Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 150, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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Buy Your
A Saving of One-
Fourth on
Men's and Young
Men's Suits
"The Stein-Bloch Make"
Largest Varieties.
Splendid Patterns.
$12.50 Men's and Young
Mdn's Suits at . . . $ 9.40
$1500 Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . $11.25
$18.00 Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . . $13.50
$20.00 Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . . $15.00
$22.50. Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . . $16.90
25.00 Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . $18.75
$27.50'Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . . $20.65
fliO.OO Men's and Young
Men's Suits at . . . $22.50
Boy
Knickerbocker Suits 25 per
cent Discount.
Early Selections are Best
7-room modern house on South Fourth stri ct $25.00
"room modern new bonus between Fourth ami Fifth on Wuslilngton.J25.00
4 room house on Twelfth near Chickasha avenue $15.00
.'room house on Sixteenth and Washington avenue ..v. $13.00
6-room house at Fifth and Washington $15.00
1-room hous on South Sixth street
Itooining and boarding house 20 rooms two block of P. O $10.00
5-room house corner Twelfth and Iowa 'modern ' . '. . . ...... .$20.00
C-ruum modern house at Fourth and Iowa . $20.00
5-room modern houe at Fifth and Washington $20.00
4-room house on Choctaw and Eighth $18.00
4 -room house with hath on Choctaw near Sixth street $13.00
ti room new two-story bouse on South Hill $25.00
-l-rootii home on corner Ninth and Oregon . '.. 116.00
3-room house on Tenth between Frisco and Michigan $12.00
:! iooiii house on North Twelfth strett $11.00
5-room modern' house on corner Seventh oud Washington $25.00
Phillips
Phone
Cherokees Draw
Per Capita Payment
Tuhleuwh OMa. June 2;? Union
Mill'T special agetu representing the
court of claim arrived here this after-
noon with a large force of clerks to
begin the eastern Cherokee payun nt of
tour million dollars. He has taken
quarters in the old capitol in the ceu-
ter of a beautjlul t-haded square of
four acres. Here the ludlaus will re -
celve their money. This is the biggest
liayuieut hluce I SHo" when the Chero-
kee i trlii payment of $2t5 per capita
was made.
The tow n Is lill'-d to overllowing and
'many merchants from other towus
have sent In stocks of j'iods und open-
ed up temporary store. The regular
following of hangers-on usually found
at such payments is here but more
plcturesiiwr Is the rapidly increasing
number of tents ooeeupled by fullblood
Indians who have come in and camp-
ed waiting to get (heir money. To them
it Is a (treat picnic which they are
li'IOTSlERS mlHlS
A LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL USE.
' Baby's comijig will he a tinio of rcjoidr.g and not of ap-
prehension and fear if Mother's rriend is itfled by the expec-
tant mother in preparation of the event. This is not a medi-
cine to bo taken internally but a liniment to be applied to the
tody to assist nature in tho necessary physical changns of the system. Moth
er's Friend is composed of oils and medicines which prepare the muscles anci
tendons for the unusual strain render tho ligaments supple and elastic aids in
the expanding of tho skin and flesh fibres and strengthens all the mcmbrano:.
und tissues. It lessens tlm pain and danger at tho crisis and assares future
health to the mother. Mothor's Friend is sold at drug stores. Write for out
f roe book contnlnlnc valuable information for t xpoctattt Mothers
TilZ EXADf iZLD CO. ATLANTA CA.
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paid to at lend. It Is already apparent
I that there will 1m; hundreds Kssibly
! thousands here tomorrow when the
i first check is paid.
SUPT. WILSON MAKES
FRIENDS AT ARDMORE.
Aidnioielte: It. 11. Wilson of Chick-
sua. caudiilate for the democratic
nomination for superintendent of pub
j lie instruction. Ik in the city todav
j looking over the town and renewing
j his acquaintance with several peoplt
jwith whom he was formerly aciitialut
ed In Texas.
Prof. Wilson is making an acilvi
canvass of the state in the Interest 0;
his candidacy and has such a pleas
Ing personality that he will doubtless
make friends wherever he goes.
His motto Is "Free our schools from
polities" which is certainly an excel
lent plan to adopt.
Wanted Several good sales people
to sell lots. Liberal Commission:
easy to sell. S'uickler-SSark Realty
Co. Phone B74 Chickasha Okla.
