The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 2 Thursday, January 25, 1912 Page: 1 of 7
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A shortage in the supply of seed oats is threatened. Hurry up Mr. Farmer and put in your order for your share J N
or else, according to the agricultural sharps, you will be left without the seed. Hurry is the word. | j£?
™ OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT
LOCAL
PAGE
VOLUME IV.
ALTUS. OKLAHOMA THURSDAY. JANUARY 25. 1912.
No. 43.1 tfSEUi
lli MEMBERSnl
Large Numbei of Promioeat Altus Citizens Job
Organization in Support of Woodrow
Wilson for President.
STATE LEADERS Jilt FOR WILSON TOO
The Woodrow Wilson Club of Al-
tus met last night with a larbe
attendance and permanent organi-
zation was affected. Ned McDai.
was elected permanent chairman
and J. M. Williams secretary.
The roll of members was ther
drawn up and fifty-four namej
were found thereon, including a
lor Preiidcnt^
number of the most prominent cit-
izens of the town.
Th program of the evening in-
cluded the following addresses:
Progressive Democracy—J- H.
Lawson.
Our Candidate.—J. M. Williams.
Who Is Who and Why?—M. L.
Hankins.
My Reasons for Being for Wil-
son.—J. P. Orr.
These speeches were enthusiastic
in tone, and were exceptionally
well received.
The following committees were
appointed:
Committee on Selection of Mem-
bership—J. H Lawson, W. H. Kiz-
ziar, I. M. Ashlock, Jno. D. Rogers,
R. A. Shield, E. P. Stewart, A. E.
Bilbrey.
Committee on Arranging Pro-
gram—W T. McConnell, J. S.
Moore, J. P. Orr.
Committee on Distributing Liter-
4AW
SEWER GAS
is one of the most dangerous pois-
ons known, and still many homes
are filled with it owing to poor
Unsanitary Plumbing.
We take special precautions to ex-
clude all sewer gas. We use good (
materials and only skilled labor.'
We can assure you that there will
be no sewer gas when we do your
plumbing.
Sanitary Plumbing Co
■MRftWaft fail&f
ature—Fred Zimmerman, Joe Wil-
liams, Everett Petry, B. L. boy!e,
M. L. Hankins.
Committee on Resolutions— A. S.
, H. H Starkey, ino. i).
.o;e.i, Ned McDaniel.
Arrangements have been made to
secure badges and literature in the
interest of the New Jersey gov-
ernor's candidacy.
From the number present and tl.e
interest manifested it is theopinior
of the leaders in the movement at
i this place that Wilson is the logic-
J al candidate.
j The leading candidate in thi.*
i part of the state, Chairman Mc-
| Daniel expressed himself as surf
I that Altus was a "Wilson town, and
j Jackson a Wilson county."
! The club meets again Saturday
I night and a number of interesting
i speeches will be made. All drno-
j crats are invited to attend.
State Leaders Turn To Wilson.
Senator Gore, an original friend of
, Woodrow Wilson for the presidency,
was asked by the Washington corre-
spondent of the Dallas News what he
had to say respecting the Jackson Day
banquet held in the national city on
Jan. 8th. He said: "The Jackson Day
banquet here was & political melting
pot into which the ideas and views
from every state were cast and out
of which as net product came the
golden prospect of Gov. Wilson's nomi-
nation and election. It ia reported
that thirty-two of the fifty-two nation-
al committeemen are favorable to Wll-
eon. This Is an index to popular
sentiment and preferance everywhere
"The friendly attitude of Mr. Bry-
an toward Mr. Wilson was made mani-
fest. 'Know all men by these pres-
ents that the governor will be accept-
able to the colonel.'
"More minds unite In the support of
Wilson than any other candidate. His
fitness is above challenge. His avail-
ability la superior to that of any or
all other candidates. He is progres-
sive enough to command the support
of that vast and splendid phalanx of
nearly seven million Democrats who
have followed Mr Bryan unfaltering-
ly He la not so radical as to alienate
any true disciple of JefTersonlan Dem-
ocracy. He would alienate only the
minions of privleged plutocracy, who
merely masquerade as Democrats.
