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THE WEEKLY OKLAHOMA STATT; CAPITAL. SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1909.
The Red, White
And other constituents of your
blood are powerfully enriched and
vitalized by Hood'* Sarsaparllla.
] ** It increases the red corpuscles and
maket) strong the white corpuscles, and
thus protects and restores the health.
It cures scrofula, eoieuia, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous-
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, lor-
of a ' J ' ~ '
op
appetite, general debility and builds
> the whole system.
ITS ALL RIGHT
GUTHRIE GETS NEW BUILD'G
0. F. BRANSTETTE, FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE COM-
MITTEE TALKS ON FRAUDS
RECALLS PAST CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, May 19—Follow-
ing a prolonged contest with the
treasury department officials, Coni
greasman Bird S. M'Gulro of Okla-
homa has won a signal victory In hla
demand for an additional po9tofflce
building site at Guthrie, the Stat©
capital. The last congress made a
935,000 appropriation tor fhfc addli
tlonal site, but which occurred fol-
lowing correspondence between
treasury officials and Postmaster
M'Coy at Guthrie, and It became ne-
cessary for Mr. M'Gulre to do practi-
cally all of his work again In order
to save the appropriation for Guthrie
as the Impression had been 19ft with
the treasury department that no more
land was needed at Guthrie for a
building site.
The following letter, received by
Congressman M'Oulre, explains the
present situation.
Treasury Department, Office of Sec*
retary, Washington, May 6, 1909.
Hon. Bird S. M'Gulre, House of
Representatives: Referring to our
! previous correspondence regarding tho
'enlargemest of the federal building
site at Guthrie, Okla.. I have I ho
honor to Inform you that the depart
ment has today written the United
States attorney at Guthrie, request-
ing that he obtain written proposals
from the owners of the lots east of
the government lot to sell their land
to the United States. Upon the re
celpt of the expected offers the de-
partment will give further consldera
tlon to the matter. Respectfully,
C. D. HTLJ.ES, Asst. Sec.
This letter was on Congressman
M'Gulre'p desk when he returned re
cently from a trip home to Pawnee
and Guthrie, Okla., and he has In ad-
dition a number of other letters on
file from tho treasury depaitment re-
lative to the Guthrie building matter
and he has made numerous personal
visits to that department rWatlvo to
the same. The above letter refers, In
fact, to their previous correspondence
on the matter. Implying that Mr. Mc-
Gulre has been urging the Guthi
matter unceasingly.
It develops also that Congressman
MrOuIre has had very Interring
time with the treasury department,
and that long before the above letter
was received by him from Assistant
Secretary Hllles, he had secured at
least a partial promise that the de-
partment would go ahead with tho
purchase of the additional federal
building lots at Guthrie. This prom-
ise was secured at least a month be-
fore Mr. McOulra received the above
letter from Hllles.
It Is the general opinion here
among the persons Interested, that as
soon as United States Attorney Em-
bry makes his report of proposals
from lot owners, that the treasury de-
partment will proceed without delay
to make the purchase. The entire
matter has been one of the most
knotty that the department has had
to dtal with relative to federal build
Ing sites, for a number of years-
knotty because of the Impression left
that no additional ground wan needed
•t Guthrla—and only the Incessant
demanding on the part of Congress-
man McGuIro saved the appropriation
for Guthrie.
Joe Norris and Bird McGulre went
to the treasury department Wednes-
day to urge tho purchase of a lot BOx
150 on the east side of the present
federal building at Guthrie. An ap-
propriation was made last winter to
buy additional ground at Guthrie. The
lots are owned by Postmaster McCoy
• nd others District Attorney John
Embry has been asked to appraise
the lot. The owners ask $35,000 for
It.
Says Enactment "Is Without Par-
allel as an Example of Lengths
to Which Corrupt Political Ma-
chine Will Go to Retain its
Powers.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May 24.—
When the First legislature passea the
present election law with Its outra'
geous provisions and saddled It upon
the people with an '"emergency*
clause, which prevented theui exercls
Ing the right of referendum against It.
it wna met with a storm of protest and
criticism from honest and fair-minded
men of all parties." says O. F. Brans-
tetter, former secretary of tho socialist
State committee and present socialist
organizer in the Southwest.
"So severely was it condemned even
by democrats that at the first election
held ender Its provisions the demo-
cratic party lost fifteen thousand votes
the majority of which were lost as n
result of the unfair and undomocratio
provisions of Its election laws." The
administration machine, alarmed at
the heavy loss and this evidence that
the honest voters of the State would
not condone their methods, but made
with power and a lust for spoils, has
determined to so Intrench Itself In
power that it will be Impossible for 11
betrayed and outraged constituency to
displace them."
