The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 543, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1908 Page: 3 of 16
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heartily approve of them and will rec-
ognize this further astonishing fact
that the principles laid down by Judge
Taft in these very injunctions, which
laboring people are asked to condemn,
are themselves the very principles
which are now embodied in the laws
or practices of every responsible labor
organization. No responsible organi-
zation would now hesitate to condemn
the abuseB against which Judge Taft's
Injunctions were aimed. The princi-
ples which he therein so wisely and
fearlessly laid down serve as a charter
of libert y for all of us, for wage work*
ers, for employers, for the general pub-
lic; for they rest on the principles of
fair dealing for all, of even handsd
justice for all. They mark the judge
who rendered them as standing for the
rights of the whole people; as far as
daylight is from darkness, so far is
such a judge from the time server, the
truckler to the mob, or the cringing
tool of great, corrupt and corrupting
corporations. Judge Taft on the bench
— as since in the Philippines, in Pan-
ama, in Cuba, in the war department
—showed himself to be a wise, a fear-
less and an upright servant of the
whole people, whose services to the
whole people were beyond all price'.
Moreover, let all good citizens remem-
ber that he rendered these services,
not when it was easy to do so, but j
when lawless violence was threatened,
when malice, domestic and civic dis-
turbance threatened the whole fabric
of our governemnt and of civilization;
his actions showed not only the high-
est kind of moral courage but of physi-
cal courage as well, for his life was
freely and violently threatened.
Let all fair minded men, wage work-
ers and capitalists alike, consider yet
another fact. In one of liis decisions
upon the bench Judge Taft upheld in
the strongest fashion, and for the first
time gave full vitality to, the princi-
ple of the employers' liability for in-
juries done workmen. This was be-
fore any national law on the subject
was enacted. Judge Taft's sense of
right, his indignation against oppres-
sion in any form against any attitude
that, is not fair and just, drove him
to take a position which was violently j
condemned by short sighted capitalists
and employers of labor, which was so
far in advance of the time that it was
not generally upheld by the state
courts, but which we are now embody-
ing in the law of the land. Judge Taft
was a leader, a pioneer, while on tho
bench, in the effort to get justice for
the wage worker, in jealous cham-
pionship of his rights; and all upright
and far sighted laboring men should
hold it. to his credit that, at the same
time he fearlessly stood against the
abuses of labor, just as he fearlessly
stood against the abuses of capital. If
elected, he has shown by his deeds
that he will be president of no class,
but of the people as a whole; he can
be trusted to stand stoutly against the
two real enemies of our democracy—
aginst the man who to please one class
would undermine tho whole foundation
of orderly liberty, and against the man
who in the interest of another class
would secure business prosperity by
sacrificing every right of the working
people.
I have striven as president to cham-
pion in every properp way the intsn
ests of the wage worker; for I regard
the wage worker, excepting only the
farmer, the tiller of the soil, as the
man whose well being is most essen-
tial to the healthy growth of this great
nation. I would for no consideration
advise the wage worker to do what 1
thought was against his interest. I
ask his support for Mr. Taft exactly as
I ask such suppoprt from every far
sighted and right thinking American
citizen; because I believe with all my
heart that nowhere within the borders
of our great country can there be
found another man who will as vigi-
lantly and efficiently as Mr. Taft sup-
port the rights of the working man as
he will the rights of every taan who
in good faith strives to do his duty as
an American citizen. He will protect
the just rights of both rich and poor,
and he will war relentlessly against
lawlessness and injustice whether ex-
ercised on behalf of propeprty or of
labor,
On ihe bench Judge Taft showed the in operation, tho output aggregating
two qualities which make a great
judge: wisdom and moral courage.
They are also the two qualities which
make a great president.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
DUNLEA Y'S WOES.
Muskogee, Okla., Sept. 12.^—Tho mar-
ital woes of M. F. Dunleavy, aged
man of means, and his wife, formerly
Miss Claudine ltotan, of Poteau, are
detailed in full by the Times-Democrat,
an afternoon newspaper. The story is
perhaps the best December-May Okla-
homa has known this year:
The man in the story Is M. F. Dum
leavy, capitalist and real estate deal-
er; the woman is his young wife,
bride of a few short months, but no
longer his companion through life's
stormy battles, for, as its often the
case, May and December refuse to
harmonize for any lengthy period of
time and when love grows cold and
the honeymoon days are over the dis-
parity becomes apparent and one or
both seeks relief from the thralldom
in the courts.
Dunleavy and his wife have sepa-
over 3,00t),00u tons annually. The coal
is largely a high grade bituminous
coal and supplies a considerable part
of the southern great plains.
