The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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City Directory
Chairman of Board John Huston
Clerk A. L. Hiebert
Treasurer J. E. Seitsinger
Attorney - - Z. M. Kirkbride
Marshal Claud Henderson
Justice of Peace W. H. Castleberry
Health Officer.. Dr. W. J. Risen
Councilman: C. F. Rose George W, Street.
Smith Haynes. W. W. Smith. G. B. Hamilton.
Council meets every Saturday night in Judge
Castleberry's offlce.
Another thing, Fred D. Warren
broke down the century-old method of
Grand Jury proceedure and appeared
in person before the Grand Jury and
was allowed to present his side of the
case to that august assemblage, a
thing almost unheard of in the an-
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a^t that will establish a precedent for
j future court practices.
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County Judge. _.W. C. Crow
County Attorney .John L. GleasoD
Clerk District Court H. C. Parcells
County Clerk A. F. Buret
County Treasurer W. R. D. Smith
Register of Deeds J. C. Williamson
Sheriff - ...David H. Chenaull
County Superintendent, Nettie B. Lynch
County Surveyor ..Hugh E. James
County Coroner Er. Angle
County Weigher Wm. m. Goodnight
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The Appeal in it Again
The Appeal to Reason, that old
battering ram of the Socialist party
is atrain before the federal court and
must answer once more to the charge
• it sending obscene, scurrilous and
defamatory matter thru the mails.
Way land, Warren and Pfifer have
been indicted by the federal Grand
Jury at Fort Scott and another at-
tempt will be made to put the Appeal
out of business for violation Of the
of the Postal laws.
It will be remembered that this was
iried &bout a year ago and Warren
was sentenced to 6 months in the pen
and a fine of 81500 imposed but War-
ren refused to pay the flue and no at-
tempt was made to take him to Leav-
enworth. He was finally pardoned
by President Taft—which pardon was
returned to Taft by Warren—and his
fine reduced fo $100 which *was to be
collected by civil process only and
has never'yet been paid.
The charge this time came about by-
printing an expose of the moral rot-
teness. graft and mis-management of
the Leavenworth federal prison,
charges which an ex guard claims he
made to the United Stat«s Attorney-
General and which two government
examiners found to be true in every
detail and which caused the said
governmsnt to tie the canton the de-
puty warden and several minor of-
ficials of that institution. However,
these reports were all ignored or
pigeon-holed until the Appeal took a
hand and commenced broadcasting a
| report of its own and right then'bus-
_ irwss picked up in a hurry with the
results before mentioneu.
The exposure was certainly rotten
and comuaieu to it the Police Ga-
zette reads like a Sunday school
quarterly"but it got the desired re-
sult and the editors of the Appeal
will now have to sweat for stirring up
a cess pool that smells to heaven
with its rottenness. The prosecu-
t on is not going after them on a li-
bel charge, which they would cer-
tainly do if there were the least ground
for it, but for sending obscene matter
thru the mails, which obscene matter
appears to have been the truth or the
implicated officials would have been
justifiable in reaching for a shot gun
and going after the Appeal outfit in
t >e good old fashioned way.
We realize that the P. O. D. is verv
strict in regard to the matter allowed
under its second class mailing privi-
lege but it seems to us that it would
be elastic enough to stretch a little so
long as the truth were told, the peo-
ple desiring to know about their pub-
lic oflicials and ultimately some good
might be accomplished by weed.ag
ti.is brand of skunas out of the gov-
ernment service In this case we
consider the Appeal has done a good
work and the government's effort* at
Our Diplomatic Snobs
A serious attempt is to be made at
the coming session of congress to
give, by resolution, notice to Russia
that the United States intends to abro-
gate the treaty of 183*2. becuse of
Russia's discrimination against Jew-
ish citizens of this country in the
matter of passports.
If the agitation which will accom-
pany this endeavor to force a decent
attitude out of Russia shall result in
a general renovation of our whole
foreign service, the nation will be
fortunate. For if there jyne branch
of our government that nwds a bouse-
cleaning, it is the diplomatic corps.
For the most part it is recruited from
those rare social altitudes that the or
dinary citizen does not know and the
selections are made for certain
i-ial reasons which no one outside the
four hundred can comprehend. The
average informed American around
Washington, though he may be skilled
in many other public topics, throws
up his hands when you seek from him
•he secrets of diplomatic elevation.
