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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21
RECIPROCITY DEBATE NEAR END
lBy Associafad Press

Washington, April 2l-Tne six
days debate On the reciprocity bin
ended tllls Afternoon and the house
began a fanid-ife consideration OF
the hili under privilege Of amend
ment and nve minute speeches.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21
CHARTER MASS MEETING

A mass meeting Ii hereby called
to be held In the city hall, Tuesday
night April Is. 1911. Al o'clock To-
discuss the proposed city charter
Those tavoring or opposing are Ia.
sited 10 BE- present Committee,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21

Pumping al Well No g caused
more work tnan was expected ueees
sltatlng the sinking " easing lt
vas found when test pump was pot
~ m0fk that aalt had formed and
then j weak place 81 the casing aas
Developed
The parN commissioners plt ID NJ
Smifh On the lDa and 3orED@e ed
enough seven inch pipe from a..
water department so psf dOxn new
casing Il II expected the well VIII
be gorking by tcmsat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21

iBy Aaaoclated preaa.l !

Washington p G.. April 2i Rear
Admiral Richard inch, q s. NJ. to.
tired, died in the naval hospital mere
today aged sixty seven.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21
vIAITl's POPULATION IS 1902

Washington. o. c.. April 2l.-- The
population Of vinlta, Okla, Is 4.e82,
according 10 a census announcement
today, compared with 3,150 In 1900
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-21

George Lattas Little three gorHef
x neck of land al Division street
and the river ls Increasing in price
He offered Il % the eify IN reNrmsFy
foF $1,000 and yesterday he refused
s70lta tot ii
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
WHY ALL POLITICIANS
FEAR THE RECALL.

ture of popular governmental control,
may displace an official who proves to
be faithless.
The recall is a powerful weapon in
the hands of the people. 1t is terror
izing club to hold over the heads Of
officials to force them to do right
Knowing that the people have the
power 20 remove them where the right
of recall exists, few officials will dare
trans gress to the point of inviting a
test. and when one has the daring to
put himself on trial for betrayal Of du
". or betrayal of trust, the voters can
promptly discharge him from public
service just as an employer can dis
charge an employee from his employ
ment
Such progressive features in govern
ment as the right of recall, the inia-
tive and the referendum are night
mares to those interests which rely on
special favors at the hands of the gov
erning powers. Those features of pop
uIar governmental control are obnOX-
ious to the grafters, the takers in pat
ronage, the peddlers in vice, the pub
lie plunderers, the lawbreakers, and
the whole foul brood of non-produc-
ing parasites who subsist on the pub
lie.
In every part Of the country where
the people have become aroused in be-
half of the public interest, and where
progressive methods are being EN-
ployed to rid the public service Of
graft, profligaly, lawlessness, yenal-
ty and shame; where the people are
endeavoring TO take control and su-
pervision of public affairs out of the
rascals-in every section where there
has been an awakening on the part
of the people, there is a strong senti-
ment and forward movement to en-
ploy these equitable afeguards-safa-
guards which insure the rule of the
people instead of the rule of insolent
and corrupt political machines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
LEE never gave
GRANT HIS SWORD
Historical Fiction That Never
Seems to Die
(The Mntgomery Adyertiser.)

