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SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE WEEKLY TIMES ASH THE MUSKOGEE WEEKLY -DEMOCRAT
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1910.
NUMBER 37.
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NO JURISDICTION
SAYS THE JUDGE
Holds Th. udiciary Can Not Interfere While Matter Is In
Forma r State and Bases His Opinion Upon Decision
Rer Jed By Burford In the Territorial Days.
"GRAF ;ATHER" INJUNCTION DISMISSED
Guthrie, a ... July 13.—The fed-
eral court! Oklahoma will not use
their |>ow< stop voters of Okla-
homa from casting their ballots on the
proposed grandfather amendment of
the Oklahoma constitution.
Federal Judge Cotteral at noon
Wednesday threw out of his court the
case instituted by the Republican State
Committee Saturday evening, in which
Manuel Sims, of Guthrie, an aged ne-
gro ex slave was the plaintiff.
Cotteral held that he did not have
pov er to enjoin the submission of the
amendment.
In support of his decision, Judge Cot-
teral quoted from a decision by Judge
H. Burford, who was acting as one of
(he attorneys for the plaintiff.
Burford's Decision Given
In the Territorial Days
The decision was given by Burford
when he was federal judge in Okla-
homa during territorial days, When
nil attempt w'as made to obtain an in-
junction in his court seeking to pre-
vent a vote on the proposed Oklahoma
constitution.
Burford Ueld that his court did not
have power to issue such an injunc-
tion, and that he could not properly
entertain questions concerning the un
constitutionality of laws which are
merely proposed for a vote.
The arguments in the case were
concluded Wednesday morning. The
bulk of the arguments, however, were
made Tuesday afternoon.
Ledbetter Opens.
W. A. Ledbetter of Oklahoma City,
one of the attorneys for the defend-
ants opened the arguments by stating
that he did not desire to answer the
allegations of the petition but simply
to argue his demurrer asking that the
cape be tlyown out of court through
lack of jurisdiction.
lie Look the position that the people
of the state are now in the act of
legislating by taking the steps precc
dent to the submission of the "grand-
.ather" amendment and that the Ju-
dicial department is without power to
invade the legislative department
while the act is in process of making
although it might be shown con-
1 sively that the proposed act is un-
constitutional and void.
Hq declared that the courts can only
determine the validity of a law after
it is enacted and not while in process
of making. Mr. Ledbetter contended
that the state officers are acting in
pursuance to a state law the validity
of which has not been questioned by
their plain duty to submit the pro-
posed amendment under that law.
"Supposing the defendants should
refuse to obey the injunction if one
were granted?" asked Ledbetter.
"Then bomeone might go into the
state courts and secure a writ of man-
damus to compel them to act under
the provisions of the state law. This
would bring about a direct <clash be
tween the authority of the state and
federal courts."
Burford Argues .
Judge J 11. Burford representing
the plaintiff, who is applying for the
injunction, prefaced his argument by
expressing the belief that the court
would not be intimidated by the veil-
ed threat of counsel for the defense.
He declared that the plaintiff is not
seeking in this case to enjoin an elec-
tion or any legislative body nor to
interfere with any legislative officer
in the performance of his duty. Judge
Burford stated that the only purpose
is to restrain state officers from the
performance of duties purely minis-
terial, not requiring discretionary
power, and to enjoin them from do-
ing something which would be in
violation of the constitution of the
United States.
Branson Makes Statement.
"I feel that the republicans are at
the end of their rope. They have at-
tempted to defeat the placing of the
'grandfather clause' upon the ballot, in
the state and federal courts, and are
now undoubtedly through," said
Chairman Fred Branson, of the state
democratic central committee, Wed-
nesday, when he heard the Injunction
In Judge Cotteral's court had been
dismissed. "We started the grand
father clause fight about April 25, and
have never slacked our pace a bit, and
do not intend to until the proposition
is put into effect in this state," con
tinued Mr. Branson.
HE WILL STUMP FOR BEVERIDGE.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 7.—Albert J.
Beveridge, senator from Indiana and
one of the most prominent consistent*
"progressive" republicans, came down
from Sagamore Hill this afternoon
with a promise from Col. Roosevelt to
deliver a campaign speech in his fight
for re-election for the senate. Sena-
tor Beveridge departed content and
smiling, and left It for the colonel to
make the announcement. This was
what Colonel Roosevelt said:
"Foulke and Swift came to Saga-
more Hill last night and spent the
night here. They came to request
me to go to Indiana to speak in be-
half of Beveridge. 1 promised I
would." He added that he agreed to
make only one speech for the sena-
tor. The time and place for this
speech has not been fixed.
