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La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26

and mine owners were anxious for the
conflict. One day committee of nina
owners visited Governor Mcdonald
and asked him what he would do In re-
gard to maintaining law and order and
II he would allow them to deport the
miners.
"Gentlemen," said he, "if strike is
called and local officials can't control
1t, ! will: but 1t will be law and order
on both sides. I'll hang the first man
that blows up mine and I'll hang the
first man that undertakes to deport n
private citizen. When I go In there
will be law and order on both sides
and not on one side alone"
The mine owners went away crest
fallen and the next day committee of
miners visited him and asked him
what he would do and they got the
same reply. Two days after that the
miners and mine owners got together.
settled their differences and the strike
,was not ordered.
Neither cared to go up against the
law strictly enforced
Two months after that another
strike was imminent and other conf
mittees, who visited the governor. got
the same reply and went back and set.
tied their troubles.
At one time during his administra.
ton coal company made application
for certain coal lands in the state.
The governor looked the application
over and didn't think 1t read Just right.
He is a practical surveyor and one FRI
Day night he slipped out OF town, put
on some old clothes, went down to the
place and surveyed 1t and found that
here was just twice as much
land in the application rs the
chart showed. He came back. sent
for the president of the company, and
told him that he had better withdraw
The application, that 1t would cause
lin trouble II he undertook to put 1t
through. The president took the hint
and withdrew the application and the
school fund was enriched several hun
dred thousand dollars by reason Of the
Governor going Gown and spending
couple of days surveying for the state.
At another time coal company
turned in a report upon which 1t was to
pay 10 cents ton royalty on the coal
mined. The governor did not believe
the report showed the total number Of
tons that had been taken out OF the
mines. Unknown to- anybody he went
to the mine, and spent day surveying
the drifts. From these surveys he
made an estimate of the amount of
coal that had been taken out, sent the
company a bill for the difference and
the company, knowing 1t was up
against IT," sent him check for the
difference.
There was not dollar paid out of
the internal improvement fund for
roads and bridges during the past
two years that Governor Mcdonald
did not inspect the. bridge or the road.
He went over every mile Of road built
by the state and inspected every
bridge.
Many trips were taken by him when
the people along the roads never knew
who he was. At one time a company
put in faulty abutment for bridge
and he made them do the whole thilg
over before he approved the bill.
A few weeks ago the governor was
visiting one Of the state institutions
and after having been shown all
through and having commended the
work he called the manager Of the in
stitution. who was one Of his appoin.
tees. to one side. and pulling the ex
pense account Of the Institution out Of
his pocket asked him to explain one
Of the items.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26
as
Governor
SOME UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF
THE MCDONALD ADMINS
TRATIoN.

Written for the Pueblo Chieftain by
Alva A. Swain.
The following article was published
in the Pueblo Chieftain's Sunday mag
azine of January 90. 1907. and at this
time It was not known that the Hon
Jesse F. Mcdonald would ever be a
candidate for governor again, and
therefore was not published for politi-
cal effect. 1t gives an insight into the
sterling character of this man which
every voter should know.
A few days ago Colorado changed
her officials at the state house. The
most important of these changes is in
the position Of governor and In that
change a man was retired to private
life who has, within the past two
years. erected for himself monument
of personal esteem and confidence
from one end OF the state to the other.
No man ever accepted public trust
under greater disadvantages than did
Governor Mcdonald two years ago AT
that time the capital and labor classes
of the state were rent In twain as a
result Of the two years. conflict, and
so terrible had this conflict been that
people outside OF Colorado character
lied the representatives Of both labor
and capital and the state officials as
well, as being anarchists. law-broakers
and un.American citizens.
Out OF this turmoil, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Mcdonald became governor.
When he accepted the position state
ments were freely made that accept.
ing the position, as he did his admin
istration would be failure, but how
different has been the result.
The phenomenal change of public
sentiment can best be told in the ac-
tions Of the daily press. Two days al
ter he was inaugurated a Denver pa
per cartooned him as q worm squirm-
ing about on an empty seat. Two days
before he retired from office the same
paper cartooned him as Colorados
greatest executive.
And why this change Of sentiment?
Why was 1t that man could In a few
short months bring the people Of the
entire state from a condition Of opposi-
ton to him to worship at his feet?
It was because he was governor and
was honest and did his duty quietly
and without any blare Of trumpets.
Those who knew him best as chief eX-
ecutive loved him most
There was one thing Governor Nc.
Donald despised and that was public
ity to his official acts. Many an Incl
dent occurred, which, had 1t been
known at the time. would have made
him great, but he did not tell 1t and if
It became known would not let the
press boys publish It The following
are q few Of the incidents that oc-
CURED during his administration
which show the metal Of the man,
but which as yet have never been
made public:
About month after Governor Nc
Donald was inaugurated . strike was
Imminent in q section Of the stat
that was not affected BY the turmoil
Of the previous two years. In fact 1t
was agreed that strike was to be
called ON Q certain day. Both miners
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26

