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THE ELMORE WEEKLY RECORD.
VOL II.
ELMORE, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 100«.
NO. LI.
WILL FORCE ATTENDANCE
CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL
THREE MONTHS
HOUSE ACCEPTS AMENDMENT
PENALTIES ASSESSED AGAINST PARENTS
Measure Provides for Truant Officers
to Compel Attendance—Board of
Education May Make Complaint of
Violation
In the presence of Dr. Lyman .1.
Abbott, one of the most distinguish-
ed educators and authors the country
has produced, and Dr. David R. Boyd,
president of Oklahoma state univer-
sity. who occupied conspicuous places
on the platform, the house Wednes-
day plunged fervently into the con-
sideration of a measure providing
compulsory school attendance of chil
Emergency
Off the
dren between the ages of 8 and 16
years. Mr. Ashby delivering himself on^r that the rule of the houst* re-
Provision Left
Billups Bill
The house Friday voted to accept
the senate amendment written in the
RMlups prohibition bill. Immediate-
ly upon the announcement of the
vote Speaker Murray offered a sec-
tion providing that the dispensary
shall be submitted to the people and
declared an emergency. This sec-
tion was in effect the section that the
senate refused to adopt.'
The vote by which the senate
amendments were agr. 1 to was 69
ayes, 29 nays and 11 absent. The
vote on the emergency section was
61 ayes. 3t» nays and 12 absent. A
point of order was raised thtft the
necessary two-thirds majority had
not been secured in order to adopt
the emergency section. This was ov-
erruled by the speaker, who held that
a two-thirds majority Is not necessary
to the adoption of the report of a
conference committee.
When the bill had been read at
length, Mr. Hobdy made a point of
THE DIVORCE BILE PISSES
OEGLARED IN EMERGENCY UNANIMOUSLY
YEAR’S RESIDENCE REQUIRED
BY STATE
Old Laws Revived by Admission of
State Made Oklahoma a Mecca for
PLAN LAW SCHOOL
Bill
Before Legislature Provides for
Law Department
The PBtablishmer.t of a department
of law at the state university, which
shall have a course of four years for
the granting of a diploma, is contem-
plated In a bill introduced Saturday
by Senator Blllup*. It amends cer-
tain sections of the present statute
and one of them in made to read as
follows:
"The object of the university of
Oklahoma phall be to provide means
Parties Wishing to Sever Marital of acquiring a thorough knowledge of
Ties . | the various branches of learning con
nected with scientific, Industrial and
The senate Thursday adopted on # .....
final roll call tne Lltlle bill amendlna 1 1’.rofe“lonal I>urslllls- ln th« Instruc-
ts laws of Oklahoma territory requir ' on anl1 ,ral"ln* of persons In the
ing a residence in the state of one ,‘H*ory an<* art teaching, and also,
year before application for divorce can ,n8truct,on8 ,n tho fundamental laws
be granted. The emergency clause of the United States and of this state,
was accepted with two out of 36 vot- j In what regards the rights and duties
Ing opposed. of the citizens, and to this end it shall
When the laws extended by con- con8l8t of ,he following colleges and
gress over Oklahoma territory ceased departments: The college of arts, the
of a weighty oration against the prin-
ciple of a school superintendent ex-
ercising authority that properly be-
longs to the parent or guardian.
The bill was recommended for pas-
sage. It provides that children be-
tween the ages of 8 and 16 years
shall attend school at least three
months In each annual term and for
a penalty to be assessed against par-
ents or guardians who fail to obey
the law. Truant officers are provid-
ed for and members of the board of
education may make complaint of
violation.
Norvell’s bill providing that cases
In court involving a member of the
legislature as attorney or client, may
be postponed when called for trial
if the member be absent ana at-
tending upon a sitting of the legis-
lature, was recommended for passage
after having been resurrected from
a defeat of several days ago.
A bill by J. Hoy Williams, pro-
viding for the protection of persons
engaged 1l the construction of
brick or stone buildings, was passed
on roll call.
Defeating a section that provided
for an assistant to the commission-
er of charities and corrections at a
salary of $1,500 a year, a statist!- force of the speaker,
clan at $1,200 a year, and a stenog-, ored for recognition,
quires that all bills containing appro-
priations shall be considered In com-
mittees of the whole. The point was
overruled on the grounds that this
bill is a committee report
In a speech defending his motion
to adopt the senate amendment.
