The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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A COMPARISON J the addition to the White House,
- ! which is not an annual expense, and
Okla- | you have a balance of $289,420 it
to maintain this de-
Mr. Adair says that no
They charge other nation on earth appropriates
doubled and halt of this amount for the use of
The republican leaders of
homa harp a great deal about the1 costs annually
extravagance of the present demo- partment.
cratie administration,
that taxes have been
that laws have been enacted to fur- its chief executive,
ther increase the burden of taxation How does the above compare with
and to such an extent that no man the pitiful $1,500 used for the gov-
ltnows when the sheriff will appear error's office in Oklahoma?
with a tax warrant confiscating his Another item of extravangance
.property. j charged against us, is the expendi-
n' these charges are true the de- tore of thousands of dollars for the
muriatic party is unfit to govern and hiring of detectives, etc. The Trib-
should be kicked out of power. tine has proved the falsity of that
What are the facts? charge and now let’s see how the
■- Tribune lias proved by the roc- republican administration deports it-
drds and by comparing the tax levies sell' on that score,
in Oklahoma with levies in Kansas Mr. Adair quotes from Mr. Tatvn-
and other states that taxes in this ey. who is the head of the Appropria-
state are less than any other state tion committee, the following allow-
of its population in America. ances for detective service:
We have showed that for five years Appropriations for Goveinment De-
prior to statehood a republican terri- tectives
torial administration levied a tax ev- Internal revenue de-
eragaiug t>.4 piills, and that the pre- , tectives .........
sent democratic administration levies Customs frauds detectives
majority in these three districts, par- tal case has been filed by attorneys
ticularly in the question of whether for Governor C. N. Haskell and other
or not the repullean party ha3 re- state officials and will be taken up
deemed its platform pledges on tariff ,by the supreme court Saturday or
reform. The trouble is that the in- Monday.
dividual voter has been unable to * Attorneys B. F. Burwell of Okla-
rise up and break through the in- homa City, C. B. Stuart of McAlester
rus'ations of standpaism. Further- and Attorney General Charles West
more, the progressive republicans of ,'a:id Governor C. N. Haskell were in
Oklahoma are without leaders in
whom they have confidence.
The standpatters in Oklahoma
have had every possible advantage
they could wish for at home and in
Washington. The defeat of Oklaho-
ma republicans by the democrats in
statehood elections caused many re-
publicans to grow disheartened and
'< 1‘ ok only to federal patronage
as a reward for party service. They
are convinced that the present na-
tional administration is the friend
of the standpatters and that to op-
pose the standpat members of Con-
gress in Oklahoma would lie a liope-
1 lose consulation Thursday regard-
| iug the status of the state capital
case, th.' selecting of a site for-the
permanent location of the capital and
the appointment of the capital com-
mission,
1 he petition filed in the supreme
court asking n rehearing on the writ !
of pruuibition requests that the court 1
pass on tlie validity of the law. The !
question ;o be decided folows:
”Ai' ihe people boun ! the Kn*
aldi: .' act or tile eic.' ion > : June
11?"
Should the supreme court hold !
that the Enabling Act is binding, j
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CHANDLER
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Undertaker and Embalmer
Day and night plumes 124 and 123
OKLAHOMA
x awisiiKfmmsm
250,000
3SO.OOO
,000,000
a tax of only 2 1-2 mills. Counterfeit detectives ...
Not ali of this two and one-half Bureau of Corporation detet
mills is used to defray current ex- tives..............
penses of state government. One- Interstate Commerce de-
fourth of one per cent goes to com- [ tectives..........
men schools. One-fourth of one per Public land detectives . .
cent goes for new state institutions , Anti-trust law de-
and "slightly over one mill to take up j tectives ..........
the deficiency for the year 1909, ■ Pension Bureau de-
caused by the federal courts tieing tectives............
no the collection of special privileges Meat inspection detec-
gross earnings and franchise taxes," j tives..............
leaving a little less than one mill of Pure food detectives ....
the total' state levy which goes to- ! —
ward paying the expenses of the state
government for the current year.
