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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04

RESOLVE

The Oklahoma Farmers Union
through iis advisory oaancil ana eSeeu
tive board. ih session AZ Shawnee last
week. expressed rs dissatisfaction
with the conduct Of affairs OF the ma
tional union in the following letter to
J the national organizations
Inasmuch as the national constitu-
ton was recently sent out to the mem
shership and purnorted to have been
adopted by q majority vote. we desire
to inform you that the same does not
meet with the approgal Of the advis.
ofy conncn nor the membership Or
tile Oklahoma division q the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union Of
America for the following reasons
. "Fist from ind fact hat We feel
thai they should have been submitted
AS appointments with the privilege Of
voting Oh them By sections rather than
as a constitutional forcing the mem.
tership to ADOPT or reject them as =
whole
Second, because conditions under
which the vote was taken were such
that it debarred many Of The locals
from participating in he vote
Third. that it is certain fact that
a majority OF those voting in oMaho-
ma we're opposed 10 said constitution.
Fourth, that there was not suffi-
cieal time given the members in mary
localities to give them the opporIu-
nifty to vote on the proposition at all
Fifth, that the increase in the ma
tional dues seems totally unnecessary
with a surplus Of $4,000 to $4,000 in
the treasury. while our own state
treasury contains a deficit
Therefore in view Of tie general
dissatisfaction with the new rational
constitution, and the Questionable way
Ia which ii has been foisted uIion u.s.
and because Of the fact that il will
be impossible for Us to renew our
membership under said constitution,
many Of whom have already decided to
withdraw from the union rather than
accept the same-we, as state officials
Of the Oklahoma division Of the Farm
ers Educational and Cooperative Tn
ion Of America, do hereby demand OF
you to resubmit this constitution to
the membership Of the national organ
izahcn for their ratification or reiec-
ton, granting them sufficient time to
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04
Oklahoma City Has
New School Supt.

oklahoma city. Jan. a.-with a sin
gle nominee in the field, ". a. Bran
denburg. Pht Of Mason City Iowa,
was Monday night unanimously elect
ca city superintendent OF schools 10
succeed Prof j b Taylor. whose res
isnation was III bic boards hand be.
fore the election The new superln-
tendent VIII receive a salary DC $4,000
year
Tho retiring superintendent. j. b.
Taylor, received a salary Of $4,000 I'M
I'll Monday afternoon in special session
the board decided to raise this salary
to $4,000 70 remain in effect until the
end Of his present term. The raise is
explained as complimentary to Prof.
Taylor. whose work as superintend-
ent of schools has been satisfactory
and as a condensation fof the long po-
litical fight urged against him. which
ultimately rtlsulted in his defeat
The election OF DR. Brandenburg
was a cleafi-cut victory for w r.
swartoAt Democratic member Of the
board who has consistently worked
for tell defeat OF J " Taylor for the
last fise years
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04
Pining to Learn
More Life Secrets

That Madame Costello The cl9iryoy
ant who took her departure fol- Shaw
nee several days ago after 4 three
weeks rush Of business here leil
many inqpiling minds unsatisiied Is
arna-nsa.a~--@----
evidenced ny the large numeer oi
people reported as yet inQuirine az
scotty's Apartments. where the ma-
dame stopped while in the ciiy, ana
where many hearts were made lighter
as a result of hef revelations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04
SCHOOLS REOPEN

All the schools Of the city reopened
Yesterday, including the J. T. 6 G, and
business College.
President Abernethy reported sew
eral new students as entering the IN
dustrial School while Prof Denbo Of
the Business College reported an in-
crease in attendance
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04
EoRFElTs d CONTRACT

II was stated by an alderman thai
G. p HollingsworGl HE lowest bidder
for the water extension work at the
opening Of bids and to whom the con-
tract was let, has forfeited his con-
tract by failing TO file the required $5,-
600 bond The bond, according 10
stipulation, should have been filed Dec.
30, but is not filed yet
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04

become informed, and also give the
entire membership al opportunity q
vote. and that said vote should be
counted By a commission composed
OF one member from each state. said
member to be chosen by the advisory
board Of his respective state
~ A. West,
State President
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04

For Sale Furniture and lease oil
rooming house 45 rooms. best loca-
ton in Chickasha. price right See
Globe Investment Co., l13iz North
Third stteet 4-5t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-04

{. Ever # You want nothing, we
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
SOME GOOD COMMON SENSE.

