The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 493, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1907 Page: 2 of 18
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THE SEARCHLIGHT
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VOTE IN FIRST DISTRICT.
Bird McGlitre's election to congress
over his Democratic opponent, W. L.
Eagleton of Pawnee, by a majority of
1391, Is shown by the complete vote
of the ten counties of the First con-
gressional district as officially can
vassed by the boards of county com-
missioners, «nd secured for the first
time to-day. Three years ago he car-
ried the ten counties of the district
by 4683 over Frank Mathews of Greer
county.
In the constitutional delegate elec
tlon the Democrats carried the coun
ties of the district by 1998. Promin-
ent Republican politicians believe
that McGuire In the present election
polled 'more than the Republican
party vote in the district.
In the ten counties of the district
the official canvass gives McGuire ai
total of 22,379 and Eagleton 20,988.
McGuire carried four counties of the
district, Logan, Garfield, Kingfisher
and Lincoln. Eagleton secured six.
M.Guire and Eagleton both lived in
Pawnee city in the same ward. The
city Is Democratic and McGuire car
ried it by fifteen votes. Eagleton's
largest majority was in Pawnee coun
ty.
Every county in the district gave a
majority for the constitution. Out of
44,827 'votes cast on the constitution
in the district, 29,199 were for it and
15,628 against, a total majority for
the constitution In the ten counties
of 13,571. The vote against the con-
stitution in the first district was
heavier than in any other district of
the state, but it was surprisingly
small here.
The official canvass shows the vote
on prohibition to be munch closer than
the first reportg indicated, though on-
ly two counties in the district, Logan
and Osage, gave majorities against
prohibition. Of a total of 43,424
votes cast, 22,660 were for prohibi-
tion, 20,764 against, a total majority
for prohibition in the district of 1896
Frank Frantz, the Republican nomi-
nee for governor, carried the ten coun-
ties of his home district by 2,629. He
received 23,593 votes to Haskell's
20,964. Frantz carried five counties
of the district, Logan, Kingfisher, Gar
field, Lincoln aud Noble, losing Payne,
Grant, Kay, Osage and Pawnee.
The vote in the ten counties of the
district >as officially canvassed on the
constitution, prohibition, McGuire and
Frantz follows:
Logan—Constitution; For, 3,023;
against, 2,935. Prohibition; For, 2,
589; against, 3,260. Frantz, 3,831;
Haskell, 2,174. McGuire, 3,630;
Eagleton, 2,12-0. Majorities: Consti-
tution, 88; against prohibition, 671;
Frantz, 1,625; McGuire, 1,510.
Osage—Constitution: For, 2,256;
against, 666. Prohibition: For, 1,210
against, 1,585. Frantz, 1,367; Haskell
1,693. McGuire, 1.353; Eagleton, 1,
597. Majorities: Constitution, 1,
590; against, 375; Haskell, 327;
Eagleton, 244.
Grant—Constitution: For, 2,336;
against, 1,007. Prohibition: For, 1,-
901; against, 1,358. Frantz, 1,644;
Haskell, 1,668. McGwire, 672; Eagle-
ton, 1,746. Majorities: Constitution
1,329; prohibition, 543; Haskell, 24 ■,
Eagleton, 74.
Kingfisher—Constitution: For, 2,-
260; against, 1,850. Prohibition: For,
1,896; against, 1,857. Frantz. 2,204;
Haskell, 1,688. McGuire, 2,046; Eagle-
ton, 1,740. Majorities: Constitution
610; prohibition, 39; Frantz, 516; Mc-
Guire, 306.
K)wfy—Constitution: For, 3,665;
against, 1,593. Prohibition: For, 2,-
600; against, 2,496. Frantz. 2.562;
Haskell. 2,651; McGuire, 2.431; Eagle-
ton, 2,584. Majorities: Constitution,
2,072; prohibition, 104; Haskell, 89;
Eag.eton, 153.
Lincoln—Constitution: For, 4,613;
against 2,505. Prohibition: For,
552; against 3,265. Frantz, 3,562:
Haskell, 3,432. McGuire. 3,412; Eagle-
ton, 3,370. Majorities: Constitution,
2,108; prohibition, 287; Frantz, 130;
McGwire, 42.
Payne—Constitution: For, 2,995;
against, 1,43-2. Prohibition: For, 2,-
353; against, 1,937. Frantz, 2,093;
Haskell, 2,261. McGuire, 2,013; Eagle-
ton, 2.24<2. Majorities: Constitution,
1,563; prohibition, 416; Haskell, 168;
Eagleton, 229.