Professor Gould, director of the Ok-
lahoma geological survey has had sev-
eral parties at work the past summer
investigating the deposits, and de-
clares even OkJahomans know not the
value of this coal.
AN UNSELFISH HERMIT.
'Tis sometimes good to be alone—
defendant to the petition and rendered
judgment in fuvor of the husband.
This the supreme court reverses hold-
ing the child was entitled to the land
as much as his step-father.
In the case of John Covington vs. J.
C. Fisher, the court in an opinion by
Justice Kane modifies the judgment of
the lower t'ourt by reducing tho judg-
ment $6.74. The suit involved re-
covery of money on a promissory note
and foreclosure of mortgage.
Justice Dunn modifies the judgment
of the lower court in the case of J.
\V. Sanders et al„ vs. I?. F. Cllno
Deep thinkers frequently affirm it which was an action for damages for
To seek some spot afar, unknown.
And dwell there as a very hermit.
For me, I'm not at all inclined
To frown on folks who go in hiding,
There to restore a tired mind.
Or to escape a world too chiding.
Indeed I think that loneliness.
Instead oTT as some say, distressing,
Is often truly more or less
A source of comfort and a blessing.
But I'm no selfish wight, and so
When I'm alone I so prepare it,
I have a brown-eyed lass 1 know
Along with me—to share it.
trespass. The court holding that, un-
der the circumstances judgment
against the bondsmen of the defend-
ant was in error.
To Notaries Public.. . .
Your attention is called to the fact
that scarcely a day passes without nix
Inquiry being addressed to this office
or to the office of the attorney gen-
eral of the state asking what fees may
legally be charged by notaries public
for the rendition of such services as
notaries public may, under our statute,
perform.
The Fee and Salary act of 1897 :s
•ated, a petition for divorce has been Blakeney Gray in September Alnslee's. ; the act fixing the compensation to
prepared in behalf of the wife and
will be filed before the day is over.
The plaintiff will be represented by
Attorney Parmer, of Fayetteville, Ark.,
and Crump and Curd of this city. Mr.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
tional bank vs. G. B. Johnson and
Geo. M. King, Justice Hays reversed
the lower court. The suit was an
action instituted by the bank against
the defendants in error to recover on
a promissory note. In the lower court
a demurrer as to Defendant Johnson
was sustained and, upon the instruc-
tion of the court, judgment rendered
The suureme court this
Dunleavy* haT made"no preparations | a<H°«™ed for the terin after a week's
to fight the case.
No particular charge will be made
against Mr. Dunleavy except that It
was impossible for the two to agree
and his demands were of such a na-
ture that she, on the advice of her
physician, could not comply with
them. Love then grew cold, and the
separation followed.
Mrs. Dunleavy, prior to her mar-
riage, was a Miss Claudine Rotatf, and
resided in Porum, this county. She
was an experienced stenographer and
having a number of influential friends
in her home place she decided to en-
list their influence in securing for her
a position in this city. Mr. Dunleavy
was appealed to, to see if he could not
secure employment for her in the
Dawes commission, and he agreed to
do the best that he could. .Miss Rotan
was advised to come to Muskogee and
confer with Mr. Dunleavy, which she
did at the first opportunity. Several
conferences were held, each one last-
ing longer than the other, and it was
not long until the talks drifted from
employment to love, and the songs
that were sung and the stories th.it
were told were but for two to hear.
A proposal of marriage was made and
accepted and the short courtship was
soon ended at the altar. The cere-
mony was performed July 15, by Itev.
J. F. McGuire. Dr. E. P. Ryan and
Mable Chapman were the witnesses.
The dream has been shattered and
the woman who claims that she only
married the man to be a sister and
helpmate to him, is now seeking re-
lief in the courts, while the man re-
fuses to say anything except that he
was disappointed.
which notaries public are entitled for
| services and is specifically set forth in
* Section 39 of chapter 15, Session Laws
afternoon ' of 1897. Section 39 reads as follow,s:
i For protest and record of same, 25c.
„ . , . For each notice oi protest, 10c.
continuous session Forty-two opin- certiflcate and seal, 25c
ions were handed down by the court. oll ' ..
T,his morning five opinions were ren- ! . J™° J" Jerv c.e9' ,">« f 'u'
dered, two each by Justices Dunn and '°®s .aa rm, . f liu « f
.j, ' , i T»i district court for like services.
Kane, and one by Justice Hays. rr,^„ . „
In the ctsp of the Kingfisher Na- The attoiney general, in an opinion
Jn the case ot tne Kingrisner i\a , t0 the Governor January ^ t-e-
affirms an opinion by former Attorney
P. .<'. Simons, to the effect that Ihe
statute is imperative, and that no-
taries must not charge fees in excess
of those fixed by section 39 of chap-
ter 15, Session Laws of 1897.
