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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

Speaking Of radical bills, the one By
Senator Brownlee 0f the minority.
wherein he charges employers i've dol
lars per day when payment OF wages ~
delayed. is about the m9st drastic yet
proposed ia this legislative session,
Moreover, there Is no provisio for the
stopping Of the bonus wage where tie
settlement Is delayed by differences OF
opinion as 10 what is due For in
stance a man mlght claim ten d5ksss
per day due him, ana 80 10 cotrl, the
employer well knowing he agreed to
pay but Two dollars per day for the
services rendered When the jury re
turned the verdict for two dollars per
day Il would also add Ave dollars for
each day payment was deferred Sen
aior Br0wnlee Is republican, more
over ne Is listed as one of the most
intelligent 30 the state. and bis way of
handling the minority Ia The state sen
ate bears ont these claims 10 dislinc.
lion and the iiaws IN the bill are point
"a ont that the reppblican press Of
The state may see B, and have ample
time 20 eell forth their honesi critic
batteries 50 widely adferliaed
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A sEcoMn 49,

There Is a rival to the famed John
G. SAKE on the editorial page OF the
Kansas City Journal The newspaper
] is of republican persuasion, and the
ipOlicy. OF course. has to jog about
IN republican tmnabouts
But that cannot quench the hmnor
OF the man. He knows the president
and his advisers use their official cop
les Of the constitution 10 wipe the
windows at the white House. and the
statutes for the floor polishing. but
be does not care say so. Moreover,
his patriotic blood reyolts against the
new idea Of warping The constitution
TO ct the case or idea OF the pugna-
cic4s official who may be displeased.
and he sets about TO right the wrong
BY alleging that William Jennings
Bryan. Judge De Armond and Eugene
Debs persist in destroying tho pre-
cious document,
Bless our wild patriotic hearts If
that does nos tear the roof of all
other attempts at being humorous and
satlrlcal at he same time. The Bryan
aud Debs part OF the trio alleged TO
be in league with wrong TO destroy
our constitution are not even justices
OF the peace In their respectives com
munities. while De Almond is but
minority member OF the lower house
OF congress; being whipped into max.
ing laws by as brutal and selfish
republican majority as ever perform.
ed at the crack OF Cannon's tobacco
spat at whatsoever is In the frontal
range.
And the very day these men were
accused OF being enemies of the con
ls.ittinn, The president, without the
sanction OF any law hut the ponderous
nerve which consumes him, hired a
dozen new negro cooks for the Pan
anna canal crew; fired a dozen civil
service teachers IN the Philippines
and sent names To tile secretary OF
war who S. to be promoted in disaC-
corlance TO law IN the arng of 'hese
United States,
The Panama canal territory was se-
cured for as by the Illegal purchase
OF something the other fellow did not
own made possible by our damnable
conspiracy In a Central America re-.
yolntion: oar Philippine army of oc.
cppa;ion Ia eonuavention 10 the very
constitution OF the land. and our army
hl command of a man who had won
fsme In curing horses OF the glanders
AK heaves-my. but how our poor. de.
/ luded friends Messrs. Bryan. Debs and
DeArmond swipe back and forth at the
blessed constitution handed down By
the fathers OF freedom.
Slch blushing talent as can hide
behind the charge the democrats and
socialist OF this Republic are destroy
II ing The constitution and violating
TT tenets whilst the president and
his press gang artists tear 1t into
shfeds deserves TO be advanced 90
the front spot light: where It's brii
liant rays might, Tor the one time
hight the way for the ingo members
of the present administration 70 sec
the true path Go greatness. and,
though incapacitated 20 ascend might
a. leasi be able TO walt al the station
Nrtil the next administration came
along and tried 10 start for the sum
init,
Yea. verify.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

'nt Peckham he went through to
Geuda Springs and return. distanos
OF about sc miles. Upon his return
he did not take the team to the baru.
but tied IL on side street where
Roy Hoy TOOK charge Of Il and drove
seven or eight miles into The country
and retuin When the team finally
reached the barn late in the evening
III was pretty Wen used MP Mr. Pot
ter went after Branreiter aboui 1t and
secured the naylnent of S25 for dam.
ages. II was also discovered atIIot
waa drunk and upon an inf0fmation
sworn 70 by Mayor shaver q wanant
was issued by Judge Noris. and Mar
.shal Butler nrrested Hoy and hauied
him before the police coayt where he
was convicted and fined S. and costs.
a total Of $3.50 which be was unable
to pay and was lodged IN Jail An ~
fort was made TO learn where Hoy cot
the booze but he refused to dlyhlgc.
preterring to suffer rather than 60 ex-
pose the other law violators
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MUCH IN &
LITTLE Z

