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THE FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN OKLAHOflA.
VOLUME !>.
PAItT TWO.
GUTlIIflK, OKLAHOM A, SATl 1!1>.\Y, .ll'I.V 17, I SOT.
IL' I*AC* i:s—O TO IO.
M'MIH:i{ Hi.
FEW INSIDE FACTS
How Orput First Blocked the Appoint-
ment of DeFord.
MAD RUSH TO WHITE HOUSE.
•• An I in portant Message for the President"
—A Note From Senator Allison uuil
Urput km the Llghtul j; Me&«
singer— Knldlte Did It.
Washington, July 13—[Special from
Tuk StatkCapital's liureau. 010 Four-
teenth Street, N. VV.|—As to the mar-
shalship, do living person can tell
just what the president intends to do.
There is no earthly doubt that Mr.
McKinl y would like to see Captain
DeFord marshal of the territory, lie
wants to carry out the recommenda-
tions of Governor llArnes, yet the
charges against Captain DeFord are
of such a nature that he hesitates.
Not only is this the caFe, but there is
a grave probab:lity that the nomina-
tion might be rejected by the senate.
The pretident has already had two or |
three experiences of this kind in inuk- j
ing Oklahoma appointment", and he
will be very cautious about sending in J
the name of any man against whom 1
anything detrimental can be said.
Hut there has been another factor
which has been an exceedingly potent
one in staying his signature to De-
Ford's nomination. It has been the j
intluence of leading western senators, j
headed by that distinguished states-
man and leader of the republicans in I
the senate, Senator Allison of Iowa, I
Mr. Allison wants either George Orput \
or Ransom Payn,? appointed. The
senator has unconscienely placed him-
self in an awkarJ oosition. He has
endorsed both of these gentlemen and
now he is callad upon to make a selec- J
tion between the two. He wrote a
letter asking the appointment of
I'ayne first and later on at the request
of western senators, he asked the
president ta appoint Orput. Whatj
the result will be The State Capital
correspondent is unable to say, but
this much is certain, Senator Allison
has placed himself in an awkard posi-
tion and is sure to make an enemy of
either Payne or Orput in the event
either one is appointed.
Some Iimlile iltstury.
I am going to give to the readers of
The State Capital some inside his-
tory in connection with this fight. It |
may not be pleasing to the candidates
themselves, but contestants for public
office should be public property. More
than six weeks ago ['resident Mclvin-
ley made up his mind to send in to the
senate the nomination of Captain De-
Ford. He gave orders to have it made
out ready for transmission to the sen-
ate. The same day this occurred, Mr.
Flynn visited the white house, and to
his utter amazement the president in- |
formed him what he had done. This 1
completely nonplused Flynn for the j
moment. He had gone to the white
house ostensibly for the purpose of
paying his respects to the clue! execu- j
t've, but in reality to make a stirring |
appeal in behalf of William Grimes, j
When this bomb was exploded and he
saw before him for ihe first time the
name of C. H. DeFord written out on
the ippointinent sheet, he was brought
face to face with the cold facts. He
realized for the first time, possibly,
that the president had made up his
mind to bury the sword of the admin- j
istration deep in the body of his can- j
didate. Dismayed and disheartened, j
almost to the last degree, he left the
president and, quickly gaining his
equilibrium, went direct to the Na-
tional hotel, where Orput was quar-
tered. He sent for the latter, who
went immediately to Flynn's room,
and a long consultation followed.
"Orput," said Flynn, "you are the
only man who can defeat Captain De-
Ford, and 1 have doubts as to whether
even you can accomplish his defeat.
Go immediately to Senator Allison and
make a last and final appeal to him to
interest himself in your behalf. He
is the only man who can influence the
president sufficiently to induce him to
change his mind " Kreathless, almost,
Orput went immediately to Senator
Gear at the Portland hotel. He ex
plained to the Iowa senator the situa-
tion. Gear went with Orput across
Vermont avenue to Senator Allison's
homo, l'lie senator was just prepar-
ing to start for the capitol. He sat
down and listened to what Senator
Gear and Orput had to say.
