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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

III William Howard Taft be not
guilty Of the crimes which Theodore
Roosevelt charges against him, then
Theodore Roosevelt is the most I'M
scrupulous and unprincipled defamer
of character in his day and genera
ton The fact that, no partisan OF
Theodore Roosevelt has sought to inn
peach the president Of the United
States upon me charges which Theo-
dore Roosevelt has made against him
Is proof conclusive in itself that even
those who advocate the nomination of
Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency
do not believe his charges, or that
they lack the patriotism to take this
legal step to purity the presidency
But the question of a single term
for the president ante-dated Jackson
and his day. It was a subject of much
discussion and debate in the conven-
ton which framed the constitution and
submitted 1t to the several states for
ratification IN the fifteen resolutions
presented to the constitutional CON
yention by Edmund Randolph Of Nir.
ginia there was one which made the
president ineligible for reelection, al
thought as originally offered il did not
fix the number oi years which should
constitute the term. Charles Pinekney
of South Carolina laid before the con
vention a substitute for this provision
making the president re-eligible. The
question was long under consideration
\ and remained unsettled for many
/ weeks. It became involved with Other
questions affecting the presidency
/ One af these was whether the exeeu
tive of the nation should be one per
! son of several, three for example; an
other was tee length of the term. an1
still another Was the method whereby
the executive head of the government
whether one persGn or more, shonlt
be elected by Franz ,. Lord IN Na
tlona Monthly for Jun&
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

At the meeting of the state bankers,
of Oklahoma, in July, it very prob
able that the objections to the Okla
homa guaranty law, as it now exists,
win be discussed at some length. 1t
is entirely probable that campaign
will be launched to bring about GER
tain reforms in the operation and ad-
ministration of this law. This cam
paign must be made campaign of
education If it is to accomplish any
thing. The people of this state viii
continue to demand guaranty law,
but il they are shown that some
changes could be made in the law
that would make it less a burden on
the state bankers these changes would
meet with the approval OF the people
as we'll as the legislators. The state
bankers should see to it that the pro
posed changes are of such q nature
that the absolute guaranty of deposits
is not affected The people of Okla
homa want to make banking condi-
tions as easy as possible and yet are
determined that the peoples money
shall be safe The enemies of the
guaranty law will make the most of
any change in the law, so these
changes must be such that the law
viii not be impaired. Most of the
state bankers now operating under
| this law are profting thereby, and if
some change can be made that Will
eliminate the constant fear of heavy
special assessment, this law will be-
come as popular with the state bank
ers of Oklahoma as is the Kansas
guaranty law with the state bankers OF
that state Bank Guarantee Journal.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
peaebes. Let's keep Oklahoma money
at home.-oklahoman.
Corporation COMMISSION WINS


The Oklahoma corporation commits
sion has finally won complete victory
in its case before the interstate com
merce commission in behalf of the live
stock raisers and packing house in
terests Of Oklahoma. The interstate
has just handed down a
final opinion in these cases in which
the Oklahoma commission secures the
following advantages for Oklahoma;
Rates on live stock put on mileage
scale giving Oklahoma market a
chance to bid for cattle from any
where in the southwest.
Rate of 3S cents per hundred on
live stock from El Paso to Oklahoma
City. opening Oklahoma market 70
cattle raised in Mexico.
Charges for interstate cattle snip
ments reduced so as to put the Okla
homa market on an equal footing with
Fort Worth, Kansas City and Wichita.
Rate on cattle for feeding fixed at
rs per cent of the rate for fat cattle,
opening the Oklahoma market for the
first time as a market for feeding as
well as killing.
Rates on fresh meats, Oklahoma
City to Kansas City, reduced from %
cents per 100 pounds, to 26 cents per
! 100 pounds, opening eastern markets
to Oklahoma meats.
Rate on packing house products, Ok
lahoma to Kansas City reduced from
SO cents to II cents, opening eastern
markets to Oklahoma products.
southeastern territory defined, re-
stricting limits of territory in which
Fort Worth formerly had an advan-
tage over Oklahoma.
Rates on meats and packing house
products from Kansas City and St.
Louis to points in Arkansas and
Louisiana readjusted to abolish dis
elimination against Oklahoma and
open these states to Oklahoma prod
ucts.
Lower rates ordered for "peddler'
car service, giving fresh service to
hundreds of towns too small to have
cold storage facilities, and too small
, to buy in car load lots.
Maintained record of the Oklahoma
commission of never having lost a
case before the interstate commerce
commission.
Chairman Jack Love says this vic
tory means more for live stock and
packing industry in Oklahoma than
any victory won for shippers and in
dustries heretofore Will probably
force new packing plants to locate in
Oklahoma to protect themselves, max
ing increased demand for live STOCK
and increasing the fresh meat and
packing house industry
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
section. Northeast Oklahoma is in
fair way to outstrip all previous rec
ords in the way Of business.