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WHY THE GRAND-FATHER
CLAUSE SHOULD BE
ADOPTED
Fred Branson chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee gives out the
following statement In regard to the
"grandfather" clause;
This is a constitutional amendment
for the regulation and limitation of
suffrage. It proposes to safeguard
the suffrage of Intelligence and to
limit the suffrage of Illiteracy. It pro-
vide that no one whose ancestors
were not voters on January 1 1 806
or sometime prior or lived In some
foreign nation shall vote in any Okla-
homa election unless he Is able to read
and write a section of the constitu-
tion (The proposed amendment' ex-
empts from its provision all voters of
Caucasian and Indian blood and ap-
plies only to voters of Negroid ances-
try. Therefore its sole effect is to
properly Unit the suffrage right of our
Negroid voters.)
In considering such a measure only
two questions suggest themselves.
First: Has the state the constitu-
tional and legal right to impose sucii
limitations upon suffrage Second:
Is there any necessity for such an ac-
tion at the present time?
These two questions while essen-
tially different in identity are essen-
necesslty Is a remediless evil. If the
right Is not inherent in the state the
necessity is a redemlless evil. If the
necessity is non-extinct the right Is
a useless prerogative and Its exercise
at the present1 juncture would be use-
less legislation. Evidently the two
propositions are interdependent to be
j considered and disposed of simultane-
I ously; and in considering them we
hhall refer to the two interrogations
we have presented and shall answer
them both in the affirmative.
First: Has the state the constitu-
tional and legal light to pass such an
amendment? To raise such a question
Is almost equivalent to answering it.
Time and again the courts have de-
clared that a state has the power to
regulate the manner of voting and to
impose such limitations upon suffrage
as necessity may demand. While a
state has no power under the federal
constitution to deny anyone the power
o: privilege of voting it has the power
to ay in what manner suffrage shall
be exercised. It has the power to de-
cree what qualification the voter shall
lossess before he shall be permitted
to ballot. It even possesses the power
to impose such conditions that the
privilege of suffrage may be taken
away utterly.
Xot only does the power of limiting
suffrage vest in ths state but it is a
power that all states exercise. In no
state can a voter even though a bona
fide American citizen cast a ballot un-
less he has been a citizen of the state
alfo for a definite period of time. For
almost half a century after the adopt-
ion of the federal constitution no one
hut a freeholder could vote in Rhode
Island. Massachusetts and Maine eaily
took the lead In oroviding an educa-
tional for suffrage privilege and to
name the states which have pursued
the same high course would be to cata-
logue the most progressive states in
the union. Paupers or public charges
can vote in few. If any states and eon-!
vlcted felons are perpetually disfran-
chised unless vouchsafed a guberna-
torial pardon. No court has ever de-
clared that a state cannot throw
around the suffrage privilege any re-
striction under consideraation to be
viewed as new or unexampled leeisla-
tion. A provision identically the same
has been a part of the organic law of
North Carolina for several years. It
was adopted only after a tensely fought
"ampalgn in which its constitutionality
was severely questioned. Subsequent
.0 its adoption It has been tested by
he courts of the land Its validity has
been established by the supreme tribu-
nal of the nation.
Hence we conclude that the state
possesses the right to Impose limita-
tions upon suffrage. We also cott--lude
that it unquestionably has the
"Ight to Impose au educational quall-
Ication for suffrage and we posi-
tlvely conclude that the state has
plenary power to adopt and enforce nn
ancestral or "Grandfather" qualifica-
tion inasmuch as the high courts hav0
tested the validity of such a law and
have given it force and construction.
The present necessity for suffrage
regulation is a matter susceptible of
clear demonstration. While the sec-
ond proposition may be opposed with
genuine earnestness by those who
have given the situation little thought ;
lis affirmative truth will appeal to
those who 'are familiar with the con-
ditions obtaining In our state. That
the first proposition is. true no one
will deny. That the second proposi
tion is equally tnie is easily seen. In
truth it waa a sad apparentness of a
grave necessity that called to mind a
legal possibility. It was only when
the trtvoeates of this amendment saw
the danger and the ever Increasing
danger of unlimited suffrage t'bat they
thought of the unquestioned legal pow-
er by w hich that danger might be neu.
tralized.
An Ignorant ballot is a dangerous
ballot. As dangerous m kind as the
bomb of the anarchist is the ballot of
the Illiterate voter. In a land where
men have died for popular govern-
ment we dare not put a weapon into
the hands of incompetents to destroy
the results of years. No one would
argue that any nation should be gov-
erned by an Illiterate king yet in our
polity where every citizen is a sov-
ereign there are uncounted thousands
of voters whose only knowledge of the
ballot Is of tl.v emblem on its face.
Such Illiteracy is a weakening of gov-
ernment. It subtracts from intelligent
administration and Insures to our na-
tion a weakened enforcement of law.
The negro race Is to all intents and
purpose an ignorant and vicious race.
