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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
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•r«*r County Sun Established 18V«»
C«n*olltlat*dApril lltOI.
MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1907.
VOL. t7r NO. 29k .
DEMOCRATS SCRAP
Two Candidates Were Nominated
By the Hobart Convention
COMMITTEE WILL SETTLE IT
At to Which is the Regular Nomi-
nee. Claude Weaver and
Scott Ferris are the
Contestants
The democrats in the congression-
al convention at Hobart last week
had a regular monkey-and-parrot
time. The report that was sent out
by wire Thursday afernoon telling
of the ending of the three day ses-
sion in the nomination of Scott
Ferris of Lawton was not, as then
supposed, the latest news from the
convention. It seems that after
that the convention was re-organi-
zed and Claude Weaver was declared
the nominee. Andy Stewart of
1 Mangum, who was chairman of the
rump convention, declares that
.Claude Weaver is the regular nom-
inee and that his name will be plac-
ed on the official ballot and Lawyer
Carpenter, who was Greer county's
1 candidate before the same conven-
tion, says he is for Scott Ferris as he
is tfoe regular party nominee. Thus
we see that even Greer county's del-
egation, small as it now is in com-
parison to what it has been in con-
ventions that have gone before, al-
though they went to Hobart har-
monious, happy and enthusiastic for
one man returned disappoin-
ted and cross and quarreling with
each other. It's no laughing mat-
ter with the democratic politicians
but it makes republicans smile to
Bee such carryings on. Democrats
have heretofore claimed that theirs
was a party of honesty and all
political trickery was confined to
the republicarvj) irty. But there
were no republicans in the Hobart
convention and if one had been
there and participated he would
-They must accept it or reject it.
m The moment the republican party
have been aehaniaS(*> admit it ioidecides-to recognise the work of
his republican friends afterward, the convention by placing a ticket
The friends of both factions are
equally positive that their man
should be declared the regular nom-
inee and it now seems quite certain
that both will make the race, one
as the regular nominee and the other
as an independent candidate.
rGURa£rFROtt~
j _ GOSSIP GLEN
BY RACHEL.
Ed SimB goes to Ardmore the last
of the week to visit his parents.
***
Miss Nina Davis will leave Wed-
nesday afternoon for Hamilton,
Texas.
***
Miss Lura Moore, the attractive
milliner of the Gilliland's left for
her home in Bowie, Texas, Tuesday
morning.
***
Jasper Leadbetter is expected
home Wednesday. Mrs. Leadbet-
ter and little son will renfain in
Missouri for some time.
***
Mangum is reaping the benefit
of her sanitary condition in the
many cases of fever.
***
Mrs. Frank Simpson who was ill
with measles, owing to other com-
plications has' been quite ill but at
present is improving.
***
Miss Elva Perry is still qritically
ill.
***
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Moore and
children returned from Texas on
Thursday.
V
It is said music hath charms to
Boothe the savage "beast." We
jdoubt if he ever heard it
;early in the morning when he was
trying to get in his beauty sleep.
V
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Leadbetter
id sister, Miss Baker spent Sun-
lay at Granite.
***
The band boys make a very fine
ppearance in their new suits and
doing some very excellent play-
Mangum has reason to be
id of them.
V
The little son of Judge Powers
t some coal-oil on Saturday and
been very sick from its effect.
V
Much sympathy is expressed by
the friends of Mrs. Wm. Stribling
and her daughters, Mrs. Hood and
Mrs. Davis, in their bereave-
ment, the loss of husband and
father.
***
A farmer attempted to drive his
horse up to the walk in front of a
store recently but the horse utterly
refused to be coaxed or driven any
nearer. The farmer in exaspera-
tion seized it by the bridle to lead
it, but getting a whiff of the rotten
cauliflower, stale beans, decaying
banana with the myriads of flies he
concluded the animal had more
sense than some people and tied it
to a post on the square, when in
a short time he was called upon to
pay his little fine of five dollars.
TIm Eagle Stand* Pat.
Prom the Enid Ragle.
