Bluefield evening leader. [volume], December 02, 1907, Image 3

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LEGISLATURE
Outhrl*. Ok!*.. D«r. 2 —Okla-!
mm’s firs? state legislature, com
aed of 109 representative* and 44
uatora. was formally opened here
Jay. with nearly all the members j
seat. Ir its political complexion ’
1 e new bo. y la largely Democratic,
i c lower hou*e being composed of
: . Domocn ts and IT Republicans.
i ii the sonate having 39 Democrats
cal only 6 Republicans.
William Murray, familiarly known
■l'4 * Alfalfa 11111” Murray, former
i >csid£nt of the constitutional con
vention. la the leading candidate for
he speakerenip of the houso of rep
entatlvcs. He has announced that
1. la again Tt all r1n«re and cliques
*ui that if h- is selected to prealdo
the corpora;Ion lobbies will have a
tard time controlling him.
One of the first acts of the leg
islature Hi expected to be the ratlflca
t u of the selection of Robert L.
< ens and Thomas P. Gore, the blind
< itor, as United States senator*
illc they have already been elect
0 by the people and appointed by
< vsmor Hrskell. It Is th opinion
° t**al author! tie* that they cannot
t e ‘heir scats in the national sen
1 until the legislature has giver.
♦ -m their <re1entlals. Th constl
t ’ion provides that each state she*1
1 entl'le* to two renators. whc
s .11 be elected by tho legislature
t r^of, and repostedly tho national
f at© has refused to admit men who
h'v© been appointed by governor^
v' ose state legislature* had failed to
© et senators. It is said that th’
c e of Oklai oma is the first Instance
v ’ or© a governor of a state newly
a nltted has sought to appoint sen
s rs before tho meeting of the leg
Ir^ture.
Senator Owen is a Bryan Demo
c as Is bis blind colleague Sena
tor Gore but the latter is by far the
most radical in his political opin
ions. Owen win ally himself with
th tariff revisionists in tho senate.
Physically he will have few superior.;
In congress, and ho Is also a scholar
and a brilliant debater. Ho has In
dian blood to his vein*. Uke Senator
Curtis of Kansas, and. like the Ut
ter. is proud of It.
. onator Qor© is a radical of radi
cals and is often referred to as u
Populist and sometimes as a So
cialist. He la tho first blind man to
lie sent to ’lie Unitod States senate
si
ani tills aiwa. alii j
but hardly moTo so. -perhsr*. than j
Ms ability as an ©ntor.
!a tho Oklahoma legislature the 1
farmcra and thoaa Identified with
agricultural pursuits predominate,
and the body has been referred to
sa erio-gly by city edltora as the
■Rube ass nibly.” poor I-o has not I
bc-vn unsuccessful in hts political as
pirations under statehood, as Is evi
denced by tho fact that some of the
most able members of the new legis
lature are Indians, the Chickaaau
an l Choctaw trfbea being eepec ally
■sell represented. The wit of the
hot.se is ‘•Stump” Ashby of Marshall
county who Is a master of sarcasm
aa ! ridicule. Among the loaders In
I he a Date are Roy Stafford, the Ok
!ah una City editor, Campbell R ts
sell. a leader In the farmers* union
movement, and J. P. Yeager of
Tulaa.
Anionic the Important bills wh'ch
expected to come up for dlscu*
rlon during th? present session are
thos© providing both educational and
poll tax provisions for rotors, in an
attempt to disfranchise the Ignorant
nopro voters; separate coach school
and other "Jim Crow" measures; the
purchase of the pegr©gat .1 coal an-*
asp'ialt of the Choctaw and Chicka
saw nations by the state; permanent
location of the state capital, for
which Guthrie. Oklahoma City. Shaw
nee and K1 Reno are cont'sting; a
'aw requiring that convict labor be
Utet only on the public htglvways:
nro”lalons for enabling the counties
■** n^lan Territory to start out on
1 c*ab basis and many other mess
’’ren identified with the -stabllsh
mont of a state government.
In addition to the corporation an ’
railroad lobbies. which will apparent
y 1 ave scant picking at this session,
•nanv organirations of a semi-public
character have established head
quarters here and will attempt to
secvre the passage of laws in their
’ntereBta. The union labor forces
will demand that convicts shall not
be allowed to compete with free la
bor and that only union labor be
employed In state and public works.
Additional legislation to put into ef
fect the constitutional provisions for
mine inspection, child labor, fellow-!
servant and eight hour day laws la
also demanded. The prohibitionists
demand strict laws to govern th *
atato dispensaries for liquor which
will be established in each county, i
A number of prominent -workers of
the Anti-Saloon league are connected
with the prohibition lobby. The
Anti-Horse Thief association Is de
manding laws providing severe pun
ishment for horse and cattle thieves.
will work for the patrasy^ of wick
measures
G!UvAT BHLDBR8.