"It has passed another election law,
even worse than the first, designed t
maintain Its power and control of tin
Stale even In the face of overwhelm-
ing majorities against It."
"This law, the Taylor "ribbon bal
lot" election law, Is without paralle
as an example of the lengths to which
a corrupt political machlno will go In
Its efforts to retain power by dls
franchising voters, turning tho elec
tlon officers and machinery of the
State into a great political machine
and enabling It to manipulate elec-
tions In violation of every principle
of democratic government.
"This law places the entire election
machinery of tho State In hands of
paid appointees of the administration
and makes It easier to steal an elec-
tion than for the average citizen to
cast a ballot."
"It mjtkes possible a rape of the bal
lot box In comparison with which tho
Infamous Goebel election law of Ken
tucky permitted merely a seduction.
THE ELECTION BOARD.
"The governor appoints three paid
members of a State election board, the
State election board appoints thre
members of a county .election
aent uch party. Under this method
each member of the board Is really u
member of the party he Is supposed
to represent and has the confidence
and endorseent of that party. Under
this Taylor law the party has abso-
lutely nothing to say as to th® msniber
who Is supposed to represent It. Why?
THE OFFICAL COUNTERS.
"The provides thut four official
counters for each precinct shall be ap-
pointed by tho precinct election board
and that no more than throe of them
shall be of the same political party
This means three democrats and one
republican, prohibitionist or socialist
usually of couse the one will be a re-
publican, or rather a man fo whom the
precinct election board composed of
democrats say Is a republican. And
the socalist party and every other mi-
nority party and Independent candi-
date Is without representation what-
ever. Of tho four counters, two of
different political parties must call the
vote from the ballots, while the other
two keep tally. This means that one
democratic counter and the alleged
republican counter call tho vote, and
the count is kept by two democratic
counters. And this in every precinct
in the State."
"In most States and also under the
old territorial laws every party and
each Independent candidate has a right
to appoint a watcher, who was entitled
to be present and watch the counting
of the ballots, with the right to object
and stop the count whenever It ^
not being correctly made. Under this
new law no watchers are allowed and
no party has any representation ex-
cept those represented by tho official
counters. All third parties are abso-
lutely without protection or represen-
tation of any kind. Why?"
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paid
board for each county In the State
each county election board appoint
three paid members of the preclnc
election board for each precinct In the
county, and each precinct election
board appoints four paid official count
FOUND OUT.
A Trsined Nurse Discovered Its Ef-
fect.
No one Is In better position to know
the value of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee a nurse of Wilkes
Harre, Pa., writes: "I used to drink
•trorg coffee myself and suffered
irreatly from headaches and Indiges-
tion.
"While on a visit to my brothers I
1 ad a good chance to try Poatum for
they drank It altogether in place of
ordinary coffee After uMng Postum
two weeks I found I was much bene-
fit. d and finally my headaches dis-
appeared and also the Indigestion.
"Naturally I have since used Postum
among my patients, and haw noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has
been left off and Postum used.
"I observe a curious fact about Pos-
tum used among mothere It greatly
fcelps the flow of milk in cases where
ffee !s inclined to dry it up, and
Where tea causes nervousness.
"J find trouble in getting servants
to make Postum properly. They
m.-'St always serve it before it has
b^en boiled long enough. It should
be boiled 15 or 20 minutes after boil-
ing begins and served with cream,
then It Is certainly a delicious bever-
•fp"
Read "The Road to Wellvllle," in
"There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
•we appear from time to time. They
•re genuine, true and full of human
fcetereat.
er8- . , *
"A vast army of paid appointee
having absolute control *f every de-
tail of the elections the excep-
tion of the governor. tSere Is not n
single officer elected by the people who
has anything to do In any manner
whatsoever with the conduct of elec-
tlons."
"Under the territorial election laws
men well known and trusted by their
fellow cltlsens, men elected by and re-
sponsible to the voters of the State
were largely In control of the election
machinery. The county, city and
township clerks were members nnd
secretaries of their respective election
boards and were answerable on elec-
tion dav to their constituents for the
fntr and Impartial performance of their
duties, as well as to the criminal law-
of the State. Under the old laws som
REGISTRATION.