Those who have followed the polit-
ical conferences at Oyster Bay since
Colonel Roosevelt's return share the
belief that he has been feeling his
way cautiously in his attitude to-
ward the administration and the in-
surgents, but today's incidents are
considered the most important yet.
Beveridge is making a fight for re
election as an insurgent. He is op
posed by John W. Kern, who ran
with Bryan in the last campaign. In j
the fight the senator is placing him-
self squarely against President Taft
in so far as the tariff law figures. The
law which the president has defend-
ed as the best tariff measure ever
made, will be denounced without
equivocation by the senator. The j
same republican state convention
which endorsed Beveridge for another
term virtually repudiated the law. In
the senate Beveridge fought the biP
and voted against it. It is pointed
out that with this exception, Presi
dent Taft and the senator from In-
diana have been pulling together as
far as administration policies are
concerned. There has been no break
between them. The president en
trusted the senator to conduct two
administration measures at the last
session of congress, the statehood i
bill of Alaska and the government
"bill. Although the Benator worked
faithfully with the insurgent band li-
the senate, he had a hand in the al
teration of Taft's railroad bill, and
ho supported the administration reg-
ularly at the last session when the:
votes were taken.
Sagamore Hill was fairly swarminp
all day with men of various political
persuasion. They came by train, or
automobile, talked politics all day.
and left town unanimously reticent
Consequently, Oyster Bay is envelop
ed with an atmosphere of mystery
There were Iiidianans among the vis I
itors besides Beveridge with whom
were Dudley Foulke and Lucial Swift
of IndianapoTis.
Hamilton Fish and James It. Shefield
were present. From Montana came
Senator H. S. Carter. Col. Roosevelt
appeared well pleased at the result of
his work of talking politics. To in
terviewers he would say little con-
cerning the conferences. Thus those
who sought to interpret it as a gen
eral insurgent rally looking toward
the shaping of Roosevelt's attitude,
were left in the dark. The indication
is that this is not the case, as there
was present Senator Carter, a man
who is opposed to insurgency. Sena
tor Beveridge spent only a few hours
at Sagamore Hill.
"Did you come away pleased with
the results of your talks?" he was
asked.
The senator's smile broadened, and
he laughed aloud. •
"Well," he said, "I have had many
talks with Col. Roosevelt in the last
few years, but never in my experi-
ence had one moreysatisfactory than
today."
CLUB'S AIM IS TO
SECURE CRUCE VOTES.
Determined to see that I^ee Cruce
receives a majority of the votes cast
in Oklahoma City, 300 supporters of
the Ardmore candidate gathered at the
city hall Tuesday night and perfected
a permanent Lee Cruce club.
A formal resolution wa3 passed, ten-
dering the assistance of the Lee Cruce
club to the county organization in get-
ting the voters out to register. Sev-
eral of the business men expressed
their intentions of leaving for Colo-
rado and other points for vacations,
and it is these men that the Lee Cruce
city and county organizations are anx-
ious shall register before leaving.
W. L. Alexander, who was elected
temporary chairman, at last Friday
night's meeting was made permanent
chairman by a unanimous vote, and
Oscar I). Halsell was elected first vice-
president. Ross Lillard was elected
secretary and Joe Offutt assistant. W.
A. Nash was made treasurer.
The following committees were ap-
pointed to carry out the ideas and
aims of the organization:
Membership Committee—Dr. W. L.
Maupin artd Dave Pryor; these two to
select the third member.
By-Laws—George I. Garrison.
Speakers—E. J. Giddlngs.
Publicity—W. F. Kerr, chairman;
Joe Haskell, assistant.
Arrangements—Moman Pruiett, chair-
man.
Finance—Chairman, Roy E. Staf-
ford.
Chairman Alexander appointed the
following men from the eight wards
I to secure the name of one person liv-
ing in their wards, to become vice-
president of the organization and who
is. to have supervision over his ward,
seeing that the voters register and
vote upon election day for Lee Cruce.
First ward, J. B. Harroll;
Second ward, Moman Pruiett.
Third ward, W. A. Nash.
Fourth ward. D. V. Lackey. .
