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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28

Now what better demonstration OF
the wrath OF some superior power is
needed TO convince Colonel Douglas.
al lhe Muskogee Phoneix. be Is in the
wrong2 When he was ready TO make
a two column criticism on the state
legislature the Lord sent the flood
which washed away tho Muskogee gas
mains, and prevented the use of the
linotype leaving the Phoenix with
two old hand presses and three or
four hand composltors TO getaout
paper forcing the editorials down to
three o. six lines TO the topic. Doug
las who Is more than "a common plug
nnd Aho knows how TO make the
language tell truth or fiction IN pleas
ing style. must By this time see that
if is wrong 10 shade The truth TO in
inre the militant and yirtuous de
mocracy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28
THAT OKLAHOMA CITY co-PART
~ NERSHlP.

(Fgom GBahoma City polnter)
Wodldn't IL be joke to see the
mesOklahOman give back a little of
the overcharge collected ON the print
ing steal About the time City Attor.
ney Taylor gets his hooks in-thats
what they'll have TO do Then. per
haps. they'll be decent.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28
snsnsH9WsE sMszeHsns1 s12uSusH
\ MUCH IN Y
LITTLE :
IN IN uemGus IN ssM e'Bss2

put out ~ yen caii hlih 'v""'"'
gFnOstf ts-Ass
X bail team can't very Wen win in
a walk. it has to have at least a run.
ASK any blind man how he feels
and he viii tell YOU he Is out oi sighl
The minister gets pai9 for marry
ing. but sometimes there's the ueFli
10 pay, too.
A girl may have taking ways with
ont being either a kleptomaniac or
kodak ilend.
Freckles make lots OF girls very
happy by not having them
The average man would rather rum
for office than make n decent llNins
A man can afford to be fool when
it's the way he spends the income oil
large fortune.
No matter how sorry woman can
be that she married man she can pei
a lot gladder that she kept some other
girl frv44 sehRa hhn. ttt
us9XEkhg abo,n 8 steIegroms
when you are away from home IS
they're so much shorter than the let
ters you would have to write
We are apt to confuse reputation
with character.
Blood will tell, especially the things
We don't want 1t TO.
The henpeclSed man As seldom the
one wao lays for his wife
Lots OF girls can be giddy without
the aid OF a merry-goround.
Many a girl who looks like q peach
lis really a lemon in disguise.
When man begins to feel that he
Is appreciated he is perhaps oyeres-
timated-
The ciaque demonstrates that a
round of applause isn't always on the
square
II Solomon had thousand wives
his better half must have been divided
up into pretty small change
The troubles Of most men-women.
Today is part Of the future we
worried about yesterday.
Two women who hate the same
people always get along well ogether
AS vet no one has attempted TO con
vert wild oats into breakfast food.
Speaking of close friends, those who
win not lend you dollar head the
list.
Lots of men would rather hold 3
political job than earn an honest iiy
ing.
Unless man is a hustler his prayer
for work Is apt to remain unan
swered
Anyway Adam didn't have TO hell
his Wife take up the carpets and cleal
house.
one of the advantages Of living Il
the city IS the exercises you get ehas
ing trolley cars.
II the innocent bystander had bee
attending to his own business il prot
ably wouldn't have happened
Everybody is conceited enough &
think he isn't
The deyil was mighty crafty whe
he invented politics.
A girl is sure she has beautiful eye
il they are the same color and nc
I crossed.
When a man loses all his money D
can practically count on the ne'
baby being twins,
Thangafef ai'wbman is that she
not goh2g 4bitad fbi' the summer th
safer it is for her to get the clothe
for it.
, The chiropodist doesn't charge
a the foot any more than the DENTS
e charges by the acre.
. Tread upon her toe II You want
! realize that there Is no fury Ike
A wOman's corn.
a woman may have the reputaiio
OF being a cat and still be afraid OF
: mouse.
Most of the men behiud the ba
3 believed al one time that they We
Q clever.
< II keeps some people broke dressiI
l. Well enough 10 make others think thu
. are not
y Getting IN touch with men Of 1
= fairs is a good thing II they W
) ist'lnd for the touch.
. > THE MAN WHO RETREATS
4, 1 ~~~H---H~-a-----H4H-~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28

