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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER LINCOLN COUNTY. OKLAHOMA
THE CHANDLER TRIBUNE
VOL. XIII
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1914
ROBERTSON ANNOUNCES
FOR GOVERNOR !*
NO. 41
PETITIONS AM) TAXES
Judge Robertson has lived in Okla-
homa for twenty-two years is a form-
er judge of the Tenth judicial district
and has been a member of the su-
preme court commission since its er-
ection in 1911.
“To the Democrats of Oklahoma:
“1 am a candidate for governor,
subject to the democratic primary. 1
had hoped to defer this announcement
pntil later in the season, but the im-
portunities of friends, together with
the unfair conduct of certain persons,
representing a would-be opponent,
who for the past two weeks have been
industriously misquoting me and mis-
representing my intentions in the
matter throughout the state, has
forced me to mane this early decla-
ration of my intention.
“I ‘hall not attempt in this inform-
al statement to promulgate a plat-
form or a declaration of principles,
but will in the near future submit for
your cdhsideration my views on the
governmental situation, and shall at
that time endeavor to offer substan-
tial reasons for my candidacy, and to
propose a solution of affairs in this
state. In my formal announcement I
shall rot abuse your confidence nor
reflect upon your intelligence by sub-
mitting ideas on government in which
I do not believe, or for which I have
not stood sponsor in the past. During
a residence of more than twenty-two
years in Oklahoma, I have energeti-
cally engaged in political activities
in subordinate positions and feel that
1 have a first hand and practical
knowledge of conditions in all de-
partments of state and county gov-
ernment, and it may not be amiss for
me t' say that there exists through-
out the state today a well-defined
its full duty toward them and
their protection.
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“1 stand for a rigid enforcement of1 *
all laws and for retrenchment and re- [ ■*
form in every line. Especially shall J
I insist on a reformation of our pres-1 J
ent unjust and unscientific tax laws. *
I believe the state should publish the •»
school books and distribute them free X
of charge to the children, so that this J
great burden would be equally shared ♦
by all property owners, whether they -*■
have children or not, because by the; X
general dissemination of knowledge J
among our citizens the propetry of *
all will be better protected. I stand -*
for fewer offices and fewer officials; *
for a greater degree of personal at- J
tention to the duties of their office *
by those who have been chosen as the *
servants of the people; for a greater X
efficiency, not only among the sub- J
ordinate employes of the state, but J
among the higher officials as well; I -*>
stand for a better deal for labor, for *
the enactment of a just and equitable {
compensation act for workmen and f
for the relief1 of those who may be
come victims of vocational diseases *
and disabilities; for prison reform; *
for an effective anti-usury law; for J
lower taxes and for a rigid economy j *
in expenditures of public funds. j -*
“I stand for the eradication of graft 1 «
wherever found, but desire to call J
special attention to the people of the j J
east side of the state that I am ac-, ■¥■
quainted with the so-called ‘Indian! +
Every tax payer is interested in the reduction of
taxes and many of them are quick to blame officers
when the facts are most of the taxes are the result
of some action or vote of the tax payers themselves.
Two special elections have been forced upon the
People during this year and two more are proposed.
What is the result? $2,500 of debt for which no esti-
mate was made and no tax provided and it is likely
that judgments and court costs will follow. It will
come from the pockets of the tax payers.
Who is responsible for the creation of this $2,500
expense? The tax payers who signed the petitions
calling the elections. Now Mr. Tax Payer, we want
to talk to you heart to heart about signing those pe-
titions, that Tom, Dick and Harry shove under your
SUM HAVES ANNOUNCES
FOR U. S. SENATOR
nose.
question’ and its various phases and j J
the trouble growing out of it and feel ' J
that, inasmuch as I am not person-1 *
ally interested in the distribution of 1 ■*
that vast estate, i could render good j J
service in the rigid enforcement of
the probate and criminal laws rela-
ldea that our situation, with reference ^ve thereto without the embarrass-
to state and county government, is menj. 0f entagling alliances or the
anything but satisfactory. There cear 0f personal loss to myself or
seemt to be a genuine demand for a , fr;en<js_
new deal all round and for the in
If, at the time they invite your signature, they
asked you to pay one dollar you would indignantly re-
fuse and yet by signing the petition you create the
debt and later pay the dollar.
The Shaffer county election will cost about $1,000
in Lincoln county.
There were less than 1000 votes cast, therefore it
cost more than $1.00 per vote to hold the election.