II Is argued that the compulsory
adoption OF the mcandescent system
of electric lighting in mines Will great.
~ cut down the death roll
The Electric Review considers that
the Transatlantic cables are in no inn
mediate danger from the competition
Of wireless tclegraphy.
The Swiss government has received
a petition with nearly 10000 names.
protesting against the building of n
railway up The Matterhorn
~ the examinations recently held in
Pcking for the official degrees. men
who had studied in American univer
stiles received the highest honors.
No man has to even hunt trouble
it viii find him sooner or later.
Indian babies never cry, but then
every man can't be the father Of an
Indian baby
Any man who win refuse 10 buy his
wife an Easter bonnet is bad enough
10 be sent TO Jail.
Children and chickens may cause a
lot of rows. but both are nice things
20 own sometimes
You can't tell just low fiery a tom.
per woman possesses until she is
aroused by jealousy,
The girl who can neither sing nor
play usually knows how TO make pie
with a Thin crust
II we were an old maid and wanted
a husband, we'd Just as soon ser mar
rled IN April as II june.
Tell an ugly woman hat she IS
beautiful and she viii admire you for
your taste aud good sense
Don't grumble about The space oc'
cupied be- the new sailor hats. Think
OF what tile farmer gets for so much
straw
A woman visits her kin AT least once
year but man never visits his
relations unless he has nowhere else
70 gos
--~-- fi..0I 'ti En-
rhe only fault to be found with The
unwsfansled sallcr hat Is that Il has
mo lace curtain effect back OF the rose
garden.
An Eastern fashion magazine says
that the most important qualification
for a beeinner Ia literature is small
appetite
We'are not oppoged 10 Anna Gould
marrying a second French nobleman
i She viii consent 10 make r the last
enc.
n q man had to wear q hat ~ large
as those new tangled sailors the price
Of headache remedlcc would hc al
yanced IN d ilny
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
The stals seaI Of okIahoma.

The state seal of Oklahoma fur.
nishes an expression OF the indiyld-
uality OF this new state In The cen
ter IS a FIVE pointed star. and in each
point Of the star is the symbol OF
one OF the FIVE Indian tribes: here is
the Chicllasha national seal wherein
the Indian warrior stands upright
with bow and SHIELD; the ChOctaw
has his tcnlhawk. bow aud three
cross arrows the Seninole nation is
q spresentcl by a village opposite "a
lake. which has afoat on IL an Indian
padding his canoe the Cherokee ma
ton is represented ON the fifth point
of the star and is surrounded by a
wreath of oak leaves The Creeks M.
SO have their emblem on the shield Ia
easll one of The indentares Of the star
are groups OF nina stars, representing
altogether the fOrty-fire other stars:
while the large star in the center in.
dicates the new state--the loriysixth
III the UniOn-sO that now rs In the
dav OF recumseh when the Indians
referred to the American nation as
my brother of the thirteen campiires.
lhe fll hloods of Oklahoma can gath
ca abollt the tepecs and look upon
hC great cities and towns and rail-
roads crossing the pralries OF old, aud
think - the Great Father now as hay-
ing "lorty-six campdresa instead OF
thirteen as Ia Colonial days From
YrhN Story Of OklAbomaf hy joe
Mitchell Chapple. ia the National
Maeaglne ior April
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
asrH9ESEsns KssHss sn-sE nsTuEusHs
J. COMMENT OF e
: NEW STATE PRESS Z
SMTETESK.sEsETN TNesaszSEsE.SAsE
why on Matrimonial Affairs.
lRY 1 M GREENEl

(BY /. w. GREENE.)
Weddings is a union something like
n laber union. for cards is used and
it makes members get in and hustle
20 pay their dews welding needs
,hree people. two men and one wom-
an; zone OF these men orter be a
Iainster. but Justice OF ihe piece or
a alderman can be used Il a proechcr
amt handy.
Sometimes man has turrible
time finding girl TO mary. bur this
bains leen year she gees him first
and their amt anything TO It after
that Befour fcller can get mary.
ed he shud stnddy his girls fathers
polyticks This helps some. and so
does going home early at mite. which
holds down the leckiric light bills.
Even fathers OF girls in love don't
overlook q bet like that
that a man shud settil up before he
tries to settil down Some fellers
make girls think they love them by
sending prcsants costing a weeks
aaliry: but wize fellers prove their
aevoshum by saving the coin to use
after the mushnl not is firmly tied
These last fellers rs The ones which
kcaps the gaant bin collektors from
the famlee speaking tube ~ both
sides is eyeuly matched, then love
is Srate game SO far as / can see
frcn the bleechers. for ! amt old
enough to Sit IN the grandstand
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
SALAMAGUNDI.

