Muskogee County Republican (Newspaper) - February 2, 1911, Council Hill, Oklahoma A 1st ID O I IB SON O S VOL. XIX FEB. 2. 1911 NO. 31 SHOULD NOW SEE THE OF AND WASHINGTON LETTER By Jan. 30.--The question of Oklahoma patronage has been an I important one in Washington for the I past two Trouble which had been brewing for two years reached the boiling raised the spilled over and simmered down It will be remembered that two years In the interest of after a strenuous campaign had been made in the interest of Secretary j Tatt for that by an agreement among the delegates to the State convention of 1908, Cash M. Cade of Shawnee should be National Committeeman and that Dennis T. who had been chosen without opposition as the Republican candidate for should be one of the four state delegates to the National convention at There was considerable feeling by the Taft men against Mr. Flynn and Mr. but Flynn Included In the Big Four to keep down any 111 Immediately after the National the old trouble was Flynn and Cade tell out witli State H. was state chairman iit It was openly that Flynn and were only in election of in Second District and secretly worked Messrs. in the First and in the Third At P. Harry Douglas carried out as best i they the plans of Flynn and Cade while others were at work i throughout the First District throw ing cold water on the McGuire After election of President one of the original Taft naturally asked recognition in the way of reward for those who had spent energy and influence in the Interest of the all especially in the last election for the want of men who will do something for the party BEFORE the election the charges of an inkling that the President wanted to appoint an old to a federal Flynn and Cade endorsed and he was he would have been appointed any by they undertook to interfere in affairs at but backed by Flynn and the Kansas delegation in was fired and T. wiio managed the campaign In Washington was and At through Senator it was hoped to retain Post master but endorsed by Congressman is post At Okemah Cade endorsed a lady with whom he to neighbor in Shawnee but P. Reck endorsed by Mr. was appointed and At hands happened to endorse the same Fights are now in progress over the post offices at where the state organization and Creager have endorsed S. E. at where Postmaster may 1),-^ if he out cot tain at and one or two I tinally to the of friends and in the of offered to ask tlie President to appoint Cade for tlie Western This a pill too bitter for ho Immediately tlie old Kickapoo charges of fraudulent Cade and lie was not Having been National Committeeman and having voted for Hitchcock for National It was thought that Mr. Cade should have at least some in view of which fact W. S. Cade was offered the He accepted in advance and his lame wac sent to the Senate for but the fight was renewed the President promptly with especially on FLECTION The President showed a. disposition t to recognize Oklahoma and his friends there but immediately there began a not for places but for the privilege of advising the ident should have Repre sentative was not a of Congress until time after I Mr. Taft was In undertaking to look out for his friends immediately after he found that Roosevelt recognized the old regime and under these circumstances a number of post office and other appointments were made over his he was given all the courtesies and consideration afforded other members of Congress but not a from the settled only by the of powerful influences outside the The result in time was that neither Flynn nor Cade had any recognition whatever in This made no particular difference to the In the who naturally complained that there were not places enough which complaint was founded of State Chairman given a place against thf of Cade and then in time resigned as State Chair The timers wbo bad been lu Western ma for years then decided that they would put an end to Uie career of the bad tbe temerity to offer to take tn A state eon waa Instead of a ileal by of one or the could stuff the by a a lll hhd a In the A. wais kg tlie candidate fOr WAS bitterly by and Cade and others in The convention In reality was also assailed but the is the and vote polling class of Republicans who Were with the party from principle and not because they wanted a an Harris was unanimously elected and Flynn the convention which endorsed tlu Taft This was the second time Flynn had been He saw the of his political career staring In the Politics having the foundation for a large fortune ho hated let He Immediately fell upon three with Senator Curtis and other Kansas politicians who had ben running Indian politics and business for bis with J. P. who has represented certain Indian Interests in Washington for a long time and wbo ie close to the big tbe third was Dr. eon Flynn's son-in-law and one of the fw who is frequently called Vln consultation when the President ' has sore Thus by enlisting Texas and taking advantage of personal Mr. Plynn might have It In Oklahoma that the i organization and the three * of had no Influence In that any to be with ths - 9rit nature were preferred S. There were several conferences as a result of made one more sacrifice In the interest of harmony and the fight was supposed to be Hilt if reports from Oklahoma are it is not to be 3o. Flynn has purchased the Oklahoma City a local Okla City Postmaster of city is also said to have agreed to take an interest in the It is understood here that the Times from now will be an devoting its energy and what influence it may have to keeping things in a It will take another State Republican primary and convention to determine whether the voters or the bosses in Oklahoma shall rtm Judging from the experiences of the very the Grass Roots boys will have their AROUSED Muskogee Phoenix a Over to the Bitterly Protest Against the Course of the Appointed to Devise a Way for a Republican Daily Paper the editor of the Phoenix for publishing the which deserves the