The Enid Echo. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 1900 Page: 1 of 4
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THE ENID ECHO.
VOL ji
Garfield county, oklahoma- wedn^JOVimr u \m
NO 2
THU ENID ECHO
Killer#J at the Enid Postofflce as Second
Class matter.
A PARMER'S JOURNAL. a
Published Weekly on Wednesday Beauohamp'a majority 29.
MOORE COUNTED OUT.
According to the official count
as made by the board of county
commissioners Beauchamp receiv-
ed 2,394 votes and Moore 2,365.
J. R. DETWILER, EDITOR.
^Subscription, per year
In the case of Hobart townshi p
the election board co nsisting of
$1.001 Wm H Kintxley, democrat, S E
Hill i ? £? B233.1 8 g.4 I ss
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—: ; :—; Carrier, republican and J S Est111,
Advertising rates made known I ^ ^ (md A L Qamp.
on application. ^ ft[|d Horbert Caldwell as poll
, , T t clerks. Cortified under oatli that
PARAMOUNT ISbUE. Beauchamproceived 51 and Moore
The Echo had hoped to be able 74 votes in that precinct.
to drop politics for a time, but we The board of county commis-
are constrained by force of circum- gioners counted 2g votes for Beau-
stances to define the paramount is champ and 22 for Moore, 53 of
gue of the next campaign aLready I Moore's votes and 25 Beauchamp
joined. We are simply forced by votes were therefore not in
the Rock Island gang to fight for cluded in the official count,
an honest ballot and a fair count. The election board it seems
By what they are pleased to call a made tally marks for the split
sharp political trick they juggeled t;ckets and laid the straight tickets
the ballot and practically disfran- m piles, counted them and added
ohised hundreds of voters, by the number to the tally of the [
which means they elected their Lpht tickets, the tally marks for
legislative ticket. We are inform- the straight tickets did not there-!
ed that in one township of Woods fore appear. The commissioners I
1 county 130 voters failed to record took the number of tally marks j
their preference for members ofIun[[disregarded the return made'
the legislature, The only othern,y the election hoard. They did,
office the Rocklsland cared for was the same in other townships in !
the probate judge. Having failed Lvhich they added a few votes to j
at the election the gang proceeded Beauchamp's vote.
to count him in. Mr. Boyingtonl
said to us that he could not certify STAND FIRM.
to the work of some one else, but j Jt was good politios for the Sun-
proceeded to count tally marks Uagle to designate all our candi-
that weri made by someone else and dates with a D for democrat be-
ihsisted that they stood for the I cause that tends to create discord
number of ballots cast in Hobart I ;n the ranks of the opposition to
township, while the men who the republican party. It was bad
made the marks under oath certified p0ii^jcs for the Wave to do so for
that they did not stand for the the same reason.
number of ballots. There were The editor of the Wave ought to
five of Mr Boyington's own neigh- know that it arouses the same feel-
bors, republicans and democrats, I jng in the breast of a true populist
signed that certificate, yet Mr. to be designated as a democrat, that
Boyington could not certify that I it would a .'ouse in his breast to be
/ those men had told the truth. He desig ia^ed as a populist. The idea
could not rely upon the oath of five I that the golden rule has no place
of his neighbors, but he could in politics is distinctly a tenet of
certify that Beauchamp roceived the republican party.
2(5 and Moore 21 votes only, in It is the inordinate desire of
Hobart township which he knewIdemocrats to absorb the populist)
to be a lie. I party that has, twice brought de-1
The board cannot excuse this I feat to our matchless leader Wm J
palpable fraud even upon the I 3. pan.
flimsy pretext of legal tecntcality. I So long as such men as Dave
The law provides that both Hill, Sterling, Morton, Gorman
parties shall be represented on the and Croake:-. who teach principals
election board, they together ex-1 the republican party and vote
amine the ballot boxes, they guard L,e republican ticket are lyouized
the ballots. They count th e votes hy democrats as they were at Kan-
aml certify the number. Each sa8 City, populists cannot be dem-
member of the boanl receives a 1 ocrats. Until the position of the
certificate of the result signed by democratic party becomes so firmly
every member of the board. The I (s8tablished, that those who hold
hallots are carefully sealed and the the views of these man leave it,
name of the inspector written across populists cannot become democrats
the seal in order to guard against There is not a gold
, the possibility of the ballots being plutocrat or imperialist in the p. jp-
tamperod with. No precau tion is ulLst party and we are proud of our
taken or suggested to guard the party on that account.
tally marks, anyone having access Why should wc become demo
to the clerkL office could add ad- crats. There are multitudes o
ditional tally marks at pleasure, men in the southland who suppor
In fact the fraud is not confined in the democratic party because of its
this instance to the Hobart town- traditions. There ar^ lll«re"te
ship case. The Eoho has been in- multitudes in the northland who
formed by a republican who ex- oppose the democratic party >e-
amined the poll books when they cause of those same Uaditions.
were taken oat of the boxas that he Populists despise the whole tra-
knows one or two marks were added | dilioiial folly. Our party relations
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to make rcimfur new stylo
Harrison and LanMoc Wa«mi . Sold under a liitfti (tanintOf
Plows Harrnvt. Wlnat Drills. A full line i.r Faroi Mael li orv
SOUTH-EAST C0P.1TSB SQUAEI, ENIC, OITT,
Fhepeoplesstore
CLOTHING SPECIALTIES:--
Mens suits all wool Brown Melto. , . .