It is estimated that the lands owned
by Colorado are worth 316.000.0 900.
They must be handled by those who
are honest and interested in their caro-
and development. The most shameful
chapter in the history Of the Demo
cratic party 10 its neglect Of the school
lands when It was In power.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-26

II It Is an evidence Of honesty for
. Congressman to admit that he II in
possession Of stolen goods when he Is
caught with the stolen goods on his
person, then John Shafroth 10 entitled
to the name Of Observation-Disclosures
ton Blade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
SOME YOUNG MANS CHANCE
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME is
PRESENTED AND NO APPlI-
CANTS S2-PLENTY HERE.

Washington, Dec. 17-Senator
owen has two appointments to make
at the naval academy at Annapolis
for which there are no applicants
One is the principal for a cadetship
which carries with it all the privi-
leges of the regular training course
of four years The other is the ap-
pointment of second lieutenant in
the marine corps at salary of 81 200
per year. He is looking for some Ok.
lahoma men who can pass the stiff
examination required to fill this ap-
pointment.
Glenn Swanson, son of G.. VI. Swan
son of Muskogee. was appointed a
cadet at Annapolis by Senator owen
last year, and Melvin Robertson, son
OF W ". Robertson of Oklahoma
City, was appointed cadet to West
Point. Mr.. Robertson in the eXamina.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
DEMAND OF CREEK INDIANS
HAVE BETWEEN THREE AND
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN
TREASU FOR IT

Washington, Dec. 1S-Judge y.
Il. MaXey, Of Muskogee. is here rep
resenting the Indianso ( the Greek
nation VINO are demanding that the
government equalize the allotment Of
land in that nation, and do so at
once.
The Creeks have between three
and four million dollars to the cred
it in the national treasury. This will
not be enough to equalize the allot-
ments. The Indians want the secre-
tary Of interior To pay out what
money there is prorata and are ask
ing Tongress for pdrn, sspm TO
bring suit in the court OF claims for
sufficient money with which TO com
plete the equalization, a small some
thing like five million dollars.
Judge Maxey has had several con.
ferenccs with the secretary of in
terror and has finally got his endorse
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
Terms Spot Cash
On Behalf Of Oto.s.

Washington, Dec. ~ Congress
man Bird Mcclure Tuesday appeared
before the commissioner of Indian af-
fairs with a delegation of Otoe lndi-
ans who want the secretary Of IN
funds that portion of money that is
the rightful share of the Indians a;
the tribe who are competent, and to
once. Their, was a law passed in
1907 providing this should be done at
the discretion of the secretary of
interior. Congressman Mcuire will try
to get the secretary to take favorable
action in the matter
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18

meut of the act It has been favor
ably reported by a sub committee TO
the committee on Indian affairs. and
looks like IT, may become law At
this session
This is a clear case in which the
Creek Indians. by clever manipula.
ton OF legislation. euchered 1he
government out of about five million
dollars. II was done By getting the
new born on the rolls and allot-
ting the surplus lands TO them that
otherwise would have been used In
equalizing the allotments after the
original agreement had been made
with the Creeks. Tsn TOOK aN the
land, and left congress with nothing
but their agreement to equalize the
allotrzegts with land - mones
As there is no land left, It must he
money. As there is not enough mon
ey belonging to the Creeks, It ap-
pears that it Is mp TO the government
to supply the balance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
MAY WIN CAPITAL
OKLAHOMA CITY MAY BE sue
cESSFUL IN SECURING cAPl-
tai FROM GUTHRIE