Without a word he went to his desk
and wrote a letter to President Mc-
Ivinley and handed it to Orput and
told him to take it to the r hite house
immediately. Orput rushed out of the
house, climbed into a coupe and shout-
ed to the driver to make baste to the
white house, and started off at a
break neck speed. When he arrived
and ascended the stairs to the private
secretery's room, door keeper Arthur,
a large negro man who attends the
door and the special guardian of the
secretary, stopped him and demanded
his card and credentials. Orput
straightened up and with all the sol-
emnity and dignity he could command
said: "I am the bearer of a message
to the president of the United States
It is exceedingly important, and I
want it delivered immediately." Ar-
thur sized up the elephantine form
before him and then with a courtly
bow swung wide open the door leading
to Private Secretary Porter's room,
and said: "Walk right in. sah." As
soon as Orput had gained admission
to the priva e Secretary's quarters he
again said with a still more dignified
air: "A message to the president of
the Uuited Stutes from Senator Wil-
liam li. Allison." l'orter stopped his
work and took the important docu
me lit direct to the president. It was
a request from Senator Allison that
DeFord's nomination be postponed
until he (Allison) had an oppor-
tunity to consult with Major Mc-
Kinley in regard thereto. The
President directed Porter to say to the
beater of the note that lie would
await the consultation with Senator
Allison. Thus did the delay com-
mence and it has continued. I can-
not pred'ct who will be appointed.
The fight is abnormally mixed.
Lightniog may strike the rod vhich
has been elevated by Captain DeFord;
it may pass over and descend upon the
galvanized steel running up from
room 24'! 6f the National hotel occu-
pied by George D Orput: it may be
drawn northward by the magnetism
in the galvanized battery which l'avne
has constructed. There is a wide
realm of uncertainty, a chasm of
speculation, and nothing definite.
HOlilUBLE ACCIDENT.
11 or m <4 Huns Over a Voudc Lady and Cuts
Oil lit r Tongue.
Colgate, I. T., July 13.—[Special]—
While endeavoring to turn near the
picnic grounds Saturday morning1 a
horse belonging to Dr. W. M. Hume
and attached to Lis sulky, became un-
manageable. and running over a stump
capsized the vehicle and threw both
the occupants to the ground. Kicking
itself free from the sulky the frenzied
animal tore madly up the creek, where
a bevy of young iauies had just con-
cluded luncheon. Mis>s Stella Powell,
a daughter of Mr. *1. 1'. Powell, of this
city, seemingly paralyzed by fright,
was unable to get out of the way and
was run over. The violent concussion
threw ihe young lady some distance,
and when picked up she was found to
have a gash in the forehead, a deep
cut almost through the upper lip, and
most serious injury, her tongue so
nearly cut off that an end was lifted
from the throat with forceps to be
stiched. In some manner not ac-
counted for, a chip an inch and a half
long had been driven into her mouth,
and was, with some difficulty, re-
moved from between gum and tongue.
Miss Powell is able to sit up, but is
unable to converse.
LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION.
Kxrcutlve Committee Hold* Important
Meeting.
Woodward, Ok., July 13.—[Special.]
At the recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Oklahoma Live Stock
association, Ray Sutton and Will Tay-
lor were elected inspectors for the
association, the former to be stationed
at Gage and the latter at Englewood.
The secretary was instruced to secure
the inspection of cattle at the market
on all animals listed with the Okla-
homa association, which are not listed
with other associations unless so
ordered by the owners of such cattle.
The committee on revision of con-
stitution was ordered to make report
of same at earliest possible date, and
500 copies ordered printed for use of
members.
The people of the counties of Okla-
homa wi re requested to petition the
district inspector appointed under act
of the legislature providing for a live
stock sanitary commission, to appoint
deputies in each cdunty for the better
protection of property and to secure
the purposes for which the law was
enacted.
The plan provided by ranchmen
whose ranges are infested by loboo
wolves was commended.
INDIANS EXCITED,
THE FIRST CITY.
Hand of Kiowa and Comanche Keservat Ion
Boomers*
Marlow, I. T., July 13.—[Special]—
Yesterday amid the glad shouts and
the singingof the "Star Spangled Man-
ner,"a faithful band of free American
born citizens formally opened the first
city in the Kiowa and Comanche coun-
try. The scene was grand and impres-
sive, and no band of heroes were ever
more enthusiastic. The new city was
named Cockrell City, in honor of Con-
gressman Cockreil, of Texas.