Pawnee—Constitution: For, 2,444;
against, 943. Prohibition; For, 1,915;
against, 1,366. Frantz, 1,599; Haskell,
1,714. McGuire, 1,494; Eagleton. 1,-
778. Majorities: Constitution, 1,501;
prohibition. 549; Frantz. 115; Eagle-
ton, 282.
Garfield—Constitution: For, 3,501;
2,003. Prohibition, 2,740; against, 2,-
673. Frantz, 3,237; Haskell. 2,219.
McGuire, 2,904; Eagleton, 2,365. Ma-
jorities: Constitution, 1.498; prohi-
bition, 67; Frantz, 1,018; McGuire,
593.
JVbble—Com^ifJtion: For, 2,106;
against 894. Prohibition: For, 1,529:
against, 1,342. Frantz, 1,494; Haskell
1,459. McGuire, 1,422; Eagleton, 1,-
446; Majorities: Constitution, 1,212;
prohibition, 187; Frantz, 35; Eagle
ton. 25.
A "BUSTED" TRUST
recognized in Washington to meet any
opposition ot moment
Success to the movement however,
may force some of the paper makers
Into bankruptcy for the reason that
the capitalization of most paper com-
panies is greatly inflated.
8TRENGTH OF PRO-
HIBITION SENTIMENT.
New York, Sept. 28—Another trust
has been added to the list bad trusts,
This time the listing was not done by
the national administration at Wash
ington but by the American News
paper Publishers association. The
trust is the combination of white
paper manufacturers who furnish the
press of the country with the material
on which the news of the day is sent
out to the world. The charge is made
that by curtailing the production and
the failure of the paper manufactur-
ers to meet the growing demand by
building new mills, the trust has been
enabled to put up the price of news
print to an almost prohibitive figure.
The Publishers association asserts
that if the tariff on wood pulp were
taken off the demand for news print
could be met by imports from Canada
and the committee which was appoint-
ed to see what could be done to re-
lieve the situation will direct its ef-
forts mainly towards the abolishment
of the tariff. The paper manufcturers
have so far been unable to make any
real reply to the charges that' they
were an illegal combination. While
it Is of course true that there has been
a certain amount of rivalry between
the International Paper company, the
biggest of the concerns, and some of
Its smaller competitors, the rivalry
has never been permitted to go so far
as to hurt the business. The Inter-
national Paper company has been
managed in a somewhat peculiar way.
It has long been controlled by a clique
with speculative tendencies. Finan-
cial publications in Wall street have
called attention to that fact from time
to time but the attitude of the public
has been passive. The speculative
control has piled large debts on the
company in its efforts to save enough
out of the income to pay dividends on
the enormously watered stock, but
these efforts were unavailing and then
recourse was had to the advance of
the price of wood pulp and paper in
order to increase the profits. Unfor-
tunately for the paper trust, this ad-
vance in price was accompanied by
an advance in the price of the raw
material and the speculative clique
are therefore still watiting for their
dividends. Should the campaign by
the publishers l>e successful in cutting
down the tariff on pulp and paper the
trust would probaly fare ill for its
accumulated floating and funded debt
is so large that it takes huge earnings
to meet the interest charges to say
nothing of dividends on the preferred
stock. The publishers have the sym-
pathy of the public which dislikes to
pay more for its daily papers than the
prevailing price of one cent. The
poorer classes would be the greatest
sufferers for the papers read by the
working population are largely penny
papers. Consequently the fight
against the trust for a reduction of the
tariff especially on pulp and paper
from Canada which has enlisted the
support of both Republican and Dem-
ocratic organs is half won for the
power of public opinion Is too well
The people of Oklahoma' want pro-
hibition. They have spoken In no un-
certain way. It now becomes the
duty of every good citizen to obey the
law when it becomes effective by proc-
lamation of the President. The laws
of the new state should be and must
be obeyed. The dignity of the law
must be upheld and the mandate of
the people observed. The people have
spoken.
Wllthln the last few years there has
been a great change of sentiment on
the subject of prohibition in Oklaho-
ma. The change has been at no time
more rapid than within the last year.
The most active element that has
operated to bring about this change
has been the failure and refusal of the
liquor interest to obey the law as it
was. This open violation and con-
tempt for the law, as it has been, has
led to the present revulsion of public
sentiment and the complete prohibi-
tion of the liquor traffic.
There has never been a time when
the people of the United States were
so determined that the laws of the
land must be obeyed, both In spirit
and to the letter. The refusal to obey
the law in a mild form has (universal-
ly led to more drastic legislation.
This is further illustrated In the case
of public service corporations and
trusts. The failure and refusal to
obey the milder regulations are lead-
ing, never so rapidly as now, to more
stringent statutes all over the United
States. The law Is supreme and
must be obeyed and resistance only
makes the people more determined.
