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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
kNloATe TEMpLAR MEEr

DE Molay Commandery Of knights
remplar held q special meeting this
afternoon ai o'clock at the Masonic
hall comforting degrees on two can.
dldates They will dine together al 6
O'Clock and will attend Easter services
lu a body tomorrow Uncle John
coyie Of Rush Springs was among the
prominent visitors tn attendance.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
BoYs NEED HeLp.

liigh school boys who are interest.
ed IN athletics are anxious 10 have a
representation from ihe local hlgh
school a. The state track meet IN Nor.
mau this year. but unless the citizens
of the town make up a purse and pay
the expenses Of The boys 10 that point
there viii be none The track team
has organized and are anxlcds 70 rep.
resent The school
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
THESE Fowls AaG Object

|-VN~ N~F3DFIFI ? U y DDDFl"
H y Galway WIN b. the envy Of
BE hslgbbors and of tae poultry grow.
srs of the town BECAUSE he received
ihls morning q coop of fine black Orp-
lugteH chickens. direct descendants
from The Duke Of Kent Of Ft Wayne,
I'D These chickens won the blue
aoDops AZ the Shawnee state fair IN
their class and are among the colby
chickens of the state with due re.
sDect to other poultry men. Mr. Cal
loway declares bis bunch 10 be the
finest Ia The city
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

The GormanFord stock company
viii open a weeks engagement at
Convention hali Monday night with
Lena Rivers The company Is com.
posed of sixteen people and carries a
band aud orchestra
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
tDyochTEg GOVERNMENT
oHHEssHip Or TRUST.

ieiofe 2 large audience al fae eiiy
tal laaf rigtt Nfa Mia TnDDeg May.
cafef giCag ne fouu6 n8mbef 20 tle
9ciaiast lycegm ecHfee exDoa6Ass
the Socialist theory u fhe origin and
growth n ffusa and advocated gov
eminent ownership Al the remedy.
sas pointed olt ihe failures of the
trust Daaterss and contsndsd that ez.
sting eyiie could not be eradIeated
under private ownership
Mrs. Maynard is very gifted wo-
man showing broad scholarship and
icep 4aiy 81 economic Dfcblem1 gas
% fine speaker and her lecture
brought forth frequent applause.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23

cises of the Franklin union, a short
time ago, The Boston Globe reports
Mr.. Olney as saying:
America has been famed the world
over as Gods own country-as q. land
Of equal opportunity, of even-halded
justice, Of the amplest liberty Of
thought and action and conscience
where birth was nothing and merit
everything, and where any man might
hope to receive any reward justified
by his deserts. II that state Of things
is to be preserved, or restored, If the
wage earners Of this generation want
IL for themselves or their children
after them, they must not be content
with the special education needed in
this or that special trade.
They must not sink the citizen in
the craftsman. They must realize that
to neglect their public duties is 10
neglect their private interests as well
and that, however, desirable to the
mastery Of a trade, it is indispensable
to its satisfactory enjoyment that heir
rights and powers as citizens and vot.
ers be exercised with intelligence and
wisdom"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
STRANGE.

Strange, is # not, how the opposition
10 the spirit of -partisanship in the
supreme elections in thGIourth district
OF Illinois invariably finds vent
somewhere outside the district. Three
years ago those who iuaugurated the
movement in opposition TO Justice
Cooke, went over into Iowa 10 launch
their little campaign. Burlington was
the center Of operations. But the dis
trict stood by Cooke to the tune of
1900 majority
This time when possibility Of opposi.
ton seemed so remote as 10 be hardly
worth consideration. that mysterious
influence that resulted in injecting a
fight into the election came ali the
way from New York-with relay al
Chicago.
Now We are told OF a meeting OF
the newspaper fellows who are foI
Judge Grier, having been held. Where
Ia the fourth district? Not on your
life. Indeed, over in Galesburg
which is In the adjoining supreme
court district
Evidently the opposition to non-par
tisanship in the fourth district does
not find favor anywhere within the
constituted borders Of the district.
II must have its lodging place out
side
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
DEVELOPING THE ADJUNCT"

