The Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 18, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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th i.r 1 : \i: • . -• titat. r.rTimiE. oklahoma, march is, im
A CURB P
rn ATI: CAPITAL [ into operation in the $tate pt-niin
'.plt.l Ompiny. !' S* L«*<:r .. .
'ami *1,VO.<mhi («,r i;
(-'ur/n^r the f.-w v#>ars of ti < i
■ '/Ti- thus far :«■:ur «i tfu tj:
-NK H. GREIR EDITOR.
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No aubacriptian will be aont by ma l In the city of Guthrie.f
Sunday Edition
One yoar by mall .
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Weekly.
SI* months
One year . .
f iulvaTH'e ! and n a-;i rohi i
| «lesvof! of the*- ai cornr 1 <: the j !
«0 5 ",,P" " r " ' " "
60 paying more than tiio bsrt oj .Tauu.
i#®' has lx cn fold to ' -late farm •. ui
ran be bought from the trth-r
plant in* been o\< ritolU evvr\
2.60 first Tun. It j't es i:h i
4M' W|> to this tun an--
krepiug the trust twine out <•:*
>1 oo «n«t developing an iihIii
'lourap1 private capital to la.
W."}, urate -ti mate ran I- . vrn
|1he farmers of Kan.st-
1 factory-, it is significant that ti
The iMiif in Guthrie i* will the city go forward or • iiJ • ;n fj„. aJ j-r,,ln j
it Ht«>p?
The new «ity charter law i> worth «tu<hiu^' r t
p-^ibilitin* its import-. f
j the price rhargeil hi neighi • :i
'hat the Kansas plant can:
I lie only reason hy the tr
the litate.
Souie time n<
In the end there will he about tin- ' e«t -t*te here oin«>ihing alon_
that wa8 ever built up anywhere.
— M ason or other
The Oklahoma roufh nil"r> will hm. another Ki n.l ' Pin rli«l l« «l«-ar.
till" .it th. >nn Ant"in r m■••n
Wlial liii- liw'ill;'' of tin-
TcI'uIjIm um or)(aiiiMti"ii 1 lit'1 1 luiian I l"i
It is uml' Tftooil tint Till#* "ill tak«> «lon;: «mi|i "-
of tli- natural ea< f tliat tnirn—not ti v
kind.
thr >late ol
e same line
< I «al • -t
lias fallen
i-ending abroad for mo-; of its
_ — |«>tal li-htM| fact that 'I'cAas I
Arkanaaa ronliujont in \ ... •""" <• ' ri'!i •' i«'
but ti)
♦•nun
olv en
\\ !u ! • no
Ills ti
fM.and than
I the f;
ina ml
-- at
undertook
enterpriMi of o r
ne, but for -« me
of attaining any
the -tale j- .-till
while it :s a well
thin her border*
iierira. It may be
thai I'eiaa larks tin- pur which drove Kgn.-us to man-
ufacture in self-defence what her people needed, but
...... I barring the operations of the :n , ti. two ..t-- m
* "'.fllrnl i "'-"•"--I:
* lir" 1 W"""r '""" °kl4bom4; .«r„;l. ., I,, , .
1 duet ion would furnish it to us at a lower price than i-
.liow bein^f paid, i would mean 11 • ♦ • development of its fulness, saya the New York Churcn
an industry that would in all probability drift into the mH" an<l vet n,f'n fecl CBftstraintd i
control of private capital thai at prt • nt i- timid, wail-
i ing for it to be demonstrated that the ''ii-ine-- can be
fried on at a |iaying profit.
i mature relebrations of the conquest of
their foe.
It is known in official circles that
Martha! Ovinias objwrtive throughout
nil thia campaign along the Sbakha
uas been "if Pane. He cares litWh
or nothlug about possession of the ar.-
•ient cit;. of Mukdeo It ts capable
at test )t housing but 30.000 or 40.000
'roops But Tie Pass is the key to
the whole strategical poaltlou. ii Is
a narrow defile through the mountains
yet It ia not ao broad but that it admits
of forlrtcations so effectively as to bar
i the way or a retreating and beaten
army The Japanese are rushing for
He Pass and if they can gain posses-
sion of It they will destroy Kuropat
I kin's communn a'lons and have him
, surrounded With his line or supplies
out off he must soon run .-hort of am-
munition and be compelled to surren-
der On the other hand. If the Rus-
sian commander can break througn
with all or the major part of his army
i to the northward of Tie Pass lies an
open plain whereon an enveloping
movement would be vasil.'- more diffi-
cult. If not impossible. In case the
Russian forces can reach this plain
the war must be indefinitely prolonged.
