The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1901 Page: 3 of 8
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/ tfl# slightest desire to secure sny territory '
at the expense of any of our neighbors. We
wish to work with them hand In hand, so
/ that all of ua may be uplifted together, and
ws rejoice over the good fortune of any of
them, we gladly hall their material prosper-
ity and political stability, and are concerned
and alarmed if any of them fall into indus-
trial or political chaos. We do not wish to
see any old world military power grow up on
this continent, or to be compelled to become
a military power ourselves. The peoples of
the Americas can prosper best if left to work
our their own salvation in their own way.
1 Powerful Navy Urged.
/ "The work of upbuilding the navy must be
steadily continued. Whether we desire it or
/ not. we must henceforth recognize that we
have international duties no loss than inter-
national rights. Even if our flag were haul-
ed down in the Philippines and Porto Rico,
even if we decided not to build the Isthmian
canal, we should need a thoroughly trained
4 navy of adequate size, or else be prepared
definitely and for all time to abandon the
idea thut our nation is among those whose
sons go down to the sea in ships. Unless
our commerce Is always to be carried in for-
eign bottoms, we must have war craft to
protect It.
•'Probably no other great nation In the
„ world is so anxious for peace as we are.
f There Is not a single civilized power which
has anything whatever to fear from ag-
gressiveness on our part. All we want is
peace; and toward this end we wish to be
able to secure the same respect for our
f rights in return, to Insure fair treatment to
us commercially, and to guarantee the safety
, of the American people.
“Our people intend to abide by the Mon-
roe doctrine and to insist upon it as the one
sure means of securing the peace of the
\ Western hemisphere. The navy offers us the
only means of making our Insistence upon
the Monroe doctrine anything but a sub-
ject of derision to whatever nation chooses
to disregard it. We desire the peace which
comes as of right to the Just man armed;
not the peace grunted on terms of ignominy
to the craven and the weakling.
“It* is not possible to improvise a navy
after war breaks out. The ships must be
built and the men trained long in advance.
In the late war with Spain the ships that
dealt the decisive blows at Manila and San-
tiago had been launched from two to four-
teen years, and they were able to do as they
did because the men in the conning towers,
the gun turrets and the engine-rooms had
through long years of practice at sea learned
how to do their duty.
“It was forethought and preparation which
• secured us the overwhelming triumph of 1898.
If we fall to show forethought and prepara-
tion now, there may come a .time when dis-
aster will befall us instead of triumph; and
should this time come, the fault will rest
primarily, not upon those whom the acci-
dent of events puts In supreme command at
the moment, but upon those who have failed
to prepare in advance.
“There should be no cessation In the work
> j- of completing our navy. It is unsafe and
' unwise not to provide this year for several
additional battleships and heavy armored
cruisers, with auxiliary and lighter craft in
proportion; for the exact numbers and < har-
•acter I refer you to the report pf the Secre-
tary of the Navy. Hut there is something we
need even more than additional ships, and
this is additional officers and men. To pro-
vide battleships and cruisers and then lay
them up, with the expectation of leaving
theqi unmanned until they are needed in
actual war, would be worse than folly; it
would be a crime against the nation.
“To send any warship against a competent
enemy unless those aboard it have been
trained by years of actual sea service, in-
cluding incessant gunnery practice, would be
to invite not merely disaster, but the bitter-
est shame and humiliation. Four thousand
additional seamen and one thousand addi- ,
tional marines should be provided; and an !
increase in the officers should be provided
by making a large addition to the classes at
Annapolis.
Our Present Nuval Force.
“We now have seventeen battleships ap-
propriated for, of which nine arc completed
and have been commissioned for actual serv-
\ ice. The remaining eight will be ready in
/ from two to four years, but it will take at
least that time to recruit and train the men
to fight th a. It i3 of vast concern that we
have trained crews ready forf the vessels by
the time they are-commissioned. Good ships
and good guns are simply good weapons, and
vhe best weapons are useless save in the .
hands of men who know how to. fight with j
them. The men must be trained and drill* d
. • under a thorough and well-planned system
\ of progressive instruction, while the recruit-
/ ing must be carried on with still greater
vigor.