Fifth ward, J. F. Norman.
Sixth ward. Ben Watt.
Seventh ward, E. S. Estes.
J Eighth ward, Mike Donnelly.
Mr. Alexander partly appointed an
ad"'sory committee, consisting of the
fol .tffng: Chairman, Seymore Hey-
man. Oscar Halsell, C. A. Colcord. 1).
S. Duncan and J. H. Marshall*
The chairman made a short talk,
thanking the organisation for the hon
or It had conferred upon him and
assuring the members, that unless
they wanted to work, not to let their
names he placed upon committee lists.
"If you do not work"' I shall certain-
ly remove you and put men on the
committees who will. The time is
short and we must have quick re-
sults," said Mr. Alexander.
E J. Giddlngs, chairman of the
speakers' committee, requests all who
desire to make speeches in Oklahoma
City or county to send in their names
to him and that he will assign them
dates and speaking places.
The membership book was opened
and every person present signed his
name as a supporter of l«ee Cruce, and
pledging himself to secure votes for
the candidate.
Secretary Lillard read the registra-
tion precincts and several short talks
were made urging the importance of
early' registration. The adoption of
the "grandfather clause" also was
urged.
It was agreed that the club work in
conjunction with the county organiza-
tion and county, state and legislative
candidates, in getting the "grandfather
clause" adopted, and suggested to the
candidates that they have printed on
the back of their cards, urging the
voters o register early and vote for
the "grandfather clause."
The meeting adjourned to meet ev-
ery Tuesday night at 8o'clock, and to
hold special meetings tu the call of the
chairman.
GIDNEV LOSES IN A
SUIT OVER A WILL.
Guthrie, Okla., July 12.—Among 75
opinions handed down by the supreme
court this morning is one affirming
the district court of Muskogee county.
It is the case of Chappie vs. Giduey, fn
which Chappie, a profligate son, fin-
ally recovers his Another's $30,000 es-
tate which she willed to S. 3. Gidney,
a well known attorney. Gldney i.p
pealed the case from the lower court
but loses again, finally, today. Tr.e
opinion was by Justice Katie.
The Jefferson Case.
The case of Ed Jefferson, guardian,
vs. Felix L. Winkler, was reversed and
dismissed. It was also from Muskogee
county. Justice Hays holds that the
marriage of Indian minors does not
exempt them in selling allotments
without the supervision of probate
courts.
Other Muskogee County Cases.
Other Muskogee county cases: Har-
ry G. Gwlnnup vs. J. F. Griffith et al.,
motion to dismiss overruled; Great"
Western Mfg. Co. vs. Davidson Mill &
Elevator Co., affirmed.
From McIntosh county: Whitaker,
trustee, vs. Crowder State bank, af-
firmed; Zufall, adtx., vs. Payton, modi-
fied.
From Cherokee county: Boudinot
vs. Mott is affirmed. '
From Wagoner county: Potts, e*.
al.. vs. Kennard, affirmed.
From Okmulgee county: Kolachny
vs. Robert Galbraith, affirmed.
That prior to the act of the 1910
legislature county judges are entitled
to keep all fees received under an art
of congress "For Approving Convex
anees of Interest of Fullblood Indian
Heirs in Lands of Deceased Allottees
of the Five Tribes," is held by Chief
Justice Dunn in a suit brought by
County Judge Gardner of Hughes coun-
ty, who wins. It means several thou-
sand dollars to east side probate
judges.
NO DECISION YET GIVEN.
There has been no decision yet ren-
dered in the capitol location matter.
The opinion may come down today
and it may not. There are some law-
yers who expect the court to act to-
day and others do not. There has been
nothing given out as to just when or
just what will be done by the courts.
The commissioners for the capitol
location have not yet been announced
and their names will not be given out
until the matter has been settled. All
sorts of rumor.8 and ail sons of
things have been flying in the al",
but the people know just as lltt'e
about the opinion to be rendered and
just as little about who will be the
commissioners as they did this time
last week. However, It Is not likely
that another week will pass without
finding things in a far more definite
shape.
In the meantime the people can only
wait.
SALE OF RAILWAY
PUT OFF TO FALL.
Muskogee, Okla, July 12.- Federal
Judge Ralph Campbell, by agreement
with Receiver Asa P. Ramsay, Tues-
day postponed the hearing to set a
date for the sale of the Oklahoma Cen-
tral railroad nntil October. The bond
holders live in New Yodk and t'.ey
requested that the visit to Oklahoma 1
be deferred until fall.
