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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-22
This Is SO.

We wish to state in as plain and
vigorous way as words can express it,
ly and permanently cure any form OF
Itching Skin disease known. One
box is guaranteed to cure. One appli.
cation affords relief.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-22
To Sell Coal Lands,

Washington, ID. C.-The senate
committee on Indian affairs today
decided to authorize the sale of coal
lands belonging to the Ave civilized
tribes in Indian Territory instead Of
continuing the present leasing sys-
tenn.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-02-22
Interior Department Takes Hand in
Alleged Graft on Indians
COMMISSIONERS INSTRUCTIONS
Says any Society Opposed to Allot-
ment and Who Pays Dele
cations is Loser

Irene, /. IA regulation scheme of
robbing of the full blood element of
the Creek and Cherokee Indians,
commonly known as the might
Hawks" has developed in Washing
ton, and the Department of the In
terror has found it necessary to take
steps for the suppression of the
same.
In this instance, a delegation al
legged to be the representative of
these Indians, in order to secure leg
islation, to the extent of allotments,
and restoring to them their tribal
government is in Washington.
An urgent request has been sent
to the Indians by this delegation, in
which 1t says: "Raise all the money
you can, not only for our board bill,
but other incidental expenses, and
for our attorney.
w. l.. Joseph of Irene, I. T., re-
ceived the communication which he
returned to the Department Of the
Interior with other matter relative
to the hold up, and in his letter of
transmittal, he says that 1t seems to
him that the Indians are being rob-
bed, and he wants to know IL the
delegation is really working for leg
islation as it says it is.
Acting Commissioner Larrabee re-
plies as follows: "In reply you are
Informed that the government pur-
poses to carry out the law and dis
tribute the lands and other property
of the different, nations to the citi-
zens in severalty and to abolish, not
later than March 3, 1906,the vari-
Gus tribal governments. Any law
yer or other person who advises you
or any one else, that he can prevent
the allotment of said lands and the
extinguishment Of the tribal govern
ments, and cause the restoration of
the "old treaties" is not entitled to
belief and no credence should be CIV
en- to such allegations, no matter
from whom they come. The govern
ment will not, under any circum-
stances, be swerved from it's purpose
of distributing the land and other
property of the nation and the al
lotment work in the different nations
will be continued until finally COM
pleted. If the members Of the
might Hawk" or any other society
have been paying money to Mr..
Moulton, or to the alleged delegation
to represent them, they have idled ii
away as the persons to whom such
payment was made cannot render
them any assistance so far as pre-
venting the allotment of land and
the extinguishment of the tribal gov
ernments are concerned.
"The advice of this Office to the
citizens of the different nations is
that they all comply with the law
present themselves for enrolment,
select their allotments, end use their
best endeavors to prepare themselves
for the business life on which they
are about to embark"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
The Busy Florida Press.

We failed to get 'em ali in our re-
cent reference to the busy press of
Florida, and the St. Lucie Tribune.
beginning where we left off, says:
That is only starter. The Polk
county Record is working on the
matter of having-two capitals for the
United States, with Barlow as win
ter headquarters. Straub of the St.
Petersburg Times has a municipal
fight on hand. while Frank Walpole.
of the Manatee Record, is mixed up in
street franchise matters. The Lake
land News wants new county. or
the court house from Barlow. and
Hugh Sparkman, of the Zolfo Adver
user, is going to- put the Atlantic
Coast Line out of business. StovalI
OF the Tampa Tribune. and Jordan. of
the Puntaa Gorda Herald, are asst
ing the Metropolis in roasting the
Board Of Pardons The. Lake Butler
Star insists that publishers Of the
State should organize a union and
Mays, Of the Pensacola Journal, wants
10 Gust the postmaster Of his city. The
Jacksonville Sun has a big fight with
the gum" crowd. McCreary. of the.
Gainesville Sun, is again in political
hne-up to retain his seat in the state
senate. while Matthews, of the Starke
Telegraph, wants to go back to the
legislature. The rest of us are busy
praising our own sections, while the
candidates are beginning to hustle for
the votes and the dear people" are
busy lodging their handshakes. In
fact this is the busy season and ev-
eryoody has caught the spirit of the
siogan-"get busy."-Live Oak Demo-
crat.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
The Isle of Pines to be a Separate
Province.