“The nuvaj militia forces are state organi-
ations. and are trained for coast service, and
in event of war they will constitute the inner
line of defense. They should receive hearty
encouragement from the general government.
“But in addition we should at once pro-
vide for a National .'wval Reserve, organized
and trained under the direction of the Navy
Department, and subject to the call of the
Chief Executive whenever war becomes immi-
nent. It should be a real auxiliary to the
naval seagoing peace establishment, and of-
fer material to be drawn oh at once for
manning our ships in time of war. It should
be composed of graduates of the Naval Acad-
emy, graduates of the Naval Militia, officers
and crews of coast-lino steamers, longshore
schooners, fishing vessels and steam yachts,
together with the coast population about
such centers as life-saving stations and light
houses.
Need for Powerful Navy.
“The American people must either build
and maintain an adequate navy or else make
up their minds definitely to accept a sec-
ondary position in international affairs, not
merely in political, but in commercial, mat-
ters. It has been well said that there is no
surer way of courting nutional disaster than
to be opulent, aggressive, and unarmed.’
“It is not necessary to increase our army
beyond its present size *at this time. But it
is necessary to keep it at the highest point
of efficiency.
“Every effort should be made to bring the
army to a constantly Increasing state of ef-
ficiency. When on actual service no work
save that directly in the line of such service
should be required. The paper work in the
army, as in the navy, should be greatly re-
duced. What is needed is proved power of
command and capacity to work well in the
field. Constant care is necessary to prevent
dry rot in the transportation and commis-
sary departments.
“The Congress should provide means where-
I i • by it will be possible to have field exercises
by at least a division of regulars, and if
possible also a division of national guards-
men, once a year.
“Only actual handling and providing for
men In masses while they are marching,
camping, embarking, and disembarking, will
it be possible to train the higher officers to
perform their duties well and smoothly.
Militia Laws Obsolete.
“Action should be taken in reference to the
militia and to the raising of volunteer forces.
Our militia law is obsolete and worthless.
The organization and armament of the Na-
tional Guard of the several stutes, which arc
treated as militia in t'ae appropriations by
the Congress, should be made identical with
those provided for the regular forces. Thq
obligations and duties of the Guard in time
of war should be carefully defined, and a
system established by law under which the
method of procedure of raising volunteer
forces should be prescribed in advance. It
Is utterly impossible in the excitement and
hn3te of impending war to do this satisfac-
torily if the arrangements have not been
made long beforehand. Provision should be
made for utilizing in the first volunteer or-
ganizations called out the training of those
citizens who have already had experience un-
der arms, and especially for the selection in
advance of the officers of any force which
may be raised; for careful selection of the
kind necessary is impossible after the out-
break of war.
“That the army is not at nil a mere In-
strument of destruction has been shown dur-
ing the last three years. In the Philippines,
Cuba and Porto Rico It has proved itself a
great constructive force, a most potent im-
plement for the upbuilding of a peaceful civ
illzatlon. 0
Eulogy of Veteran*.
‘ No other citizens doaerve so well of the
republic ns the veterans, the survivors of
those who saved the union. They did the
one deed which if left undone would have
meant that all else in our history went for
nothing IJut for their steadfast prowess in
the greatest crisis of our history, all our
annals would be meaningless, and our great
experiment in popular freedom and self-gov-
ernment a gloomy failure. Moreover, they
not only left us a united nation, but they left
us also as a heritage the memory of the
mighty deeds by which the nation was kept
united. We are now indeed one nation, one
in fact as well as in name; we are united
in our devotion to the flog which is the sym-
bol of all national greatness and unity; and
the very completeness of our union enables
us all, in every part of the country, to glory
in the valor shown alike by the sons of the
North and the sons of the South in the
times that tried men's souls.