The Enid Eagle has not changed
the opinion frequently expressed in
regard to the proposed state consti-
tution. It ought to be defeated,
and the republican party, as an or-
ganization, must take the lead in
the fight. Statehood with a bad,
unjust and unfair constitution
would be the greatest misfortune
that could befall the people of Okla-
homa. They cannot afford to ap-
prove it for any merely sentimen-
tal consideration. Statehood can
only be defeated on the ground that
the government will be equitable
and just to all citizens.
We say that the republican party
should lead in this fight for good
government and against oppression
and justice. It will be reinforced
and supported by honest, fair mind-
ed men of all parties.
The republican party cannot af-
ford to recognize the action of the
constitutional convention by enter-
ing the field and striving for party
supremacy. The constitution can
be defeated by only making a
sure, straightforward, and un-
flinching fight against it because
it is bad and un-American. There
is no middle ground—there is no
method by which the people can
separate the good from the bad.
ANOTHER OIL PLANT
in the field for the offices provided
for by- the proposed constitution
that moment it will be shorn of
it moral strength, and will for-
feit the confidence of men who be-
lieve in the right. The nomina-
tion of a republican ticket means
the overwhelmingly ratification of
the constitution, and it will mean
a complete' surrender to the ene-
mies of just and equitable govern-
ment for Oklahoma. If we hope
for help against wrong and oppres-
sion we must show that we are not
willing to countenance or condone
wrongB against which we ask relief.
We have no desire to dictate to
the republican party. We only ex-
press a deep seated and unalterable
opinion that the recognition of the
convention's wicked work by con-
tending for the offices whieh it has
provided for will result in statehood
under the monstrous constitution,
and deprive us of the right to fair-
ly protest against it. Men to show
a willingness to compromise with
evil, and share in its results are
stooped from asking for protection
because,they are about to be swal-
lowed up by the storm that they
helped to create.
William H. Stribling died at his
home on West Lincoln street, Man-
gum, on Sunday June 30th at 8:30
p. m. after an illness of only eight
days. The physicians say he was
taken first with pneumonia then
other complications set in and all
together proved more than he could
stand. Mr. Stribling was born in
Washington county, Texas, and was
sixty-five years old. He lived an
honorable and upright life, striv-
ing always to do unto others as he
would have them do to him. His
wife, two daughters and a son sur-
vive him. The daughters are Mrs.
Nancy Hood and Mrs. Berchill Dav-
is, and the son is Frank Stribling,
a young man. The latter is in
Colorado and being off from a rail-
road could not get here in time for
the funeral. The funeral took
place at 5 o'clock p. m. on Monday,
July 1st, Rev. Johnson, presiding
elder, conducting the services.
Greenville, Texas, Parties Will
Build Six Press Plant Here
SITE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR
Contractors Figuring on Building
and Machinery Will be Here
Soon-Will be Running
This Season.
Our old friend Jack Barnes and
his estimable wife were in Mangum
this week. They formerly lived at
Bloomington but sold out and are
now residing in the Panhandle.
They are well pleased with their
new home.
Fresh Texas Honey just recieved
at Texas Wagon Yard.
Mangum is to have a new cotton
seed oil mill and a good one. The
plant is to cost at least $75,000, all
new and the latest machinery and is
to be in operation early in the com-
ing season.
The ground has been bought, the
deeds delivered and contractors
are figuring on the buildings.
W. T. Jackson of Greenville Tex-
as, is at the head of this enterprise.
Mr. Jackson and his associates own
several oil mills in Texas and are
now coming into the Oklahoma
field. Mr. Jackson informed the
Sun-Monnitor man that his company
had no connection What ever with
the Chickasha Oil Mill Co. and
would enter into direct opposition
with them in the purchase of seed.
Mr. Jackson's associates are
Greenville and Dallas capitalists.
Their capital for the Mangum mill
will be $100,000.
He says the machinery for the
plant that will be placed here
was ordered, last year and intended
to be located in Southwest Texas,
but that country has "gone dry"
and it was decided to lookup a
new location for the mill. Mr.
Jackson says "I started out on a
prospecting to ur and arrived in
Mangum, last Tuesday. I made
some investigations of what has
been done here in the way of cotton
crops, present conditions, pros-
pects for the future etc., and soon
decided, that this was good enough
for me. Why you have a wonder-
ful country here I had no idea it
was so prosperous and promising."