time MntgOmery AdVeTtiSer)
Ned Brace" in the course of an in.
teresting article in Sundays Birming.
ham Age-Herald, took occasion {
say:
When Lee surrendered at Appamat-
CoX he rendered his tword to Grant
1t was magnanimously returned in the
spirit in which it was rendered"
The legends of history are hard "a
disossociate from cold facts. For years
the story the Age-Herald tells has been
going the rounds, obviously erroneous
though it is.
Gen. Lee never rendered his sword
to Gen. Grant, though had he done SO
We have no doubt the Union officer
would have done the magnanimous
thing and returned it to the conquered
hero. In the first place the articles
OF surrender provided specifically that
the officers and privates of the Con-
federacy should retain their side arms
and all personal property. In view of
this fact it would have been theatrical
and unseemly in Gen. Lee to have ten
dered his sword to Gen. Grant There
was no occasion for him to unsheath
his sword when the Confederate chief
in the old McLane house, surrendered
his forces 10 Cen Grant
In the second place, Gen. Grant, in
his book, denies that any such scene
transpired between him and Gen.
Lee. ..-.
When the papers were drawn up and
signed in the McLane house no one
was present except the two command
ers and one other Confederate officer
The only remark concerning swords
was made by Gen. Grant who apollo
gized to the well-groome dice for the
absence Of his own sword. Gen. Grant
had just left the mess wagons and was
not properly dressed for such an occa-
sion, whereas Gen. Lee, standing like
a king, was dressed in pala attire with
his handsome sword-the gift of the
state Of irginia-dangling from his
side.
This was contrary to General Lees
appearance. In battle he
seldom carried sword, while his
grey uniform looked plain and was
shorn of all decorations save a few
brass buttns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
SMALL CROOKS IN JAIL;
Big Ones in CONGRESS
Judge Lindsay Thinks 1t Too
Much That Way

New Haven, Conn, March 9.-Judse
Ben B. Lindsay. Of the Juvenile court
of Denver, paid a tribute TO "priyilege"
before Prof. Bailey's class in Ameri-
cen social conditions here. Among
other things, he said:
Our small crooks We send to prison
in stripes; our big crooks We send TO
the United States senate.
Judge Lindsay said he did not refer
to any specific case in his particular
statement He continued
Il was going through Chicago re
Gently and saw in huge type in a news
paper that man about to be tried
for his seat in the United States sen
ate was good to his family and his
other habits were good.
while I am not cynical, I would
like to inquire why the universities
are sending out so many crooks. The
universities send out many good men.
Some Of the best are to fight for right
eousness, but some Of the biggest
crooks I have ever known are men olt
of the universities. They are equip
ped with great intelligence, and are
after the bones which attracted the
dog on guard under the apple tree:
They find the bones. In some case it
is is judgship in others, perhaps,
it is the United States senate.
Let me not be mistaken. There
are good men from the universities,
and they go to help others, as in the
"ase of Joe Folk, of Missouri, and the
fearless Francis J. Heney, of San
Francisco, for whom the men of Lee
land Stanford went and worked
against a graduate of their own uni
versity.
Privilege is what is causing all the
youthful crooks, all the petty thiev-
Ing and other msdemeanors. And you
can see how far-reaching the system
is when I tell you of the act of a
graduate of an Eastern university who
wrote to corporation from my state
when a good law was proposed that
the law would be detrimental to the
interests of the corporation, am |
authorized to go to expense to kill the
bill? The bill was killed. The law
yer in this case betrayed his alma
mater and humanity-he was part III
the system.
Legislation adopted by Belgium and
Germany, cutting down by safety ap-
p!iance four-fifths of the deaths from
defective mining machinery has been
killed here by privilege as a part 81
the system. The men who bring thi:
about are modern Herods, led by ava.
rice and greed, who put thousands Of
men and children to the sword. 1t i;
by removing and controlling the cause
that the fight for the children and fol
men must be carried on"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
EVERYTHING FAV0RS DEM0C-
RACI.