The Republican-GaZette, Lima, O..
has little patience with the Worlds
Works farrago of warmed-over Cop
editorially:
The Army and Navy Magazine COM
mends the Worlds Work for exposing
pension frauds. Why hasn't the ARM
and Navy Magazine done this work it
self? Simply because it knows this cry
of the Worlds Work is a fraud and a
delusion The Worlds Work denounces
the tariff as being as much a fraud as
the pension list. 1t is working a fraud
game itself for the Democrats; sprung
its sensation just in time to get in its
work for the Democrats before the Fall
election. The tariff is not a perfect
law but it has done more in ) years
to bring prosperity to the country than
the Democratic Party ever did in all
its existence. And Grover Cleveland's 8
free trade tariff brought panic upon
the country that cost the Government
and the country more than all the pen
sions ever issued by the Government
10 times over. Yet this Worlds Work.
which is trying to work the country on
these old gags, poses as the friend OF
prosperity and the expositor of fraud
This same cry of fraud in the pension
roll was raised in the time of Grover
Cleveland, and men were sent hunting
on every clue that was furnished and
the showing they made coufuted their
own charges, and showed that there
was nothing near the percentage OF
fraud they had charged. There have
been frauds perpetrated upon the Gov
ernment, but they should not taint the
pension roll, for they are ridiculously
small percentage of that great roll.
Anyone who has had occasion to try
fn..
friend knows how particular the De-
partment is to see that everything on
the record is right. The Army and
Navy Journal is the organ of the Regu-
lar Army, whose officers retire at full
pay at SO, and yet not one in so OF
them every smelt a battle. They are
sorry lot to complain of the pension
roll of the men who served three years
in the furnace of the civil war to save
the Nations life. Toy soldiers assault
ing the record of the veterans of the
greatest war the world has ever known.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
THE BOIL WEEVIL AS A POPULA.
TION FACTOR.

An important effect of the ravages OF
the boil weevil has been observed in
the dispersion of the negros from the
black districts especially Of Louisiana
and Mississippi. Since the war there
has been "a decided congestion OF the
negros in Louisiana and Mississippi and
in some, districts Of Arkansas. In some
Counties there We're l6 nsgros TO one
white, and the congestion seemed to be
the localities whore the negros congre-
gated. THEY took possession OF the
best lands in Some sections of those
States and the whites went up into
higher and po3rer regions. The Yazoo
delta Of Mississippi became another
Africa. 3 with qGreenville it's Capital.
GreenviIle has its negro ministers, law
yers, doctors and business men. They
lived there in peace and comfort; there
were no race disturbances no riots, no
lynchings. The boil weevil has come
to change all this by greatly reducing
the profits of cotton growing. upon
which the negros depended. The South
ern negro is not general farmer. but
takes much more kindly to cotton grow
ing than to the production of wheat,
corn and stock. When the boil weevil
entered end began its ravages the ne
gros were helpless. The white farm
ers at once turned to raising other
crops, and they took measures to cir
cumscribe the ravages of the insect by
cleaning up their fields, burning the
trash, etc. The negros could not or
would not take this trouble, but began
abandoning the country for other Sec
tions, where good wages were offered
them. The migration became so great
that the farmers were left short hand
ed, and in many Counties mass meet
ings were held, at which the agents sent
to secure labor were warned away with
a threat of severe punishment. The
negro population of the Yazoo Delta
has left inside of two years. 1t is likely
that more than 100000 negros have
left the delta and the districts adjoin-
isiana WAS formerly q negro State, but
now has a white majority of more
than 5000. In Mississippi the white
population has gained rapidly on the
been anything known in the country
like the exodus OF the negros except the
Kansas craze in the '70s.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
ST. ANDREWS BAY COLONY.

