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Vinita, Oklahoma. Friday, Sept. 9.
STATE DEMOCRATS TICKET
Governor Lee Cruee, of Ardtuore.
Lieutenant-Governor J. J. McAIea
tor, of McAleuter.
Treasurer Robert Punlop, of New
klrk. Auditor
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion K. II. Wilson, of Cblckasha.
Attorney General Charles West, of
Enid.
Commissioner of Charities and Cor
rcctlons-Kate Itaniard, of Oklahomt,
City. j
Labor Commissioner Charles b
Paugherty, or Oklahoma City.
Corporation Commissioner George
A. Itenshaw, of Madlll.
President Hoard of Agriculture
Thonuia Bryan, of Terry.
State Printer Giles Farris, of Man
gum. Inspector nud Examiner C. A.
Taylor, of Pond Creek.
Mine Inspector Peter Ilanraty, of
McAlester.
Insurance Commissioner P. A. Bal
lard, of Coyle.
Clerk Supreme' Court W H. L.
Campbell, of Ada.
Supreme Court.
For Associate Justice -M. J. Kane,
of Kingfisher.
For Associate Justice J. J. Dunn,
of Alva.
Congressional.
First District N. E. McNeil, of
Pawnee.
, Second District E. L. Fulton, of
Oklahoma City.
Third District Jamea Davenport, of
Vinita.
Fourth District Charles Carter, of
Ardmore.
Fifth District Scott Ferris, of Law-ton.
Some of the railroad magnates ap
pear to have been robbing the Illi
nois Central; no wonder they want
rates Increased.'
Now let the word "insurgent" be
dropped and the word "progressive"
be used. It la better and more ex
pressive. However, the distinction is
without a difference.
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Economy la thrift. Some folks get
the Idea that thrift means to get lota
of money and upend It. The real
thrifty man saves a part of his earnings.
A whole lot of people are wonder
ing why the republican party In UU
state la controlled by standpatters,
while the progressives are In the as
tendency all over Mie went outside of
Oklahoma.
Vinita has many things to boot,
but nothing better than Its splendid
water supply. With gushing wells of
fine artesian water from a depth of
tlOO feet the town stands at the head
of all the towns In the state In this
respect.
Governor Haskell will tell what ho
thinks of Itonxpvelt soon. Ex Senator
Burton might supplement what the
governor has to say.,
President Taft wants another
chance to revise the tariff, up and
down.
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I'ncle Tom Manuin's chip remains
on his shoulder, no one caring to
knue', it off.
Now will some wise republican tell
us the difference between an insurgent
and a progressive? r
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The , promise of the republican
leaders that J hey will repeal the Jim
Crow car tow In the event they are
Intrusted with power in Oklahoma
may Bolidify the negro vote in favor
of the republican ticket but It will
command no respect among the white
voters of the state. Oklahoma is a
white man's state, and the Jim Crow
law Is popular among the white peo
ple of all political parties. No party .dustrlal system;- but to return
Rut to go back to the governmental
theories of a hundred years ago would
accomplish -nothing whatever; for It
was undo" the conditions of unre
stricted Individualism iuiu fieedcm
from government Interference, coun
tenanced by those theories, that the
trusts grew up, and private fortunes,
enormous far beyond the deserts of
the accumulators, were gathered.
The old theories of government
worked well In sparsely settled com
munities, before Bteam, electricity and
machinery had revolutionized our In
to
pledged by ita leaders to the abolition
of that law will ever carry Oklahoma.
A writer in the "Nineteenth Cen
tury," after a careful study of German
economies, sets forth at length the
"Revolt against protection in Ger
many." lie declares that not only Is
the tariff the mother of trusts no less
than 3S." of them but Is also respons
ible for the rbe In the cost of living.
This article might have been original
ly written about our own situation
and adapted merely by the changing
of names and places.
Suppose the two cent fare were
still In effect and that you had to
travel about the state all the time, as
many men have to, and that every
time you had traveled a hundred miles
a man came along and compelled you
to donate a dollar outright, t the
point of a gun, before permitting you
to travel further. That is the posi
tion In which you find yourself today.
The man with the gun Is the railroad
corporation and the gun Is the federal
injunction. You have the same show
ing for your dollar In the existing case
that you would have In the other.
oooooooooooooooooo
I believe In Kansas. I be
lieve In It primarily because I
believe it has the right kind of
people In It.
It is not fair that a man In
jured braking on the railroad
should pay all the penalty.
If a man hasn't the right stuff
In him nothing can be done for
him.
Don t trust the man who tells
you that a change of laws will
bring about the millennium. It's
some distance off still.