Guthrie, Okla. Dee. 1.-THE lid
Is apt to blow off the capital situa-
tion at any time. first taking the
form of an attempt to remove the
coming legislature to Oklahoma City.
When the matter of accepting the
lease of the city of Guthrie offering
the use of the new convention hall
TO the legislature and state depart
ments for five years for nominal
consideration of one dollar came up,
Governor Haskell opposed accepting
the lease ON the grounds that he is
opposed to Guthrie for the capital.
His reasons are that the facilities
for accommodating the state depart
ments are not sufficient at the new
convention hall.
Governor Haskell went to Oklaho-
ma City today Immediately following
the meeting of the leasing board,
where he met National Committee
man Tate Brady, o, ID. Halsell of the
Nlk kltlltllld AllN tbllllllt'lNldl AlNAut ttilA
others. Although he did not make
public the object of his visit it is
expected TO be followed Immediately
by a proposition from Oklahoma City
to entertain the coming session OF
the legislature and offering free
quarters
Governor Haskell and Lieutenant
Governor Bellamy have recently been
elected to membership in the Okla
homa City chamber OF commerce,
and the governor was recently nitia-
ated into the Woodmen of the World
lodge at Oklahoma City, and the city
has shown other evidences of q
strong desire TO court the favor of
the governor and the present admin
istration This attitude is all the
more remarkable from the fact that
Oklahoma City was once a seat OF
opposition to Governor Haskell
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
new INDIAN LAND BILL
SEEKS TO REMOVE RESTRiC-
TloNs ON ALLoTMENTs OF
OTHER INDIANS

Washington, Dec. IL Secretary
Garfield submitted to Congress toda>
the draft of proposed b"' to en-
able him to remove the restrictions
on allotments OF all India1s other
than members of the Five Tribes liv-
ing in what was formerly Indlan Ter
ritory. This bill is made necessary
by AN inadyertence in the act OF
1906, authorizing removal of restric-
tions ON the lands of al Indians ex-
cept those living in Indian territory.
II was thought at the monet rnat
the members OF the Five Tribes were
not the only Indians living in Indian
territory. The bill recommended to-
day would affect only the = Iapaws.
corias Ottawas, Miami Wyan-
t0rtes, Senecas, Modocs aid Eastern
WyanGottes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
SIMON NOW PRESIDENT
LEADER OF LAST REVOLUTION
PRESIDENT OF HAYTI-DRovE
ALEXIS FROM CAPITAL.

Port au Prince. Hayti, Dec. IL
General Antoine Simon, the leader of
the last revolution in Hayti which re-
suited in the flight of President Nord
Alexis from the capital and who made
IA triumphant entry into Port au
Prince ten days ago. was unanimous.
ly elected president of the republic
by the Haytian congress today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
A Personal Appeal.

II we could talk 10 you personally
about the great merit of Foley's Hon
ey and Tar, for coughs, colds and lung
trouble you never could be induced
to experiment with unknown prepara-
tions, that may contain some harmful
drugs. Foley's Honey and Tar costs
you no more and has record of forty
years OF cures.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
A panaerous Oneration.

is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon No one who takes DR.. Kings
New Life Pills is ever subjected to
this frightful ordeal, They work so
quietly you don't feel them. They cure
onstipation, headache, biliousness
and malaria. 25c. at Ardmore Phar-
macy. ID 4 w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18

Foley's Orino Laxative cures con.
stipation and stimulates the liver. or
ino regulates the bowels so they will
act naturally and you do not have to
take purgatives continuously. Sold by
all druggists. D& w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18

Wonder II Teddy expects to be the
Isl An of the Taft dynasty?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18

tions stood second i'm a class OF 100
who took the examination at that
time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18
Wet Weather Goods Sale

SlOo Ovcrshocs, closinEout price
$l25 Oycrshocs. closing ont price
$500 Raiucoats. closing ont price
s. 80 Nackiutoshcs. closugout pric,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18

BUY YOUR slLVERWARE FOR
HOLIDAY GIFTS FROM
STEVENS, kENNERLY &
1877 SPRAGlNS CO..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-18