SO far as Vinita is concerned definite
steps are being taken for the reduc-
ton of taxes in Oklahoma. A tax
league organization has been formed
and delegate elected to attend the
state meeting at oS,spoma City
Wednesday. This moSement should
command the attention Of the entire
state to the end that there will be a
material reduction of taxes. The ques-
ion OF excessive taxes is the biggest
question before the people of Okla
homa today and is pressing for solu-
tion. 1t is a non-partisan movement
and has in 1t all the elements Of sue
cess and strength.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

Henry p. Robbins in his McAlester
News-Capital declares the republican
party is no longer the greatest politi-
cal organization in the world
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

THE recent rains throughout Okla
D0niA have enhanced business pros
pocfs to a very great extent and now
the prospect for a bumper crop Of
every thing grown on the farm is
simply magnificent
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

There is, the finest of prospects in
this part of the stete for an abundant
and an all round crop. The rains that
have fallen within the last S6 hours
have ended the drought that had set
IN but had not reached stage that
had materially injured crops ia this
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

Craig county people are elated over
the prospect of having so days in
which to raise the last half of the
1911 taxes The county commission
ers can do no more worthy act than
relieve the taxpayers Of the county at
this juncture
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

CLANCY NJ. Depew says all the Chi
cago convention can do Eow is to say
yhich corpse gets the flowers,
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The meeting of state tax leaguers at
the court house tonight is of the ut
most Importance and should be well
attended by representative men of
vinita. The way to reduce taxes is
reduce them
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The report is being circulated by
certain candidate who is sQp Tor re-
election that other candidates are re-
sponsible for the artteles appeaFns IN
this paper over the name OF "WatSila
The editor and Mr.. John Adair of Cen'
tralia are responsible for these ars
ticles. as Mr.. Adair is Watsilla. and
mis- articles are published verbatim by
the Chieftain
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

With two republican candidates for
president, two republican candidates
for governor in every state and two re-
publican candidates for congress in
every district in the United States
there would be something doing this
summer worth while
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The Tulsa bootleggers label their
booze Explosives" which has in it
the eternal fitness of things.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

rim republican party according to
SesnAgor Root stands on its achieve
natnts and that is just where all the
fF0sshle comes from Its achievements
have not been satisfactory.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
o Q Q o o o Q 90 o Q 10000 {

With the Porter road in operation
Vinita ought to be considered perma-
nently on the map.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

Col. Roosevelt Is still on his way to
Chicago, and what he will do when he
finally gets there will be a-plenty.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The names of Roosevelt and Bryan
have been coupled good deal in the
papers lately In a political sense
these are parlous times.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The meeting of the Taxpayers
League at Oklahoma City next week
is statewide movement entirely
non-psrtisan and should be largely at
tenGktv, vinita ought to be represent
ed By two or three Intelligent and
wide-awake delegates.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

Whenever a man reaches the con-
clusion that he does not need good
character he is getting dangerous-fo
himself and others.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The first pages of the big papers
will be devoted to political conven-
ton dope for the next two weeks, and
business will lag a little pending the
bitter contest at Chicago The last
panic we had was a Roosevelt panic
and the present disturbance comes
from the same source.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

The burning of the old public school
building last night removes an old
land mark from Vinita but in a way
that IS a little humiliating to the citi-
zens of this good town. The destruc-
tion Of the old building Is no loss, but
to have It removed BY arson Is ex-
ceedingly distasteful to vinita people.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

With the Porter road coming there'll
be something doing this year.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

So far the presidential primary laws
only have supplemented the conven-
ton system. They have gone simply
to the selection of delegates, trusting
to the good faith of the extra legal
party committee to observe the law
anu the peoples expressed wishes. If
the trust fails completely new and
legally established nominating system
with criminal penalties for violation
may be the next important step in
the evolution of popular control of
popular government Kansas City
Star
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

A sane Fourth of July may be a tame
Fourth but it would be much the safest
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

II you want to run for the state leg
islatlre you had better file before
Janog6, Thus far the republicans are
shy pn filing for this Office in Craig
counkg.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

