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The Washington times., 1907-05-19
Mining Coal
Under theSea

7 7 4 "a C-'Irc Bretor ISLAM. where
there are a great number Of
collieries digging out coal from
under the sea, the submarine
area thus undermined now amounts
70 about sixteen ordinary farms OF
100 acres each The outer end OF the
hole is something over a mile from
shore Strange as il may seem. the
workings have never been invaded by
sea water streams, although fresh
water streams have been encountered
Rowing out in the strata under the
ocean bed. The thickness OF the strata
over The mines varies from 900 10 f.f4O
feet About 5-25O.O0O tons Of coal have
thus far been taken from these sub
marine workings. and there is as vet
no indication OF failure OF the beds.
The Washington times., 1907-05-19
BY l.. DeIanO Varney.

open road. the car slowed down and
passed to the left through the tree.
lined avenue of a private villa.
us this Major Ampthins?" the act
ress inquired. She had never been to
the majors before, and tried to calm
her troubled feelings with the faint
nope that she had at last reached her
destination by a roundabout way.
mo. IL Is mine"' The car had come
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leaving. He knew what the reply
would be.
i don't want 10 20 to the majors
now"
but what about the gallant majors
feelings, chr"
Don't tease me, Willie n n have
plenty Of girls there without me Let's
go back 10 London
Very well. dear. as you will
They sat side by side on the return
voyage, and. as they turned into the
main road. Manviile remarked: This
has been the best day I've ever speut.
and two people have my very hearty
thanks"
''Whog''
Cupid End a chauffeur
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ed, and looked vainly for a way of
escape from something quite as indefi-
mite as her enforced companions mute
behavior. Vague fears of conspiracies
and kidnapings flashed through her
mind. The road was a wriggling blur
and the vino tugged at her face in a
way that told Of pace close to a mile
a minute.
She leaned over and shrieked in the
strangers ear that she was frightened
that she was ill-that she begged
him to stop just a minute. He seeESed
not TO hear
In desperation she reached in frort
Of him and tried to grasp his speed
lever Instantly his left hand dropped
the steering wheel and gripped her
arm.
Presently. after a long squirt on the
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less important than the conquest Of
Alice Glegg. Alice, I've got this
machine on trial How d'you ike i'?,,'
ITS very nice.
As good as the one you left at
Staines2'
"Oh. better than that"
That's good news. I've decided to
give it you in marriage present"
"But-but I'm not going To be mar
ried."
Anyway, the car viii keer rll you
are" He made men-al calculation
OF the numner of minutes nat would
elapse before the m 1ment0ls CUES on
was decided -'NOH. the,i. yJn NIX
80 very coy that / don't like the
idea OF disturbing you. brit eri'eps
you would care - have peep at
'yonder mdnsi"q grim before We re-
turn 10 London ~
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Early New York Fire

7 cry few people whose business
NJ takes them to the lower end
" Of Pearl street, New York
city. have noticed high up IN
der the l. structure on the front
part Of an cid warehouse the carved
figure placed there in commemoration
of the great FIRE Of 1895. The rnscrip-
ton reads:
Destroyed 1885
In the confagration 1917 DECEMBER
$50 buildings containing merchandise
were consumed in one night.
Loss 20,0O0,o0o Of Dollars.
Rebuilt 1896 on found alton OF large
stone for John r. Pete. s."
The lower tablet reads:
Again destroyed by IRE
August q. 1sS3'
Even this fire has never been heard
OF by the great majority Of New York
erS, and the tablet Is nearly lest IN
the rapid growth Of the city
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river. a lawn and leafy trees. He as
sisted her to aliSht II bought this
house last wees hope to spend my
honeymoon in It very soon" he re-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20

