The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 408, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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Western, and the St.
FOR STATE CONSTITUTION
Otto Blef, absolutely.
The will !a dated April 4. lJXNi.
New York, July 23.—Russell Sage
RUSSELL SAGE IS DEAD.
Africa as may be traversed in estab- Lackawanna
lishing the Cape-to-Cairo railway, tele- Lo'iis & Han Francisco railroads, the
graph or telephone lines. j American Cable company, the West-J -^e framing of a constitution for
The residue of his estate, real and ern Union Telegraph company, and j**1" state Oklahoma Is being tlior-
personal, is bequeathed to his brother.' the Manhattan consolidated EFBtem of oashIy discussed in uoth territosier,
railroads in New York City, in all of
which corporations he served as a
director, lie was also a director in
several banks.
Prosthated by Wife's Death.
Mr. Sage had lived in New York
the eminent financier, and ranked as but a ,ew years when hig wife died
one of the ereatest business men the T»je blow almost prostrated him, and
United States has erer produced, died |t was tjme before j,e returned should be tried. Conservatism, rather,
at 4:30 yesterday afternoon at his j to ,he field of finance For
years he. be watchword.
coontry residence. "Cedarcroft, Law, continued to devote his entire atten-j A provision controlling corpora-
rence, L. !.. after an illness or a couple, l!on tQ bu«ine.-s, with neither family j,ions- nnd combines will be one
of months. Mr. Sage had only been'ror children Eventually he married of the maJn propositions considered
confined to his bed, however, for the^ M:ss Marguerlte 0!iva Siocum> who''" framing the constitution. Republl-
last two days, and it had been bo-j Burvjve8 leans. Democrats and Socialists alike
lieved that be would be abo^S. soon During the last decade of bis are making this demand. Among the
which are to comprise the new state.
It has been suggested that, this being,
the twentieth century, Oklahoma
should have a better constitution and
should start out with more advanced
laws than the other states. While
this is true, the general feeling seems
to be that no novel experiments
again, although his great age—he was , .. .
_ ® . i career Mr. Sages dealings in "puts
born in 1816—was a handicap which . , ...
, ,, . and calls were comparatively small,
the physician in attendance realized
would be haA to overcome. His de-
voted wife was at his bedside when
suggestions are provisions preventing
common carriers and transportation
(though there was a time when his' companies from holding any interest
i translations in these privileges amount-' 'n "le commodities carried; for tax-
. . | ed to millions of dollars annually. It
the end came as was her brother, Col. ,..o . , ... , ,
. r „ ,, _ n . ,1 was said that he always had more
J. J. Sloccm, ?.nd the Rev. Robert . ..
ready money than any other man in
Sketch of Russell Sage.
Wall street, and that he could meet a
demand at any time for from $1,000,
Uke many of the multi millionaires 000 to j1(>,000,000. His wealth has
of America, Russell Sage, the father| been variously estimated from $25,-
of puts and calls,' began life a P°or^ 000,00. to $100,000,000. It is certain
boy. He was born in Oneida county, | Ihat he hag long beeD entitled to a
His father j pjaee among America's richest men.
ing inheritance-; for a graduated in
come tax; for state control of the out-
put of coal, and for the regulation of
the '-pass evil." As a remedy for the
last named. Mayor John W. Duke, of
Guthrie, advocates a law be passed
compelling railroad* to issue free
passes to every member of the judicial
bench, state officers and members of
the legislature. He maintains that
Mr. Sage's great reputation was' onl>' in this manner can the "pais
penalty is also more or less favoreJ
Judge John 11 inkle, of Ardmore, is
advocating that the criminal law pre
vide that upon the conviction of de-
fendants the penalty inure to the
benefit of the injured party.
New York, August 4, 1816.