Pay more attention to your
duties than to your rights.
You can't make anybody em
ploy a man who Isn't worth em
ploying. We should not let the burden
fall on the persons least able to
bear it.
Much can be done by the
law; much can be done by the
enforcement of law, but. In the
last analysis, most depends on
the Individual man and woman.
From the Roosevelt speech In
Kansas City, Kan.
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'them now would be as hopeless as for
the farmers of the present to return to
the agricultural Implements which
met tbl needs of their predecessors,
the fanners who followed in the
footsteps' of Daniel Boone of Ken
tucky and Missouri. Theodore Roose
velt In the Outlook.
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Whatever may be the result of the
election In November, the republicans
will retain control of the senate during
the life of the sixty-second congress.
Thirty senators complete their term
next March. Twenty-four of them are
republic ans and six are democrats. To
control the senate the democrats would
have to elect their candidates In thir
teen states now represented by re
publicans, but not more than nine of
these states are doubtful.
What will happen In the house Is
still wrapped in the obscuring folds
of the future. The democrats are hop
ing that the republican "Insurgent"
fight may split the party wide enough
to enable them to elect a majority of
the representatives. Western republi
can dissatisfaction with the new tariff
law Is counted on to drive into the
democratic party many tariff reform
voters who are unwilling to trust the
republican party to continue Its con
trol of tariff legislation.
The "insurgent" republicans are
boasting that they will make it impos
sible for "Cannonlsm" to prevail In the
house, and they are Joining heartily
with the democrats in denouncing the
abuses which always arise when a
party has been long In power. At the
same tlpe they Insist that they are
seeking the reform of their own party,
and resent the charge of "stand-pat"
republicans that they are assisting the
opposition.
Whatever the outcome may be, it
will be that which the majority of in
terested citizens desire, and the busi
ness of government will continue. If
the house should be democratic, the
difficulties which will confront Presi
dent Taft In getting his recommenda
tions approved will be no greater than
confronted many of his predecessors.
Youth's Companion.
As President Taft has seen lit to
take the partisan side In the fight for
congress, he must be content to re
ceive partisan criticism. In his let
ter for the republican campaign book
Mr. Taft declares that a republican
majority In congress is essential to
the success of the method of revision
of the tariff by separate schedules,
because the democrats would oppose
such piece-meal revision That state
ment indicates how little the presi
dent knows nbout the history of dem
ocratic attempts to revise the tariff.
The experience of a married couple jln 1892 a uemocratlc house of repre
who have lived together for seventy sentatlves passed several separate
The Muskogee Phoenix has damned
nearly everything and nearly every
body and now wants to dam the Grand
river.
The news event of the week has
canity been the triumpha' tour of Col.
Roof'velt through the went. The coun
try knows and approves of the colo
nel's Insurgency.
The beleaguered, scattered hosts of
republicans the country over are In
need of a rallying point and are vain
ly looking for a Mosch to lead them
out of the wilderness.
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The Muskogee Phoenix screams that
the republican party has always been
the party of progress. Which end of
the party, insurgent or stand pat?
The? double-column editorials look
too much l'.ko an advertisement. Put
there are any number of people who
read the advertisements.
After revising the tariff upwards for
years to suit the protected interests,
it is rather strange to now hear Sen
ator IxKlge call It the "old unscientific
method." Is Lodge afraid that the
people of Massachusetts' are for tariff
reform and are thinking of making a
goat of bina?
years without a quarrel possesses n .bills to amend theh tariff on a very
practical value which outweighs any
amount of theorizing, and the rcasoi j
for the happy v Ion given by Mr. and
Mrs. Levi Sherwood, who enjoy this
distinction, have a wide Interest. "We
Just loved each other and that was all
there was to It," says Mrs. Sherwood
similar plan to that now proposed by
the president, but the republican
senate defeated the following bills:
To put binder twine on the free list;
to remove all duties from cotton bag
King; to abolish the protective rates
on wool and woolen goods.- As Presl-
tint the true receipt seems to be con-.dent Taft declared that the woolen
tallied In the husband's remark that ( schedule of the present law la inde
he "minded his own buslnors, while fenslble, how can he blame the demo-
she tended to her own affairs."
crats and .charge them with refusing
U that simple policy of non interfer- to do the very thing they did do long
ence la comprised all the philosophy before Ur. Taft had evidently taken
not only of happy marriage but of bar- .the trouble to think about the tariff?
monlous human relations in the broad-, President Taft's advisors must be a
er sense. If the married adhered to'Rorry or a ,i4Z lt to allow their
this rule there would be little marital Jchief to make such a partisan charge
with no peg to hang It on.
discord, less divorce and fewer cases
of domestic disagreement In the police
courts. The very latitude of action
which this enlightened couple gave
each other served to unite them more
closeiy and to avert the conflict of in
terests which causes shipwreck. Theirs
w as a union w Ittiout a dictator i r boss.
