The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 546, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1908 Page: 2 of 16
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
' ■. Js+ '/£"/+ /Z~ 552""7
''» mmJL ', <£& t& «£& ^2feii5& V/^ V'-. ?r/^ * V > ^ >,'** Jf/fefc.?/'*. !f ^
THE SEARCHLIGHT
WOMEN'S R1GHT8.
A right to tread no softly
B-side the couch of pain;
To smooth with gentle fingers
The tangled locks again;
To watch beside the dying
lb wee stnall hours of night
And breathe a consecrating prayer
When the spirit takes its flight.
\ *
A right to cheer the weary
On the battlefields of life;
To give the word of sympathy
Amid the toil and strife;
To lift the hardens gently
From sore and tired hearts
And never weary of the task
Till gloomy care departs.
A right to be a woman
in truest woman's work;
If life should be a hard one.
No duties ever shirk;
A right to show to others
How strong a woman grows
WofD skies are dark and lowering
And life bears not a rose.
A right to love one truly
And he love back again;
A right to share his fortunes
Through sunlight and rain;
A right to be protected
From life's most cruel blights
By manly love and courage—
Sure these are woman's rights.
—Boston Globe.
Dispensary, where the state sells
liquor for beverage purposes only, and.
Whereas, the word "dispensary" is
not used anywhere in the Oklahoma
law or Constitution.
Resolved, That we will discourage
j the use of the word "dispensary" and
| commend to editors and others the
| use of the word ' Agency" instead.
AGENCY SYSTEM NOT RESPONSI-
BLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT
OR NON-ENFORCEMENT OF
THE LIQUOR LAW,
The complaint is often heard that
Supt. Lozier and the other Agency of-
ficials should do this, or that, In re-
gard to. enforcing the law as to liquor
violations. While Mr. Lozier and the
other officials connected with the
Agency have done some work along
this line, it is no part of their duties
and the Agency is entitled to no credit
or blame in the matter. What has
been done by them has been done
grateously and with the sole purpose
of helping the enforcement men.
As far as the law is concerned, the
enforcement provisions are separate
and distinct from the Agency clause.
Supt. Lozler's duties in the enforce-
HAS IT MADE GOOD?
Amount appropriated $50,000.00
Amount used 25,051.95
Money on hand, money due,
fixtures etc 22,469.18
Total Cost to State
Cost of Enforcement (includ-
ed above)
Confiscated Whiskey on
hand
Confiscated Beer on hand
2,582.77
3,978.94
12,000.00
7,000.00
Total Confiscated Liquor
19,000.00
This does not include over 100,000
bottles of low grade beer, and a lot of
poor whiskey dumped into the sewer,
nor does it include the $7,000.00 worth
destroyed at the Moss Brewery at
Oklahoma City.
The above statement shows that the
state at the end of August was out
but $2,582.77 on the Agencies. This
will be paid in the first of October and
the Agencies will not have cost the
State a dollar, while on the other hand
it shows that the State is ahead near-
ly Twenty Thousand Dollars on con-
fiscated liquors. The question is rais-
ed that the people pay the profits, that
is true, but the profit had better go to
the State than to the distilleries, and
breweries in some other state, had it
not?
Others say; "Of course the State has
lots of confiscated booze but look at
the expense of capturing it." The
fact is that for every dollar paid, the
enforcement men, there has been Ten
dollars worth of liquor captured. Some
say It cost the county lots of money
to prosecute the boot-leggers and
jolntests. This is not true. In every
county where the presecutlon have
been pushed the fines have more than
paid the expense of capture and con-
viction. Others say its tough on Joint-
keepers and boot-leggers, and that's
the truth.
W. C. T. U. Resolution.
The W. C. T. U. at their convention
at Oklahoma City adopted the follow-
ing resolutions.
Resolved:
That the members of this organiza-
tion not only do all In their power to
emphasize the department of law en-
forcement, but also pledge ourselves
to use every means possible to have
the Agency law ratified at the coming
election.
And whereas, the word "dispensary"
leads the people to confuse the Okla-
homa Agency for the sale of alcoholic
liquors for medical and scientific pur-
poses only, with the South Carolina
What Prohibition and The Agency
Have Done For Blaine County.