EIGHTH ASSEMBLY
A CREDITABLE BODY
Th* eighth territorial legislature of
Oklahoma hap Hut* I li*" work. It was
■i republican n*embl.v-ow usaembly of
Oklahoma that has been republican In
both branch'-,- And the record la on«
—the fellowV*who aro flrat to aeent out
« ;ct important potnt*— ar convinced of
thla fact, ami are a'.r >«'ty looking to
future advantag- ground.
The Jndian Territory Is flnding consola-
tion In the thought that when the atata-
hood bill died all of its Iniquities dteJ
with It.
It In gladly
llon. J. J. Jt
man In that
TN'aifhtngton
mnounced lit Sapulpa that
h*«« l een tbs busiest
•Ity alnre Ills return frrmi
The Catdtoi News of Okmuls** say*
t.eie will no resurre<tion for the
Fifty-eighth const em It Is not «>en
enid of it Peace to Ita Ashes.''
The Knid Kaglf announces alth a de-
gree of g.oatlng that the double state-
tioodmovement l going to be greater be-
fore the corn crop 1m all planted.
The future metropolla is Fawlr.aka. the
guverumetit townulto that eipftts to b<-
apital of (lie big oil prod c • <>
crowd
t of the fut-;f • state ^'atcii
heading that say
Indian Territory who atw also for sep-
arate statehood f«*el any more hopeless
| lamas B. Davis of Colbert has been
appointed deputy mernhal at Wilburton.
Muakoffes rialn>« to have the only fe-
male licensed eraba'mer in the territory.
The Fort Smith and Western railway
depot at Bokoshe saa destroyed by fire.
The South McAlester «*api?al points out
that the inevitable statehood la not so
inevitable aa it was.
The state Bank and Trust company
of Howe l as b«> n chartered with a
apltal atock of
The citizens of Ada ore making an
effort to secure the Muskogee Union
railway for their town.
The Hecrvtarr of the Druggists' Na-
tional Fire Insurable company of South
McAlester is said to have mysteriously
disappeared.
Will He Bull In?
j I.umb has thought over the
1 and last week Okmulgee h«
••hout: "Ho for a statehood tun
without the consent of congres.s
other power on earth.-'
Hon. J. Hunter Williams Is roi
, Kiting himself that the squabble
; appropriation bill In tho enroll., i
i was not in the council enrolling
Sltli the .epiiblha
with pride The i
party In pointing
of bills passe 1
umfa
, South McAlester Is advertising for peo-
,.;e to burn coal and make things to sell
latter -« the outside of the territory. It is a
him - f>d Idea.
The Indian Territory press announces
through the South McAlester Capit I
that the beef trust Is a frugal, hard-
working. poorly pa 1,1 concern.
t
The Ki id Events Is expei led to become
iiK.iv <lom,,f'lr'««teU ;is it were now that
i n* incentive to be caustic ia removed
! by tho adjournment of the legislature.
character of j
SOMIi THEORIES AS
TO RELIGION
No minister kuovs the CJospel in
It will be in order now to speculate on bow lorn, he
president will wait In-fore calling an extra • - n •
congress.
preach the Gospel.
Then why do they hesitate to appl
the Gospel t< human conditions mere
lv because they cannot apply It per
fectly. We are creatures ( f limitation
hut we are a.-; Inevitably creatures o
; obligation. To preach the best n
knows and to apply that preach!