as low az possible for the cons
duet Of state government pro.
perly administered.
SEPARATE COACHES
We approve tho resolutions Of
the constitutional convention of
March 1 1907, 7,pledging the enact.
ment Of laws at the earliest pos.
sible date during the first session
of the first Legislature providing
for separate coaches or accom-
modations and waiting rooms for
the negro race. We pledge in
like manner to carry into effect
the provisions in the constitution
for sepatate schools for the negro
PROHIBITION
The question of prohibition has
been removed from partisan
politics and has been left to a
vote of the people in accordance
with the principles of the referen.
dunn.
FUFILLMENT or PLEDGES
In the constitution which we
submit we call attention to the
important fact that we have faith.
fully carried out every pledge
made to the people in the last
campaign. We unreseryedly
endorse the action of the demo-
cratic majority in its faithful
compliance in drawing the con-
stitution in accordance with our
pledges to the people, and we
pledge that the democratic party,
if now entrusted with power in
the administration of the state
government, will faithfully en-
force, execute and carry into
effect every principle of said con-
stitution as adopted by the peo-
pie and strict enforcement Of
every law enacted by the people
or legislature OF this state.
NATIONAL ISSUES
| We hereby express our allegs
lance to the great principles of
government advocated by the
national democratic party, upon
which we believe the future well
fare of this republic must depend,
We reaffirm our allegiance to
: that greatest living exponent Of
democratic principles, William
Jennings Bryan, and endorse him
for our presidential nominee in
1908.
We emphatically demand the
reasonable and proper control of
transportation and transmission
companies and the supervieion
and control of all enterprises en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
We favor the improvement Of
the waterways Of the Mississippi
valley and the establishment of
water transportation whereve:
practicable throughout theunion.
We believe that the patriotic
: element of the republican party
} is no longer able TO control or
greatly influence that great politi-
cal organism. We believe that
, the machinery ia that party has
: fallen under the insidious influene
, Of the great plutocratic powers
! and organized monopolies of this
} nation.
! We denounce and condemn the
national republican party for the
B lavish use of money belonging to
the people of Oklahoma in the
4 reclamation service in other
. states, and pledge our members
in our national congress to use
Q their best efforts to require the
!. reclamation service to use the
money belonging to Oklahoma in
= Oklahoma.
We believe that the vast con-
tribuhons of money by these
special interests have given such
interests such power over the re-
4 publican party that remedy for
r national conditions under which
the people suffer is impossible
through that party.
We appeal, therefore, to overy
good citizen who places patriot-
a 3ay,, "a hn.ra ocr,a ~, apniu lem banpf .
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20

| lub GOubblAuNlOlloA c"N '
the entire vote cast in the county
was 2232. Witness my hand and
official seal this 18th day of May,
1907.
(Seal) Floyd Mcneil, Co. clerk
You know that this is not fair,
Frank, to take the vote last fall
as a basis. You know that the
southern counties did not cast
half of their vote, while in the
northern counties where the con-
test was hot, they cast the big
eist vote in their history. Your
own paper shows it. i hold in
my hand an article clipped from
the Capital last November. 1t
gives the vote Of each county and
compares it with the vote Of two
years previous. Speaking of
Greer county, it says:
"Greer county, republican 433;
democrats 2124; total 2557. Two
years ago republicans 1901
democrats 1904; socialists 90;
total 5t59."
"Thine own mouth condemeth
thee and not 1, yea thine own
lips testify against thee. Job,
1916. The constitution says that
Old Greer has Az instead of 5}s
as represented by you. Your
third statement is:
"Comanche cast 5026 votes,
allowed 6 representatives, basis
Of one representative for every
S57 votes" The constitution
says four instead of six.
Again you say: "Kiowa ooun
ty cast 29O3 votes, allowed 2}s
representatives, basis Of one for
every 1161."
The constitution gives Kiowa :
instead Of two and one.half
Further down you say: "Rog
er Mills county cast 1860 votes
has three representatives, basis
of one for eyery Sol votes"
The constitution gives Roger
Mills Ia instead of three as rep
resented by you. Again you say
cleveland county cast 241'
votes. allowed two representa-
tives, basis of one for every 120!
votes" ...
! The constitution allows Cleve
land Is instead Of two. Lower
down you eay:'
Canadian, county cast 313
4 votes; allowed; one representa-
; tfSe.''a "~ ssTs,~>
~ ese.... --gs
i ,4Lhe constitution gives Canadl'
4au1]a instead of one as repre-
i sented by you. Again you say
-@Dewey county cast 1,97'
votes, allowed ~ representa-
tives, basis one for every 1915
votes"
The constitution gives Dewe!
one. AS Dewey is a Republican
county, | do not know why yol
tshould misrepresent it by giving
it more than it really has. Dom
you see, Frank, that you hav
gotten into the lying habit so tba
you lie even when it is agains
the interests of your own party Z
do so.
But the browning lie of all wa
published in the Capital of Ma
11th, being an article of one l
S. Wilson, of Pawnee. He mad
the statement that wo-thirds c
! population OF Oklahoma live i
. the northern half of the state an
one. third in the southern hal
That the third in the south
ern have two thirds of the legi'
lature. | determined to investi
: gate that statement. Taking
. map, which l purchased from tn
: State Capital, trimmed off a
the margins. Then l folded
in the center, dividing the stat
j, into two equal parts. Ever
county that the dividing lin
= crossed | counted as being on tn
9 south side. l then set down th
counties on eacs side, took th
constitution and wrote down tn
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20