During the laBt nine months of sa-
loon at Watonga there was:
Arrests for Drunkeness 41
Disturbing the Peace 59
All others 29
Total I*®
During the nine months of Prohibi-
tion there has been the following ar-
rests:
Drunkeness 5
Disturbing the Peace 28
All others I6
Total 49
President Evans Endorses Agencies.
A. Grant Evans, president of the
State University at Norman, in a let-
ter to the Publicity Department, that
is making a fight for the adoption of
the Agencies, says, "I am glad that
you are going to help in the matter
of aiding the movement to secure pop-
ular endorsement for the Agency pro-
position. I feel very strongly that if
we can help the people of the state
to understand this, there is no doubt
as to their vote, and I feel certain
that the failure to endorse the pro-
Enforcement men commended for
their work. The people are getting
their eyes open at last.
ment work consist only in paying the ,. .
enforcement men. and taking charge **
of the confiscated goods.
This work Is entirely in the hands
of Fred S. Caldwell, Counsel to the
Governor, and his force of deputies.
The adoption or rejection of the
Agency clause would not make any
difference in the enforcement work.
to the whole cause of Prohibition.
I shall be glad to do enythlng in
my power to aid you.
(Signed) A. GRANT EVANS.
This shows the sentiment that is
expressed by the leading educators,
ministers, and the better class of peo-
ainereiiie m iuc cuiuitemcui ", . , ... <„,n
Beetle M. Article 0. that create, ,M.
office is now a law and is not an issue
at the coming election. The fact that
your are pleased or displeased with
the work of the State enforcement
men, should not influence you in the
Agency proposition.
An Anti-Prohibitionist End rses The
Agencies.
cation points to an overwhelming ma
jority In favor of it.
What Prohibition and Law Enforce
ment Does.
The following statement taken from
the records of the County Court of
Majors County show what Prohibition
does where the officials want to en
E. S. Malone, president of the Alex- j force the law.
ander Drug Co., of Oklahoma City, the
largest wholesale drug concern in the
state, came out this week with a state-
ment, declaring in favor of the adop-
tion of the State Agencies. He gives
the following reasons:
"Although I am not in sympathy
with the Prohibition movement, I
heartily endorse the State Agency
system of dispensing liquors under i
the present administration for the fol-.
lowing reasons:
First—A large majority of the peo-
ple of this state voted for constitu-
tional prohibition, thus making it a
constitutional law.
Second—The State Dispensary sys
tem is the most liberal construction
of this law that could possibly have
been enacted.
Number of Liquor Cases None
Number of Criminal Cases 9.
Prisoners in Jail None.
Take the town of Fairview, county
seat of this county, and one of the
best of its size in the state, (popula
tlon 1,500). It has never had a saloon
has had one arrest for drunkeness
since statehood, and no other arrest.
An Agency was established in this
town about the first of May. The to-
tal sales have been $319.11.
In Alfalfa County the records show
that there is charged:
Having Liquor in Possession 2
Selling Liquor
Criminal Cases since Statehood 30
Number of Prisoners in Jail
There are but three cases pending,
the liquor cases, and the man cbarg
ed with selling is one of those in jail
In Cherokee, the county seat, with
a population of 1,800 that has never
had a saloon, the records show that in
Third—The State Dispensary law the nine months before and after Pro-
provides fully for the distribution of hibitlon, there has been the following
liquors for all legitimate purposes,
such as, medicinal, scientific, and
mechanical purposes.
Fourth—Under the present arrange-
ment a legitimate pharmacist or manu- All others
facturer can'secure his supply of alco- The Agency was established in
hoi or other liquors at as low a price.' Cherokee about June 15th. The total
and as conveniently as formerly, the | sales have been $180.95. These are
arrests:
Before
Drunkeness 2
Disturbing the Peace 1
3
After
1
1
0
only difference being the requirement
of a bond to the effect that he will
not violate the law.
Fifth—I most heartily commend the
liberal policy adopted by Supt. Lozier
in meeting every legitimate demand
promptly.
Sixth—Every druggist should sup-
port the present system as it is the
only system by which he can secure
a supply of alcohol or liquor for legi-
timate uses within the State, legally,
and in the event the present dlspen-
not thinly populated counties, but are
above the average, as to wealth and
population, in the state. Each have
several good towns.