The National Tribune receiving subscriptions
Florida colony
Washington County
and trucking section of Florida and far north raise
oranges many other sub tropical products
The will located ST. Andrews Bay the largest
and best natural harbor the Florida coast.
The United has authorized the expenditure OF
than of million dollars for the improvement OF this
deepening This work began December
1910.
The following prices hold good for short time only:
of farming land outside
the and share of the capital stock paT value Soooo
the st. Andrews Bay Development Company for $4,000
Two the latter constituting
solid of TIE capital stock value
$4,000 each) the St Andrews Bay Development Company FOR
$4,000.
Three lots three FIVE The latter constituting
solid body three shares of tie Capital stock par
eac Development Company for
100000.
and four fveacre the latter constituting
four shares of the capital stock par
eac the St Andrews Bay Development Company tor
$4,000.
holds good only until the first assignment OF prop
The share of stock will not be offered to later
subscribers Prices will also be sharply advanced
Surveys Colony lands rapidly nearing completion
completed
your opportunity these prices
Address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington D. C.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
OF NEWgtYEAR's.

The year 1919, with its hopes and
fears. its disasters; disappointments and
its high schievements. now passes into
the dim azure OF the past. and We well
come 1shl witheas much earnest hope
as we feftstowaf "a its predecessor. There
is much TO make us very glad of 1910.
Our country went ahead steadily in the
path of progress with an increase of
population and decided increase in the
comforts and opportunities Of life for
every man and woman, with peace with
all the world, with harmony at home,
a more just appreciation of the bless
ings of our great Government and a
higher standard for our Nation in the
eyes of the world. In a country so
great as ours. with such a diversity OF
conditions, there must be always much
to sorrow over in the most prosperous
times, but there was no great National
calamity, pestilence did not reach us,
earthquakes and storms were not Of
marked severity, the crops were abun-
dant and there were work and wages
for all. Our people were contented,
prosperous and happy, the churches
grew in numbers and influence, educa-
ton became more general and there
was marked tendency toward honesty
and efficiency in the conduct of public
affairs
Altogether 1910 was a very good
year.
What the year 1911 will bring to us
is hidden in the impenetrable womb Of
time, but there is substantial founda-
tion for the happiest presages. There
is not shadow of cloud on the hori
zon anywhere to threaten the contin-
uance of the peace with all the world
which we have enjoyed for the past
decade. Some calamities will come in
the order of things. but there is no hint
cf anything exceptionally great and
prostrating. AS far as human eye can
see we are destined to do far better in
every way in 1911 than we did in 1910.
with the development of everything that
makes for higher civilization, better
morals, better health and more of the
good things of life for every man, wo-
man and child beneath the shadow of
the Flag.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
GEN. DANIEL e. sICKIEs.

The Memorial Committee OF the city
OF New York, embracing Al Posts, are
fervently of one mind as to the recogni-
ton and honor due that grand old vet
eran. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, as the
following will show:
Whereas in the hearts of the thou
sands of the members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic in New York
City. and, as we believe. everywhere
else in our land-throbbing as one
heart-there 10 profound and anxious
desire that our distinguished comrade.
has spared to live in his s7th year,
should be honorsd by our Government.
he so gloriously helped and almost died
for. giving. too, a part of his body to
save, by his being made a Lieutenant
General while yet he is spared; there
fore, be it
Resolved. That the Memorial Com
mittee of the G. A. r, of New York
City, representing the membership en-
tire in this city. do most earnestly and
urgently recommend to the President
and to the Congress OF the United
States the speedy enactment of a law
comforting this honor so richly de-
served upon our beloved comrade while
yet they may be able to do so.
Unanimously adopted Dec. 10, 1910.
Official:
GEO. P. LOUD,
Chairman.
EDWARD ]. ATKINSON,
Secretary.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
GROWTH OF ST. CLOUD.

|. All accounts from st. Cloud speak OF
phenomenal growth of the beautiful
little town. The last estimate puts $50
new buildings in course of erection
which will make the total number in
the town over 1000. Allowing as low
an average as four people to every
house, this would make the population
1000, and the most conservative esti-
nations do not make the estimate low
er than $500. On the colony tract
there are certainly 5000 people now
settled. Growing settlements are rising
on the banks of Lakes Alligator and
Gentry, with 80 children attending the
school at the former. Everybody is en-
thusiastic as to the future of the set
tlement. and the growth has been be-
youd any calculation.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