Speaker Murray declared that person-
ally he wa* opposed to a section pro-
viding that a local agent may receive
profits from his sales instead of be-
ing paid a stipulated salary and to
the section permitting druggists to
become local agents.
The dispensary feature is to the
effect that a dispensary shall be es-
tablished in every town of 2,000 or
more and that they may be estab-
lished In any other place in the state
where there is apparent demand for
one. The emoluments to be derived
by the dispensary agent are 10 per
cent of the profits. The state buys
the liquor, adds expenses, etc., and
then adds 50 per cent as a state profit.
Discussion was limited. It was
evident that the friends of the orig-
inal committee report were in con-
trol. Objections to sections of the
bill were raised and the objectors
summarily seated. Violent disorder
at times prevailed. Mr. Durham was
in the chair. , He rapped with the
Members clam-
sometimes as
with the adoption of the constitution
an attempt was made to revive the
early day statute permitting filing of
divorce proceedings after only a three
months residence in the state.
Two other bills were adopted on roll
call, one by Billups creating a tree
warden and another by W. H. ..»n-
son, amended, providing a refunding
of the unused saloon licenses after
constitutional prohibition was *tend-
college of letters, the college of law,
the college of medicine, the normal
college; and such other professional
or other colleges or departments as
now are or may from time to time be
added thereto or connected therewith,
and the board of regents are hereby
authorized to establish such 6ther
professional or other colleges or de-
partments, when in their judgment
they may be deemed necessary and
STATE CAPITAL LETTER
OUR CORRESPONDENT'S VIEWS—
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE
NEW COUNTIES BEING RAPIDLY FINANCED
rapher at $900 a year. The house j many as a dozen were on their feet
recommended for passage a bill pre-! at once. Cries of “gag rule’’ came
scribing the duties of the commis- j thundering from the mfnority. Twice
sloner. The bill provides that the | the moving of the previous question
commissioner shall Inspect all penal,
reform, correctional and eleemosy-
nary Institutions, county jails, alms-
houses, poor farms and pesthouses
once a year, he or she, shall have
access to maternity hospitals, re-
treats, lying-in hospitals, rescue
homes foundling hist I muons, and Ts
sue certificates authorizing them to
operate.
Mr. Branson Introduced n petition
shut off debate.
The senate Friday, by dint of
hard, persistent work, finished the
George O. Johnson bill creating and
regulating a state board of health.
In committee of the whole, and the
bill was recommended foe. adoption
This action marked the end of a de-
termined fight by Franklin to post-
pone this bill and one by Williams,
, regulating the practice of medicine,
from citizens of Fort Gibson, asking: the subject matter of both being cov-
that the state asyluum for the blind Prod In a bill Introduced by himself,
be located on a four-acre tract on HiB niotion to recommit the Johnson
the Grand river near Fort Gibson., and williams bills with instructions
which the government donated for: tu bring out a measure providing for
that purpose. j one board was defeated.
The speaker gave notice that no | Numerous
more communications relating to the j0jjMon bij|
ed over the state. The amendment P|0I,er*
extends the provision to the councils , "The regents may, upon proper evl-
ami boards of trustees in cities and j deuce of the good character of any
towns, the original bill specifying only student and his or her ambition to
county commissioners.
An extended debate ensued over the
motion of Senator Red wine to recon-
sider the adoption of the Echols bill,
abolishing the office of oil Inspector.
The motion lost.
The Stafford-Sorrels bill providing
for a geological survey under a com-
mission composed of the govemoi
acquire an education and inability to
provide his or her own means there-
fore. donate to such student all text
books he or she may need, and by a
two-thlnls vote, may appropriate
money to pay other expenses of such
student; provided, such student will
give an immediate equivalent ln per-
sonal services for such appropriation,
president of the state university and I or g,ve 11 “Sclent obligation that he
. ..... * n H otin II.III .......»L. ........ .
state superintendent of schools, who
shall appoint a director at $2,500 per
year, and carrying an appropriation of
$15,000, was recommended for passage
in senate committee of the whole to-
day.
Three bills passed the senate on
third reading, by Little requiring one
year’s residence for divorce; by Joan-
son, refunding to saloon men unearned
portion of money for liceses, and by
Billups, creating the office of tree
warden.
Governor Haskell signed the Frank-
lin bill for the transfer cases from
the federal to the state courts and
the Koddie-Franklin bill requiring elec-
tric headlights on engines.