Are our officers to blame? No, Mr. Signer, when you
signed the petition you created the debt. Think this
over Mr. Tax Payer. Every time you sign a petition
calling for a vote it costs you, and your neighbor about
$1.00. Before you sign the next, first ask yourself if
you are willing to pay $1.00 out of your pocket for the
privilege. If not, do not sign it.
“During tlu* past five months, par-
ticularly during the past sixty days,
1 have received numerous letters
from persons in every part of the
state soliciting me to make the race
at the primary election to b held next
August, for the nomination of the
Democratic party us its candidate for
the office of United States senator.
Similar suggestions and requests
have been made by many persons
from the different sections of the
| state who have visited me at my of-
fice during this time.
Office Worthy of Ambition.
“I huve been urged at different
times by my friends to make some
statement as to my plans, and par-
ticularly as to whether I shall be a
candidate. The office of United
States senator is worthy of any man’s
ambition who desirs public office for
th opportunity it affords to render
great public service; but I have no
desire to be a party to a contest for
this position unless I felt assured
that there existed among a large
number of the democratic party a
sentiment favoring my candidacy. My
own prsonal interests and the inter-
ests of the party demand that such
should be my attitude in the matter.
Thus far I have made no statement,
because 1 had hoped that before I
reached any decision or made any
statement relative thereto, 1 should
have an opportunity to visit at least
many, if not all parts of the state
and interview my friends and ac-
quaintances at their homes and ascer-
tain in that manner the sentiment
relative to becoming a candidate. But
I have not been able to visit the dif-
J j ferent parts of the state
candidate. However, before making
my announcement, us contemplated
by tlie statute regulating primary el-
ections, it is my intention to visit as
many parts of th state as I can and
confer with my friends and acquain-
tances and verify the existence of the
sentiment relative to my candidacy,
which I have been informed exists
by the many letters I have received
and by those who have visited me at
my office. I expect to do so as soon
as the docket of the January term of
the court is disposed of, and thereaf-
ter I shall make my announcement
as contemplated by the statute reg-
ulating primary elections, and I shall
at that time state my position upon
the public issues in which the people
at this time are most concerned.
Not a Candidate for Supreme Court,
"I shall not he a candidate to suc-
ceed myself us a member of the su-
preme court. Before entering upon
the campaign, I shall resign my pres-
ent position. This I shall do for two
reasons. First: During my service as
a member of the supreme court, I
have not participated actively in the
political affairs of the state, and
therefore have not been brought in
intimate contact with the great mass-
es of the people during the past six
years. In order that I may have the
opportunity of meeting as many of
the people of the state as possible be-
fore the primary election. 1 feel that
1 should and 1 shall make a thorough
campaign of the state. This I cannot
do and discharge the duties of my of-'
flee with that attention and care they
should receive. Second: Because I
have always entertained the view
* because during the past four n“ ^ T IT'”"'1 °l “ jUdiCia' T'
. * tion should ever make a campaign for
* more important and emergent tiro- . . .
“The foregoing is but a brief and 1 ______^______________
duct i into office of new blood and hurried resume of my positjon> many ‘ ,
new -as from top to bottom. With jmportant topics are of necessity Considerable feeling was present and he could see Rausin’s team out in
th emand lam in hearty accord omitted for lack of time and space, and many .speakers talked as if some- the pasture. He went to it and found
an-i ’eel that inasmuch as Oklahoma ..j have tendered my resignation as j thing was not done many Deep Fork- that they were loose and had hooked'
is a democratic state, it is tiut right a member 0f tile supreme t.0Urt com- eIS would loose their homes unless a front wheel around a post He fed
’ -oper that these reforms should mission aml after a few days wiu de_ thay could get the ditch so that they lowed the tracks and found'the hndv' “* “ member of the constitutional
’ ’ ‘ convntion of this
important ami emergent litiga-
tion has been presented to and press-
ed upon the court for consideration
and determination than has been pre-
sented to the court before within the
same time during the six years of
the court’s existanee.
A Jurist’s Duty.
“Throughout my public life, both
as
state and as a mem
and j
he rr' ‘Kht about by a democratic ad- yote my entjre time to a thorough could raise crops to pay off the in- of Rausin. He had been shot with a
ministration. and sy8tematic canvass of the state, j terest and principal. Mr. Embry fur- shot gun between the eyes and had ,K‘r °f the supleme court, I have made
Altitude Toward Old Blood. “I most respectfully invite the sup- 'her stated that Sprankle & Co. would been dead for sometime.