Thr «** i« gruiay ia the «lmt ft-i.U «* « HOR SELECTING SENATORS ,h ' !
r ,, • lems of those committed to one s ea
np for the time when they were all covered with eoov • "r • " u'ular thu _ i<«r
last winter. '"tth lioiiw of representatives at WashingtoB to pa -
it r< solution calling for a constitutional amendment
The oil and field of Oklahoma i- grf.duaUv e\
In iiii" council Reagan was postmaster
-• al i" was one i f the most a< -
and efficient of Its officers. Unlike
air. * th' other persons named, he
fill office from the besinninj; to
the end of the confederacy's days, and
•'■r yea; past he has lieen the last
living men. <-r of Jefferson Davis' min-
THE PRIMARY SYSTEM
pauding. Sum- day there will lie a bun u of derrit
nt Guthrie.
for the poptriar clectiou of senators, (^uitc as regu-
Tlf sturdy old Texan's days as an
'a«-:or on the national stage linked the
unit a of th1rt> one ^taies and 27,000.-
•i inha lit ants with the union of for-
: v-five sate> and 8.3UUO.OOO ol" people.
, with the great convulsion of 1861-65
and its resultant political readjustment
party ulan, no man -jjyjUK between When he entered ua-
more a party man than lv- v.ho stands ;.oiial office the institution of slavery
aloof and lets things remain as th nH,| apparently a century or two of
ar'f , , . , . Iif«* ahead of it. He participated in
If the preacher of the Gospel has no. the struggle which kept Kansas out
Is not to he
has not been latg".
measures enacted is
merit In moat of the
defeat In the assemb!
cause of their death
The eighth legislature ! ts been
; orderly and business-like body of men
Widlo li elr age i<on an average has
been far short of middle life the raem-
I bers have shown a iratuilt;. of judgm<yit
I and an equable range of temperament
j that is a credit to them and to the ter-
I rltory.
i In thr- deliberations of the assembly
| Just closed the first question has been
j ns to how It wlll^ affect the people and1
' whether the people want It done. This'
'llspo^itlon to consult the desires and'
j needs of the people is a strictly repub-'
| llcai eharactcrlstl It is ahat makes!
: typical republican bodies popular with
I tlie people and safe for the nation.
I Taken as an entirety tVe eighth legis-
lature Is one t'> which the republican
party can refer with piide In Its work
Geronimo Is again at home at 8111. And
. It Is assumed that he will now again Taloga Times- Hon. \V. W. Daniels ha
I he .ack o forget that he Is a piiaoner of war and! Ruined the reputation In Guthrie as bi
ITS that met i ...
patently the!
wtf
will ren« w his good times in looking! ing one of the most tireless workers in
wise and being stared af by tou.ista. j the lower house, and by his honesty "f
puijMse. energy and consideration of the
If the surpl.ie territory lands could! whole peoples' welfare, has madu ium-
puss Into the hands of pur '.a it.sr far- v,df one of the mo*? popular men and
mers during the coming year, say s the powerful factors in the assembly.
South McAlester Capital Indian Terrl-j
tory weuld make a record breakingi One of Anadarkos wide aa-ake real
growth i estate men in 1. ; eagernese to Impress
psopls with the fact that Is a deslrahlo
The people of the two territories are irt of the country pub'lshed prl^r to the
responsibility for economic, social and ratehood i'o maiiy years, shared n Hnd sratlflcatlon that it
itin -I'liali- liii- Ijinori'il Ihv ri'solulilon. Alw> til. politli-al pondltlnn i. what right ban !i" , th-- fxHiPiui-ni . auswl b) John >K'
repub-
Now thai tin congressional record « out ol
l ess for a M'a-on the exchange editor will not hate *u
much work to do.
j senate ha* ignored the many rc-olutions from >tait
legislatures rec|ur-ttng this anu* .reform. The time
when the demand of two-thirds of the -4ates will force
;he KMiato to act >cems -till -o far awa\ (hat the
to cxpec: ih statesman or the bn 'Brown's Harpers Ferry raid witness-
'Tlie Okmulgee gas well N the wonder of the year.
And it is going to make a city of Okmul;j-e if there 1h
anv more like it.
ibte is not worm -
man or tli" man in society to u-
sunie responsibility for religious con-
ditions? I'nlfess the church is to be ac-
eo I'tally patent and to lo " h r influent''
her representative* and. of all men.