PLATFORM
Broad Declaration of Principles
to Be Adopted.

lar is the platform adopted by The
democratic state convention last
night. The right Of OF self-gov-
ernment, Immediately and with.
out evasion. is demanded. All
efforts to defeat the coveted boon
of statehood is condemned and
the constitution that has been
framed is declared to be the best
state organic law ever framed.
fulfilling every pledge that has
been made to the people of the
state ana protecting the people
against th stealthy hand Of
predatory monopoly. The plat
form favo,5 the sale of school
lands on equable terms, preserv-
ing the preference rights of les.
sees, the fund resulting to be
faithfully preserved and invested
as provided in the constitution.
Maintenance of the present
state schools and establishing
other schools and institutions
equitably throughout the state is
favored.
The party pronounces unquivo-
cally in favor of the purchase of
segregated coal and asphalt lands
at an agreed price between the
state authorities and the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw governments.
subject to approval of contract
by vote of the people.
The party expresses opposition
to the passing of timber lands
and other natural resources into
the hands of great monopolies,
and favors the removal of re.
strictions from the sale Of Indian
lands.
The platform declares that the
question of prohibition should be
left to vote of the people accord
ing to the principle ofreferendum
The platform as adopted by the
convention for its consideration
follows:
We, the representatives of the
democratic party of the state oI
Oklahoma, in appealing to the
citizenship of our state for theiI
support, do respectfully submit
these principles of self.govern-
ment, for which we stand and
which are of special interest in
the pending campaign.
LOCAL ISSUES.
We believe we sh5uld have the
right OF local self-governmenf
Immediately, without denial, de-
lay or evasion.
We believe the people of Okla
homa should and will condemn
at the polls the efforts of those
who have been trying to defea'
statehood for our people.
We submit to the people o.
Oklahoma the best state consti'
tuition that has ever been writer
aud in asking the suffrage of thc
patriotic citizenship of this statt
we firmly stand upon this consti
tuition in its entirety as our plat
, form.
! In this splendid organic law W
have carried out in perfect goo,
faith every pledge made by us t
: the people Of the state, and hav
drawn a constitution which no
only protects the right to life
liberty and the pursuit OIL happl
: ness of the citizens, but a consti
tuition Lhat takes the most ad
: vanced ground of any organi
, law in existence for the protec
ton of the property rights of tn
: people against the stealthy hao'
> of ingenious modern monopoly
SCHOOL LANDS
We believe that as soon a
possible and practicable the Ian,
held by the state for educationa
purposes should be sold upo
terms that shall be absolutely
, fair to the people of this state
preserving the preference righ
enabling act,to the end that sue
lands should become taxable an
3 be made more valuable and pro
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20
That Outrageous
Gerrymander.

