The Washington herald., 1909-10-19
AT THE HOTELS

A4OAH o1iA5 SUES said State
Harper 5 Cunningham. Of Guthrie 49,
at the Raleigh yesterday. Mr.. -.
ham IS thirty-third degree Mas
Is the sovereign grand Inspector
Tor Oklahoma. and came here
the meeting OF the Scottish Ritz
anybody that has any know
Gov Haskell and has had anv
with him and Is Intimately fam. ,
the intTigues and schemes that are W.
Ing against him and the source thsv or,g-
mate from knows that Haskell ts
good man and IS serving the neo,lo %
Oklahoma TO the best Of his kpoT,eage
he is honest and wide awake don,t
mean to say that he is without his faults.
we all have our own, and Haskell has
his. But ] am quite sure that he Is sin
cere and honest in his dealings with the
people Of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is prosperous and the peo-
PIE are happy; the cotton crop. which at
hrst was thought 10 be a failure this
year. turned out to be a two-third crop.
an agreeable surprise to everybody
BUSINESS Is looking up in all sections OF
] the country the betterment is slow. but
sure. AT present there is a large ir1u1i-
grafton from the Northern States 10
oklahoma. having naturally a tendency
{ 10 swell The Republican ranks. II this
keeps up, the question whether Oklahor,s
/ VIII continue in the Democratic column
may be answered in the negative. How
ever not until immigration has almost
entirely ceased and the State has settled
I uo"n dehnteiy, can the political com
pleNion Of Oklahoma be set down"
''The pulpit is no place 10 exnound
theories Of Browning and Keats" said
Rev DR.. S. G. Van Zandt. OF Portland.
Greg, who was seen at the Arlington.
1t is no plate TO discuss politics. art.
and the latest questions Of the day. II
IS no place to discuss the LIQUOR evil and
municipal regulations. Jesus did not de-
cry anybody from the pulpit. He sat
down with the Pharisee, the Sadducse.
the publican and the sinner. II we are
going to redeem the saloonkeeper. il will
be by using sweetness and light with
him.
/ DO not approve Of making the church
rounding-up place Of all manner OF
healing methods" continued the man OF
the Gospel 1T seems TO me absurd 10
change the church Of God into q pharma-
ceutical institution. The church Is
society for the edification Of the spirit.
for the purpose Of bringing God down
TO man and lifting man I'D to God.
Let US have beautiful classical music
in the church: music that viii thrill ms
and make US feel glad Some music that
nave heard makes me feel ike hitting
some one; II makes me feel like smashing
something. 1 refer 10 those hymns which
0rone on. verse after verse, until they
weary the listeners and dry up their en-
thuslasm. Let Us have bright, classical.
enlivsRing music.
! have preached against evangelistic
music in the past. and I am sorry that
i did il now. / feel that the evangelistic
Idea Is exactly what the modern world
needs I am not in favor Of sermons and
prayers that weary the congregation"
"A party OF land buyers and prospectfvs
colonists from Texas were recently in
Mexico City, perfecting titles TO land Tor
which they have contracted on the 18th
mus OF Tehuantepec." said Jesse NJ. Tay-
Tor, Of Mexico City. who was seen az the
Raleigh The party consisted OF. as
well as can remember. J. 2. Miller and
son; o. L. Miller. OF Tahoka. Tex; Mr..
and Mrs. w c. Cowan. OF the same
place; B. NJ. Taylor. Of Hampstead. and
J. r Griffen. OF Itasca, Tex.
They are the forerunners OF Z. colony
Of thirty families said Mr.. TAYLOR. who
is interested in the live stock industry in
Mexico. The total investment in lands
in the southern part OF Mexico VIII
amount to $4,000 in gold. They are con-
Quoting their preparations for removing
TO Mexico in a quiet manner and are
much averse 70 publicity.
These people state that they are anx-
ious TO get away from the dry region of
texas. where they have lived. on account
OF the uncertainty Of crops there and
they feel as though they had found the
right place TO commence their. new ven
ture- They have expressed much a~ree-
able surprise at the conditions which thev
encountered on the isthmus. They went
there during the hot season and decided
that 1t was good deal better than they
had supposed from reports thew had
heard before leaving their homes. There
were no bandits in sight. the government
was excellent and, above all. vegetation
was growing with a luxuriance thai
promised 10 repay agricultural efforts.
j. r. Miller and B. N. Taylor are min
isters OF the gospel All the people who
compose the prospective colony ara
anxious TO transplant the comforts Of
their old homes into the new regions. and
are arranging for the establishment OF
school and church in the new settle
ment-
whoever makes the charge that slav-
cry exists anywhere in Mexico IS sirnplv
stating untruths. and no one knows this
better than the person who makes this
claim Nearly S1000000 COO Of American
money is invested in Mexico. which GER
tainly is an evidence Of good government
and prosperity there, and confidence on
the part OF American capital But. speak
ing OF peonage. I see in to-day's paper
where charges OF peonage IN Minnesota
are 10 be investigated by the United
States immigration commission peonage
committee. In a report 10 this commits
sion, their agent asserted that men in
the mining and farming districts Of
Minnesota are compelled 10 work out in
debteeness, and that the employment
agencies Of the State are largely re-
sponsible for conditions OF peonage on
he ranges. It IS evident that II there
are Americans who would begin a re-
form movement they have an opportunity
10 begin in their own country, without
going 10 Mexico to look for trouble, and
spread unruthful statements about con-
iitions pertaining TO that country"
Mr.. Gustave 2. Buchholz. maitre
dhotel OF the New Willard. who has Just
returned from his trip to Europe, where
be- has been looking over the leading