The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1908 Page: 3 of 12
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thing here, but make ami en-
force such laws as will keep us
in the lead for upright govern-
ment.
at MirurW" Park, Oklahoma, under the art of concerns of March
3rd. 1019. __-
Gov. Haskell isalwayawiae.
Moreover he's a safe counsel-
lor. Gov. Johnson wrote him
u letter se*ting forth his rea-
sons for aspiring to the demo-
cratic nomination for presi-
dent and asking Haskell's aid.
Haskell s reply is up to the
level of his usual tact and good
aense in things political and is
d strong, logical setting forth
of reasons why Johnson should
not aspire. He recounts that
Hryan fought through two na-
tional campaigns with the
strength of a giant and the
courage of a hero, and while
• Bryan went down in defeat
Bryanistn has been victorious;
that after these two defeats
Hryan stands toda> the recog-
nised ideal of the people and
the champiun of their rights
and Bryanism as the princi-
ples of the people; and that if
we are going to make fight
upon those principles it would
be both ungrateful and unman-
ly to set aside their author.
Bryan, therefore, he thinks,
should be the candidate. And
we think he is eminently cor
rect.
and conceited. Of course,
Mars Henry. They still be-
lieve in the Scriptural state-
ment that “the wise men came
from the east.”
Say, brother; if you are in
the habit of standing on the
corner on Sunday and cussing
the church and everything else
that tends to purify society,
try going to church next Sun-
day. We guarantee you bet-
ter company there than you
will find on the street. The
preachrs may not have much
sense, but it doesn't take much
to preach to you. O yes; you
will no doubt find hypocrites
there, but there's always room
for one more and you are wel
come. Now, if going to such
a place will lower the tone of
your morals, why, by all
means stay away; and if you
The Daily Oklahoman is
getting to be a great paper. It
has cleaned up wonderfully in
the past few months, a result
we suppose of the new political
regime. We note also a »le-
cided improvement ia the
strength and quality of its ed-
itorial matter; it can actually
butt in now on questions of
economics and talk pretty good
seme. It can also get out a
whole issue without prating
about sumptuary legislation,
etc. We don't know what's
the matter up there, but are
perfectly willing to let the
good work go on.
ority. Twice before his ene-
mies prelcred charges against
lim and twice has the legisla-
ture investigated and exhon-
erated him. His enemies not
icing satisfied with that and
desiring the voice of the peo-
lie in the nutter. Bailey met
hem in the field and offered
limself in a primary election
as a candidate for delegate to
the Denver convention, with
the above result. This is a
most unfortunate affair both
or Bailey and his state. But
we look upon his victory as a
revolt from loud-mouthed
demagogical so characteristic
of pea-nut politicians.
There is absolutely nothing
in the prohibition provision to
warrant this cry by certain
physicians who declare they
will never prescribe whiskey
for their patients. So far as
we are personally concernec
it makes no difference whether
another drop is prescribed be-
tween this and doom’s day: but
w.o.
Shelton
eng.. more out ol life and <h«* doctor, arn playing *,
on. .nor, into 111. by pouring I b»b> .«* <° P"<“>'«"- 1 ^
® . 1 ra au a- t 1*1 I kl \ ' Il’II'lf'dlC tllP
I he Hobart Republican is
driven to such extremes that
it must reproduce a 3-stick
piece of slander from an Illi-
nois scavenger sheet and then
actually quotes a tirade from
Clarence I>ouglass. that cold-
blooded murderer and loud-
mouthed blasphemer of all
things high and holy, who, if
thegallows had its dues, would
not be here to wall his eyes in
sanctimonious hypocrasy and
prate about prohibition. If
we couldn’t quote from a de-
cent authority we wot ldn t
quote. And if Oklahoma is
getting so infernal stinkin,
why, we wave the Republican
as graceful an adios “as we ve
ever been taught how.”
out your foul sputerations in
the presence of the boys, go
on—its your business, and
simply a matter of taste. Our
only apology for writing this
is simply “a cussed disposition
to want to run the country.”
law simply guards the public
against the unscrupulous quack I
and we are put suaded that |
doctors of this class are re-
sponsible for the opposition to
it. The reputable physician
will find no objection to it.
Some people say Bryan
talks too much. Watterson
thought that once but has
changed his mind. The trou-
ble is, the people listen to
Bryan and don’t listen to these
other fellows.
Henry Watterson has been
spending some time in New
York, and now he write* that
those people are provincial
In every instance Gov. Has-
kell has made good his prom-
ises; and in vetoing the Smith-
Roddie antigambling measure
he is but helping us a step fur-
ther towards making this the
best state morally in the South.
He insists on making gambling
a felony, and this done, the
gamblers and other undesira-
ble citizens will have to seek
new pastures. It took a hor-
rible tragedy, in which a clean,
good ni2n lost his life, to wake
Texas up to the passing of
her strict antigambling law.
Let us not wait fer such a
Henry Watterson writes a
long, strong editorial in the
Louisville Courier-Journal on
the political outlook which, if
we had space, we would repro-
duce. It is worthy ol remark
that Mr. Watterson has been
opposed to Bryan for the rea-
son as he states it. that Bryan
could not be eleted. Now, in
the light of recent happenings,
he looks upon Bryan as the
only available timber, and
good limber. A combination
of circumstances served to
bring the Col. Henry to his
present position; and he is
very wisely making the most
of it.
After a long and bitter fight
Senator Bailey has again been]
exhonerated by the people of
Texas. This time it was by
primary election and he won
l.y over twenty thousand ma-1
CarriM now, as ha
always has in tha
past, a full Una of
Heed potato®*
Garden need
Cannd good*
Cereals and Feed,
Which ha la sailing
at right price*.
Hals In a position
to giva you good
flguras. because ha
is buying on a strict-
ly CASH BASIS.
His motto is:
sas? CASH
At the low-
est possible
price.
For the present
nothing goes except
for cash. Possibly
after tha summer
season opens ws
will do a credit bus-
iness. In the mean-
time bring the cash
and gat your groc-
eries at the
Lowest
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Roberts, Luther. The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1908, newspaper, May 8, 1908; Mountain Park, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc853377/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.