Laws and systems for the registra-
tion of voters are dslgned for use In
the cities where 'repeating,' 'coloniz-
ing' and similar methods are In voguo
among the desirable citizens for tho
purpose of stealing elections. In other
States and In Oklahoma up to tho
present tlmd* It has been uRed as a
means to prevent fraudulent voting In
the towns and cities of the State, never
In the rural districts. It Is riot adapted
to rural communities. It Is not need-
ed In rural communities. It Is not gen-
erally applied to rural districts. The
Taylor law puts a system of registra-
tion in force in every precinct In the
State, In the country precincts as well
as In the cities. Why?'
An examination of the registration
provision quickly shows the reason for
this departure. This Is another part
of the scheme to disfranchise voters
keep down the growth of the socialist
party and Insure the perpetual control
of the State to the party In power."
"One of the members of each pre
cinct election board Is styled the In-
spector. The Inspector Is the regis-
tration officer for his precinct. The
law provides that he shall make a poll
of his precinct, securing tho name
age, color, residence and postofflce nd
dress of each qualified voter In the
precinct. No ono whose name Is not
on his registration hook will be
lowed to vote at the election. The
law does not provide for any
for his fnllure to register every oumli-
flod voter In his precinct, and there is
no way to compel him to put your
name on the registration list except
to resort to the courts and secure a
mandamus compelling him to do so."
"The law does not provide that
any person clallng to be a qualified
elector may examine the registration
book for the purpose of ascertaining
whether his name is there, hut It does
not provide any means by which he
may get it there if It is not. The in-
spector is the sole Judge of your quali
flcatlons to vote, If he sees fit to regis-
ter you. you may vote at ensuing elec-
tion; If he refuses to register you, you
can not vote."
"Of course If you have fifteen
twenty pilars with which to hire
lawyer, you may mandamus him and
of the election officers were
men who
had been elected by the people; under
this law none of them are. Why?
"Of the three members of the differ-
ent election boardr. State, county and
fpreclnct—the Haw -primldes that no
more than two members of each board
shall be of the some political party
This means that when the governor
nppolnts the State election board that
he can only appoint two democrats and
must appoint one member from Borne
other party. But he can appoint a re-
publican or a socialist or a prohlhi
tlonlsts who Is Inefficient ajid Inco-
petent and unable to properly safe-
guard and protect his party's Inter-
ests. He can appoint a democrat, who
for the time being and for this partic-
ular purpose Is willing to style him-
self a populist, a socialist or a re
publican. He enn appoint a renegad
from any of these parties, a man
whom none of these parties will
cognize or accept as one of their mem-
bers and who has been kicked out o
those parties and still comply with
the law. In other words, the governor
Is the judge of whether tho jnan
appoints as a republican or socialist
member of the board is such or not, and
not the republican or socialist Turtles
It would be a legal appointment
stand, even though the party
claimed to represent repudiates him.
This means that it is possible to make
all three members of every elect*°"
board In the State democrats and shut
out every other party entirely."
"In most of the States, in old Okla-
homa Territory, and even under the
present election law. It Is provided
that the members of election boards
representing the different parties must
be recognized and endorsed by 'heir
respective parties. The State central
committee of any party entitled to a
member of the board submits (under
the present law) a list of five names
from which the appointing officer or
election board appoints one to repre
are composed of two democrats and
one other meber who is supposed to
belong to a different party. Tho
names are not arranged in any regu-
Ipar order, but are supposed to be all
mixed up so as to require a knowledge
on the part of the voter of the name
of every candlato of his party. The
democratic election board can arrange
the names so that the first name in
each group is the democratic candi-
date, while the second, third and
fourth names are shifted arouug among
the different parties and are different
In each group. For Instance, the first
name for governor will be the demo-
cratic candidate, the second name will
be the republican, the third the so-
cialist, and the fourth the prohlbl
tlonlst. For lieutenant governor the
first name will be the democrat, the
second the prohibitionist, the third the
socialist and the fourth the republican
For treasurer the first will be the dem-
ocrat, tho second the socialist, the
third republican, the fourth prohlbl
tionist. Making it possible for the
democratic voters to simply stamp be-
fore the first name In each group
whether he can read or not, and be
sure that he Is 'voting 'er straight,
while the voters of every other party
will have to know and remember the
names of each of their candidate and
find them In their different places In
the different groups. If the Intent of
the law was honest, It could have pro-
vided that no party's candidate would
have the same position In each group
or that all parties should have the
same position In each group, or that
the names should be placed on the bal-
lot In tho or*!er in which the nomina-
tion were filed. But the arrangement
of the names Is left entirely In the
hands of the democratic county elec-
tion boards. Why?
