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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-01

Of the shore party that was making
ready. He dropped into one Of the
boats light-heartedly enough. and took
his place cheerfully between two ma
rines with loaded rifles. But the
mournful hush OF all about him, the
eyes that turned and would not meet
his own. the tenderness and sorrow
which was expressed In every move
ment, in every furtiYe look, Of his
whilom comrades, all stirred and
shook him with CONSERVATION. No
one laughed at his little antics. He
tickled the man next him. and nudged
him. his friend Tommy. who could
whistle like a blackbird and do amaz-
ing tricks with cards; but instead Of
an answering grin, Tommy's eyes
filed with tears and he stared straight
in front OF him. Billy was whimper-
ing before they were half ashore. and
some understanding Of the fate In
store for him began to struggle
through his thick head.
There was no need 10 assemble the
village It was there to meet them.
old Jibberik and all, silent. funereal.
and expectant. The men were marched
up to the charred remains Of the
traders house and formed up on three
sides OF a square. leaving the fourth
open to the sea. To this space Billy
was led by Facey and old Quinn. tbs
gunner. The negro looked about him
ike a frightened child and clung 70
the old man.
"Win you give the prisoner a min.
ute to make his peace with Godf
asked old Quinn
Facey nodded.
Quinn plunged down on his knees.
Billy beside him. For a brief space
the gunner pattered prayers thick
and fast. ike a man with no time to
lose.
billy" he said at last. "as you
stand on the brink OF that river we
all must cross, as the few seconds
run out that you have still to live and
breathe and make your final and
everlasting peace with the God you
have 50 grieyously offended. let me
implore you to show some sorrow.
some contrition, for the awful act
that has brought you to thlsl Billy,
tell God you are sorry you killed Big.
gar"
For moment Billy made no an.
swer. At last, In a husky voice, be
said:
You mean Cap'n Tom, who live
here beforey
Him you hurled into eternity with
all his sins hot on him. Yes. Capt.
Tom. the trader"
mol" cried Billy. with strangled
cry. Me no sorry. White fellow ns
good; I kill him"
Quinn cried Facey, your times
up" The first heutenants face was
livid. and his hands trembled as he
bound Blily's eyes with SILK hand.
kerchief.
stand right there. Billy" said tn
oflcer, turning the prisoner round to
face the firing party, that was already
drawn up. 1
"Good-by Missy Facey and gennel
men all, whimpered the boy
"Good-by, Billy" returned the other.
Now men" he added as he ran his
eye along the faltering faces, mo
damned squeamishness; II you want
to help the niger. you'II shoot
straight. For Gods sake don't mangIe
him.
"Firel"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
REGRET AND HOPE.

Much as we hope to see the passage OF
a primary election law we cannot help
signing at the thought of losing state,
district and county conventions, institu-
tions whose passing will be coincident
with the enactment of the modern meas
ure. No conventions-think of it! No
opportunity for the village orator to
climb aboard the band wagon, sally forth
to Montpelier or Burlington or st. Johns
bury and in clarion tones second the
nomination of Hon. So-and-So, Sin behalf
of very large majority of the delega-
ton of this or that county," no oppor
tunity for the aspiring young attorney
who has worked SO many days for the
G. o. p. at IS per to borrow frock coat
and "sound the keynote" in several thou
sand words of privately purloined flap
doodle; no opportunity for the satellite
who has been decided on" as chairman
of committee on resolutions land has his
assortment of catch-penny phrases neatly
typewriter in his inside pocket to hear
himself appointed to that lofty position;
no opportunity for enjoyable nights be-
fore" when business of state is forgotten
and delegates from different counties hold
communion over tinkling glass and deity
manipulate pasteboards. No conventions,
alas! And yet with our regret at the
prospective loss of their harmless accou-
trements is mingled feeling of hope to
think that there will be no opportunity
for candidates with abundant means and
scanty qualifications to 'gum-shoe" their
way into office by means of packed eau
cuses and "approachable" delegates; no
opportunity for county bosslets to de-
mand pecuniary or political reward for
support which is seldom sincere and fire.
quently never delivered; no opportunity
for pre-convention trades and post-con-
vention sores. In truth it is sad to think
of abandoning our conventions with their
spectacular appeal to excitement, but it
is sadder to think of continuing them
with their hypocrisy and their mockery
of popular government.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
The Party's Responsibility.
Springfield Republican,