WE CAN DO YOUR GAS FITTING
FRIGHT NOW"
Don't wait until II gets cold again
Phone 90. Ardmore Supply Co
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16

the contention being that a corpora
ton such as the oil company does not
stand on the same footing occupied
by the man who, once or twice a year
ships a barrel of potatoes Such a
man does not know how to ascertain
the lawful rate and the presumption
when he ships is that he has every
reason to believe he is paying the law.
full rate when he tenders the amount
demanded by the company.
Think Company Should Know.
But in the case of a shipper like the
Standard, which sends out thousands
or shipments every week, the presump-
ton is that it knows the legal rate as
we'll IL not better than the average
agent of the railroad company, be-
cause all of its men who have anything
to do with its shipping department are
experts in the handling of traffic
sheets. For them or an officer of the
company to assert that they did not
know that what the rate clerk of the
Alton told them was not thu, legal rate
was equivalent to asserting that the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana is
the most lamentably inefficient bust
ness organization conceivable. 1t is
no answer, the petition holds, for the
oil company to call attention to the
fact that the sum paid to the Alton is
the legal rate on some other railroad,
because it is a fact that different rail
roads have different rates to the same
points, although. as a rule, competitive
points take the same rate.
AS to the structures of the Circuit
Court of Appeals about Judge Landiss
act in bringing John d. Rockefellep
into the case after the testimony was
all in and the arguments had been
made, the contention is that it is the
privilege Of every judge, in his efforts
to arrive at a clear understanding of
the defendant before him, to get
whatever assistance he can. 1t is in
sisted that it is the practice of all
judges in criminal courts to call in
friends of the court for information
that will lead them to impose punish
ments that will fit the crime
The sentence, it will be commended
is not part Of the trial in the sense
that the Circuit court regards it in its
opinion telling why Judge Lands was
reversed. 1t is no more a part Of the
trial than is the day fixed in a sen.
tence of death. Because that day
passes while the cass|is an appellate
court is no reason for saying that the
sentence of the trial is a nullity. That
question has been fought out in the
courts, and the government will insist
that Judge Lands summoning of John
ID. Rockefeller is no more a part of
the case than is the day fixed in a
sentence Of death
The petition for rehearing is to be
pressed so that the application for
writ of certiorai can be made early
In October if the Circuit court will
pass on the petition in time for such
speedy action.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
MYSTERY IS Solved
Negro ConfesSes Child Was
Killed to Get It's Hearts
Blood.
A WITCHCRAFT CASE.

Havana, Aug ia negro named
Marin residing at Alacranes, has made
confession that clears up a horrible
witchcraft mystery which has been
puzzling the authorities since early in
June when Luisa Valdes. a white
child disappeared.
Marin said he met Fidel Valladeres
negro, also in CUSTODY, who told him
he wanted a white baby for the pur-
pose of procuring its hearts blood to
cure his mothers illness, this being
the only cure according to witches who
had been consulted.
After several meetings with Valla-
deres, Marin consented to get the child
and enlisted as an aid Victor Navarro
who was living at the Valdes home.
Navarro stole the child June 4, plac-
ing her in bag to prevent her cries
from being heard.
He delivered the bag to Marin and
Valladeres. The men were joined by
Irene Rodriguez and all went to an
isolated place. Until then Marin de-
clares he did not understand that the
baby was to be killed, and he said he
desisted upon being threatened with a
machete.
Then Valladeres and Rodriguez
hung the child to a tree and Rodri-
guez drawing a knife from his belt,
cut her throat and chest, extracted
her heart and caught the blood in a
can. The body was then replaced in
the bag and thrown into a spring.
Marin says he will show the place
where the body is hidden. The other
prisoners deny the story, but the au-
thorities believe Marin is telling the
truth
Two years ago a similar case of
"Brujeria" or witchcraft, occurred, a
child having been killed to make broth
for a barren woman, the witches pre-
scribing this as an infallible remedy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
POOR WHITES ARE
ON INCREASE NOW
Remedial Methods for South
Africa Considered.