H- ' her bishops, must not Only he inten - -
ed. but tnuat bear their part and eon
1 ,m i'ar,> ' ERROR IN ADVOCATING
■Him of ! ••. and IBs L-nrnunnn
•Krlio- and tool; par otrAKnl t bl n I CnUUU
in ihe plannings of the congressmen I' Is observeJ that .i great deal of sen-
oi his ion preliminary to secession, i iime.it seems to be developing in favor
A participant in the war frotu^Sump- 'i attempting to mak- two states out
er *■) Appomatox, he accepted the ver-1 of oklahoma and Indian Territory at the
Meantime the | oj ular demand I • a reform mi ti- 1 h ir iliuu^ht to the -olu.ionoi (jjct ,,t warn promptly and sincerely . toming >• .-.-ion of
. .1,., all thew nroblems.
notional liou?" or f«titl inlfrc.-ls i- gr-iumg, nnt only To bo tiraiii.al annostii as n th..
extent hut in iuteusitv. -ay- tin Chiea,ro Keeonl-'economic social au i political condl-
rnht. What is more, the people nr.- lindin- . 'ions under whit h men live ifi «s «i.sas-
The big tiamt Isuut to 1«> had by the president on Isi- to a,c-ompluh tli, ,r .n.l , ., ,, I*.f„ ti j,",,,' troun a- .ooo aro ,, = mo,I ...
Tex-s trip w goinp to be worth while an an wpcricne- , han«ed. ..if r will
meelinp for the game. h* primary volt-. ka\ing (o the I., ihilist. only i,
, perfumtory power of ratification and formal ohvlion
ii« the praaideiitial eleiioral college now iios-cv«\-.
Illinois li«|Ks l" achieve the -aim end in the pendin;:
primary bill. Mis liigmi i^ arouj-cd in favor
congrt
This
No man can be nominated on the republican eitv
ticket who flirts with the democratic movement alleged
to be a citizens effort.
agnoatlclam with regard to the eternal dav
truths which the ministry h is been' rotnanr
commissioned to teai h and ;o apply
A FfOSSIBLH THEORY
FOR G ARFIELD'S REPORT
One explanaion offered as to tli" ro-
. nato- niarkable character of Mr C.artieJd
rial primaries ami tiovernor t umtuins of iowa has an one-sided report on a subject of vij
nouneed that he will use all his energies to introdut ii ' ral ,"lhlir inten' 1 ,he po'hy of th«
ten. in l,s- <talc. " '" 1o|.artn,ont of commerce ami ia :
• It 1b said to he the policy of thfi
lu these four states the strength of the moveinen department to serve as an aitl to th
'for direct senatorial primaries lit jn the ti re t.. 1 iHn' 1,1 ' ' ' "r thp r(,un'' 1
There doe* not wem to be a ?reat sleal of e„thii«« m |ntake the senators directly a:,,.,,I,I ,.. p„l,|,, o,ToZu-l|
Tlie Tulsa special train of town boomers are on tie
road now and the middle earn will hear of the future :i1('
metropolis of the great gas belt.
• iiii Lro or Johnston, and in the : tlment 1* more apparent, probably, than
P'i and private life of tho aft^rjreal. and Is as Idlu aa It >bject Is un-
' mi * the new union had no more j desn \bie.
'aiwar champion than the old-time j it Is understood that the disappoint
' onfo .' who passed away yestor* | roent In not being granted statehood
da \ ery lev.- figures :n history or j makes the people fe^i like doing somc-
s'cd in the making of thins "dlffurmt." B it th defeat of tho
i ore t"| romance and history than statehood bill was not due to the single
ii ti John H. Heagon. -uatehood feature Insofar an Oklahoma
■--- and Indian Territory arc concerned. It
DIVORCE LAWS waa <l"p to t,ie omn'bus featuro of ti •
\ U |. UPfODltlNir U, ,s '"'j the Iimitt'^, t1'" ln w 1 dchI
AKtJ KtrUKMlPiu fight In
Ac the present time there are only J the senate.
fiv -tales—namely. Idaho. Xtbraska, It is earn -tly hoped that a ni ..sure
Nevada. South Dakota and Texas,—in nl lh0 ™m ,t •«"« '>
. . , .. . „ . t I providing for statehood fur Oklahoma and
which a bona fide residence or less than :
_ , ii i ; mm . i ... 1 • ""'n' "iniffHii, «ji fouHnei itiitl of sat lsfa<! ifv rela
among klahomans in tne effort to secure I nele «lt.e -o that tiiev will not Ion.--r tV«.st n j % t It* Hons v.. y\ and thai it |
(unnnn u vtoitnr 11\ 11 • w tn^rili.rv •
Cannon a.- a visitor to this territory.
the provitp
Rage In "tre
Ing and publish
of the department
k" or in ai>ce
information
ur Well for tho l"'""'1" which may be good for
iness" but which are not wholesome
for the public.
