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Democrat.
Volume 1 .
AnadarkoOklahoma, November I I. 1901.
Number 54.
WORK FOR. THE BEST INTEREST OF ANADARKO AND VPBVILDING OF OTO CITY.
Anadarko
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IVIADNESS RUNS RIOT!
Hie Tribune's Head Piece
Jumps Its Trolley
fALSE STATEMENT
flaso of "Bo Damned if You Do
and flo Damned if You
Don't"
The editor of the Tribune haw
mkeu loose again and as usual his
llogic.il, silly prattle will be taken
bout as seriously as was the insipid
oung warrior who drew bis paper
word and ('barged up hill against
lloek of geese and put them all to
light. His last ebulition "a la
I'ribune," would instantlv make a
tudent of literature think of Don
Juixoto, would remind a Shukosper
an club of thosenoted words, "sans
yes, sans teeth, sans nose, sans
very thing." The immortal Wil-
laniH way of saying a man was bug
Mise. A politieiau upon reading
us attaek upon our council would
aj "another gre.it man(?) gone
ivrong, a street gamine would yell
ats! and the noble ted man would
uajestically mutter "Heap no savey
)utton.
The Tribune has jealously and
onil" watched every action o'f
city eouneil, uotfor the purpose
f correcting or recommending but
ii hopes it might find excuse for
hooting one of its small, malicious,
rcjudiced poisoned shafts at the
resent city administration, because
orsooth it committed the itnpardon-
ble sin of carrying the city at the
cent election. For this offense,
icr button can nevcrforgive it,
ud in view of the fact that the Re-
ublican dofeat was largely oecas
tned by Dutton's poor management
f their campaign (to say nothing
f the dissent'ions that his inordin-
o greed for power and position
irred up) we do not blame him for
Mitiirg bis spleen against the gen-
emen who occupy the position that
md republicans could have been
Ming had it ilot been for too much
cttonibin. Envy, the tormentor
i' little souls, guided the pen that
rotn the article in Saturday een-
Tribune and charity might
raw the mantlo of forgiveness over
us intellectual pigmy, if the moon
ere full, but as these nights arc
irk wo cannot oven ascribe his
cntal vaporing to that disease pop-
irly ascribed to the influences of
unar. We givo it up ami lrankiy
k you kind reader to toll us, has
Iancholy marked him for her
or is it simply a case of non
mpus inentus? One moment ho
ik'H at tho DnitocitAT, the next ho
intp a rage because tho council
ded to tax saloons only twenty-
i uonars moniniy uiercuy "por
ting them to carry on thjr hell-
traflic." When did he discover
it was "hellish?" Surely not
)ro the election. The council
ized that to compel the payment
e total license of $300 at ono
would jiosoibly force all the
ons to quit business and their
atliy for tho failing of ono of
emporarieB caused them to tako
o patch of safety and make it
onty-fivo dollars monthly. He
s suddenly discovered that houses
ill fame arc in our city. His
ant i-p lit ical optical eclipse also pre
vented hirt discovery of Tills any
sooner, but we doubt if he was blind
to the fact that the two male pro
prietors of that houe of ill fame
(which were running by the grace
of a purely republican administra
tion) ued all possible means both
honorable and dishonorable to de
feat the democratic ticket, our pres
ent city administration. 1 Ic ut'empt
to arraign the council for not forth
with ridding the town of prostitutes
so that tile plane of tho city's morris
might bo elevated. Does any one
remember of ever having read an
announcement in theTribune pledg
ing its columns to a light .against
the Midway or any other evil inthis
city? "We pause for a reply."
The Dkmoctat fearlesslv entered
upon this fight against the red light
district without solicitation or hope
of reward. At that lime no one
could have questioned our motives.
Did tho Tribune join us in the bat
tle? No! A thousand times No!
But the Epwortb league of Brother
Dutton's church passed resolutions
of sympathy with the Dkmoouat in
its light as did also tho C. W. H.M.
of tois city, than which there is no
grander or purer organization under
heavens starry canopy. Every min
ister in Anadarko called to personally
commend us. Wo have never drop
ped this light but are simply resting
on our arms. Acting upon the ad
vice of two ministers we decid&l to
kavo the whole question in the
bands of the city council so that
they might go on record without its
being said that they were whipped
into action by the Dkmockat. They
are all broad minded gentlemen,
many of them, the heads of families,
who wish to protect their wives and
daughters from the menace of houses
of ill fame and in passing ordinance
number 11 thoy did what wisdom
and'providence would dictate to any
council as a legal analysis of the two
sections so objectionable to the
Tribune will show.
The sections of ordinance No. 1 1
referred to by the Tribune could
not by any mind calculated t rea
son at all (be that power exercised
in its smallest and weakest function)
as being intended to regulate, as no
such construction can be placed upon
i thcr of the sections as they are
prohibitory in their construction,
and how a mind with sufficient ca
pacity to read can place such a con
struction upon them or arrive at a
conclusion that they intended either
by terms express or impljed to be or
become license ordinance we arc un
able to decide.