The coal strike is given as the rea-
son for the failure of the road, which
runs from Lehigh to Chickasha, a dis-
tance of 140 miles. The bondholders
are likely to bid In the road.
COCKRELL GIVES
THE ANSWER
Replies to Letter Received
Regarding the Banking
Laws of Oklahoma.
FULL CONFIDENCE GIVEN
A week or two ago the New State
Tribune contained a notice or part of
a notice which was going out of Wash-
ington dorogatory to the banking
laws of this state. A few days sine*
Commissioner Coekrell received a
clipping taken from the Courier-Jour-
mil, of Louisville, Ky., and asking 'hat
he reply to It. We give the corre
spondence in full:
July 0, 1910.
Louisville Courier Journal, Louisville,
Ky.
Gentlemen: In the July 6th issue
of your paper you gave about a col-
umn of space to n Washington din-
patch which is very derogatory to Ok-
lahoma and her banking system. A
marked copy of the paper was sent to
me by one of your Indiana readers.
| asking as to the truth of the state-
! menty In the article above referred
j to. I Inclose a copy of my letter to
him, and in justice to about 700 banks
in Oklahoma, I would be glad to have
you give this letter the same publicity
1 you did the article In question.
Yours very truly,
(SIGNED.) E. B. COCKRELL.
Bank Commissioner.
July 9, 1910.
I Mr. L. U. Downey, New Albany, Ind.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your
letter of July 6th inclosing a marked
copy of the "Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal," containing an article under a
Washington date line concerning the
State Guaranty Banking System of
| Oklahoma. The article reads in part
as follows:
j "The unqualified statement that the
vaunted SUtfe Guaranty Banking Sys-
tem of Oklahoma Is defective, and
that Its operations are partly In the
1 lands of Incompetent persons, Is part,
of a letter to the postoftice depart
ment from an Oklahoma banker, wno
requests that the department estab-
lish as expeditiously as posible a pos-
tal savings bank in Oklahoma for the
, purpose- of (omp.:v." orr !yv actual er
perience with the state banks thore.
The hanker, whose business is in a
jj#twn of about 15,000 population, as'
Herts that the guaranty deposit law
of Oklahoma is "on the wane," and
that it is, <rr soon will be, one of the
"hasbeeni." He Is very desirous, he
wrote, to try out the local law ;.ljng
side of the postal savings bank s/a
tom, and he made the statement in
reference to the proposed comm.rlson,
that the guaranty deposit system is
about to come to grief. He charged
that some of the state banks are in
the hands of incompetent men, and
that some things will break loose
and the rottenness will he exposed."
The irticle further says: "The
working principle of the Oklahoma
state bank guaranty deposit law is a
guaranty, fund for the protection of
depositors in the banks. The fund 's
composed of revenues from a tax of
one-half of one per cent of all depos-
its in all banks in Oklahoma, national
and state, and all bankB* liabilities to
depositors are thus guaranteed indi-
rectly by the state, In that the state,
by the levy of the one-half of one per
cent tax on all deposits, compels all
banks operating in the state to con-
tribute proportionately to their respec-
tive deposits, to the guaranty fund,
which is a reserve fund securing de-
posits."
The article is correct in but one
particular, and that is that all depos-
itors in state banks in Oklahoma are
absolutely safe, and a depositor can
always get his money any time he
asks for It An Oklahoma state hanks
doors are never closed until every de-
positor is paid in full. When a bank's
assets become impaired the bank com-
missioner levies an assessment on the
stockholders to make the impairment
good. In case they fail to make go 3d
fjuch Impairment of their capital
stock, the bank is either closed and
depositors paid in full, or the good
assets and business of the hank sold
to other banks doing business in the
same town or city.
On the 27th day of last September
the largeBt bank in Oklahoma, with
liabilities amounting to more than
$3,000,000.00, was taken in charge by
the bank commissioner, and all depos-
its have been paid in full except about
$11,000.00, which has not been called
for, or against whicn we have offset?
or counter claims.
In December a small state bank,
with $10,000.00 eaiital, failed on ac-
count of the failure of a large national
bank with which they kept their re-
serve. This state bank had deposits
amounting to about $80,000.00; within
five days all depositors were paid in
full by the bank commissioner. Since
that time three other state banks be-
came Insolvent and their deposits
were transferred and their good as-
sets sold to other banks in the same
town, nobody losing anything except
the stockholders of the failed bank.