What has made the race thus Ignorant
and vicious we are not to suggest.
We are discussing conditions not
causes. The grave conditions that con-
front our electorate is a race devoid of
sufficient enlightenment to use a bal-
lot intelligently when that ballot rep-
resents at all times tho emblem of
sovereignty. What can be the future
of popular government when there are
thousands of illiterate voters the bal-
lot of any one being sufficient to nul-
lify the ballot of our most intelligent
statesmen?
If the negro is capable of self-government
then the history of the ages
is a repetition of lies. From Rauia-
i ses to Roosevelt no negro nation has
ever been given to the world. The
race has never established a single
dynasty. It has never produced a
single warrior it has never bred a:
single statesman. It has never formed '
or known a government of any char-
acter and the pnly authority it has
ever acknowledged has been the au-
thority of some alien race.
If tbe negro "j "iiicaVable of self-
government Xhen Is he capable of
governing some one else?
Should a
race that has demonstrated its own
governmental incapacity be entrusted
with partial powers of governing Its j
own and other races? This is the j
pover given the incapable and illiter-1
ate negro race when it is given unre-
stricted power of jjuftrase. '
v.'ot only is illiterate negro suffrage
dangerous at all times but it is es-
pecially dangerous at the present time.
In certain sections of Oklahoma the
negro race already equals or exceeds
in number the Caucasian race. In such
sections they are already organizing
for the purpose of electing negro pub-!
lie officials. They do not organize
along partisan lines. They do not or-1
gamze for the advancement or malute-;
nance of any political or economic
principle. Their only purpose is to put
in power the most illiterate race of our j
cosmopolitan citizenship and a race)
that five thousand yars of history has j
shown to be utterly Incapable of self-;
government. The only section on the j
luce of the globe where there is dan-:
ger of Anglo-Saxon ascendancv is in
certain counties of Oklahoma. "
The danger is also aggravated at
this time by the unprecedented tide
of negro immigration to Oklahoma.
thousands of negroes of the illiter-
ate class are pouring into the east
side every month. They come ani-
mated by the hope of negro equality.
in almost every southern state- their
i ace is practically disfranchised. They j
are coming to Oklahoma seeking the j
power of suffrage. Negro agents audi
negro preachers encouraged by Booker
Washington are diligently canvassing
the south urging the negroes to come
to Oklahoma. When We consider the
number of negroes iu the south we can
hardly over-estimate the seriousness
of the present danger.
To safeguard the state against tho
aforementioned evils thin constitu-
tional amendment has been proposed.
Us avowed purpose is to curtail illit-
erale negro suffrage to prevent ne-
gro ascendency and Incidentally to
discourage negro .Immigration. That
states have the power to adopt such
measures cannot be questioned. That
this identical amendment Is legal is
demonstrated by the constitution of
North Carolina and that the neces-
sity for the amendment PNlsts is seen
In. the illiterate rabble now invading
our state.
Xor can it be established that the
proposed amendment is unfair or un-
just to the negro. The negro bred In
'"e iia.vs in slavery nuu is imi yei
able to read or write has not suffi-
cient Intelligence to be a competent
! voter. The negro bred since the
emancipation who has not learned to
read or write Is in no sense worthy
of suffrage power. We would place
an embargo on negro illiteracy. We
would place a premium on negro in-
telligence. We would help him by tak-
ing from his hands a dangerous ballot
useless to himself and dangerous' to
others.
The amendment Is to be voted on
i August 2
CELEBRATE JULY
FOURTH AT TUTTLE.
Where are you giug to celebrate the
4th of July? If you have not made ar-
rangements to celebrate elr.ewnere
why not come to Tuttle and be with
the crowd? There will sure be
"something doing" all the lime big
barbecue ball games races of nil
kinds in fact a regular old time jol-
lification. The city will exert Itself to show
the visitors a good time and you will
make no mistake If you decide to be
with us on that date.
Follow the crowd to Tuttle July 4.
COMMITTEE.
BAND CONCERT.
Weather permitting the Chi ckasha
Concert band will play the following
program at the corner of Fourth street
and Chlckasha avenue on Saturday
night the 25th Inst. commecing at 8
o'clock:
March "Hamlin Wiles" Hall.
Overture ".Mazeppa" Mahl.
Redowa "Pearl of the Antilles"-
Maresh.
Waltz "Auf Wledersehn" Bailey.
Aria "The Death of Nelson" Bra-
ham. March "Unser Heimich" Cham-
bers. Patriotic medley "Songs of the Na-
tion" Lampe.
Star Spangled Banner.
FISH 30 YEARS A CAPTIVE
When Released It Knew Something
Besides How to Swim in a
Circle.
