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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
REGRETS REPUBLICAN,
ADVICE IS UNHEtDED
Bill Putting Gt Oklahoma
Primary Law latO
Effect Fails

vrhla s M nnsy Day-

This is the sign that hung in big,
red letters over the house Of repre-.
aentatlves an day yesieroay.
The great school land question was
disposed OF ana the bin sent hastily
fenateward. after days and nights OF
deliberati0n. IN addition 10 lhis mn
merOus other bills We're disposed Of,
heinz finally passed and sent go en-.
gross5nent and third reading Alto
eether twenty.One bills We're taken OF
the calendar during the three sessions
yesterday. During the entire session
no day has been more important from
the standpoint OF activity and amount
of business transacted than Thursday
May n.
Many Other Bills Considered.
Aside from the school land maser
many other bills were considered
during the afternoon.
Handkerchief brought up his bill
providing for putting criminals ON
probation and providing for probation
officials. II was ordered 10 engross
ment with SOME amendment
Ex-covernor Ferguson Speaks.
Ex-Governor Ferguson was present
and was invited 10 make an address
51n introducing him. Speaker Murray
eaid:
~Gentlemen, this is our distinguish
ed fellow citizen, Ex-Governor Fergu
son. father OF Walter. He Is some
smarter than Walter, but Walter don't
4hiuk sn
His SON, Walter, Is assistant read
ing cleIl, IN the house. Ex-Governor
Terghson spoke briefly in praise oithe
new state aud created laughter when
De sud
'in common with other republican
editors { have been giving you advice
for the past several weeks bat you
have noi hecded one word of iL"
Ills remarks were received with
great appreciation
New Conference on Primary Bill.
"A resolution was received from the
Eenate asking a new conference com
miitee on the pimarY bill. aud re
questine that ue6her Bryan nor sena
tor Davis lauthors oi the two primary
election billsl be included IA the com
miiiee The speaker named MoCalla
Ralpey and Zen Harrison as the new
noniereee
The conierfnce report on the Haw
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
GRAND LODGE OF GOOD
TEMPLARs TO ORGANIZE.

Arrangements are in progress 10
organize a grand lodge for Oklahoma
.of the international Order of Good
.Templars next Tuesday, May 26, al
Muskogee. senator Cotterin Of Sc
attle Wa h, who is national chief
remplar viii be the instltuting officer
assisted by j. NJ. Skinner state dep
my Delegates are expected from az
the lodges i'm the state. and the Mus
kosee members are extending nos
pitality To the visitors
Senator Cottenll will speak at enid
next sunday and also az Tulsa on
Monday prior 10 reyisiting Muskogee
He VIII be welcoWed by many friends
who remember The valiant service he
rendered during the prohibition cam
paign last fall
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
Weak
Kidneys S

Weak Kidneys. surely point 70 weak kidney
Nerves. The Kidneys, like the Heart, and tho
Stomach. find their weakness. not IN the organ
itself but in the nerves that control and guide
and strengthen thom DR. shoops Restorative Is
a medicine specifically prepared 20 reach these
controlling nerves, TO doctor the kidneys alone.
IS futile. It is a waste Of time. and Of money as
well
II your back aches or is weak II the urine
fcllds or is dark and strong II you has ataBlnptoms
OF Bhghts nr other distressing or dangerous Kid
ney disease try Dr. shoop's Restorative month
Tablets or Liauid-and see what ID can aud viii
do for you. Druggist recommend aud sell
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22

Malaria Makes Pale siekly Children.
The Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC. drives out ma
laria and builds up the system. For
grown people and children, soc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
TELLTALE
MOUSTACHE
REFLECTED UPS AN ID
ID 20 w Us OF SOnFR'S
JUDGESHIP HOPES
Special 10 Dailg leader.