Senators Spooner and Bacon have
reached an agreement concerning an
amendment to the Isle of Pines treaty.
which is intended to protect Ameri-
can interests.
1t provides that the. isle shall be
regarded as a separate providence,
within the meaning of the Cuban con-
stitution. This would give to the ilse
local government and a representative
in the Cuban congress when the popu
ulation of the island warrants such
representation.
As the Americans are in the major
ity in the island, it is understood
that the proposed. amendment will be
satisfactory to them. 1t will be offer
ed in the senate when the treaty is
taken up in the executive session.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
HISTORY OF FAMOUS CASES

A great deal of adverse criticism is
now being made against the pardoning
board at Tallahassee for reprieving
Isaiah Cooper for the third time.
The condemned man was tried and
found guilty on purely circumstantial
evidence of killing Marshal Bawman.
OF Punta Gorda, and it stands to
reason that the pardoning board, con-
sisting of the governor and four mem
bers of his cabinet, would not have in
terfered for the third time with the
execution of the decree of the court
unless they had good reason for so
doing.
Circumstantial evidence is said to
be the best evidence but is only so
when the facts are corroborated with
other facts and then very frequently
1t goes astray and leads the innocent
to condemnation and death.
In the early 7O's a law book was
printed by S. NJ Phillips entitled. The
History of Famous Cases. and thirtv-
nine cases are cited in which persons
on purely circumstantiaI evidence
were punished for capital offenses and
is was afterwards discovered that they
were entirely innocent.
This book is as interesting as any
novel and We commend it to the atten-
ton of the esteemed Punta Gorda
Herald, the Jacksonville Metropolis
and other newspapers. who are con-
demning the pardoning board for the
exercise Of clemeney in capital Of
lenses.
We reprint one of the cases. which
viii show how easy it is to be mis-
taken even when eircumstantfal evil
dence points only in one direction.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
PUT IN COLD TYPE.

Railroad Commissioner Burr has
been foiled of his prey, and he must
now HE him to his cavern where he
had hoped to crunch the bones of Ed
itof Harris. of the .acaIa Banner. af-
ter having previously and publicly
slaughtered that unfortunate gentle
man on the stump amid the approx
ing yells of the multitude, and think
up some other scheme to entice him
within his avenging and destroying
reach. Some days ago Mr.. Burr in an
open letter challenged Editor Harris
to a public discussion On the merits
and value of the Florida railroad
commission, Mr. Harris having as
serted in his paper that the institu-
ton was worthless. The body of the
editors reply to that challenge is as
follows:
II am not a candidate for railroad
commissioner, nor for any other office
within the gift of the people of Flor
ida, and am not seeking any ad cap
tandum notoriety. The columns of
the OcaIa Banner are open to you for
any contribution you. or any friend of
yours, may make in defense of your
Board. This is an age in which cold
type, more than noisy oratory, talks"
The logic of this reply is irresisti-
BILE, for it is clearly the editors place
to talk on public issues through the
columns of his paper and not from
the stump. That's what he's here for.
We trust that Mr.. Burr will avail
himself Of the invitation and give to
the public through the Banner a full
defence of the commission against the
charges preferred against it.. A stump
speech, while more or less entertain
ing, depending on the quality of the
oratory, is a primitive way Of reach
ing the people, superseded for the
most part nowadays by the newspa-
pers, and in clearness and fullness of
statement and accuracy of thought
there is no comparison between the
advantages of the two methods. For
our part we are genuinely anxious to
see a full presentation of this COM
mission issue, ex-cathedra, in cold
type, and while from the nature of
the subject it will be hard reaching
without frills, We will be glad to
tackle it and reach a definite conelu-
sion as to the value Of the public ser
vices of Mr.. Burr and his colleagues
of the cOmmission.-Live Oak Demo-
crat.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
A Newspaper F.~wer for Broward.