Eliminate that spirit of 'radical
partisanship which affords the only
nn ans through which republican j inspectors ilie balance of
lenders have of promoting tlieir tier- ,j, ,. amounts to very little,
s ! an bitii r i irough party control Discussing further the several de-
an 1 there tvculd bo no charge of ex- pan incuts of this icrvicc lie said
travangaiice against the present ad- j t hat though more than am ill ion dol-
n. lustration. lars is paid each year to the post-
it these pharisical pleaders for joffice detectives that we have no rec-
economy are sincere, and they want lord of their having discovered or de-
to direct the attention of the tax tested anything of any great benefit
payers of this country to a case of lto the Government. Ho charges
real, outrageous, criminal extiava- that this million dollars is absolutely
gance, we suggest they point them wasted.
less ,in fact, a disastrous fight. No- then the election of June 11 is void
125,000 j body knew this better than the stand- and the state officials will remain in
00,000 jpat members of Congress seeking re- .Guthrie, with the exception of Gov-
!
Total appropriation for
detectives.........
115.000 ;nomination. ernor Haskell
| Oklahoma is a new state with no- j In the decision handed down by the
175.000 merous towns and communities ask- supreme court July 27, it only de-
jing for federal buildings, etc. It jcided that the district court of Logan
450.000 j would not require a strong hint to an j county had no jurisdiction over Gov-
500.000 insurgent community that it should ernor Haskell and did not touch the
remain quiet or suffer the penalty real merits of the case. The rehear-
of gettting nothing from the congres- : ing and the court to take up the va-
sional pork barrel. j lidity of the law. or the question as
Luckily for the standpatters, the to whether the election of June 11
chairman of the state committee is was legal. Should the court deny
a standpatter to the core and the ' the rehearing then the case will lie
S2G.OOO |members of the committee are with before Judge Huston in the Logan co-
--him. The moment an insurgent lift- 'unty district court, from where it will
|ed his head he was marked by the likelj be appealed immediately to the
$7,126,000 slate organization and punished if he supreme court for trial upon the real
THE ABSTRACT AND GUARANTY CO.
.......i‘S'or» to The Lliioui County Abstract Co., Itovt llros
A list Ml it Ci), and Hoover »S: Kanaka.
flake Abstracts, Correct Title and Write all Kinds of insurance.
The solicit your patronage.
CHANDLER. OKLAHOMA
Mr. Adair said that outside of the KIV" obstreperous.
cnfitti from tin* meat, ami pure food
the • ser-
STATE CAPITAL CASE
Oklahoma City, Aug. 12.—A mo-
tion for rehearing in the slate capi-
naMa—«—nw Banssatar"
j That we have been paying $200,-
000 a year to custom fraud detec-
to their parties administration
the national government.
Read the following, taken from tives, but that they failed to detect
an exchange, and then answer with- J the Sugar Trust robbing the Gov-
out partizan prejudice, if you believe lernment of $3,000,000, and that bad
that the charges of extravagance ag- 'it not been for Borne of the employ-
ainst the present administration arejPes of the Sugar Trust we would
justified:
“Well, if this doesn’t beat the
devil! Here are some of the things
(know nothing about it now.
That we are paying $500,000 a
year to government land detectives,
that have been found to have been 'and that a! lthey have ever saved the
paid for at public expense, by our j Government would not buy enough
congressmen at Washington voting iand at $2 per acre to bury a mule,
themselves an allowance of $125 a Two hundredand fifty thousand a
year extra for stationery: Playing year to the anti-trust detectives and
cards, (including which and bridge that up to this time they have not
sets), poker chips pocket books and j been able to discover a single trust,
purses, shears and scissors, hand [ That the Forestry Bureau alone is
bags, suit eases, souvenirs, bags, pass (spending $4,000,000 a year, are in-
cases, nail clips files and brushes, sisting on larger appropriations, but
manicure sets, safety razors (with that jf this appropriation of $4,000,-
extra blades), matches, wedding an-jpoo a year continues and makes the
nouncements,
bums, photoograph
eases, button box,
envelopes, cuff jn the past, it will not grow enough
glove stretcher, j timber in the next hundred years to
cigar lighter, ash tray, opera bags, make a wooden leg for a lame duck.
quinine pills, listerine, peroxide of
hydrogen, pepsin, witch hazel, cough
drops, ammonia smelling salts, antl-
kammina, Jamaica ginger, vaseline,
olive oil, court plaster, seidlitz powd-
ers, bromo seltzer. Who would have
thought that in addition to the $7,-
500 a year fat salary we pay them,
we would be buying the above things
for our congressmen, their wives
and daughters? it’s not the most
monumental, perhaps, but it’s the
nerviest piece of graft that has been
un’overed in quite a while.