A big sturgeon that has been a pris-
oner 30 years bag just been released
from his long captivity and set free
In the Columbia rlvar. The fish was
taken from the Columbia river near
Cascade locks in the spring of 1880.
tt was caught in a flsh wheel and was
given to the late Dr. W. H. Adams of
Hood River.
The sturgeon was placed in a small
pond on the Adams ranch says tho
Portland Journal. There were then
i wo Pnds on the place and the fish
was changed from one to the other
from time to time. Some years ago
M the vater became gQ hallow tba'
the back of the Bturgeon was blistered
by the aun.
The fish was then moved to the pool
of a fountain on the farm where it
wanx about In a circle. It kept grow-
ing bigger until it was about six feet
long and the fountain was too small a
place for it to be kept.
Mrs. Sue M. Adams Armstrong own-
er of the farm ordered the release of
the pet fish and the sturgeon was
carted to the Columbia river and set
) free.
Interested spectators predicted the
fish would swim in a small circle in
the river from the habit of
o years
but this was not true
Dazed for a 1
moment by the unaccustomed extent of
water the sturgeon hesitated and then
swam away to the deep channel of the
river.
UNTOLD INJURY
j
;To Chickasha People as It Is Else-
where Throughout the Land.
i Nealectine a bad back.
Xot trying to reach the cause
IJrings untold injury to the human
system.
Follow ing in the" wake of backache
Are urinary disorders diabetes
Brighfs disease.
Let a Chickasha citittou tell of a
cure.
Mrs. 11. H. Bone Michigan' avenue
Chickasha Okla. says: "I was an
almost constant sufferer from kidney
and bladder trouble for three or four
years and was unable to get anything
that would hely me. Generally In the
spring and fall the couinlaint became
worse and there was rarely a time
that 1 was not suffering. The kidney
Keeretiont passed irregularly my back
was weak and palnrul and sharp cut-
ting twinges often darted through my
kidneys. Upon learning of Doan's Kid-
ney Tills I gut a box at the 01 drug;
store and they helped me so greatly
that I procured a further supply. After
I had taken the contents of three
boxes of this remedy I was well. I
willingly give Doan'a Kidney Pills my
highest endorsement."
Kor sale by all dealers. I'rlco SO i
cents. Fostcr-Milburn Co. Suffalq
New York solo BRcnls for tlm Cnilcdi
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
tak no other 2td-ltw
Thirty
cigar wisdom in the
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shouldn't
The quality hasn't
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important.
Now made In two shapes.
The Ferf ecfo you tcnow
. TSte Corcisa is new."
ROTHENBERG 4. SCHLOSS
Thirty-Three Deaths
Due to Hot Wave
Chicago III. Ju.p 23 Ten more
victims have been added to the roll
of those who have succumbed either
directly or indirectly to the heat wave.
The list of victims in Chicago in the
past week now totals thirty-three.
People whose minds have become af-
fected by the heat have committed sui-
cide in many parts of the city. Others
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Sacrifice Clothing Sale
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On account of the lateness of the season
we find ourselves with too much clothing
on hand. To sell quickly we of fer at the
following reductions:
135.00 Suits at $26.25
32.50 Suits at 24.40
30.00 Suits at 22.50
27.50 Suits at . 20.65
25.00 Suits at. . . 18.75
20.00 Suits at . 15.00
lS.oo Suits at 12.25
12.50 Suits at 9.40
All Boys' Suits Off
$S.0() Suits at ........... . $6.00
6.00 Suits at 4.50
4.00 Suits at 3.00
3.00 Suits at . 2.25
MEN'S PANTS
JS.oo Pants at . . '' . $7.00 ! $7.oo rants at . Y . $6.00
G.oo Pants at . 5.00 j S.oo l'unts at .. . . 4.00
-l.oo Pants at $3.00
At thesti pries you can't afford to wear old clothes.
Come around and let us tit you out.
SHOE DEPARTMENT
We ar making a creat- bhowinj of Summer Shoo
for Men Women and Children. In the summer time es-
pecially your feet. should be comfortably shod. Come to
us for your shoes.
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Distributors Kansas City Mo.
were drowned while seeking iefue
from the hot sim. Scores of babies are
sick many dying.
Chicago Is fortunate now as there is
a breeze sweeping over the. lake and
blowing directly .inland- '''he cooling
breeze today helped to make the first
real day of summer a little more com-
fortable. As well as being the official
first day of summer it was also the
longest day of the year.
WHEN YOU PATRONIZE HOME
MERCHANTS YOU ARE BOOSTING
CHiCKASHA.
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