Matrimony, like everything else, may
suffer from too much regulation. Cities
and states suffer from It no lens than
unhappy wives and the small boy who
la accounted Incorrigible. A general ap
plication of the policy of non Interfer
ence which made this a happy marri
age might remove more serious causes
o, public discontent. New York
World.
There are koocI people who,, being
discontented with present day condi
tions, think that theso conditions can
be cured by a r turn to what they call
the "principles of the fathers." In so
far as we have departed from the
standards of lofty Integrity In public
and irrlvate life to which the greatest
men among the founders of the Re
public adhered, why, of course, we
should return to these principles. We
must always remember that no sys
tem of legislation can accomplish any
thing unless back of It we have the
rlKht type of national character; un
less we have ideals to which our prac-
The national democratic congres
sional committee Is having difficulty
In filling the demands for speakers
of national reputation In the Maine
campaign In consequence of previous
engagements on the Chautauqua cir
cuits. Former Governor Folk, of Mis
souri, Governor Crothers, of Mary
land and Alton P. Parker, of New
York, have responded to Invitations
to speak in Maine, and from now oa
the campaign will be most Intense.
Nothing shows the getting together
of the democratic leaders so well as
that Governor Folk, who la regarded
as a radical democrat, Governor
Crothers. who Is the champion of di
rect primaries and other reforms, and
Judge Parker, who has been regard
ed as representing the conservative
wing of the party are all raising their
powerful voices In unison for the tri
umph of the national democracy. The
battle for real tariff reform and an
honest effort for a reduction In the
present high cost of living, and a re
form In the extravagant national ap
propriations which have Increased
taxation higher than ever before are
now to be fought out.
As the democratic congressional
committer has no funda to pay speak
ers, aa the republicans bave. It la to
be hoped that other democratic lead
ers will volunteer a like service bo
that voters may hear able men of the
party. The old lines of democratic
division have been obliterated by
time the beiier of factions and re
publican disagreements on essential
policies Indicate the breaking down
of protection and the others isms that
the republican leaders stand for.
Now Is the appointed time for ev
ery democrat to do hia duty without
regard to any former differences of
opinion, for all are now agreed on
tariff reform and on honest govern
ment and the Issues of the preseat
cnmpalgn for congress.
8ETTER AGRICULTURAL
METHODS.
FOLK'S PLATFORM.
Whether Former Governor Folk of
Missouri Bhall be nominated for
president or not, nearly all democrats
and many republicans ought to be
able to agree on the principles he an
nounces as those that would guide
h!m If he should be elected to that
office. The doctrine of equal rights,
he says, "should be made a living, vi
tal controlling force in the govern
ment. The democratic party should
insist upon stamping out graft and
corruption from every department of
government; the eradication of all
special favors, Including bounties, sub
sidles and a tariff for any purpose
other than revenue."
He also spoke of the need of the
honest, sincere enforcement of laws
anu the regulation of public utility,
corporations on a reasonable basis,
and In favor of the restriction of
American territory to the Western
hemisphere, extension of trade by re
moving restrictions on commerce, an
Income tax, election of senators by di
rect vote, and "unrelenting opposition
to the domination In public. affairs of
special Interests." : vvk-:
The great Issue, he said, is, "Shall
there be government by privilege for
a class, or government by the people
for nil?" On this there is conflict
within the parties. The republican
party Is dominated by special inter
ests. The democratic party should be
careful to see that ita Aldriches and
Cannons do not dominate It.
Most republicans and some demo
crats would not agree with tariff for
levenue only; some democrats as well
as republicans would oppose ultimate
evacuation of the Philippines; but on
these as well as other questions Mr.
Folk lsi right. There Is nothing new
in his platform, but be has been pret
ty well tested, and proved his faith
by his works. He Is a respectable
figure ns a Democratic candidate for
president. Portland (Ore.) Journal.
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THE FAITH THAT KEEPS.
It la regrettable when names have
to be left out of a story, especially
so when there Is a moral to the narra
tive and you may happen to know
the participants. Put that Is no reason
why a much needed moral lesson
should be allowed to go to waste, so
we will proceed, with the explanation
that It Is all true except the uanes.