Mia-d and the Dade county fair
were honored yesterday by a visit
from the chief executive of the state,
and our people had the pleasure of
hearing him speak in the county fair
building.
Within the past few days Governor
Broward has in this public utterances
been very bitter-more so than usual
in his denuciations Of the newespa-
pers of Florida, and has taken pains
to make no exceptions: but whether
the Morning News agrees with Gov
ernor Broward in his drainage scheme
has nothing whatever 10 do With its
estimate of him as conscientious
. man and as public officer in the or
binary discharge of his duty.
The News is therefore able 10 CIV
that his speech in the fair building
yesterday was an able one and one
which was thoroughly entoyed by
those who heard it and we take this
occasion to express the appreciation
and thanks of our people to the gov
ernor for his words.
e The speech is one which if nrinta5
In pamphlet form and distributed
over the country would prove of in
estimable benefit to this section
Miami News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
Plenty of Fish Left in the Sea.


1t is the consensus of the best opin-
ions amOngsthe money kings of Chris
tendon that the new century promi-
ses even richer rewards than the old
to those that seek riches The career
of many of the elder heroes of, High
Finance reads. like a fairy tale. Whit
ney used to say, after he got out of
politics and into Wall street. that ii
beat president making all hollow That is
as body may say, and every man to
his taste, say L. but il is an undoubt-
ed fact that when a man declares that
he disdains money he is likely to be
lying.
The history of the vast accretions
of property and wealth the world over
embOdies more or less the story of the
early bird who has caught, or come
by. and has chung to, the worm of real
estate. Fortunes in trade are here to-
day. and off tomorrow, but the value
Of land goes on forever 1t is a sim
pie question of arithmetic, of time and
population. To buy, or inherit by the
acre, and to sell. or lease by the foot.
is the process so familiar to the Gros
venors and the Vavendishes in Eng
land, the AstOrs and the Goelets in
America.-Henry Watterson in Louis
vile Courier Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
Lost in the Woods.

We are afraid our very esteemed
contemporary, the Ocala Evening Star,
does not know exactly where it is
"at" on the proposition to abolish the
railroad commission
Just a day or two ago in fit of
something like righteous wrath it cried
out as follows:
why not abolish the railroad COM
mission anyway? 1t is an expensive
luxury, and accomplishes nothing"
Now it says:
1.-THE editor of the Star has not de-
manded that the railroad commission
be abolished
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
Primary for the First c.
District.

A democratic primary 49,.
hereby called by the democ,,.
ecutive committee of the FIN
gressional district Of Flo,,a.
held in each county of sa,s
sional district on the 18th da, Z.
1906, for the nomination OF il.
cratic candidate for Congress !
district to be voted for BY a.
tors at the general election a
on the 9Th day Of November, ia,
in case of necessity a second {.
shall be held.on the 18th day !.
1906. to choose between the tns /.
est candidates where a no,...
may not have been made bv 8,
ity vote in the first primary
primary shall be held in con,....
with the primaries called bv 4.
democratic executive commit.s.
said dates.
Each person desiring to han.
name printed on the primary -.
ballots as a candidate for reprs,.-
tive in congress rom this A..
shall file with the chairman 4, !.
committee at his Headquarters /, +
city of Tampa, Florida, on or l..
the 1st day of April. 1906. hi. n.
of candidacy and application IA !,
his name so printed upon a bla..
be furnished by said Chairman
accompanied by the sum Of tno 4.
dred and fifty dollars; and no nam.
any such candidate shall be mi.
upon, or counted, or returned Il >.
ed upon any such ballot under n
requirement shall have been con-,
with.
A meeting Of the democratic as
tive committee Of the First conr1
sional district of Florida, Is bed
called to convene in the city II ii.
pa, at ten o'clock, a. M. on TIE Y
day of May, A. D., 1906. for he n
pose Of canvassing the returns
declaring the result Of the said
mary election.
Attest: w. B. HENDERs0ga
p. G.. Wall, Chair,
Secretary.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
THE GOVERNOR AND THE NEWS
PAPERS.