A railway bank has been opened IN
iEeking under the direction OF III
lChintsz, son Of II Hung Chang It's
special obicci Is railway finance
l fronch India imports about Si.25QS
200 aud exports about $5.O00.0Q0 1'he
colony has a population OF 2f6, ,0aa al
whom only J 100 are Europeans
Vermont gets the credit OF bcing Tie
grauiie state. but PENNSYLVANIA loads
I in the production Of stone. with near-
ly - per cen OF The total 70 her credit
Alfred Testoni's new play. ~Gioace.
tino R0ssiBi. which was recently per.
formed for the first time. is described
as the life Of the great master Of
music"
Nine Eams so injured her knee in
the death scene of III Troyatore" few
days ago IN New York that she was
unable 10 appear iu Aida Friday
night
Pawnbrokers la Peking having re-
fused tn reduce their 80 per cent rate
.oi Interest the municipal board has
opened official pawnshops. charging
only p per cent
Charlemague Tower. the American
ambassador 10 Berlin. has completed
arrangements for the Aarion Maen.
nerchor Of Brooklyn 10 sing before EN-
peror William this summer
II is said that the method Of produc-
ing anaesthesia by means of electricity
discovered by Professor lie Duo OF
Nantes. France. is applicable to the
painless ex ecution Of criminals.
The aluminium books for the blind
now beiiig printed in Ednhurg are of
thin sheets embossed in the usual way
Fhey are easier to read than paper
books. do not soil and are practically
indestructible. Their eNpensiveness is
their drawback
Representative Burleigh of Maine Is
one of the few members of the honse
whose biography omits the familiar
sentence: Studied law at the -
University He IS Q real newspaDer
-NtNN'sf NAf' lffAbAAHuti vi lilt hEIIRnGG
sournal and has been governor and
state treasurer Of his state.
Many cases of astigmatism arise
from the practice OF reading IN bed.
particularly by persons recovering
from severe Illness. 1t strains The
muscles of the eye to such an extent
that they alter the curvature Of the
cornea-the abnormality to which The
term astigmatism is applied.
Was Harley b. Hurd father Of the
Illinois revised statutes" incapable OF
drawing a win which would bear legal
scrutiny Mrs Eda II. Lord. his old
est daughter, apparently thinks he
was, She has filed in the Chicago
circuit court n bin asking that the
VIII disposiifg of his $500. 600 estate be
set aside owing to an alleged technical
error in the document.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
TMIm2m1msH9nsR IN s,s.n.sn4m.nSm
= VAGRANT VERSE g
NEu9M.sussRs,RssMes .mca.s

E'ENNOl.
My new-cut ashlar takes The sssht
Where crimson blank The windows
fare.
BY my OWL work before the night.
Great Oveiseer ] mako my prayer
lf there be good in what I wrought,
Shy hand compelled i Maaier
Where j have failed TO meet Thy
thought
know through Thee, The blame is
mine
One lnstants toll to Thee denied.
Stands all e,ernitys onense.
OF what | did with thee to guide.
TO Thee. through Thee. be excci-
lence.
Who, lest an thought Of Eden fa,le.
Brings Eden 70 the craftsmnn's brain.
Godlike TO amuse DER his own fraJe.
Aud Manlke stand With God again
The depth and dream OF my desire.
The bitter paths wherein raw
Thou lnowest who has made the Fire
Thou knowesi who has made lhe
Clay
One stone the more swinga to her
place
In that dread Temple of Thy worth
II is enough that through Thy grace
saw naught common on Thy earth,
Take nor that vision from my ken.
on. whatso'er may spoil or speed.
lielp me 70 need no aid from men
That may help such men as need
--Rudyard Kipling.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
eieEs At OTHERS.