To the republican party under the lead
ership of Judge Taft comes great respon'
sibilty. 1t has placed itself under pledge
to restore prosperity speedily, and it is
now for the men of millions to show their
confidence and resume their commitments
to the brighter business fortunes of the
nation. The party is further under pledge
to revise the tariff at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, and Mr. Taft is under a
pledge expressed or implied, to- see that
that revision is generally in a downward
direction. This high tariff has tied up
the business interests Of the. country too
closely to the government of the nation
as subject to the changing control of par
ties 1t is making for perpetuity of gov.
eminent control in a single party, and
that will certainly make for the gradual
destruction of democratic government and
the substitution OF an autocracy or an oil
garchy under the exclusive control of a
particular set of business interests. Here
is the great present danger, and we must
now put ourselves upon guard against 1t.
There must be no failure in this first task
of tariff revision and reduction. Much
has been assumed by Mr.. Taft and his
party and much will be exacted
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
The Primary Bill.

A bill to establish primary elections
has been introduced in the senate by
Senator Gibson of Windham county An
abstract of its main features appears
elsewhere in these columns. In the opin,
ion of the Herald, the weak point of the
Gibson bill is the requirement for certif.
Gates. 1t amounts to doing away with
conventions and requiring all candidates
to be filled in. A much better plan
would be to require a good smart fee
from all candidates, scaled down as dis
trict and county officers were reached,
the same to be deposited with the prop
err officer and RENTED if the candidate
should poll a certain proportion of the
vote. This would allow any man to run
who would put. up the fee, but would
not bona fde candidate with some rea-
sonable support within his party. The
bill ought to be amended in that respect.
Otherwise, it has much to commend it.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
THE NATIONAL ELECTION.

The success of the republican party in
Tuesdays national election was expected,
but Il is none the less pleasing on that
account, A general belief in the superior
fitness Of William Howard Taft, in TEN.
permanent a. well as training, TO serve as
the executive head OF the country found
its expression in an unusually heavy vote,
which will give him majority Of from
100 10 l35 votes in the electoral college.
William j. Bryan. in fact more a peerless
agitator than a peerless leader and quail.
fed rather TO arouse the people than TO
govern them, met his third defeat after a
campaign in which he apparently believed
up to the very last that he would be
triumphant His defeat was foreshad.
owed early Tuesday evening when returns
from New York state indicated a repub-
lican landslide there. The size OF this
avalanche was due principally TO the fear.
full slaughter the democratic candidate
received in Greater New York, which ac.
tually went for Taft. The doubtful
states of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio were
also lost to the democrats as were Wis.
consin, Iowa and Minnesota. New Eng.
land went as unit for Taft. who not
only beat President Roosevelt's record in
Massachusetts but came within less than
n hundred votes of carrying the demo.
cratic city of Boston.
Congressional returns indicate that the
6lst congress viii be republican by about
the same majority as that of its prede-
cessor. Speaker Cannon, whose defeat
had been hoped for by thousands of indie
pendents and progressive republicans
throughout the country, won in his con.
gressional district in Illinois in spite of
determined opposition and will undoubt.
eddy be chosen "czar" of the house again.
Cannon's chief lieutenants, Payne, Dial
zell, Tawney and Burton, were also re-
elected.
No victory will inspire any greater feel.
ing of satisfaction among believers in
good government than that of Gov,
Charles L. Hughes in New York. Mr..
Hughes was obliged to combat combi-
nation of powerful interests aroused by
his various reforms, and his triumph over
these obstacles indicates that the common
people do realize when they have the
services of an official who is sincerely |
working in their interests. In New
Hampshire the republican gubernatorial
candidate, Henry B. Quinby, managed
to win but only by margin of about a
thousand against Carr. This result is
disappointing to republicans and demo-
Gratis alike, for Quinby, while clean per
sonally, is without question a part of the
New Hampshire for SO long.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
"Barb' the Inhuman.
(Brandon Union.)