Merit System Endorsed.
“The merit system of making appointments
Is in its essence as democratic and American
as the common schools system itself. It sim-
ply means that in clerical and other positions
where the duP.es are entirely non-political,
all applicants should have a fair field and
uo favor, each standing on his merits as he
is able to show them by practical test. Writ-
ten competitive examinations offer the only
available means in many eases for applying
this system. In other eases, as where la-
borers are employed, n system of registra-
tion undoubtedly can be widely extended.
There are, of course, places where the writ-
ten competitive examination cannot be ap-
plied, and others where It offers by no means
an ideal solution, but where under existing
political conditions it is, though an imperfect
meant, yet the beet present means of get-
ting satisfactory results.
"It Is important to have this system ob-
tain at home, but it is even more important
to have it applied rigidly in our insular pos-
sessions. The administration of these islands
should be as wholly free fsjm the suspicion
of partisan politics as the administration of
the army and navy. All that we ask from
the public servant lr. the Philippines or Porto
Rico is that he reflect honor on his. country
by the way in Which he makes that coun-
try's rule a benefit to the peoples who have
come under it. * This is all that we should
ask, and we cannot afTord to be content with
less.’*
Treatment of Indians*
The message points out the defects in our
present consular service, and recommends the
passage of bills now before Congress that
will increase its efficiency. Of the Indian
problem It says-
“In my judgment the time has arrived
when we should definitely nurke up our minds
to recognize the Indian as an individual and
not as a member of a tribe. The General
Allotment Act Is a mighty pulverizing engine
to break up the'tribal mass. It acts direct-
ly upon the family of the individual. Under
its provisions some sixty thousand Indians
have already become citizens of the United
States. We should now break up the tribal
funds, doing for them what allotment does
for the tribal lands; that is, they should be
divided* into individual holdings. • A stop
should be put upon the indiscriminate per-
mission to Indians to lease their allotments.
The effort should be steadily to make the
Indian work like any other man on his own
ground. The marriage laws of the Indians
should be made the same as those of t&e
whites.
“In dealing with the aboriginal races few
things are more important than to preserve
them from the *terrible physical and moral
degradation resulting from the liquor traf-
fic. We are doing all we can to save our own
Indian tribes from this evil. Wherever by
international agreement this same end can be
attained as regards races where we do not
possess exclusive control, every effort should
be made to bring It about.
“For the sake of good administration, sound
rconomy, and the advancement of science, the
Census Office as now constituted should be
made a permanent government bureau. This
wofild insure better, cheaper and more sat-
isfactory work, in the interest not only of
our business but of statistic, economic and
social science.
“The remarkable growth of the^postal ^ser-
vice is shown in the fact that lis revenues
have doubled and its expenditures have near-
ly doubled within twelve years. Its progres-
sive development compels constantly increas-
ing outlay, but in this period of business en-
ergy and prosperity its receipts grow so much
faster than its expenses that the annual de-
ficit has been steadily* reduced from $11,411,-
779 in 1897 to $3,923,727 in 1901. Among recent
postal advances the success of rural free
delivery wherever established lias been so
marked, and actual experience has made its
benefits so*plain, that the demaud for its ex-
tension is general and urgent.
Growth of Postal Service.
“It Is just that the great agricultural popu-
lation should share in the improvement of the
rvice. The number of rural routes now in
i peration is 6,009, practically all established
within three years, and there are 6,000 appli-
cations awaiting action. It is expected that
?ho number in operation at the dose of the
current fiscal year will roach 8,600. The mail
will then be daily carried to the doors of
5,700,COO of our people who have heretofore
I een dependent upon distant offices, and one-
third of all that portion of the country which
is adapted .to it will be covered.by this kind
of service. m
.Second-Class Mail Matter.