Foxy people, those Canadians. They
set up roar Of indignation when a
letter written by the president was
published i'm which he referred TO Can
ada as an adjunct" of the United
States. in case the reciprocity treaty
went into effect And all the while they
have been quietly working to make
The United States an adjunct of Cana
da.
The cat was let out Of the bag when
Il became necessary TO make public
the fact that preparations were under
way for guaranteeing Sl5,O0o000 Of
bonds which are to be sold TO raise
money for tuuueling the st. Lawrence
river at Montreal. for the use OF The
Grand Trunk railway Furthermore,
II IS to be noted that there are five
times as many miles OF Canadian-own-
ed railways In the United States as
there are miles OF American railways
IN Canada Also. the Dominion govern
ment has suspended the operation of
one Of its exclusion laws to permit the
importation Of laborers from the
United States for railroad construction
work.
But its all right Uncle Sam is
big and strong enough 10 carry the
Lady OF Shows on his shoulder with
out feeling the weight. and gallant
enough 10 take genuine delight in do
ing IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
DOLLY MADISON.

A charming, able and diplomatic
first lady Of the land" was Dolly Mad
ison, the better half of James Madison,
fourth president of the United States,
whose birthday was celebrated by the
wives and daughters of democratic
statesmen at Washington.
Dorothy P. Madison, whom the lad
les honored as their patron saint, was
born May 20, 1872, and was a buxom
belle of %. widow, the relict of one
Todd, when she captured the heart of
the future president. When her hus-
band became secretary of state under
Jefferson she began her reign at the
White house, which continued during
Madison's two terms as president and
her sway was the golden age OF Wash
ington society, never since equaled in
brilliancy She habitually used snuff,
but il was said that "in her hands the
snuffbox seems only a gracious com
plement with which TO charm"
While not Of the intellectual type,
she was born diplomat, and her ami
ability and desire TO please transform
ed many OF Madison's bitterest enc
mics into firm friends. Madison was
president throughout the period COW
cred by the last war between Great
Britain and the United States, which
broke out a century ago, and during
these troubled times the administra-
ton needed all the supporters that Dol
ly Madisons tact won for It.
Mrs. Madison lived to a ripe old
age dying in 1s49, and maintained her
social supremacy until the last. For
nearly half a century she was the So
cial arbiter and set the fashions for all
/ America. She was one of those wo,
men who bear testimony upon the
pages OF history that woman has a
place in politics, but that she can &C
/ complish more for her cause by tact
and diplomacy than by standing side
by side with men at the polls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23

Henry J. Lynch, chief probation Of
fcer Of Chicago. proposes in all serious
ness that the rear seat be legislated
of the motorcycle so that the youths
Of the windy city cannot take their
sweethearts up and rush away TO be
prematurely married. All right II
Chicago wants such a state law, IL
ought 10 have it. We might go litt.-
further and take the tonneaus of Of
automobiles and stop passenger carry
ing in aerOplaues, but what is TO be
done with the iniquitous trolley car?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
Arsenic Eaters.

The average Englishman has a hor-
ror Of arsenic. but the peasantry in
Austria-Hungary and other parts of
eastern Europe eat it habituslly, be-
heving that it gives plumpness and
beauty TO the figure and longness Of
breath. Peddlers sell white arsenic
about the countryside quite without re-
striction. The quantities taken are
small, and SO long as the doses are reg
ular no illness results. Once they are
stopped. however. symptoms OF arse-
meal poisoning at once become mani
fest. Mountaineers in eastern Europe
often take q dose OF arsenic before
commencing a climb. and il Is also
customary to give it TO horses and dogs
TO give brightness and gloss to their
skins.-LOndon Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23

Dear Mrs. Thompson: A number OF
US girls and boys, aged from Is TO is,
planned a May walk, and my mother
l asked an older relative
her opinion and she said We ought not
to go without a chaperon. l do not
think it necessary for IS or 20 young
people toSbe accompanied by chaper-
on on an afternoon walk. do you?
BERNICE.
Chaperons are always in good form
when young people are out together.
However, 1t is a growing tendency Of
modern youth TO dispense with the
chaperon and defy convention. l can
see no harm that would come to so
large a company of young people, but
mothers advice is always wise, you
know.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Have Ohio
women the right to vote, or is there
a chance Of their voting? A. s. D.
The recent constitutional convention
in Ohio made provision to allow the
suffrage question to be put to a vote
in the state. If the constitutional
amendment carries, Ohio women will
be given equal voting rights with men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