This ls the day of the reign of law.
He who violates it brings upon him-
self the wrath of the people. The
liquor interests have no one to blame
but themselves.
The prohibition forces of the new
state have fought a good fight and
have won a commendable victory.
There were those who thought, and
honestly, thiat the cause of temper-
ance could be better subserved by
high license and local option. % The
overwhelming victory for state-wide
prohibition shows that an the present
state of public sentiment local option
even would almost have swept the
state and It would not be right: to have
one or two cities in the heart of a
prohibition state harboring that which
the people as ia whole have so over-
whelmingly condemned. Every city
now stands on the same basis.
The clergy of the state presented
almost a solid front for state-wide pro-
hibition and are to be congratulated
on their great victory. They felt that
the highest standard of morals could
be attained and the best interests of
the people conserved by the complete
banishment of the liquor traffic. In
this sentiment an unquestioned ma-
jority of the whole people concurred.
The endorsement was the ^highest
tribute that a free people could give
to their faithful ministers of the
gospel. May the results meet their
highest anticipation.
This much is now certain: The
people have spoken; they have com-
manded state-wide prohibition. The
law is supreme end must be obeyed.
Evasion will lead to the most drastic
action. It has done so in the past and
will do more In future.
Governor Haskell openly and
squarely pledged himself to state-
wide prohibition before the election.
Governor Frantz failed to do so. Gov-
ernor Haskell won. As governor of
the new state he pledged himself to
bring to bear all the powers of the
law to enforce this mandate of the
people. Haskell will do just what he
says.
Study the alignment of forces from
this standpoint The defeat or delay
of statehood means the defeat or de-
lay of prohibition. The Immediate
proclamation of statehood means the
Immediate taking effect of prohibi-
tion under the terms of the constitu-
tion without waiting for any legisla-
tive action. This position fuses the
Democrats and the Prohibitionists In
the fight for statehood and lines up
the liquor interests and the statehood
obstructionists in the fight before the
President to delay or defeat state-
hood.
Prohibition has come to stay. All
good citizens will stand for law en-
forcement.
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT FOR
OKLAHOMA CITY.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 28.—That Ok-
lahoma City shall take a place in the
ranks of the cities of the United
States which are adopting the com-
mission form of government in the
administration of municipal affairs ls
the plan of the Chamber of Commerce
according to the action which was
taken at last night's meeting.
Practically every member of the
Chamber of Commerce expressed him-
self as being heartily in favor of the
new form of government as tried by
Galveston, Houston, Dallas, Fort .
Worth, Texas, and Des Moines. Ia„
and the resolution securing such a
form of government for Oklahoma
City was adopted without a dissenting
voice.
Mayor H. M. Scales was present and
addressed the meeting, expressing
himself as favoring the move for the
commission form of government and
condemning the present manner in
which municipal affairs are admin-
istered.
"The commission form of govern-
ment is a. matter which has been of
no little interest to me." said Mayor
Scales.
"I want to say that I am heartily in
favor of such a government for the
present manner of running city gov-
ernment is one of the greatest mis-
takes ever made by the people of a
city. The one great mistake in city
government is that of making an an-
ology between the city and the state.
"The artificial division of a city into
wards is a great mistake. Erase the
ward lines and you will erase politics
but as long as you have the ward
boundaries, vou will have politics in
the administration of city affairs. Just
so long will you have men represent-
ing a color, a type and a capacitv.
Each councilman will look out for his
own ward—and especially so just pre-
vious to an election when he hopes to
return to the city council as the rep-
resentative of his ward.
"In many instances which I might
point out, useless surveys and other
indications of intended improvements
for the various wards of the city,
which have entailed an expenditurs
of large sums of money for purely
political reasons, have been made.
"A commission form of government
makes a city a large public corpora-
tion, every citizen a .stockholder.
"Personally I most heartily approve
this plan of government and I want tJ
say now that there will be no lack of
co-operation on the part of the mayor."
Mayor Scales was roundly applaud-
ed for his statements.
J. H. Johnston, formerly secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce of Gal-
veston, opened the evening's discus-
sion on the proposition of the com-
mission form of government. In de-
tail he gave the story of the rise jf
Galveston from the wave-wrecked
piles of debris to the present pros-
perous condition.
In part he said:
"The commission form of govern-
ment of Galveston in a way, was an
accident. The citizens of Galveston
asked that two additional receivers
for the city be appointed by the gov-
ernor from the prominent citizens of
the city. They also asked that the
citizens be allowed to select two ad-
ditional ones themselves.
"These men were to then have
charge of the administration of the
affairs of the city. In this time of dis-
aster only men of unquestioned honor
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