The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-19


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trle Is ia Keeping Fta so1aHzac
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ard family. Individual EFFORT and pr
sonal advancement 81 indlFlduzI en-
petition It Is admitted thzt mzng
parents rear their children Wrong. ba-
after zl tie state must rely largely s..
On parsnsi lore and discretion Erpa
lrisncs las dsmoAstEztsd that the lore
Of the parent via better promote fhe
Development Of ths chId thzn guhstl.
tnting therefor : ssate oEcer. and Il
did not occur 70 ne thar any chna-
less commissioner of any dspzrtaenl
of state should assume parental care
of the children Of the stare. I oppos.
20 these provisions Of that bIu and
an ready at any time te meet the is-
sue upoa the stump and show the
fathers and mothers Of this state TIA.
the doctrine To which held then Is
the sound doctrine 81 civilization. !
an sure that many parents do nor
want 70 abdicate their ovn Authority
and parental care By substituting
therefor = state oaacer, what ever mzy
be that officers character
II believe moreover that it Is The
duty Of the state 70 protect every cit
izen Ia their legitimate rights and IN
the gains of their industry and their
property. and that no person shall Be
denied Or Be stripped Of property
rights which he has honestly earned
and thar no class Of citizeDs shall Be
permitted 70 gain advantage by Law
oyer any other class Of citSze1a. 50
holding ! have never considered any
law IN the legislature ia the interest
Of federated labor alone. but have
eomprehended the effect of that law
upon all other classes. have dole
fhie particularly because I know that
great many of our citizens do not
belong to federated labor, and /
thought then and think nov that that
class who do not belong have equal
rights with those who do belong,
and If there we're not citizens in the
state except federated labor citizens,
It would then be dangerous to accept
wholly such representatives as men
toned above because they would pull
down upon the laboring mems heads
the temple they would attempt to
erect For instance a bill passed the
senate known as senate bill No Al,
which provided there should be an
electric headlights upon every locomo-
tive in the state. There was no ex-
cepilon to the provision When that
bill came TO the house / went into the
switch yards at Guthrie and asked a
railroad brakeman engaged in switch.
ing cars what he thought Of that pro-
vision, and when being told that It
would apply 10 the switch engine he
quickly replied, II you pass that law
1t would mean that would be con
stantly In danger Of my life lie
then explained that TWO or more en-
gines may be switching at the same
time IN the Guthrie yards coming
meeting each other, each equipped as
required under the bill with the cleo.
trio headlight Of fifteen hundred can.
die power capable Of distinguishing
an object seventy yards without the
aid OF refectors. AS brakeman ID
the switch yards he would be 30 daz
zled and blinded by the glare Of those
lights that he would not know where
to jump and that he would as likely
Jump IN the middle Of the track and
be run over BY the cars as not. In
keeping with that sensible advice
discussed this with members o. the
house committee ana an amendment
wss made to that bill, which would ex
empt from the provisions Of the acl
all trains except road trains. That Il
to say. trains running on the road and
hauling freight and passengers, Sc
that switch engines and those similar
ly situated are exempted from the
provisions Of the law sought moi
the demands OF the walking delegate
but sought the advice from the mar
who does the work. not only among
the railroad people. but among tbs
miners as TO what would best sub
serve their interest. and because I re
fused 70 talk 10 Little Pete and hii
aeeociates thew have occurred n uackaf