Independent Vote (a Wilson's
"His recent entry and brief record
In polltlca, together with his brilliant
achievements, have given bim a lien
upon the independent vote to which
no other Democrat can pretend. A.
large percentage of the progressive
Republicans would prefer Wilson to
Taft. Many Republlcana of every caat
would prefer the sobriety of Wilson
to the erratic strenuosity of Roose-
velt, who 1a reactionary one moment
and revolutionary the next."
Senator Gore was asked what he
had to say about an Oklahoma City
dispatch appearing In the Dallas News
•n Jan. 2d as follows:
"Harmon medicine waa mixed here
today at a political conference of
prominent Democratic leaders called
to meet E. H. Moore, state insurance
commissioner of Ohio, who Is making
a trip over Oklahoma upon the heels
of Speaker Clark of Missouri, looking
after the political fences of the Ohio
candidate for president Some of the
leaders who attended the conference
said that Mr. Moore is willing that
the Oklahoma delegation to the na-
tional convention should indorse
Clark's candidacy, and he would not
be seriously grieved if the delegation
Is instructed to cast Its first vote for
the national speaker What Mr Moore
desires Is that delegates who would
throw their vote to Harmon as next
choice after casting a complimentary
Vote for Clark shall be chosen from
Oklahoma "
Senator Gives Warning.
To this the senator replied: "Ru-
mors of this kind have come to my
cr«dit the report. Gov. Folk alleged
that (be Harmon people «er« using
Ciark as a sulking hurse In Missouri.
I cannot think this U being done any-
where with the speaker's consent I
am sure It Is not bilng done In Okla-
homa with the consent and connivance
of the speaker's real frlenJs. I do
not know that anybody Is engaged In
•uch a conspiracy, but f do know that
the Democracy of Oklahoma is not to
be dallied with. The people are not
to be trifled with. The delegation Is
not to be Juggled with. Such au at-
tempt would involve In ruin all who
participate in It and would affect dis-
astrously the fortunes of the party it-
self
"In 1904 the Democracy of Okla-
homa instructed Its delegation to co-
operate with thoae who were frlendUf
Is Mr Bryan. Half tfce~4elecftt!on dis-
regarded these instructions. We want
no broach of faith, no betrayal of trust
In 1912. We want no wolves in
sheep's clothing, no reactionaries In
progressives' clothing, no ant! Bryan
in Bryan's clothing, no Harmon men
in Clark's clothing. If such a thin*
should be attempted It must be done
over my protest. I make this neither
as a charge nor as a threat—merely
as a warning. Let every man win or
lose In the open field. The Demo-
cracy can not conquer under the sign
of the double cross.
"The press of Oklahoma seems
friendly to Wilson. My poll up to
date gives Wilson 61, Clark 47, and
Harmon 2. There are indications that
the people favor Wilson. It can not
be doubted, however, that a majority
of the politicians favor either Clark
or Harn:on. The Influence must not
be discounted.
Speaker's Services Recognized.
'I like, and all Oklahomans like, the
speaker. He Is our neighbor and has
been our friend. He aided John Sharp
Williams and 160 other Democrats in
the house to get statehood for Okla-
homa. John Sharp Williams, by
threatening a filibuster, drove the
statehood measure through the house.
Williams Is for Wilson. He is not for
his former house associate—Speaker
Clark or Leader Underwood. Wil-
liams wants to win.
"I am sensible of the sacred char-
acter and binding force of gratitude.
The lngrate wants every virtue. I
join Shakespeare in characterizing In-
gratitude as 'a marble-hearted friend.'
For my own part, I owe a debt of
gratitude to 150,000 good Democrats
in Oklahoma, but I am not booming
them ^]1 for the presidency. For years
we have struggled to rescue this
country and this government from the
hands of the Republican party, from
the friends of monopoly, from the
grasp of privilege, from th^ powers
of pillage. The opportunity Is now at
hand. Shall we embrace that oppor-
tunity or squander It out of mere con-
sideration of local attachment and per-
sonal favoritism? Shall we sacrifice
our country, Its welfare and- its des-
tiny merely to throw a fleeting kiss or
pay a passing tribute to a good neigh-
bor? Do we not owe a greater obli-
gation to our party than to any neigh-
bor? Is not our first duty to our coun-
try. A soldier In battle array might
by turning aside to pay a debt of
gratitude to a personal friend be
guilty of high treason or desertion to-
ward his country and its cause. 8hall
we, like children, pursue the will o'
the wisp of sentimentallsm Into the
dismal swamp of disaster and defeat,
when our country calls, when the fixed
star of duty would lead us In the
paths of patriotism and honor to the
heights of victory. Let no Democrat
deceive himself by the flattering Il-
lusion that we have a walkaway or an
easy triumph tn this desperate strug-
gle with our ancient opponent—tba
Republican party."