Representatives of several counties
having towns that are contesting for
county seats i*et with the senate com-
mittee on elections Thursday and dis-
eased the MU bv
hr* risvci l.m.* "i •' •*m
contests. Amtu _ them wyre Ytidve
I /fed better
or she will reimburse the regents of
the university within five years.”
H. L. Kinchelloe, the county clerk
of Alfalfa county sentenced Saturday
by the legislature to sixty days In
jail for contempt of the legislature,
was formally placed In custody of the
shariff of Logan county. He was to
spend twenty-four hours technically
in Jail from that time, but he was
not placed In actual confinement.
Monday the house committee on
privileges and elections accompanied
Kincheloe to Cherokee, where ne
promised to turn over to the commit-
tee the ballot boxes, with the key tc
each, if he does this Kincheloe will
Thoiuas luovidluK Ape;* Her M»»****y
cmfntv B»*at
be released, and thcenupLU<
proceed at once to unt the
of the county In «r to dei*
the contest be'wpe^ Hurley m
len for seal* in the mu^e.
uhdor an SftahonS iSffitfp
provides that no member of th
lslatur»> •,*&(*< at i« contested
Importance of Geological Survey Bill
is Far-Reaching—Wealth of Okla-
homa’s Minerals is Great and Little
is Known Regarding It
Several bills have been introduced
in the state legislature creating a
state board of geological survey. The
Stafford-Sorrels bill seems to be
making some headway toward pas
sage. On this subject the people of
the state have little knowledge, and
many persons scarcely any Interest.
Yet It is one of the most important
and far-reaching in the future pros
perlty of the state that could pos-
sibly be considered by the legislature.
Vow much money should be appro-
priated for such a department is
something on which they may be fair
differences of opinion, but that the de-
partment should be established is
beyond question In the opinion or
those who have given the matter con-
sideration. Professor C. N. Gould,
geologist of the state university, who
knows more about the mineral re-
sources of Okluhoina than any other
man. has given the committees the
benefit of his Information. Professor
Gould says that Oklahoma has more
different kinds of valuable minerals
and in greater quantities than any
other state In the union. The nine
most important are coal, oil, gu«, as-
phalt, salt, gypsum, building stone,
clay and glass sand. There are rich
deposits of zinc and lead, now being
profitably mined, and probably valua-
ble iron deposits. Up to this time
Oklahoma has been almost entirely
an agricultural state, manufactories
and mining having been neglected.
Because of this condition, the people*
of Oklahoma are sending annually to
outside states millions of dollars for
articles of consumption that could
be produced in the state, distributing
the income among the people, and
largely Increasing the taxable valua-
tion of the state. The purpose of the
proposed geological survey is to lo-
cate the state’s mineral deposits and
encourage capital to develop them.
Professor Gould believes than an ap-
propriation for this work would ere-
i ate more wealth In Oklahoma In ten
II . years than any *ppr;‘; .-latiou that
could be made for any other purpose.
Several member* of the legislature
The new counties of Oklahoma that
began their existence without funds
are being placed on a cash basis by
loans from the permanent school
fund of five million dollars. Under
an act of the state legislature the
board of commissioners of u county
are permitted to Issue bonds at the
rate of $2 per capita for its popula-
tion as given In the last federal cen-
sus, the bond Issue to be upproved
by the governor. The bonds bear in-
terest at the rate of 4 per cent until
paid, which Is equivalent to 4 per
cent interest for the school fund loan.
The state school laud commission has
authority to sell these bonds, which
replenishes the fund to the amount
of the bonds sold and makeB the
amount derived available for further
loans to the state or counties. In
this way the school land commission
engages In a brokerage business for
the benefit of the counties and the
state. Only a few of the counties
have Issued warrants for their in-
debtedness. These warrants will be
retired by the bond Issue. Most of the
counties to which loans have been
made have been running on credit.
The state, through a loan from the
permanent school fund of five mil-
lion dollars, 1s preparing to retire by
a bond issue the sum of $1.3S5.9J2.54
In warrants, with interest accrued to
April 7, 1908. There are outstand-
ing warrants amounting to $1,228,-
222.54 that came to the state from
the territorial government, and state
warrants based on appropriations by
the state legislature for these sums:
For expenses of the legislature,
$100,000; for salaries of stute offi-
cers, $25,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the state supreme court,
$32,700. Of the five million dollars In
the permanent school fund in the na-
tional treasury at Washington, two
million has been brought to Okla-
homa.