The people in this state have the ut-
most confidence in our banking sys-
tem, and when there is talk of a state
bank failure, nobody except bankers
evince any interest in it whatever 1
do not believe the postal savings
banks will do a very extensive busi
ness In Oklahoma for the reason that
the people are perfectly satisfied
with the protection afforded them by
our state banking laws. Besides, by
keeping their accounts with state
banks, they are enabled to obtain ac-
commodations in the way of loans
when needed; whereas, if they deposit
their money with a postal suvlngs
bank, they would be unabel to get a
loan from the postoffice department
in case they should need to use more
funds, even though they could furnish
government bonds as security. '
The article In the "Courier-Journal,"
from which 1 have quoted above, re-
cites that some of the state banks are
In the hands of incompetent men. It
would be a very strange thing indeed,
if out of a total of almost 700 state
banks there would not be a few in-
competent men in charge. However,
I am sure that Oklahoma's state bank-
ers will compare favorably with a lik
number of men engaged iu banking in
any other state in the union, in either
state or national banks.
In this connection I wish to say that
| Oklahoma's state bank law gives the
hank commissioner power to remove
| hank officers for being dishonest,
reckless or incompetent, and I do not
think such power Is given the bai l--
commissioner of any other state iu
j the union. This provision of the law
has been applied a number of times,
and I will continue to enforce It hi
I every instance where 1 find dishonest
incompetent or reckless persons man
• aging state banks.
The statement In the article above
quoted as to the amount of assess-
ment on deposits is also erroneous.
National hanks are not operating un
der the guuranty law at all and de
not pay any assessment, and slate
hanks are required to pay but one
| fifth of one per cent on their averave
annual deposits, instead of on-> hah
of one per cent.
The article also states that manj
hankers have objected to the Oklaho-
ma system, and one of the most Ire
quently made charges against it Is.
that its fax upon deposits is too heav?
a burden. The very fact that abou;
100 national banks surrendered their
i charter and took out state charters,
I whereas, only three state banks have
nationalized, is sufficient evidence to
refute the argument that the state
bankers are dissatisfied.
1 am send'tig you a copy of the Ok-
lahoma banking law, by reading sec
tion 2, article 2, of which you will se*
the statements in 'lie "Courier-Jour
nal" are very far from the truth
I am also sending a copy of this
lette r to the "Louisville Courier Jour
nal," and asking them to give it .he
• adme publicity they did the art Me
which was derogatory to our st; •<
hanking system.
Yours very truly,
(SIGNED.) E. B. COCKRELL.
Bunk Commission et'.
THE FARMERS ARE
A VERY HAPPY LOT
Practically All Sections of the State of Oklahoma Have
Been Visited By Good Rainfall During the Past Week
and a Bumper Corn Crop Is Now Assured.
THE FRUIT CROP IS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
DEBATES ARE AT AN END.
The joint speakings of the candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
came to an end at Durant last Friday.
The speaking at Ada followed the ones
held in this city. While little good
was accomplished there was no harm
done and the world wags along jusi
as it did before. Of course the sup-
porter of each candidate claimed that
his man got the best of It and It is
likely that the close of the series f jund
the people just about as It began.
Joint debates between candidates
within the party rarely do any good
and often brings about bad results.
The people are generally glad that
they are over and glad that little iL
any harm was done to the party.
The various candidates at. once set
out to take up the broken thread of
their campaign where it had been left
off and all of the candidates for gov-
ernor are speaking daily to good
crowds.
The candidates for the minor offices
seem almost to have been overlooked
in the scramble, but from now on more
attention will be paid to them. The
man who has the best organization at
the polls for any of the minor offices
will have the best chance to land the
nomination.
UNION LABOR HAS
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
Washington, July 12. "I believe the
next congress will have a majority of
members favorably disposed towards
the legislation advocated by organized
labor," said Secretary Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor Tues-
day. in discussing the present program
of that body. He said the federation
was in touch with every state in Qie
union, and in response to requests from
local central labor bodies, was furnish-
ing Information as to the attitude of
candidates on labor measures.
This record, he said, shows how
members of congress who are up for
reelection voted on legislation in
which labor was interested.