Commodore Perry Vedder, who was a
power in New York politics for many
years, died Dec. "a. at the Hotel Ma
jestic, New York, in his 73d year. He
was born poor boy. worked as a team
ster, secured some education, and at the
first call for troops enlisted in the 18th
N, Y. He subsequently entered the
154th II. Y, in which he rose to the
grade of Captain and Brevet Major.
He received four medals for bravery,
one being from President Lincoln for
special gallantry at Lookout Mountain.
He was a prisoner some time in Libbey.
and was with Sherman on the March to
the Sea. After the war he became a
farmer, sailor, and school master by
turns until he finally decided to enter
upon the practice of law. He was cleo
ted to the New York Assembly. and
made a record in connection with tax
legislation, being the author of the In
heritance Tax Law and a bill taxing
corporations. He left politics to enter
more actively into business, and had
been president of IA different compa-
nies of considerable magnitude of op-
Grafton.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

Prof. W. E. Soothiil Principal of the
Shansi University thinks that America
is conquering China by the educational
system. Heretofore 95 per cent of the
Chinese could not read, and every at
tempt to spread education has met with
disaster. The late Emperor took bold
stand five years ago in favor of popular
education, but lost his throne and his
life. His ideas, however, took root, and
there is strong movement everywhere
in support of even compulsory educa-
tion. The people are too abjectly poor
to pay even the starvation wages of To-
cal teachers or to buy books and the
Chinese Government has begun 10 pro-
vide these by following the example of
Henry VIII and the Portuguese Repub-
licans by confiscating the temple lands
and funds which make a breeding
ground only for a lot of lazy, dissolute
monks.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

1t seems that there was no i'll feel
ing toward Germany but a vulgar
question of dollars and cents that pre-
vented our fleet from paying a visit to
Deutschland. Admiral Schroeder, COM
manding the fleet, had less than $1,000
for an entertainment fund. and this only
"coIdly furnished forth" the return
which he had to make for the attention
lavished upon him by the officers and
men in England and France. There
fore, when 1t was thought of going to
Germany he found his locker as bare as
Mother Hubbard's cupboard, and had
to forego the pleasure. 1t was recalled
that when Admiral Farragut went to
Europe with only four ships and a mere
handful of men, he spent $4,000 of his
own money in returning the hospitali-
ties of his hosts. Admiral SchrOeder's
fleet consisted of 16 battleships and
thousands of officers and men.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

1t will be remembered that last Sum-
mer there was a craze of gold-seekers
for the Iditarod District in Alaska
Enormous prices were paid the steam
ers for transporting the crowds that
rushed thither, and still more enormous
profits were made by those who got in
stocks of fprovisions and other supplies.
The Army officers who were stationed
there warned the people that the re-
ports were gross eXaggerations. but
these had little effect. The district is
very isolated, and can be reached in
Summer only by a steamer journey of
about 400 miles from the Yukon. In
the Winter another trail can be fol-
lowed for about $50 miles from Seward,
on the Pacific Coast. About 2,500 peo-
pie rushed into the district, but the
total amount of gold they secured will
not exceed s350,000. 1t is known that
the miners are suffering great priva-
tions, and it is feared that there is
much worse in store for them.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
Total ..................s1, 1905.

