The State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1902 Page: 4 of 8
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET
r Delegate to CoiiRreHM
>r Council Third District -
Milf.s Allen.
County Ticket.
.■gislature—Edgar W. Jones.
leriff—Frank Olsmith.
•easurer—Fklix Adler.
junty Clerk—J. B. Dobson.
•obate Judge—John D'iBois.
Zountv Attorney - he rot
egister of Deeds—eugene gi. [
jperintendent—W. S. CALVER I
jrveyor—C. D. Millard.
oroner—W. K. Patterson.
ublic Weigher—
ounty Commissioners
First Dist.—J.D. Burke.
' Second Dist. W. S. Willson.
Third Dist.—Jno. Hkdhkcock.
VHO IS CROSS
; WHO ASKS FOR VOTES?
"The democratic nominee for
ongress is not even a resident of
oklahoma. He is not a taxpayer
f Oklahoma. He has no fixed
abitation in Oklahoma. He has
een traveling in Oklahoma as a
^presentative of a Kansas City
'ry goods house selling goods to
'ealers. If Mr. Cross is a bona
^de resident of Oklahoma, why
0 the rolls of the tax collector
lisclose no evidence of it? If an
nswer to the question, 'Who is
<r. Cross?' were to be made ac-
'irately it would say, 'He is an
\iployeof a Kansas City whole-
Jle house and factory, tempora-
Ijy working in Oklahoma.' If
<(r. Cross has greater claim to
fi-tizenship than this he will make
mself votes by so declaring,
he State Capital will publish
e answerr"
jThe above is one of the State
I Capital's front page, pig style ar-
|5les on the residence of Bill
Itross.
[•The editor of that paper wants
[*m< proof that Bill Cross is a
[reident of Oklahoma. The Mey-
er will give him proof and de-
ands that the answer be pub-
I®hed, as promised.
1^1 he organic act of Oklahoma
Movides that any person with the
•Jalilications
Oklahoma Commandery K. T.,
and of India Temple Shrine, all
of which the State Capital knows
from personal knowledge, just as
the editor of the State Register
does.
If the editor of the State Capi-
tal is honest in asking the ques-
tion above and his answer thereto
he is a perjurer and a violator of
vows.
There is not a thinking, well-
informed man in Oklahoma
who believe that these pig style,
border-corralled articles are sin-
cere, but the Register takes the
first opportunity given by the
Capital to give the facts to the
public, and demands that the Cap-
ital fulfills its promise in publish-
ing this evidence. If he disre-
gards this evidence he says to the
Masonic world that its laws, rules
and regulations are trash and gar-
bage, and that he, oc any other
Mason, is under no obligations to
regard them.
The Register assumes the full
responsibility in publishing the
above facts,and publicly says that
it is done without the aid or con-
sent of any person, candidate or
committee. We are responsible
for every statement made herein,
and challenge the State Capital
or any other paper or person to
disprove them, and we again de-
mand that the State Capital pub-
lish the evidence.
We do not care for the State
Capital's false statements or in-
ferences, It is a republican pa
per and must be true to the prin
ciplesof party, but when he puts
such statements in a form that
makes us sanction them, right
there we take issue and speak
The article'which calls forth this
statement is of that character and
we refuse to concur.
unsafe official material.
Without going into further ex-
planation, we simply invite inves-
tigation by the voters. We can
r.d will give the information if it
is needed, but at this time we see
no reson for alarm.
We doubt not that other papers
that have helped clean up so
much carion will come and hover
over these political corpses,
because under the circle of buz-
artls you can always find tainted
meat.
These men have no first claims
to the support ot the voters of
^ogan county.
of an elector can
jte after a residence of six
Iftnths. M i "nit jurisprudence
d the grand lodge of Oklahoma
ovides that after a residence of
|^< month- | < i -on . i' ■ 1"
Kceix e the An lent I i .i 11 Mi-
Unry. The Masonic law is as penses within his income is by no
Kdly enforced as the civil law. means a safe person to put in a
Records of the Guthrie lodge public office. And when a law-
o. _■ A. F. and A.M. show that: yer is without ability to maintain
nv Cross petitioned that lodge his credit, with only a wife to
I®1 the decrees February A-\ IooO, \ keep, certainly he cannot lay
SOME REASONS WAY.