“However, it is too much for us to! port of all those citizens who love up the bonds coming due next Sam Fitzhugh, the young negro
expect that men who have been ac- their state and who desire a better- year and take ones due several years boy, 14 years old, next told lii.s story
tively engaged in performing the func- '■ ment of existing conditions and will i off s0 that the payment would not It was to the effect that he had gone
tions of government, especially since appreciate a letter of advice from all have to be made next year. to Moody's house in the afternoon
the constitutional campaign, and who those who are willing to lend a hand The extension which has already and Moody had told him and his
have largely shaped the course of
event- in this state since that time,
and who in effect have largely dom-
inated all governmental policies of
the -.te, and as a result therefore
are e.-ponsible for present conditions!
am) who have also taken upon them-
selves the authority to speak for all
the democrats in the democratic or-
it a rule never to be absent when
there were official duties to be per-
formed by me, or when there was
public business to lie transacted in
which it was my duty to participate.
It is true, that under our constitu-
tion three members of the court con-
, stitutes a quorum and may transact
business, and my presence at the
, capital has not been absolutely nec-
i essary to the transaction of the busi-
ness of I hi' court. But the fact that
in the attainment of these objects. 1 been allowed if proper under the con- son, Tommy, to get their gunrs and
“Your for better conditions, • tract means that Sprankle & Co. have I go over and kill Rausin. He also
“J. B. A. Robertson.” ; worked under their contract to com- stated, according to the negro, that
-O- i plete lh'-‘ ditch in 18 months only 0; he would kill Rausin if they did not.
DEEI’ FORK COMMISSION MEET. montlls as tbey Kot an entenMon ,,f They then went ovei on the Rausin
! months for lost time. farm and were ordered off They ......' /"T ',T T ‘"“i
- ’ It probable that the committee refused to go and Sum Fitzhugh shot * ''"V ", * ^
In response to agg.tat.on which has which was appointed may be able j Rausin hitting him between the eves . . 5 buMneM doeK
been taking shape for sometime past a to Ket at a 8olution 0f the problem Tommy Moody also shot but missed “I*1 JU y 'nembfs of such b<,,lit's 1,1
ganization, will be saticfactory to the lar^e number °f >,aep Forkers meet whi,e thev are in session Monday and [{al„in They both ran home and I ft ahsenti"K themselves from their own
people in this great work of reform 1 wi,h the commissioners in the district, after the meeting on Saturday. ! Ru„*i..............I personal affalrs or of promoting their
that lies ahead of us. Nor do I think ! c'oul t room last Saturday afternoon j
it possible that they would bring j for the Purpose of discussing the com-
a position in another department of
the government than in the judicial
department, and , at the same time,
retain hjs judicial position, for the
reason that it can rarely be done
without thereby largely impairing the
public confidence in and respect for
the court.
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about indifferent results even though
intrusted with that duty. It is un-
natural to suppose that men who have
been . hearty accord with ideas and
policies that have resulted in present
condi*ions can change their method of
thought, or, like the Yhameleon,
change their political color instanter
and represent with satisfaction to the
people new ideas and different sys
pletion of the big ditch and how it
MURDER PRELIMINARY HELD Tommy Moody, Mocdy’s
Rausin on the grourd. ( „ .... , .... , ,
T , , political ambition*. I nave always
in order to corroborate this story* fe|t that the
next called. He told in
son,
people are entitled to
the combined deliberations and best
could best be done. | - | , V*' u “r tu,u 111 a £eneraI ^ judgment of all the members of
The meeting was called to order by j After hearing evidence in the Sam* ,W?‘! 1 san^t that had been either a legislative body or a court
John J. Gayman and 1). B. Garriot of
Stroud, a prominent Deep Forker was
elected chairman, John J. Davis was
elected secretary.
Chairman Garriot called upon John
Embry, attorney for the Drainage
Moody preliminary all of Saturday,
Judge A. A. Beasler found that
Moody should be bound over to await
the action of the District Court and
denied him bail. Moody was charged
with murdering William Rausin at
his home which was near Moody’s, on
New Year’s day.
The trial created the most interest
told by Sam Fitzhugh hut they varied
greatly in immaterial matters. Some
of the other witnesses also contra-
dicted the immaterial matters of the
story of the boys.
After waiting sometime the, de-
fense offered no testimony and Moody
was bound over by Judge Beasler.