Senator Silent on Other Matter*.
Senator Gore refused to discuss the
vote of Speaker Clark for the Sher-
wood dollar-a-day pension bill, In-
creasing the annual pension appro-
priation seventy-flve millions and mak-
ing Oklahoma's year contribution to
the pension fund more than four and
one-half millions. He also declined
to discuss Speaker Clark's Canadian
annexation speech, which Is supposed
to have occasioned the defeat of reci-
procity and the defeat of the speak-
own purpose and policy. He was
equally reticent respecting the fact
that Speaker Clark presided over the
Missouri state convention which In-
dorsed ex-Gov. Folk for the presi-
dency.
!
Round V | j
About j
M Town j j
zrDrzd
Rev. J. W. Brewer, editor of the
Refuge Journal at Elk City, will
lecture in the district court room
this evening at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Brewer is field agent for the
Refuge Society at Elk City and his
lecture will be both interesting and
helpful. It is fine. Come!
Several of the c'nurches have
given up their prayer meetings in
j order that their people may at
tend this lecture.
EARLY MORNING MESSAGE
At 3:00 a. m. M. L. Hankins, of
the city, received a telephone mes-
sage from Lone Wolf to the effect
that L. A. Hankins, formerly of
Altus, had been entertaining a
new girl since tv/o o'clock.
The young lady is doing well, as
is her mother also.
DIGGING THEM UP.
A force of workmen has busy
the greater part of the day in re-
moving from the cgurt house yard
the dead trees which have lan-
guished there for so long.
These trees, according to experts
in tree culture', have died solely
because of neglect.
Doubtless the survivors will re-
ceive careful attention at the Lands
of the commissioners.
Har the Octette at the Methodist
Church Thursday night. The treat
of the season.' Lovers of music
should hear this excellent number-
SHORTiGt Of SO 0IIS !
Board of Agriculture Suggests that Farmers |
Order Oats Early, So as Not to Be
Left Without Seed.
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KANSAS AND MISSOURI MSII SEED
oats they will need then getiu^heir
orders to their local dealers at q^ce.
The Demonstration Farm Depart-
ment of the state Board of Agri-
culture can give some information
as to where oats can be purchased,
but the true fact is that there is an
actual shortage and the time for
planting is rapidly drawing near.
5 per cent Kiefer's Saturday cash
receipts will be given to the 0$
funds.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 24,— Un-
lessthe farmers get busy they may
iind themselves in the condition of
the foolish virgins, so far as good
seed oats are concerned. In years
gone by, all that the farmer had to
do was to prepare his ground, hitch
up his team, drive leasurely into
town, buy his oats and go back and
plant them. This year the situation
is different.
Practically all the seed oat^ that
will be planted in Oklahoma this
year wil have to be imported from
Kansas and Misouri. There were j
some oats raised in Oklahoma and j •••••#
some in Texas, but not enough.,
Many of the grain dealers over the GOODMAN FLOYD FURN.CO
seate have only a small quantity of ,
good oats and the farmer who
"does his shopping early is the one
who wil win.
It has been sugested by Secre-
tary Benj. Henesey of the Okla-
homa State Board of Agriculture
that the farmers of each township
get together and decide how much
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NIGHT CURRENT OFF. \
Under a new ruling of the water i
and light department the electro j
current is cut off at midnight and j
remains off until five o'clock.
This measure was made necess-,
ary to cut down expense.
The superintendent states t;.at
comparatively few current cus-
tomers require service between 12
and 5 a. m.
The saving is estimated at from
$100 to $175 peT month.
In the present condition of the
city exchequer that amoun* is
worth saving, the superintendent
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