There have been some rank
speculations why the Registe
does not support W. B. Herod
for county attorney and Eugene
Gill for register of deeds.
Herod is credibly reported as
one of the conspirators with Tay
lor, Sampsel and one or two oth
ers to break the combine between
the populists and democrats and
force the populist party to sur
render its identity and be ab
sorbed by the democrats. As
temporary secretary he is open
ly accused of counting out th
majority, and, with Taylor a
chairman, forced the populists to
withdraw until the better element
of the democratic party came for
ward and tried to mend the
breach.
This is one reason, and but one
other will be given at this time
and this every business man in
Guthrie knows without mention
ing it. He is in bad financial
credit. For the past five year
he has kept a multitude of cred
itors uneasy on account of his in
disposition to pay his debts. Thi
has passed the point of secrecy
and his bad reputation for paying
his obligations is as well known
in Guthrie as the name of Heroc
A man who cannot limit his ex
Punch: "What's mind? No
matter. What's matter? Never
mind."
The Social Labor party of New
York has put out a state ticket,
with Daniel DeI.eon tor governor.
It is thought the Boer war will
be renewed in South Africa with-
in five years. This prediction
conies from London.
It is evident from the way the
the republicans of Kansas are
turning their guns upon W. H.
Craddock that he is making a se-
rious brake into their lines.
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The editor of the State Capital
is a member of the same lodge
id voted for Bill Cross, knowing
claim to ability sufficient to main- latter, most
tain the credit of the county and
direct its business affairs.
Herod's abuse ot his credit has
raised the serious query as to his
COUNCIL CONVENTION.
There are two ways now in
'Ogue in the democratic ranks in
Oklahoma for making up tickets.
The first, right and the way
heartily endorsed by the popu-
lists and the rank and file of de-
mocracy is the primary system.
When conducted in the interest
ot the people and honest candi-
dates, the primary system gives
universal satisfaction. The will
of the masses cannot be com-
pletely overshadowed by this
method. The Voters get a show
to see the ones for whom they
are voting and can govern them-
selves with reference to their
ideas of the most satisfactory
men to represent them. As long
as this method is employed, with
no prohibitive restrictions by the
primary committee, there can be
no incurable sore spots.
But the other, the old, the pol-
iticians way, the delegate con-
vention, should be a thing of the
past.
The powers that be, the lights
of democracy, "cheap-wires,'
etc., have decreed that the peo-
ple may rule in county affairs,
but in the more important matter
of the legislature the ringsters
are given full sway.
In this council district it might
be said a practically secret con-
vention was held last Saturday,
attended by about thirty of the
"fixers."
The convention was not adver-
tised and not more than twenty
voters outside of Guthrie knew of
it. This office was obliged to seek
the knowledge it got beforehand
concerning the affair from repub-
lican sources.
The system employed in the
calling, organizing and making
the nomination at thisconvention,
so far as the average voter is con-
cerned, illustrates "buying a pig
in a poke." A few got together
and a few representing the rinsters
were sent in, and there the will of
the bosses was carried out to the
letter.
Is this the actions of honest
men who have the good ot Okla-
homa at heart? Do these bosses
desire that Greer and his text-
book graft shall triumph? Do
hey not know that such trifling
and flagrant disregard of the will
of the peple and their best inter-
ests make an otherwise sure suc-
cess an uncertainty? Do they
not know that the people of
this country are becoming too
independent to not resent such
trifling with the vital affairs of
government? If they do not
know these things is is high time
they were finding out. They are
either ignorant or they have a
heinish desire to rule or ruin; the
ikely.
The census report fixes
the position of Nebraska four
places ahead of Kansas in its per-
centage ot youth who can read.
The Sunflower state in clamoring
for a recount.
Persons wno repine because
they are poor will please remem-
ber that death is not sweetened
by the compulsory separation
from as much money ns Millio-
naire Stratton of Colorado Springs
left behind him.