The Times Friday referred TO the
class of 1908 as the class of naughty
eight" Was 1t an oversight?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28

The Oklahomans Sunday morning
special leased wire Hearst service
right from the jungles OF zululand and
other Asia, African Australian points
comes by ma'-did You know it?
It's interesting to note that sou can
read the same "gob' in ChicagG pa
pers the week previous. Hal ha
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28

in them and none We're I'm the least
wise affected by the Coalgate failure
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-28

Beauty IS only skin deep. and yet
some women are deeper than they
look
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

JAP PROMISE ACCEPTED
TOXIC, Jan. 1.-THE Canadian
Japanese dispute Is understood to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
THE partition ARTICLES.

You must be reading Miss partition s powerful articles
on Crime and Punishment.
We have published several of them. We shall pub
fish more. These articles have provoked tremendous in
terest You may not agree with all her conclusions But
those articles fascnae you they grip they tear the
curtains away and show you penal system you
never understood it before.
She has told of terrible conditions. She lays
serious charges at the door of what call Justice She
has told of nhumanity which stiles every lingering hope
for better things She has written of the deadly sent
system of the conviction and death of the innocent of
the little children whom brand for the fathers wrong
doing, of the cruel whipping post of the CHASTITY prison
souvenirs and peepshows, OF the inamy OF the police
courts, with theer ''man a minute justice
She has made statements whose fearlessness equaled
only by their gravity.
''Man Furnishes the poor for their povery she cries.
"Punshment does not reform. The prison flches
what manhood the has left and then sends him forth
instead of beter
And then she has demanded: 'What is the value of
a man?''
Are making great criminals Of our small offenders
Is justice farce? Can vengeance expate? Does every
have his chance!
These problems-your problems
Subsequent articles will be constructive. They
will tell of systems of punishment for law breaking which
have their scheme the upbudng and reconstruction of
the criminal rather than driving him down deeper into
the byways of life.
These articles human bodies and human souls
They teach Christian lesson and open eyes
crime of omission for the majority of have not very
seriously concerned ourselves with the future lives of
brothers. whose sins have found them out Is it not time
for us to stir ourselves to this duty?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
JUDGE-MADE LAVISH PROTEST.

A correspondent asks that the following protest be
published believing he says, that there many people
who believe he does
GA local court in southern Ohio has declared the child
labor law Of the state unconstitutional. This is only
incident in long train of similar acts that to
marvel at the patience of the people,
"Under present arrangements any whippersnapper of
lawyer who may be elected appointed to the bench
can by scratch of the pen annu statute enact
ed by the peoples representatives though such
measure may have been thoroughly discussed and met
with universal approval.
"Ths man power is wholly antagonistic to the
American spirit of liberty and republican institutions.
1t is satisfactory to note that strong movement is
Stunning shape to take from all subordinate and nterne-
diary courts state and federal the power to annu stat
utes leaving such great authority only supreme courts
and then requiring unanimous vote of full membership
before law can be declared invalid.
'Another wise demand that is being made is that all
judicial positions be made elective These reforms sup
plemented by the adoption of the initiative and referen-
du will make the judges the servants of the people rath
er than the autocrats that are''
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
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ZIui oh Flower
@1y-1Xf<SosAZ &2y- SO e-<t

