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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

apply TO the council alone. They
are just as wholesome when applied
to the various commercial and in
dustrial interests of the town.
More towns have gone dead be-
cause of this policy of delay than
sor any other reason. Every day
some citizen sees an opportunity to
advance the interests of the town.
Sometimes he whispers it to the
newspaper man, sometimes he NEIL
tions it to another citizen, but he
does not push it and in 8 short time
the opportunity is gone. The town
that goes ahead is the one that is
ever ready to act upon every propo-
stion promptly, that doesn't post
pone, that sees the opportunity,
improves it and goes after some
thing else. Such a town is going
forward conquering new worlds
while the slow, go easy town
is still slumbering on, defering
action The one is doing while Il
other is dreaming.
The entire matter is summed up
in the words: DO something
10 it now, and then do something
Else"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

To be sure, the democrats Of
Chickasha are not going to have All
opportunity to cast a vote for
Parker, but there is no reason why
a rousing ratification meeting
should not be held. lisa good
time to do some educational work
for the cause of democracy. Re
publicans in the territory are very
active and democrats must be up
and doing if they wish to lay the
foundation for enduring supremacy
of the party in the new state.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05
NOTICE OF ELECTION

| Whereas on the 10th day of juno
| 1904 ]. c. Woodside, an Alderma
from the first ward of the cit
of Chickasha, Southern District
Indian Territory and a member O
the city council of said city, tend
cred his resignation as such Alder
man and member of said cit,
council; and
Whereas on the 10th day o
June, 1904 the said resignation O
said ]. c. Woodside was accepted
by the city council of said city Of
Chickasha; and
Whereas the law provides that il
all cases of such vacancies in the
city council such vacancies shall be
filled by special election; and
Whereas said JIG. Woodside was
elected Alderman and Councilman
from the first ward of said city of
Chickasha to serve for a term of
two years;
Now, therefore, |, r. N Murphy,
Mayor of the city Of Chickasha. l.
T., by virtue of the authority vest
ed in me by law, do hereby proclaim
and give notice that a special cleo
ton will be held in the first ward
OF the city of Chickasha, 4. r., OH
the end day of Sept, 1904 for the
purpose of electing an Alderman
from said first ward as a member
of the city council of the City of
Chickasha to fill the unexpired
term of J c. Woodside resigned.
The place of holding such cleo
ton shall be The Grogan School
House i'll the first ward of the city
of Chickasha, /. r., and said aid
to be elected to fill such
lnexpired term of said J.C. Wood
side resigned shall be voted for and
elected by the qualified voters of
he said first ward Of the city of
ehickasha.
The following judges are hereby
pPointed to hold and conduct said
lection; j. L. Mann, J. f. Bishop,
Thomas Biggers.
Said election shall be held and
and the returns thereof
lade as the law provides.
WITNESS my hand as such Mayor
the city of Chickasha, on this
le 2Sth day of July, 1904.
R. N. MURPHY,
Mayor of City of Chickasha, 1T.
irst published July 20, 1904.
74-S3
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

The week beginning September
I9 will be a great one in Chicka-
sha. The Parker Amusement Co
comes with "a fine line Of attrac-
tious but the citizens should not
depend upon this company alone to
make the carnival a success. A
display of farm products, with suit
able premiums, would form an ad
mirable feature of the occasion and
would do much toward interesting
farmers in it. This carnival must
be made trade-getter and nothing
should be left undone to interest ev-
cry farmer within radius Of
twenty miles of the city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

It's a big carnival aud street
fair in September. Just put it
down that it will be one of the
grandest celebrations ever held in
this part Of the county.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

The Methodists over at Musko-
gee, tired of frying the fat out Of
the people, are going into the oil
business. They will prospect for
oil on the grounds of Spaulding
Institute.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

Something doing at the CONNER
cial club meeting yesterday. The
street fair proposition was handled
ard another matter Of great impor-
tance. The promptness with
which these matters were taken up
shows that Chickasha can be de-
pended upon TO do business when
occasion requires it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