The federation is advocating the
election of members of labor unions
to the state legislature, he Baid. Can-
didates receiving the endorsement of
the federation promise to attend the
meetings of a labor group, irrespe i
Ive of party. The labor group will be
composed of labor members of the
state senates and houses.
Ball Team Sold.
Thomas J. Cannon, for the past fif-
teen months head of a local advertis-
ing company, at a late hour last night
acquired the franchise and controlling
stock interest of the Oklahoma City
Baseball Club from R. E. Moist. Mr.
Cannon heads a syndicate formed for
the purpose of taking over the prop-
erty.
Reports being received by the Okla
homa state board of agriculture in-
, ilicate that the drouth has been
broken by rains during the past few
days and that the corn crop has been
saved, except in the southwestern
part of the state, where corn on up-
lands was damaged considerably by
the several weeks of hot, dry weather.
Seasonable rains are reported from
nearly every section of the state.
Some parts of Noble, Kay, Logan,
Texas, ^Cimarron and Beaver counties,
« here crops on the uplands have
I been damaged, still report Insufficient
rainfall.
Reports received from the district
inspectors of the demonstration farm
department of the board, and from
cotton men, are ununlmous iu declar-
ing that the prospects for a bumper
cotton crop were never better; that
i lie tields are unusually clean and
ihat the dry weather has not affected
the crop. On account of the cotton
tields being clean and in a good
state of cultivation, the crop has re-
ceived the full benefit of the local
showers and recent general rains.
Rains have been more general and
frequent over the eustern portion of
ilie state during the past two weeks
than In central ami western Okla-
homa. Reports from Tulsa, Wagoner,
Vinita, Muskogee and Wilburton are
1 to the effect that several one and two
inch rains have fallen since June
25th. The average rainfall for the
'II stations throughout the state, re-
1 orted by the United States weather
bureau in the "cotton region" bulle-
tin, since June 25th, is 2.2 inches.
Prospects Fine in Eastern Oklahoma.
A. C. Cpbb, superintendent of the
I demonstration farm department of the
state board of agriculture, who re
turned today from a ten days' in-
j spection trip in the eastern Bide of
the state said:
"General crop conditions could not
bo any better. The corn crop Is sim-
ply fine. The prospects Are the best
iti twenty years for a bumper yield.
' orn will make 50 bushels in Tulsa
and Wagoner counties without -ail-
I other rain. The farmers in that sec-
J lion of the state are wearing the smile
that won t come off. Their oats thresh-
ed out never less than 40 bushels and
many fields went 75 and 85 bushels to
the acre. Wheat threshed out from
2-1 to 30 bushels to the acre and
tested up 63 and 64 pounds per
bushel."
The fruit crop has been damaged
somewhat by the recent drouth, es
pecially in Western and Central Okla-
homa, where late peaches and apples
BRANSON DENIES
MURRAY CHARGES.
Clears His Skirts of Insinuations Re-
garding the "Fixing" of Election
Board and Proposes the State
Committee Shall Make an
Investigation.
Fred P. Branson, chairman of the
state democratic executive commit- |
tee, yesterday replied to the charges j
made by Bill Murray that the state
election board had been partial in the )
selection of members of county elec-1
tion boards for the purpose of aiding!
Lee Cruce to secure the nomination J
tor governor. Mr. Branson proposes
that the committee of which he is;
chairman act as an investigating■
board and that if the charges are
found true he will resign. He said:
"William it. Murray, who Is now a
candidate for governor before the
democratic primary of this state,
know^that I am not in a position to
enter into a controversy with any
democrat in the state, and I refuse to |
do so, but in the Interest of truth and
democratic harmony, and not com
menting upon the laborious work this
committee has striven vigorously to
accomplish, desire to make the fol-,
lowing statements in regard to the
charges and accusations recently |
made by Mr. Murray In his public
speeches and private conversations,
and particularly in the open letter to j
Will Linn, secretary of the state elec-!
tion board, which was published July
5, 1910.
"Permit me to say that this commit-
tee, since I have been its chairman,
has been conducted absolutely impar-1
tially in every respect toward the dif-
ferent candidates for office before the |
democratic primaries. Therefore, 11
regret very much that Mr. Murray hasi
.stated directly, and by Insinuations,!
that I have undertaken to subvert the,
party organization in the interest of
any candidate, and against himself.