Both parties, we Believe, observe
the same rule with respect to delegates
whose seats are contested. A delegate
given a seat in the temporary organi-
zation of the convention is allowed to
vote in the selection of the credentials
committee, and also on the question of
accepting or rejecting the report Of
that committee. Thus a delegate whose
right to sit in the convention is chal-
lenged is not only given a voice in the
creation of the tribunal which is to
try his own case, but voice in deter
mining whether the decision of that
tribunal shall be the decision of the
convention or not The impropriety
and injustice of that are obvious. The
effect of the rule is to make the Gre
.dentials committee biased in favor of
the delegate, delegates or delegations
seated by the national committee,
which, of course, in deciding contests,
is governed largely by its own predi-
lection But. Notwithstanding the
manifest impropriety and injustice Of
that rule. the proposition made by Mr..
Roosevelt, that of allowing only un-
contested delegates to pass on these
matters. would be capable of a result
no less unjust. In that event, losing
candidate, a candidate uncertain of
his ability to win clear-cut victory,
would only have to file sufficient
number of contests to assure himself
control of the nomination. Victory
would go then, not to the man who
had won the largest number of uncon-
tested delegates, but to the man who
had filed the largest number of con
ltes.s.-Dallas News.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

OF recent years the direct primary
for the choice and instruction of dele
gates to the national convention has
arisen. 1t has come with the canction
and compelling force of state law AS
the electors are chosen by states and
as each state has its own district cleo
toral college, the electors may con-
slider themselves bound by the votes
of the party in their respective states
rather than by the action Of conven-
ton committee, if such conflict Of
obligation is presented.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

who say, This is a government oil Ia"
and not of men" are the ones who are
using an instrumentality that is un-
recognized in the law to set aside the
will of the people.
They propose, even. that the tecnnl-
cal rules of an out-of-the-lsw organiza-
tion shall take precedence Of and
nullify. the constitutional statutes OF
supposedly sovereign states.
Probably every man who helped 10
found the Republic and to draft and
adopt the constitution was dead when
the convention system was establish
ed. That was in 1886, with the noml-
nation of Martin Van Buren-though
the beginnings of the system were
somewhat earlier in evidence.
The only constitutional provision
for choosing a president was by cleo
tors. named by the several states, and,
i in the event of their failure, by the
house of representatives. There was
no, provision in the constitution, and
there is none now. for party nomina
tions. With the clear development OF
parties, however, the congressional
caucuses for naming candidates quick
Ily arose. That method continued un
til 1924. Then the peoples manifest
choice was Andrew Jackson. But
cabal of politicians gave the congress
sional nomination to William ii
Crawford of Georgia. By mass meet
lings and resolutions of certain legis
Ilatures other candidates, including
Jackson and John Quincy Adams
were nominated The electoral col
lege failing to cast plurality vote To-
any candidate, the house of represent
atives elected Mr.. Adams.
That was the end of king Caucus
BY 1886 the convention system prac
tically as now known, had establishes
itself.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

Through our esteemed cotemporary
the Vinita Leader, we learn today that
the Chieftain has been sold. Diligent
inquiry among the Office force fails to
verify the story. If the Chieftain has
been sold the owners have not found
it out yet. If the Chieftain is ever sold
due announcement of the fact will be
made in these columns. But perhaps
the wish is father to the thought so
far as our cotemporaRye is concerned.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

1t will be seen that all of these
methods of nominating candidates
have been purely voluntary. They
have been primarily matters of con-
venience. They have had no legality
nor, as has been said, illegality They
have had no sanctity
History shows that when one OF
these methods has ceased to effectuate
the will of the people of party it has
been abandoned.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
After Chicago comes Baltimore.

Oklahoma got first blood at Chicago.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-06-21