"But the council" he protested.
at is something, if OILY a
minor one. And with just a little
OF raillery, 'if you must serve wom-
an to be happy, why. woman needs
a champion in the council l know
that mamma is interested in some
philanthropic enterprises that ne
cessitate dealings with the alder
men. and there must be many
Others"
4, And your" he asked.
ooh, l have no personal Interest
in the matter, OF course" she
answered. 81 am interested. only in
men who are men and they ought
to be men just because they are
men,,
This was enigmatical, but he
grasped the underlying meaning,
and it brought to him new re-
solve, born of an underlined feeling
Of resentment that she had failed
to take his view Of the matter.
After all" he soliloquised, as he
walked home, ''it's mans game, to
be played by men. I'll cH ethe ro-
nance out" o.
But when young man proceeds
to cut the romance out of anything
it is generally an indication that
the romance is just beginning to
creep in. Darnell determined to
show his strength and indepen-
dence, for his own satisfaction, but
l-somehow, beneath it all there
was a desire to demonstrate some
thing to Miss Hadley.
| perhaps l have been inclined to
take things easy" he said. "but now
I'll show them what a whirlwind
campaign Is like"
CHAPTER VIII.
A Whirlwind Campaign.
| Darnell was as good as his word.
and Billy Ryan was delighted.
For day or so after the nomi-
nation" said Ryan, 81 thought you
were beginning to cool off just a
little too fast. and we want to
make few star plays with you"
Just make out your program"
eturned Darnell, and, whenever
you put me down for a number, I'll
take the stage and do the best
can. If it calls for extra quick
work. I'll get out my automobile. +"
SAY" Ryan cried. that's good
scheme! AS long as we're in for the
hoity-toity we might as well play
the limit. Get out the machinel I'll
bet it will make hit, and anyhow
it will keep us from being forgot
ten"
So the automobile became an i'm
portant feature of the local cam
paign. At first it both startled and
stupefied the rank and file of the
party, but after day or SO they
began to point to 1t with pride. 1t
was an evidence of progress; it
showed, they said, that their candi-
date was hummer" And hum he
did. He was frank, clever, demo-
cratic: he turned aside the shafts Of
ridiculte and criticism directed at
him with an expert hand,
"My name is Harold" Heb told
one audience, land some | editors
and speakers have been having lots
of fun with it. They say It's real
sweet, and perhaps it is. A real
sweet name won't do any harm in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
Nursing Ambition
for Grand Opera

Ethel Levy is seriously nursing
grand opera aspirations and an.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
NO MORE KID WEDDINGS

LEWISTON. Idaho, Jan. 16.-On
account of the increasing number
of divorces among young married
people. the prosecuting attorney
has ordered the auditor to refuse
marriage licenses TO couples under
IL years of age no matter il they
have the consent of their parents.
An agreement has been made by
the attorneys of Latah, Ada, Neg
Perc, Canyon and Washington
counties to enforce this rule.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

the council, anyway-some of the
names there have lost their sweet
ness-and it's just as good a name
as Mickey Dugan; no better"
This caught the crowd, and there
were cries of Bully boy!" and
You're all right"
81 play. tennis, too" he admitted,
land golf. Why shouldn't I? 1t
takes a quick eye, a quick brain. a
quick arm and quick foot to play
a good game OF tennis. play base
ball, Also" he went on, "but they
don't say anything about that. And
you haven't heard that I was half
back on my college football team,
either. That hasn't anything to do
with the council, but neither has
ping-pOng or tennis or pink teas.
And, speaking of pink teas, con-
fess that 1 have attended such af-
fairs. Why? Because l was invited,
and you'd all go, too. under the
same circumstances. If you would
not, I'd be ashamed of you. I've
no use for man who runs away
from pretty girls or women"
Here the crowd yelled itsel!
hoarse.
''This won't make me a good al
derman or a bad alderman" he
added. "but it's just as we'll to ad-
NIT my sins. I do all these things,
and I have an automobile. You've
heard about that automobile, of
course. It's terrible thing to have
an automobile. No one ever ought
to have one-unless he can afford
it. If you'll step outside when Pm
through you'll see me ride away in
my automobile, just like the aristo-
crat I'm said to be. And that
naughty aristocrat, Billy Ryan, will
be with me. You've noticed how
proud he Is since he began to asso
ciate with me-never speaks to any
of you any more That's due to the
frightful influence of the terrible
automobile.
This picture of the affable Billy
Ryan was naturally greeted with
roars of laughter.
But I'll tell you frankly" he
said, in conclusion, that l ne, er
yet have consulted that automobile
about my conduct, and I don't in
tend to begin now. When I get in
the council I'm going to do what
Harold Darnell thinks is right.
That's the kind of a dear, sweet
boy l ami"
Ito be continued)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
VISITING BUSINESS
MEN ENTERTAINED