The masses of the voters keep
ing the republican party in power
serve and do not think. In the
year 1902, however, the people
are thinking more earnestly, and
there is a good show to turn th
g. o. p. down in Oklahoma.
m to be eligible. Cross peti- honesty, and no man has a right
UOned Oklahoma Consistitory to ask for a responsible office who
I for the degree of Scottish lias permitted his credit to reach
Mitt M isonry 111 May, n/JO, tnd -uch a state.
pis elected and received the de- Eugene Gill has spent the past
eeof this rite from the 3d to few years in the editorial depart-
e 32d, inclusive, with the Tem- ment of the State Capital and
|°ie class, May 29, 30 and 31, 1900.
Ip'The editor of the State Capital
a member of this same same
''insistatory and assisted in con-
rring the degrees 011 the Tem-
e class, of which Cross was a
Itembcr, and afterwards its ora-
®>r.
• Cross is also a member of Ok-
[jiou... Chapter R. A. N., and
would have been there yet had
he pursued a different course. He
has by no means been a consist-
ent populist or shown a disposi-
tion that commends him to the
people for an office.
There is one more very deep
seated reason why the Register
cannot support him: His habits
are such that we regard him as
Senator Beveridge was refused
an audiance by the Utah republi-
can state convention. These
much married men of Utah do not
take kindly to the eloquence of
the Indianian, which shows they
place a limitation on some things
William Jennings Bryan made
a speech at Joplin, Mo., last week
and was listened to by more than
5,000 people. He declared in his
speech that the Kansas City plat-
form represents the policy of the
national democracy. Many ot
the democratic state platforms
are declaring against that plat-
form and it looks like Mr. Bryan
II be necessitated to seek shel-
ter with the populists. Time will
tell.
The president will soon order a
census of the Philippines. The
Philippine act passed at the last
session of congress provides that
as soon as the "existing insurrec
tion" in the archipelago has been
suppressed the president shall or-
der a census to be taken by the
commissioners. Under the act
the inquiry is to include an enu
meration of population, showing
the race, religion, illiteracy, in-
dustrial and financial conditions,
etc., of the people.
If the people of Oklahoma votes
for the textbook graft they
should not be heard to complain
when they are being robbed. Bet-
ter consider well beforehand, that
the folly of a moment will not
haunt you for years to come.
Indecision wrecks enterprise
It also wrecks character. It may
wreck the political welfare of Ok-
homa. Let not indecision keep
you from the polls nor wheedle
you into voting the republican
ticket. Decide for the welfare o
Oklahoma and her loyal citizens
Republican policy seems to be
to form trusts to kill competition
at home, and to erect a high tariff
wall to keep out competition
from abroad. The old feudal
lords could not have devised
more formidable plan for robbing
the people.
Senator Piatt has declared em
phatically that the coming New
York state convention will not
endorse Roosevelt for renomina
tion. This is said at the dictation
of Wall street, which has been
shocked at the president's utter
ances about the trusts. The
whole thing is a by-play.
According to the new list of
qualifications for Chinese army
recruits each applicant must be at
least four feet eight inches
leangth and able to run seven
miles in an hour. This would
suggest that the Chinese are fa
miliar with the coupet that de-
clares. "He who fights and runs
away may live to fight another
day."
It was suggested by one of the
speakers at the park last Friday
that a man who had no love for
his old home, the place of his
birth and childhood, lacked in the
elements of good citizenship. A
man who does not tenderly re
member the old homestead, and
does not cherish sacred recollec-
tions of father, mother, brother
sister, triends, did not lead a life
of industry and usefulness in his
young days and is not a good
citizen today.
Buffalo Bill's world famous
Wild West will appear in Guthrie
October 8. Though organized in
the West and wholly Western in
ts basic and distinctive compo-
nents, this is the first season in
which the route ot the show has
extended so fortoward the setting
sun. going clear to the Pacific
coast. Colonel Cody in forming
this show had the great advantage
of personal experience in every
phase of frontier life, exceptional
influence through his inestimable
service as chief of scouts in the
army and individual capacity as
organizer and disciplanarian, as
probably no other man in the
country possessed. With him in
the enterprise was associated a
veteran manager, Nate Salsbury,
whose genius and training en-
abled him to combine in the
most highly effective manner the
widely diversified elements got
together by Colonel Cody and
present them to the public in a
series of episodic presentations of
real life on the Western frontier.