Mr.. Barber, the member from Brattle-
boro, holds a horrible spite against the
red deer, the most beautiful and most
inoffensive animal that roams at large
in this state or any other state: Mr..
Barber has introduced bill to make the
October and the first six days in Novem-
Der. And now, listen. After introducing
this maliciously mischievious bill which,
if it became law, would in five years
practically exterminate the deer in Yer
mont, he follows it up with the most
pernicious piece of class legislation which
any Vermonter ever yet devised. "To
permit a land owner to kill one deer of
either sex on his own land three days
before the open season." This bill would
make the open season Is days long to
land owners and u days long to the
other class. 1t would also privilege the
landlords to exterminate the does, but no
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
Trade at Home.
bradford Opinion.)


Here is sermon on Trade at Home
from the Springfield Reporter It's short
and to the point and will be worth few
minutes thought:
ut has no patience with class of peo-
pie who are always decrying their local
merchants, either saying, They don't car
ry that in stock or We can get this as
much as two cents 1000 feet cheaper in
Kalamazoo If we happen to want a
paper of pins we rush to local mer-
chant, but if in need of something on
which the merchant should have fair
profit in selling we say. That's too high.
I can get that cheaper in Chicago. ] saw
it on page eight million and six of Grab
and Get-Em catalog. The truth is
that after an article is bought from a
distant city, is on the ground, freight
and delivery paid, risk of damage run
and vexatious wait endured, the .arti-
Gle in question is dearer than could have
been purchased at home. The merchant
invests his capital in his business to sup
ply your wants and will carry anything
for which you create a demand Give
him chance to get fair return on his
money that he keeps tied up for u.s."
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
Side Shows Arraigned.


President Hyde 81 Howdoin college has
condemned an agricultural fair held at
fulsham, Me-, IA terms that might wei
have hcrn applied at times 10 the fair
held in hclrheriown II tho opinion 0i
many local pfoplc II 90 bc accepted, lie
particularly armlgnrl certain side shows,
while admitting that many 81 them we've
proper aud decent exhibitions ~ cnriosis
ties or iraks. Two were declared 10
have been vile. while Il were character
iyoi AZ transparent frauds. appealing TO
the gamblers desire 10 get something for
nothing. OF much for little. Nor DID DIR,
Hyde leave the suhjeCt without offering
an example Of something better a. fol
lows:--
| could not help contrasting these cx.
hihitions 81 indecency and fraud with a
corresponding fair which attended
about the same time year ago-ihe
cattle market IN Thun. Swiiz. The Swiss
PEASANTS with their families were there
from far and near. but there was moth.
ing indecent, nothing dishonest; no ia,
kris and no frauds. Everything offered
for sale was Of substantial value az a fair
price. Now the Maine farmer is Tar above
the Swiss peasant IN intelligence and
character. Why, then, do Maine farm
ers allow themselves and their families
20 he insulted by the presence Of these
low iakirs al their agricultural fairs!
VIII not the oranges take up the. ques'
ton. and instruct the managers OF fairs
that they cannot have their support so
long a they persist in selling vulgar OBJ
scenity and transparent fraud at 81 a
foot frontage!
Here is an appeal that may well reach
throughout New England. Eternal yigi-
lance on the part OF those who conduct
what remains Of the oldtime cattle
shows is needed TO prevent the intrusion
OF alien and demoralizing features that
ought always to be kept under. II Is
not easy 10 make the agricultural ialr
today draw popular support sufficient for
their maintenance, but 1t is also possible
10 keep them going al too great a cost.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
Standard Oil faint.
(Springfeld Republican,