condemnation of all good the Is passed by congress and comes to the president for his he will cover himself with patriotism and glory by approving the but on the he should veto the every loyal and patriotic man in the nation will rise up to condemn Phoenix has played the Judas act and betrayed the Republican party into the hands of the as our army was forming ranks to assail the the base betrayal Let us repudiate the false Let us meet and stigmatize by proper action its treason to the alL loyal Republicans Muskogee respond to call to arms and meet at the City Hall this evening at 7:80 to repudiate its and treasonable A call signed by and worded as above was circulated last afternoon and in the City Hall was veil tilled at by to know the reason why the party should lie denounced for doing its duty and to some way of organizing a daily upon the party can place implicit within the confines of the Phoenix but he and his paper are not bigger than the republican a fact he fully realized that night as he squirmed in his seat under the scathing denunciations of Col. George A. Judge C. A. R. Robert L. Fore and Judge A. A. Mr. presence and promise to be good hereafter did not phase the They met for a purpose and they were not to be browbeaten or Their volleys of shot end shell were directed against the Not one his was au oversow at the support given the Democratic at the scurrilous language I Republicans who did duty in nominating Conk as their party candidate for to fill tlie vacancy In the Wy their deeds ye shall know 111.m and by the policy of the it lias been For IN MEMORIAM WASHINGTON NOTES Mr. attorney lor the returned to Washington on Friday from Senator Warren of Wyoming an amendment on the appropriation blH reimbursing Col. Blair for the shortage which occurred In the U. S. agency while he wax Indian Had the meeting been called for | many it has been any other night except Saturday night I denounced as a traitor to the party there would not have been standing but the case demanded immediate action and the Republicans would brook no The attendance and result were far beyond Col. Murphy briefly stated the facts which brought them together and after the election of J. D. Benedict as chairman and W. S. Cochran as the fireworks Mr. Tams the recog owner of the was early onr the scene and was the first to His presence he said was due to the invitation extended loyal and he to be as loyal a Republican as any Then he branched off into an explanation why theS Phoenix supported Democratic and one of the biggest cogs in the He to impress on Republicans present his innocence and that he was led by the nose into the enemy's camp by force of He practically apologized for the the Phoenix had but his broken fell on unwilling His words went up against the marble Tams no doubt has been a mighty man in his He was in command a long time and for years he has been writing his name so no one can read and even now his word is law out of whose hand It was fed. The spirit of the meeting was unanimous in this and the Phoenix was completely stripped of Its last semblance of Republicanism by the resolute Fight to the last ditch and no surrender are the of such leaders as Col. Judge A. A. Judge Judge Robertson and J. L. If rise up next time and renew the struggle for political Re publican principles are they are for for the betterment of for the uplift of the should Republicans in Muskogee be ashamed of them? Why should they skulk and make cowardly retreat like the so long as there is a a a a a Fore and a thousand others in Chairman Benedict upon motion appointed a committee or A. A. Judge W. G. Col. C. A. W. S. and Tams Bixby to devise ways and means to promote the interests of the Republican party especially with respect to securing and main a Republican An adjournment was taken for two weeks to give the committee time to prepare its Some of the bonding companies which have been in hot water recently by reason of differences with the department in have been trying to straighten out their matters with the department during the past Their trouble down there has served to tie up all their bonds with the government In every An interesting fight took place on the floor of the senate when the Indian was up between the two Indian Owen and Senator Owen proposed an amendment providing for the payment of the Creek ' Curtis raised a point of order against it and after a hard fight the point was On Monday there is to be a conference in the Department with the oil men Interested in the oil of the Osage The Department is trying to formulate some policy for the leasing of the lands In that Among the visitors in Washington to attend the conference are George Commissioner to the Five Dana H. IT. S. Indian and J. Garfield of J. Truman and P. J. of Attorney Will of and J. A. Veasey of The president's reciprocity with which virtually amounts to free is creating a great of discussion in looks as on In their caucus held recently the democratic members of the together with those who will members of the next heir pledge to the evU of committees appointed by the When Clark and apell binders tbe were denouncing the system which baa prevailed ever tbe was they did not have the that would be the ones put the proposed Into They would have talked if had believed would the So had to make good in of Speaker Clark will nOt name the committees Of the next That s. he will not SEEM td make rhey will be by the on WayS arid This committee was elected by the Democratic It may be merely a and it may be a but the fact remains that every of the committee is a close and friend of have worked him and for him in Congress for They arc oil hands at ho They will elect any to any committee that Clark and all he needs to do is to one eya or hold one finger md they will do the Clark will ret the very men he wants on every committee just the same as Cannon ind every other Speaker has done all But they have the folks at Clark will escape and if the people are with tbe all