According to the theory that belongs
to another department of the govern-
ment. This ma true, but it i not
in harmony with the . jiirit eonuress
institutional^ hatl in min(l wl,en '' tabli hed the
forgotten almoai department and created he bureau of
' ■'"''.""'utinnx iwpr which Mr. tJarheld
ill. In the south, from sotn. «hai differ, in ivit-i.n
jilie primary syslein n niueli further iiihaiiceil than
The HeniocraU of Oklahoma ore now al loot in lin thi- region, and the reaults there
with the democrats in congress in favor of two stiit . results here in the future.
of Oklahoma an.l Indian Territory. Ii one examines the - .,| „
find that Senator latimer of S„ai|i ■
The mot ti merest injj feature of the new law for big elected to the I nit .1 Mai. - -emu,
ion ns i- the board of public works. Tlial - one 01 th- il\ el IMdentlv in lii.i
Dio«t «rt)itr«ry opportunities ever offered. s.icro^tnc of the stale legislator, |
" [entirely. Senator Clnrke ( Ark I...,t.t- ;.hhi ma. ,ll™.^I['(^.,nn"
While tie cattle in Beater eouuty look longingly .■ r j«oit\ .n.-r in- . . ...a
the fences built bv the scttlera they will wonder if iliu1 .-eiuiMr- fr..m Mi^i--i|ini ami I ..
lack of a herd law is worth while after all. lads aa to their choice by primary
— Then, is no <|t. tion a> lo what to he tin-
The calling of a single statehood convention by the 1>a-is of -. nutc ■ <1 choice; Tho onl. ,,,
•ingle statehood executive committee will h, the U-t'a- to ahethcr i , ...i.ular eontrd
Say of silenciux the separate statehood fallacy. ; the eitraeon- methoil of pi .
1 formal constitutional amendments.
Xeit doing everything well it is best to do eoinc things 1 -
tie tier.
or through
The ino?t important thing now to n initiate i TH F CROP fll 1TI nnk"
• ticket for the city offices that can not h icatcii. ! LUUIt
It was a (iuthrie club woman whoannounceU th,- r
ault of her observation to lie that, a man who liked
ttay at home evenings is hardly worth while an\«a\
THAT OKLAHOMA SHOWS |
| operatlous. furnished by th
-aged In the operation
And so far as thla repo
>rned, not takinK into
j the unknown amount of ii
which the bureau has turn
the department of justice t
1 > lit <>f this much-heralded ?
n•• stlfatlon of the Ie .
(inquiry that costs he g
probaldy $100,000
an that of
business
men en-
Oklahoma are to t
ire better than ever. Tln-
rt ami with verv few e\icj-
vicw of the pro—
e that tlie bright
1 the truth than
Ni-on has been so
• asoii that eouuU
Ifejiorts from
effect that rro-p pro.-ji
is the usual >j|>rinre|
tions the harvest i ears out t
The democratic city ticket ia one of the jokes of the j it „ „
year. It did not. fool the c ivic league people, however
r the people who are in favor of good government u' ,,oW ' hetter ...
an abstract proposition. ',8!* heretofore been the ca '!!
■■ - " far propitious, and the part of ti
It if to be regretted that tlie franchise for natura! in Oklahoma - the .-arl pan.
pas in Guthris was not such a«= could be approved. For' It i> now in e\. rv wax ' thr
(Guthrie surely has need of the natural gas and xvouhl present -ootl outlook-andthe it 0f
i pie crop- x\ ill lH' seen in the c««uin- iall in a xield of
cash returns from the marketing of thci.i th
prise the world and briu^r another flootl of \v
t offers of tlie Oklahoma farmer.*. The > rop r- rd of the
coming season i^ likely to he the most elm .-nt and per-
suasive testimonial in behalf of iromedi.:t< statehood
that xx ill !>e prest ntetl to tttugri
And in the superiority of'the Okiahoni
ing he packers a chant
Ide of the case
through a government
JUDGH J. H. RlzAGAN'S
W AS HOMAsNTI, C ARI HR
one year is sufficient for the purpose
of obtaining a divorce, and in those
five states the causes enumerated are
nu- ' unquestionably legitimate in 1889 a
residence of ninety daj • only was re-
quired in Dakota .Six months sufficed
;.,;in Arizona. California. Idaho. Nebras-
i ka. New Mexico. Texas and Wyoming.