TIFT GETS
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN-
TION INSTRUCTS FOR HIM
The oil producers of Oklahoma,
which necessarily includes some rep-
resentation of the Standard Oil com-
pany, are engaged zealously in try-
ing to convince the state legislature
that the only fair basis for taxation
is a valuation of their physical prop-
erties. This would embrace der-
ricks, pipe lines, tanks, buildings, etc.,
and wholly Ignore any of the oil pro-
duced. Opposing members of the leg-
islature contend that not only the
physical properties should be taxed,
but that the amount of oil now in
storage In the state, and the annual
output of each well should be taxed.
This makes the oil men wince. Be-
cause of the lack of pipe line und
t 'liY* c*. faclitie*, «»H producers In
Oklahoma have been unable to put
cgjue t*1 ^tkboma from south-1 f^ejr Pr<M*uct OL market as fast
ii i. Mat - It « si «V*i "A'
Dial.
amendments
were made.
location and locating of state instltu-1 Frank|in redncjng the aalary of thp
•,l|°n atWwhlch time'' the ' public ^buTfd1' K,H:rolar-v of lhe of health from
Ing committee is supposed to begin
its labors.
Senator Blair, contrary to gener-
al expectation, today withdrew his
motion to reconsider the vote by,
which the emergency section of the j
$2,000 to $1,500. and allowing the of-
ficial to continue his practice; an-
other by Hatchett providing that the
board expenses shall be paid on the
approval from the governor; one by
Franklin providing the right of ap-
peal to aggrieved persons; ’one by
prohibition bill was considered and ! Hatchett requiring the state instead
the bill was placed on its final pas- of the county to pay expenses tnci-
sage. It carried with little expressed | dent to quarantine regulations made
opposition, was signed by the presl-; bv the state board; one by Winn
den> pro tempore and the messenger eliminating the portion of one scc-
hastily bore it to the house, where1 tion requiring death certificates to he
it was received with uproarous ap furnished before burial, and one by
plause. Just before adjournment of Franklin for a 10 cent fee for mortu-
the house it was placed on its first | ary records submitted by phystcians.
reading. j An emergency section was added at
The prohibition enforcement meas- ■ the suggestion of Franklin,
tire which was introduced Monday; The vote by which the Redwlne
by Little, was recommended unfav- m|n|nK bill was adopted and the vote
orably by the committee. Thomas! „ „„ . . . ,
introduced a resolution providing[ a^ree^ns to the house amendments
that the dispensary articles of the j w“re "considered and a message
Billups bill shall be submitted to the sent to the house asking that it re-
people at the next general election In cede from its amendment. The bill
the form of an amendment to the was recalled from the governor’s of-
constitution. ! Ace.
A bill by Little providing that the The Stafford-Sorrels bill creating a
plaintiff in an action for divorce must i state geological survey and the Kills
have been an actual resident of the house bill relating to teachers and
state lor a period of one year next j certificates were passed on third read-
preceding the filing of the petition lnF
was recommended for passage. ■ The house bill of Casteel and King
An amendment to the Conn bur- providing for copying, transcribing
glary bill prevailed on third read- and authenticating records was adopt-
ing. The crime of dynamiting a safe ed with the emergency,
or vault was denominated a felony Action on the Branson bill author-
instead of a burglary. i jzjng registers of deeds to take over
The bill prohibiting the spreading the records of the clerk of the United
of Johnson grass and Russian thistle. States court in Oklahorma and Indian
another by Wynne appropriating Territory was postponed.
of Ardmore, representing __
Pond Ormk in Orant county. W. H.' draw pay StSHtS eratest is deter
Hendricks, representing Medford, in mined
Orant county, and D. V. Cummins,
representing Waurma, in Jefferson
county.
Another meeting of the committees
will be held next week, according to
an announcement made by Chairman
Davis. Representatives of a*, towns
contesting for county seat honors are
at liberty to attend.
The constitution provides that no
changes shall be made in county seats
within four months after the admis-
sion of the state and that after that
date petitions shall be filled with ■ ... ,
the governor asking that election he ! nte 1 at- thlg tlme la illegal,
called. The four months will expire
next Monday, it is estimated that on
that date petitions from at least ten '
C. H. Parker, attorney Tor Klr.che-
loe, stated that His client wi'l not
apply for a writ of habeas corpus, ow
lug to the shortness of IiIh term ot
imprisonment. A prominent lawyer
stated that the same statute recog-
nised by Speaker Murray in cutting
o(T Allen's pay ulso provides that con-
tests must be heard during the first
ten days of the sitting of the legis-
lature. He also claims that under
tills law the proceedings of the leg
islature In counting the votes In th).