THE WHOLE SCHEME .
"It is beautifully simple. The gov-
ernor appoints the State election
board of two anrat crats and one re
publican and so on down the line, giv-
ing the majority and control of every
board to the democrats. If it seems to
be necessary they can make every
board unanimously democratic by ap-
pointing a renegade republican who
has come over to them as the third
member. Every member of every
board Is a machine democrat appoint-
ed especially for tho work he is to do
and willing to do It."
"The registration date arrives, the
democratic election Inspectors will
register every democratic voter in the
precinct; they will fall to register as
many republican and socialist voters
as is necessary to give them a clear
majority of the registered voters. Thus
they can insure carrying every pre
cinct in the State if they want to. The
individual voters could not afford the
cost of mandamus proceedings. No
political party could stand the expense
Involved to mandamus, say twenty
thousand voters on the regis-
tration books. If the legal services
were given to them free and they
could thus stand the expense, there
would be such a mass of cases that a
fourth of them could not be decided In
time to get the plaintiffs' names
PVGMIE RACE
WILDEST CHINA
HAIRY LITTLE HUMAN BE-
INGS THAT LIVE LIKE AN-
IMALS ARE 3 FT. TALL.
EXPLORER TELLS OF FIND.
cause he can bring them to the coun
ty election board, tho democratic
county election board, and safely trust
that the result to them. They are the
people who compile the vote from all
the precincts In the county and an
nounce the final result for the entire
county. Any party In power with an
election machine like this could carry
the State for a thousand years with
four-fifthB of the voters opposed to
them. Once in the power and tho law
In force they could never be dislodged
by peaceable methods. They could
trample on every right and liberty of
the people. They could disfranchise
any class or any number of citizens
that they wished. Even with the ref
erendum they could carry or defeat
any measure which they chose."
"I do not mean that the first election
after the passage of this law there
■would bo a wholesale disfranchise
ment of the voters, that registration
would be refused to qualified voters
as a general thing, or that the count-
ers would deliberately steal the election
and count the other parties out in ev-
ery precinct. They woudn't do it be
cause it woudn't benecessary. They'd
only refuse registration to enough re-
publican votersy (mostly negreos) and
to enough of the working class (all of
them socialists) to carry what repub
llcan precincts they needed to carry in
order to win and to keep the socialist
vote down to where it wouldn't be
dangerous."
"They would never attempt to refuse
registration to all of the republicans
or to all of the socialists, or to all of
my party, because It wouldn't be ne-
cessary and would bo dangerous. They
would never count the other parties
out in all of the precincts—because it
wouldn't be necessary. But they would
always steal enough to carry the
State, and they could always steal
enough to do so."
"The machinery Is there. They are
in absolute control and with this law
they could remain In absolute control
a long as the workers of the State
would peaceably submit. Nothing short
of an armed revolution could ever un-
seat a political machine barricaded be-
hind tho provisions of the Taylor
♦ribbon ballot' election law."
Dr. Edgar Geil Thinks They Are
Remnant of Tribe that Fled
From Oppression. — Traveler
and Author Tells of His Trav-
els in Chinese Empire.
get your name on the list, but even If. tho ro_lstratlon llst before the date of
the Judge decides that feu are qualified' ,tJo* „
to vote nnd copels your registration p ^ the ploctlon. If the rre
there is no penalty which canbe Inflict-1 ,n!lppct„r marte a m|,take and
registered too many republicans
socialists, if he had been honest and
ed on the Inspector for bavin refused
to register every republican, soclallsst
and Independent voter in his precinct
without fear of punishment. The only
thing they could do would bo to com-
pel him to register them by madamus
proceedings, and this has to be done
separately In each Individual case
When the inspector refuses to regis-
ter a voter who Is qualified to vote and
thus disfranchise a citizen without
cause there should be some way of
legally punishing him. The Taylor
law provides no penalty. Why?
THE RIBBON BALLOT.
"The ribbon ballot feature of the
Taylor law Is what gave It the name
and has attracted the most attention
on comment. Under this provision the
ballots are arranged In an entirely dif-
ferent manner from the old system.
There are no party emblems or devices
anywhere on tho ballot and nothing to
indicate what party a candidate be-
longs to. All of the candidate for
each particular office are grouped un-
der that office with nothing to show
what party he belongs to or what prin-
ciples he advocates. The ballot will*
be arranged In the following manner:
FOR GOVERNOR.