/ covernor Browards troubles con-
time to beset him to that degree that
he allows his ire to run away with his
discretion. He is particularly aggriev-
ed against the newspapers, because, In
the first place, they did not support
him in the primaries of 1904, and now,
in the second place, many of the most
influential amongst them are opposing
his great drainage scheme.
In Jacksonville, last Saturday night,
he made a speech in defense OF his
drainage undertaking and he took
occasion then to charge the newspa-
pers with being in the pay Of the rail-
roads, alleging that they are the sub
servient instruments Of the corpora
tions, in whose behalf they are 'oppos-
ing his project of draining the Ever
glades. The governor, if he is cor
rectly reported made no exceptions in
his sweeping charges.
1t has not been long since he con-
tributed to the Jacksonville Sun an ar
ticle in which he charged the news
papers with selling editorial space at
so much per inch.
Entertaining as he does such an
opinion Of the Florida press and be-
ing confirmed in his views by a feel
ing of anger, it would be useless to
submit to him evidence that his
charges. so far as they relate to at
least nine tenths Of the newspapers,
are utterly groundless; but, as a mat
ter of justice to those he maligns, the
attention of the people should be call
ed to the fact that a number of the
best and most influential newspapers
of the State are now and have been
for long time openly and vigorously
advocating policies TO which the rail-
strongly opposed.
The Tampa Times, for example. for
several months past has been ably ar
guing in favor of government revision
Of railroad rates, and in this it has
had. the active support of the Live
Oak Democrat and other papers of
high character, to say nothing of the
positive declaration in this behalf of
The Punta Gorda Herald Nay, these
same papers; in fact, majority of the
newspapers of the state have had the
temerity to assail the interests of the
great and opulent insurance compan-
les by advocating Governor Broward's
pet scheme of state insurance.
He has evidently forgotten their
support in this particular and remem-
bers only their opposition to his
drainage scheme and their criticisms
of his acts as chief of the Pardoning
Board.
Without going into an extended dis
cussion of the quarrel between the
Governor and the newspapers, it is
enough to point out two conclusions
suggested by the matter. First, the
governor is engaged in a very unpa-
triotic effort to advertise to the world
that, in his opinion the press of his
state is corrupt and utterly untrust-
worthy; and if people abroad should
believe him, the state would suffer a
real injury. Second, these same news
papers; nay, any half dozen of them.
have done more than Governor Bro
ward ever has done or ever can do
towards attracting attention to Flor
ida, developing her resources, uphold
ing her laws and her courts and do
ing every other honorable and noble
tnlng TO make the state a dwelling
place fit for the princes of the earth.
-Punta Gorda Herald
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
After the County comissiu.u

The state auditor has reeentlg RI
that all the county commissions
during their term of Office have
eeived more than 800, per yen
diem milaege, inspecting 81
bridges, or other perquisites, INST
fund to the county all received : I
cess OF that amount. In Esu'
county the governor has orders
the present board to refund ani
the members of the proceeding
Now it is up to the commissiola
the various counties to cast y
counts" and come across win
received in excess Of 800 per ~
Madison New Enterprise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
A Fish Story.

Messrs. Lund and Slocum. who fish
ed on the reefs yesterday aboard the
Barracuda had a novel and very in
teresting catch, which they were not
only able to report but to bring back
as evidence Of the truth of their yarn.
One of the gentlemen had hooked a
mackerel and was landing it when a
barracuda struck it, first taking off
one part and then swallowing the
other. No sooner had this been done
when a monster grouper attacked and
swallowed the barracuda, nothing
but its head protruding from its
mouth and in this manner all three
of the fish were landed. The catch
was brought to the dock and exhibit
ed.-Miami Metropolis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

The Dade County Furniture Com
pany, belonging to MessrS. c. NJ.
PHown and G. VI. Brown. ir.. formerly
of this city. has been Incorporated un-
der the laws of the State of Florida
and the following are the incorpora-
tors: c. NJ. Brown c. NJ. Brown. jr..
John c. Dial and John McAlhster. The
capital stock of the corporation is $50
GOO OF which the Messrs. Brown own
22s shares and Messrs. Dial and Nc
Allister 121 shares.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

|. The Jacksonville Metropolis says
that the newspaper list of living Con-
federate congressman continues TO
grow. First, came the announcement
that there were but three former mem
bers of the congress alive. The num-
ber' has now grown to thirteen. name
ly: Hiram p. Bell, of Georgia: S. B.
Callahan, Indian Territory J. A. P.
CambelL of mississippi; A. S. Colyar.
Of Tennessee; S. H. Ford, Of Ken
lucky: John Goode. of Virginia; Jo-
seph 3. Heiskell, of Tennessee: Henry
{. Jones' of Alabama; John NJ. Mar
tin' OF Florida; James L. Pugh, of
Alabama; Roger A. Pryor. of vir-
GINA; John p. Rails. of Alabama, and
w. H. Tibbs, of North Carolina.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