The proposed amendment to the
Federal constitution providing for the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people of the several
states, which has finally been agreed
upon by congress, and the further
amendment providing a six-year term
for the president and making him in
eligible for reelection, now under
consideration, are almost sure of rat
ificatiOn by the necessary two-thirds
of the states.
The United States senate, which has
heretofore been the effectual barrier
against the proposed change in the
method of electing its members, has
yielded final assent To the change, as
result of an undoubted popular de-
mand following years of discussion in
the press OF the country.
The extension Of the presidential term
10 six years and the provision MAX
ing future incumbents of the Office in
eligible for reelection will no doubt
meet a reader assent than has been
given to any other change in the con-
stitution since its adoption. A first
| four-year term in the presidency has
almost invariably been made an en-
trenched position for the capture of a
/ second term, to the disadvantage of
| the public interest. The recurrent
/ four-year struggles have also caused
great unsettlemeut of business. Mon
ey has been freely used in large
amounts to corruptly influence pop
ular choice. The present scandalous
scrimmage for the republican nom
ination between the president and ex-
president seeking a third term in the
presidency in despite of his pledged
word that he would not be a candi.
date, nas given an immediate weight
and intensity to the demand for a
change.
This is shown by the quick prelim,
mary action taken in congress upon
the recommendation of President Taft
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
WHEN WATTERSON SAID ROOSEVELT
WAS AS MAD AS A MARCH HARE

Henry Wattersons famous article
in the Louisville Courier
Journal, under the caption, LAS Mad
as a March Hare" and dealing with
the performance of former President
Roosevelt is here TepUblished by re-
quest:
The spectacle of the president of
the United States engaged in-an I'M
seemly public quarrel with an ex-presi-
dent of the United States may be, as
the saying hath it, "A sight for god 5
and men," but from the viewpoint Of
a people proud equally of their coun-
try's dignity and its power among the
nations of the earth il is tragical.
"One is moved to ask is the White
house worth it to either of them?
Considered from the viewpoint Of
their antecedent relations it is pitiable.
1t is even CHASTITY. Yet Mr. Taft might
have taken a shorter cut to the truth.
He might have said:
81 personally know that Theodore
Roosevelt is of unsound mind and |
refuse TO fight a mailman.
That is nearer just epitome of the
situation than will be any Of the spec
ifc counts in the indictment the re-
publican party first as most respodsi-
bic, and the American people secnEd
as most deeply concerned must draw
against the man whose insatiate thirst
for power and love of display have
brought so great a disgrace upon as.
IF that one Of the Caesars who goes
by the name of Nero was insane
Theodore Roosevelt, aspiring. to be
an imitation Caesar. is insane.
He carries all the marks typical
Of the perverted understanding, the
devilish streak of viCiousness, the ig.
noble malignancy. the logical intensity
and inaccUracy of the lunstic.
Not one of the issues he has raised
will support his claim or bear HIM
out in the argument. His plan of cam.
paign from start TO finish has been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23