0 John Poe.
0 Richard Roe.
0 Bill Smith.
0 Tom Green.
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
0 Harry Jones.
0 John Brown.
0 Tom White.
0 Teddy Roosevelt.
"And so on down through all the list
of officers to be voted for. The voter
must stamp In the square In front of
the name of the candidate for each of-
fice for whom he wishes to vote. It
Is contended that this is In order to
force men to vote Intelligently, to
know whom they are voting for. etc."
"It is Intended to prevent the work-
ing class from casting a straight class
conscious vote, and to give the demo-
cratic party a partisan advantage
whereby their most Ignorant and illit
erate members may vote a straight
democratic ticket, while much more In-
telligent members of other parties are
prevented from doing so."
"The names of the candidate are ar-
ranged on* the ballot by the county
election board*, which you remember
registered them all, if the other parties
had been able to compel the registra-
tion of their voters by mandamus,
for any reason tho democrats failed to
have a majority In any precinct they
needed to carry, they still have the
counters. And the counters are three
democrats and one republican, and the
republican member has to watch the
ballots and call off the vote with one
of the democrats while the other two
democrats do the counting. And the
socialists and prohibitionists and any
other parties or Independent candl
dates In the field have no one there to
watch those two democrats do the
counting."
"Is It safe? Can they carry the
precinct If they want to? Well, I guess
Rut they're not through yet, and If
despite all this, they didn't carry the
precinct the case Is not hopeless. They
still have the election hoards again
The counters complete the count and
the ballots, tally sheets, etc., are all
turned over to tho Inspector, to the
democratic Inspector, and If It Is ne-
cessary he can lose them or destroy
them, or have them stolen from him
This Isn't necessary, however, be-
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OKLAHOMA ROMACE.
SPOKANE, Wash., May, 22.—Hack
of the simple announcement of the mar-
riage of Mrs. Laura A. Elliot of Durant,
Oklahoma, and Harry Allen of Cashmere,
at the homfc of Rev. W. A- Stevenson
In Wenatchee, Wash., wes; of Spokai
iu a little romance that had Its beginning
near Pueblo Colo., more than 10 years:
ago.
Mrs. Alien, who was then Miss West
and Allen mot there in the fall of 1S13,
when the young swain pressed his suit
so persistently that he won the fair
Laura's heart also her promise to be
come his wife. However, the fates do-
er* ed otherw-sie and several years aft
ward she met and wed Mr. Elliott. Their
union was not ft happy one and the aid
of the court was invoked to undo the
knot.
In the meantime, Allen came to Wash
lngton, established himself at Cashmere,
Wash., where he became one of
most active members of the Bachelor
club. He learned a short time ago that
the "one woman" was free, and their
correspondence resulted in Mrs. Elliott
going to Wenatchee, where they were
married.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen will make their
home on Mission Creek ranch, where tho
bridegroom has a cosy cottage, covered
with vines in the midst of an orchard,
in which trees are thick with fragrant
apple blossoms.
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NEW YORK, May 22—'The only man
living who ever ravled the full length
of the great Wall of China—a dangerous
Journey of 2,000 miles—arrived hero
aboard the Atlantic transport liner Mlnne
haha with wonderful tales of heretofore
unsharted portions of the mighty breast-
works; of the discovery of a tribe of
hairy, wild Chinese pygmies whose ances-
tors can be traced to 210 B. C., and de-
tails of a general movement In China
looking to the establishment of a great
standing army.
Dr. Edgar Gell, traveler and author,
organized an exploring party a year ago,
and when his work In China was com-
pleted ho had discovered not only the
tremendous size of the great wall, but un
mlstakable signs that China was wide
awake to her responslblltles and was in
a faro way to do more lh the next twenty
years than. Japan lias done In the last
forty. His observations; both ancient and
modern, will be presented to the public
In book form before very long.
Dr. Gell believes In the Chinese be-
cause the construction f the great wuU
shows rmarkable constructive ability,
marking an era of constructive activity
that evidences the measure of China s
real strength. • He believes she is Just
walking from a long sleep; for his Inves-
tigation shows that In 2,000 cities and
near ly 100,000 towns regularly appointed
men are drilling in inhabitants in the use
of arms. In other words China is prepar
Ing to put an army of 3,000,000 or 4,000,-
000 'men In the field.