Special TO Dail leader.
Washington, May 22- When pliny
soper lett Washington a defeated and
detected candidate Tor the Judganip OF
the Eastern district his friends no.
ticed a visable droop about the soper
moustache That particular piece Of
hlrsutt aflooreseence which adorns
the upper lip Of the irresistible Pliny
had attracted considerable attention
b fore FEES when lie soper boom for
the iudgeship was at Its height so was
that moustache-a at least the ends OF
IT, Imagine Soper wearing his nous.
tache la Kaiser Wilhelml
II proved to be splendid thermcme.
tor aud the varioas candidates for the
iudgeship in Washington in the early
days Of the fight regarded it as a veri-
table criterion as TO which way the
wind was blowing. As long as Plny
was in the lead in tho race that
modstache was trimmed and petted
until everybody got to talking about
a. Some OF tlie candidates actually
gave mp all hope OF landing the place
f.r while, SO wonderful was the IN.
fucnce of those hairs Men who had
never believed in signs before be-
LSyed IN that moustache and to the
very last II proved to be criterion
When those Raysrond charges We're
sprung on Pliny soper and his candi-
dacy fell several points below par the
moustache fell also. Indeed il was the
unkempt appearance. of Mr. Soper's
m ustache that created the suspicion
that everything was not well with the
Sope. boom,
Then came the Mellette interview
with the President during which the
President informed Mr. Mellette that
clean man would be appointed 10
succeed Campbell This IN connec-
tion with the Raymond charges was
almost deathblow to Nj soper and
his adherents ana no one folt the
blows more keenly than that sclfsane
IA istache that now rapidly look on
| ltie appearance of a cabbage patch.
! hat there ras something radically
wrong with the Soper fight oe the
/ udgrship aow became apparant 10
everyone IN Washington interested in
the putC me OF the struggle. and Ii
Ntn dlA ph d'NUNht bi lAltl t'lildiF
noustache.
There Is only one more chapter 70
be added and mat relates "a the Presi-
beats actlen in sending Charley
Hunter to Campbell In person to re-
quest him to withdraw his reslsna-
ton That Campbell would heed the
Presidents request no one here who
knew the circumstances attached to
the situation doubted for a moment
Soper knew only too Wen what was
going to happen he predicted IN adj
vance that il was an over as far ass
the eastern iGdgeship was concerned.
Ot course he was sore. So was every
other candidate who had como to
Washington and wasted lot OF good
hard earned dollars ia a iruitless ef-
fort To land the indgeship Thought TO
have been made vacant by the Meal
ester man Bnt they had some fun
and consolation IN defeat and it was
an innocent mousiaehe that furnished
L..
II Sopor ever becomes a candidate
for another office and does not want
20 tip On his opponents in advance as
10 how the wind IS blowing it would be
10 bis intereet 10 get q shave
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22

cupid doesn't pay any attention wha..
ever TO a fag Of truce
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
sralkg NEAR SETTLEMENT.

Cleveland May 22 Street ear
strike neared solution yesierdag when
union men agreed 10 afnitrate the
question OF preferred runs for old
men This one point The company Oh.
iecied 10 There was some distur-
banee last night Several cars dam
aged hy dynamte aud a number Of
persons We're injured
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22

Il takes d good deal Of the pleasure
onI o. anything 10 be able 70 afford
10 40 it
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22

The function of the kidneys Is 10
strain out The Impurities OF the blood
which is constantly passing through
them. Foiey's Kidney Remedy makes
the Kidneys healthy sa they viii strain
ont all waste matter from the blood.
Take Foley kidney Remedy al once
and il viii make you we'll For sale by
e. h Renllu
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
DR.. Shops
Restorative
WAI / brEsc nRuG cTnpE
WALLACE'S DRUG ST0RE