The golden opportunity" for which
they have longed and fought, is now
presented to the Democratic leaders in
Congress and their real measure in
constructive craftsmanship is about to
be taken. For the first time in i
years their party is in complete con-
troll OF the tariff-framing, reyenue-oc-
iginating branch Of Congress. It is al
SO stronger in the upper branch than
it has been in the same period-strong-
er not only in the quantity but in the
quality of its Representatives.
With the extra session that starts
on April +, some six or seven real
Democrats-ive, vigorous, virile, pre-
gressive Democrats-put on Senatorial
togas that formerly clothed the now
sadly shrunken figures of as many
standpat Republicans
Untinged by trust Affiliations and
lacking the corporation slant that hob
bled and blinded some of their prede-
cessors to a pitiable degree, these men
come into the Senate in tune with the
changing political conditions of the
country, prepared to push ahead and
neither stand pat nor pull back.
There is no question that the cause
of the people is stronger in the Senate
today than it has been in many years
There is a slim but not solid Re.
publican majority of eight in the Sen
ate and a Republican President in the
White House, but to political analyst;
these two facts constitute an advant.
age rather than a handicap and really
strengthen the strategical position o.
the Democracy. 1t will enable tha
party to put through the House
straight, clean-cut, simple measures
for the relief of the people and de.
manded by the people Should the Re.
/ publican Senate permit these measures
to go through and Republican Presi
dent approve them, the credit would
still belong to the Democrats, mol
could they be robbed of it.
Should the Republican Senate defea
these measures or the Republican
President veto them, an issue would a
once be created upon which the Dem
ocrats could we'll afford to go TO thu
country confident of the favorable yer
dict.
1t would seem as if the situation
were in their hands and that the path
way to success were so clearly indicat
ed and well defined that it would b,
difficult to stray therefrom The onl,
danger to the Democracy lies in tn,
development of factionalism in tn
Senate, an outbursting of the spiri
shown by Bailey in his recent spectac
ular resignation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
= = = y y y = y = y = 4
? INVADED THE SACRED SOIL
y OF PRIVILEGE.
= + = y y y y y y y = 4
New York World. }

THE switch artists who knocked
down an old broker in the Produce EX-
change vaults and substituted some
nice clean paper for his securities
awoke to find themselves famous
though anonymous They had operat-
ed below the dead-line."
Inspector Byrnes drew the dead-Hne,
not literally at Wall street since the
jewellers Of Maiden lane were als1
protected by it. In general any known
thief who goes below Fulton street is
liable to rude suspicion. Any retail
thief, that is. Theft by wholesale is
not unknown in the shadow of old
Trinity.
The dead-Iine is not the only ex-
elusive privilege Of Wall street. Else
where the usury law protects borrow
ers; there it doesn't go" Taxes are
collected elsewhere: there is trade
custom" to beat the stock-transfer tax
but charge it to the customer just the
same. In general practice it is dis
honorable to pawn goods a customer
has bought prosperity viii wither, in
Wall streets opinion, if this course is
not permitted there. Elsewhere yend-
ers may not set up a market in
street; Wall streets curb" is mid
way between curbs, public property
roped of for private use
Not because Mr.. Bancroft lost 500
600 is such a fuss being made. The
greater wonder is that professional
4 thieves, Who are free to go anywhere
else if they behave themselves, should
have dared to tread the sacred soil of
Privilege.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Those who are afraid Of the people
are afraid of the recall. Public Off
cials, who want 10 operate in behalf II
private interests and in defiance Of
law and the popular will, are opposed
TO the recall feature, says the Nash
Vile Tennessean and American, for
the power of the recall is effective in
displacing an Objectionable official L
gives the people a chance TO discharge
an official who proves 10 be derelict or
offensive in his official capacity. Il
leaves the power of control in the
hands Of the people. The efficacy Of
the recall was demonstrated to q
marked degree in Seattle, Wash, on
the 7st inst, when Mayor S. c. Gill
was removed by a recall vote Of 1000
plurality. He Aad become offensive
10 the people in the conduct of MS
Office, the charge being brought against
him that he farmed out the vice priv
.ileges to a syndicate, collecting as com
pensation a large percentage OF the
. receipts. 1t was charged that he pros
tituted the functions of his Office
/ a number of instances, rendering him
sci unworthy of the station he occu-
pied, and the recall was resorted %,
resulting in driving him from his Of
/ flee.
a significant feature Of the sensa-
.tional removal Of Mayor Gill is the part
/ the women played in the affair. The
women, who have recently been en-
/ franchised in the state of Washing
ton, inaugurated the fight on Mayor
! Gill and in the election they voted
almost solidly against him He was
elected last March by a plurality of
$500, and was defeated in the recent
recall contest by a plurality of six
thousand.
This is an object lesson in what may
be done in a prompt and effective way
through the medium of the recall. It
shows how the people, under that fea-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
RE>}SNEn TO ESCAPE MPE4CH.
MENT.

