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WILSON HAS MADE OOOD
| When a system of iKwmanahlp was
jud>pt«d by the slato board of edu-
ration at 26c. Htito Superintendent
Wilson and two ciner mtitnber* of the
board opposed and voted against the
adoption. Mr. WUaon then took up
correspondence with other states and
found that thla aanw system of copy
Clect Jim McClintic to congress and
you will elect a man who la in sym-
pathy with the Wood row WIlHon poll.
ciea and who will actively co-operate
with the national administration in | rescinded
1'nlted Htetea court* held that Indian
landa were not taxable; also a number
of corporation assessments were
booka waa being sold for 16<\ When I knocked out. During the 4 yeara re-
HON. E.B. HOWARD
GIVES THE FACTS
(Continued from page 3)
[a were not | __
paid because of a failure to collect L 0k|aholna wo h|lv# many us dod.
revenuea. The failure to collect '.he)^ Mnd >0 through the .dVe„* (lti
revenues was due to the fa'V thai the|t.u,oni Tejat|ve to the ,ndllin ,an(|l,
beln# non-taxublv and through the
expenses of organizing the stats gov !
eminent. In the y«ar 1913 refunding
bonila to amount of 12.907,0<0 were
Issued. Thetie bonda wer»» laiued In I
lieu of unpaid warrant* that had at-
cumulated during the f« ur years after
statehood und the warrants were not |
the board met to approve the contract,
this information was placed before It
and when the bord found that It had
been deceived by thla company, the
beard refused to enter Into the con-
tna* t as they agreed to do thirty
days before, and by unanimous vote
its former action. The
helping t(» enact the uroat reforms
that may be preened for aolutlon. lie-
feat him and you will say to the coun-
try by your votes that the democrats
of the seventh congressional district
repudiate Wilson and his administra-
tion.
E. B. HOWARD'S SPEECH
We want to call the special atten-
tion of th^ Star readers this week to
the ■speech of Hon. E. B. Howard, the
democratic candidate for 3tate audi-
tor. This speec'n wil'. he found on
page two and we hope every voter in
1he county will take :he time and trou-
ble to read it. It wil: open your eyes
to the cost of state government in Ok-
lahoma and what has been accomplish-
ed during the seven years of demo-
cratic rule.
ferrvd to the amount of revenue from
these sources t'nat we failed to
collect, If it had been collected,
without Issuing bonds to take their
places.
These two bond Issues represent all
the bonds and Indebtedness for which
the state of Oklahoma, or rather the
taxpayers, will have tp pay through
taxation, and the total amount of the
secretary of this same company, Mr.
K P. Van Court, of C'eda- Rapids,
Iowa, the man who was here to push i'-wo issues is 14,367,000.
the adoption of this system, writes! However, it is a fact that two or
C. O. Vannest, the republican nom- three years ago what Is known as pub-
lnec
tem
ought to be defeated for state super- | building and equipping different pub-
U. T ailUTT9l| »MV IV|'IIW||VWU HVIU / "  •
»e for 'jlate superintendent, on Sep- l'c buildings bonds were Issued in the
nber 2nd and llith. that Mr. Wilson 811® $2,656,767 for the purpose of
d< dglng of taxes by some of our cor<
Iterations, we found that we had
deficit of over $2,900,00. This Is an
honest debt a debt that no honest
citizen In Oklahoma would want to re-
pudiate. So It was necessary to float
a bond Issue of |2,8000,000 to cover
the deficiency occasioned by this con-
dition. Again, as was the case with
the $1,460,000 bond Issue, Oklahoma
democracy found that In no one year
would the people be able to bear the
burden of paying off this deficit, and
instead of making a large levy, this
bond Issue was floated, with none of
the bonds maturing for ten years, with
the hope that conditions would change
and that a part, at least, of this land
would again be placed on the tax
intendont. He thanks Vannest formic buildings provided for by *he leg- 1)g by the t,me thiat ftny pan Qf th,§
WHY THE STAR IS LATE
Last week the Star appeared one
day late and the same things happens
again thi3 week. The delay is caused
by an accident to our press upon which
the Star is printed. Just as we were
preparing to start to printing the Star
last week one of the vital part of the
press broke. It was necessary to avail
ourselves of the courtesy of using the
press of the Greer County Democrat.