"One of the most Important things
abou the great wall Is that 700 miles of
it is built along the line of greatest re-
sistance—from soa level to an altitude of
two miles." said Dr. Cell, "I found also
20,000 great towers, each capable of hold
Ing 100 men. These towers are about 100
yards apart. I alBo found duplicate and
triplicate walls, and a section 200 miles
long that has never been charted running
along the edge of Thibet"
DWARFS HAVE STRANGE HISTORY
Dr. Gell has great respect for Sal
Hwang TI, the first Emperor of United
China, who is said to have Inspired the
building of this great monument. He be
lieves that behind tne mighty structure
tho Chineaea, within a few years, will
be able to "stand off" the world, even as
they protected their homes once upon a
time against the wild men of Mongolia
and Manchuria.
The explorer discovered tho existence
of the hairy pygmies through a careful
study of the grer t wall and the folklore
half a dozen dialects along Its tow-
ering sides. It is said that a million men
orlied on the wall and that every detail
of conduction was so carefully watched
that the unlucky workman who left
tiny crevice through which a spear
point might be thrused was burrled alive
in the great casement that was found
faulty.
The newly discovered pygmies, accord-
ing to Dr. Gell, are men who could not
stand the pressure of work In 210 B. C.
and Tan into the wilds to become sav-
ages and maniacs on account of their
frigthful experiences. The sight of the
thousands of their relatives and friends
becoming part and parcel of the wall he
declares, was too much for those who
sought safety in flight.
The Interesting folklore that I studied
through Interpreters," said the explorer,
"gave mo a line on these little wild men,
and we located them far in the Interior.
I have a man among them now, and I
am Interested to know how he is faring."
That great wall experiences of those
early men, according to folklore, stunted
the growth of their progeny, and that Is
why tho hairy creatures—some of them
not over three foet high—are beyond the
pale of civilization within the boundaries
of a country that is certain to make Its
power felt in the world before many
years. These pygmies live like animals
and their long nails and terrible faces
give them the appearance of being of a
lower type of animal family than the
monkeys of Africa."
Dr. Geil had many narrow escapes from
death, both on account of the precipitous
going and at the hands of the nalves of
Thlbat—many of whom never had seen a
white man beforo and regarded him as
some kind of an evil being. The majori-
ty of the Chlmese, however, gave him no
trouble. He was taken to be the "great
white man guest of the Emperor," and
his presence was considered a good omen
The greater part of the way ho and his
party of twenty-five rode astride mules,
but In many places walking was the only
safe method of travel, as an altlude of
12,000 feet was reached.
Delving here and there, mingling with
I all classes of people, and finally pushing
I into an unexplored region, laid Dr. Geil
! low with fever. For eight days he had
to be carried with extreme care. But at
length he regained his strength and
pressed on, and now he has the satisfact-
ion of knowing that not one of the party
was loat.
Dr. Geil Is a big man physically, and
probing Into the mysteries of ancient
times and strange people is a pleasure
to him, despite the handicaps. He made
a trip through China six years ago, and
his latest expedition was for the purpose
of completing Important inveat'gatlons.
In 1901 he made a great Journey for the
domparitlve study of prlmttlvo race«
and an Independent observation of the
missions of the world.
He traveled 120,000 miles, covered
China and Africa and went farther Into
the pygmy forests of the dark continent
than did Stanley. The trip consumed
four years.
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OWENS ATTACKS A TRUST
Oklahoma Senator Denounces
Sugar Combine Declaring It3
Most Insidious Wrong Is Keep-
ing the Truth From the People
by Throttling the Press.
WASHINGTON. Way 34.—1The so-cfttl-
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trust published yesterday in a local pap-
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This account, said Mr. Owen, "points
out one of the most evil and inslduous
consequences of tho building up In this
country of these gigantic organizations
protected by this so-called turiff, which
has led to poising tha information the
people of the United States, so that mil-
lions of dollars have been stolen from
the people of the • United States, this
fact Is not mentioned by the leading
newspaper of i.ie city of New York, but
on the contrary full page advertisements
of the American Sugar Refining company «
nppear in lieu of the truth which ought
to be made known to the people of the
United States.
Consequently he asks to have tha
newspapers attack read in order that It
might appear in the record, which was
done.
Upon the conclusion of the reading of
the clipping which was an account of the
alleged recent lrauds perpetrated by tno
sugar trust, Mr. owen declared tha
"above no 1G duties standard In colo"
should be struck from the tariff bill, and
asked that the finance commltteo report
to the senate "why these words should
not be struck from tho bill."
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