The Beaver County Democrat. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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The Beaver Countiii Democrat.
Wj The leaver l'libllalilng Co.
Published Evert Tliursdav.
tcu.T«1S.o... Editors.
election law just passed does
away with the naming of the
political party a candidate
belongs to. The name of the
candidate will hereafter go °n
the ticket, but the name of
his party will not be there.
There will be no way in which
a voter can tell to which party
Sli Mouth* •*>
Advtrtitlu* Rut« mad* known on applies,
•ion.
atto'J
at the pout ofltee at Beaver. OklaL-.
tli* act of ConcrasH <>f March 3. 1 TO.
A report appears to have
become current and to have
been published in several pa-
pers that no law was passed
by the legislature regulating
the leasing of school lands
that are not to be sold. Such
report is an error, as one of
the important bills provided
for leasing lands and contains
more explicit regulations than
any other law ever enacted
by an Oklahoma legislature,
Lessees are protected in their
improvements and will be
given a ten years lease on a
four-percent basis of the ap-
praised value of the land.
Oklahoma City, March 26.—
Two hundred and fifty automo-
biles are scheduled to appear in
the parade at the anniversary
celebration in Oklahoma City on
April 22. Figuring fifty feet to
each machine including space
between, this feature of the pa
rade alone will stretch over two
miles
a candidate belongs, unless The commjttee on arrange-
he knows him personally. It I ments for the anniversary day
means that it will be a prac- celebration has commenced on
tical impossibility for a man th« detail, of the program, wbieb
Oklahoma has sent no pro-
gressive republicans to Con-
gress. McGuire, Creager and
Morgan all vote for Cannon
and for the bosses every time
they get a chance. They are
affraid to assert their inde-
pendence and vote with the
western republicans for a
change in the present system
of doing business in the House
They will probably deny this
during the next campaign,
Keep the record straight.
In the new Senate com-
mittees Senator Gore got a
place on the public building
committee, a place very im-
portant to Oklahoma with
all her federal buildings to
erect, and Senator Owen got
a new place on the committee
on public expenditures. The
Oklahoma Senators are mak-
ing good in gieat style.
Guthrie, Okla., March 25,
—The well known Democrat-
ic slogan, "Let the people
rule," appears to be in dan-
ger of being paraphrased by
a class of Republican politi-
cians and made to proclaim,
"Let the nigger rule."
On March the 19th an Ok-
lahoma City paper led this
sentiment by running on the
first page in black faced type
under a box car heading
which interrogated, "Will the
Republicans o f Okla ho m a
stand disfranchisement?"
The remarkable effusion con-
tains the following statements
which are self explanatory:
*'It means practically the
disfranchisement of the negro
voter. The 'ribbon ballot,'
such as is included in the
to vote a straight party ticket
unless he knows the name of
every Republican and every
Democrat candidate. A great
percentage of the negro vot-
ers cannot read. This is one
of the meanest.lawsthat was
ever inflicted upon the Amer-
ican people."
The direct object of the
above was to stii the Repub-
licans to refer the law under
the initiative and referendum.
It would be hard to con-1
ceive of a more humiliating
appeal to the intelligent peo-
ple of the state. The whole
obj^tion to the law is that
it places the intelligent peo-
ple of the state in control of
affairs and that ignorance is
not on a parity with educa-
tion. It grieves the Times
editor to think that a man
who is educated, refined and
intelligent, who has devoted
time and thought to the
study of government, who
has ideas that do not require
the assistance of a senseless
device to enable him to ex-
press. It grieves him to think
that such a vote cannot be
killed by an ignorant negro
who knows not a man on
either ticket and who's only
claim to the right of suffrage
is that he can distinguish the
difference between the picture
of an eagle and a rooster.
The lamenting editor ap-
pears to forget that the pk-
lahoma law is almost exact
reproduction of the Massa-
chusetts law and that the
object of the law. i. e., an
educational qualification, is
endorsed by President Taft.