The founding of Cockreil is prelim-
inary to the grand rush for homes pro-
jected in Octob* r. The expiration of
the Medicine Lodge treaty will throw
all of this beautiful domain open to
settlement, and boomers are making
extensive preparations for a grand
rush on the very day that the treaty
expires. The cattlemen, it is under-
stood, are doing everything in their
power to delay the opening, but these
boomers say they do not propose to
sleep upon their rights. The found-
ing of the new city is only the tir-t
step.
Oklahoma Pensions.
Washington, July 13. — [Special.]—
Pensions were granted Oklahomans
today as follows: Original—Charles L.
Johnson, Clifton, and Edward D. John-
son, of Pawnee.
Cherokees Learn that the Creeks Wi
Treat With the Commission.
IT DOES NOT SUIT THEM.
Heretofore They Have Dictated to the
Other Tribes—Chief Mayes Hits
Call* d an Kxtra Session of the
Cherokee Council.
Claremore, I. T., July 13.—[Spec-
ial. |—The Creek Indians will treat
with the Dawes commission. This
was decided on by the recent inviting
of that body with the commission at
Muskogee. The announcement that
this point had been decided by the
Creeks has caused a great deal of ex-
citement among the Cherokees. Here-
tofore they have outlined the policy
to the other tribes on all questions of
treating, and their recent decision not
to open negotiations with the commis-
sion it was thought would be the
policy of the Creek trioes. The result
is a very agreeable surprise to the
commission. The two commissions
will meet again in Muskogee, Septem-
ber 15, and perfect the agreement.
With the uniting of the Creeks, ends,
for the present, the efforts of the
Dawes commission towards negotiat-
ing treaties. They will now begin
making up the final rolls of the five
tribes. They have already sent out
circular letters to all claimants an-
nouncing the necessary steps required
to come before that body, and have
requested the chief to torward the
A HIRST OF SUNLIGHT.
Hovr Lee Patrick Was Finally Landed In a
Put .Ion,
Washington, July 13. | Special. j—
The appointment of Lee Patrick as In-
dian agent of the Sac and Fox Indians
came to Mr Patrick as a burst of sun-
light through a cloudy sky. Four
long months of expect.ency and anx-
ious waiting preceded the appoint-
ment. Ex-Delegate Flynn requested
it on the Oth day of last March, but for
some unknown reason the president
deferred action until a late day. He
has stated recently that Patrick was
appoi nted almost wholly on the rec-
ommendation of Mr. Flynn, but the
j cold fact remains that the nomination
| was not sent to the senate u*Hil Cy
Leland came to Washington and went
to the president in person with Mr.
Patrick and asked Mr. McKinley to
take some action. That day President
McKinley sent a message to the inter-
ior depaitment with a note requesting
that Secretary Bliss recommend Pat-
rick's nomination. The request was
promptly complied with and the next
morning the recommendation was
received at the white house, the com-
mission made out, and the nomination
| sent to the senate.
DIDN'T HEAT KANSAS.
Oklahoma's Champion Whist Players
Hehten hy Kansas Champions.
Gbupa Springs, Kas , July 13.—
[Special]. Chief Justice Frank Dale
and Attorney General Harper Cun-
ningham of Oklahoma came up from
Guthrie Sunday morning, as per an-
nouncement in the Eagie, to teach the
Kansas crowd at Geuda a turn at
whist. These two men have never
been beaten at the popular game in
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IIOX. CHARLES 0. DAWES.
TTIK ILLINOIS MAN WHO IS PLATED FOR COMPTROLLER OF THE NA-
TIONAL TREASURY.
commission their latest authenticated
rolls with supplements, if there be
any. The recent decision of Judge
Clayton, of the central district, in citi-
zenship cases that a white man or
woman who had married into the
tribe according to the laws of the said
tribe, was a citizen, entitled to all the
rights and privileges of a native-born
Indian, and could riot be discitizen-
ized, has caused great dissatisfaction
among the Indians, as their laws sav
that any foreigner acquiring rights ot
citizenship through marriage shall
lose that right upon a subsfquent
marriage with a non-citizen.