A few years ago we appropriated
$24,000,000 a year for the navy, but
last year we appropriated $136,-
935,199. in 1901 the army appro-
priations was $24,206,417 in 1909
it was $101,19 7,470, or a total an-
nual expenditure for the army and
(navy of $238,132,699.
j Now don't forget that these enor-
mous expenditures which Mr. Adair
|says amonuts to $12.40 for every
j man, woman and child in the coun-
try, are kept up by taxes eollecteed
We are |from tne people, and that a major
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On S&‘« Jane 1st to Sept.
30th.
For further informat;on
see A. o'. i.Iacomber, Apt
Chandler, Okia
C. O. JACKSON,
Dllsion Passengr Agt.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
indebted to Arthur I. Street, writing | portion of it is paid by the working
in Success for June, for the ex- ' man, for under our system or in-
PDSe- direct taxation, the laborer who re-
Do you knoow of any such items jeeives $1.50 a day and who supports
as the above to have been charged, a family of four or five, pays more
ct the expense account of legislators
by the Oklahoma State government?
But let us look a little further.
On January 4, 1910, Congressman
Jno. Adair, in a speech In congress
on national extravagance, made the
following statement of appropriations
lor the fiscal year ending June 30,
1910 showing the enormous expense
attached to the White House;
Salary and allowances of the Presi-
dent taken from the appropria’ion
hills for 1909.
President's salary .... ».$ 75,000
Secretaries, clerks, etc .. 69.0 20 ' Penses,
Contingent land........ 25,000 j
Traveling expenses...... 25.000 ■
For vehicles, stables, etc .. 35.000
For aditional improvements
to White House...... 4' 000
For furnishings, draperies,
etc...............
For care of grounds . . .
Fuel for White House and
stables...........
Care of greehonse.....
Ttenalrs to greenhouse . . .
Printing.............
Lighting White House and
tax than the millionaire who has no
children to feed and clothe.
Remember that evry man with a
family of five is compelled to give
$62 of his earnings for the support
of the National Government. That
the so-called extravagant democratic
administration in Oklahoma collects
less than $1.20 per capita or less
than six dollars is paid by special
privilege and frainchise interests. So
that while your taxes to maintain
the National Government is $62, it is
but $1.50 for state government ex-
WHV STANDPATTERS won
Spite of tlie Returns, Oklahoma
lias Some Insurgents
r
no ,
oo I
,000
Guthrie, Okla., Aug 12.—The ro-
nominatlon of tlie standpat
members of Congress in Oklahoma—
B. S. McGuire in the First district,'
Li' k 1. Morgan in the Second distri.
:,000 and C, E. Creager In the Third dis-
2,000 11 Ii t—would indicate that there is
| no such thing as aggressive insur-
pitblic grounds........ 19.000 gency among republican voters in
- - - this state. These three distri t 10m-
Iirlsi the republican stronghold. Yet
if the republli an voters could vote
Deduct from the above to cl the freely their sentiments it Is doubtful
sum of $40,000 used for b hiding if the standpatters would be in the
Total for Executive Depart-
^ lnent for one year ....$329,420
Ho! for the
Cool
Green Woods
Nature is now in her lov-
liest mood in the Northern
woods—it’s cool and green.
The streams and lakes are
teeming with bass, “musk-
ies,” trout and a variety of
gamy fish, worthy foemen
to try the angler’s skill.
The forest aisles are carpeted
with fragrant pine needles,
the deep recesses of the
woods lure one on — the
opportunitiesforcanoe trips,
camping, fishing, are legion.