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
money for the stste educational in-
stitutions and another by Johnson of
14 authorising boards of county com-
missioners to pay the unused part of
their liquor license fee were recom-
mended for passage.
Provision Is made in the latter bill
that liquor dealers who obtained II-
cenBCB before September 17, 1907,
that were operative for a period of
time extending over that date shall
No opposition was offered to the
Eggerman bill authorising the state
to give consent to the government to
acquire sites for postoffices, court
houses and other public buildings.
counties will he placed on file ln the
governor's office. The governor has
assured Senator Thomas, however,
that he will not call any elections un-
til sf'.cr the legislature shall have
enacted holding same.
In Orant county Medford, the pres-
ent county seat, is being contested by
Pond Creek and Jefferson. In Jef-
ferson county, Ryan, the county seat,
is being contested by Waur.ka. In
Wagoner county, the county seat is
being contested by Gage and Shattuck.
In Jackson county, Altus has a rival
Frisco Passenger Train Jumps Track
Niar Bristow
BRISTOW: Two persons were kill
ed. one fatally hurt, Beven more ot
less injured and scores of lives were
imperilled when Frisco passenget
train No. 408 was wrecked on a high
trestle across Spring creek, eight
miles west of here at 1:40 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. The engine
plunged 40 feet Into the river and
the baggnge and mail cars ami the
first coach in the train piled up on it
An iron bolt nut on the rail is believed
In Ofuskee. In Beckham county, Savre ' . ‘VL”,.. “ " ' ”n ln‘ raJ‘
cll'y "and6 I J*-* »«S!: «^>f Sapuipa,
Cherokee will have a fight renewed 1 ' 11
by Helena, Carmen and ingersoll
GANG MURDERER POLICEMAN
Belief That More Than One Was Im-
plicated in Murder
MUSKOGEE: There Is consider-
able mystery surrounding the murder
of L. F. Harvey, the policeman, by
Jesse 0. Cox. last week. The police
and the public have a growing theory
that Harvey was a marked man, and
that his death was due to knowledge
which lie had secured of the opera-
tion of criminals high up, and that
Cox was the man selected for the
Posten, mall clerk, of Mo-
nett, were killed.
Mur-
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
Rudolph Tegeler Convicted of
der of J, R, Meadows
OKLAHOMA CITY: The Jury be-
fore which was tried the murder case
of Rudolph Tegeler, brought In a rec-
ommendation that the accuseu ho
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
The case has been in progress near-
ly two weeks before Judge Lowe of
the district court. The evidence upon
which Tegeler was convicted was
purpose of putting Harvey out of the ; "o
hnfn.o Vvr\ w„ ,_____ i accounts for his escaping
W m. TtJndsay, pnilVnmn of thr com
mlttee on geologic and economic sur-
vey. lived formerly In Alabama From
boyhood he knew of land In his neigh-
borhood that was regarded as worth-
less and could have been bought In
any quantity at not more than 25
cents an acre. The state established
a geological survey. The survey ex-
plored this land and discovered It to
be a storehouse of iron ore. This
same land Is now selling at $300 an
acre, and mining has given to Ala-
bama an industrial development that
has enriched thousands of citizens.
The Rev. E. C. Dinwiddle said this
week that should he find it necessary
to Initiate a bill at the next general
election for the enforcement of pro-
hibition because of the failure of the
legislature to enact a good law, he
would not detach It from a proposal
for a dispepsary system, as he re-
garded the latter as essential for the
proper enforcement of state-wide pro-
hibition as he does the enforcement
feature Itself. He believes that if
prohibition were submitted to the
people now it would carry by a ma-
jority of 40,000, as against the 18,000
it received at the last election. If
prohibition enforcement and a dis-
pensary system are submitted togeth-
er, a determined attempt will be
made to defeat both. In order that
later an opportunity may be found
to vote on the question of local op-
tion and high license, which many
persons prefer to the prohibition in
Its present form.
way before he told what he knew.
It Is believed that the women of
the death penalty.
