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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-23
THE FIRST LEGISLATURE
Brief Review Of What the Oklahoma Lawmakers are Doing

FRIDAY the house passed the htil ~
ssaAiof BROOK. sm.Bdsd alnasi b.
ysnd recognition llmiiing ihs eenseea.
tive working hours of Railroad en-
ployss % ie and allowiag the smploys
81 least 10 hours OF duy before hia
recall Train dispairhers o. operators
shall work 90 longer than nlns con.
ssnutiFs hours ous of The u hoF more
taan ~ hours IA towers. offices and
stations operated onlr aaring TIE DAY
IN eases u emefKsueY the operator
maY vefk four additional hours. not
i6 exceed three aaYt ost q the wsek
The penalty against tbe corporation
or enicsr yi0laslag the aw ia tSec for
each Instance No suit ean be brought
however sitter 3 peTleG of che year
following he alleged iufFacilon 81 the
laN The corporation commission is
authorized 20 lodge Information eth
coun,Y attorneys against railroads
aiaobs9iuR The las The Acg does not
spply 20 TIE ereSE Of vreckia9 o. ~
lief tralHs
Forslgn bailslnG and loan oompa'
niss are 10 b. barred from the state
after January ! 1903 Any building
abd lean company operaiinE Ia the
state must be chartered as = domestic
corporation
Brooks state fair bill was linden.
sitsly postponed On motion OF the
author himself
The Smith blii regulating descent
and distribution Of property In ao-
eoftsnes vith the Texas as failed 81
: majority on thifd reading
Bills uefe introduced by sorfels
prohibiting ne sale oi miaefai school
laad untl 1919. and hY Davis npprp
pfisting t2lo.ooo fof a new building
Al 10 Agricultural and Mechanical
eoliege
The house passed the bili providing
foF a fuu lfaia cfss charg.nT The
eftEinai blll 20 hat nys men instead
ef - shall consiiiuis such efs~
with references 70 pafseaEef trains
ne tlu as amsuted Requires that ia
satiuou 70 me engineer fireman
coadaefnf and brakeman enc sddt
tianal smplaYs ahai. b. retained The
other smploYe tales the place 81
the hagman deaEnaisa 81 the senate
tllt iIe - 70 D. The ca'orsd porter
bat ne hoass refused 70 aiEniiY ihat
position 81 putuas d .nin a proposed
laN
4 resolution saa introduced 81 Nr
nftaa. pFodalns 'uf priaiihr eoe
copies - a pamphlet The Initiative
sna Referendum Lass = okiahems
smbo8yias TIE bf b9 spssss Mar
faf. shtea has last become 'aw
The hil s. ST. Whtehaut creating
tAs onlca a. asslalanu o. state oHf
eiais an3 gfaadIne sBelf salaries eas
fsVoualy acted apoa Several
chaaEsa io correspond q bills rcetnr
ig asaset pfeNainr fns separate e.
fees sete maize An amendment ~
NJ KaHaefeHief providing thar ne
ssiafg schedule fhaH not 81 tlnd.nE
% future legislatures AS adopted
4 ell Ras introduced - speaker
Murray appropriations 8 zee - e.
sjat the Iialeflee Industrial iHs,ita-
ush. neEFo sefeoI 81 TAFT and a
bfaAch of che ruskegss Institute
rhe beard ot eal9ftd tEHcatafai
aaa Norual in6titate 81 iauEstna f.
aathafted 20 stpsnd ths nsuey a
ba 81 AnfAenf aal nragmu Hfe-
rldss ter = sonih central neFmaI So
Be- Ioeated 81 he legislature The
.sse board e. sdaeaHoa is flgea con
tel ol ths Institution
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-23

fobb r butcher for several rears
instructor 80 mathematics o. the aul
veretT preparatory school Tauhswa.
has been elected principal nf ire
eenuiY hrh school at Klamath. ore.
Edn
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-23

The state board 81 agriculture has
appointed y = Roberts. OF Aitus. AZ
stats cattle inspector. succeeding ".
r. Wright. resigned
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-23