“The full measure of postal progress which
might be realized has long been hampered
and obstructed by the heavy burden imposed
on the government through the intrenched
and well-understood abuses which have
•own up In connection with second class
mall matter. The extent of this burden ap-
pears when it is stated that while the sec-
ond-class matter makes nearly three-fifths of
the weight of all »he mail, it paid for the
last fiscal year only $4,294,445 of*’the aggre-
gate postal revenue of $111,631,193. If the
pound rate of postage, which produces the
large loss thus entailed, and which was fixed
by the Congress with the purpose of encour-
aging the dissemination of public informa-
tion, were limited to the legitimate news-
papers and periodicals actually contemplated
I y the law, no just exception could be taken.
That expense would be tho recognized and
accepted cost of a liberal public policy de-
liberately adopted for a justifiable end. Hut
much of the matter which enjoys the privi-
leged rate is wholly outside of the intent of
the law, and has secured admission only
through an evasion of its requirements or
through lax construction. The proportion of
such wrongly Included matter is estimated
by postal experts to be one-half of the whole
volume of second-class mall. If it be only
one-third or one-quarter, the magnitude of
he burden is apparent. The Postofflce De-
I artment has now undertaken to remove the
.'.buses so far as is possible by a stricter ap-
plication of the law; and it should be sus-
ained in its effort.’’
“We view with lively Interest and keen
! opes of beneficial results the procedings of
’he Pan-American*Congress, convoked at the
Invitation of Mexico, and now sitting the
Mexican capital. The delegates of the United
States are under the most liberal instructions
•o co operate with their colleagues In all
matters promising advantage to the great
family of American commonwealths, as well
in their relations among themselves us in
♦ heir domestic advancement and in their
intercourse with the world at large.
The occurrences arising from the “Boxer"
i utbreak in China are reviewed in detail, and
♦ lie steps taken to secure to the United States
i's share of the trade of tho Orient are ex-
plained. The message concludes;
“The death of Queen Victoria caused the
people of the United States deep and heart-
f It sorrow, to which the government gave
f ill expression. When President McKinley
died, our nation In turn received from every
c.aarter of the British empire expressions of
i rief and sympathy no less sincere. The
i eath of the Empress Dowager Frederick of
• ermany also aroused the genuine sympathy
if the American people; and this sympathy
as cprdially reciprocated by Germany when
fie President was assassinated. Indeed, from
i very quarter of the civilized world we re-
ceived, at. the time of the President's death,
i r.Burances of such grief and regard as to
touch the hearts of our people. In the midst
if our affliction we reverently thank the Al-
i ighty that we are at peace with the nations
II mankind; and we firmly Intend that our
I ollcy shall be such as to continue unbrokeu
• use international relations of mutual re-
ipect and good will.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House, December 3, 1901.
FEARFUL LIFE LOSS
A Collision and a Boiler Explosion
Hurl a Number Into Eternity.
DEATH LOSS NEARLY TWO HUNDRED
Two Trains Collide Near Detroit, Mich.,
As the Result of u 111 under hy Some of
the Employes,—A Roller Explodes nt
Penbertliy Injector Plant, Detroit.
Detroit, Mich. : A disastrous colli-
sion occurred at Senecca, Mich., nsmall
way statioii on the Wabash road about
seventy miles southwest of Detroit.
Train No. 18, a westbound emigrant
train, with two engines, collided under
a full head of steam, with train No. 4,
eastbound, about one mile from Senecca.
The result was that live or six coaches
on the emigrant train were crushed and
the load of human freight sent into
eternity in a moment, while one coach
on train No. 4, which consisted of a
parlor car, dinning and baggage car,
was also telescoped, with the. loss of at
least four persons, whose dead bodies
have been taken from the ruins.
It is not known how many persons
there were on the emigrant train, .but
the death list Vi 11 be anywhere from
sixty to one hundred anti fifty.
Along the track long lines of burned
bodies lie covered with blankets, pre-
senting a gruesome sight. It may be
possible that the exact number of killed
or who they are, will never bo known.
At present it is impossible to get any-
thing resembling a list of injured or
dead from Seneca.
| CONGRESS IS ORGANIZED.