You are the recognized
leader of the Republican party
in Oklahoma. Since you are the
editor of the leading Republican
newspaper in the territory, you
perhaps have as much influence
in shaping the policy OF the Re-
publican party in Oklahoma as
any other ten men.
OF course everybody expects
you to fight the constitution. We
knew that you would do that be-
fore the convention met. No one
has ever accused Frank Greer of
being a fool, and we are told in
the fable that it was : fool that
killed. the goose that laid the
golden eggs. We do not blame
you for fighting it. If we stood
IN your shoes we would be fight
ing it, too.
For eighteen years you have
enjoyed a graft that no one else
ever had in the history of the
world. The vaults of every court
house in Oklahoma ara loaded
and crowded with public records
that were purchased from the
State Capital Printing Co. at an
enormous sexpense to the tax
payers and great profit to your
self. Every public officer and
every justice of the peace has
set of statutes that have been
printed by your company. Ev-
cry lawyer in Oklahoma has a
set of Supreme Court Reports
that were printed by you. No
legislature ever meets without
appropriating thousands of dol
lars to you for doing their print
ing. A territorial form-of gov
ernment is q good thing for you,
and TO one is fool enough to ex-
pect you TO work for statehood.
Yes, Frank, we know that you
would be fighting the constitu-
ton just as hard, no matter what
they might have put into it, or
left out of it. And we do mob
blame you. We do not expect
you to point out the good things
in it. We expect you to magni-
fly the defects in it-yes, we ex-
pect you to lie littie-in fact q
whole lot, but, Frank, really don't
you think you are over doing the
thing? 1t is true that the rank
and file of the Republican parity
believe anything they read in "a
Republican paper but, Frank, if
you stretch. them TOO much, they
will discover that you are lying,
and then they will lose cent?
dence in you and discover that
you are only trying to use them
as a cats paw to pull your chest,
nuts out Of the fire. ,,' -.s
want to caution you, Frank.
For instance | hold in my hand
an editorial clipped from the
State Capital. Now, | do not
have any money to throw at the
birds, but in order to encourage
the NOBLE art Of lying, | am going
to make this proposition: If any
one can show me an article ever
printed in newspaper since re
printing press was invente' that
contains so many lie % the
square irch, l will mg him 3
present of 500 in gold. ~ E
Your first statement is a false
hood. You say;
"Oklahoma county, the larges
in point of population and the
wealthiest, cast 1900 votes las
fall, is allowed 21s representa-
tives upon the basis of one rep
resentative for every 3160 votes.
Turning to the constitution
article 8, sec. IA, we find tina
Oklahoma has three, instead 0
21a as represented by you.
Your second sentence con
tains two lies in it. You say
s'The counties comprising oil
Greer oountV. cast 1861 votes.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20

We believe that the present
state schools should be maintain
ed, and that other necessary
schools and state institutions
should be established equitably
throughout the state.
COAL and AsPHALs LANDS
We favor the purchase of the
segregated coal and asphaltlands
at fair price, to be agreed upon
between the state authorities and
the Choctaw and Chickasaw gov
ernments, subject to the approval
by a vote Of the people of tni
state, before the contract Of pur.
chase shall become effective.
We favor IT, fullest develop
ment of such lands in the in
terest Of the schools and charit-
able institutions and the pro-
duction Of cheap fuel for the
people of this state.
We favor The immediate sale of
the surface of such segregated
coal and asphalt lands in small
tracts TO actual settlers.
We strongly oppose the tim Der
land and other natural resources
of this state into the hands of
great private monopoles.
REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS
We believe the people of this
sovereign state should have the
full measure Of liberty enjoyed
by citizens Of other sovereign
states.
We believe that the various
federal bureau established in the
state should be immediately
terminated and that the basis oi
this tureau government, the re-
strictions on the sale and lease oI
land of our citizen, should bC
removed summarily, except as tC
homesteads of full blood; anC
we favor the immediate settlement
of all tribal affairs and immedi'
ate distribution of all tribal funds
We believe that the estate o
those mentally incompetent, o
whatsoever race, should be pro
tected by our state probate court
We will take care of our own de-
fectives of whatever race or colo
and will not rely upon the feder
? al government to discharge thi
proper function of our own state
: INVESTED CAPITAL
We believe that it is of th'
! greatest Importance to the de
velopment of our new state t,
, give perfect safety and assurance
to invest capital and that wher
, complete security is afforded
: capital will gladly seek invest
. ment at the lowest rates of inter
p est.
We draw broad line of dis
tinction between capital invested
in honest enterprises and preda
tory capital engaged in conspir
acy against the proceeds of labo
of the American people. w
oppose those crafty corporation
which artfully cohtrivO 70 de
stroy competition and thus fl
arbitrary prices on the necessi
ties of life, and on those thing
! which are produced by our ow
people. We do not intend t
I encourage predatory capital i
this state. We do intend to pro
tect our people in the proceed
a of their honest labor. We fave
a especial care for the protectio
of the rights and interests of tn
laboring people, such as tn
farmer, the miner, the artisan
the small tradesmaE and th
q women and children of this state
4 NATURAL RESOURCES
o We favor the speedy develop
q ment of all our natural resource
It and especially OF our oil and g.
}, region.
: We favor the development {
= every form Of manufacture fC
: which our natural resources S
G we'll qualify the state.
: We pledge the passage of
rOod laW that will anabla tb
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20
SCHOOLS