S. H. Mayes, chief of the Cherokees,
has called an extra session of council
to meet this issue, and that growing
out of the action of the Creeks in
agreeing to negotiate a treaty. It is
generally thought that the main ob-
ject of the called session is to rein-
struct their commission to open, if
possible, negotiations with the com-
mission and secure the best terms pos-
sible before it is too late.
COL. DYER A CANDIDATE.
One-Tlme City an of Uuthrlo Wants to Be
Pont master at Augusta, Ga.
Augusta, Ua., July 13.—[Special. |—
Colonel Daniel B. Dyer, who was re
cently granted a divorce in the circuit
court of Kansas City from Ida M.
Dyer, is a candidate for the postmas-
tership of this city. The colonel is
now in Washington, D. C., where he
has gene ostensibly to prosecute a
land claim with the department of the
interior, but really, it is asserted, to
urge his claims for appointment.
There are several other candidates for
the office in Augusta, but Colonel
Dyer, who is president of the street
railway system here, seems to have
the best chance.
During several years he was agent
of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe In-
dian tribes. He came to Oklahoma
when the territory was thrown open
to settlement, and was the first mayor
of Guthrie. Ho made money, and a
few years ago went to Augusta, where
he acquired most of the stock in the
street railway system.
| Oklahoma. Hut Oklahoma is Okla-
] homa, and Kansas is another place
with an entirely different crowd of
! whist players.
| When it became known here that
J the Oklahoma champions were coming
| up to clean out the Kansas crowd,
j .Judge Dave Dale telephoned County
I Attorney Amidon of Wichita for rein-
| forcements.
j Mr. Amidon arrived here Sunday
j morning with his sleeves rolled up
lie and -Judge Dale hitched up together
} and, in the language of the immortal
j Don Quixote, they didn't do a thing to
j the Oklahoma fellows. Out of six
games of duplicate whist the Okla-
homa men took one back to Guthrie
last night, and the Kansas crowd said
that they let the Guthrie officials have
this one so they could prove on their
return that they had actually been to
Guthrie.
Kansas. 5; Oklahoma, 1 and that's
the way Dale and Cunningham taught
the Kansas crowd to play whist.
TERRIT<)R.Y A PPOINTM ENTS.
Leo Bennett to he Marshal Northern Dis-
trict—Townseud and (illl forjudges.
Washington, July 14.—[Special.]— |
The Statu Capital correspondent
learned at the white house this morn-
ing that Leo Dennett, national com-
mitteeman for the Indian territory,
will be appointed marshal of the
northern district of that territory;
that Townsend's nomination as judge I
to succeed lvi'gore and Joe Gill, of
Col by, Kas , to succeed Springer, will
be made immediately after the ad-
journment of congress.
l'liHi niHrtler. . |i|k. In ted.
Washington, July 13.—[Speciall—
Postmasters were appointed for Okla-
homa today as follows: N. M. Snow-
den, at Arlington, Lincoln county, vice
Addie lieatty; T. O. Weller, at la-
mont, Grant county, vice Alexander
Lawrence: W. 'J. Day, at North Enid,
Garfield county, vice W. 11. Swartout;
S. K Cassius. at Tohee, Logan county,
vice C. A. Uryson.
NOT FAR DISTANT.
Oklahoma and Indian Terrltory t xpect
Statehood Soon.
HENRY ASP ON STATEHOOD.
The Two Territories Hope to Heroine One
of the I'uloii or States Admission
Separately Hut of t he t^ueMt Ion
—Parh Is Indispensable
to the Other.
"In eight years Oklahoma and the
Indian territory will be one of the
union of states," said Henry 10. Asp to
the Kansas City 'limes correspondent
in Topeka a few days ago.
Mr. Asp is the general attorney for
the Santa Fe in Oklahoma and a mem-
ber of the republican national com-
mittee. lie was in Topeka on his way
home from the east. He studied law
under the renowned Kill Hackuey and
afterward became his partner.