I Tho Opening of tho Fifty-Seventh Con-
gross of 111*' I nitcd Stales.
Washington: The opening of the
first session of the fifty-seventh congress
. BOILER EXPLOSION. '
Twenty-Six Men 'Dead and n Number of
Others Seriously Injured.
Detroit, Mich. Twenty-six men are
dead, five ‘of them so horribly burned
that identification is impossible, and
twenty-four others lying in hospitals
suffering from bums, cuts and bruises
is the result of a frightful boiler explo-
sion in the Penberthy Injector com-
pany’s large plant. There are sixteen
men still missing and are supposed to be
under the debris, although the officers
of the company insist that they are not.
It is impossible to tell how many men
were at work in this part of the works
at the time, but it is-thought about 85.
The Penberthy Injector company’s
plant occupied half a square of ground.
It was composed of two brick buildings
separated by a sixteen foot alley. The
rear building in which the boilers were
located, and which was destroyed, was
three stories high, 50 feet in depth and
100 feet wide. The boiler and engine
room was located on the first floor.
Also on the first floor was the depart-
ment for testing the,output of the plant.
The finishing and brass manufactur-
ing department was located on the sec-
ond and third floor were devoted to
the foundry.
The terrible crash came without the
slightest warning. Those in the front
building said it seemed like the concus-
sion of an immense cannon. The floors
and l’oof of the rear building bulged up-
ward and then crashed down with their
heavy loads ofmachinery and foundry
apparatus. Walls, roof and all dropped
into a shapeless mass of debris. Win-
dows in houses for a block around were
broken by the concussion, and firing
bricks filled neighboring yards. A
dense cloud of dust arose, and as it set-
tled and was succeeded by denser
clouds of smoke and steam, agonized
cries began to come from the heap of
tangled wood, metal and bricks.
Those who were only partly buried
frantically dng themselves out and then
as energetically turned to digging for
their comrades who were burled deeper.
Flames broke out nlmost immediately
and the horror of fire was added to the
sufferings of the imprisoned ones.
The proi>erty loss is about $180,000.
Nothing is known yet about the cause
of the explosion. The boilers have
liecii recently inspected and the engin-
eer was known as a careful and capable
was the occasion for great enthusiasm.
Great crowds had assembled at the na-
tional capital to witness the event. Tho
honse re-elected D. B. Henderson aa
speaker and the most of the old officers
, as well, l>eiiig elected to succeed them-
i selves. The president’s message was
| sent in the second day and is an able
document as regards the composition
and scholarly handling of questions
i of national importance.
HARD TO GET AWAY.
The Mutineers^ Who Uroke Jail, Can’t
Get Away From U. S. Officer.
Leavenworth, Kans. Warden
McClunghrey received word of the cap-
ture at Tuscnmbiu, Ala., of James Sev-
| monr, one of the convicts who escaped
j during the mutiny. Capt. Telford will
i leave tonight to bring him back. Word
J has also been received that a posse of
deputy United States Marshals have
surrounded Katiug and McMurray in
the Shawnee Ilillc in tho western por-
tion of the Indian Territory. These
men are desperate and a battle is ex-
pected.
United States Attorney Dean says
that every convict that was in the mu-
tiny would.be tried for murder at the
April term of the United States district
court. Dean says each one of the fif-
teen prisoners recaptured is guilty of
! murder and he believes several will be
] hAnged here.
Hnrned To Dentil, «
Stillwater, O. T.: The little five-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hol-
liban, who was playing around a stove
! was so severely burned by her clotlies
I catching on fire that she soon after died.
Her mother was near when the accident
happened, but was unable to smother
! the flames until she had Is-come so badly
burned that their was uo hope’ for her
recovery.
A ROBBER S DEN.
Officers In Search of >len Discover Great
Amount of Stolen Goods.