wouldn't mind the wet, muddy shoes
or the torn garments if she could only
have the companionship of a loved
one. While she was thinking the COM
ers were drawing near Presently the
boy, running ahead of his father, stop
ped directly in front of her, looked
steadily at her. then, throwing out his
arms, ran forward. exclaiming:
"Mammar
Whatever this meant she could not
tell. She did not wish to repulse the
child and received him in her own
arms. The gentleman came on, a won
dering expression in his face. Present
ly he stopped and exclaimed:
"Agnesr
X was plain to Miss German that
she had been mistaken for another.
and that other was the wife of the man
and the mother of the boy. She hest
tated what TO do or say. She shrank
from disappointing the child. who be-
| lieved that he had found his mother.
She could not very well at the moment
inform the man Of his mistake without
/ disabusing the boy.
"You see" said the gentleman with
deep Representatives, in his voice
and CHANGING toward his son, what
you have done"
/ "Oh. mamma" moaned the little fell
low, where have you been all the
long timer"
There was silence for some moments,
when the man said;
Come back, and for Roy's sake all
shall be forgiven"
"Oh. do, mamma-do come back!
miss you dreadfully."
/ Thus far there had been no necessity
for Miss German to say anything, but
now both the father and the boy were
| looking at her. the former curious to
learn her decision, the latter eagerly.
1t occurred to her that II she could
gain a little time she might cause the
father to see his mistake without break.
ing the matter. at least Immediately
to the boy.
"You say" she said to the man, "that
If come back all will be forgiven for
] AAOA , sdke- W IL IL NC lOi Ills SANS
alOne?"
"You know the breach between u
and that no wife who has done wha
you have done can be the same to he
husband as before"
DO come back. mammal" The chill
chung to her as If fearing to lose he
again.
IN tell you what l will do, dear,
she said. Papa may come to see 10
this evening. and we will talk it owe
! must 90 on now"
"Oh, no. | won't let you go.''
Come. Roy" said the father Man
ma is right. We will 20 on with on
walk. and this evening papa will sc
her. and perhaps you will have ht
with you again"
The boy chung to his supposed mot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
CAPITAL COMMENT

the party caucuses, when some OF the
protection democrats-of which scat
tering few archaeological to cuts
in particular tariff schedules, the speak
er practically read the riot act to
the wavering ones.
1--WE promised to do this" the speaker
shouted on more than one. occasion.
I'VE promised it. Now then, are we
men of our word, or are we cheats and
swindlers?"
Here is a list of the important leg
islation passed by the democratic
house, every line and letter of which
is in exact accordance with the prom
Uses made before election:
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
A revision downward of the tariff
schedules.
An income tax
readjustment of pensions.
Economy in the administration of
the government
Direct election of senators.
Employers liability and workmen's
compensation.
Improvement of public roads.
These are the important measures
passed by the house, and inasmuch as
the republican senate and republican
president saw fit to stand in the way
of the ultimate passage into law Of
some OF them, notably the tariff yeduc-
ton bills, the democrats are going to
ask the people next November to re-
move these barriers to the final ac-
complishment of this program of re-
form.
CAUSE OF PRIDE.
Every democrat is proud of the rec,
ord of the house. They all feel that
never before did the national demo
cratic party stand on such a well de-
] fined, clear cut issue They will ASK
the people to endorse not what they
promised, but their actual deeds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
The Argus Daily Story
Managed by Fate-By Miriam Burnet.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary Bureau

Edith German was strolling on
country road. 1t was summer time.
and Miss German was used to getting
out of the city as early as possible in
the spring and remaining as long as
possible at the end of the leafy season.
She disliked city and loved country
Nfe. Born in what is called society,
she disliked its hollowness and left it
before the annual hegira commenced.
There was that in Miss Germans
mind on this summer morning which.
though it had been there often before,
was now stronger than ever. She
longed to occupy her natural place as
wife and mother. Twenty-eight years
old, she was still unmarried. The men
of her acquaintance were society men.
and, while it Is not at all unusual for
such persons TO be fine fellows, they
are liable to partake of that artificial
ity which is a necessary evil in the so
cial world.
At any rate, Miss German had not
fancied any of them well enough to
marry him, and most of the men from
whom she might have selected a hus-
band were so engrossed with their life
work that she seldom met them. She
was thinking Of the prospect before
her of u life entirely different from
what she would wish and wondering
If fate would not rescue her before 1t
was too late.
In the distance she saw coming a
man walking idly, as she was doing,
swinging a cane and stopping every
now and again to look after little
boy, who was playing about him,
climbing fences, running into puddles
and otherwise needing attention. Evi.
IDENTIFY the two were father and son.
( Miss Germans heart warmed at the
sight How she wished she had boy
or a girl to walk with her! She
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
HEART aid
HOME :.