The laws of tho territory regula
ting bawdy houses places the mini
mum punishment for the same of
fense as defined in the ordinance
1-180 times lower than that placed
placed by the city council. Under
tho ordinauceas it now stands a Ian,
it is possible for the executive
and judiciary powers of the city of
Anadarko to impose mouldy fines
upon violations of those two sections
at $.'1,000 per month as the offenses
defined are cotinuous in their nature
and each days violation is a separate
and distinct offense. As to whether
a law is effective tho legislative body
hao no control but that lays with tho
executive and judiciary departments
of the goverment.
The council is the legislative
branch of the city and cannot en
force its ordinances. Who can en
force ordinances? The city mar
shal is the i-liief exei utio ollirer
The police judge is the sole judic
iary power and with that branch of
the government within the ranks of
republicanism the lesponsibilily for
the enforcement of an ordinance
that is ihore stringent thiyi the terri
torial law, or the ordinances of any
city ithin the territory the suppres
sion of this form of vice and crime
is wholly within the power of men
olected upon n straight republican
ticket.
THE MONEY SENT
By Al Jennings, the
Noted Train Robber.
MAILED TO FOLEY,
Whoso Nioknamo ia 'itho Goat,'
and Was Sent Up for Life
from Oklahoma
Foley, "the (iont," has not jts
yes received the contribution sent
to him by prisoners in tho Colnnt-
bus remtentiarv, an account of
which wiih published in veMorduv's
Enquirer.
Zailor Louis Ivu-Jhinan has decid
ed to wait a few days before turn
ing the lestor and the money over
to tjm prisoner, as ho believes that
he may bo able to pump Foley and
past month. When he reached the gain some valuable information re-
Paymaster Hobbed
I'eiisaccol.i, Ela.,Nov. 10.- Pay
master Stevens, of the United States
army arrived from Atlanta Saturday
anil before lca ing that city placed
in a hand sachel two hundred silver
dollars and font-thousand elgnt hun
dred dollars in paper money for the
purpose of paying the several hun
dred artillerymen at Fort Rarancas
and McRon their salaries for the
fort hero he found that all the paper
money, amounting to nearly IS, 000,
had been abstracted, and that nly
the silver remained. The police
were iustruoted to watch out for the
treasure. Paymaster Stevens thinks
some professional piokpocket fol
lowed him and relieved him during
the trip. Ho cannot recall a mngle
incident of the trip that would lead
to anything connected with the rob
bery, but haianidcaie money wa
taken before he loft Atlanta.
Bargains in Relinquishment
And city property. Partner wanted
in goodeayiny business Stock of fjoods
to trade for lot on court house square.
Cheup house. Lodging house; bakery.
Trade town property In 8t. Louis and
other towns In M imoui i unil other states
for either city oi country property hero.
Far nDy kind of sale or trade call on
J.L. IJYJlNEft CO.
Up stairs in telephone building, north
feido court house square.
ANADARKO, O. T.
The Fortnightly Literary club
met in Attorney Crosby's iooiiih
Friday night, and after adopting a
constitution and by-laws, tho fob
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: W. II. Campbell,
president; P. P. Shaw, vice-president;
Assistant County Attomoy
MoKnjght, secretary and treasoior,
The club will meet next Friday
night at wliioli time Superintendent
Moore will read an essay upon tho
question of "Politic! Caucuses."
Caddo county failed to name a
single delegate to the single state
hood convention which will con
vene at Muskogee, Indian Territory
next Thursday. Wo are for state
hood under any condition, for demo
crat or republican. We aio for
sclf-govcriimen.
Wc aro creditably ununited that
two business men from Chiekaaha
were in this city recently looking
for a location with a viow to mov
ing their largo stocks of goodB hero.
How's that for Anadarko?
LIQUOR NOTICE.
Territory of Oklahoma, I
Caddo County . fm
Notice Ik hereby iriven that CiwI Ktettltr. of
Ilrldireport, Caddo county. Oklahoma, handled
his petition In the office of tho county clerh or
sntd territory and county niklntr for it llcetiKe
to hell malt UquoiN at wholesale uiion tot No.
24, In Block 61. In the town of Urldreiuirt. Cml
do county. Oklahoma, and that uuhsx reinou
fctracce or protect Is tiled lu my oUlce on or be
for the Jtlth of November. 1001 Hnlil petition
v. ill be granted and license Imued as prnyed
Dated tM nth day of Novemlx-r, l)l
1JVKH LU I.I.I Nllli II
County Clerk
gaming his associates. The letter
that accompanied tho postal order,
which is for?18.7.r, is the employ
ment of the unwritten law of the
brotherhood that binds crooks to-
gemnr. us eomoius aro as follows:
"Columbus, Ohio, Nov. -1, 1001.