F. FI NK FUNERAL
District to state the object of the
terns, than those which they are fa- j meeting. Attorney Embry stated
miliar and for which they alone are l 'hat the object was to get the ditch
responsible. I completed and then began to defend j ()f any trial in recent years because
“I can safely say that I am not if- tbe contractors, Sprankle & ( o. He| ,,f the unusual feeling against Moody
filiated witn any faction;- 1 am um.er I read parts of ,he contract al,d ex‘j in the neighborhood and because he
obligations to no clique; I am a pa.tl plaln“d tbe problems tbat confronted was formerly a merchant in Chandler town, but a few yea. ago he moved
the district. i and Warwick. Before the trial had to Vernon, Colo., where he passed
Several speeches were made by j commenced it was found necessary to from this life about ten days ago from court
K. Funk, a pioneer settler of this
of no political machine; I do not be-
blieve in the ‘strong arm’ method cf
politics that seeks to eliminate op-
upon all matters transacted by such
bodies. Constitutional and statutory
provisions, authorize less htan the en-
tire membership of such bodies to
transact business are for the purpose
of protecting the public against the
unavoidable absence of members who,
by their voluntary absence, refuse to
discharge the duties they have as-
sumed, and not for the purpose of
justifying or executing such absen-
tees.
“For these reasons I have not ab-
sented myself and shall not absent
Seeks Office on Merits.
“I shall make the campaign and
seek the nomination solely upon my
own merits. If the democrats of
the state, from the views I express
and discuss from time to time during
the campaign upon political and pub-
lic issues and from my record as a
man and a public officer of this state,
shall decide that 1 can better repre-
sent the state and perform a more
efficient public service in the United
States senate than my competitors, t
shall hope to receive their suffrage
and the nomination, otherwise 1 shall
deserve and expect neither.
“SAMUEL W. HAYES’’
AT NT DINAH SAYS
BY C’. M. F.
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owners of Deep Fork land. Those adjourn the preliminary to the Dis-
position by any means whether fair who had already got the ditch wanted t.-ict Court room which -oon filled to
or foul; Ihave no political enemies to everything left as it was and Spran-I overflowing and then the ones who
punish and no special friends or in-
ter to reward; I believe in de-
eencj politics and a higher stain)-
ard ) morals, not only in public sfi-
tion ut in private life. I stand for
tlie ■ le and for its safety and pro-
te.“ and know that the chief end
of vc-eminent is to make popular
the • stablishment and development of
imi c .ial homes to the end that fam-
ilies rosy be reared in safety with a
kle & Co. allowed to continue as they
had been doing. Those who had no
idea of when they could get a lateral
ditch started or when they would get
the big ditch, wanted Sprankle & Co.
to put on more boats and did not
want the time extended in which to
complete the ditch.
According to County Clerk, I! P
l came in crowded about the railing
craining their necks to get a glimpse
of the prisoner and to hear the evi-
dence.
Evidence for the state showed that
Raurin was shot sometime New Year
On last Friday afternoon the body
arrived from Colorado and was taken
to Collar’s undertaking parlors. On
Saturday afternoon : short funeral
service was held at the home of Mrs.
Little in East Chandler and a few
words were said at tlie grave v here
the body was laid to rest in Oak
day on his farm while out gathering Park Cemetary.
main a member of the court, when
there is work before it which I should
participate, unless compelled by a.
imperative necessity, although sue!
j business might be transacted by thi
I other members of the court in my
^ absence.
Relieves Favorable Sentiment Exist
“From the information 1 have re
j eeived in the manner mentioned abovi
wood. A neighbor having looked to-
ward the Rausin house several time
Roope. at oil rate they are now dig- and seeing the front door open ed-
ging it will take 26 months to m- cided something was wrong and went
piete the upper end of the ditch and. down t,. investigate. When he
full knowledge that the state is doing | 58 months to complete the lower end. \ rived no o e was around the hour. friends.
Mrs. Funk and Son Jesse Funk and I “m >mpr"ssei1 ,hat tbl"'*' »
. , j the state a sentiment favoring my
son-in-law Chus. Sparks accompanied becoming u candidate for the office
the body here for burial. The be-, of United States senator sufficien
leaved have the sympathy of many to justify me to aspire to that pos
I tion; and it is my intention to be i
r
I.awzee, Chile, 1 done seed whar de
peoples wuz kickin’ ’bout dat Deep
Fok Ditch takin' so long to complete.
I reckon day mus’ has run out oh oil
to grease dat boat so she would slide
in dat ditch, bein’ a pretty tight
squeeze.
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1914, newspaper, January 15, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915127/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.