There seems to be an old-standing
ring in the state department which
keeps up the fiction that the diplomat-
ic work is very delicate, and thai
official to handle the tremendous bus-
iness of keeping track, for instance,
of the birthdays of royalties, must be
born to and reared in the work. This
department machine has existed for
years. It permits the President to
make the selection for the larger posts,
but it probably has every ambassa-
dor surrounded by its agents as sub-
ordinates. It manipulates many of
its own members into the higher posts,
however, and revenges itself on its
enemies with great ferocity.
The more active politicians in the
country have never taken much in-
terest in the diplomatic field and few
aspire to places in it. Occasionally
in return fcr campaign contributions
to the national committee, or some
similiar service, it would seem that
some rich man, interesting and inter-
ested solely because of a socially as-
piring life, is chosen for a diplomatic
post abroad, Few heard of him be-
fore he was chosen and less after he
has departed from us. Quite fre-
quently he becomes at foreign courts
a snob, laughed at considerably by
the royal circle and thoroughly
ashamed himself of all American
citizens. If he was not inclined him-
self to turn out a snob, his retainers,
furnished him by the state depart-
ment ring, would probably make it
impossible for him to live and be
otherwise. One of the thoroughly hu-
mane acts of President Taft was
among his first. Years ago, when
Mr. and Mrs. Taft were traveling
abroad, they were snubbed in regu-
lation fashion by an underjing in tne
high statipn of ambassador. Presi-
dent Taft fired him by cable. The
custom of sending cheap millionaires
abroad to represent us has naturally
caused several of the foreign courts to
measure our representatives by the
money they are willing to spend, and
notably as in the case of the German
emperor, our citizens are not wanted
as ambassadors unless they are spend-
ers.
Meanwhile with this sort of pitiable
grist representing us, we have fallen
far short of inspiring that respect for
our citizenship abroad which is de
cent and really essential. Two thous-1
and years ago the man who cried:
'1 am a Roman citizen," was safe
even in the face of an angry mob
Oliver Cromwell taught the world to
know that the whole power of Eng-
land's army, navy and treasury was
behind the humblest Briton. But our
citizens abroad would call upon our
ambassador for help reluctlantly, if
at all, and almost any traveler can
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privileges and rights of citizens of the
respective nations. We lived up to
our part of the bargain. Russia has
not lived up to bers. And there is an
accounting coming. Mav it open up
all the state department books.—
Victor Murdock.
How's This?
Plutocratic Dinner for Champ
Champ Clark's chances for the
presidency will go glimmering if
Bryan ever hears about that $3.50per
plate banquet which was put on for
Champ out at Liberal in the short
grass country recently. Bryan is bit-
terly opposed to cosily banquets.
He. says the participants are too far
away from the common people. His
limit is dollar plates. Champ had
managed to keep the thing quiet un-
til! Charles P. Scott of Iola, who ]
was out at Liberal the other day ad-
dressing the Southwestern editors,
turned up the story Here it is:
A short time ago when Champ
Clark struck Liberal some of the
Democrats there concluded that it
wouldn't hurt their chances for the
postoflice any to give a banquet to
the "next president." And so the
Rock Island hotel was giyen carte
3lanche, and they will be talking
about that spread long after Champ
Clark is beaten! It cost 13 50 a plate,
and when you you put three hard
plunks and then some more into just
' eats" and none of it into drinks you
have bought about all there is in the
short grass country, or any other
country for the matter of that, that is
til to eat. Of course the banquet
could not commence until the lecture
was over, and Champ always believes
in giving value received, in time at
least, to his lecture audiences. And
after it did begin it just kept on.
They are dead game sports out In the
big and bully West and thev can
stand for most anything.
But when after the banquet had
been going on for a couple of hours
the waiters came around with a whole
chicken for each guest, one old man
who had driven in sixty-five miles for
his dinner, rose up in wrath, smashed
his napkin down on the table, blurt-
ing out: "This is all d—d foolish-
ness," left the room. As an after
dinner speech it was rather brief, but
it brought down the house. The
Honorable Champ stuck it out until
about 2 o'clock in the morning and
ihen more or less awkardly made bis
getaway on the theory that he had to
take an early train; but that gor-
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we be pawing up the earth this early
in the game? We would like to see
some progressive man get the nomi-
nation and with the pressure that is
now being brought to bear by the
newspapers we feel reasonably cer-
tain that this tfill be done.
tell you instance of American citizens: . , , .