Mr. Jones Is a contractor and a busy
man. He makes money and doesn't
hesitate to spend It on his family, but
he Is lacking in some of the little
niceties of tho cultured paranoiac. He
wields his fork In his left hand, and
when he la pleased with his wife he
gives her a friendly slap on the back
and calls her "old woman."
Mrs. Jones never noticed his grauch
erles until they moved next door to
the Johnstons. Then she began to
make mental comparisons, and they
were much to the disadvantage of her
husband,.
, Finally, Bhe thought she could stand
It no longer, and spoke to him about
ft, "Jlip," she said, "why can't we be
more liie the Johnstons? He Is so at
tentlve jto her that she is the envy of
all the women of the neighborhood.
When he goes away In the morning
she follows him out on the porch and
kisses him. She meets him there In
the evening, and they go In the house
with their arms about each other. Of
course, we love each other, Jim, but
why not show It more? The.best I ever
get la a slap on the back."
"I never waa much of a hand for
taking on in public," said Jones, "and
I m afraid I'm too old to begin now.
Don't you worry." And he forgot him
self and slapped her on the back.
The criticism cut a little Insplte of
the thickness of Jones' skin. For sev
eral days thefe was a difference In
his demeanor about home and he
looked across at the meeting of the
Johnstons with a curious longing In
his heart.
rheii one evening he came home
with a new look In his eye. With the
tread of a grenadier he marched Into
the sitting room, struck an attitude
and exclaimed: "I'm here.
"I say I'm here," he roared, "me
Jones your husband the head of the
family the protector of the household.
Johnston ain't home. He ran away to
day with his stenographer."
"Oh," she gasped. "I feci so sorry
for Mrs. Johnson." Then her arms were
about his neck and she was sobbing
"You are the sweetest, kindest "
"Don't stroke me as If I were a
kitten," begged Mrs. Jones. "Jim,
you're the best Indian on the reserva
tion. Hit me, biff me a good one."
And he slapped her on the back.
Kansas City Post
A lot of nonsense Is being talked
and written by the republican news
papers about "better agricultural
methods." Self-Interest, of course,
prompts every farmer to do every
thing that he can to get the best crops
possible, and no Incentive la stronger
than self-interest. There are many
things that farmers would like to do
that events prevent them from doing,
and there are things which they do
( that they wish they had left undone. It
la so In every business and with
everyone. If the hay had not been
.cut this morning, the rain would not
jhave spoiled It; but who la wise en
,ough to tell what the fickle weather
will be? If It had not rained for
weeks In the spring, the cotton and
( the corn would not ' have been bo
( weedy; It would have been possible
to work It In season, Instead of hav
ing to wait until other crops needed
attention. If It had not been for the
drought, the crops would have been
( better; but the farmer Is not a rain
j maker and has to accept the weather
inai nature provides.
When the people get sick of republi
can policies and corrupt misrule, some
smart Aleck blames it on the farm
ers, and "the organs" begin to pipe
in the same tune and demand "better
agricultural methods."
When Insurgents Insure the same
"organs" blame It on the farmers and
insist that they have prospered
through republican legislation, al
though they admit the tariff should
have been "more scientific."
Some railroad magnate has a model
farm where everything that he raises
costs twice what it is worth, and even
the eggs cost one dollar per dozen,
and he thinks that the farmers should
follow his example of "Intensive farm
ing." The agricultural department
experts advise the farmers how to Im
prove their soil and stock, but If their
advice were followed the farmers
would need the treasury of the Unit
ed States to draw upon and then re
quire an urgent deficiency appropria
tion, as the "experts" often do, to
make both ends meet.
If the farmers' critics would try
their hand at farming, with the pres
ent lack of labor and not very efficient
at that, they would not carp so much.
It Is dollars to doughnuts they would
admit failure, blame it on the land
or the weather, and then resume their
old occupation of scribbling about
what they don't know about farming.
The agricultural department has
Just discovered that the farmers ought
to raise more potatoes to the acre,
and has sent experts to Europe to
find out how to do it. What they will
learn will be that the climate there
is better than here for that sort of
crop, and any Pennsylvania Dutch
man could have told them so much
without it costing a dollar, when they
will spend thousands.
Other countries are sending experts
here to discover how we grow cotton,
and why it can't be grown as well or
better In Africa, Asia or South Amer
ica. It is probably a question of cli
mate, for the darkey and the old mule
can surely be duplicated In Borne fash
Ion and there- la no great secret in
their meanderlngs.
If you have tried farming you will
know that It la no picnic, and that
through republican policies all that
you have to buy la at trust prices, and
for all that you have to sell you must
take what some combine will pay.
