Cherokee Republican (Newspaper) - February 22, 1912, Sallisaw, Oklahoma THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL OF SEQUOYAH COUNTY Vol. 6, february 22, 1912 NO. 4a Serious Blow Dealt to Oklahoma Corporation ' Feb. 19.-Only congress and not the supreme court of the United States may object to the initiative and referendum method of legislation in the so the court itself decided That tribunal held that the question of whether a state still maintained a republican form of government guaranteed by the federal constitution after it adopted the initiative and was political problem for congress and ial one for the The decision on the claim of the States Telephone and Telegraph that a tax upon it imposed by the initiative and referendum method in was The initiative and referendum provisions in South and Arizona hung in the An adverse decision would have affected proposed legislation of that character in many other Chief Justice White announced the decision of the None of the justices The justice said that a had existed on both sides of the but that the and were dispelled by the decision of Chief Justice Taney years ago which he disposed of the Door's That was the case of Luther vs. he and decided that the enforcement of the guaranty of a republican form of government to the states belonged to the political department of the and came up for on the admission of senators and members of the house to their respective The chief justice called attention to the doctrine as Jaid down in the cases of Luther vs. Borden and Taylor vs. Beckham is indeed a singular misconception of the nature and character of our constitutional system of Justice ' suggest that the settled distinction which the doc trine just stated points between judicial justiciable legislative power as to purely political questions tends to destroy the guarantee of the judic iary in proper cases to enforce the The suggestion results from failing to distinguish between things which are widely the legislative duty to determine the political question involved in deciding whether a state republican in and the judicial power and ever present duty whenever it becomes necessary in controversy properly submitted to enforce and uphold the applicable provisions of the and every exercise of governmental better can the broad lines which distinguish these two be out than by considering the character of the defense in this very The defendant company does not contend here that it could not have been required to pay a license As it does not assert fhat it was denied an opportunity to heard as to yhe amount for which it was or that there was anything inhering in the involved intrinsically in the law which Violated any of its constitutional If such questions had been raised they would have been and therefore would have required the calling into operation the judicial of doing these the attack on the statute here made it of a wholly different Its essentially political nature is at once made manifest by understanding that the assault which the contention here advanced it not on the tax as a but on the state as a It is addressed to the frame work and political character of the government by which the statute levying the tax was Tt is the the winch the case to its this court not for the purpose of testing judiciary some exercise of power on ground that its has injuriously affected the rights of an because of repugnancy to some constitutional demand of the government that it establish its right to exist as a CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION To the Republican Electors The Republican state central ' j committee is hereby called to Whereas a call has been issued | meet at tp o'clock in the by the Republican national committee for a national Republican convention to be held in the city of Chicago cm the 18th day of 1912, for the purpose of nominating candidates for president and vice president of these United States to be voted for at the presidential election city of Guthrie upon the the above mentioned day of state convention for the purpose of recommending a temporary for the convention and arranging details including the hearing and temporary settling of When not otherwise provided on November 5th, by the county j precinct meetings are hereby The twelfth i called to convene at the usual nial convention of the National voting places on the the 2nd day Republican League is called to of 191 at 1 o'clock p. meet at the same time and committeeman pre- under authority siding to elect delegates from of said call for a republican precinct to a county convention and in authority over controversies and School Notes The class in Spanish is getting along nicely with an enrollment of about Herbert Francis was absent from the ninth grade is not heard on the school ground any but it make the stay out of the Miss Addie Brackett has been for the past She left for the first of the In Miss Brackett Sallisaw looses one of its most popular young The basket ball beys have brought the goals from the ball park and put them on the school They now get more and will soon have a championship Athel Towery has enrolled in the ninth B Barney Mabray is again in school after being absent for a few The high school room has a new Thanks to the school There was another splendid debate in Prof. ninth civics class last The subject for discussion resolv ed: that the and i should he applied to the and the Recall to the judicial branches of our The class was equally each side worked hard to prove that their respective positions were One would think on the impulse of that these are questions that have recently come before the American but upon investigation it was found that these issues had been discussed for The young people showed that they had searched diligently for the facts to substantiate their proposi Both sides were well but the decision was rendered in favor of the Hanson Circuit Notice The Presiding Rev. W. M. requests all the official members of Hanson circuit to meet him at Feb. 24, at 2 p. m. to transact business important to the ity with Hie Republican Central Com of the slate of Oklahoma hereby calls a Republican state convention to meet in the city of Guthrie on the 1-1-thi'ayof March 1912, at H o'clock for the following For the of for member of the Republican national committee and the instructing of the delegates elected by said convention to vote for the man so For the election of ten delegates and ten alternates to the Republican national For tne election of five presidential - For the election of 26 delegates to the National Republican League Representation in said state convention shall be one delegate for each 200 votes or major fraction thereof cast for the Republican presidential electors in 1908. The delegates to the National Republican League convention shall be elected as publican newspapermen of the state to participate in all the conventions and to especially be present at the state The Republican electors and all other electors of our without regard to past political who believe in the principles of the Republican party and endorse its policies ace cordially invited to unite and co-operate with us in the proceedings under this the republican state central James A. H. otherwise provided by the county conventions shall convene at court house in the respective county seats of the state on the nth day of 1912, 1.