forA Ms Carter who developed rare
talent fUr public speaking during the
recent Oklahoma primaries aud the
election in Oklahoma He was green
hand at the game until year ago. but
now handles himself With the cool
ness of veteran he is a man OF a
good deal OF native ability. an inoas-
SAINT ruler and is regarded as one of
the best story tellers in congress.
Possessed Of good strong voice and
spontaneous laugh he should have
no trouble in Keeping up interest at
an the chantauquas at which he is
scheduled TO appear
Ths SUBJECT assigned to Mr.. Carte
Is THE Making of a New State" and
3D. will deal with the usual trials and
tribuations attendant upon such un-
dertakings II viii be a complete HIS
tory of the steps leading to the franz
Ing of the constitution and its adoption
by the people OF Oklahoma. II will
give Carter chance to tell some OF
his campaign stories told only as Car
ter can tell them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22
WHAT cAusEs HEApAcHe

From Oeioher 10 May, Colds are
HE most fefouent cauge of Headache
LAXATIVE BR0Mo oGiININE re,
moves The cause. +. W Grove an box
25e
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22

Although man may Imagine that
he has married an angel he should
see that she stays near the ground
while testing her wings,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-22

A man never realizes how much be.
roism there is missing from hts make
up until he's put 70 The test
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

other fellow with an equally high-sound-
ing title. The victim was usually awed
by the name and the appearance of the
sharper. He would go with him to the
Generals" and there be separated from
his roll, the General being unexpectedly
met in the back room of some nearby
saloon.
Working the New Arrivals.
This game with various changes, was
played with great success by both white
and black crooks on strangers coming in
on the trains. Sums Of money of all de-
nominations were gathered in by the
tricksters. Though there were numbers
of these cases worked upon unsuspecting
travellers. principally from the agricuItur-
al belt, the one that caused the most talk
and the case from which Charley Hoyt
took his great character. the negro who
wished to become the United States
Minister to Dahomey" was pulled Off
some years ago by a couple OF white
sharpers. One of them met at a local
depot a gaudily dressed colored man. who
was big and black as well as powerfully
built He walked with his head held way
up in the air. 1t was afterward proved
that he had been warned out of Missis-
sippi because of his misdirected activity
in politics. No sooner was the big colored
man spotted than he was approached by
the white ICON" man. After a few minutes
talk he discovered that his colored ac-
qnaiItance had S25o on him which had
been subscribed by his colored friends I'm
Mississippi. He was in Washington to
push his claims fo- government Office
on account of the political work he had
done In old MISSISSIPPI"
Tie colored politician was dressed in q
checkerboard suit of clothes that made
him resemble minstrel man who had
forgotten to take his stage makeup"
of. He was very pleased to meet the
white man, and more so when he found
that he was Senator "So-and-so" from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

asked the cook. for she II was that was
doing the talking. how she had used the
phone when she called up Then she gave
him demonstration of an improper way
or using a telephone. She took of the
receiver and laid it on the table and
then vainly attempted to talk and listen
through the mouthpiece. That was the
cause of the whole trouble. and after she
was given several lessons she was able
to talk without hurting her voice. be-
sides catching word here and there
from the other end
small boy caused a great deal or
trouble the other day without knowing
that he was making a whole department
at the main Office of the telephone COM
pany stand around pretty lively. -Four or
five times every day the phone from the
house at which the little boy lived
showed an unaccountabl short circuit.
This usually happened for only about fif-
teen minutes at a time and then would
suddenly cease. Several times men were
sent up to the house. and after testing
everything thoroughly they would find
nothing at all wrong with the instru-
ment. This was getting to be a decided
nuisance, until one day when the In
spector was at the house he ran into the
cause of the trouble.
Little Willie. the angel child of the
household. was playing in the room I'm
mothers work basket on the floor and
was taking all the pins and needles out.
At last he seemed to find the pin that
suited him most. and then he did a pecu-
liah thing. He took the pin and care
fully stuck it through the twisted
wire which runs up to the instrument
The slight shock that was given of
seemed to please him nightly. for he
held on to the pin with a series of little
laughs. His mother disclaimed all knowl-
edge of her sons amusement and prom
Used to make him refrain
These are only few things that come
up i'm the day Of chief operator, but
they are sufficiently significant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