At* rtoloeot divine odw pmtcb- J
ed a wrmoD from thl* text: "Oft
Juildlng and builder*”' He talked of
he World’* Greet architect*.. artist*,
ftuthor*. painters. ec*lp\or*. etc. He
eald thftt every on*, no matter how
low hi* station In life, who left the
world better than he townd it. was
a bnllder. that he who digged a
ditch well built tor the word's bet
terment. He might truthfully add
ed thftt he who discover* a great
remedy like Rydale’s Tonic, work*
tor the world’s betterment Rydale's
'ronlc 1* a human system builder
t purifies and build* the blood, re
store* weak nervous systems and In
'reasee the strength and weight. All
who have used Rydale’s Tonic, pro
noiinres it * great system tonic and
builder.
•“or aale ky The White Pharmacy
Cor. Princeton avenue ana Bland et
■AO OVERSIGHT,
She—But a man last week told mi
the same story
He—Yea, lady, you see I made the
mistake of not having the history of
my Ufa copyrighted!—Chicago Jour
nal.
•If Mel ef Paper*.
Germany's list ef newspapers is the
; largest In Euros*
When baby loses flesh, looks pale,
la flgedty and nervous, the little one
Is not we:r nourished, and should ;
be given a soothing, beaJing tonic. '
Hollister's Rocky Mountain T a Is
the best tonic for babies; purely veg
etable. 35 conts, Tea or Tablets. Fori
•ale by the Whlto Pharmacy,
HAO THE BUSINESS INSTINCT.
N#gro Knew What H# Wat After
Whan Ha Lant tha Manay.
Ed wa* a mighty bright negro he
' mglng to a family in Columbia.
Teun. Ha had been a faithful servant
for muuy years. and by saving and
carefully investing hi* nrsges ha had
bcliad tha usual thrlftleasness at
tributed with more or leas Justice to
tha majority 0UI1 race. His master
was an attorney, and one morning, be
fore he had arisen, the lawyer was
called upon by Ed. who said: ”8ay,
boss, Ah wants yo’ ter draw me np a
mawkgttlge." "A mortgage?” asked
his master. “What do you want a
mortgage for?“ “Wall, Ah's dona lent
Vnc* 1.1 sha five dollahs, au* Ah wants
a mawkgldge on hls caw an* caff."
“For how long have you lant the
money r* “FV one monf.” “One
month I Why, the interest on that |
amount for that time wouldn't pay for
the paper a mortgage Is written on.”
' Boss," said Ed. scratching his head,
“Ah ain't oarin' nuffln' fo' dat intrust
"Ah Jos’ wants dat niggab's cow an*
caff.”—J ud go.
Quick Changing Extraordinary.
8lgnorlna Patlma Mirla. who la cre
ating a sensation on the Italian stage,
will shortly appear In Ixmdon. Single
handed site has produced “The
Geisha." representing herself all the
15 principal pan* and changing her
costume 175 times Her performance
l»»ts three hours, and at no time la
ahe off the stage for more than ton
seconds She has a marvelous voice,
and can sing soprano, alto tenor and
barytone The critics declare that
Slgnorina Minis. who Is only 24 yeara
of ago. la Slddona. Nellie Karrcn.
Florence 8t. John and Fregoll rolled
Into one. At preaont ahe la perform
ing at Hologna a pleco entitled “La
• Grande Via," In which se makes over
one hundred changes of custumo.
To Clsan Window Shades.
We have all heard the ntory of the
woman who told the new maid to
wash the curtains, moaning the lace
ones, and came Into the kitchen just
In time to discover the newest window
shades malting in the boiler. Hut we
do not ail know that when shade# are
merely dust soiled the surface can be
freshened by the application of hot
corn meal. The shads should drat
bo spread out flat on a large table and
the meal rubbed in with a circular mo
tion of the palm. Then if rubbod gen
tly with a soft, dry cloth the meal and
the dust It has absorbed will be nv
tqov»* e-ltbout leaving any trace of
either.—Country Life In America.
Classified.
"Would you call rice a cereal or
vegetable?" asked the Inquisitive man.
1 "Woll, 1 have seen times when 1
could consider It n missile,” replied
♦he recently married man.—Yonkers
9 -ttatesrnan.
F. A. HARMAN |
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know.
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THT TAT OR
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HI IIPLV8. 9200.000.
UNDIVIDED PltOFITS, 949.000.
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ImisIiu'wn men:
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W. H. Thomas. Vice President,
R E. Rolling Cashier.
W. B. Illcka, AaHiHtnnt Cashier.
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