"Have you any reason to think the
two territories will confederate for the
purpose of forming a state?" Mr. Asp
was asked.
"The Indians will agree to the prop-
ositions of the Dawes commission to
that effect," he replied.
"Hut will not the Indians demand
double instead of single statehood?"
"Such a demand is not logical and it
will be useless to make it. New York
with 5,000,000 population and the
many other states with from 2,000,000
to 3,500,000 will never consent to have
050,000 people represented by four
United States senators. I don't blame
them. Whi e Oklahoma alone cast
more votes last fall than either of six
certain states of this union, yet I don't
believe U is quite the thing to admit
it as a state with two United States
senators so long as it is possible to get
the Indian territory merged with it
into a state. In Oklahoma, you un-
derstand, there is approximately '20.-
000 square miles of territory that will
properly belong to the people. Okla-
homa and the Indian territory put to-
gether would make a state of CD,900
square miles, and that, you see, would
then lack about 15,000 square miles of
being as large as Kan-as. No one can
reasonably suppose that it would be
quite fair, then, to have r. state of that
size have four senators while Kansas
would have only two."
"What would be the political com
plexion of the two territories consoli-
dated into one state?"
i Political Complexion In Doubt.
"It would be a democratic state to
start with, but new counties are now
generally developed by northern peo-
ple, and it would not take long to
make it republican under those cir-
cumstances. I think it would become
a republican state "
"Whatis the probability of the con-
solidation of the two territories and
their investment with the privileges
of statehood?"
"The abolition of the tribal courts,
which has been accomplished, will go
a long way towaro it. Take away
from the people their courts and es-
tablish federal jurisdiction over them
and they will rapidly advance to that
point where they cannot help s eing
the necessity of the complete establish-
ment of the other instituti >ns of civil-
ized government. There is such a
large number of white and civilized
people in the live nations that the
breaking up of tribal relationsand the
institution of a more progressive sys-
tem of government is a business pro-
position that can not be ignored by
the government. The day is past when
the government at Washington cau be
financially extravagant with impunity.
It will be cheaper to take every un-
civilized Indian to a first class hotel
and pay his board there than to permit
tribual relations to continue."
"Does Oklahoma want consolidation
with the Indian Territory?"
r""P"Kscli Indispensable to the Other.
"I think our people are too wise to
see it otherwise. The Indian territory,
if made into a separate state, would
leave Oklahoma without resources
that are necessary to make a prosper-
ous state. I do not believe there is a
pound of coal in the present territory
of Oklahoma Something that looks a
little like coal has been discovered
there, but I do not believe it would
pay either to mine or to burn. The
Indian territory has boundless fields
of coal, and not only that, but it has
timber, the iron, the zinc, the gas and
the oil in its bosom. We want to be
'in' on these and hence I do not be-
lieve it would be wise to do otherwise
than consolidate with the Indian ter-
ritory in the making of one great
state, with resources equal to those of
Missouri and superior to those of Ar-
kansas With the two together we
would have the cattle man, the grain
raiser, the cotton producer, the miner
and the manufacturer; and, that, you
see, would make a combination hard
to beat."
' How is the political situation in
the territory of Oklahoma?"
"I have quit talking politics. You
know, I am an 'off steer' with the
pref-ent administration and hence
i-lon't feel like talking on that sub-
ject."
"Are you at liberty to talk about
the crops?"
(•reutest Crop Yield ou Record.
"I feel that I am hardly able to talk
about the crops, either. My toogue i-
not eloquent enough to properly give
you any conception of the magnitude
of our crops The Cherokee strip L
the latest addition to the agricultural
area of the nation and this year it wil l
furnish the banner wheat county in
the I uitcd States. It is but an aver-
age county in size, but it will yit'll:
*1,000.000 bushels of wheat easily. In
other words, the crop will sell for
twice more than all the land in the
county cost the people who live on it.
In Is'.'t the entire Cherokee strip wai.
sold for something like $H,ooo,out); the
wheat raised on it this year will sell
for double that sum, to say nothing of
com, cotton, oats and cattle. The
wheat crop is very large and the oat
crop is exceedingly prosperous, but
the corn, as you know, is still some
what in douot. The conditions that
bring about a poor crop of corn, how
ever, make an immense crop of cotton,
so that you see that if we don't catch
prosperity going we en catch it com-
ing. The acreage of cotton U very
large this year and it is a great crop.