Parker is coming to Chickasha
in September. No, Gertrude, it is
not Parker the next democratic
president, but Parker who comes
with two train loads of shows for
the street fair,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05

Chickasha is proud to have the
Hon. T.Dickerson as her citizen.
The bar association did a most
proper and graceful act i'll tender
ing him the splendid reception and
banquet last night. No federal
Judge has won a warm place in the
hearts of the lawyers more quickly
than Judge Dickerson. He has
every reason to feel proud Of the
sincere esteem held for him by the
bar throughout the district.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-08-05
THE MAYOR SAID IT.

speech making, but into tie prosai
proceedings of the council meeting
yesterday he injected one little
speech which is worthy of note.
It arose out Of the question o
the appointment of a meat inspector
The present incumbent had pre-
sented his resignation and the
Mayor proceeded forthwith toname
a man for the place. For reasons,
doubtless good, member moved
that the appointment be postponed
till the next meeting. The motion
was ruled out of order. On some
further discussion, however, the
Mayor changed his ruling,allowing
the appointment to be laid over,
which was no doubt the proper
thing to do under the circum-
stances. Then it was that Mr..
Murphy, i'll stating the reason for
his first ruling, gave utterance to
some wholesome doctrine.
In brief the Mayor said that he
desired that the matter be acted OIL
promptly because he was tired of
this way of everlastingly putting
things off He didn't believe in
forever postponing action OH every
proposition that arose. In other
words he believed in the council
doing business, taking action
promptly on whatever question
arose.
Just think about this sentimental
moment, citizens and members of
the council. 1t is worth ponder
ing.
No doubt there have been occa-
sions when city councils acted too
hastily OH important matters, but
for one occasion of this sort, there
have been a dozen when much need
ID action was delayed and the city's
interests allowed TO suffer for triv-
al reasons. Matters that could 7
iave been settled at once, often /
seemingly unimportant affairs, j
lave hung fire for months. Gen /
rally in the council, it is because j
ome member has not had time to h
look into the matter" and desires L
little more time TO think about it. e
low it is true that aldermen are 81
busy men of affairs and, b
7orking for little or no compensa-
on, cannot afford to give much of
heir valuable time to the city's q
usiness. But it is none the less 81
-ue that when man accepts a po- q
tion of this sort he obligates him I'd
If to give attention to the office w
bich the duties demand. He sn
YES it to himself to keep thor P'
lghly conversant with all the af- oc
irs of the city. He should know
forehand what business will arise in
a council meeting and should be no
epared for intelligent action when pr,
E time comes. wi
But the mayors remarks do not the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28

finding out of the nature of the universe.
"the unknown Cod to use the old Greek
inscription. Maeterlinck's popularity is,
them sign of the times, for it means
that other seekers are watching him IN
his quest. It means more than that; It
means that his conclusion that 1T pays
better to view the cosmos under the Splrl-
tual concept is weighed and approved
by increasing numbers.
AS if in support Of The Uneasy Chairs
assertion above, regarding the widespread
interest in finding out God (among those
who approach the problem from the SCI
entific side, it might be added, comes
Premier Arthur James Balfour's "Reflec-
tons Suggested by the New Theory Of
Matter" delivered last month before the
British Association for the Advancement
of Science, and published in the October
Popular Science Monthly. Mr.. Balfour's
conclusion of a series of most interesting,
suggestive and clearly stated reflections
| is that as natural science grows it leans
more, not less, upon an idealistic interpre-
tation of the universe" that is, toward a
spiritual concept of the cosmos-Which is
| GodWard.
The man who is looking for facts in the
political history Of the country does not
always know just where to turn for them
Thomas Hudson Mckee has sought tt
, meet the need of such persons in The Ma
/ tlonaI Conventions and Platforms of Al
Political Parties-17se-1 1904. The book is
not a large one, but it is compact with
political information, and is carefully in
deXed, so that the information is contain:
is readily accessible.
} The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28