~ss general opinion in Washington
: va. SEX Bzlliage-s recent resig-
ua-7z vas no: due so much 10 i'll
haa-e IS % -he desire 10 avoid i'm
7az.1aa-- and trial by the Senate at
srr-oaca5-E ezra session.
.- mas been known for some days
-aa. -osnoc-acc leaders in the House
had determined 10 begin Impeachment
--o-sezs-Es against Mr.. BaIlinger as
s7.a = ne special session of Con-
E-zss 90 under way. Hints Of this
purpose were thrown out soon after
he November elections and were re-
1sved when the whi-ewashing report
Of The majority members Of the inyesJi-
gazing committee was made public.
Two other reports came from the
committee. one from the Democratic
members scoring Mr., Ballinger as an
unworthy public servant, who had BE-
-rayed the public interests and whose
removal was demanded by the country;
The other from Mr.. Madison, the IN
su-gznr Republican member Of tn
committee, and was along similar
lines.
A the last session the Democrats
ard Insurgents made every effort TO
have the majority report brought up
for action. Singing speeches scoring
the Republican Regulars fer their r.
fusal 10 permit the House 10 vote on
the adoption or objection of this re-
port were made by Representatives
Hitchcock, of Nebraska; Graham, OF
Illinois, and others. but TO no avail.
Every move in the direction OF action
was blocked by the Cannon organize
ton, which has done its best TO pro-
tect Ballinger from the start.
In the Senate a similar policy was
adopted by BaIlingers friends. Sena-
tors Purcell and Fletcher spoke vigor-
ously in denunciation of the Secretary
of the Interior, but the Senate declined
to permit a vote, and it was recognized
in both houses that the Ballinger ad-
herents dared not come out in the open
with the report
Failing to force action in the House
the Democrats took up the impeach.
ment program for the coming session
and had practically determined upon
this course. The plan was, with tbs
opening of the next Congress, to in
troduce q, resolution impeaching Mr.
Ballinger for official misconduct and
betrayal of trust
With a Democratic majority OF mora
than so it was recognized that tn:
resolution could have been shot
through the House in short order ans
the Senate would then have been called
upon to try Mr. Ballinger upon tht
House indictment. This would have
reopened the whole case and he would
have been compelled to defend him
self against the Glavis-Pinchot charg.
es from the very beginning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

follow.
The Republican party cannot live
half dead and half alive. 1t cannot con-
tinue half reactionaTy and half pro
gressiye. There has been doubt as 70
the issue There is less today We
shall live, if We free ourselves from
the gangrene OF blind devotion 10
things that have gone by
AS a nation We are passing out OF
the political leading-strings OF the
special interests into the full develop
ment of political maturity. The sigL
Of our advance from childhood into
manhood is the progressive move
ment"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Il have been nominated Secretary %
the President"
Very good, sir" said the policeman
on guard. Incoming secretaries keep
to the right, outgoing secretaries keen
to the left. Please do not track mud
into the house"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
Relieves Them.
tT0ledO Blade )

Have YOU noticed how a bum actor
can get laughter and applause by US
ing a cuss word?"
on, yes. What's the reason9"
I've found out, l think. The audience
has been wanting to swear, but is too
polite"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Diaz has been a great ruler for Mex
leo. 1t is a pity that the infrmities Of
age prevent him from continuing the
domination Of that country in the
strong manner that has marked his
administration in former years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

The Lee County Journal contains
the startling announcement that Lees
burg is waking up. We expected such
catastrophe when Frank Long re-
turned there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