$10,000 For Green Bug War
WASHINGTON: The green bug is
going to have tough sledding in Ok
lahoma when the experts from the
have rTtuniad' Vthan/mU oVThe"^ «« “
tlngent fund or counties the pro rata a«or hint soon as a result of Repre-
part of license fees. ! ^ntatlve Fulton s appearance befo-e
the committee on agriculture.! He
asked the committee to make a spe-
expt
. . . __. ___. a thorough Investigation of the
the aenate refuse.l recede from mtle lant ,.r,p,ny. and secured the
the amendment and the bill will go , „nt of $10f000 for immediate use,
to a conference commmlttee.
The house having refused to con-
cur In the senate amendment to Mu; j "flV appropriation'm pay the expe'nM
rays initiattve_ and referendum hill. . thorough investigation of the
Blllup’s bill, providing that town-
ship officers may purchase shade
trees for public highways, was rec-
ommended for passage.
COMMITTEE FAVORS tT
WASHINGTON: Congressman E.
CRITICISES FLEET’S VOYAGE
WASHINGTON: In a speech in the
senate In opposition to the Aldrich
currency bill, Senator McLauren
expressed the opinion that our pres-
ent laws, if enforced, are ample for
the prevention of panics. He declar-
ed that the recent financial crisis had
L. Fulton appeared before the sen- j been the result of the misguided
ate committee on public^ buildings American administration of the gov-
a*.. - ernment by the republican party and
gave the acquisition of the Philip-
and grounds and presented the facts
and statistics in support of hl« bill ______________ __ ___ ______
for a $500,000 postoffice building at pjne {glands as one of the causes of
Oklahoma City. At the conclusion the disturbances. He sharply crlti-
of his argument the committee voted C{sed the present voyage of the
unanimously to favorably report the: American fleet to the Pacific coast,
bill for the amount asked. *
the underworld had something to do a°J ?:
with the plot. During the past few
months the town has been filled with
women who are known to be of des-
perate character and with these wo-
men Cox was closely in touch, it is
alleged.
Cox himself admits that there was
a woman in the case, but he will not
toll who she Is. He refused to waive
n preliminary examination and there-
by forced the state to show ita hand
ln the prosecution, but refused to
give up information which he claims
to possess which he believes will Jus-
tify him In the murder of the po-
liceman.
GUTHRIE: For the first time since
Oklahoma became a state, a man
other than Charles N. Haskell or
George W. Bellamy acted as chief ex-
ecutive of the state. Henry 8. John-
ston, of Perry, president pro tempore
of the senate, was acting governor.
Governor Haskell went to St. Louis,
where he spoke before the. commer-
cial organizations. Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Bellamy is sick and unable to
act. Senator Johnston steered the
ship of state untP Governor Haskell
returned. :
Senator J. C. Graham is temporary
president of the senate.
Meadows, an employe of the Pioneer
Telephone qompany disappeared.
Suspicion at once rested on Mrs.
Meadows, the wife, and Rudolph Teg.
eier, because of intimate relations
known to exist. At first detectives
had very little upon which to work,
but developments lead to the arrest
of the two. Officers secured copies
of letters which lead to the discovery
of the body of Meadows In a corn
field a few miles south of the city
which was pointed out to the detec-
tives by Tegeler himself. The grand
jury Indicted Mrs. Meadows and Teg-
eler for the murder. The trial of
Mrs. Meadows will come up In May
and circumstances point to her con-
viction with less difficulty than that
of Tegeler. It is believed by some
that she may plead gulty, as the
chain of evidence and Tegeler’s own
testimony have made a strong case
against her.
The Independent Telephone associ-
ation of Oklahoma convened In Tul-
sa last night and passed resolutions
condemning the action of the corpo-
ration commission In lowering phone
rates. A petition was drawn and
signed asking that the commission'!
, action be rescinded.
Between April 25 and May 5 it is
expected that most of the insane per-
sons at Norman will be taken to the
Fort Supply asylum. They will be
transported on a special train. Upon
reaching the town of Tangier they
will bp carried in wagons across the
country 12 miles to Fort Supply. Citi-
zens of the town of Supply have made
a contract with the state to bear the
expense of this overland transporta-
tion. There are more than 600 pa-
tients at Norman, and room at Fort
Supply for only about 500, If comfort
is considered. The remaining 100
may be left temporarily at Norman.