Every ornory man can find somo
woman who is foolish enough to trust
him
The man who believes In things as
they come hates to part with them as
hey so.
The women do an the crying at a
fnneral Nhilc The men stand around
10 the front yard and smoke
A physician says that hot corn VIII
cure ihe grip Does he mean hat corn
after tAe corn has gone through the
distilery?
Wha' We like IS Ia plain old sailors
with the narrow brim. that never in
tcrIered with kissing a girl IN the
mellow moonlight
Another objection TO those Merry
WiiOw sailors Is that You can't kiss
the girl until she removes the wide
spreading rcSc.gardcn
The ruling Of a Nebraska court that
q womln has right to get Off a
street car backward aiyas woman no
more rights taan she has ever had
She would do II anyhow.
Possibly the reason there are SO
many roses and so much green shrub
hory on the Merry Widow sailors is
be ause they are needed 10 weight
down The hat in windstorm
There wanld be fdwer serious love
affairs fn ttis world n every young
man could see hts sweetheart early IN
the morning before she mas had n
chance 70 spread on the face bloom.
An Indiana woman is seeking a di-
vorce from her eighth husband on the
ground fhat she hasn't yet found
man to ssit her Here's hopin' the
coarts @il let her keep NJ it until She
succeed,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

Ia the face OF the fact that Tho mast
tew years have taught the people "a
so2k twice and lhink a dozen times ere
they become convinced those of evil
habit are 70 lead The forces Of reform
ana good government, We note ma
New York legislature has hili nro.
mDlting horse racing and making me
penalty very great This is the saUe
old New York lha.. under the guidance
OF President Roosevelt conducted n
leNow committee in She CITY of New
York, ii was advertised as thA great
moral wave and, after q had ceased
rs investigation, one common new,
paper reporer found that the f.axow
had accomplished wonders n haa
suppressed all uptown gaming houses
nel able % show az least SEQ 0do wor,s
of nNtufes Iof the VARIOUS eamex
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
Man charqed Win Beating Board enl.

Chief OF Police William j .flmrner yes
terday captured a young man wanted at
Dewey on the charge Of heating a
board and lodging bin in the sum Of
thirty dollars.
The description Of the young man
was ,elephoned Mr. Turner from Dew
ey, and together with he statement
that Mrs. fienuer was the landlady,
whom the young man had forgotten to
pay when he suddenly departed from
Dewey s.iir
The young man was found on the
west side 0f the Santa Re tracks.
When first approached he stoutly de-.
nied that he owed the bill, but later
changed his mind and plead guilty
lie was held until the arrival of Deputy
Constable Walker. and was taken TO
Dewer on the 4;45 Katy =Bartlesyille
Examiner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

Senator Emory Brownlee comes of a
lons-lifed family and expects 10 De Tho
longest lifed member oi thst race. Al
times he actually declares he expects
to liye TO see the time when the ne.
publican party of this state may De In
power The peppery senator IS but "a
years Old and he has lived a very
careful and eircumspect Ire. hence he
may expect 10 last fifty Years longer
oni he is 10 strong Ia intellect TO expeot
the voters Of tho state WIN forget the
earpe'bag days In that shori period OF
time
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
OVER THE STATE