We immediatly ordered the repairs
for our press but same had to come
from the factory and have not arri-
ved yet. With this explanation we
hope our readers will bear with us in
our difficulty.
JUDGE BURFORD
While a vlgourous campaign in be-
ing conducted on behalf of the demo-
cratic state ticket Greer county voters
should not lose sight of the fact that
upon the results of the election on
November 3rd depends whether Okla-
homa shall be represented in the Uni-
ted States Senate by nat great com-
moner and friend of the common peo-
ple of the nation and Oklahoma in
particular—Thomas Pryor Gore, or by
his republican opponent, Judge John
H. Burford. Think of it, democrats!
How would you feel If on the morning
after election you should learn that be-
cause of your apathy and failure to
go to the polls and cast a vote 3us-
the courtesy shown to their agent islature In response to the demands of
while visiting Mr. Vannest and hopes the people of the state. The tax|>ay-
that he will be elected. Is it not of Oklahoma will not contribute
reasonable to conclude 'n the face of one oent of taxes to pay these bonds,
these facts that Mr. Vannest has ,fcr -hpy are not guaranteed by taxes
agreed to support this Penmanship the state.
in case be is elected? Mr. Vannest j Wnen Oklahoma came into state-
has sent this correspondence out to hood she received a land grant of sev.
his republican friends. ,eral million acres for the purpose of
  o  1 building her public buildings. These
PROMISES AND ACTION !bonds are secured by a mortgage upon
'   j these lands, and the land themselves
"The devil when sick, a saint was are the only security thdse bondhol-
he; the devil when well, a devil was ders have. Since the bonds were is-
he." Thi3 old familiar saying fits sued some of the lands have been 3old
the case of some of Oklahoma's repub- 'and the rest have been leased all the
lican candidates pretty well. Just time. Tho income from these public
now they are going aroun l over Ok-1 building lands amounts to $270,000
lahoma pleading with the voters to each year, and since the bonds were
be nonpartisan in voting for officials issued '3290,767.45 has been paid upon
this fall, in the hope that they will them, and there is now in the state
scratch the democratic ticket and treasury to the credit of this fund
vote for some republicans. $486„218.66 which will be applied to-
Judge John H. Burford, republican ward reducing this bonded indebted-
candidate for United States Senator, ness.
spoke here Tuesday evening, and in > While these public buildings bonds
his address told our people that he are in a sense a state debt, yet ^s a
was not a narrow partisan. In fac : matter of fact the state i3 not respon-
he endorsed nea"ly everything that sible for them. The state is merely
had been done by the democratic con- the agent to collect the income from
gr€3S and Woodrow Wilson, leaving the land and apply it toward reducing
the impression that if elected he the indebtedness and the taxpayers
would co-operate with them as fully can never be called upon to pay one
as possible. cent in taxes for the payment of the
Those democrats who have lived in bonds. The lands are now earning
Oklahoma any number of years though enough to pay interest each year, pro-
remembeT the days when Judge Bur- j vide a sinking fund and still have a
ford was not so liberal In his views as surplus each year.
he professes to be now. Burford was, Wtoen oklahoma became a state we
one of the leading republican politic- owned pubHc buildings, grounds, and
ians in territorial days and as such h3 equipment valued at $2,611,736.12. To-
was always found supporting the Te- day. the vaiue Qf our public buildings,
publican ticket. Also he neld a high ^ grinds and equipments is placed
judicial office for years, and in such a. $9>o79,468.20, showing that since
capacity he always filled his appoint-' s_atehood we -nave acquired property
ments with republicans. It may be valued at $6,476,732.08.
barely possible that there were no | ^ ^ wi„ bg geen by r mQe ad_
dition that the total amount of Okla-
homa's bonded indebtedness, for
which the taxpayers are responsible is
$4,367,000. If the jpublic buildings
bonds, amounting to $2,565,767.45 be
democrats in Oklahoma who were so
capable as the Burford republican
appointees.
