The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-13


claims Of Henry Worman, engineer al
the city water plant and his assistant,
Roy Cooper, for salaries for the month
Of December. The council also ap-
proved a contract made BY the water
commissioners with Messrs. Wortman
and Cooper for their services as engi-
'Deer. and assistant
should Be friends. Both are sorely
needed il the future development Of
the state. and neither shall unduly
Cypress or harass the other if ! can
prevent il More railroads with better
equipment; more factories with better
appliances; greater development Of
our vast mineral resources, with
greater safety 70 employees; more en-
ployment Of labor with better wages;
an educational system meeting the
modern needs Of an advanced citizen
ship: q continual development Of the
agricultural interests; giving greater
comfort and happiness to the farm
ers Of the state, viii be the slogan for
Oklahoma for the next four years.
NY politics IS we'll known to you
all. I was elected as a democrat, but
shall not be a partisan in the ad-
ministration Of the affairs Of the state.
i shall look at all times 10 the greatest
good TO all the people Under no con-
ditions will I sacrifice the welfare Of
the public to the interest of any poll
tical organization. In appointing men
10 Office, merit and honesty alone viii
govern me. If make a mistake in
the appointment Of any man to Office,
that mistake. as soon as it is dis
covered, will be promptly corrected
by the removal Of the incompetent or
corrupt official
4 think I viii trespass a few min
utes further upon your time, by re-
ferring to my future attitude towards
the prohibition law. in this state.
have so repeatedly stated that l favor
the enforcement Of every law upon the
statute books. that it would seem
needless for me to repeat here that
declaration. But our people have so
consistently fought over the prohibit
ton laws Of the state that I feel that
a special reference to that law is de-
sired by the public. While I am gov
ernor. every power given into my
hands by the legislature and the peo-
pie of the state, will be exhausted in
an endeayor to give to the people an
honest and effective enforcement of
that law. l am not a franatic on the
question of prohibition, and no fanati-
cism will be exhibited by me in at
tempting to enforce that law; but so
long as it remains one of the laws of
this state, in the discharge of my sworn
duties I will attempt faithfully to en-
force it. In this endeayor | am en-
titled to the active help and support
of every citizen who believes in law
enforcement Twice the people have
decided in favor of that law, and it is
certainly entitled to as much con-
sideration, on the question of enforce
ment as any other law in this state.
To those who purposely violate this
law, l want to give this warming:
You must pay the penalty which the
law imposes. Don't violate the law,
harboring the hope that you will find
an escape through the demium of a
pardon from the penalty you have
voluntarily and wilfully incurred. This
much the governor can do to aid in
the enforcement of the law-he can
make certain the punishment after
conviction by Withholding a pardon.
If you violate this law, you had better
defeat the case against you in the
court, for you will stand little chance
to defeat justice after conviction by
obtaining pardon at my hands.
"And now, my fellow citizens, let us
POI CUAoSAfCo W IlS NuIh W DO per
formed-the building of an ideal com.
monwealth! a commonwealth of com.
Portable homes and contented people:
where every man shall reap and enjoy
the fruits of his toll; where capital
shall find safe and profitable invest
ment without depressing the poor;
where virtue shall be exalted and vice
abased; where there shall be real.
ization of the hope of ages and the
dream of the past, "a government of
the people for the people and by the
people" This cannot be accomplished
in year, nor four years, but we can
start the forces moving that will tend
to that end. In this field there is need
for all, and the man who withholds
his help is not friend to oklahoma
lmploring yoer help, and with a
firm reliance upon Him who has been
the friend and preseryer of our nation
In the generations of the past. and who
VIII aid us In the future, if we but
place our trust in Him, enter upon