The RspUblican party has
too many intelligent voters
to ever succeed in defeating a
law which prevents ignorant
negro voters from controlling
the intelligent white and black
people. Should the politisi-
ans prevail upon the organ
izat'on to refer the matter,
there is no doubt that the
people will very forcibly stand
by the legislature that places
intelligence above ignorance
Let the people rule will not
give way to 'Let the nigger
rule.".
will shortly be given out. The
first section of the parade will
portray the country as it Mas be
fore being opened to white set-
tlement, a large number of Indl
ans having been engaged to ap.
p«ar in lino, and the contrast
will be strikingly shown upon
the appearance of the last divi9
ion showing Oklahoma as it is to
day.
CASH IN
Get ready ca h for your unemploeyd
possessions by using the classified For
Sale, For Sent and Want Columns °f The
Wichita Eagle. Cost: 5 Denta a Lino ((> words
count as a line in the case of cash business.) 15 cents min-
ium charge.
Mail to the WICHITA EAGLE, Wichita, Kansas, or
leave with the BEAVER COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
V
% Best Treatment for Colds.
"Most ordinary colds will yie'd
to the simplest treatment," says
the Chicago Tribune, "modera
tive laxatives, hot foot baths, a
free perspiration and an avoid-
ance of exposure to cold and wet
after treatment " While this
treatment is simple, it requires
considerable trouble, and the one
adopting it must remain in doors
for a day or two. or a fresh cold
is almost sure to be contracted,
and in many instances pneumon-
ia follows. Is it not better to pin
your faith to an old reliable pre-
paration like Chamberlain 's
Cough Remedy, that is famous
for its cures of colds and can al-
ways be depended upon? For
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FOR i
Final Proof MONEY
AND
FARM LOANS SEE
A F Rock
Beaver, Oklahoma, and Liberal, Kansas
Also, if you have Relinquishments, Deeded Land,
School Land, Farm or Ranches to sell list them with
me at either office. *
6OOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO^
There some people who just
won't like the local editor, no
matter what his religion, politics
or.standing may be. They have
made up their minds that they
are not going to like him and that
settles it. There is another c'ass
(Lord pity their poor little shriv-
eled up souls) who have figured
it out that the editor is a low
down sort of a cuss aud not tit
for them to associate with, and
as to visiting the editor's family
they couldn't for a moment think
of such a thing Try as Hard as
we may, we cannot overcome
these preconceived notions of
some people. But we know a
few things. We know who likes
us, and who don.; we know who
appreciates the work we are try
ing to do, and who don't; we know
who encourages and helps us,
and who backbites and throws
stumbling blocks in our way; we
know who charitably overlooks
our shortcomings, and who bit-
terly criticizes us for them—in
fact we know lots of things that
we have never told, and perhaps
never will, ai^d we know some
people who ought to be mighty
glad of it —Lakewood Progress.
If you have land to soli or land
that you waut to exchange for
land in any part of the United
States, especially eastern Kan-
sas, Missouri, Illinois or Iowa,
come and see me, also remember
1 am the oldest farm loan man
doing business in Beaver county
and the leader in low rates on
farm loans. Offices in Liberal,
Kansas aud Beaver, Oklahoma.
10-1 tf A. F. Hock.
The Rev, Irl R. Hicks Almanac.
For 1900,^eady Nov. 15, 1!K)\ beat
ever sent out, bettutlfnl cover* lu
color*, liue portrait of Prof. Hicks.
In colors, all the oM features nnd
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only one containing the original
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casts—the only reliable.
Just received our new stock of
house paints. Forty colors and
tiuts from which to make your
solectious. F. C. Tracy.
Make Final Proof S
BEFORE
THOMAS P. BRAIDWOOD
U. S. Commissioner.
>. BEAVER, • OKLAHOMA.
All Land Office Business Transacted.
T. P. Braidwood T. C. Braidwood
P. BRAIDWOOD & SON
Bonded Abstracters
abstract co.)
Oklahoma.
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Willhour, W. H. & Tracy, Fred C. The Beaver County Democrat. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1909, newspaper, April 1, 1909; Beaver, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth350598/m1/4/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.