A bill is pending 10 increase the
salaries of the president to $4,000.
OF the vice president and cabinet
officers to $4,000 each, of the speaker
to $4,000, and senator's and repre-
sentatives to $500 each. The conten-
ton is made that the increase is nee
essary because Of the increase in the
cost OF living in Washington. The
same argument would. of course. jus
tify a similar increase in the compen-
sation Of every one of the thousands
employees of the. government civil
and military. but not a word concern
ing them appears in the bill
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
AN OPEN LET TER.
To Hon. Frank Harris, Editor of
Ocala Banner. Ocala, Fla.
Tallahassee, March Z. 1906.

Ocala banner,s Ocaia, ria.
Tallahassee, March Z. 1906.
Dear Sir
/ have noticed in the last few issues
of the Ocala Banner, of which you are
the editor, several articles attacking
the railroad commission of this state.
/ note that you take the position that
the commission is responsible for the
failure of certain fruit and vegetable
growers to make a success in the in
terror of Florida; also for a system Of
rates which you contend is ruinous
to the interior towns of the state, and
that you conclude from these state
ments of alleged facts that the rail-
road commission of Florida is
and ought to be abolished.
Knowing, as / do, that you have
misrepresented the situation, and de-
string to see corrected any false i'm
preston for which you may have
created in the minds of the people,
and yet allow you a fair opportunity
to defend your position. 1 respectfully
invite and urge you to meet me in
joint public discussion of this ques-
ton, at Ocala or any other point or
points in the state and at date or
dates within the next six weeks to be
n,utuaIIv apraad iInon
If you are sincere in your contention
am sure you will welcome an OPP
portunity to meet in public dis
cussion and confuse an advocate of
the commission law.
Very respectfully.
r. HUDSON BURR.
Ocala, Fla. March 9, 1906:
Hon. R. Hudson Burr, Tallahassee,
Fla.
Dear SIR
am not a candidate for railroad
commissioner, nor for any other office
within the gift of the people of Flor
ida, and am not seeking any captandum
notoriety.
The columns of the Ocala Banner
are open to you for any contribution
you, or any friend of yours, may make
in defense of your board.
This is an age in which cold type,
more than noisy oratory, talks.
Very truly yours,
FRANK HARRIS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

If Tom Watson will stay long
enough in Florida to get rid of Geor-
gia populism he will find himself
more contented if not a wiser man.
His ability and force is unquestion-
able, but isn't there something lacking
in the man who always finds himself
at odds with the world?-Times I'm
ion
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

The Comptroller of the currency re-
ports that at the close of business last
of S55O.S0S, S95 bank notes. This is
comforting news to country editors.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

TO Belgium. Two have gone on to
Savannah To take passage to Antwerp.
This shows how the people of the
whole world are hunting up our lux
uries.-Milton Index.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

King Edward claims to work II
hours a day; Emperor William and
President Roosevelt .16 hours. These
rulers ought to organize labor union
and work less.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

The orange groves about Orlando
which did not have a full crop the
past season, are giving evidence of
an unusual heavy bloom, indicating
big crop for this year If nothing un-
toward hits US this year, look out for
an astonishing yield in old orange
Orlando Reporter.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

According to Golfers. during the
current session, up to February 16,
there had been introduced. into the
house, $1,000 bills and into the SEN
ate 4,4S4.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16
A Brave Newspaper.

The Record is published ia iA
terest of the whole people. and .
afraid to express its opinino On 2
ters of public interest. = Aal'
County Record.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

Truly this is a day of prosperity for
Florida. Every state paper one picks
up tells of the Announcements being
made all along the line.-Marianna
Times Courier.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-16

1t goes without saying that a mile
or two of this glorious climate is the
very best health investment fellow
can make.