,me There was a time also when fraud
was comparatively easy, because in
some states the publication of notice
in a local paper, wh h the defendant
might never see. and was in fact not
expected to see. was a sufficient ser-
vice of process. That abuse has prac-
tically ceased. State courts every-
where now refuse to recognise tiie va-
lidity of a divorce granted without a
proof of personal service of notice up-
on the defendant.
On the whole the v.: -t divorce law
ever enacted was the ordinance draft-
ed by the Swiss reformer. Huldreich
Zwlngll. and adopted by the munici-
pal council i-f Zurich in 132.V It pro-
vided as follows ."Since • * *
some by nature or other shortcomings
are not fitted for partners tbey have
chosen, they shall nevertheless live
together as friends for a year, to se^ i ■-
ff matters may not better themselves | ti • i-
by the prayers of themselves and of
oher honest people. If it does no:
grow better in that time they shall
he separated and allowed to marry
elsewhere "
The American commonwealths could
not do betttr than to conform their
divorce legislation to this ^andard.
'Ion.
chieftains,
like to have the need supplied at onee.
John H
of the great confederate
but he was a member of
ante-dating tho i ontedaracy ,s rth.
Entering tongret- in 1857 his days 0f
prominence stretched from the iiegin-
ning of Buchanan' presidents io liie
beginning of Roo.-e.elt - final term.
Alter reconstruction he went tack to
Washington, parsed from the lower to
the upper brain h of congross, remain-
ed there until n comparatively tew
lyeais as" and in each chamber left
will sur- j h,-. impress upon the letii^iar <>f
1th to tlie ll,e ,in" sa>" the & I .on is C'obe-
Democrat Subsequent I ly he held im-
portant offices in Texa and v a- a
prominent figure until his death yes-
terday.
Ill political olti e. ;i:. well as In
military station, JaBerson Dans nad
capable suboidluai. s K,,i,ert 'I'ooni.i..
.Itidaii P Benjamin. .Ic..',n t Bre
I Inrldge. Koncrt Al. r Hunter. Cnarlej
to a truai that was robbing tho grain grower* ill arro-1 heretofore refuwsi. \o >tate cau I., l-pt.u.t for l.n^l fornse.1 lii>- , minet •, : ...
. jiant deliance of every effort put forth to control its that has the great ik-ss'of n-n, iiiiiu i,-,.,., " high urn: 01 uit li.sijaii.in.
" ' Breckinridge and Hunter would stand
iu the front rauk in any asfcemblage.
KANSAS AN EXAMPLE
FOR OTHLR STATES
One of the strongest arguments brought to bear in
favor of the state of Kauoas undertaking the estah
lishment of an oil refinery in opposition to th. Siandaru
(n! company was the remarkable eihiba made by an propoaition is seen the beat safeguard of the Oklahoma
institution begun by that state in in «>ppositioi> future. It matter- little whether sia
Intra 11
(poperations. 11ns was the twine plant which was pm ts makes Okiai. u a i .1.
STATUS OF THE \X AR
IN MANCHURIA
To surround and destroy General Ku
ropatkin's army ar and below Muk-
den. to seize and fortify Tie Pass, thu-
preventing Russian escape to the north
ward and when this is done to move
on northward to Harbin, there cutting
the tnaln line of the Siberian railway
and isolating Vladivostok, insuring the
early fall of that cit> into the hands
of the victors, is the Japanese military
program.
The tenor of the dispatches is such
as to indicate the confluence of the
government at Tokio that the program
Is about to be carried out and that
the end of the war Is in sight through
the destrucion of the hist prop that
remains under the Russian empire,
which is General Kuropatkin's army
of more lhan 300,000 men The .Japa-
nese have little or no doubt of the
outcome, though with their customary
caution they remember that there i.s
many k slip between the cup and the
lip and are uot indulging iu any pre-
Indian Territory regardlee.i of the oth
er two territorlpfl. Such a mea*l re if It
can K«t past the commlttce:* on terri-
tories. will be aluoHt unanimously
adopted la both house and senate.