Dougherty, I. T. Deputy Leon
Brown and his men in search of burg-
lars who had robbed Line Bros.’ store
last week, rounded up their men and at
the same time unearthed their rendez-
vous. The officers were hot on their
trail and followed them through the
Arbnckle mountains to a house near
the canyon. In, tho honse the officers
found razors, guns, bolts of dry goods
and other articles—in other words
they discovered a regular robber’s den.
They" arrested the two robbers, Will
Summers and H. U. Jefferies, and the
confederate, who received the stolen
property, .1 K. Jeffries.
MRS. NATION AGAIN.
David Nation is Grunted a Divorce from
His Wife, Carrie.
Medicine Lodge, Kans. Judge
Gillett granted David Nation a di-
vorce from his wife, Carrie Nation,
on the ground of gross neglect of duty,
but exonerated her from the charge of
extreme cruelty. * In the division of the
property, Mrs. Nation receives the
homestead and Mr. Nation other town
property, less valuable and somewhat
incumliered. Tin; personal property
and assets were equally divided. Mrs.
Nation resisted the divorce hut refused
to consent to live with her husband.
After a volley of pointed questions
from Judge Gillett, Mrs. Nation admit-
ted that her purpose in prolonging the
union was to be in a position to receive
a pension after Mr. Nation’s death.
She professed throughout the trial to be
guided by divine inspiration, although
she confessed her desire for jiension
money was “weakness of tho flesh.’’
The trial consumed twenty-fonr hours.
Tho adjudication is unsatisfactory to
both sides but it is understood there
will be no appeal aa cither ono fears
they may fare worse.
Stdart P. Young, retiring city treas-
urer of Louisville, Kv., commited
] suicide by shooting himself through the
p head. Under the law the board have
j been examining the books of all retiring
city officers and when he noticed the
account in an evening pajier that his
books were to be examined he shot him-
self. It is not known how his accounts
stands, lint lie is said to have bet quite
| heavy on races.
Hon. Clem Studebaker, the millionaire
wagon manufacturer, died at his home
j m South Bend, Itid., last week.
Frank A. Munsey, the publisher, has
purchased a controlling interest in the
New York Daily News from Mrs Ben-
jamin A. Wood. Tho purchase price
was not made public. Mr. Munsey re-
cently bought the Times of Washing-
ton, b. C.
Ex-Governor Davis H. Waite, of Colo-
rado, died quite suddenly last week.
The town marshal of Logan, Kans.,
got into an altercation with a man
whom he supposed was a boot-legger,
struck him over the head with a spirit
level, crushing his skull. The marshal
is now under arrest.
Osborne, Kans., is a strict prohibition
town—no beer or whiskey being sold
therein, but a decoction of hard cider
and lemon extract is made which gives
a person that feeling, but oh, what a
difference in the morning. It is claimed
a person does not recover from the ef-
fects of it for several days.
• Geo. M. Pullman, son of the late mil-
lionaire car builder died at his country
home ul San Mateo, (’al.
The state superintendent of Kansas
says there are 120,000 children of school
ago who do not attend school.
Representatives of a dozen or more
gypsum, cement, plaster and stucco
plants in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Oklaho-
ma and one or two other states are hold-
ing a meeting in Kansas fit}’. While
they admit that a Irust to consolidate
all tip* plants in these lines in the Unit-
ed States may be formed, they deny
that they have any connection with it
The next governor of Oklahoma will
fight shy of the Norman wh»*il house.
It’s a crazy proposition. • nays the
Leader.
FERGUSON IS IT
Thomas B. Ferguson, of Watonga,
Appointed Governor of Oklahoma.
• _ __
PRESIDENT CRITICISES JENKINS SEVERELY
President Roosevelt Gives Hitt Reusons
* for Removing Jenkins in Strong uml
('ourngeoiiH Language.—’The Sanitar-
ium Problem the Cause.
