The Vinita Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 23, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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uic Vinita Chieftain p
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Tho Vinita Chieftain Is puolished every Thursday ;j
morning at Vinita Indian Territory. It Is the oldest. I
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and most cxteaaively read nowspapcr In the northern
District. It Is In lt: twenty-t hird year and has a general
circulation throaghout the north half of the Indian Tor-
i Itory. The saVscrlptlon price of the paper is S1.(X a
year always In advance. A postal card will get a sample
copy anywere In the United States.
D. M. MARRS. Editor and Owner.
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Thursday
YIHITA I. T.
Nov. 17 im
For President 1&Q8
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
Tot Vice-President
josktii w. folk.
"The rem lit of the election was due to the
fact that U Democratic party attempted to be
conservative la Um presence of conditions which
demand radical remedies. It sounded a partial
retreat when It should have ordered a cliargo all
along the line. In 1896 the line was drawn for
the first time during the present generation be-
tween plutocracy and Democracy and the party's
stand on the side of Democracy alienated a large
number of plutocratic Democrats who In the na-
ture of things cannot be eipected to return and
it drew to itself a large number of earnest advo-
cates of reform whose attachment to these re-
forms is much stronger titan attachment to any
party name" W. J. But an.
TUB INDEPENDENT VOTER.
The election last week discloses the unmistakable
trend of politics ttward the dominance of honest unfet-
tered sentiment among a vast percentage of the voters
of the country. The Independent voter is beginning to
to be respected Uiroughont the country. The man that
votes the Democratic ticket or the Republican ticket
because his father voted tliat way or In short the "yel-
low dog" Idea In politics Is fast disappearing. Thinking
men are not partisan to the extent of vot ing against
their own better judgement for the sake of party ma-
chines have been smashed In jiany localities. Sometimes
by one political party and again by another. Whenever
a corrupt party machine has been built up it Is now in
danger of being knocked to pieces by the independent
voter. The triumph of principle over partlsanism Is plain-
ly discernable In the president's elect ion and in the en-
dorsement of Folk of Missouri and In many other In-
stances. The day of better government local and na-
tional is coming Iwcause men are breaking away from
the thralldom of party and standing independently for
what they believe t l right.
Judge (Jill In turning a deaf car to the preachers and
other leading citizens of Taiilequah who joined in a peti-
tion to the court to suspend sentence of the six druggists
who plead guilty to introducing voices the sentiment of
a vast majority of the best people of t lie country and
shows that he Is not to I stayed from .duty by any sickly
sentimentality. Of course It Is to lw regretted that any
one would get tangled In the meshes of the law. Judge
Gill is deeply &emJhle of the responsibility resting upon
him and did not make the law but Is intrust ed with Its
enforcement and has the moral courage to do It. The
only sure way to keep out of trouble and the penitentiary
Is to obey the law. If these men are to go free then the
doors of the jails and the jnitcntlaries of the country
might as well be unlocked and every man convicted of
selling or introducing liquor turned loo-. If the Igno-
rant and poverty-stricken full blood and negro is to be
punished why not the intelligent while man who ought
o. and does know better? The way of the transgressor
Is hard always and everywhere. There is no kinder
hearted man on the bench than Judge (.Jill but he does
not !se sight of his duty as a judge.
Nearly every one In the Indian Territory would wel-
come the retirement from the president's cablner of Sec-
retary Hitchcock of the Interior department. This ap-
plies to all classes of citiA-ns. Hitchcock's adminit ra-
tion h;w Ijeen weak and uncertain and there Is no dutibt
but he has been a positive hindrance to the Dawes coin-
nilssii:i and eve ot her agency that has been engaged
In trying to close up trtbal business and bring order out
of chaos In this Indian country. H lias been exceedingly
unfortunate for Uir Indians and for the i people of the
territory at large that a man so Incompetent has len
Intrusted with affair of such vast Importance. The
rulings and counter rulings of the Secretary has greatly
retarded the wopk of extinguishment of tribal relations
allotment of lands and bringing settled conditions to the
territory. Under the guise of protecting the Indians
the delay has defeated the sbject of the government and
has lieen the undoing of the Indian The Indian Terri-
tory has been turned Into a grafter's paradise through
the utter InciiniM-tency of Secret arr Hitchcock.
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Beginning Monday Nov. 21 and
continuing ONE WEEK we will
have a special demonstrator with
us from the Factory to shew yon
the merits of the GREATEST
RANGE EVER MADE
QUICK
M EAL
THE QUICK MEAL
We will have a cook and will bake biscuits and serve them with hot
coffee free of charge and by so doing will show you how easy it is to
bake biscuits if you have the right kind of a range.
Miniature Range Free to Little Girl. '
On Saturday the lost day of tbo exhibit at 3 p. m. we will give away FREE OF
CHARGE the Minature Range that is shown in our display window to the little girl
undor fifteen years old holding the number which will be selected by the Quick Meal
Factory and mailed by them to aome disinterested person in the town which will be
opened up at our store at 3 p. m. on Saturday Nov. 26 1904. All little girls hold-
ing tickets must be present as it will not be given to you unless you are at the store
in person or can show a good excuse for not being there. Little girls under fifteen
. see that you all get tickets as they are free of charge. Commencing Thursday Nov.