He feels that it is a system in which
there is place for the individual, wheth-
er he be affiliated with political COM
bine or system or not. The act Of in
speeding a long ballot, carrying two or
three hundred names Of well-known men
from which he, the humble citizen, is to
make a choice, is much weightier
business than lining up at caucus and
thrusting into hat little printed slip
already prepared by the precinct lead
ers. 1t makes a man feel as if he were
a cog of some Importance in. the ma
chinery of government.
The act of making a choice between
so many candidates even overshadoWs
the act of voting at the final election.
At the latter the voter takes his choice
between two candidates, but at the pri-
mary election, he often has to choose
between half dozen. At the primary
election the voter feels that he is pow
erfully shaping important events at
their beginning, whereas at the fna
election he is merely putting the finish
ING touches to events that have already
taken form.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28
POPULAR, Anyway.

Direct nomination is popular. Mime
apolis has now had three primary cleo
lions under the direct nomination law,
with the result that more voters pre-
sented themselves at the polls at the
second than at the first, and more at the
third than at the second. Before each
election we are assured that the novelty
Of direct choice Of candidates has worn
off and that the vote will consequently
be light; instead, it keeps getting heav-
Ter.
At the recent election more than
40 900 voters appeared at the primaries
Who would ever have dreamed of even
a third of that number appearing at the
old primaries, where the voter went and
voted the little ticket that was all ar
ranged for him in advance?
Whatever else the new method may
do it has certainly resulted in dignity
ing the primary. The average vote1
now attaches great Importance to it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28
Russian ''Antis. -

The rather unethical motto my
Country, Right or Wrong,' is not the
language of the Russian refugees now
in America. The Boston Herald says
that Russian men and women who have
sought refuge on this side of the water
and have made themselves at home here
and secured honorable positions as
teachers, business men, journalists, ART
lists and artisans, are entirely with ia
pan in their sympathies. Japan, they
say, stands for liberty, education, toler
ance and trade Russia stands for des-
potism, persecution, superstition and re-
straints of trade. For this reason, to
have Russia succeed in crushing bar
rier power, would be world catas-
trophe. 1t is hard to speak against
ones country, even when 1t is wrong
But it is honorable. Right is higher
than patriotism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28

Israel zangwill who writes without
Prejudice" in The Reader Magazine, in
the October number Of that monthly,
calls Maurice Maeterlinck 1.-The Belgian
Bacon" Maeterlinck's whole work, he
says, lis quest for the holy grail, a
search for the unknown God" In his
new book, LIE Double Jardin," a Large
theonomic handling is applied" adds Mr..
Zangwill, "even to The Death Of a Little
Dog and the result is a little master
piece, by one Of the greatest living mas
tiers Of French.
But it is in the treatment of the dog as
inhabiting a common segment OF two
worlds that Maeterlinck's originality is
most manifest. Alone of the lower crea-
ton the dog yearns up toward man,
stretches across the gulf, has made a
sensible approach to world in which he
was not born, has even altered his shape
| in Protean ways to be Of service to his
god. How were 1t If man were caled 10
serve a creature as relatively divine? II
is odd that Bacon in his essay on 'Athe-
ism has something of the same thought.
Take an example of a dog and mark
what generosity and courage he will put
on when he finds himself maintained by
a man, who to him is instead of God or
'melior natura,'' which courage Is mani
testify such as that creature, without that
confidence of a better nature than his
own could never attain. It is even odd
err that Bacon anticipates the final mes
sage delivered by our Belgian ph1loso
!, pher from under The Olive-Boughs.
, For Maeterlinck has emerged from hi:
moods of The Hothouse,' and teache:
the bracing truth that in the balance be-
tween optimism and pessimism, man cal
throw the weight of his soul, his will, hi
courage. upon the side of the angels
Similarly in the problem of whethe
-. spirit or matter underlies the universe
= altho this problem is largely verbal, sine
}, we are playing with Incompetence
words, it pays better, in the h1ghes
sense, to view the cosmos under the spir
itual concept than under the materia
What is this but a broader version c
Bacons dictum that atheism 'deprivet
: human nature Of the means to exalt 1t
self above human frailty?'
Mr.. Zangwills insistence upon Bacon
II authorization of Maeterlincll's message
v impresses the reader with the notion the
q Maeterlinck's originality is being queE
toned Only the sincerity of Mr. Zans
willis tone turnout his brief appreciate
t saves this impression from deepening I'M
e conviction, and convinces the other wa
!, But Mr. zangwill hits upon two thinl
Is that are worth noting just now. The fir
: is Maeterlinclx's "uuest for the no
n grail The second Is his conclusion TIL
ut pays better, in the highest sense,
N view the cosmos under the spiritual col
is cept than under the material"
It'll Maeterlinck is not alone in his ques
,e Even the hurried reading that The Inca
= Chair is by the nature of his work con
y Delled to do has convinced him that the
n is nothing that thinking people are
deeply interested In right now as Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28
MINNESOTA POLITICS
official Returns from the Sixth District
Give Buchanan 2,e7s-AnaIysIs Of the
Vote of 1902 and 1eo4-Both Candidates
for Governor In Minneapolis Today.