Henry Sage, was a laborer and un
able to give Russell, more than a( that of an economizer. He often de-'evil" be thwarted
meager education. At the age of 9 he^ ciared thai ten dollars was enough for It is practically a certainty that the
was thrown upon his own resources^ anj. man to pay for a suit of clothes'initiative and 'referendum will re-
and went to Troy in search of em-( and that a 50-cent straw hat should be' celvo full consideration.
ploy men t. After a succe-:*ioii of hard- Worn a» ipast tu.n f,lH „ ' , „ ,.
' . .. . „ .. ' orn 31 Iea°l two seasons". And he Control of the liquor traffic will be
ships common to the boys ot the relleiouslv nrartippi n,M„i, 1 , . .
i "S'ousiy pra tice.i wnat he preach- another important issue to decide
street he secured a place in a grocery Cd He never smokpfi ami hie nnk n • ,
ncver smoKeti, anil his only Congress, in passing the statehood
store. After a few years of earnest stimulant in recpnt von™ a-io iMm 1 v.,,, . .. 7.
work he rose in .he estimate of his'bler„l of whiskvlitbeforretlrinT»« ^ ~ "
employers, and at the age of 20 was* He had trot one ttxsat hobby to own' r^h ♦ ? # Territory part be from one-fourth'to one-tl.ird small
Riven a position of trust. In 1859 ho"'2d twenty-one years, er than they really'are, and the dfc-
entered business for himself. About wife and physician newsuaded him af' ° V be adopted, therefore, tncting board may have to lake this
the same time he married Miss Anna' t j his ^ tf ,'ra f'T ^ lh6 °klah°ma, filCt «"».lden.t«on. In the rural
Carman, daughter of one of the rich hi 2 1'/ I ^ 'T ^ assessors figures are
men of Troy CI, Ct'VG T?! many wh° bel,eve that tho constitu- more reliable, as the assessor visits
, his business, he could be , tional delegates'from Indian Territorv each luune in his district for the nur
At that time, also. Mr. Sage took an seen every afternoon, save Sunday, | will insist on strict prohibition for peso of a sessn^nt \m in this way
active interest in the politics of Troy, driving behind a handsome pair of, the entire ,?tate, in order that no part gets a
BOARD HALTS ON FIGURES.
In its work of obtaining information
on which to base the apportionment,
the districting board is meeting with
satisfactory results. At least a part of
the Information has been received
from al the counties, excepting Caddo
and Dewey, and letters have been sent
to the officials of these counties, urg-
ing them to report Immediately.
Nothing can be done toward the dis-
tricting until the figures in regard to
the population have been received, so
that the number of people to each dis-
trict can be determined, Kv'erything
possible is being done to get these fig-
ures. Because of the fart that county
commissioners 'have quite recently
been changing the precinct boundaries
in some of the counties, the precinct
maps are low in coming in, and the
local officials are waiting until they
can make the maps absolutely up .to
date.
The lack of reliability of assessors'
figures in the cities Is one of the main
difficulties which the board has en
countered. In the cities the assessors
get no additional alary for taking tho
enumeration and in consequence they
usually pay little attention to the peo
pie who are not taxpayers and whom
they usually do not have to visit for
the purpose of assessment. All of the
larger cities are complaining that the
assessors' returns show the .cities to
In 1841 he was elected an alderman, horses in Central Park. The past few wiH have an advantage over any other.1
which office he held until 1848. He years he resided on Fifth avenue op- [n caso this
also served seven years as county poslte St. Patrick's cathedral.
treasurer. In his early life Mr. Sage ous to that he had livej for many | prohibitionists among the Oklahoma'
was an ardent Whig politically and years in an ordinary brown stone' delegates to make It certain
reliable enumeration ns well.