Washington: President Roosevelt
has removed William M. Jenkins as
governor of Oklahoma, and appointed
Thomas B' Ferguson, of Watonga, as
his successor. In taking this action the
president gave as his reason for so doing
in an endorsement on the order of re-
moval which is a forcible reminder to
public officials that their conduct must
bo above suspicion, lie speaks courage-
{ ously and without any sympathy for
; the governor, for In; was evidently very
J deeply impressed with his wrong doing.
I Ho finds no use for such conduct and
says so in plain words.
There was never much doubt that Mr.
Jenkins would bo removed since the
charges were preferred against him by
J Judge Merrick. He was a doomed offi-
| cial from the moment President Roose-
j velt read the complaint against him.
His visit here was fruitless and the ap-
peals of his friends of uo avail. What-
ever his intentions were, the president
considered only the acts, which ho con-
demns in the following strong language:
“Governor Jenkins, of Oklahoma, is
j hereby removed because of his improp-
1 or connection with a contract between
the territory and the-Oklahoma Sani-
j tarium company.
“The decision is bnsed purely dn his
j own written statements, and his oral
explanations of them at tho final hear-
I ing.
“One 'of tho dnties of the territorial
governor is to enter into a contract with
some person or corporation for the keep-
ing of the insane of the territory. . Gov-
ernor Jenkins made such a coil tract
with the Oklahoma Sanitarium com-
pany, a corporation, tho promoters of
which reserved ten thousand dollars
of its stock for the governoraml subject
to his order.
“In the governor’s explanation of the
affairs he said he told the promoters at
tho time they desired him to sanction
the contract, that it was an .important
contract; ‘that I had some friends
whom I would like to have interested
tin the company to which I owed some
political obligations which I would not
Ibe able to pay by an appointment or
anything of that kind.’ The stock was
delivered to a banker, subject to the
governor’s order and was turned over
(to these friends whose political services
the governor thus sought to reward.
"Tho extent of the favor to the gov-
ernor and his friends is suggested by
the fact thut the only known sale of
the stock since the contract was given
out was at double the price paid "for it.
“As performance of the contract was
to be tlie sole business of -the corpora-
tion, it is obvious either the territory
was obliged to pay far more than tho
services wore worth,.or that its helpless
wards were to lmw the enormous
profits taken out of their keep.
“The governor’s confessed relations in
the matter disclose such an entire lack
of appreciation of tho high nature of
the duties of his office as to unfit him
for their further discharge.
“A sound rule of public policy and
morals forbids a public servant from
j seeking or accepting any personal bene-
I fit in a transaction wherein he lias a
; public duty to perform.
“A chancellor would not for one mo-
j ment retain a trustee who, in dealings
for the trust, reserved an advantage to
himself. The thought is not to be tol-
l-rated that the. president can 1m: less
vigilant and exacting in the public in-
[ terest. Theodore RoosevELT.”
The noAA ly appointed governor has
! gone to Washington at the request of
j the secretary of the interior. It is gen
! erally said that tho appointment is a
: good one.
Thos. B. Ferguson is a native of
Chautauqua county, Kansas, and came
j to Oklahoma in 1892 at the opening of
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe, settling at
j Watonga. His early days were siM-ut
I in Sedan, Kansas, and he attended tho
state normal school at Emporia. Since
locating at Watonga he has edited the
Republican, making a great success
financially and otherwise of the news-
paper business. His newspaper has
: brought him prominence, because he
| run it on a business plan. It brought
! to him a membership on tho territorial
j republican committee which position In;
has held since 1894. His work on the
committee was such that hi- was chosen
its chairman in 1900, Tin- history of
this last congressional campaign i-j
evidence of Ferguson’s executive ability
and of his tnct us an organizer. He is
at present the postmaster at Watonga,
a position he Inis held for the past three
years, and was offered some time ago
the registership of one of the territorial
laud offices which he refused. He has
never sought political office. He is a
man of strong convictions and like Mr.
Roosevelt will have the strength and
the courage to rebuke any public ofiiciul
who fails ty comply with the law.
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Maxwell, William Albert. The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1901, newspaper, December 6, 1901; Yukon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc911779/m1/3/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.