10th wa will have theso tickets ready at the store come and get one and leave your
name and you will all have an equal chance.
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reach to within a few miles of Centralla on the west.
The making of Vinita the center of a great coal mining
district is an Important move for the town and will mark
an epoch In the development of the northern portion of
the Indian Territory.
It is now a practical certainty that Vinita has the
best system of waterworks and sewerage of any city In
the Indian Territory. In the first place we have the
water here without having to pump it from some pond
or river miles away. We have twenty-live arterlan wells
flowing an abundance of pure water. Two of these wells
furnish the city with an Inexaustlble supply. There is
very reason why our system should be a good one. A
test of the hydrants along the streets show sufficient
pressure to reach across the street without hoso attach-
ment and with hose every square Inch of the city can
be reached. This is no small Item in the building of a
city. It makes the Investment of money safer and places
every line of business on a firmer footing.
The Church Federation for prohibition sunVed a
distinct setback last week when the pastors of the Pres-
byterian Baptist and Methodist churches at Tahleqiiah
signed a petition to Judge Gill asking that the whiskey
selling druggists of that town be not punished after hav-
ing plead gulltr to introducing liquor. In the face of
such action by prominent representatives of the clergv
the Church Federation will have a hud time enlisting
the help of the wiasses.
There are a numberof of respectable Cherokee citizens
who have been e.mvlcted in the Western district of
Arkansas under Judge I.C.I'arker. Theyare under political
disability which should be removed. They cannot legally
vote or hold oftiee now though some of them are In
office. All their acts as public officials can at least lie
questioned. The only sensible thing to do is to ask .the
President to remove their disabilities.
A. I. Murphy has been electel to congress from the
lsth Missouri district. H is familiar with grafting and
gerier.il crookediitss as praMcjd in the Indian Territory.
It is confidently expected that he will have a numU-r of
hides on the fence before t In passing of another year.
Some good work m ty I looked for from this new Mis-
souri congressman.
It takes courage sometime to refuse to sign a jietl-
tion but It Is always an act of patriotism and good citi-
zenship to refuse to attach on's name to anything that
Isn't right. The petition sinned by numerous eltiea
In high standing hasn't the force that such a docket
might have because the thing has been abused.
Maloney of the esteemed Bluejacket News Is grieved
at the presence of dead cats in the back alleys of this
city. Now In the name of all the gods at once what
business has Maloney In our back alleys V
Still the corn aud hay and coal comes pouring In. The
eltiek of wagons Is heard on every road from early morn-
ing until after nightfall. And this Is the kind of back-
ing Vlnlti has.
A few more campaigns like the last one and news-
papers will not be afraid to advocate the election of the
men who In their judgment are the best fitted for the
ofllce they seek.
Vinita handles and ships more prairie hay than any
other town in the Indian Territory. Hay is bought and
shipped every day the year round. It Is one of the big
products.
At least tlitf men and teams are engaged in hauling
coal In from the mines west of town. Good cull Is cheaper
In Vinita than in any other town In the Indian Territory.
Kmbodied In the decision of the puprenie court of one
of the States Is this sentiment: "No nun's life liberty
or property are safe while the legislature Is In session."
The Cherokee council has been In session one week
and the reading of the chief's message Is as far as It has
proceeded. A motion to adjourn ought to prevail now.
The big artesian well on the Istiell place is the finest
and strongest of all the twenty-five In Vinita. It. flows
a good sized brook and Is all going to waste.
The Sage of Kan pus may now plunge Into the Hudson
to his heart's content. There will lie no waiting delega-
tions to see him when he comes ashore.
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"Unquestionably the result means the return of
Bryan as the party leader and the readopt ion of the
most basic principles of the party as enunciated In
the platforms on which he ran. During this cam
S palgn the people have come to know Bryan better.
Some or those liemocrats who bitterly opposed him
In Isihi and Hkjo now recognize hltn as a great man.
I'erhaps It Is tooearly to at tempt to analyse the vote
or point out the lesnon It teaches but as it st rikes
me at this time tha party must be reorganized again.
We have tried to experiment on an Indefinite plat-
form and have gone down to a terrible defeat. We
now know that Bryan comes nearer representing what
the party wants than do the men who controlled the
national convention at St. Louts. "Norman UMack.
ImuHiuiHimnnnuimuuMt
There may lie men In Arkansas who still vote for
Andrew Jackson but there's mighty few who ote the
Itepublican ticket. Such cases of political depravity are
too scarce to carry the Mate Intothe Republican column.
Now that the election Is over let the country settle
down to b-islness. There Is no apparent cause for hard
times.
A great many bright men are now telling just bow
it happened and tltey knew it from the beginning.
There's only one city In the northern portion of the
Indian-Territory and that Is Vinita.