1 am informed that the cattle interests
in western Oklahoma—interests that
are very extensive—were never in bet-
ter shape."
"No," concluded Mr. Asp, "I will
not talk politics to you. You inter
viewed my friend Jitn Ilobb here the
other day on that, subject and suffici-
ent are the evils thereof."
NORMAL NO'lES
I'rVHlilont Morrow Lectured TliU Morning-
on "Lit t le 1 hlngs."
Still the institute grows.
Lizzie Klauman, Winifred Warner
and Henry Decker enrolled this morn-
ing.
ltev. Palmer conducted the devo-
tional exercises this morning.
Miss Amelia Shoenhair and ltev.
lluckner were visitors at chapel ex-
ercises.
The program committee will submit
their work in a few days.
The philosophy class is growing in
interest.
Neva Williams, W. S. Smith, Mrs*
Lin wood, W. H. McCarver, O. A.
Thompson and Leila Auderson were
absent from roll call.
President Morrow, president of the
A. & M. college, gave a very interest-
ing talk this morning. He spoke of
the "little things" which teachers
overlook. He thinks teachers should
be careful in their conversation, care-
ful in directing the minds of the chil-
dren who come under their charge.
President Morrow is an able and im-
pressive speaker and left many im-
portant and helpful "little things'* in
the minds of his hearers.
OKLAHOMA EDITOR WANTED;
lie Is an Opium Fiend and Is Charged.
With Assault.
.1, W. Maddow, editor of the West-
ern Oklahoman at Taloga, has escaped
from ji 11 at Taloga and a reward ot
850 is offered for his capture and de-
tention by I) county oflleers. The fol
lowing is his description:
About five feet nine inchrs highr
will weigh 145 to 150 pounds, dark
complexioned, might be called sallow,
as he is an opium (lend and has been
bleached by confinement in jail, andl
will show hundreds of marks from a
hypodermic syringe. He is a news-
paper man and when arr sted wa
proprietor of the Westtru Oklahoma!*
a: Taloga, OUla. Search him for sy-
ringe and gum opium. He is wanted
on a charge of assault to murder. 5
will pay the #r>0 reward for his de-
tention until I can get him. Wire or
write N. .J. Ury an, sheriff of I) county*
Taloga, Okla.
mining company organized
Several Uklahuliia City Men Will Fmpcct
In Orrer Couuty.
The Navaio Mining and Townsite
company was chartered today to oper-
ate in Ureer county. Its charter ex-
tends over twenty years and the pro-
moters expect to tind minerals in large
quantities.
Large parties have been prospecting-
in Greer county and rt port valuable-
findings. Frank McMasters has just
returned from a trip over the county
and thinks the country has a promis-
ing future. The directors are all ot
Oklahoma City. They are E. Ij. Dunn,
VV. .1. (iault, J. A. Flattery, ,1. 8. Lind-
say, Frank McMasters, C. A. Compton.
J. B. lieaty, J. M. Hrcgan and J. U-
Blalr.
FIRST ACT AS GOVERNOR.
Acting Governor Jenkins Honors a Requi-
sition for a Mil derer.
Secretary Jenkins, acting governor
during the absence of Governor Barnes
in Detroit, honore \ a requisition th ; >
morning by the governor of North
Carolina for A. .J. .). Perry, who is
wanted in that state for murder. Perry
is the man captured about two weeks
ago west of the city by Sheriff Rine-
l.art, and is now in the county jail.
There is a reward of $300 which Sher-
iff Rinehart will get
Manager Wilson, of the city tele-
phone system, is noJV in EI Reno mak
ing arrangements to co nnect HI Reno,
Oklahoma City and Guthrie by tele-
phone. The line will be about sixty
miles long and connection will proba-
bly be made in a few weeks.
Townsite board No. 0 closed up all
the business of the board in El Kent
Saturday by the sale of all lota.
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Greer, Frank H. Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 2 Saturday, July 17, 1897, newspaper, July 17, 1897; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275597/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.