did get up and found himself late to
work. He sat down and proceeded to
make 1t warm for the telephone company.
Finding that he could get no satisfaction
even from the manager he Immediately
ordered his phone taken out. declaring
that he would no longer patronize COM
pany that would not undertake to wake
up their customers in time to keep them
from losing their jobs.
When Women Talk Most.
The busiest hours in the day for the
exchanges In the residence sections of the
city are between 500 and II o'clock in the
morning. 1t is during this time that
every woman who has a phone or who is
able to borrow the use of one from some
accommodating neighbor calls up her
dearest friend to tell her the latest
scandal and expand on it for a couple of
hours and in between times to give the
marketing orders to the grocer. . Every
one uses the phone and consequently
when same one wants some one else and
is told a half dozen times that the phone
is busy the first woman is liable to get a
trif1e impatient and say spiteful things.
OF course, she is Immediately switched
onto the chief operators line and is per-
mitted to say them all to her. And the
more she says the madden she gets and
the result is likely to be that she gives
an order for her phone to be taken out
Then when the man from the construc-
ton department comes around to take
the cause of the trouble out, he is met
with a naughty stare and probably
cool. well, what are you here for, I
never told them to take out my phone.
And he doesn't either. for once a woman
gets used to having telephone in the
house. wild horses couldn't make her give
It up.
A very nice old lady in the northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

only reply is: Wait a minute" and the
operator Immediately plugs in the chief
operator. whose duty it is to smooth
the ruff1ed dispositions of the subscrib-
ers and to promise quick relief from
any service difficulty. real or imagined
She has more experience with Virulent
cranks during the course of a day than
the average business man or woman will
liz Il year.
Man and Woman Cranks.
And most of the cranks are women.
A man does not usually have time to
quarrel with the telephone operators.
If anything goes wrong with him he
generally takes it out on the office
boy. But woman-well If she hap
pens to have fight with the cook or
she sees her best friend with bar
gain hat that is just a little prettier
than the one she bought the week be-
fore, the first thing she does is to rush
to the phone to tell some one all about
it. and if everything doesn't go in
Stanter' the chief operator will be the
one who gets the tongue lashing in
tended for the offender. She can't fight
back. either. The company forbids its
operators talking back. She must be
patient statue. sweet ii her
temper had been preserved with for
maldehyde and as forbearing and un
complaining as was Job durin~ the
trying period in his life
Inc cnIel operator must listen TO all
the Kicks about the service, the wires,
the management of the company, the
failure of the other party to answer or
be in his office when called, and even
to forceful comment on the way the
Hnemen are setting up the poles in
some alley in the outskirts of town, and
reply thereto politely and, if possible,
informingly
If she gets angry-and she has much
provocation-and answers back, even
mildly, the supervisor who sits at the
back of the board. listening in on her
wire may hear what she has said to the
irate or complaining subscriber, or the
subscriber himself is apt to send in
written report to the manager or even to
the president of the company of her "in-
excusable impudence," and in either case
the operator is in danger of finding her.
self out of position.
Some Amusing Incidents.
A great many things that come to the
notice of Trouble" are more amusing
than otherwise.
Not so very long ago a man called I'D
the chief operator in one Of the local ex-
changes and proceeded to say in no I'M
measured terms that he wanted his phone
taken out right away, or even quicker.
why, what is the trouble?" he was
asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