The .greatest exhibition of Burford's
# !parthan3ilip occurred though when oonas, amounting to ne
tabling he democratic administration , he was one of the board that cut out ^ m ^ ^ b(md i3gue3
and t.nat by reason of thi3 lack of the district, from which delegates to
Interest our Blind Senator Gore, the constitutional convention shou'd
one of the mainstays of the na-. be selected. We all remember how
and the balance has been spent in
would amount of $6,932,767.45. We
: have acquired and paid for public
, | buildings, grounds, equipments and
tional administration and one who has J those districts were gerrymandered, improvement8 valued at $6,476,732.08,
been of great assistance in helping to(ln some instances it being necessary
pass the administration measures, had , for voters to travel twenty miles to
been defeated by that, arcih enemy of vote. This was done with the idea ernment
democracy and democratic ideals,; of selecting republicans from a major- ] n
Judge Burford? ity of the districts. The people were' If one is disposed to be fair and will
 o  L0 outraged though that they resent- jsU,dy the recCTd evetl ca8Ually he wil1,
ed the gerrymander and elected dem-!soon ^^cover that these republican with a credlt of $4,86,218.70.
bond issue became due, and that our
corporations could bo made to pay
their Just part of taxation.
"So again, with *he idea of protect-
ing your interest, democracy acted in
a most businesslike manner, and when
these payments become due there is
no question but that the taxable prop
erty of Oklahoma will increase and a
large acreage of this land which we
intended, at the inception of state-
hood, to place on the tax rolls, will by
reason of conditions be again placed
upon the tax rolls, and that corpora-
tions by that time will have been for-
ced to pay their just portion of taxa-
tion and the end democracy will place
upon these land3, upon these corpora-
tions the tax provided for by the con-
stitution, and you, who have been
paying taxes for al these years will
be relieved of your proportionate share
of the burden cf taxation to pay the
indebtedenedd left to us by teritorial
government and imposed upon us by
the decisions of those federal republi-
can courts.
"There i3, however, another debt
which the state of Oklahoma owes,
but which is not and never will be a
debt against the taxpayers of Oklaho-
ma. That debt is for a sum of money
which Oklahoma democracy has bor-
rowed for you against its public biuld-
ing lands for the purpose of building
buildings, buying equipment, etc., and
is in the sum of $2,565,767.45, of which
amount $290,767.45 has already been
paid without one qent cost to the tax-
payers. This leaves an indebtedness
of this kind now outstanding of
275,000. The records saow tnat there
is now on hands in this fund which
cannot be used for any other pur-
pose but to retire this debt the sum
of $486,218.66. So if the books were
closed today this indebtedness would
amount to $1,788,681.34.
"A futher investigation shows that
these public building lands and assets
are earning for the state $270,00 per
year, consequently in less than ten
years this indebtedness will be wipe!
out, the state will still have the assets
that are producing this '$270,00 and
own, as taxpayers, the public improve-
ments that have been made with the
money borrowed as above set out.
"So instead of indebtedness of $8,-
000,000 as is being told to you by our
republican friends the actual indebted-
ness of Oklahoma today is $6,635,000
Va
Ur*** J
Wow! Cold as the dickens!
Why do you put up with such a nuisance?
You don't have to — if you furnish your house
with a
Cole's Original
Hot Blast Heater
You build only one fire each winter.
It is never out from Fall till Spring.
You get up and dress in rooms
warmed with the fuel put in the night
before.
This is not possible with other stoves.
Burns anything—soft coal, hard coal
or wood.
Come in and see this great fire keeper
and fuel saver.
the name '
of each stove.
'Co/e't" on the feed door
None genuine without it.
HAMILTON'S
ated u, n the most economical basis I in approximate figures:
in most instances. Under this condit- i Total appropriation made,
ion of affairs there ha3 reverted to the ! all funds    $24,000,000
state treasury on former appropria- j To'al reverting to state un-
tions a considerable sum of money.