The state at present is ill an embar
assed situation in providing care and
maintenance for the addition**! hun-
dreds of insane persons for whom
there Is not room at Fort Supply. On
the Indian Territory side of the state
the insane are being held in jails and
private houses at the expense of the
respective counties. On June 1 the
contract with the federal government
for the care of about 200 Insane per-
sons. most erf them at St. Louis, will
expire and the patients will be turned
over to the state. The state Is be-
lieved to have a total of about 1,200
insane persons that should be cared
for.
...... *nta . i
control of the Totibv is (he
difficult task encountered by a legis-
lature The present state legislature,
following in tho footsteps of the eon
stltutlonal convention, adopted ruleB
regulating lobbyists that If enforced
would reduce lobbying to a minimum.
Politics, personal friendship und the
wiles of the craft Itself tend constant-
ly to bring about a relaxation In the
enforcement of anti-lobby rules. This
Is proving true at (luthrie. Lobbyists
are on the ground as they were In the
old territorial days, and show scarce-
ly less hesitancy In buttonholing
members of the legislature and sug-
gesting the “best thing to do for the
good of the country." The more Im-
portant measures In which the lobby
is concerned have not been enacted
into law, and the extent of th** lobby
influence is unknown.
rels in tanks and dirt basins until the
oil can be carried to market. This
kind of property has escaped taxa-
tion in Indian Territory, where there
was no organized territorial govern-
ment, and unless taxed by the state
this oil will escape free to the mar-
kets. The accumulation of this stor-
age oil is accidental, and would not
again be subject to taxation if the
proposal that hereafter the annual
output of oil should be taxed. Mem-
bers of the legislature who disagree
with the oil producers say that not
to tax the annual output of the wells
would be as unreasonable as to tax
only the barns and let the horses and
cattle in them escape taxation.
CHIBLES HUNTER REMAINS AS CHAIRMAN
Pre-Arranged Program Carried Out
Without a Jar—McGuire, Flynn,
Dore and Harris, Delegates at
Large to Chicago
OKLAHOMA CITY: The state re-
publican convention was held here
Wednesday, March 12, for the pur-
pose of nominating four delegatee
and two presidential elector* at
large to the national conventl&i In
Chicago. A platform binding tT* Ok-
lahoma delegation to vote for Wm.
H. Taft for president was adopted.
All business was carried oir. ac-
cording to the slate which had »Tac-
tically been arranged weeks before.
The delegates at large are: Con-
gressman Bird S. McGuire of Paw-
nee, ex-delegate Dentils T. Flynn of
Oklahoma City. Patrick J. Dore, ,ot
Wefitvllle, and James A. Harris of
Wagoner.
The alternates arc: H. G. House,
Thomas Holt, W. A. Sterrett and A.
II. Geissler.
For presidential electors at Urge,
Color'd William Busby of MeAleuer
und J. C. Roberts of Enid were chos-
en by acclamation.
The district electors endorsed by
.separate conventions were nominat-
ed as follows: First, E. H. Fuller,
(’handler; second, Dr. A. J. Sands,
Beaver; third, Bruce Keenan, Tahle-
quah; fourth, 10. O. Clark, Okmulgee;
fifth, William Jackson. Jackson coun-
ty.
Cash Cade, or Shawnee, was re-
elected national committeeman o7er
William Johnstone of Bartlesville,
his only opi>onent, by the vote of
422 to 266.
The resolutions endorse the Roost*-
velt administration and Congressman
McGuire, condemn the democratic
state regime, recommend the redac-
tion of states where the negro voier
is disfranchised and scores state par-
ticipation In the dispensary of IiqtK>r
under the constitution.
The resolution endorsing Taft was
as follows: "We cordially endorse
the candidacy of William 11. Taft,
not at the behest of any particular
individuals, thinking to reap pergonal
benefit, or that this endorsement .'s
the effect of their work, but because
w*. r»pf»of
tank and f»!< ui ih«* puulicau pa»*-
ty m OitiAfiouia, would Inform lha
nation at r f our yiefei uoe ft..*
The first official flag containing
the forty-sixth star, Oklahoma, was
unfurled for the first time in Okla-
homa on March 5 at Perry. The flag
was raised above the Perry postot-
flee for about twenty minutes at the
request of Mrs- William T. Little, as-
sistant postmaster. The wind was
blowing u gale, and the flag soon had
all its wrinkles smoothed out. This
was the flag raised above the national
capitol building at Washington.
