The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-03-20
Attacks Methods of Solons Who
"Chattered" Year and Half Over
Treaty; Says War Measures
Were Blocked.
WANTS u. S. TO ALLOW
SOLDIERS BUY HOMES
Shows Splendid Financial Condition;
Compares With spansh-American
War Times; Strong for Wom-
an Suffrage.

If the action of the crowd thai
jammed the district court room a
the court house here last night tt
hear Scott Ferris, senatorial candi
date, can be taken as a criterion Of
the county, then there will be con
siderable "butchering" in progress
in Grady when eleceion time rolls
around.
But that's getting little ahead
CT the story. Mr.. Ferris in speak
ing of the action of small coterie
Of senators who threw stumbling
blocks in the way Of the administra-
tion during the progress of the war,
Illustrated his point by the following
story:
A pioneer, who had homesteaded
an Oklahoma farm in the early days,
had in the way of team only an
cid COW and steer. The steer was
inclined to shirk at every opportuni-
ty. One day the pioneer was haul
ing up little load of wood for fuel
The steer following his usual tao
tics, laid down in the road and re-
fused to pull his share of the load
The pioneer was patient. He got
eff his wagon, took the yoke off the
teer, put it on himself and he and
the COW pulled the load of wood
home. That night the steer sidled
up to the COW ont in the pasture and
said:
Cow, what did the boss say about
the way laid down on the job to-
day?"
"Oh, he didn't say much about it,"
replied the COW
The next day they were out after
another load of wood. On the way
home, the steer again laid down
He refused to do a thing toward
helping get that load Of wood safely
home. The pioneer again unhitched
the balky steer, hitched himself in
beside the COW and pulled the load
home. That night the steer again
sided up to the COW out in the pas
ture and said:
Say, COW, what did the boss say
about the way l laid down on the
job again today"
We'll" replied the COW, 81 didn't
hear him say very much, but ! saw
G,im holding a long conference with
the butcher"
who'll Play Butcher?"
When Mr. Ferris had ended his
speech, G. w. Austin, president of
the Oklahoma College for Women,
arose and called the crowd to order,
which had begun to move toward
the door. When those Of the crowd
who could find places were again
seated, Mr. Austin said:
Now, all those in this room who
will do his or her full duty and who
will pledge themselves to play the
part of the putcher,-stand up"
Nearly every man and woman in
the house stood up. There were
probably less than dozen in the
audience who remained seated.
Speaks of Legion.
Mr.. Ferris, in his talk, touched
up on the suffrage question, advo-
Gated the creation of an internation-
al peace tribunal by which the diff
ferences of nations could be settled,
rather than by duplicating the terri.
BILE war from the effects OF
which the world is still staggering,
and came out strong for provision
whereby the ex-soldiers could OBJ
tain homes from the government on
long time loans.
He pointed out that the soldiers
were not begging, we're not asking
the government to give them any
thing. The speaker stated, however
that he was in favor of making pro
visions for loaning the soldiers the
purchase price of homes of theil
choice and making those loans pay
able on such terms that any former
soldier could meet. He stated tha
he was against putting the soldiers