The perils of the pioneer, ever
threatened by the merciless red
men; the thrilling incidents of
of the warpath and the chase; the
reckless sport of the roughest of
roughriders, with the most vicious
of all animals ridden; the haz-
ards of travel and the marvelous
service of the mail riders; with
much more that need not be re-
counted here, all are vividly, even
thrillingly shown in the Wild
West arena, not by a tew trained
actors, mere imitators of the
deeds of others, but by hundreds
of strong, forcefu lmen who have
gone through all these things in
The democratic caucus Monday
nominated Edgar W. Jones as the
candidate for the legislature. The ,
nomination was unanimous and byr ea'''^c as a Part the days
The rooters have rooted and
However.it appears to be the ] the tickets for the coming elec-
ld anti-primary gang showing tion are before the people. In
territorial matters Cross and Jones
should come in for the particular
support of the voters of Logan
its hand, it is to be hoped, for the
last time. You could see them
there, some of them even declin-
ing the nomination, the sweet
satisfaction of a return of an op-
portunity to ride in a kings char-
iot spreading out over their faces
like oil poured on troubled
waters.
It is to be hoped that this is the
last lovefeast of the bosses and
that honest primaries may pre-
vail in all the nominations here-
after, so that it will not be neces-
sary to spend the entire campaign
in trying to offset the demoraliz-
ing influences of such caucuses as
the one referred to, and, may be,
by reason of it, lose 111 the end.
county. These two offices are im-
portant and work to increase the
votes for these two places should
be untiring and unceasing.
Michigan is stirred by the clos-
ing sentence of Judge Durand's
letter aecepting the democratic
nomination for governor. "If
chosen by the people to assume
the duties of that high office," he
says, "I shall strive hard to ad-
vance the farming and manufac-
turing industries of the state—yea,
a good deal harder than I shall to
exploit politics or politicians.
acclamation. This is a deserved
recognition of the satisfactory
official services of Mr. Jones as
county attorney and his ability as
a speaker and his working qualifi-
cation in the councils of the party
and campaigns in the territory.
Mr. Jones is popular, deserving
and eminently fitted in all respects
to fill this important position and
will make the county and territo-
ry a representative who will not
waver when the time comes to
work for the good of his constit-
uents.
The Idaho Democratic State
Convention nominated Joseph H.
Hutchinson for Congress. The
convention adopted a platform
which endorses the Kansas City
platform and William J. Bryan;
deplores the assassination of Pres-
ident McKinley;opposes anarchy;
condemns the republicans for
failure to enforce the Federal anti-
trust laws; opposes the Fowler
currency and banking bills; op-
poses Government by injuc-
tion; favois the government
ownership of railroads, telegraphs
anntl telephone lines; favors the
initiative and referendum and the
election of the United States Sen-
ators by direct vote of the peo-
ple.
The national republicans are
hopelessly divided on the tariff
question. Some wants a revision
and others want to let the tariff
alone as it is. The president and
five senators met one day this
week and decided to insists 011
tariff revision and reciprocity.
Speaker Henderson has declined
a renommation to congress on ac-
count of the vaired position of the
republicans on these matters, and
where the row will end is hard to
tell.
work. With all these, as it went
along, the Wild West has built up
many more novel and distinct
features, not wholly Western, but
illustrative of the sturdy deeds
and gallant lives of men in all
parts ot the world, until it is the
greatest exhibition of manhood
as well as the most exciting and
nteresting entertainment ever
offered to the public.
It is somewhet remarkable that
the repubican newspapers outside
of Oklahoma City have discovered
that Uncle Bill Cross doesn't pay
taxes in Oklahoma county. Of
course only the republican news-
papers outside of Oklahoma
county have access to the tax rolls.
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Trotter, M. P. The State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1902, newspaper, September 18, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275393/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed May 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.