Cape Town, Aug. 15.-The Trans
vaal commission, appointed to study
the serious problem of pauperism
which affects the whole of South At
RIGA, reports that the number of poor
whites is increasing daily, and the in
crease is traceable to the prejudice of
the entire community against manual
labor. A secondary cause, in the opin-
ion of the commission, is the primitive
agricultural traditions and tho fixed
idea that every countryman must own
land. The commission recommends a
variety of remedial measures, among
which are included government en-
enlargement of white labor, a land
tax, modification of the land laws, the
establishment of a labor colony TO
which idlers and Migrants could be
committed the fostering of agricult-
ural and industrial expansion. the
strict exclusion of undesirables, and
finally the prohibition Of Asiatic i'm
migration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
SHOOTS HIS BRIDE
OF SEVEN WEEKS
Then Jealous Petrik Commit
ted Suicide.

Cleveland, o., Aug. 15.-Crazed with
age, probably fatally snot Marie Pet
rik, IS years old, his bride of seven
weeks at their home here yesterday,
and then committed suicide.
Petrik had long been jealous of his
wife and several serious quarEels re-
suited. This morning they had a dis
pute and he left the house after threat
enfng to kill her. He returned later
and again threatened her. She drop
ped on her knees to plead with him,
when he drew a revolver and shot her
three times. He then fired a shot in
to his head
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-16
PETITION FOR NEW
TRIAL COMES SOON
Attorney General Bonaparte
TO Ask for Rehearing of
Standard Case.
GR0SScUP is ATTACKED.
PETITION WILL BE PUSHED FROM
THE BARTHOLOMEW CLEAR
LY SETS FORTH GOVERNMENTS
SIDE OF CASE.

Washington. d. c., Aug. ia petit
ton for a rehearing of the Standard
Oil $29,240,o00 fine case will be filed
in the United States circuit court of
appeals in Chicago in less than
week. 1t has been prepared and print
ed Attorney General Bonaparte is
now giving it final thought, with a
view to reducing its length bit.
AS the petition now stands it is a
document of about forty printed pages
prepared by District Attorney Sims,
who argued the case before Judges
Grosscup, Baker and Seaman. 1t is a
complete controversial answer to the
opinion of the court, read by Judge
Grosscup and intended more for the
eyes of justices of the supreme court
than for the three judges who over
turned the work of Judge Lands and
gave President Roosevelt an opportun-
ity to remark that the overturning
seemed to him like gross miscarri-
age Of justice.
To Observe Formally.
Of course, the theory is that the cir
cult judges will reverse themselves
and approve the Lands judgment, but
every man in the department of JUS
tice knows that the circuit judges will
reaffirm their reversal of Judge Ian
dis and do it almost out of hand But
1t is a Formally that the lawyers
think had better be observed than dis
regarded
By asking for rehearing the attor-
neys for the government will stand
before the supreme court when they
apply for a writ of certiorart with a
clean record. They will be able to say
to the court that they have tried to
have the circuit court see the erron-
eous constructions of the law and cor
rect them. but without success.
In the petition for rehearing the
attorneys for the government are
most vigorously attacking; that part of
Judge Grosscup's opinion in which he
holds it to have been. abuse of judicial
discretion for Judge Lands to have
fined the Standard Oilscompany Of In
diana, thirty times thexamount of its
capital stock.
Many Authorities eCited.
An array of authorities sappalling to
a lay mind has been gathered togeth-
er to show that the judge~of GRIM
fnal court seldom, If ever, gives any
thought to the question of whether the
defendant at the bar is or issnot able
to pay the minimum or maximum fine
provided blythe law. On tf,escontrary
the practice is to take the sordinary
offender and fine him any amount
that is deemed fitting and to,commit-
the offender to tthe Jail or 'workhouse
until the fine isEpaid.
The government willsinsist that it is
indeed strange doctrine for an Appel
late court to intimate shat it is an
abuse of judicial discretion for a
judge to impose that maximum penal
ty upon an offender found guilty. not
OF one, but of many violations of a
law that seems plain and easily I'M
derstood.
On the question as to whether tes
timony should have been admitted al
lowing the oil company to show it had
no intention to violate the law, the
argument is less strenuous in form,
but fully as vigorous in substance.