Yes, it is not all fun being a farmer,
nor do they all ride In automobiles,
though i, the republican metropolitan
organs 'and the funny supplements
would try and make us believe that
the farmers are bigger fools than are
other mortals.
high price for farming purposes, ex
cept a rise In the price of farm prod
ucts or a fall In the cost of cultivating
the land. To nay that farm products
are high because land values are high
Is quite as foolish as Baying a tree is
tall because its shadow la long."
Nearly every other statement made
by the republican senators Is shown
to be equally fallacious by the minor
ity of the same committee In their
report, and the evidence they adduce
of Us deception la from republican
sources. This Ignoratlo elenchl of
these republican lawmakers throws
discredit on all their statements.
IGNORANCE OR WORSE.
The majority report of the select
i committee of the senate on wages
and prices of commodities which la
signed by Senators Lodge, Galllnger.
McCumber, Smoot and Crawford gives
as the first reason for the enormous
Increase In the cost of living .
"Increased cost of production of
farm products by reason of higher
land values and higher wages."
The astute republican politicians
who signed that report are evidently
Ignorant of the most simple laws of
political economy, or their purpose
waa to deceive the senate and the
people of the United States. Dr.
Thomas Nixon Carter, professor of
jH)litical economy In Harvard Univer
sity, says of that report: "A student
would fall to pass the Introductory
course in economics In Harvard uni
versity who would make such blund
ers as are contained In that report."
As to the first cause, Dr. Carter
says:
"This Is a perfectly dear case of
putting the cart before s the horse.
Every student of economics knows
that tho high price of land la not a
cause, but the effect of the high price
of farm products. Let the price of
farm products fall to the unremunera
the level and land values will disap
pear, for the simple reason that farm
land then becomes undesirable prop
erty. Let the price of farm products
rise still higher, and farm land be
comes more desirable end ita price
will rise still higher. There la no
reason why land should command a
REPUBLICANS AND NEGROES.
William T. Vernon, the negro regis
ter of the treasury, Is to, have his
political head chopped off by Presi
dent Taft, the Lord High Executioner
of the republican party. There is no
charge that Vernon has not attended
to his duties, but he is from Kansas,
and as his Influence proved worthless
In that state to stem the Insurgent
tide he Is to be politically decapitated,
and J. C. Napier, a negro of Nash
ville, Tenn., is to be Installed In his
place. The appointment of Napier la
expected to bring the Tennessee ne
groes back to their original republican
allegiance. From this may be ad
ducted that the republican use of the
negro 13 what can be got out of him
politically. The faithful service of
Vernon will not Bave his political
head; nor will like service of those
other negroes who have been appoint
ed to federal offices, unless they can
show results at the primaries and at
elections that suit the republican lead
ers who use them for their own aggrandizement.
No one who baa ever Invested In
Vinita property regrets It. There i3
not a single piece of Vinita property
that Is not worth more than it waa
six months ago.
The1 weeds were not cut but the
frost will kill them In a few weeks any
way.
Professional Directory
GAYLORD N. BEBOUT
Attorney and Counselor at law
Special Attention Given to Land Titles
and Corporation Law
Offices ki Post Office Building
Telephone 55.
Vinita, Oila.
C, W. DAY
DENTIST
Gold Crown and Bridge Work
a Specialty
Ctles in Empire Block VINITA
DR. LOUIS BAGBY
Physician and Surgeon
Office in HaJsell Building
VINITA. - - OKLAHOMA.
Dr. F. L. Marney
Veterinary Surgeon
RIDDLE'S BARN
VINITA. OKLAHOMA
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Offlce Thone 143.' Res. Phone, black 459
Dr. Q. 0. BURCH
Practice Limited to , -EYE,
EAR. NOSE AND THROAT
Office In Wimer Bldg,
Res Phone. 458 Vinlta,tOkla.
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W. B. Depue
ATTORNEY AT LAW
VINITA. OKLA.
Olfice First Door North of Gmrt House.
Special attention given to examination
and correction of land titles.
E. JL STUBBLEFIELD. D. 1,1. D.
DENTIST
Ratet Reasonable Examination Fret
All operations made as painless as pot
sible and all work guaranteed
Somnoforra uted for Painless Extraction
OFFICE: ROOM 9, SCOTT BUILDING
Dr. 0. C. Heidtman
DENTIST
Examination Free. All vJork
' , Guaranteed.
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D. H. WILSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Suite 5-6-7 Empire Block
VINITA - OKLA,
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ATTORNBY-AT-LAW
VINITA, OKLA. v
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