H0lntNNftIE For writing "a
.neulaas letter Is District Judge Cs
fuihf n ehIch Be inumatsd iaat
he bad seen given the DEAR rs
a trial vh.eh he lnsnuated the court
bs3 promised hlm ~ z stacey Nas
brought before the court and Gnel fio
ara costs ou tho charge af contempt
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-23

TIE haai laai question has teen
brought before ihe house iaa b.n Ia.
redaeet 81 usher bgt aaa analIy
sent back 20 fte committee vita a
laak nst of ehaaee 1th ga.tee pfcb
seis that fhs prescott aIA even vIth
ne motIheat|sa recommended All
never pass
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04
WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE

Until the 2.cent fare and anti
pass system was inaugurated, fully
one-third of those who travelled on
the railroad trains paid no fare.
With the 2-cent fare in force on all
the railroads, and all passengers re-
quired to purchase tickets before
entering the cars, there would seem
to be no way to avoid paying, or
for the railroads to fail to receive
cash fares from all alike who travel,
whether one mile or a thousand
miles. The volume of travel NAV
not have increased materially un-
der the new order of things owing
to the financial furry, but it has GER
tainly not diminished perceptibly.
In view of this state of the case it
IS up to the railroads to show the
public why they are cr1ppling their
service by curtailing operating ex-
penses. The people built the roads
In the main and practically gave
them to the operators, and whole
lot of them are beginning to feel
like taking the roads off of the op-
orators hands and running them in
the interest Of the public awhile;
at least until the water filters out
OF outstanding stocks and bonds,
which present condition is the only
semblance of an excuse the rail-
road managers have for cutting
down expenses.
The people do not want to bank
rupt the railroads. They want to
see them prosper. But legitimate
prosperity does not require rates for
service so per cent above what is
necessary to pay fair return upon
actual investments. At this point
the people draw the line, as they
have right to. And the railroad
managers will do we'll to heed the
demand.-Wlchita Democrat.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04
The Foraker forces of Ohio will
send a contesting delegation to the
Chicago convention.

The general and division super
of the Santa Fe were out
in their special car this week, with
darkie servants and lots of other
flub- dubbery, to inspect the place
west of town where tine wrecks oc-
cur, and see If a new tie is really
needed, as the News stated. They
have gone back east, where their
report on the matter will be laid
before a meeting of directors in
New York. There is little doubt
that the contention of the News
will be endorsed, though of course
so important a matter cannot be
rushed through hurriedly. 1t was
learned from the officials that the
only thing to prevent the improve
ment is the fear that Roosevelt:
preaching against predatory wealth
may curtail the income of the com
pany so that no big jobs can b,
tackled till after the election
Sawyer News.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The American Protective Tariff
League of New York has been kind
enough to make the Index a most
generous proposition. 1t has offer
ed to furnish this paper its publ.
cations free of charge and also its
illustrated plate service. This gen.
erous offer, much as we desire to
receive things 'free and prepaid -
we must decline with thanks. The
League is financed by such we'll
known patriots as Augustus G.
Paine of New York, Myron T. Her
rick of Ohio, Joseph R. Grundy of
Pennsylvania, William Barbour of
New Jersey and hundreds of other
eastern capitalists who have waxed
fat for these many years by reason
of a protective tariff. Aside from
requesting the Index to use its lit.
erature, the League encloses num-
Der of blanks asking US to fill them
out. This blank calls for the names
of young men who will cast their
first vote this fall and the purpose
is to load them up with literature
in An effort to convince them that
it is their duty to vote for a meas
ure that increases the price of every
thing they eat and wear and use on
the farm or in the shop so that the
trusts may continue to amass fabu-
lous dividends. AS we stated in the
beginning, we must decline this
generous offer; there will be plenty
of other newspapers that will glad
ly accept it and we have no doubt
that the A. P. T. L. will find many
avenues through which to circulate
its ideas. The fact that the League
is expending thousands of dollars
to educate" the dear people speaks
for itself. The members of the
League are composed largely of
men who own stock in trusts but
their efforts to perpetuate the pro-
tective tariff is, of course, purely
unselflsh and actuated through
patriotic impulses. The interest
these people take in the country's
welfare is indeed sublime.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