The new company has bought all
the ground east from the Moore
Mill A Gin Co.'s plant to the street
in front of the Farmers gin and
north to the railroad right-of-way,
and there id where the mill will be
located.
The plant will be of full capa-
city for a six press mill except that
only four presses will be put in at
present and the other two will be
added just as soon as the receipts of
seed wilf justify it. He says he
expects a little trouble at first with
the Chickasha oil mill because of
coming into their territory, but he
will get what seed he needs if
taoney will buy it.
No bonus or special privileges
what ever were asked of Mangum
by Mr. Jackson. He says his com-
pany has money to pay for what it
gets and is going to build an insti-
tution that the town and country
will be proud of. The building for
the mill proper will be of brick or
stone and the material for con-
struction will be arriving on the
ground within ten days.
Advertised Letters.
Unclaimed letters remaining in
this office June 30, 1907.
Bonfield, T. A.; Baker, A. J.;
Bondy, W. A.; Conkling, G. 13.;
Daniel, Joe M.; Green, Robt.;
Land, Wm.; Long, Edd; McMur-
ray, J. W.; McBride, Mrs. Callie;
Milem, John; Moore, Miss M, B.;
Pharris, Mrs. Myrtle; Pure Food
Co.; Penix, C. L.; Russell, Mrs.
Maggie; Spillars, Miss Lena;
Smotherman, Jim; Thompson, Jim;
Views, Marvin; Woolsey, Wm.;
Wells, Thomas.
When calling for the above please
say advertised.
W. C. Shadden, 3. M. ?
Mrs. Damie Aulgur, formerly
proprietor of the Farmers' Union
Restaurant, later a partnef in the
Josephine Hotel, has leased the
Crawford hotel building, refurnish-
ed it and is now running it under
the name of Farmers' Union Hotel,
where she invites the patronage of
her friends.
Many business houses have very
tastefully arranged window displays
appropriate for the Fourth of July.
In C. P. Hamilton's window the
decorators have rigged up a cannon,
out of a joint of stove pipe and
the trucks of a riding plow.
If you want the best and the
kind that will cause you no trouble
or loss of time buy the Deering
Pure Sisal Twine at Hamilton's.
The Democratic Convention.
The last act of the democratic
farce has been given and the
curtain has fallen. The State Con-
vention was a fitting climax to
the Constitutional convention and
the primaries. From beginning to
end this Democratic farce in every
act and scene, has been the exploit-
ation of one man and his puppets.
Mr. Haskell and his constitution
was the one actor and the one play.
The rights of the people were in-
tirely disregraded. Not only have
the Republicans been insulted, but
decent democrats have been delud-
ed and the brave soldiers and ma-
rines of the state put off the stage.
The tactics of the constitutional
convention was adopted in theprim-
ries and State Convention. The
entire play from beginning to end
has bwn carried through with a
high hand, with no regard to any-
one except the personal ambitions
of the aptor, who at all tirties kept
the center of the stage. The
people's rights have been tramp-
led on and one man power has been
assumed and carried out most com-
pletely and relentlessly.
The time has not yet come to con-
demn snch assumption and the
people must unite to defeat the
workings of this self constituted
autocrat. Every one interested
in fair government, in fair play, in
equity and justice must work with
one aim, to defeat the outrageous
and iniquitous Constitution and
with it the prenicioua intentions
of Haskell, Murray A Co.
The Oklahoma Huddle.
Prom th« Globe-Democrat.
The constitution framers who re-
cently put up a charter for Okla-
homa and Indian Territory will be
reconvened at Guthrie on July 10,
they will make Bome changes in
their work of last winter, and a
new date will be set for the elec-
tion for ratification or rejection of
the constitution, and for the choice
of state officers under it. To a
certain extent the twin territories
are thus compelled to start anew
in their work of preparation for
statehood.