$ 10, gy,!i0
Mens suits, Blue Grey check Casslrner
good value at $9 Cv. .00
Menssuits Black Clay worsted worth $0, S7.C0
Mens Blue Black Clay worsted, worth!12 SiO
Mens extra long and heavy ulsters, wide
storm collar S5.00
Mens black Frieze ulstet, worth $10 SI .75
Mens black Irish Frieze ul teas guaranteed
to be absolutely all wool, extra heavy,
$10
i«es length overeoot
velvet colli ; -i- vfhie $4
Mens B aver and Kerseys overcoats, from
1*5 to $11 quality v 5 prk- e guaranteed.
A few left of thos tf sample pants at less than
manufacturers price.
THE PEOPLES STORE
'REANER & FOSTER, enid, o. t.
'union make"
MensGrs^'
to Beauohamps talley after he ex-
amined thorn and bofor.: the com-
missioners conntt«l the tally marks
Thore is abundanoe of other evi
dence of this faot.
Now if the law contain] olatod the
counting of the talley ma rks by the
board surely- some si fe Kunr('
against fraud would bo provided.
It is therefore evident tta it all the
law contemplates for the board o.
county commissioners to do is to
canvass the returns of tto eleotion
boards of all the preoiiw*! i of the
county, nasertain thi* vt-su It and is-
8ue certificates of el sctioi i, in ac-
cordance therewith. Thes e glaring
are dete/mined by the present and
prospective future atiitude of the
parties. We give no consideration
to the past exoep- as it way indicate
the prospectioe future.
We are urged to become demo-
crats in order to achieve victory,
bvt wliat promisj of victory does
the demco ratio par.y offer, bince
The democratic party is able to
hold the southern states and that is
practically all it can accomplish.
The populist parly can win re-
cruits in the north and west. W e
battered down 82,000 republican
majority in Kansas, we carried Ne-
braska and Dakota and was making
pheuoiuenal strides elsewhere. We
would have dominated ttie entire
west by this iime, but for the in-
ordinate desire of democrats to
claim us as their own. The lessons
of the canipa'.yi just past are,
stand firm by the o\ga >izaao.is we
have a id co-operate "gai <st a co i'-
mon enemy. Let democf.ts a iu
pop lib sis alike respect the opinions
of each, aod encourage all in t"e
goixl werk of resisang the aggres
sion of corporate greed. Statehood
is upon us. We must co-operate
in order to prevent tlie corporations
from writ:ug our oousiiiution and
NOT BROAD ENOUGH.
It turns out that fusion seoured
a majority in the territorial coun- I
oil. Enid may suffer on account
of turning down Larimer. The
Echo gave timely warning of this
danger, but we were not heeded.
The day after the election we
proffered our aid iu a non-parisan
effort to promote the interest of
Enid. We mailed a copy of the
Echo containing that offer to Ret
Milliard and it was returned to us
marked refused. This merely
shows that Milliard has a bad liver
and is entirely void of legislative
diplomacy.
This exhibition of potty spite
does not turn us from our purposo
of rendering any service to Enid
that may lay in our {lower,
The presence of such a narrow j BULK
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CORNER GROCERY
ENID SUPPLY CO!
Ju t toll tell tbein that. ou saw us
And we wilt do the rest,
Enid Supply Store,
Opposite the Postottlce,—Major Key.
We have Just received nice lloe of Locks, NatU, Hln?m, BulU^rs
ware arid Wbtps, To Suri'ly a lono fklt Want.
In connection with our Hue of Stovbs, kurniturk, wasnino ai h
Skwino Machines, onuans, and IIardwaub Notions * r.-w. ' mi
we will continue to supply you with anything jxu may ueen i
lowest price.
Low rents and small expenses only require a small nrofi!
By paying cash for all our ijoods we are enibled to h i
We will share our aisiounti with you. Our price*
hours time but always remain the lowe6t,
Call nd see us, or tell them that you saw us.
tard
MEAT MARKET. _
Wholesale and Betail-
Nortli East corner of square.
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
Teas, Coffees, Spices
and Fanoy Luxuries.