Last Friday night ex-senator
Burton,of Kansas, spoke in the Gil
rard court house. In spite of the
binding blizzard the room was
comfortably seated. For two hours
the senator told of the powerful
political community of interests
which had for its head the present
president of the United States.
Newspaper readers will remember
that Burton was arrested for al
legged breach of senatorial etiquette
and sentenced to six months in iail
about a year or so ago. Burton was
an influential member of the SEN
ate, but fell out with the admin
Istration over the Cuban reciprocity
bill. He made the mistake of de-
tying Roosevelt, hence the legal
proceedings against him. 1t
was fortunate thing for Burton
that this happened. As he explain
ed IN his lecture, "Some men never
secure their freedom until after thev
have been in Jail" Contrary to the
general expectation, Burton did not
appear sore nor did he indulge in
personalities against the men who
were instrumental in bringing
about his downfall. He attacked
the system. His revelations of rot.
ten politics are as startling as Law.
sons revelations of frenzied finance
Burton is at present without a par.
ty. The last time he spoke in Gil
rard ne was met by delegation of
prominent republican politicians
and the platform was crowded with
men who sought his influence. At
this time he appeared practically
without friend. He is smash;no
a good many of the idols worshin.
ed by partisan republicans and
democrats and to that extent he is
dong effective work. He proposes
to devote his time to lecturing in
Kansas pushing his plan of elect.
ing all officers, president to dog
pelter, by direct vote of the peo !.
pie. He believes that this will
solve many of the difficulties and
Ills from which the country is suf.
1ering.-From a Girard paper.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04
JUST THINK Of IT

.
"There are 6o,oo men out of
work in Chicago now. When the
Republican National convention
meets in Chicago in June the city
will be filled with an army of un-
employed, more than hundred
thousand. With this message to
incite them there will be demon
strations. Suppose a hundred
thousand desperate men stormed
the convention hall demanding
Roosevelt's denominations"
Senator Tillman said sarcasti.
cally: at appears to be the last
appeal to the populace to rise anc
force the crown on the modest and
retiring head of the only homes
patriot in the country"
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04
First Published in the Barber County Index
March /, 1903
Notice
Notice

WHEREAS, a petition signed by Seward 1.
Field. as Mayor of Medicine Lodge. Kansas.
has been filed in the office of the county clerk
of Barber county, Kansas:
Notice is hereby given that on the first day
of the regular session of the Board of County
commissioners of Barber county, Kansas, at
the April session of said board, 1905. or so
soon thereafter as the same can be heard,
said Board of County Commissioners will ace
upon said petition. praying for the vacation
of that portion of Fremont street in the City
of Medicine Lodge. Barber county, Kansas.
as follows: Commencing at the northwest
corner of lot one ID in block nine (9), of Cook
Standiford & Companys Revised Addition to
the City of Medicine Lodge; thence north 35
feet; thence east parallel to the north line of
said lot one ~ to a point 35 feet north of the
northeast corner of said lot one %; thence
south 35 feet to the northeast corner of said
lot one u; thence west along the north line of
said lot one Q) to the place of beginning; and
at such time and place all persons interested
therein can appear and be heard under said
petition. SEWARD l. FIELD.
Petitioner.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The Appeal to Reason has again
been indicted in the federal court.
This time it is because the paper,
on its envelopes, printed an adver-
tisement offering a reward to any
one who would kidnap Gov. Tay-
lor, the escaped fugitive from JUS
tice, from the state of Kentucky,as
violation of the postal laws.
There is no denying the fact that
the government officials are after
the Appeal. Socialism does not
strike the average government Off
cial as the right thing. In the end,
however, the result will be to add a
great many recruits to the socialist
ranks.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04
Too Much Glory