In one complaint which recently
reached this office, it appears that a
notary charged the sum of four dol-
on a
against the defendant King. The Jars and f. centg
court rules in reversing the hold ng check f 1
of the lower court: It s error for the according to the statute, would
court to Instruct the Jury upon anMr- have been one d „ d
relevant issue no raised In the 'lead- A furlher charging of fees n„w:i,-
£» 'SS r S ranted bythe 8ta,uU'8 * "olilri-
contuse or mislead pub]lc wl], Jead tQ a revocatlon of com_
missions, when (he fact has been es-
Justice Dunn reverses the holding of I tablished that any notary exceeds the
Judge 13. F. Burwell in the district statutory fees for protesting anj in-
ly calculated to
the jury."
court of Oklahoma county in the case
of Charles T. Deer et al., as the Ok-
lahoma Paving Construction Co. vs. J.
C. Foster as receiver of the Shawnee
Light & Power Co., et al., holding that
a contract entered into by the presi-
dent of the company who owned the
majority of the stock and which ac-
tion was later approved by the major-
ity of the stockholders was binding.
The president of the Shawnee Light
& Power Co., which is now an insolv-
ent concern, and who owned the con-
trolling stock of the Shawnee Traction
Co., entered into a contract with the
plaintiffs for $8,000 worth of paving be-
tween company tracks In the city of
Shawnee. In the lower court judgment
Some people think that a lesson can ; was ren(jered in favor of the defend-
be learned in the martial troubles of
Mr. and Mrs. Dunleavy, but if lessons
are learned in the love route no atten-
tion is paid to them.
One strong complaint made by Mrs.
Dunleavy is that when she consented
to marry Dunleavy he agreed to take
her to Europe, and then around the
world. They got as far as Porum and
the honeymoon ended.
GOULD SAYS COAL IS GREAT.
The amount of coal in the new state
can not yet be estimated. In the
Choctaw nation, according to the esti-
mates of the United States geological
survey, there are available 2,954,138
tons, which have been segregated or
set apart for the benefit of the In-
ants in error. v
Justice Kane, in an opinion, reverses
the judgment of the lower court in the
case of Lyde-Bowman Doby Co. vs.
Jonas Brown. The appellant peti-
tioner below filed a petition on Aug-
ust 21, 1906, in the United States
courts at. Muskogee, asking for a de-
cree of distribution of the estate of
Julia Brown, deceased, who was en-
rolled as a Cherokee Indian by blood.
The deceased held a 40-acre allotment
as a homestead. Jonas Brown, hus-
band of the deceased, a non-citizen, and
Sam Brown, the only child of deceased
by her first husband, who was duly en-
rolled as a Cherokee citizen. Sam
strument which it may be his duty to
protest.
Trusting that all notaries will gov-
ern themselves in accordance with this
letter, 1 remain,
Respectfully,
C. N. HASKELL, Governor.
Brown, the son. Issued a deed to the | half.
"All lumbermen are not wasteful, far
from it," says R. S. Kellogg, assistant
forester in the United Slates forest
service, in speaking about the progress
of forestry in this country. "Just the
contrary is true in many cases and tho
number of men in the lumber indus-
try awakening to the necessity of con-
serving the country's resources is In-
creasing each day. Progressive lum-
bermen realize that they must adopt
conservative methods or live to wateii
the slow death of their great industry.
"Vast stretches of territory have
been made barren through, as we
think now, the careless and almost
criminal methods of the old time lum-
berman. Practically every section of
the country bears scars left after ho
had skinned the land and left what, re-
mained open to the ravages of fir".
The waste In the woods was terrific;
the mill waste was almost as seriou?..
In many cases the percentage of the
tree that was sent to the market In
the form of lumber was so small that
I would be ashamed to mention the
figure. . .It was considerably less than
land to the Iowa Trust Co., which later
executed same to appellants, Jonas
dians. A conservative estimate would Brown, the defendant, introducing a
indicate that this is not one-half of the : purported will of the deceased in
available coal in Oklahoma. There is j which she gives him possession of
probably as much coal in the Creek land, and in the same does not men-
and Cherokee nations as in the Choc- | tion name of the son. The lower
taw nation. More than 100 mines are ! court sustained a general demurrer lo
The foregoing effort upon tho part
of an expert can be utilized for good
results in eastern Oklahoma, where
our lumber regions are still in condi-
tion to preserve.
The United States authorities are
trying hard to arouse interest, meet-
ing, lately, with some signs of success.
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