. , . . . . . . , geous banquet went on and on and
abroad in moments of trouble, who]' ^ 4l ,
sought the more certain protection of
a British or a German consul. And
seventy-five per cent of the Americans
who get over sea and merely make
motions in the direction of the higer
diplomatic corps, such motions being
purely social, bring back a tale of
high-headed snobbery.
and those dead game sports stayed by
it till the old cat died, which was
some time along about thai witching
hour when darkness trembles into
day and Aurora with dewy lingers
lifts the curtain from the downy
couch of Dawn, or words to that ef-
fect. But they nominated Cbamp
... | Clark for president all right.—K C
Now congress is likely to go stirring journa|
Remember the Hooker Advance will be
$1.50 per year beginning Jan. 1, 1912.
ist that paper did. w heth* r we
agree with a paper's political policy
, or not we have a certain amount of
' respect for an editor who has enough
[ backbone to go up against Uie host*
i of bell and beard lb* lion in his den
j which the Appeal seems to have done
n this case.
about in this matter, and if congress
does, there will he a clean-up, par-
tially at least. The charge is made
that the Russian government put it-
self in touch with John Hays liajn-
roond, a rich man. a mining engineer
and a social iioo at Washington, for not
the purpose of getting Hammond to bis
slip a word in pleasantly to Piesidect are
Taft for Russia occassionally. Sev-jboo
era! influential Hebrews in New York
charge this. Hammond deniea it.
However thai may be. Russia does
discriminate against American citi-
The Advance wouid like mighty
well to see one Wood row Wilson
nominated as the Democratic candi-
date for president in 1012 but we are
ng ant aleeu on account of
bis likelihood of not getting it, nor
are we using up much valuable soace
boosting him at the prrseot time as
we hare a soeaking idea that the con-
vention wouldn't take much notice of
this worthy sheet's advice and we
never relished wasting our sweetness
Altho we think President Taft has
made somewhat a mess of his admin-
istration we cannot help but admire
the cool-headedness of the man. In
a recent interview at Hot Springs,
Virginia, he stated that it mattered
nothing to him whether he was elected
or not, if the people liked him and
his official acts it was all right, if
not, they could proceed accordingly.
We have no doubt but what they will
"proceed accordingly" next year but
we'll bet our old hat against a last
year's bird nest that the famous
"Taft smile" will not be eliminated.
His optimism seems to be deep-rooted
and we believe personally he is a
jolly old fellow.
Carl Eddy of the Liberal Democrat
seems to have gotten in bad with the
female would-be voters of Liberal.
In his last issue he states that if they
don't quit pestering him with chall-
enges and things he is going to chall-
enge their leader to a foot race down
Main street some busy Saturday.
We hope he announces the date of the.
race as we want to be there and see
the fun. And while we are about it
we might remark that when Hooker
becomes inoculated with the virus of
equal suffrage rights we intend to
turn the steering wheel of the moral
guide over to some one else and take
to the brush.
Congress convened last Monday
and we have made arrangements with
the Congressional News Bureau of
Washington to get a weekly letter in
which all the most important acts of
that body will be set forth. We fig-
ure that our readers want to keep
track of the doings of their public
men and by reading these letters you
will find out. All these things cost
us something but we feel like it is a
duty we owe the public to keep our
cl entele infoimed of the happenings
a the National Capitol.
Since the Editorial Association we
have added quite a few papers to our
exchange list. We ar^pleased to do
this as we are now personally ac-
quainted with the editors and it seems
like a heart-to-heart talk with them
everv week. These aasociations are
great helps in bringing ab ut a more
fraternal feeling among the newspaper
hoys and should be encouraged.
zees of the Jewish race, and this is la Jon the de ert a'r. Furthermore, we
violation of the terms of Ihe treaty of are not in the
1*32, which provides that both na- emolument
tions shall grant clUxens of each, t pie counter If the neit
passports securing to travelers Um 1 lion goes Democrat:
Report of Fern wood School
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sion Mrs. Winnie Wolcott. Teacher.
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Hiebert, A. L. The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1911, newspaper, December 8, 1911; Hooker, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc272344/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.