inland Empire retail merchants,
in Spokane for their annual con-
ventions, enjoyed several hours of
social entertainment last night at
Masonic temple, provided by the
chamber of commerce. AS master
of ceremonies f. F. Waggoner pre-
sided over a gathering of probably
500, and a varied and interesting
program interspersed with speech
es by Mayor Moore, F. f. Goodall
and other local and visiting partici-
pants of the evenings pleasure.
The musical feature of the occasion
was furnished by the Elks'
quartet.
Following an address by A. J. Nc
Lean, president of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific commission, a resolu-
ton introduced by N. w. Durham
was passed endorsing the fair.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

is giving two hours day to French
and Spanish.
Il am studying like a Trojan, -
she declares, ito develop my voice
into a mezzo-soprano, and when
Barthelemy goes to Europe in May
| shall go also to study in the studio
he is to open there. In the fall |
shall go to Italy and absorb a roper
toire of Italian opera. My greatest
ambition is to sing Carmen" and
| shall do it in New York one of
these days"
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| Two men, troubled, turned &c
two women for consolation and in
aspiration, although in different
manner and with somewhat differ.
ent motives. Mason wanted en-.
dorsemcnt of that which he wish
ed to do; Darnell wanted to do that
which would secure endorsement
I'm afraid I ought to have de.
clined that nomination" said Ma.
son. Il had practically entered into
a combination with O'Hara and
Norris to run as an Independent,
and now | find myself on the very
ticket it was desired to beat. 1t
looks tricky"
"The object of the combination
was to beat Baxter, wasn't it?
Mrs. Mason asked
He admitted that it was.
| We'll, you've already beaten
him.! she exclaimed, triumphantly
To Mason's surprise, Norris, of
the Safety league, also took the
same view of it.
The Safety leagues aim was al.
ready accomplished, but the situa.
ton did not exactly please Mason.
with O'Hara's strength added
to mine,' he told his wife, 81 was
sure of defeating Baxter, but I'm
not so certain / can beat O'Hara. u
Perhaps" she returned, 'you
ought to decline that nomination
after ALL"
Mason laughed and kissed her.
81 never knew you to waver so
before" he said. you want that
81, 500 a year"
'Pm thinking of the ward, too, u
she answered. 81 want it to have
the best alderman"
Over in the Twenty-fourth ward
Darnell was losing enthusiasm be-
cause Miss Hadley did not seem to
be as much interested in his cam.
paign as he had hoped she would
| be.
Its disagreeable," he com.
planned.
"Of course" she replied.
"And what can | accomplish" he
asked
That's for you to decide" she
answered.
Harvey Merrill the republican
| candidate, is good man." he went
on, land, so far as the interests of
the ward are concerned, it's really
matter of no moment which of us
is elected"
'If you think So" she said, 81
don't see why you are running"
For you," he insinuated.
How foolish" she returned, with
a laugh.
do you think so?" he asked, net
tied by this reply.
The smile left her face and she
became more serious.
YES" she said, 81 do. A man
should have high ambitions"
as it not high ambition to
strive to make ones self the ideal
of a true woman" he urged.
mo" she answered. st is fat
tering to the vanity of the woman
| but that Is all. A man should be
above that; he should have greater
aims. 1t is for him to compel the
admiration of woman, not merely to
seek 1t. He should make his own
ideals; he should be strong and
true and good; he should make the
most Of his opportunities-not be,
cause it will please some woman
but because he owes it to himself. u
Sounds like a Sunday school les
son." he commented. smilingly, and
yet thoughtfully. Il thought that
woman, lovely woman, rather favor
ed the chivalrous methods of the
knights of the olden time"
Even in that day." she returned
woman deemed it no particular
credit to win the allegiance of a
knight who had done nothing for
himself"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
SINGLE MILL STRIKE ON