But In any event the result of the state-
hood fight is assure 1. Oklahoma and In-
dian Territory will be mad* Into one
state by the Fifty-ninth congress— un-
less t'.ii.s Ill-advised and useless movement
for separate statehood rhall be f jlU wed
to that stag* where Its influence will be
f.-lt In congress and the minority friends
of statehood become opponents to the Je-
sires of these territories upon the theory
that the people ore opposed to single
statehood.
It Is idle to talk of separate state-
hood.
It Is worse than useless to discuss the
possibilities of it. For there is no pos-
sibility of separate statehood for Okla-
homa and Indian Territory until the re-
publicans lose control of lugrcss to th«
democratThe position of the republl-
con party is firmly fixed ln this matter.
To advocate two states here Is to ap-
pose the majority party In i )ngrr«s. who
ai>- already pledged to make one state
here.
ted t .at Co!. Bub Owen of
>rritor> will boom separate
statehood. He i« a democrat and that Is
what his party stand" for. Besides his
tow i wants to be the seat of government
of a state.
F siness reasons demand one state.
J'oiitlcal propositions make two sta'.es
lot):, good to the oversupplv of uspimnf*
for p i Bnt the fato of the proposi-
tion i* Inextricably Interwoven with sin-
gle statehood If the consummation of
n r desires Is to < orae from a republi-
can congress.-
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
gruduall becoming accustomed to re-
ceiving no 'statehood news etch morn-
ing. And the condition of the business
.*«•- ,( ^|rn - v „ attention !-
being directed elsewhere.
Sapulpa Light: Dennis Flynn Is In
favor of Indian Territory and Oklahoma
holding a big statehood convention be-
fore the next congress ■ olivine*. The
two territories are nearer a unit on this
question than they ever were before, and
It will bo no trouble to have a rousing
convention.
After considering the matter fully for
a long time Pete Drummond ha* reached
this conclusion ax to the war In the
Orient: God did not incorporate exactly
tiio same characteristics In any two of
His creatures, but lf came very near
it when He made the Japanese soldier and
the red ant. They fight In much the
same manner, and with ubo.it the same
regard for their live-. The Japanese
aney will never be put to flight, it may
he overwhelmed axi all the soldi.- s
killed, but the battlefield will i seveial
ways resemble the scene of en ant bat-
tle. with halves, quarters and eighths ol
ants lying around. After a red ant has
been pinched In two the front end can
put up a pretty good scrap, and the
same Is almost true of a Jap.
The flop of the Enid Eagle to the old
eparate statehood proposition
i,«Mt enid snap, a flaming advertirrnent
i wh; h among other things was tne
statement that Anadarko 1" the Italy f
America for fine climate. Shortly after-
wards the thermometers went t® lg de-
grttes below zero. /
Perkins Journal; The new -tat* of Ok-
lahoma ought to abolish the grand Jury
system. The question of whether or not I
persons u< rated of cripio should bo pros-
« uted should rest with the prosecut-
1 -.g attorney. The grand Jury Is a relic
of a bygone age. it is absolutely ex parte
and unjust. Many an Innodent man has
t.e*n ruined by a grand Jury Indictment
which was later found to he based on
fake testimony tak"n behind closed
doors. Several states have already abol-
ished the Inquisition and Oklahoma should
do so at the earliest opportunity.
Hon Joe M Neal, of Guthrie, has pur-
chased the stock In the First National
bank, formerly owned by Judge Strang.
Mr. M' Neal ts one of the most conserva-
tive and successful bankers In the south-
west. says th*' Taloga Times. He is pres-
I lent of the National Hank of Commerce
of Guthrie one of the strongest financial
Institutions In Oklahoma; and Is Intel-
ested ln several other territorial banks,
among which is the First National of
Arapaho The change adds inoTe capital
and strength to o'.ir popular bank and n
addition, Identifies one of the most pa-
trlotl . enterprising and popular men in
. .ilcutated to make the fellows in the Oklahoma with our town.
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