, It is estimated by the board, judg-
,does occur, prohibition ing from the returns thus far received,
Previ-, win carry, as there will be enough that tho population of Oklahoma terri-
tory will be between 650,OCO and G65,-
was elected to congress as a reprcsen- front mansion on the avenue just Leading prohibitionists are BsW I ^ whl<*h wl11 mako 41,0 poP,,,ntlon of
lative of that parly In 1853 ana served above Forty-second street. | that the qEest|on8 0r restriction of the'
Never Talked of the Past. j )iquor traffic be submitted separately, lation figures ire received the u,nik ,»f
ou l"y S;";h1'An convlnc*; laying L Vhe"^'ISn be c^
. churchyard, at the ed the friends of prohibition that they menced
corner of Broadway and Rector street.1 Inay get a majority vote of t|,e peopIe< * :
After the attempt to blow him to jn both territories.. All they will ask' THINKS HE'S WORTH IT
pieces with dynamite ,n th.s officc is that ,t be subniitted and let jt st;tn ,
some fifteen years .ago, Mr. Sage . or fal, on Its merits I Newark, N. J„ July ai.-tlnited
until 1857. He was the first on the
floor of congms to advocate the pur-
chase of Mount Vernon by the govern-
ment.
Enters Wall Street.
Mr. Sage's first venture iu railroad
and financial circles was as a director
associated with Thurlow Weed in the
Hudson & Mohawk railroad, running
from Albany to Schenectady. Upon
his retirement from congress ho re-
moved to New York and entered Wail
each delegate district slightly under
I-.000. As soon as the complete popu-
No. ::t Nassau
national organization has delegated
some of its best known leaders to visit
Oklahoma and work for the enact-
ment of equal suffrage, without re-
gard to sex.
Joseph H. Norris, United States dis-
moved his office to
street. |
Up to tha: time when he was fast
approaching his ninetieth year Mr
Sage to keep in the harness. All the
Tories told about'his taking no vaca-
street as a speculator. He was the tion, having no '-days off," working on
inventor of the scheme of selling privl- holidays as on business days, were'
leges or "puts and call?." At the true.
same time he became interested in Mr. gage was never heard to speak'
r&ilroads and secured stock in West- in later years n? his family conr.ec- trie* 0°nrt .clerk at Guthrie, has sug-
ern lines, notably the Milwaukee & tions. In fact, he is said to have de- jested that, the new state be divided
St. Paul, of which he was president, ciared more than once that, he had nr 'n,° eighteen or twenty judicial dis-
and vice president for twelve years, living relatives. It orten has been re trlcte, and he favors the election of
By disposing of these Investments as ;orted, however, that he has nephew aumpretne judges at large. It is be- big enterprise in the country is look-
the smaller roads became absorbed and o'her relatives living in his old Heved (his last proposition will bo '"g for men who can achieve."
by trunk lines ho rapidly became homo county and al o scattered adopted, as will also a recommenda- Senator Dry den said that since 1887
wealthy. In iater years he was closely through tho West, | lion tint. United States senators' be'.$fi,5fll0,doo ot the surplus of the Pru-
ossoclated with Gould In thn manage- The funeral will be held tomorrow f l!o;-.en by the primary system. ' dential had been tunnel over to policy
ment of the Wabash, St. Louis and afternoon in the First Presbyteria 1 Attorneys of prominence are favor- holders, but that the company was
Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the Mir- church at Far Rock aw ay. Burial wil ing the (passage of a fellow servant not bound "to give onn cent. He de-
sourl, Kansas & Texas, the Delaware, be at Oakland cemetery, Troy. law. The prohibition of the death ciared also that as Ions as he had a
"fm
The equal suffragists are campaign- States Senator John F. Dryden today
ing with a view of getting a plank in infoi'med thc Htai" insurance investi-
the constitution in their favor, and tho committee that he was worth
every cent of bin salary of $05,000 a
year as president of tho Prudential
l-ife Insurance company. Senator
Dryden was u witness before the com-
mittee and was asked If lie did not
think that his and the other large sal-
aries paid officials of the company
tended toward extravagance. His re-
ply was:
"Ability commands price, and every
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The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 408, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1906, newspaper, July 27, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc284619/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.