Shawnee Is advertizing for bids for
paving one hundred blocks of that
city with asphalt this season.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
republican state convention at Okla-
homa City recommended the election
of C. M. Cade, of Shawnee, for na-
tional committeeman, and instructed
the four delegates at large to vote
for his election at Chicago, yet Cade's
election is not a certainty, though
wholly probable. The national com-
mitteeman Is.elected by the state del-
egation. The state convention con-
trols only its four delegates at large,
and has no control of the two dele-
gates from each of the congressional
districts. Only the fifth district in-
structed for Cade, making a total of
six delegates Instructed for him. He
must have not less than eight votes,
a majority of fourteen, to win. There
are two or three republicans in the
state who would like to be national
committeeman, und who would not
hesitate to become candidates at Chi-
cago against Cade if they thought
they had a chance of winning. And
they may do It. Cade has the advan-
tage of needing only two more votes,
while any oppoueut must get eight.
Any attempt to defeat Cade would
stir up a good deal of strife in the
party.
Several weeks ago, as already told
in this column, somebody coined
"telegraph" whiskey as a distinctive
term for the fighting stuff that is be-
ing brought into Oklahoma. In the
absence of open saloons. Still anoth-
er name is now offered, this time by
a Lincoln county farmer, who de-
scribes the stuff as "cocklebur Juice."
This will probably hold the name-
makers for a while.
Lincoln county has a colony of
about fifty German Russian fumilies
who keep Saturday as the Sabbattk
J hr offiv*. .....
: < i- .• WB:.ini H
Taft to follow in line of President
Roosevelt as the candidate or th« rv
• ifean •v > h iv• tilt« en
Ideal American citizen; ln executive
experience second to none in the n»
tion, of judicial temperament and ex-
perience." Continuing: "We favor
the strict enforcement of all of the
provisions of the constitution and
statutory laws, so long as such pro-
visions remain a part of the law. We
oppose any evasion of such constitu-
tional provisions or laws through
loose legislation, open to abuse or
construction permitting a violation.
"While the constitution provides
for the sale of intoxicating liquors
through the dispensary, we are op-
posed to the state itself becoming a
party to any such traffic, thereby
making ourselves, our wives and chil-
dren partners in the sale of liquor
and our property responsible In any
way for the maintenance of such a
system.
"In view of the fact that the dem-
ocratic party in the state opeuly
threaten to disfranchise the colored
voters by the passage of the "grand-
father law,” we Join with Ohio in de-
manding a reduction in congress and
the electoral college in all state of
the union where white and colored
citizens are disfranchised, to the end
that the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution may be enforced.”
The convention was called to order
at convention hall at 2:20 by Chair-
man Hunter with 637 delegates pres-
ent. Dr. Hugh Scott, private secre-
tary to Fortner Governor Frank
Frantz, formally presented to Hunter
a gavel from L. I). Carter, editor of
the Optima Optimist.
Hunter spoke briefly In breaking
the Ice. He apologized for his fail-
ure in the recent campaign, placing
tho responsibility of defeat on the
stay-at-homAs." He promised to do
better in the approachiug election.
Invocation was offered by Rev. W.
II. B. Urch, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Mayor Henry Scales delivered the
address of welcome. The response
was made by C. B. Rogers of VlnltaJ
Telegrams were read from W. A.
Hobson, sergeant-at-arms of the
lower house of the legislature, com-
manding the republican members to
present themselves for duty, unless
detained by slckneesB, Thursday.
J. E. Dyche, of Lawton, presided
as temporary chairman, defeating
Byron Kirkpatrick, of Pryor Creek.
H. G. House, of Marietta, was chosen
temporary secretary, and L. E. Don
jhoe, of Okemah, assistant. Carl
McGee, of Tulsa, was made perma-
nent chairman and the temporary
secretary and assistant retained in
the adoption of the report of the com-
mittee on order of business and per*
manent organization.
Following the appointment of th^
committees by Chairman Dyche,
speeches were made by McGuire,
Jones. Flynn, Dore, rx-Governor T. B,
Ferguson, Joseph Pringey of Lincoln
county, Solomon J. Homer of Tisho.
mingo, and Colonel C. P. Lincoln,
of El Reno.
Previous to the roll call on the
election of delegates and electors, Jc
Sherman, a member of the minority
in the house of representatives
threw the convention Into an uproai
by persisting in making his speedy
seconding the nomination of C. G.
Jones for delegate
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