Pardon us, please, but we are
blushing behind the fan. We got |
this sendoff, and more, in last |
weeks Cresset:
'It is the widespread action like
that of the Index that caused the
shrinkage in railroad securities and
brought on the panic; c;that has caus-
ed the railroad companies all ever
the country to take off trains and
lay off men; that caused the recent
order from Santa Fe headquarters
to suspend construction work on
the Panhandle line from Mulvane
to the west line of Texas; that if
continued much longer will cause
general reduction in railroad en-
ployes' wages and bring on prob
ably the greatest and most destruc-
tive strike of our history *a *' 81
Too many people have taken up
the cry of the demagogues such as
Bryan, La Toilette, Stubs, ct. al. )"
Objected to for the reason that
the proper party has not been
made an issue. The Index gets
most of its information out of
President Roosevelt's messages and
speeches these days, If Bryan and
La Toilette are demagogues, why
not Roosevelt? On the issue of
corporate intolerance the president
agrees with he,,"demagogueS" to a
dot. The President denies that the
recent financial troubles were
brought about by reason of a gen.
eral calling down of trusts and
Capitalization of sentiment against
money gamblers, but he..adds that
even though they were, he would
not recede single inch for the
rights of the people after all are
paramount to the voracity of COM
bined wealth. Of course we recog-
nize that it is a delicate matter for
a postmaster editor to include the
President, from whence comes his
daily bread, in the "demagogue''
list, but if the Index and Bryan and
La Toilette (notice the Index comes
first are qualified to head the list,
how can the President escape?
Since the Index is in bad reputt
with railroads and trusts generally
it is willing to bear the burden o
the blame but, great as it is, it OBJ
jects to being also held responsible
foT President Roosevelt's acts. tt
stop the argument, we will admi
that the nation sits up and] take
notice of the Index and awaits it!
edicts with more anxiety than i
does the declarations that are 81
frequently coming from the Presi
dent, but for all .thatsthe Presiden
must paddle his own canoe" O.
divide the salary.
A few more such boquets and tn
Index publishers will become vain
1t is all the glory and fame that w
can stand in one week.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

Senator Tillman has presented to
the senate a protest against the
passage of the Aldrich bill. The
protest was written by Alfred 0.
Crozier, manufacturer of Will
mington, Del. The Washington
correspondent for the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald says: "The petition
strongly objects to that feature of
the bill which removes the restric-
tions of existing law against the
retirement of the present bank note
and the contemplated emergency
currency. Such a law, says Mr..
Crozier, would start agitation that
might take from national banks the
right under which they now profit
ably issue and loan to the people
nearly $7oo,ooo,ooo of bank note
currency and perhaps jeopardize
the gold standard itself The big
gest Joker in the Aldrich bill is the
fact that the restriction upon con-
traction of bank note issues is wip7
ed out entirely. IT makes 1t pos
sible suddenly to contract and de
stroy in one day the entire $780,
600, 900 bank note currency and al
so the 100000 900 emergency cur
rency of a total of $1,2oo,ooo,ooc
of currency used by the people as
money. Sudden contraction of but
$5o,ooo,ooo available money by
bank depositors recently caused a
fearful panic and alarmed the whole
country. What would happen to
the country when the strangling
contraction of more than a billion
dollars, about half the available
supply of the United States, the
me st active and convenient half,
was begun "
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The railroads should at least be
consistent. Part of the time they
claim that they are operating at a
loss and part of the time they claim
that the poor service is on account
of congested traffic-that they have
more business than they can handle.
The people will not be fooled. The
truth is that the railroads have un-
dertaken to deceive the public.
They are attempting to make it
appear that on account of the slight
reduction of passenger rates that
they can not give good passenger
or freight service. AS a matter of
fact their receipts are greater now
than they were when the free pass
and 3-cent system was in vogue.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The paramount issue in the pend
ing political campaign, state and
local, will be Shall government be
administered in the interest of the
favored few, as at present, or for
the benefit Of all the people, as it
was originally desIgned?"The pol
icy of the Republican party has
been and is in support of the form
er theory. The Democratic party
stands, as it always stood, for gov
eminent by, for and of the people.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

A don't laugh item from the
Marion Record, Governor Hoch's
paper: "The Honorable Andy Rich
ards having been appointed Assist
ant Attorney General "to have
charge of land fraud prosecutions, "
the hunt for land thieves and graft
ers will doubtless be pushed with
matchless ability and unrelenting
severity. Quit yer laughin.'
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