Official returns from the sixth district,
as arrived at by the state canVasslng
board yesterday, give Buchanan ma
jority of 2,67S votes over Foster. Two
years ago, with the same men running.
Buchanan won out by barely thirty votes.
This time he lost votes heavily In Crow
Wing county, and to slight extent IN
Stearns and Cass. In all of the other
counties of the district he made gains,
upsetting the Foster majorities in Doug
las, Sherburne and Todd counties, and
gaining heavily in Wright and his own
county of Morrison
The total vote of the district was very
much heavier, for Foster received more
votes this year than two years ago. The
vote of 1902 was, Buchanan. 6.772; Foster
6,742 This year the totals were, Buck
man, 9,547; Foster, $780, This shows ar
increase in the primary election vote OF
the district amounting ito 1902 votes.
The following table gives an easy com
parison of the majorities in each county
for the two contests: I:#
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28

The Soldiers Families Relief assocla-
ton at Toxic is doing a noble work LOT
the families of soldiers and sailors
killed in the war. The work has grown
so rapidly of late that an appeal TO Eu"
rona .nd America for funds has been is
sued Those who wish to contribute may
send direct to the associations mead
quarters in Toxic, to Mr.. Charles y.
Jackson, 10 Congress street, Boston. tie
ia acting as treasurer of the Boston fund.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28
Redmond and Irish Nationalist.

John E. Redmond, the Irish national
list orator, who, with his brother, has
been the life and soul Of the Irish ma
tionalist party since Parnell passed
from the stage, injected in his stirring
speech in Chicago the other day the
melancholy sentiment that the Irish
race is dying out and Ireland will soon
cease to be the home of the Celt. John
must have coupled with this a mental
reservation, for he must know that the
Irish race never was in more robust
and vivacious condition, and is doing its
increasing everywhere outside OF Ire
land.
Redmond himself believes SO firmly in
the regeneration Of Ireland under the
land act of last year that, when the
measure was passed. he declared that
Ireland's great social and industrial
problem would be put at once on a
sound basis and great concession to
home rule be made in answer to the
united demand Of all classes in Ireland
At the same time, Mr.. Wyndham' great
land act does not end Irish home rule
agitation. Indeed, the party is solicit
ing funds for that agitation in this
country at the present moment. j. E.
Redmond says he expects to carry back
with him to Ireland at least $4,000 for
the Irish home rule campaign fund, and
he will no doubt do So
The peasant proprietary movement is
only a means to an end. Since the tri
umph of the Wyndham land bill last
1o< IL
Yeloped reform scheme designed tt
give Ireland, practically, a Legislature
to handle all topics affecting ireland
consisting of the Irish peers and tn
Irish members of the house of com
mons, besides a financial council unde
whom the $30,0O0,0OO annually appro
priated for the government of lrelan'
will be expended. The council will
have twenty-four members, twelve mem
bers to be elected by groups of exist
ing parliamentary constituencies an
twelveeto be nominated by the crown
third Of the members to retire ever
three years.
This ambitious program of home rul
is to- be submitted to the consideration
of royal commission. The propositio
embodies the Irish handling Of legisls
tion pertaining to Irish affairs about a
much would be the case if distin<
tive Irish legislature met in Dublin.
Whether the English parliament
prepared to favor supplementing tn
land act of 1908, which created pea
ant proprietary, with the concession {
Irish local legislation on Irish affairs,
not, in view of all that Irish persu;
siveness has won from English pref,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER :.