All this delay is due to the trick-
ery AirHbefoUysf the Democratic
politicians. When Oklahoma and
Indian Territory sent 100 Demo-
crats and only 12 Republicans to
the constitutional convention the
work of that body was discredited
at the start, and a bad blow was
dealt at the intelligence and the pub-
lic spirit of the people of the pro-
jected state. The democratic poli-
ticians in the Guthrie Convention,
believing that they had a license
from the people to perpetrate all
sorts of enormities which demogog-
ism suggested, started out to work
on that line, and did a job which
was a miracle of political crooked-
ness and partisan dishonesty. They
assailed the corporations in a spir-
it which will hamper the state
should it enter the Union with these
provisions in its charter unchanged,
and they arranged the legislative
and congressional districts in a way
which disfranchises a large portion
of the Republicans of the commun-
ity.
Oklahoma had expected to com-
plete the formalities of framing a
state organization on August 6,
w'ith the election which was set for
that day to determine whether the
constitution was to be accepted or
rejected, and to chose state offi-
cers. Now the election will have
to be postponed, and the enemies
of thflk constitution will have a new
incentive to organize against it, and
assail it at the polls. The country
will be sorry for Oklahoma's mis-
fortune. The people of every state
were getting ready to welcome
Oklahoma into partnership, but
that community's political wreckers
prevented the consummation. In
its best estate Democratic govern-
ment is a pretty heavy load for any
community to carry. But Demo-
cratic government of the stupid
and piratical brand now at the
front in Oklahoma is eminently cal-
culated to raise up a social quaran-
tine against that locality by all the
rest of the country.
HANDS BILL A LEMON
Republican Committee Makes Hot
Reply to CocKIebur's Appeal
REFUSE TO HELP HIM OUT
Asks Murray Why He Has Not
Put Himself in Possession
of Those Fasts and Sta-
tistics Before
We have recently had three days
of regular Arkansas rainy weather
and instead of an automobile line a
railroad 1b coming to the town of
Endee. Address inquiries to Robt.
E. Dever & Son, Endee, N. M.
Get bu8y. We will invoice as
soon as we can reduce our stock to
an $8,000.00 investment. Then you
will see lumber take a jump.
Independent Lumber Co.
The Orptaeum Comedy Co., at the
Opera Houae July 3, 4, 5. and 6.
Get your Tickets at Logan's,
The republican committee to
consider Cocklebur Bill's Big Bluff
met in Guthrie Friday and Satur-
ay and gave out the following open
letter:
Guthrie, Okla., June 28.
Hon. W. H. Murray, President
Constitutional Convention; Dear
sir;—We notice in the public prints
that you have made a call for the
reconvening of the constitutional
convention on July 10th, and that
you have in that call appointed a
committee to receive 'testimony,
facts and statistics to disprove the
fairness of the apportionment made
by the contention with a view of
correcting errors, if any be found,
in said legislative apportionment"
from the chairman of the republi-
can state committee and others.
Hon. J.L. Hamon chairman of the
republican committee, appointed
the undersigned to consider with
him this part of your call, on behalf
of the republicans.
We cannot believe you are sin-
cere in this request. It does not
comport with the past actions of
yourself and the majority of the
convention. Neither do we agree
that you have the authority to ap-
point any such committee. In all
legislative bodies, such power rests
with the body itself, and no such
power has been delegated to you.
You may be able to drive the de-
mocracy but when you go to the
people, the proposals should come
in an authoritative way.
You appointed an apportionment
committee at the opening of the
convention—a*d you only appointed
one republican thereon--and
republican was if) and unable
attend the meetings of the commit^
tee; and knowing this you ,ne-
glected to appoint another to rep-
resent the republican party," leav-
ing our party unrepresented.
When therepublidan members pro-
tested against this unfair treatment
you said you "were not consulting
republicans about democratic poli-
cies."
This gerrymander was made in
the dark and without reference to
population. No republican was
consulted about it. When it came
into the convention the republicans
declared it grand larceny—a dis-
franchisement of a large number
of the voters of the state; that it
would not get the sanction of the
people, and if accepted under pro-
test at the polls, would not be pro-
claimed by the president. You
replied that the apportionment was
made to suit democrats and not
republicans, and,that the majority
would assume the responsibility.
Now you ask for "testimony,
facts and statistics."
Is this an acknowledgment that
the work of making a legislative
apportionment for this great pro-
posed state was made without "tes-
timony, facts and statistics" to
base it on? Do you mean that none
but partisan interests were consid-
ered? Did you sit five and one-
half months with this important
trust confided to you by the people
and then make this apportionment
regardless of "testimony, facts and
statistics", which were easily ob-
tainable?