I
willing for the impartial judgment of
the public which has come in contact
with the work of this committee to
judge as to the truth or falsity of his
statements
r,50ple Elected Committee
"The members of the committee, of
which I am chairman, were electcd by
the democracy of their respective sec-
tions to constitute a part of the demo-
cratic party organization of this state.
They come from practically every walk
of life. I have never asked either of j
have not done very well for lack of
moisture. Logan county's Elbert*
peach crop will be somewhat short
on account of the continued dry
weather there.
Heavy Rains Reported.
Lawton—-Heavy rains Saturday
night and Sunday over almost all of
Comanche county have greatly Im-
proved crop prospects. The prolonged
drouth had grown threatening. A
I near waterspout in the Wichita nioun-
tains flushed Medicine creek, from
which Lawton gets ita water, from
an ulmoBt stagnant pool to a raging,
bankfull torrent. The city's reser-
voir la overflowing.
Frederick—Rain fell throughout
Tillman county Sunday afternoon,
coming just In Lime to be of mucfi
benefit to corn and cotton.
Mill Creek—Fine rains In the past
two days have saved the corn crops.
Cotton is fine ami cle in, and pros|tects
are better than or many years. H*rm-
ers are Jubilant.
Ardmore—Continued heavy rains
are falling here. Sunday night the
rain was accompanied by a heavy
thunderstorm.
Pauls Valley—A much needed rain
fell over Garvin county Sunday. The
rain was badly needed by the farm-
ers, and many think that a few days
more of the drouth might have threat*
ened the corn and cotton crops.
Duncan—Good rains fell here and In
many parts of Stephens county Satur-
day and Sunday. The moisture came
at an opportune time, as any delay
might have endangered the crops.
Anadarko Crops have been saved
by a beneficial rain which fell here
Sunday. The whole of Caddo county
benefited, as all crops were badly In
need of moisture.
Hoburt—A light rain fell over all of
Kiowa county Sunday. The rain was
badly needed.
Arapahoe Custer county was vis-
ited by good rains Saturday night and
Sunday, breaking a huig drouth Crops
were much benefited by the moisture.
El Reno—A god rain fell in Cana-
dian county Saturday, doing un ines-
timable amount of good for the crops.
Enid Rains which fell iu Garfield
county Saturday were of great bene-
fit to the farmers.
McAlester—A heavy rain Saturday
morning broke the drouth which has
threatened much damage to crops in
Pittsburg county. Corn and cotton
are assured of a good yield here now.
Muskogee—A heavy rain over this
entire section of the state early Sun-
day assures the corn crop, regardless
of further moisture.
them whom he favored as the demo-
cratic nominee for govrnor of this
state. These men were not elected
by conventions, but were voted upon
and elected by the people That the
friends of Mr. Murray, and the demo-
cracy In general interested in the har-
mony of tho democratic party and suc-
cess of its policies, may know wheth-
er any of his statements or insinua-
tions are true, I will call the commit-
tee together at any date to be desig-
nated by him, and sitting as a Jury
they may hear the accusations he
makes, as follows:
Charge is W-Founded.
"First. 'Fred P. Branson has been
my personal and political enemy, grow-
ing largely out of the contests in the
first legislature over my advocacy of
the guaranty bank law, the prohibition
law, and the measure providing for a
gross production tax on oil. This
charge is Ill-founded. Neither Mr.
Murray nor myself was the author of
either one of the bills referred to. Mr.
Murray and myself voted just alike
and both voted for the bank guaranty
law and the prohibition law, and the
gross production tax on oil. There
has never been any personal or polit-
ical enmity because of these measures
so far as I am concerned, and If the
committee does not so find I will re-
sign as chairman of this committee
and as chairman of the state election
board.
"Charge No. 2. A denial on Mr.
Branson's part that lie is taking no
interest in the matters of Cruce's cam-
paign through the election machinery
of tlie counties is no answer to this
request, because it is plain to any
man that he has, without warrant of
party policy, used his posit ion as
chairman to assist Mr. Cruce In every
way possible, by opening his records
and mailing lists to him, and in his
further effort in connection with Mr.
11;
'"As a member of the state election
board, and at the request of Mr. Mur-
In
lett
Mr. Linn, if he thi
and precinct election boards of this
state in counting the ballots cast at
the primary election, 1 shall personal-
ly be glad that we have his managers
appoint watchers to watch these re-
spective election boards 1 regret,
however, that he has seen fit to cast
the insinuation upon the honesty and
integrity and the good name of the
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