Every Mans Duty Regarding Tubereu-
Ioss-I will summarize what to my
mind, should be the duty Of municipal,
state and federal governments in combat
ing tuberculosis, writes DR.. Knopf in the
October Worlds Work. Each community
should have an efficient committee on tu-
berculosis, composed of a number of gen.
eral practitioners, health officers and
trained charity workers. This commission
should have its officers in a building con-
nected with a special dispensary for tu-
berculoss patients, if the size of the COM
munity demands such a provision. Each
case applying should be carefully ex-
amned to determine the applicants con-
dition by medical examination. to visit
his home, if he has been found tubercu-
lous, and to institute such hygienic meas
ures as seem necessary; to examine the
other members Of the family; to report in
full to the sanitary authorities concern
ing the condition Of the patients dwell
ing; to determine whether the patient is
or is not able to pay, and whether or
not, by his being taken to an institution,
the family will become destitute:
Other articles Of special note in the
same magazine are: THE New York Sub
way "Vivd Pictures Of Great War
Scenes 1.-THE Italian in the United
States "The Personality of the Gar
and Great Questions of Life Insurance"
How Paul Morton Found the Man.
The Worlds Work tells a story about the
Honorable Paul Morton, the secretary Of
the navy, who has had a remarkable ca
reer from a railway employee at SIS
week to one of the foremost railway oper-
ators in the country. Once called into
| conference to discuss the most available
man for a higher place than his own in
the railroad service, just vacated, he is
reported to have said jokingly, yet half
seriously: II know just the man for the
job. His name is Paul Morton The
place was given to him.
House Building Number.-country Life
In America for October is the large annual
house building number. a complete man
ual with about 200 superb pictures which
are practical and suggestive as well as
beautiful. The opening feature, entitled
Representative Country Homes" Illus
trates many types for the home-maker OF
moderate means, what the designers
, charge and rules for estimating what a
house will cost. Important articles deal
with Building a House Off the Land,
the story of Long Island house built OF
chestnut logs with local lanor ana rom
the owners own drawings; "a New Eng
land Country Home in Ohio; The Phi
+, losopher Who Built which shows the
success that may come OF calm fore
/ sight; Frugal, Frivolous and Final Floor
t Coverings; "Windows and Window MO-
| lives, ana he lilSSl NSlihiNi e'Si-
. House, While a great many other arti-
cles cover almost every feature of house
h building, including such subjects as The
= House and the Garden" 1.-THE Ideal Farm
house"-for real farmers, How to Light
q the Country House How. to Fit Up thu
"a Bathroom" "Remodeling Old Houses.
= "The Ideal Stable" and window Gar
! dens.' Walter J. Travis continues hi
: series of articles on Cooling Odds ant
n Ends"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-28

John F. Wallace, chief engineer Of the
isthmian canal commission, says that
Panama has had a reputation for being
unhealthful there because the people have
paid no attention to the ordinary laws Of
health. The mean temperature the past
summer was 81 degrees, and he does not
remember a summer in the states when
the weather was more pleasant. He
thinks the conditions which the commits
sion will establish along the line of the
canal will make living there as safe and
comfortable as in any of our gulf ports.