CLANCY NJ. Depew says all the Chi
cago convention can do Eow is to say
yhich corpse gets the flowers.
%
Col. Roosevelt Is still on his way to
Chicago, and what he will do when he
finally gets there will be a-plenty
.
Whenever man reaches the con-
clusion that he does not need good
character he is getting dangerous-to
himself and others.
o
The names of Roosevelt and Bryan
have been coupled good deal in the
papers lately. In a political sense
these are parlous times.
60
Henry P. Robbins in his McAlester
News-Capital declares the republican
party is no longer the greatest polti
cal organization in the world
o
s.If.You want to run for the state leg
Stature you had better file before
Janag6 Thus far the republicans are
shy pn filing for this Office in Craig
couNtT
lhn republican party according to
Senator Root stands on it's achieve
Aafatp, and that is just where all the
fS6sble comes from. It's achievements
have not been satisfactory.
a THE recent rains throughout Okla
Doaia have enhanced business pros
pecta to a very great extent, and now
the prospect for bumper crop Of
every thing grown on the farm is
simply magnificent.
go
The meeting of state tax leaguers at
the court house tonight is of the ut
most Importance and should be well
attended by representative men of
vinita. The way to reduce taxes is
reduce them
%
Craig county people are elated over
the prospect of having so days in
which to raise the last half Of the
1911 taxes The county commission
ers can do no more worthy act than
relieve the taxpayers Of the county at
this jnncture
The meeting of the Taxpayers
League at Oklahoma City next week
is statewide movement entirely
non-p2rtisan and should be largely at
tenGe,s, vinita ought to be represent
ed By two or three intelligent and
wide-awake delegates
90
The first pages of the big papers
will be devoted to political conven-
ton dope for the next two weeks, and
business will lag a little pending the
bitter contest at Chicago The last
panic we had was Roosevelt panic
and the present disturbance comes
from the same source.
-O
The burning of the old public school
building last night removes an old
land mark from Vinita but in way
that IS a little hnmiliating to the citi-
zens of this good town. The destruc
tion Of the old building is no loss, but
to have It removed BY arson Is ex
ceedingly distasteful to Vinita people
The report is being circulated by
certain candidate who is spp Tor re
election that other candidates are re
sponsible for the articles appearing ii
this paper over the name OF 'WatSila.
The editor aud Mr.. John Adair of Cen
tralia are responsible for these ar
ticles. as Mr.. Adair is Watsilla. anC
mis- articles are published verbatim b,
the Chieftain.
90
There is, the finest of prospects il
this part of the stete for an abundan
and an all round crop. The rains tha
have fallen within the last S6 hours
have ended the drought that had Sc
In but had not reached stage tha
had materially injured crops Ia this
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-26
Was Too Obliging.

Fresh from the lecture on polite
ness the street car conductor went on
duty resolved to extend courtesy to
all. From the car barns up to Goth
street he put his resolution into ef-
feet. He assisted tie feeble and
heavy-lsden, he smiled serenely under
unmerited abuse and he hurried no
one unduly. At 9Sth street he no.
ticed that woman in the middle seat
was preparing to leave the car at the
next corner. The child beside her
was too big to cause her any particu.
lar trouble In alighting, but the con.
ductor had been pleased with the way
the woman smiled upon the child, so
he hurried forward to help.
The woman stepped down first and
the conductor, with one sweep of his
arm, set the child down beside her.
His signal to 90 on was followed by a
scream. then another and another.
boo hoo" howled the boy, and my
child! Bring my child back here"
cried a woman in the car. Half q
block further along the car stopped.
He isn't mine," gasped the woman
when she and the boy had caught up
with the car. Il only just smiled at
him."-New York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-26
Dumas's Melon Contract.

Alexandra Dumas, pere, was ex-
tremely fond of melons, and an auto
graph letter of his has just come into
the possession of the library Of the
town of Carpentras by legacy which
proves the fact. 1t is perhaps one OF
the strangest contracts ever made by
man of letters. The letter is ad-
dressed to M. Seguin, the deputy
maire of Cavaillon in the Caucluse in
August, 1864, by the author Of Les
Trois Mousquetaires," who was then
living at st. Gratien, near Enghein.
He says: "On receipt Of your letter I
have Immediately arranged with my
publisher, M. Michael Levy, for him to
send you the two or three hundred
volumes which have already appeared
of my works, and that in the future
as they appear he will send you the
others, and l am very pleased to be
able to reply to the great honor which
you do me. But please have the good
ness to tell your honorable maire, M.
Tourel, that l impose one condition.
II the town and the authorities of Ca
WALTON like my books, like their
melons, and desire that in exchange
of my three or four hundred volumes
there shall be constituted for me, by
municipal decree, yearly income OF
twelve melons per year. The cost OF
carriage will naturally be at my ex'
pense." Need one add that the con.
tract was faithfully kept on both
Qidea2
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-26
Knew What She Wanted.

A kid with fiery red hair and scorn
ing any such protection as may be
afforded by shoes and stockings. walk.
ed into a pharmacy and nervously
stood about until one of the clerks ac-
costed her.
II want some O. dat stuff to die a
switch wid," she said.
What color would you like?" In.
quired the facetious clerk. Red,
green, purple or what?"
"Quit your kiddin,," adponished the
young lady. 81 dunno the stuff, but
it's suthin' like hopper-grass an II
smells orful.'
without moments hesitation the
man handed out nickel's worth OF
copperas-which makes for black dye
while it disinfects the material az
well.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-26

If you use Eye Salve use the best.
PETTIT'S EYE SALvE is the standard,
is reliable and costs no more than infer
ior goods that are unknown. Used by
Physicians and Oculists, helps where alb
others fail. 1t is not the TUBE or Box
that cures, it is the SALvE that does the
work. Guaranteed by Howard Bros.
under the Government Food and Drugs
Act. Don't be deceived or misled. The
only really antiseptic Eye Salve that has
been in the market for years. Sold by
Druggists throughout the known world.