We recognize the education Of
the people as absolutely essential
to the development Of this state,
and to the continuance of SUI
premacy of the democratic party.
We pledge the party to vigorous
ly promote in every reasonable
way to our school system, 30 that
this state shall stand in the front
rank in the educational column.
ECONOMY
We pledge to the people OF this
state an economical and faith
full administration of its affairs,
and that the state taxes shall he
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-20

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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-01-17
Wyleozony 2 choroby
DluC.

.,.Jest teraz jedenascie lat JAZZ
sie ledwie wyleczylem : : suchot, 4
pisze g. O. Flod, przewodni kusl
pieo Z Kershaw s. G. Spad}em v:
wadze do lY5 funt6w q kaszlifemas;
stale, tax we dnie aki y nocy. M1
koncu zaczalem uzywat Ora kin lg 4,
New Discovery j nieustawaleeAnl11
.bra5 tego przez szesc miesiecy,
gdy moi kaszel ! choroba pfuc zus
pelnie zginely j ia powr6cfemr DC
mel normalnej waggi, ITO funtow5
Tysi4ce os6b bywa wyleczonychl
ka zdego roku. Gwarantowane prtzuea11
M. J.. Kowalewskiego, aptekcaarzsas
500 i 1l.OO. Butelki ne probe.dar-
40.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1907-01-17
sTvmczasem I. 1876 przy.-

Tymczasem I. 1875 przy-
niosl caly sze1eg ustaw ma
iowych, 4 Kodciolowi pocze
Ia grozic wielka ruina. Me
dziwnego, 10 katolicy v Ksie
stwie musieli pomyslee 9 tenn
zeby wybrac do Berlina po-
slow jak najdzielniejszych.
Oczy~ Observation-Disclosures zwrocl-
~ sic ma x. Stablewskiego,
ale przeprowadzie by1o gol
trudno, DO W okregu wybor'
Gym wrzesi1skim, dzierzyia1
mandat poselski z dawnych
lat "famil;a" / z pomiedzy
siebie wybra}a ponownie na||
kandydata, poczciwego szla-
chcica, kt6ry Bogu by1 du@
SEE winien, a trzech zliczye
ME umial. Urzqd poselskl|
by} al do ow4d uwazany "a
synekure. Je6li pose1 wog6le|
sic fatygowa} NOVA, to kauai
j. sobie napisat v Poznaniu.I
Sprawozdania poselskie ty}yl
nieznane. P6zniej pi-
sail je ola pos}6w inni. o.
piracy " komisyach, 0 udzia-
10 " naradach mad %sprawami
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i. ADMINISTERS
cyjnemi Mkt ME my6la{. Maj
s}awniejszy czasu swego par
prawi{ W Sej~
mic " Berlinie mowy " ia
kim tonic, ze razu pewnego
nawet pistolet wydoby} i MIN
grozil.
X.Stablewski zwyciezy}
swojego pre-
~postawionego przez
"familie" ale "a to otrzyma}
ia pi6mie .dyplom ma zdrajcel
Pismo to oparzone
bylo siedmiu herbowemi pie-
i siedmiu podpisa-
mi. Prosilismy go, zeby poz.
wolil to curiosum wydruko-
wac W "Kur. Pozn."- nie
sic ma to zgodzie, dla-
togo, 70 pomiedzy podpisa
nymi byli jego @parafianie. Il
I dobrze sic stale, ri, kt6rzy
ten wyrok ferowali, mieli Of
warta droge do ulaskawienia
potepionego "a uozynili to-
rychlo.
Mic wspominali6my tego|
szczeg6}u, boo to u mas mel
nowina i kto tylko v polity-i
CO siega wzrokiem poza ko-1
nice nosa, must bye ma pot
ware i lorraine sadly przy-
gotowany: ale X.Stablewskil
mia} togo - p6zniej "a CA:
SOW swojego arcybiskupstwa
wiecej, niz zwykle 6mier-
telne serce znie6c potrafi......:
(Ciag dalszy nastapi).
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