We may consider the average value of
the greenback dollar to have been 60
cents, which would make a reduction
of s402.19, bringing the total payment
down to s6O3.15. We shall not be very
wrong If we assume that these young
men, if they had remained at home
would have received in wages an aver
age of 81 900 a year. Probably $1,000
Therefore, the average sacrifice made
by the men who carried their guns
faithfully thru three years of service
was much over $4,000. This was a
direct gift to the Government for the
privilege of serving 1t as soldiers in its
extremity. If we take the War De-
partments figures that the aggregate
reduced to a three years standard was
2,320,272" men and multiply this by an
average of 1000 sacrificed for the three
years service we shall have the as
founding amount of s4.640,544,00
The public debt in 1851 was S90,580,-
fS73.72.
iIt ueUt III 1871 WdS SSU,06
s75.72. The public debt in 1866. when IT
reached its highest point, was s2.773,-
36,173.65. From this should be de-
Quoted the amount of the debt at the
beginning of the war, and the $780,
100000 greenbacks which was a debt
which no interest was paid. Therefore
the bondholders must have loaned the
Government in more or less deprecated
paper something less than $4,000, ,000.-
900, or just about half what the volun-
teers freely donated to the Government
in the loss of their wages alone. The
bond holders had received in principal
and interest up to the beginning of the
Spanish American War over $1,000
000, 600 In gold for what they loaned the
Government According to the report
OF the Commissioner of Pensions for
the year ended June 80, 1910, there had
been paid out in pensions up to that
date s3,S27. .4SS,17142. Therefore there
has been paic back to the veterans in
the shape of pensions less than they
sacrificed in wages and less than two
thirds what has been repaid to the bond
| holders for lending the Government
half as much money as the volunteers
freely gave it. This is leaving out of
the account entirely what the volunteers
gave that was beyond any money, the
precious years of their youthful strength
and yigor. their prospects in life and
! labor, peril and hardship beyond any
expression in carrying on the great
est war that the world ever saw.
These facts being undeniable, it is bra
zen effrontery for any man to talk about
the veterans being over paid for their
services and that the pension system
has been urduly liberal to the men
who saved the Nations existence.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
SALVAGE FOR THE VETERANS.

In his address at the annual dinner
of the Eleventh Corps at Cafe Martin,
New York City, Gen. Sickles said:
II had a talk with the President
about the saving of the Union. l told
him that when a ship at sea was in
danger there was salvage coming to
those who saved il, and that some
times the salvage was so per cent and
sometimes more. / asked him what
would be the salvage for the men who
stood up at s11 a month and were shot
at. He said We should be taken care
Of. Now we hear the taxpayers cry
out they are having to support US. I
say: Damn the taxpayer (Cheers.
And glory for the soldiers who fought
the battles when the average taxpayer
would not go to the 'front.'"
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

The editor of the Canisteo (N. W
Chronicle allows such an absurd thing
as this to appear in his paper:
The Government investigation into
the 10000 known fraudulent pensions
that are said to be now in force in the
country and being paid to veterans OF
the civil war who sustained their in
juries outside the service of the United
States is causing considerable appre-
hension among some of the pensioners
of this vicinity.
This is the first intimation that any
one has had that there were 126.000
known frauds on the pension roll. If
the editor of the Chronicle knows of
one fraud, it is his duty as a citizen 10
call the attention of the Pension Bureau
to it and have it Investigated. Even if
he strongly suspects that anyone on
the roll is there by fraud, his duty is
none the less clear.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

King Manuel of Portugal was. as Is
usually the case with rulers in the
Latin Kingdoms, crushed between two
milIstones. The Clerical Party fought
bitterly every concession that he made
to progress and liberality. and the Lib
erals We're hopelessly dissatisfied be-
cause he did not go further He was
good King, as Kings go. but it was
utterly impossible for him to satisfy
both sides, and it was out of his power
to struggle successfully with the politi-
cal leeches who were sapping the SUBJ
stance of the people. His half-dozen
ministeries were simply an exchange OF
one kind of corruption for another. The
country is poor because its rich re-
sources have been neglected by men
who saw a swifter way TO riches In
robbing the colonists.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
DEATH OF GEN. HASBROUCK.
EDWARD J. ATKINSON,
Secretary.

Brig. Gen. Henry Hasbrouck, U. s
Army, retired, died at his home al
Newburgh, n. Y, Dec. 1S. He was born
at Newburgh and graduated from West
Point in 1861, becoming a Second Lieu
tenant in the 4th L. S. Art. He was
brevetted for gallantry at Blackwater
Bridge, and after the war led a num-
Der of Indian expeditions. He became
Colonel of the 9TH u. s. Art. Feb. 13,
1899, was commissioned a Brigadier-
General Of Volunteers during the Span
ish War, and Brfgadier- General in the
U. S. Army Dec. 1, 1902. He was re-
tired Jan. ), 1903.