Take the family with you.
Rock Island Lines
fast trains carry you safely,
quickly and in greatest com-
fort to Chicago, St. Louis,
Minneapolis and St. Paul,
front which excellent con-
nections can be made by
rail or water to any of the
numerous resorts of the
North and East,
Ash Rock Island
C ticket agent
for particulare
tncii l s of tlie controversy.
Attorneys Burwell and Stuart in-
tended going (o Guthrie Friday to ar-
ise hi fore tin supi erne cour4
but because of tlie funeral ol’ Bill
Cross, secretary of slate, the matter
lias been postponed until Saturday.
Coast it ut ional (Juest ion
Should the supreme court decide
in favor of Governor Haskell and Ok-
lahoma City, all the state officers will
move to Oklahoma City at once.
The constition of the state of Okla-
homa provided that all state officials
shall reside at the permanent seat of
government. Attorneys for Governor
Haskell contend that, according to
the election of June 11, the perman-
ent state capital is located in Okla-
homa City and that the state officials
are violating the constitution by not
moving to Oklahoma City at once.
Attorneys for Guthrie contend that
the enabling act is binding until 1913
, that the state capital is in Guthrie,
and that all state officers must re-
! main at the state capital.
] The supreme court held in its de-
cision of July 27, that Governor Has-
kell, wras not bound by the courts.
Other officials claim that if Governor
Haskell is not under the jurisdiction
of the courts, they likewise are not,
and have a riedit to move to Oklaho-
ma City. Some of the officers’ hands
are practically tied by being so far
away from the governor's office, as
he must pass on many matters direct-
ly pertaining to their offices.
"If congress had the right to say
where the capital should be located
(until 1913, it lias the power to say
(that it shall remain in Guthrie until
; 1950. Congress has not the power
to dictate where the capital shall be.
[when Oklahoma was admitted as a
state she then had (lie right to de- j
| termine where the state seat of gov- !
j eminent should be located. Oklaho-
: ma does not have to wait until 1913,
to settle the state capital question.
I The matter has been settled by the
(election of June 11, and is final,”
i said one of the parties interested in
.the controversy Thursday afternoon.
j‘‘I have talked to many senators and
] congi essmen win were in Washing-
ton .it the time Oklahoma was admit-
(ted to atatehood and tney have told
j me that, they knew then, and that
they regretted that, »uch a provis-
ion was ever submitted to the people
of Oklahoma for their adoption.”
It ia the prevailing opinion by ail
the attorneys in the case that the en-
abling act is not binding and that
congress made a serious mistake in
letting the people of Oklahoma be~
lieve that they were bound by its
j provisions.
Not only are the state officials and
j others desiring to transact business'
at the state capital in doubt as to
where the real capital is located but
the lawyers all over the state have '
begun to take advantag * of the dou- 1
ible capital in keeping tlieir clients i
'out of trouble.
I
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JN THE
BANK
Just a few bushels of wheat planted in the ground become
many bushels of grain; so will the money you put in our
bank from time to time become a big sum. The interest
we will pay you will help it grow.
MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK
Your Deposits Guaranteed
First State Bank
O. F Hayes, Cashier a. E. Patrick, President
The Union National Bank
CAPITAL $50,000
P.S. Hoffman, Pres.
F.L. Conklin, Cushier.
CHANDLER,
J. B. Charles , Vice Pres.
H. C. Bruni 'sat. Cash
OKLAHOMA
J’irst Tfcitionai ffian/c
OR CHANDLER
Firmly established and living since
past the stage of expert,
mental venture
CALLS ATTENTION
to its facilities unexcelled for the
transaction of all legitimate
business in all bank-
ing lines.
Capital and Surplus and Fronts
exceeds thal of any other bank in
Lincoln county. With effective,
efficient and comprehensive
management, makes it beyond doubt
the safest depository for your funds.
LOANS .
its funds exclusively as designated
by law which embraces a less
extensive, but more
staple class,
YOUR BUSINESS
is respectfully solicited and you are
invited to call and use our office
without .charge.
A Good Hank m a Good County
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910, newspaper, August 19, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915591/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.