Then when this apportionment
was completed you and all the
democratic delegates who took the
stump, declared the constitution-
including the gerrymander—"the
best constitution ever written"!
Democratic leaders said, after
the gerrymander had been com
pleted, that Oklahoma could go
30,000 republican and yet the
legislature be democratic. This
shows the apportionment was made
with malicious deliberation and
with the intent to cheat the repub-
licans of a fair representation.
Mr. Bryan, the national mouth-
piece of democracy, before the dem-
ocratic state convention, declared
this cohatitution—including the
gerrymander— a perfect document
"an improvement on the constitu
tion of the United States."
The democratic state convention
declared "we stand on the consti-
tution in its entirety as the derae-
cratic platform."
We, therefore, cannot believe
you are sincere in requesting "tes-
timony, facts and statistics" now.
We conclude it is an exhibit of the
same hypocrisy which has charac-
terized the majority of the conven-
tion from the beginning to this
date.
Instead of being a patriotic body,
honestly striving to make a non-
partisan constitution worthy of the
great state of Oklahoma, every ac-
tion of that convention was out-
rageously partisan, the culmination
of narrow, infamous, partisanship
being the gerrymander, about
which you now ask "testimony,
facts and statistics."
And you ask testimony, facts and
statistics" about this after the re-
publican and democratic ' press
have teemed with "testimony,
facts and statistics" ever since
this outrage on the people was com-
mitted. The republican mem-
bers of the convention, voicing the
deep, sincere desire of all the re-
publicans for statehood, continually
warned the majority that the gerry-
mander and the many other un-
American planks you were adopt-
ing, would defeat statehood, but
you persisted in your ignorance, in-
competency and base partisanship.
Is it possible you now see that
neither the people nor the president
will approve your brutal party sel-
fishness and your disregard of the
welfare of the people?
Had you gone to work delib-
erately to defeat statehood, results
could not have been more fatal to
this great object than the viciously
partisan, ignorantly constructed
and incompetently considered docu-
ment you call a constitution, and
ask a patriotic, intelligent and
progressive people to approve.
It is possible that your request
for "testimony, facts and statis-
tics" comes from fear that the cen-
sus of the proposed subdivisions of
the state will catch you red handed
in your attempt to disfranchises
30,000 voters, representing 150,000
people, for partisan ends?
For the first timeWnce you began
to make, this constitution,^ /on
seem to realixe that republic
PR,.,,
body
ed constitution was in process of
incubation. The republican adviea
was scorned and unheeded.
Had you heeded the suggestions
coming from the representatives of
the party" which had for sixteen
years labored for an enabling act
with an ardor and ability which
finally culminated in a republican
delegate, a republican congress
and a republican president, grant-
ing the desire of the people for
statehood, you would not now have -
an unrighteous, unrepublican docu-
ment which the people will repudi-,
ate and which you seem to have
concluded is in danger of disap-
proval hoth at home and in Wash-
ington.
We suggest that if you think the
dying hour has arrived—that the
just repudiation is certainly at
hand—which we assure you the vote
will disclose if had on the present
unfortunate product of incompe-
tency and stupidity—that you
do now what must humil-
iate you to acknowledge you
did not do when you made it, gath-
er "testimony, facts and statist-
ics" from the same records exis-
ting now as existed when you made
the gerrymander and make a leg-
islative apportionment which will
be free of narrow partisanship, dis-
franchise no voters and give a
square deal to all.
This apportionment is only one
of the many vicious and dangerous
things in thiB proposed constitu-
tion on which you ask the advice
of the republicans. You ask thia
at avery late hour and your past ar-
rogance gives us the right to ques-
tion your sincerity.
The convention from beginning
to end was saturated with party
prejudice. It was more like a pol-
itical convention than a dignified,
liberal-minded body striving to
make the fundamental law of a reg-
nant state. You were intoxicated
with partisan Buccess and hatred.
Your chief desire, as shown in every
fiber of the alleged constitution,
was to crucify the republcan party
at whatever cost to the strte. Your
partisan ism was indecent and in-
tolerable and you now see the popu-
lace filed with diBgust and revolt
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