The Constitution says Teddy was
easily the most conspicuous visitor in
that city. Those who thought the Col
onel a corpse a few months ago have
had to considerably revise their views
on that point.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

y = = = y y y y y y y y = = =
y THE AWAKENING.
+ = = y y y y = y y y y =
IN maple, beech, and even fur,
The sluggish sap begins TO stir.
The sap, alike a sleeping thing,
Awakens at the touch of spring.
In all the timber on the map
We see the signs Of running sap.
And indications tell US that
'Tis stirring in the baseball bat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
His Chance.
cleveland Plain Dealer)

IOI6VeIanu PIaIH DedI04'I
BE mine, I pray you!" cried MI
Pepper, passinately. "Ah, do not
answer hastily! Ponder well, and see
if YOU cannot love me. o, if I might
only, as some knight of old, perform
some deed of daring-do some valor-
Gus act to show you how"
you can," interrupted Miss Cum-
ming. calmly Go speak to papa.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
Professional Amenities.
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript
Young Doctor-Congratulate me, old
man. am just preparing to visit my
first patient.
Young Lawyer-Good, III go with
you. Perhaps he hasn't made his will.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
American Ruins.

kansas City JournalD
But you have no interesting ruins
in your country" declared the Baron.
What's the matter with our race
track grand-stands?"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

II -----5 : v=-v Ike
Tie making o. s. pie
~ mink & al -1= pretty things
TIA grow beneath Tie SKY,
Al --=- ron AXE and put them II,
Al And cover Them win sun
And --- --z1 n G lj--le dream
To lake I'll they are done.
There's cherry pie and apple pie,
Ana peach and plum and mince,
And pumpkin and pO-a-O-
F. 70 s.c before 3 Prince
And 50 il 5 with poetry,
There are as many kinds
As there are people on The earth
With various sorts OF minds.
The people who make pie OF course
Would rather poetic,
And those who do the poetry
If ! could only eat the pies
But I would neither do the one
Nor vet perform the other
If l could onI yeat the pies
And read the poetry. brother,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Germany and England are said 10
have over a billion dollars invested in
Mexico. No wonder Uncle Sam is
modifying his army on the frontier.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
SIGNS of Snrinr.
Washington Post.

Washington Post)
BOOSTERS that get drunk and wound
ed pigeons that fly to hospitals for
treatment indicate that the nature IA
kers are beginning to stick their heads
up over the horizon once more
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

The Leesburg News talks of paving
the streets of that enterprising burg.
We are very much afraid Leasburg
will soon want to annex Americas
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

The Mexicans have never loved the
Americans. The Greasers will have
less love than ever for the Gringoes il
the army inyades their country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

The Monroe doctrine these days
means that the United States must
keep peace throughout the American
continent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Pinchot has a large fortune. Bal
linger wants to separate him from t,
But we fear the ex-Sect. is on a poor
hrII.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Americas will probably have its own
base ball club, as heretofore It should
receive the entire support Of the Amer
icus people.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

No, Maude, dear; an invitation 20
take pot luck doesn't always mean d
poker party.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Americas is right on the ground At
the Southern Commercial Congress
Hereafter no great meeting should De
left unattended
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Put Col Roosevelt in command of
the army invading Mexico and give him
something 10 do
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

You can't always tell how long
man has been married from the num-
Der of buttons missing from his coat
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

Some men would be brighter II they
would reflect more and some "ou1u
reflect more if they were brighter
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11

We are unable to recall the names
of any of our acquantances who are
too respectable to enjoy life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
= SOME MORNING SMILES. =

= = = = = = = = =
Cause for Wrath.
cleveland Plain Daaler)
I'm madden than Murphy"
What's the cause
My wife wore a Harem skirt down
Broadway from Forty-second street to
Madison Square"
"WeII?"
and nobody noticed her."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-11
Turning tn enables.

washington Starr
You are becoming prosperous Of
late"
yep" replied Farmer Corntossel.
Hereafter were goin' to enjoy our
selves when work gets slack on look
up some deservin' city folks thIGI take
winter boarders"