The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-25

90 il the National Republican ticket
is elected. We feel this way because,
no matter who may be the county COM
missioners, or county clerk, or treas
urer, or probate judge, or what not, 10
man can violate the territorial or ma
tional laws without running his head
into trap, in which case il is always
bad for the head.
We know, of course, that some Of
the new settlers consider themselves
downtredden and oppressed by some
others who have been here for years
and got little start in the world. We
don't know whether this is true or not,
but we have made pretty diligent in
quiry in regard to the matter and have
failed to find any case where the old
settlers have failed to extend q help
/ ing hand to any one who called upon
them for help. We know of at least
one old settler who had small bunch
of cattle, and not wishing to give any
( one even q semblance of offence, sold
! MI his cattle this summer ut great
sacrifice to get them out of the way of
the new settlers. lie also gave the
new settlers privilege to raise crops
and pasture their horses and cattle on
! his fenced lands, free of charge This
doesn't look much like oppression.
And there are others. But still there
may be cases when the new settler has
not been given "fair shake" in maxi
ing his settlement and raising his
crops. If there were such cases, the
settler had his recourse. with all the
sympathies of the u. S courts in his
favor. II they should win and elect q
new settler to every Office in the coun-
ty they could have no other course
One case of this kind carried to tho
district court would do more than any
thing else to fix this quarrel.
We presume that these new settler.
, are all Democrats or Republicans OF
, Populista, and when they discuss thi,
, whole question with themselves, viii
honest minds, they will see that il they
should win the county election and put
a new settler into every Office they vii
still be under the same restraints that
they are now And when they thinl
about the matter along these lines they
will naturally conclude that, when ;
f, vote for new settler will make M
change in the laws or in their admins
tration, they might just as well yot'
for the candidates Of their favorite olC
. party.
! And again, during the next two
years there will probably be twice a
many new settlers come into the coun
ty as came in during the past two years
Suppose that these newest settler
should take the same course that thosi
here now have taken, and being in tn,
# majority should shut out ell who hac
{ participated in the last election before
/. how much justice would those here
d now think there was in such move
" And where would all this end? i
o would most likely result in some o
Y the newest settlers advocating tn,
+ shooting or banshment of all who haC
/ been in the county over two years
: The principle is the same, bat how
: would it sound?
/ But llthis aside Here's to the new
:. settler, and may he prosper beyond hi
expectations for in him is tLe hope o
The future glory Of Heayor county; il
q him we see the builder of homes anC
n schoolhouses; in him we see success
:, where Others have failed, and if tn
: Herald can accomplish it he shal
: have fair show for his white alley.