Meat, Provisions Flour
Mill Feed hides and hay
GARDEN SEED IN
ENil) SUPPLY C:
C. L. OGILVIE,
Opposite Pest Office
CITY MEAT MARKET.
Fresh and S alt Meat« Choice L .rd . t. -i a.y
Stauffer A Co., Prop.
the uornco\iuo puity < ut t. ^ \ t,
185fi it met defeat ut each succeed- tying tbe people hand and foot,
iug election until 187 when Tilden Let us paint on our baaaera • ee
was elected by the aid of the
Mugwumps who voted for Tilden
as a rebuke to the corruption of
republican leaders.
Since 187g it has been defealel
at each eleotion except in the case
ballot a id a fair count and advance
... the enemy, in two columns, un-
der onr commander.
A little mo>-e education and a
guaged representative at Guthrie,
however, will make success very j , _
difficult. It is very unfortunate; exchanged for
for Enid that we are not represent- Butter eggs and pro*
ed by a more liberal minded man. Juce whola?ale and
retail.
RA.THER SLOW. , Tlloonly pUoe ln E„id where you
The mail service of this county ca[) t,[ie fj and K Shield brand of
Kist liroadway No 909
Wholesale and Heul
\ little mo o euuuuuun cum . T — f.—
more perfect organization wiUover- needs expediting. On Friday No- cfle,.
... 1 I • ... I nnml-uir U «ro ro^l'ivnd 1/llP WilU-
publican in the thinest kind of a
disguise. He was in very facta
republican in every tiling but tariff
protection and ho only lacked
seven per cent of being a republi-
can on the tariff question.
come all difficulties and bring com
pleie victory
A HIGH CRIME
'Tliou Shalt not Steal." -Exodus
xx: 15. ■
This command does not specific-
ally state that thou shall not steal
to the commissione rs. T lev were
simply tools in the bandu of the
gang. Tom Sanfor d, chaiirman of
the county oommitt «e supi 'rintend-
ed the whole fraud lulent business-
Oonkliu, Buckles r aid Havons were
R.h<.k„„„ «... H. . ii I, loll, U, look In
nrt; rt tzs i r rr-. r- - - ^
party who will n. iver endorse such | j)arty iB weak in numbers but it is
* I '1^ jL .. . ...nni lllllll I if 4, II IH
Ivember 9 we received the Wau-
komis World dated Saturday, N (^cOdS DfeliV©red
vember 3. Six days getting six „
miles is rather si.iw for this electric ,JjQ part8 OI 111©
age.
ENID AT THE FRONT.
Enid occupiod n front seat in
a on the tariff question. ally state . tho Sunday forum of the Wichita
The democratic parly is loaded an office neither does it Wet^^ ^ ^ ^ ftUer eleoUon
editorial of tho Echo, tho Wave
and the Sun-Eagle.
One ..f III" vonn* w-man elerln In til*
Okiahuma Otty land olll-n « v«l h«r mwi
City Promptly.
PHONE NO 54.
L, A. FAUBION
1 ROPRIETOR.
BUSINESS DI3EJT0BY.
John C Moore. tihas J Muore
MOOKE & MOOKE
Attcrn" . it' v
Will Pract
Ofllce east
FARM
LOANS!
t'AHMilRm If you want a loan at
lie lowest rate of Interest witb th
privilege of paying a part or all of
the loan at any lime, call unJ. J,
_________ i—. I McLean opposite the Laud OSes.
GEO,P.RUSH, Attoraey.,L «;y « ^ 11,0
Day B10CK K-ild.
o V. HUBBFT T.
Attorney At Lav.
work. To the V m«t men of this l^ong in it^
oounty of all part ios wo appeal tins It ^ un„ UIUi vigorous:
case, and we shal J expect a verdict, js f
at the next eleoti on.
i numbers liut it is l!le roPaine who r. hb«l two '0!
letenainotion to do 1 t.rm.ii> *«' W" jj"*",J r ,r,h,| 9be lias Jail elo^oMt P-'tot '« h""1™'
therefore cspablo of growth.
."I .">* ' Turncr nl I nj '■ dou( l0, h(lr holdings
0kl.h..m Ollr 1..1 W. «k, willis "th« fo'.hVneml .um of fS.&O. Iion't ill you
, in-nn.. asylum at Hornmiu He Ii« pUywra Uaclleiori) ip^ k at once.
un<1 menUl wreck from tne use of tue arug. \
W- 0- CROMWELL-
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Franti Block, Enid, 0, T
w. S.
Attoraoy at-' Law.
Htokfcdfty Block.
GANNON&G0ULD1NG
Ileal Estate and Loans.
Itentil agency. Collections a spec-
ialty.
Larue list of Farms and City
i Property.
! North Side Square.
COAL!
Canon City Lump
McAlester
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Detwiler, J. R. The Enid Echo. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 1900, newspaper, November 14, 1900; Enid, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc90614/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.