Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-02-12

ssus becomes an ice berg. Occss--
onsIly I myself have believed him
10 be merely a section Of the great
-lacial system that once swept over
his country. merely lodging here he-
-ause he thouehf i was a good place
10 keep from melting. ~
Recently. was susf starting cut
hunting when ssw the goreruU-
coming ID TIE street from the train.
carrying a rr1p too small 70 hold a
heavy pair of winter so1. As he walk
"a toward ne ] was Eiring ths1ks
that ne Titaniic had not run into
him instead q that other ice Berg.
thinking u she had. nobody would
have been saved. At that tine the
governor saw me cane 0ut into the
street where was sitting il q car
and told me that be had Just net IN
New York one Of ny sncient enemies
and that TIE enemy had inquired or
me. And the governor told me this
IN such q warn. winning. friendly
human. way that soon wished ths
Titantic had struck him. because
there would have been 10 one hurt.
Tor the good of the world WI
Hams was born rs years too soon.
Had he helped 10 frame the ground
work of this nation. ! firmly be-
lsre it today would b. a greater na-
ton Some q his friends and some
q his enemies have said that h
wrote the Oklahoma Constitution. I
have never believed g. Williams Is
TOO smart 10 have done that an
willing 10 believe that be gave life
30 some ot the better things il Il.
tut there were many sardines who
helped 10 III The can
Ny great fear IS th8t some evening
ar governors reeepton OF son =.
thine. he ts Eoi-r 10 teock the state.
-lton and foreign countries hv a7-
psari-E in The midst q The picture
without coat. collar and tie. his hair
rsseu bling yoznr cane break Re
tucws better but ne Is thinking Of
something else All can urge
lEaius' hin IS that - IS not mar
ned II any poor mar eTe- needed
q wife 'ts Robert
i Is safe 10 say that 10 nan ever
had greater appreciation for woman
kind than the governor ard II he
ever gets 3 wife she VII have 8 hus-
band worth living for
Ths finest trait about TIE govern
o is the fact that he never made a
move IL his ufs. never did q thing.
unless hs firmly belieTed be WIS
rrht
/ Williams Possesses many true e.
s-le-ts o. s-Efenauship. and narrow
+ y escaped being a genius. Snau men
'ca-rCt understand the nature q a
Esrius CT z EIz1eEDsa AID an of
. Williams enemies VIII De found u
. ne class O. the little men euvlous
us1- .szlous -el. grating men
The governor has something Of
lie ragged nature II him, a little OF
Old He11E Clay. and some Of Andy
Jackson. much o. David Crockett and
iqlecrT a. Da1isl Boone he would
Eet along better Il there were really
more big men in ths state Truth
is. he is almost lonesome.
But he has his human SIDE and IL
IS intensely human SET q trap for
him and he is sure 70 stay a. home
.thzt day OF take The other road. Ap-
peal 70 him without just cause and
he become colder than liquid air. and
lcuid air is ihree hundred tines
colder than the biggest and chlnisst
ice berg
Re Is familiar with charity. One
! time be looked for The meaning OF
! The word in the dictionary: then he
placed his own eonsu1etion upon IL.
? Oklahoma never contained = mora
p charitable man than IS the present
= governor His heart is ever n the
: night place Al the night time. But
/ Il one goes TO hunting for his hesri
p without deserving he VIII find that
l. he has left il al home On the wash
! stand
4 Were the German Emperor and
r lthe Governor OF Oklahoma 10 NEE
: in q friendI way in REthsksller eF
= cry drop OF beer would be spilled il
. the discussion
Oklshoma's governor IS q goo
y, deal ike the Kaiser. much nk
: Roosevelt and about sight-tents lik
Robert I. Williams.