BALLARD. Wash, Jan. 16.-The
first single mill to start up under
the reduced wage scale started a
strike Of shingle weavers against
a cut of so cents per day. An ex-
tension of the trouble is expected
when the other mills resume.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
OWLS MEET IN PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Jan. 16.-The first
annual conclave OF the Brother
hood OF Owls convened in Portland
this morning at 10 O'Clock with
about 200 delegates from all over
the United States In attendance.
Grand Executive H. l.. Leavitt, Of
Seattle, is presiding.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

Heavy wool blankets In dark
brown colors; splendid for rail-
road men or loggers' use; sizes
6Sx76; weight 8 pounds to a
pair; regularly $3.50; on sale at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16
HEN TURNS HOBO

BELI4EFONTAINE. O., Jan. 16.--
A big fat hen, only slightly travel
stained, arrived here, the single
passenger on the pilot of the South
western limited. She fiuttered off in
a business-like way and did not at
tempt to board the train again.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

have been settled by the Canadian
government accepting as sufficient
Japan's verbal agreement to re-
strict emigration Of laborers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-16

BELLINGHAM, Jan. 16.-J. w.
Fizer has sued his wife for divorce.
She gets up in the middle of the
night to smoke cigarets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-19
TIE 1ATT HpwE- czNczMAzAM q.

tics, we are entering into new and
closer bonds with all the nations OF
the earth. Who is better qualified
than he to lead America to her true
position in this latter day. when the
boundaries established in the centn-
ries past are becoming less distinct
and kingdoms and races are beginning
to realize that they have all one COM
mon destiny?
Secretary Taft has exceptional
familiarity with conditions in the dis
tant Oriert-in Japan, in China. We
may rest assured that our traditional
Friendship with Japan will continue.
Moreover, the future promises that the
slllmbering millions of China Will
awake from the lethargy of ages, and
she then will realize that the morning
dawn of fresher life and wider out
look comes to her across the broad
Pacific from free America her truest
friend and helper. We covet no por-
ton OF her territory. We desire from,
her, as from all nations, increased good
will and that mutual respect which
knows neither buster nor crirgins on
either side. Thus in this new era of
| larger relations, Secretary Taft. with
his comprehension of national and in
ternationaI subjects would furnish a
certainty of peace and sustained pres
f! tige. Under him, at home and every
where, this mighty people would have
an assured confidence in the secure
| development and progress of the coun-
try and would rest safe in the reliance
| that a Chief Executive was at the
= helm who. in peace or in war, would
| guide the destinics of the nation with
a strong hand and with a gentle. pa
trintic heart.
! And so to-day. in the presence Of more
than 10000, and with the inspiring
1 thought of the well-nlgh 10000 times
10000 who dwell within our borders
(. nominate for the presidency that
perfect type of American manhood
that peerless representative of tht
noblest ideals in our national life, Will.
/ liam II. Taft, of Ohio.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-19
MR.HFT5 GRANDMOTHER
Career Of Taft

=
Born in Cincinnati. Ohio, septem-
Der Is, 1857.
Graduated from Yale in 1875, and
from the Cincinnati College of
law in 1850.
Appointed assistant prosecuting at
torney of Hamilton county,
Ohio, in 1881.
Appointed judge Of the Superior
court of Cincinnati in 1887.
Appointed solicitor general of the
United States In 1890.
Appointed United States Judge for
the sixth judicial circuit in 1892
Appointed first civil governor OF
the Philippines under American
rule in 1901.
Succeeded Elihu Root as Secretary
OF War in 1904.