The ''pike" will be deodorized for the Inspection of
President Roosevelt November
No Rastus W. L. D-iuglaa Is no kin to Col. Douglas
of Oklahoma and Ind'an Territory. .
If the state of Missouri becomes doubtful politically
Utter government will prevail.
An eastern pastor preached from the text: "Thou
Shalt Not Steal" and his congregation accused him of
talking polities from tlu pulpit.
The v isioti of live cent coal makes the capitalist turn
his attention to Vinita.
The bonus Is assured and the northwest road will be
i built.
The Japanese-Russian war may now proceed as the1
elect Ion Is out of the way. The fall of Port Arthur can
now e announced any old time.
Missouri has gotten back Into the Cnloti again.
It is now that all roads lead to ho White House.
Five j ears ago the production of the Kansas-Indian
Territory oil fields amounted to but G!)W barrels of
crude oil In a year. Lat tear the product was ll'.s:M
barrels. During eight months of this year It has turned
Into the pipe line 3ilT!VA barrel and will deliver dur-
ing the year trot less than 52.'nU barrels.
While the Republican press of Missouri Is generally
rejoicing the filohe-Ietiiorrat Is unhappy on account of
the Election of Folk for governor.
Gumshoe Stone of Missouri will not resign his seat
In the United States senate In favor of Senator Cockrell.
This Is Just shout official.
If the landslide In Missouri had only come in time to
J have saved the fate from the blight of Gum Shoe Stone
It wouldn't be so had.
Again has Muskogee achieved anot her a great success.
At least three of her newspapers were th Jrst to print
the election returns.
t'p to date the Muskogee Phrx-nlj has not signified
Its hlLtrity ou-r t Im election of A. P. 'Murphy to con-
gress from t tie lutii Missouri district. The congratula-
tion of General Porter have ttlvi N-efl Jiegieeti-d to lie
sen!.
The new railway t the northwest fur which Vinita
eople are now raMug a lemusof i.hi.Sni will tap an ets
ceedlngly rich section. Nut only Is II ri'h In coal but- it
is the garden hpot of the Cherokee Nation from an agri-
cultural htateliiil. There are no liner farming Ian Is to
! found anywbcie than In-! ween Vinita and Nowa'a um!
about Centralis. It is no blind venture of promoters."
but the tiece.s.ity for a north wijst road Is apparent. Then i
the coal tields arc much more expensive than is generally J You may lay the flaCerlt.g unction In jour soul that
known. The Timber Hill vein of coal Is f .rty-two Inches the railroad frr.in Vinita lo the northwest will U built
in depth and exterwlve In area. To the west and south- And when It is built Vinita property will be ery much
west It extend over tlimisands of acres and Is known to In demand.
It Is ticllcved that the people of the Indian Territory
will not petition President Ilooscvelf to retail) Hitch-fo-k
In the cabinet.
Six thousand bushel of corn fut.rel a iiiarUt at forty
cents a bushel on the MreW of Vinita Saturday.
Twentv-four hundred dollars from the farinei s wagon to
the farmer's picket.
( AIjou! the the only thing the democrat lacked In
in the recnt elect on was vote.
"Beyond the Alps !!. Italy." After the election
husiiiess and prosperity.
There Mill not he' much said aljont statehood fit the
Indian Territory now for a while.
Poor old Russia ' She don't know when she Is whipped.
IMKIDLKRS AND P.OODLK BACK Kits.
Now what lecoines of the "old gang." the boodle
sympathizer and the political barnacles in Missouri?
The Folk movement has swept up a pile of refuse. What
si mil we do with It. or rather what Is to become of It?
The people have liad their Inning so far as Folk Is con-
cerned and they may have their say as to the future of
the opponents of the antl-boodle principle.
The people should retain a good long serviceable
memory for the penalizing of the political shysters parly
sycophants boodlers and besotted ones who liave made
aiade the way hard totravel for righteousness md future
affairs should be preserved clean from their participation.
It Is altogether too Utd that Kilttlcal refuse cannot be
treated precisely us other refuse-hauled away and
dumped.
kian Domlnge would be a good dump for Missouri's
Ixxxliers and bar.iacle- where now and then they have
a Ihree-rlngrd revolution or a series of self-devastating
political typhoon: where the rascal cut each other
down like wallriicr mice and corrupt statesmen get chop-
fed In'o hi tie tills. Columbia Venezuela or preferably
some of the further down countries wu!d do 'Mot any
old pljce where they would ! foreUir removed from our
slyht and sound would do. In fact there hi a hot place
when refuse properly belongs -but It might seem cruel
to consign them there iud Ijesldcs we hate no xwcr trt
enforce the decree literally.
Possibly some of them will leave voluntarily. But w
may console ourselves with the thought that If they do
remain to cumber tbo eart h of Missouri they are at least
rendered hors dn combat for some time to come.
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Marrs, D. M. The Vinita Weekly Chieftain. (Vinita, Indian Terr.), Vol. 23, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1904, newspaper, November 17, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc774078/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.