"Dear Dan: The toy of this
place send you $18.7o for a grub
stake. Rubboa gave it to ine this
morning. Wo trust you will come
v.b &. 'V FiiWjy.regrui l
affair. (live Lewis my regards.
your friend,
"Jennings, 31,580,"
The '-Lewis" rcferied to in the
letter is John II. Lewis, the ex-prcaehoi-saloon-keeper,
who shot
and killed Ross Cunningham, a
hack driver, in his saloon on Cen
tral avenue, between Fourth and
Fifth btieets, some weeks ago, and
who is now in the county jail await
ing trial on a charge of murder.
Who Jennings, tho writer of the
letter is, was a mybters until Lewis
was questioned and stated that ho
is Al Jennings, former prosecuting
attorney of Canadian county, Okla
who was sent up for train robbery
in 1805.
To an Enquirer reporter Lewis
uaid: "1 know Al Jennings well.
Ho was a fine fallow and I was
novcr more surprised in my life
than when I learned that he had
been sent up for train robbery.
There were two brothers of them,
Al and Will. Will was killed in a
fight that he and Al got mixed up
in, and the next thing that I heard
was that Al had helped to hold up
a tiain in tho Chickasaw nation.
Two of tho trainmen were killed
and Al was sent to tho Ohio pen
itentiory for life. Not long before
President Mcluiiloy was shot he
commuted Al's sentence to either
fivo or fifteen years, I forget which.
Foloy told mo that Alwas in tho
tho pen nnd that he know him well.
Ho said that Al has it quite easy
and his work is to open the mail
that comes in and to attend to the
mail that goes out." ,
Dot-soy Kritzer'a cottage on West
A stteet will bo a handsomo struct
ure when completed
Tho El Reno American has made
the statement that tho name of Gov
ernor Jenkins will not go before
the senate. It is forniimt tho gov
cmor, It has staked everything
upon thin fight, and if Jenkins
should be confirmed it would be a
bitter pill for the American,
Cniiiiiic dill club will meet tonight
in li.il; uer the Croat Rock Island
saloon on H street. All members
please attend.
The Pionaer Drug Store for
wall paper. OtfiO
Foil Rknt Two good iinfurnish-
ed looms. Pleasant looation. Ad
dress, W. II. C. caro Dmioru.vr.
61 tf
Just received at the Pioneer Drug
storo a full stoukxif wall paper. Clif
Lost A bunch of keys on ring.
Return t Dkmockat oflice.
IH flt .M. Al. AIonaiian.
Ho sure to attend the ico plant
conference at the oflice of Glithch,
Randolph & Clitseb tonight.
See August Werner this week for
paints, oils, glass ami wall paper.
Sold at cost. (Hn-I
Judge Cruiu.was in F.l Reno Sat
urday. W will lot this local re
main up for next .Monday. Kh,
Judge.
See August Werner tins weokior
paints, oils, glass and wall paper.
S( Id at cost, (!tr. I
Seo August Werner this week for
paints, oils, glass and wall paper.
Sold at cost. 0t5l
lid Totinan sold bis lino 'earn of
mules to an Oklahoma- City mule,
buyer Saturday. ,
Tho National Hank of Anadarko
is ready to receive bids on buiidiug
to be ereceed. Hids must bu in by
tho i!0. Iw51
If you have a claim to sell or
trade, see tho Recce Agency, at
once. The Agency has several
plastered and papered houses to
rent. sata
Church services were generally
well intended yesterday despite the
wind and dust.
The Anadarko
moves anything.
Transfer
Tel. 00.
Co.
3Utf
Anadarko TransferCo., is located
with J no. Kollcy on cast C Street.
MV1 ti :iuif
Say did you see those hot draft
coal healers at Duncan ifcj.eouhard
They are beauties. f-ftf
When wanting a picnic wagon
call on the Anadarko Trans
fer Co. Phono 00. :io-tf
Tho smiling face of Judge John
Wimberly is again seen on our
streets and now we may call upon
tho sheriff for that banquctat which
Judge was to bo an honored guest.
Just received a fine lino of guns
ammunition, bunting coats and bug
gies at Duncan it Leonbard. Htf
Verdo V. Ilardcastle, city attor
ney, now has his ollico in the Mor
gan building, south of the public
square. lmo51
Mitchell fc Hardeasuo, lawyers,
invito their friends to call on them
at their now office rooms, Nos. i
and 0 in tho Morgan building.
linfil.
"Up-to-Datc" Furnishings, I5ootn,
Shoes, Hats, etc. Tho finest lino
of Men b and Hoys' Underwear in
the city. Clarke & Hooue. 42tf
For Sale Hest paying busbies in
Anadarko, for amount invested, will
stand thorough investigation. Good
reasons for soiling,
DcHcombes and Smith, Ag'ts.
Rear Firut National Hank. -iU-Ot
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