We do not believe this record can
be beaten by any two counties in the
United States. We challenge the
friends of local option to open saloons
to show a single county in the world
where saloons are run that can com
pare with these.
Prohibition advocates should fight
sary system is voted out, absolute con-1 shy of newspapers who seek to give
stitutional prohibition will prevail, and j advice, and on the same page carry
this would mean that every jointist, i whiskey advertisements.
in order to legitimatize his business,
as far as the public is concerned,
would open a drug store.
Very truly yours,"
E. S. MALONE,
Pres. Alexander Drug Co.
At a monster mass meeting held Iu
Oklahoma City, Tuesday night, Sept
29th, the city and county official*
were condemned for their lax enforce-
ment of the laws. The State Agency
system was endorsed and the State
ONE ON A POLITICIAN.
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3.—
Much amusement at Fairview on the
receipt of Omaha papers today. • In
yesterday's Omaha Bee, published • "oy
Victor Rosewater? member of the Re-
publican executive committee, and
head of the Republican publicity bu.
reau, there was an editorial criticizing
in vigorous language an extract from
a supposed speech of Bryan's on the
tariff question. The words complained
of in the editorial were: "In all tariff
legislation, the true principle is best
maintained by Imposition of such du-
ties as will equal difference between
cost of production at home and abroad,
together with reasonable profit to
American industries."
In regard to this the Bee said edi-
torially: "Nothing prettier in catch-all
lines has been offered to this cam-
paign. The declaration means simply
nothing. An attempt to legislate along
that line would simply open the way
to Interminable wrangling. Under
such a proposition, any attempt at
tariff revision would serve only to
halt industrial and commercial prog-
ress and keep business unsettled dur-
ing Bryan's term of office."
This morning's World-Herald shows
that the words complained of are not
part of any speech of Bryan's, but
part of the trust plank of the Republic-
an platform, and that the head of the
Republican publicity bureau, had,
through the editorial columns of tha
paper published by him, severely crit-
icized one of the planks of the plat-
form on which Taft is running.
Bryan said this morning: 'To ac-
cuse me of using language of Republi-
can platform is outrageous. Rose-
water ought to apologize for this in-
justice and explain to his readers. The
language which he criticises was taken
from the Republican platform and not
from any speech of mine.
"Rosewater is right, however, in
making fun of the language. He is
right in saying that 'nothing prettier
in the catchall line had been offered in
this campaign.' But I hardly expected
from him so frank confession as is
contained in the last sentence of hfS
editorial. This is a rich find. It
shows how absurd the Republican plat-
form looks to Republicans when a Re-
publican has chance to look at it in a
disinterested way. I hope his opin-
ion of the language will not change
when he finds he was shooting at his
own platform instead of me."
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 5.—In accord-
ance with a ruling made by Judge C.
T. Russell on September 10, today is
default day so far as Indian lands are
concerned. Judge Russell, who is In
charge of the government's work in
clearing the titles to these lands, an-
nounced on that date, that in view of
the fact that so many persons were
voluntarily coming in and quit-claim-
ing land on which they held illegal
deeds, that the time would be extend-
ed until today, before any defaults
were taken. This time has expired
and the work of defaulting will begin
at once. Quite a number of defaults
bid fair to be registered before the
week ends. Persons who have failed
to settle these suits will now have to
pay costs in the cases against them.
New York, Oct. 5.—Eleven persons
were killed and fifty or more injured
in an incendiary fire which wrecked
the four-story house at 71 1-2 Mulber-
ry street early today. That a deliber-
ate attempt was made to destroy the
house and its occupants as well the
police and firemen do not doubt. Three
barrels stuffed with rubbish soaked
with oil were blazing fiercely in the
lower hall, cutting off escape from the
upper floors. Some died in their beds,
overcome by smoke and then caught
by flames. Fully a dozen children
were tossed from the second and third
floors and were caught by men stand-
ing in the street. Men and women
later were carried down by firemen
on ladders.
\
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View four places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 546, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1908, newspaper, October 9, 1908; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc286229/m1/2/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.