"In addition to thi3, the Oklahoma
statutes requires that the state board
of equalization levy a tax of 20 per
cent in excess of the estimated budget
to cover elinquent taxes. This has
been done and with an economical ad-
expended    2,240,00
Total unexpended balance
December 31, 1913   2,850,00
GO VOTE FOR McCLINTIC
in
nearly every district and !cries of extravagance are merely the
crief of "wolf" to deceive the voters
ocrat3
Every democrat in Greer county from that day to this the republicans
owes the duty not only to himself and have never had a "look in" In Okla- of Oklahoma into thinking they have
his party, but to the national admin- homa affairs. And now Burford been
istration as well, to go to the polls on comes forward with the plea that he K tr"e our expenditures have
November 3rd and cast his vote for js not a partisan. Of course he isn't, be*n heavy; naturally they would be
the democratic ticket. Suppose sev- for he hasn't an opportunity to be we were a new state without any
eral hundred democrats in each of the partisan. When he was on the inside Public improvements to speak of and
counties of the seventh congrecsonal looking out he was partisan but now it was necessary to provide lmprove-
district should stay at home; it is pes- that he is on the outside and want- ments. Wre now have the improve-
sible that a republican would defeat jnr jn he is not partisan. j ments, we have them paid for and
Jim McCllntic and thus send to Wa3h- oh, no, these republicans wouldn't the state is on a cash basis and taxes
ingion a man entl-ely out of harmony be partisans; not a: all. Should they *Hl be lower every year from now
with the ideals enterta ned by the peo- obtain control of the state ?ove-n-,on Instead of being criticized the
pie of this district. jment they will obtain control of the democmtic party is entitled to the
Jim McClintic, in ability, is far lection machinery; they weren't par. commendation of the people of Okla-
ahead of his republican or socialist (h,an when Bill Crow was elected to homa.
opponent; he has been a resident of congress and they stole the election  ° 
Oklahoma for years, commands the from him perhaps they considered FIRE FRIDAY MORNING
respect and confidence of all who t'oat a divine duty. It's the same old
know him; he is in entire accord and.buDrh who ran ,hlng* in tho*e days
barmony with the democratic admin- and jf xhrf obtain control they will
istration and his heart is with the -un things in the same old way. We
struggling people of Oklahoma. ETery can think of nothing better to fit their
democrat xhould go to the poll* and ^ that t'oe quotation cUed at the
vote for McClintic and the entire beginning of this article
ticket. We hope to eee J* r. WcCTIn-1 B
C the blggect majoltt eccr OUR STATE'® FINANCES
congressman In Oklahoma ' ______
it led to it. for his record In ' Then* has been so much tn i«r»pre-
Uc
riw
He
"As a matter of fact the only indebt-
edness which the taxpayers are under
any obligations to or will ever have
to pay is the $4,360,000, which is ex-
tended over a period of twenty yea"3,
beginning in 1918. Quite a difference
between an actuality of $4,360,000 and
the eight to ten millions referred to by
the republicans.
"Along with their cry of ertnav -
gance in democratic state government,
along with the facts that I have set
out that their statements relaUve to
state extravagance are misleading, I
am reminded just now of the fact that
under territorial government these
fellows who are today talking about
exu-avageoce, made the last year they
were entrusted with territorial govern-
ment. a levy higher than has been
made since statehood, even though we
have our state institutions now to
maintain We made a levy of 1.05
bills for state government under dem-
ocracy as against a ? mill levy under
j territorial republicanism.
I am told that when tills levy mid
Total amount expended to
December 31, 1913  $19,174,000
"A classification of the appropria-
ministration of our state institutions j tjons made to show those made from
as set out above has resulted in sur- j fimd,s raise(j by direct taxation and
pluses during the past few years as! th03e made from special funds and
follows: j from funds raised by special taxation
1911   $146,000.00 j is as follows:
1912   92,000.00 j "From funds raised by direct taxa-
1913   142,000.00 I tion: ,
1914    665,908.11! For the purpose of paying
  outstanding territorial war-
Making a total of   $1,045,908.11 rants  $1,460,000
"Under the law the board of equal- For maintenance of state
ization must miaike up an estimate of government and instltuf
receipts from other resources than ad tions    17,100,000
valorem taxes before making a levy. '
In 1913 they estimated a collection of | Total  J$18,560,000
$911,088.96 from these sources and col-j Amount reverted to state
lected $1,077,275.79. So with this in | unexepnded    $ 1,238,000
mind in making estimate fo' 1911 they Unexpended balance, De-
made it at $1,229,596.43. These two! cember 31, 1913   1,965,000
items, the surplus set out above and  
the estimate from other sources make Total expenditure  $15,357,000
a total of $2,229,596. ! Less amount of territorial
"The total assessed valuation for warrants   875,000
the year is '$1,176,889,331. An aa
valorem assesment of this valuation Total expenditure for gov-
of $1.05 mills for state purposes will ernment since statehood $14,842,000
raise $1,235,733.80 Tnis added to $2,- "From fl,nds raiscfl by sP16^1 tax
229,596.43; total, amount thus raised Jnd from "trust fund«" («tate educa-
$3 511 238 34 ! tional and bublic bui'dlngs):
"The appropriations show thiajt the i
ne»essa"y amount of money to rai3e to
cover all expenditures for the fiscal
year are as follows:
Appropriations   $2,795,216.95
Interest on bond3   130,815.00
20 iper cent to cover de-
required by law..~  585,206.39
Total appropriations  
Total reverting to state un-
expended ..    