Dear Mrs Thompson: % Can rad
ium be used to cure cancer? GU
Is it proper for man to sit next to
the aisle in a street car when with a
lady? 90 Do you think young man
Of Is too young to marry when he is
making 81 day has figured past
girls charms in choosing a wife, and
when he dearly loves the girl and
knows she could make home happy for
him? FRED.
% Efforts TO cure cancer by radi-
UNI treatment have proved unsuccess-
full, as radium is too deadly in its
action. Scientists so far have been
unable to find any safe way to use rad
ium in medical treatment or surgery.
(2) Yes. go A young man of IS may
feel that he is thoroughly prepared to
care for a wife, may be earning enough
to support home, and may feel that
he has made a sensible choice, but in
spite Of all this be too young to marry.
should consider him at least five
years too young There is no hurry.
Experience alters judgment and
throws a different light on the rosy
visions Of youth.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: want advice
Of personal nature. If a self-address-
ed, stamped envelope is sent, will you
answer direct? ANXIOUS.
Yes.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am troubled
with an oily skin. What is good fol-
it? MRS. NJ L. G.
Try washing it in oatmeal water
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
keteors,

The frequency Of meteors is at fits
highest toward the end Of July and the
beginning Of August During the first
six months OF the year the total num-
Der Of meteors observed on a clear,
moonless night is only about six an
hour. at the beginning Of July the fire.
quency increases and attains its maxi
mum. sixty-nine an hour. on Aug. 10.
The mean for the entire year is TWEEN
ty-four meteors an hour.-London
Standard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23

just such an insane delusion and snare
as a topsyturvy mind would conceive
to be able to deceive; the crazy jungle
hunt; the wild huntsman at home
again; the coy patriotism and prize
fighting exploitation; the artfully cook
ed up popular demand; the bunco
steering governors; the theatrical
ringmasteT. booted and spurred, wait
ing the word; the final bursting of the
star performer into the ring throwing
his hat first in the air and then in the
sawdust and shouting: Have at ye
all, ye bucks in the gallery; NEE
foot's upon NEE native heath and NEE
names Megregor!
THAT is the long and the short of
it. The man is a maniac. He knows
not clearly what he does or says New
er an utterance of his will bear dis
cussion or dissection. Never an act
of his can be defended.
That he should cast friendship to
the winds, intellectual dignity to the
dogs, his own antecedents to kingdom
come were proof enough that he is
mad; as mad as Hamlet
That a few self-seeking politicians
and traitorous newspaper editors
should follow him is proof only that
vanity and greed are still factors to
be reckoned with in public life. That
outside Of these he gets any votes at
all is proof OF the adsge that a fool
is born every minute and that the
poorest fake prophet can get up a
religion and any quack doctor a rich
ly profitable patent medicine.
Let his family and friends take him
TO an asylum before he does something
/ irreparable and il is too late"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
May % in American
History.

1510-Sarah Margaret Fuller. tran
scendental writer who became Mar
chioness d'Ossoli. born in Cham
bersport. Mass; drowned off Long
Island 1870.
1S24-General Ambrose +. Burnside,
eminent Federal soldier and Unit
ed States senator from Rhode Is
land. born: died 1881.
1S82-Beginnlng OF General stone
wall Jackson's flank movement
against General y. Z. Banks in the
Shenandoah valley Federal out
post routed at Front Royal
1900-Francis Bicknell Carpenter, not
cd portrait painter. famed for his
painting OF the Emancipation
Proclamation died; born 1890.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23


would be no credit attached to either
an individual or a political party for
merely keeping promises, but for the
last 16 years it has been the common
practice 10 promise certain things in
the platform, and then refuse 20 keep
those promises after election. The
democrats feel they are entitled to
credit, not altogether for the things
they have done, but because of the
fact that they gave forcible expression
to the principle that party promises
are sacred obligations.
CLARK's STRONG POINT.
Speaker Champ Clark, as leader of
the party in the house, again and again
emphasized this point. In certain of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-23
Keeping 1t Quiet.

My pa don't allow me to play
keeps"
But you play it right along"
Sure! won forty marbles and
nickel yesterday"
Going to tell him?"
Il SHOULD say not"
,"'Fraid he would lick your"
mo, but he might take the nickel
away"