up north. a man who sympathized with
the oppressed blacks of the south.
Drawing on a Colored Man.
Talking in this way, he invited his col
ored friend to meet the Vice President
of the United States. who WIS then wait
ing for him. He would see what could
be done toward getting him high gov
eminent office. as. the crook explained.
the activity of the colored politician was
well known in Washington Indeed. IL
he hadn't come to Washington as soon as
he did the President had intended send
ing for him.
The Vice President" was met while re-
calling himself with schooner If beer in
the back room of nearby saloon. He
was, indeed, charmed to meet the awed
and cringing colored politician from old
'Mississip." whose white worries fairly
shone with delight being treated SO
finely by both the senator aud the
"Nice President
AS the Vice President was i'm a great
hurry to have the minister TO Liberia get
on the job il was decided t,iat the "sena-
tor should take his clothes measure
right then and there for the several uEi-
forms he would need down at the LIZ
berian embassy. His goldhandled sword
it was explained. would be made present
to him by the government
The Mississippi colored man went
through the measuring process. and then
heo was told that. although his clothes
would cost in the neighborhood of SGD
II was necessary for him to pay down but
$3.50. The "Nice President took Charge
of this. as he happened to be going by
the tailors that afternoon.
Bidding the pleased colored politician a
good evening. the "Vice President" walked
out of the place, carrying the S2JJ with
him. He had no sooner gotten out of the
room than the senator" thought of
something he had forgotten to tell him.
He. too. hurried out. bidding the colored
man remain where he was until he came
back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

ury from their lunches. TIL, Alabaman.
then and there baseecher his smoo,h-talk-
ing friend to take his $1,000 just as
quickly as he could.
This was done at once, and the Ala
baman, proud of being business man.
went over to take charge of his property
Before 1t was injected into his head that
he had been buncOed. the farmer came
near being locked up to await the assem-
bling Of lunacy commission.
The Employment Scheme.
A swindling game that used to be very
popular among the sharpers of other days
about Washington was played on both
white and black strangers who came to
the city to seek employment, bringing
with them all the money that they had
in the world And. by the way it was
from a swindling trick pulled off in the
old Baltimore and Ohio depot that Charles
Hoyt conceived the character of the dark
ev who was to be made United States
Minister to Dahomey,'' which character
is one of the best in the play "A Texas
Steer
These railroad swindlers were in the
habit of laying around the depots. With
their quick eyes and quicker comprehen-
sion they could spot a sucker" in a
moment Their game was to side up
to the ''come-on' and find out If he was
looking for a good job paying large
salary The sharper would then explain
that he had a rich friend who wanted
lust such a man as the sucker" But
this friend, being a very particular man.
would employ no one not recommended
by the speaker.
Now the speaker was loyalty looking out
for his friends best interests. He was also
a great judge of human nature. Moreover.
he liked the face of the applicant. but,
not knowing him. and in order to be on
the safe side, would die mind .eaving a
cash deposit with Gen. So-and-So. or some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

he was being taken to prison, he commit
ted suicide by swallowing poison. Since
his day the same game, though with
somewhat different settings. has been
worked steadily. and these swindlers'
have caused the Madrid police no end
of trouble
This letter to Mr.. Emmner recalls the
fact that years ago Washington used TO
be known as one of the best towns in the
country for the smooth-acting crooks.
Treasury Brought $4,000.
One of the most remarkable tricks pull
ed off by these sharpers was the selling
of the United States Treasury to sun
burned farmer from Alabama for the
tri1ing sum of $1,000 with a cash advance
of 81 800 down and The balance in yearly
payments.
The Treasury was pointed out to the
tourist by the sharper as being a museum
for the preservation of government and
private exhibits Of wonderful nature,
and 1t was explained that % cents apiece
collected by the sharper. who repre-
sented himself as being the owner OF
the structure, from everybody going in to
look at the exhibits.
The sharper gave as his reason for
wishing to sell the state of his wife's
health, with whom the climate Of Wash
ington did not agree. This same glib in
dividual solemnly averred that he had
been looking for over six months for an
Alabama man to buy him out, as he was
from Alabama himself and wished to
have a brother Alabaman profit by the
necessary sacrifice he was making
In order to show the native Of the
Alabama agricultural district what a big
business was being done at q cents a
head, he took him up on 18th street.
around about half-past IL O'clock when
the clerks were going back to the Treas