Unexpended balance De-
cember 31, 1913  
5,500,000
786,000
886,000
Total     $3,511,238.34
Total expenditure  $3,828,000
"We have appropriated since state-
hood for all purposes from all funds Is
the sum of $24,000,00. We have ex-
pended $19,174,000.00 of which amount
people and a man who will i
level be*t to do (ometfelrg to k
after be to elected
Remember Cta: If • fev to
democrats la tie p <me of the
co—tlm of lit* Hatrtrt stay at
It amy raaelt ta tfce ihrtloi o* Ue re'
pafcltraa candidate tor cutrm: alv
K amy mmm Hm Mrtara to power at af tafetac ■»
im sfcM'aas |a Urn state of OUslnma 'warraata at
tate
Friday morning about 1:30 O. C.
Thrower, living at 215 East Court
Street, awoke to find his residence In
flames. A fire alarm was -sounded
and the fire departement responded
promptly and extinguished the fire
before tt had dsetroved t?r»e home
It hi not known how the blaze ori-.
ytnated. for Mr Thrower's fa mi It tod I ***•<• tmcts ****** out that It
bee. away from home for two or thxe*|wa* V**""
weeks and there bed been no fire
ta the bowse stare the peevtoa* Sat
arday It Is supposed the fite started
from mice frttisi lata mitfjm
The rs»ldw. hi limya< to Mr
ttM
talk of ex:ravacaac« and to overcome
this they are circulating the report
and making the claim that demur racy
oas aaly made this low levy for poMt
leal
which is the same results as to de- |875f000-00 was moneyg whlch we used
linquents Is obtained will meet every in ^yiQg Q„ 0,d territorlal lndebt.
dollar and create a surplus of over ednesg Qf thi3 amount expended $1>.
$200,00 and will in all events cover 262>232.55 was raised by in-
every cent required and will not come ^ 8ectlon 13 and new coUe?e
leave any deficit as is contended by ,ands wh,ch never mA aQ<] neTOr wl„
the republicans. cost the people of the state of Okla-
"Now, let us see what some of the Jhoma one <tent. $2,567,450 was from
results of state government in Oklaho- money raised by loans against public
ha have been: lAst spring when I building lands, tibese two amounts to-
entered the race for the democratic taling $3,828,00.00. Deducting the
nomination for state auditor I decided $3,828,000.00 from $19,1740,000.00, th
that I would make the rwee solely upon amount expended since statehood"
the basis of democracy and what It leaves a total of $16,357,000.00 De-
had done since statehood in Oklahoma, ducting $$75,000.00, the amount used
"With this in view I addressed a in discharging territorial indebtedness,
letter to the state auditor of Oklahoma from $15,357,000,00 shows that the
and Governor Hodges of Kansas aak- amount actually expended was $14.-
Ing them how much money Oklahoma 4S2.000.00
had spent since statehood and for "In return for this we hare main-
data relative to same sad mmm mach miaed state navenwaeat. we haws her-
Kansas spent for the same period. rowed and are paying back this $3.-
The Real Record C6S.7C7.45 without a cent cost to the
• la reply to my request under date taxpayers, bat la the end the tax pay-
of April 27th. State Auditor Joe Mc- «r» will own. and have as aa aaset.
Cle'laad wrote me as follows: all the buildings, equipment aad
Monorable E. B Howard. that we hare purchased for them oat
State Board ot PahUr Affairs. thu men tor
City. Okh
-la roply to year taqetry of
Is addMoa to <
aa4 tU ltXJMM Of the tatpayan' mm
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