Cy Leland, in an interview at
Guthrie last week, gave out the in
formation that Senator Long will
fail to receive the nomination in
Kansas next August. But since Cy
parted company with the Kansas
machine he is no longer considered
a prophet.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The ''powers that be" are having
a great time trying to find out just
how Andy Richards got his ap-
pointment. Long says he consult
ed the House members, and they
say he did not. All seem to want
to get rid Of Andy, but it will all
be washed over in time.-Ashlan6
Clipper.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany lost $4,000 in passenger fares
in the city of Wichita in IS days
on account of discontinuing the
two trains between Kansas City
and Purcell. Ok. The Company
seems to be determined to run its
game of bluff even if it has to suffer
financially in doing so.
Barbour County index., 1908-03-04

The Kentucky senatorial dead
lock was broken last Friday by the
election of Ex-Governor Bradley,
republican. -Four anti-machine
democrats voted for Bradley in
preference to Beckham. The dem
ocratic machine in old "Kentuck"
has been behaving badly and while
republican senators are not the
thing to be desired, it will proba-
bly, have wholesome effect finally
The democratic machine in Ken
lucky has been overriding the
rights of the people almost as braz-
emily as the republican machine in
Kansas.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27
NEW GRAND JURY
At WORK AFTER
SHORT CHARGE
Members for Second September
Term Have No Big Cases
to Handle.

One of the shortest charges ever de-
livered before a grand jury in this
county was that which Judge Ten
Eyck, sitting in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer with Judge Davis, made to-
day, to the second September grand
jury after it had been formally sworn
office for it's six weeks term by
County Clerk John B. Woolston.
fThe jurors entered the court headed
by their foreman, Herbert p. Gleason,
of this city. Chester o. Padelford, also
of this city, as the last man on the list
drawn by Sheriff Frank H. Sommer,
was excused so as to bring the number
down to the legal twenty-three.
Judge Ten Eyck said:
1.-THE grand jury at the opening OF
the present term, the first September
grand jury, disposed of all the i'm
portant cases pending before it, SO that
the business to come before you will
be of the usual kind that arises from
time to time. There is no case Of seri-
GUS Importance to which your atten-
ton should be called at the present
time.
IT merely wish to call your attention
to certain rules. You only hear the
States side of a case, and o do MOI
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27
BROKER EDWARD F. DUFFY
SAYS JURY SECUTED CHARGE.

Edward F. Duffy, a weil-known
broker. announced today that the grand
jury had thrown out the charge of
forgery made against him by Ripley,
Cooper & Co., local stock brokers.
There was never any doubt in my
mind that the action brought against
me by Ripley, Cooper & Co. would fall
of its purpose said Mr.. Duffy, "and
that purpose was nothing more than
the venting Of a petty spite, ngen-
dered because the firm had been de-
prived of my experience in the stock
market transactions.
I'm September of last year, when the
profits of the concern totaled 81 900,
every penny of which had been made
by my efforts, I conceived the idea of
purchasing a farm, and the project
met with the approval of both Messrs.
Ripley and Cooper. AT that time, prior
thereto and afterwards I was vested
with full authority to indorse all
checks payable to the firm. This also
held true of all stock securities, which
were sworn to by me as notary public,
and the ~genuineness of the signature
was never questioned by the county
| clerk. The same conditions applied ia
| the check for $500, which was Endorsed
by me December 10, 1907, and which
] was made the grounds for bringing
| this action"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27
MAN WANTED FOR
MURDER IN SOUTH
CAPTURED HERE
John Cook, Colored, Arrested by
Detective Sergeants F0hs
and Templeton.

John Cook, colored, 46 years old, of
81 Edison street, Bloomfield, was ar
rested today by Detective Sergeants
Fohs and Templeton. of police head
quarters, after a clever bit of detective
work. Cook is wanted by Sheriff j. c.
Shebhorst, of Pittsylyania county,
Virginia, on a charge of murder.
On October IA Captain Carroll was
asked by Sheriff Shebhorst to locate
Cook. The captain had his suspicious
aroused, as on January IS of last year
Cook was arrested in Montclair, In
company with Chauncey st. Clair, col
ored, on a charge of highway robbery.
At that time the charge against Cook
could not be proven, though st. Clair
was sentenced to serve ten years
Cooks picture was taken for the rogue's
gallery and sent to Pittsylvania county
for Identification. The answer came
Saturday that this was the man
wanted, and On that day Captain Car
roll put Fohs and Templeton on the
case, with the result that Cook, who is
an all-round bad man, was captured
today,