The Cushing Democrat (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1907 Page: 1 of 13
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THE CUSHING DEMOCRAT
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Suwri|*«u.ti fI no
RAILROAD AITORNEY
lead via tiring t*k«*n ami ll»*
date Mm •••'• •i'*'
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Ok lull,tins Ntlrmd being ll«*
Lowry is Proven lo be a Railroad Attorney .»««i> m«
A«|>eit»t Air. l*owry !*•*»»* ll » at
Has Been for Years ion*** fum* railroad i»» ev»r>
instance, ii IuVIhk |»air oleor|e*r
itmii laayer* bent on plunder
Nu KoU rM Oklahoma
tail road roinpeuy »i AntlioiJJ
lO'Hare; filed Nov It. I*W. Aap
Kemembcr Methods atul I*»wrj. attorneys for plain
lliff.
No. HWi K^klari Oklahoma
railroad company va H, K Mor.
w*r* ria; filed November 25, 1*W»
l,,|d Aap 4nd Lt>wrjr, attorneys far
plaintiff.
No tf«K>. Kaatern Oklahoma
railroad con pany va J. P. Far
ar: tiled Novembar tft, I8W. Aap
A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION
II it a Dangerous Proportion to tied Him.
Used by Railroad Promoters.
Tnoae peraena who were living
in Payne county at the lima lha
Kaau»rn Oklahoma rail toad waa
being built through the county,
.•specially tbe lina (loin Ripley
to Glencoe, will remember the
matboda used by the railroad
promoters to secure the right of
way from the farmer*. Every
means fair or foul was uaed to
get the farmers to give away a
strip across rlu ir farms to the
railroad Where tliuy couid noi
succeed in this manner, another
species of bulldozing was resort
ed te by the railroad attorneys.
Friendly appraisers were picked
out, their names submitted to
tbe judge, Ami he appointed
them to candemn the land. In
many cases these appraisements
were oniy about one tenth of the
real valuaof the land condemned.
Then if the farmers still held
eut, the railroad company went
ahead and buillits road through
the farm anyhow, and dillydal
lied around in court, continuing
the cases and postponing them
as long as possible, in order to
keep the farmer# out ef the noon
ey and thua force them to accept
whatever sum the railroad com
pany was willing to give.
During all the time that road
was building trough the county,
Robert A. Lowry, the present
republican candidate for District
Judge, was the local attorney
for the Eastern Oklahoma rail
road then and now only a branch
of the Santa Fe, aud Heary E.
Aap was its general solicitor for
Oklahoma Territory. Lowry
did all the dirty work in the
counts, and Asp only showed up
when a case was to be tried in
the District court.
Tha civit appearance docket
and the judge's trial docket show
that the following cases readhed
tha District coart growing out
of these condemnation proceed-
ings to beat the farmers and
land owners out of their proper
iy. These proceedings
inMituted b» lyiwry who
charge of all the local wo~k, and
Aap never did anything in them
until they were ready for trial.
These docketa alao ehow that ti.
B. Asp and II. A. Lowry were
the attorneys for the railroad,
their name* being ertered on the
docket either by Mr. McGraw,
the deputy clerk, now chairman
of the republican county central
committee or Payne covnty, or
by Judge tinrford who tried the
the Cii»es not otherwise settled.
The followisgaia the nambers
of the Cises, the names of tha
farmers and land owners whose
and Lowry, attorneys fort plain
ti«r. '
No. 001. Eastern Oklahoma
railroad company va Guatave
Brandt and Kben Lewie; tiled
November 25w IH»1I Asp and
Lowry, attorneys for plaintiff.
As it takes so much apace we
will ouiita number oT other cases
where Mr Lowry has been
employed as attorney for the
Santa Fe railioad company, but
COMMENCING
TODAY
Our Grocery Department will be in our New
Store East ol the Postoffice
Remember we will have our
GRAND FALL OPENING
OF MILLINERY
* \ * -
Goods in the near future
GOOD & CO.
I if anyone ilufiiU oar winrtl, ihey
may maa l«» oor ollk* end we
a III »Ik»w Ihete thirty eeveti
other i #«m ahrre haa been
employed in tl»e earn a rapacity
Iteroony in lha Legislature.
The Aral legteiaiure of the
new elate will be on# of greatent
importance and eepeeially will it
lie unpoitaiit to Payne count)',
tin' home of tlie A.AM collage.
Tina means there will be eiedi
legialetioii we will need ooae
of it. i he new state without
question will be democratic and
to aecure legislation, the repuh
licane for lo theae u.any days
have been tellingu to keep
harmony -elect men who are of
the esuie political faith aa the
party in power What la good
for the gooae is good for the
tgander. If the republicana who
have been shouting this for so
long believe aud will practice
what they preach they wiM make
Davis, iJtulson and Mallard's
election unanimous. While we
do i.ot take very much atoek ill
the doctrine outlined above we
do believe if ever it would prove
true it would in this instance
v\hy because Payne County
will be represented by a senator
aud two representatives and if
these three men are all democrats
aud in harmony with each other
their power will l>e felt in tha
legislature. The harmon; needs
to be with our representatives,
we cannot expect much at the
hands of tlie legislature unless
our own representatives are to
get her and will work together
and for the people who elect
ihem. The democratic candi
dates will be in touch with a
democratic administration and
the people.
This ia not the only reason
that these man ahould be chosen.
They are not only in touch with
the democratic party, but thay
are in touch with the constitution
and tlie common people in whose
intereat this document was
framed. Furthei mere they
will help to elect Hon T. P
Gore and Robt L. Owen to tha
United States Senate, men whom
the democrats have chosen by
their votes to sarve in these
high places. Do democrats, do
the people want to repudiate
these men ard send to the senate
representatives of graft corpor
ation. railroads ane trusts, such
men as Frank Greer and Henry
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Wintersteen, Paul A. The Cushing Democrat (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1907, newspaper, September 5, 1907; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc283980/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.