More stolen Standard oil letters were
read at public meeting by William r
| Hearst Saturday night. The batch read
week ago exposed the efforts made by
I the oil concern to name the judges and
control the courts of Pennsylvania
| Those now read expose an apparently
widespread effort to control the public
press of the country in the interests of
this great predatory organization of
wealth. As much as this was indicated
in the Foraker letters where it appeared
that the oil concern was willing to lend a
lareg sum of money to a would-be buyer
of a leading Ohio journal. 1t is quite as
strikingly shown in these later Archbobld
letters, one of which incoses $4,000 Ger
tifcate Of deposit to the editor of the
Manufacturers Record of Baltimore,
covering years subscription" al
though the advertised price of the paper
is only 81 year. Still another records
willingness of the Standard oil COM
pany, through Archbold, ITO continue
the subscription of $4,000" to the South
ern Farm magazine "for another year"
with an expression of confidence that
"he influence of your publications
throughout the south is of the most help
full character" Helpful of what, do you
suppose?
It remained for the Standards con-
gressional spy, the contemplate Sibley of
Pennsylvania, to suggest a reader,
cheaper, and more sweeping scheme of
newspaper corruption than that of hand
iny around single $4,000 and $4,000 yearly
SUI ,scriptions to individual newspapers
Washington on March 7, 1906
An efficient literary bureau is needed,
not for day or crisis, but a perma-
nent and healthy control of the Associat
ed Press and kindred avenues. 1t will
cost money but will be the cheapest in
the end and can be made self-supporting
Healthy control is particularly good.
But how about "self-supporting" Was
it the Sibley plan to bring the Associat
ed Press around finally into paying the
was Sss'' to supply for the transformation Of
the people of the United States?
Bribery of newspapers, control of the
judiciary corruption of the law-making
power, and debauchery of the admins
tration of the law, apparently wherever
they could be effected, all this has been
brought to the doors of 26 Broadway by
documentary evidence of the oil trusts
own manufacture, which is rendered none |
the less damning by the fact that the |
cradle sneak thief. What a disclosure |
of capitalistic conspiracy to pervert gov
eminent itself and blind the eyes of the
people through the organs of public
opinion for the plundering of a nation by
a dozen Individuals! Have these indi-
viduals meantime so far morally pervert-
ed themselves that they cannot see the
of these doings? What says
John D. Rockefeller? And if he has
nothing to say, what say the, political
and moral scientists of Yale and Chicago
universities and other institutions of
learning under the endowment of these
ainted millions?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
The Cannon Reared.

While campaigning in his home state,
Speaker Cannon was once lnvelgfed into
visiting the public schools of town
where he was billed to speak.
In one of the lower grades an ambitious
teacher called upon a youthful Demos
themes to entertain the distinguished visi.
tor with an exhibition of amateur ora
tory. The selection attempted was By
ron's Battle of Waterloo" and just as
the boy reached the end Of the first para
graph Speaker Cannon suddenly gave vent
to violent sneeze.
"But, hush! harkns" detained the
youngster-" "a deep sound strikes like a
rising knell! Did We hear it?'"
The visitors smiled, and moment later
the second sneeze-which the speaker
was vainly trying to hold back-came
with increased violence.
F." But, hark!'" (bawled the boy)-"that
heavy sound breaks in once more,
And nearer, clearer, deadlier than be-
fore!
Arm! arm! it is the lannon's opening
roarP"
This was too much, and the laugh that
broke from the party swelled to a roar
when "Uncle Joe" chuckled: Put. up
your weapons, children, / won't shoot
any re."-Success Magazine.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
Do Not Abolish Offsets.
lNOrthfield News.

The only excuse offered for abolishing
offsets for debts owing is that the pres
emit law allows dishonest men to escape
just taxation The proposition at its
best is to tax unjustly the man who is in
debt or who may contract an indebted
ness in order to start in business, stock
farm or to build up an industry of any
kind, in order to pin the tax dodger. The
News opposes such principle as both
unjust and unbusiness-llhe. 1t believes
that state supervision OF taxes, under an
earnest and efficient commissioner, can
bring the tax dodger into position
where he will be obliged to make out a
comparatively honest list. 1t is certainly
worth irving out.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
Bennington Wants a Dam Site.
bennington Banner9