-o'clock p. for the purpose of electing delegates to represent the county in the aforesaid state the chairman of the committee presiding i The representation in each county unless fixed on a. different basis by action of the county shall be one delegate for each 25 or fraction thereof cast at the last * The chairman and secretary of the respective county conventions shall forward the credentials of delegates selected by their convention to the secretary of the the state committee at Guthrie not later than March 8th The Republican county central committee of each county is called to meet at the county seat at 10 o'clock a. on the 6th day of 1912, for the purpose of recommending Church Notice Presiding Rev. W. M. will preach at the Methodist church Sunday Feb. at 7:3 , and will hold the second quarterly conference immediately after All members of the church are urged to be present for the Everybody invited to attend the both morning and Rev. J. C. M. S. editor of the is in Oklahoma City as a delegate to the state Democratic An Elopement of a Couple Not a Successful Six delegates at large to ary officers to the county con elected by the state convention j hearing and temporarily and four delegates from each of settling contests and arranging several congressional other of the state to be elected by the delegates from the district at a to be held in the city of Guthrie following the adjournment of the state Appreciating fully the power of the press for the welfare of the public and the advancement ofi the best interests of our state and our nation we extend a most hearty invitation to the Re- PRAY FOR THE GUARANTEE LAW THE State Ohio has lost in a Bank which The under ety bond and the Court has ruled Bonding Company was not responsible secret connivance between the Bank and the State ' Now if the State of Ohio had a Guaranty Law and if they deposited their money in a bank where the deposits were they sure would have saved the The Oklahoma Banking Law has been talked all over the United The people outside of the State realize appreciate it more than the people in The time the people of Oklahoma will appreciate it is when some bank fails and they lose their then they will begin to realize what it Now people why don't you realize before it is too What do you want to pay for vour experience when you are now getting it If you want to be deposit your m me ' with Dan Johns Kills Will Lovern One of the worst tragedies to he marked in the lintels of blood was the killing of Will formerly of Sequoyah by Dan The shooting occured between Max shop and the alley about 7 o'clock Sunday What prompted the cause ol shooting remains a mystery as the preliminary hearing of Johns will not occur until Monday and he refuses to divulge any motive for his deed other than to say he sorry he had to do Mr. Lovern was unarmed when the attack was made and the affair remains enshrouded in g The struck Mr. Lovern in the pierced the passed through the right lung and came out at the base of the He lived but four hours after receiving the mortal and remained conscious to the making a statement of the ease before hi s to his version of the affair he was the victim of a conspiracy and that Johns had placed him under arrest unjustly and had searched him before he was On Tuesday John Sparks was arrested as an accessory crime and was committed to the Immediately after the shooting Johns surrendered himself to the officers and lingers in jail awaiting his preliminary when interesting developments are Mr. Lovern was 38 years old and leaves a wife and and a mother and a half both of and half of Oklahoma to mourn his untimely He was regarded aslope df thg ed in the and resigned the but The funeral occured Monday at 8 Applying for a license Friday to marry Martha Starr of that Otis of was denied the coveted paper by Deputy Clerk Luther When the license was asked for Shipman said the girl in the case was at Van although her in This aroused the suspicions of the deputy and after a moment's reflection he recalled that the office had been notified not to issue a license to a certain Sallisaw The license was While Shipman was trying to secure a license Detective was out on the streets looking ol Whom a description had been furnished him by Chief Detective Martha ran from home a week ago and the officers had been asked to look out for as it was feared by parents she intended to meet and get When she came to Fort Smith she went to the Estes home on South Twenty-fifth was Detective found on the avenue yesterday with the two Estes She denied until confronted by Detective Pitcock in the She told it had a good cry and promised to return Shipman was allowed to Martha is sixteen years old and owns a valuable allotment near - Her father is Ellis a well known citizen of Sequoyah After her detention her parents were Sheriff John E. Johnson and Attorney Ed Frye came to Fort Smith Friday night and took the girl home When whether she would again run away she replied that she Judge Cornelius and attorney L. G. leading lawyers of Vian were county seat visitors Bank and Q Trust Q Dr. rL H. Oculist Specialist of the Nose and of will be professionally in Monday Jan. 29. The of lenses to the eye receive my the office either Physician or Parlor Belt One regular Mrs. Will Hutchison arrived Friday night from for a visit with her who is doing some upholstering S. E. the insurance was transacting business in MacKey Friday Mr. Turner is widely known as one of the leading real estate dealers in this part of the and his reputation as a booster for and his integrity as man only adds to his prestige in the business worlds t S. Wagle was in Wagle erly of the Marble City caused tio abandon much to the regret of his fellow workers in newspaper work as he cherishes a truly fraternal spirit - it J. Denton was a business in The young the Baptist church a box Friday eve that was a success in rendition by the choir to the popular acclaim ot those r ts we re g rati g to having work an