Shawnee swept into the moorings
o. victory ali the democratic cand..
dates, and now swears by reason
thereof that the capital is theirs.
shawnee. once the attempt to secure
the capital is eradicated. will be one Of
the hest cities OF the state.
Chickasha is advertising for car.
ncntcrs laborers OF all kinds. and
building to beat the band Located ia
a great fertile valley and populated
WI h tho best Of people. there Is little
wonder Chickasho bids To become one
O. the great dties of the state
Enid claims to have the largest
population o. whites 10 the number
OF people Of any city OF more than
10000 inhabitants in the state. The
city OF Enid however. Is a great place
Tor fallSs 10 yut in some tail timber
claims.
On the county seat nght between
Euisula ami Checotah the afiidavit
stage has been reached. and the affi-
dagit makers are buster than a hoy
who Is standing in hornets nest.
Darant newspapers are filed with
handsome cuts OF the residence and
brsness houses of the city. part of
the sensible and active campaign be
ing waged by the people of that city
for % state institution.
Chickasha and Nwata are the con.
testants for the state Industrial school
for girls.
The farmers 1own at Cheyenne are
lobbyists. They take he editor of
the Roger Mills Sentinel ont TO the
country and stuff him full Of good
things to eat-he goes back to Chey-
erne and stuffs his paper iull of praise
for the good lands OF the county, It
is a stunlng game. but an honest one.
doing good for all concerned.
The sherifts OF Comanche county
captured about a wagon load Of whisky
and twelve cases of beer from two
teamsters II they swear Il is for their
own consumption. they viii have 20
make the jury believe they are mon.
strous strong drinkers or monstrous
liars
The l.awton. Wichita Falls & North.
western railroad is creating as much
talk down l.awton way. was as II 1t
we're already built
Nearly every newspaper in the east
ern section OF the state fav0rs the
forty-acre homestead, that being the
acreage allowed the Indians by the fed
era authorities
Foss boasts that new s2s 600 hotel
Is being erected there
Waurika has landed wholesale
house and Is glad OF It,
j. NJ Montgomery. OF Gleason. Ten
nessse, spoke 10 the farmers OF OKLA
bona. ut Shawnee. Wednesday. on
the great qrestions involved in the
agricultural hght against trusts ana
stock exchanges. Mr. Montgomery is
said to be the best informed man on
Che ereals OF the South now engaged
IN active as ricultural work. bearing
the same relation 20 the cultivation Of
crops in tho South as Professor Cam1-
bell does TO those Of the semi-arid re-
eions Of the West and Southwest
Perryltes are happy because the
baseball season has commenced "a
that city.
The El Reno theatcr manager has
closed a profitable season ana gone
pst TO the creek to fish until the re
turn OF the travelling Thespians
Says the Blackwell News: On sun
lay Wll Branreiter hired an outils
rom the Palace livery barn for the !
illeged purpose OF driving TO Peck !
ham and back Instead Of stopping
NEn { DRAUC Il Z !!
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09
MsHTRSE9H1H9K@nSEsFsHsEsE.s
: SLAPS AND SLAMS y
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Listen to His Tale Of Woe.
The new ruling Of the railroads is
that no more OF us can have otr whis-
key shipped c. o. D-Ponca City
Courier.
Aristoeratic Creek County Man.
~ 5. Thompson has come up from
Kellsville and says he will dip his
cattle there this spring Brlstow Rec
ord.
Got It Straight A. Last.
We have no desire 10 be oflicious.
but The election officers must furnish
the ticket correct. II they wish Il print
ed that way-l1nid Wave
Lei Her Boom Loud and often
Now is the time 10 boom McAlestcr.
and let MS get busy with The work at
once.-McAlester Capital
Wants Little. But Wants That Litac
Now
The town OF Kingston does not want
the county seat but does want TO be
county court town. and probably viii
get Livingston Messenger.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

The school land question win gel no
smaller as the days go by and the
lessees. living in different localities
win be the furthest from point OF
agreement. when settling day comes.
IN all the world there can be found
no 10000 men who agree on a uues-
llnn or nollcY of action.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

The news IRON Kansas City indl.
Gates that Uncle willy Nelson OF
the star. vas caueh. IN a ballot storm
ana hhnaolf and his mayor whirled
into space II ever town was ridden
10 perdition In the name Of the blessed
reform. poor old Kansas CITY was ihe
sced compelled to hear that awful
hnrden
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

Attorney General Iiadley has am.
nouneed that his health Is so bad he
can not afford to accept the republican
nomination for governor Missouri,
Mr. Hadley has been long possessed of
la splendid observation bump, and he
has no doubt been noticing ihe direc-
ton Of the political trade winds for the
past few months.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

The news that the Vanderbilt girl
who married "A Hungarian deadbeat
was given an ovation ~ his relatives,
WAS bat e clever press manner Of stat
inc the whole family expect Gladys TO
pay their living expenses
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

II seems 4ilat after week ol waiting
10 see the dispensary system put IN
force that the brewing associations of
the country have declared Il farce.
and are already advocating 10 repeal.
III 81 were not nDf the patriotic efforts
OF lhe brewing associations Of the
land We fear that our ship OF prohi-
hifion would not be- kept properly
decked for sfropg service.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

in spite Of the splendid educational in.
stltutions and modern hospitals for the
insane possessed by the great sovereign
state Of Indiana. there are folks over
there who claim theg think Fairbanks
win be nominated Tor president
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

Colonel Henry Waterson, In the
Locisvine Corrier-Jonrnal says a
legislature tlat attempts 10 do some
thing aud fails. deserves more credit
than a congress thai raises salaries
aud then goes to sleep at the post.
aud Colonel Waiterson IS wise man.
aud q very wise man
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

once more we repeat that Oklahoma
part % the naval promenade expense
would serve the state better were IL
Invested ia Irritating on She western
side OF the state VIII sone of our
rough rider chums Of the war lord
n washington convey our humble but
earnest appeal3
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-09

Again the republican editors warn
us that Mr.. Bryan cannot be elected,
and show great astonishment that the
democracy Of the carre country PUSHES
on to nominat him Mr. Bryan Is
even accused OF being unfair to his
party by these editorial phlanthroplsts
ia their desire to see our party sue
ceed az the polls.