duti - While at the universitv he sne-
of that offi
Make the record of the national administration the sir
,"f the campaign in Oklahoma. It is the surest way to insure demo
I • ratic success It is clean, genuine, progressive democracy, a- the
strongest asset of the party today, and the candidate who i- not
willing to risk his fat, on thi* teat will not get beyond the primim
let
lironie i
respect.
anv o'l
••• -s kcr and
Ht to preside
MARTIN CLARK FOR CHIEF MINE INSPECTOR
Martin Clark of McAlester Democratic cai .iulat for
Mm. Inspector in the August primary. has to- si\ \ ars . \ | a -
deputy mine lespcctnr Dining ti t tim. I. l asiici. r i en «uhii
' criticism, h> I as given his whole time an.l attention to th. dutt -
I of the oftice, lie l.as many time* h. . n i nllni at • v'i't tr in Ins be I
'o hasten to sumc *if the mines to assist in the I a/ardoiis au.l tire-
some «. an • for v.'nt' ir fortoMti -■ • t t>r-1 wko had been th' victim
a windy I ot or du«t \plosion v m. nt most , t j. * ,(t
! I.image t > tIn la ue hy knocking din a tn ils n on mi ifli was -.-sting
l' at ma-s.- of liii'sc rock that •' ''• and ' rine I harti r in
pas- tg. a> or reniaiui d susp-- .|i .1 above *iie|iai-iug tin- lives of
the n-cm r*. Another and perha|
d«n..K-rae infected into the reio.i lie.-. . I •, l!'' r' "'Other ami perhaps .V.n mow langero ;s condition
mm Wil?M,uT,l I licaiil ti ^ ,,a"V ,pl" " W"1 '•> the .1 non „,„gs
flMle rapt.I liearj^ni .fivdc th. dcinnarati pan ,c „ . ve«il.tin ayste. th
£
Watch Repairing
Is a most im| ortant part o( out business. We conduct
our repair department right here on the premises ard carrv a
good stock c: inatrnals which means prompt service.
Send us your work by mail and we will guarantee satisfac-
tion in every way.
R#y D. L. Nation & Compav
JEWELERS
McAleater, Oklahoma
... spe-
eialixed in pedagogy, giving par-
ticular attention to the develop-
ment of the rural school His
'h work required him to investigate
personally the methods of work
employed in the best country and
city seohlos adjacent to Chicago,
aid he may justly claim to have
expert acquaintance with the
subject of common school educa-
tion. Speaking of his enndidaev.
Mr Aspire to
the office of county school snper-
intctident for two reasons: First. I
'..•li. vc it offer* a wider oppor-
tunity for service than the work
« 1 ich I :ttn now doing And see-
"lid it would bring me nn ad-
va.ice of saalry. I think it must
evident to all that the office
should be filled by a man who |,a«
received full collegiate training,
and who is familiar with the most
approved methods of school work
In thi s, particulars. I think I am
peculiarly qualified for the office
which I seek, an.l I oonfidentlv
j hope for the democratic nomina-
tion on August -I "
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