lIrnulHEtou bdnutiJ
II would be difficult to convince a res
ident OF Bennington county that more
beautiful scenery and more of 1t exists
anywhere else in the state. The narrow
valleys between the densely wooded
mountains the numerous brooks, that
constitute the tributaries OF the Baiten'
kill, the Walloomsac and the Hoosac nv
ers and the cleared areas OF the hill farms
make up a kaleidoscope OF changes which
is at all seasons of the year harmoniously
attractive. In only one respect must tins
southwest corner OF the state concede
that il was sighted in the process OF
matchmaking, and that the omission OF
any considerable body of water Lake
Hancock in Stamford, Lake Paran in
Bennington and Emerald lake in Dorset,
three small ponds, constitute nearly all
the boatable water in the county and the
first is nearly inaccessible. With Bono
seen, a Dunmore or a Willoughby, with
Mt. Anthony, Bald Mountain or Equinox
i'm the back ground, the scenic attractions
of Remington county would be incom-
parable. In several localities in the state
artificial additions to the number OF ex-
listing lakes and ponds are being created.
A short time ago the Lamoille river was
spread over a large surface between Nor.
risyille and Hyde Park by the erection of
large power dam. The big electrical
plant being constructed at Vernon will
set back the Connecticut for a number
OF miles. At Cavendish gorge a big CON
crete dam has re-created an ancient lake
and proposed power works at Sharon will
add attractive sheets of water to the
White river valley. With the large num-
Der of established manufacturing indus
tries in Bennington it is to be regretted
that there is not in this locality an OPP
portunity for the erection Of a large cleo
trical plant which would furnish a more
economical power than steam and provide
those opportunities for recreation which
are SO abundant in many parts OF the
state
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06

There Is nothing surprising about th'
outcome of the license vote. in llinsiale
\. II, The question had become a mors
personal one than that AZ momliiyi |,
was represented hy actual dollars and
cenisi il touched the volers' poekethooks,
For the year ending Oct, ~ the town ~
ccived in LICENSE fees, fines, etc, sstla7',
while the cost 81 the police court, no, In
Guiding the cost Of boani for prisoners
sent 60 the county farm, amounted 10
Sl.sa7ia In other words the town paid
sS7a0i during the year for the privilege
of taking care % 40 eases 81 drunkenness.
aside from lis sham Of the supper, II
ihosr sent 10 Wesimorelahd, This de-
plorahlc condition was due IN large
measure TO the hhoprs employed on the
dam. hut Il is not conceivable that the
rccod would have been 20 elaringly bad
had the licensees handled the traffic with
anything like Judgment.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06

The bill providing for the appropriation
line highways through this state is to the
Middlebury Register what a flaming scar
let shawl would be to a surly bull. 'Of
course this is in the interest of automo-
bilists," shrieks the Register, "but few of
whom live in Vermont. A large part of
our population are farmers. All they ask
is that those who want automobiles shall
build their own roads," This is indeed
a broad and far-sighted attitude to take!
Don't waste any money on good roads be-
cause they will be used by people living
outside the state; don't build any sum-
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06

The sire Of the llmi,lcboro vote Tues
day tells an interesting story, Withou,
urging. over 1900 voters went TO the polls
none Of them was carried in convey
ancc nor received cigar for doing hi.
duty, none Of the factories in town closed
for more than two hour: there was no
hurry or excitement or ouilandish ex.
pcnse. Al Of these accompanimcnts were
in evidence in the last representative
campaign and yet the total vote was less
than 1000. Are they worth the cost
these extra 900 or more who have TO be
dragged outy
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
OUR HALL OF FAME.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to Pro
minent Personages,

States Attorney r. G.. Bacon seldom
touches tobacco. He generally smoke.
cigarettes.
United States Judge James l.. Martin
never carried a cane until he was ap
pointed to the federal bench.
Clarke c. Fits, who likes to prosecute
lawsuits against corporations, is an habit.
ual drinker-of water
DR.. j. f. Calvin. who represents Lon
donderry in the legislature, is democrat
but it is never mentioned above whis-
per.
Attorney General John G. Sargent gen.
orally buys a box wher he goes to the
theatre--and occupies the greater part of
it himself.
s George w. Pierce, master of the state
grange, always says "deestrict" when he
means district, but nobody lays this up
against him.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06

ether class AZ people eonl take a hand,
Moullat a las fashioned like this make
l.alh the aulLaF aud the legislature Pop
ulaFs Hut The hall will not he taken -
: .as.ly, It's tbs kini ~ hill ,ha. might
baroHle a Law in England but not In
America, and particularly not in Yer
mont. Mr. ilarler hnlis a spite against
The nj drcr which the people u Yer
mont do not entertain,