will well for a Canadian Tbe proposed treaty with made for tbe purpose of establishing more friendly trade relations with our Northern neighbor has stirred up the animals throughout the Reciprocity in this means nothing more or less than free trade with Free Trade Is a word which Republicans hate and tt sounds lust as bad coming from the White House with a Republican President there as from a are against free They said so la every the C. It look as though they will stand for it. Even the insurgent Republicans of the struck a body are against this kind of Representative Creager of Oklahoma was asked if he would the President in his reciprocity pol assuredly said In Northeastern this was IN In a scurrilous published on the of attacking the old vilifying congress and assailing with language foul and contemptible every patriotic friend of the grizzled warriors who fought for the flag and preserved the of issues of the last the Phoenix made itself specially ob. I promised Oklahoma It seemed to go out of its that if I were I would vote every time I got a to teet interests against those of Canada or wy of the rest of and I meant The mere that was not doesn't mean that intelligent In our can be fooled ery day 1h the If they want to with ihoy must do it a Democratic representative and not because of any act or wOrd of ' I'm against it. 1 Ill swallow free Bili Bryan and everything that with the Representative Morgan has always been inclined to stand by the President if he could ando may vote for the reciprocity deal but Representative McGuire probably will Carter and Ferris although are not willing to be classed as Free especially in view of the fact that their districts a great many cattle and from they said quietly they will not vote to support it. Democrats from the city districts of course are for the new It Is doubtful if it will be agreed to by the present Hog Reports have been received at the Department of Agriculture that an epidemic of hog cholera is threatened In Southern Arrange ments have been made by the De to keep close watch over developments and it the situation becomes experts may be sent into tbe Representative Creager called on Secretary Wilson last week to request every possible precaution be taken by thp Department to prevent a general spread of tbe Tbe Department has Issued a the treatment of bog This document is freo to all who ask for it. It may be obtained through senators and J. Hunter of at way to unload its other term Is It places rivers and harbors before men who imperiled their lives for their The Phoenix would rather see go to rivers and harbers than have the isame amount for the use of the battle scarped most of whom now foot in These white-haired merit given them the loyal citizens of the that the they gel serve a purpose in their lives and adding to comfort and happiness while they yet in the land they At a meeting held in Brewer's Friday composed of old and patriotic the action was The Daily Phoenix of the to the passage of the hv the house of as a measure by pension and throwing insult in faces of the old our thanks be extended to Congressman and the house of representatives for the passage of the language cannot be which appropriately expresses the feeling of the infirm and aged who saved their and their patriotic writer ignores the fact that both of tbe great their promised liberal pensions to the infirm and suffering They are dying and the amount provided in that is but a small part of their which are growing ask loyal people ta express to the owner of that in no uncertain disapproval of such a fling at congress and at old and we denounce the writer of said editorial as lacking In patriotism and loyalty to George W. Barnes Is Dead The mailed hand of death knocked at a door in far-away Monte Obeying the final George W. on 28th, 1911, started on a long journey to the better ke died suddenly although two days before that he was critically 111, his family and friends were not prepared to hear the His death was a great shock to them com About three months ago Mr. and accompanied by their the as they done oftentimes for a change and to enioy the benefits which travel usually when he left was not although his appetite was failing Nothing was specially thought of it. His family felt that the sea air and the climatic conditions on the continent of Europe would prove beneficial to but it was not to He was suffering from ' a malady that sooner or later becomes and it carried him off almost without Mr. Barnes was biggest rated to be worth over a million He was a prosperous oil operator and Previous to his departure for Europe he had disposed of the greatest portion of his oil At the time of his death he was president of the ton lust at National A though it is going to put the he was equally big He was a man of unusually attractive He loved the beautiful in as the who lived beside him for four can If there was a shrine at which he it was that of He delighted in companionship and he made no distinction in his treatment of his fellow All received at hands gentle reception and kind To him was to love him for his admirable qualities as p. in loyal of unsurpassed in courtesy pnd of unvarying kindness was a factor in the civic uplift of this His stricken family and his host of friends will forever cherish the radiant mentality and the lovable personality with which the Creator endowed Apart from the distinctive loss suffered by in hia untimely it will over a matter of deep regret to the citizens of this city that he was cut down at a time when he was with renewed energy contemplating - entering into the substantial of Greater Mrs. Barnes is on the to the United States with tbe Mr. and Mrs. George W. will meet their mother at New Interment will take place at The late George Is survived by a widow three Mrs. J. H. abd ahti V. oi Hfe WAg years ELECTION Committee to Submit Proposals to Jan. A. chairman of the republican state was here today going over a proposed general law with Joseph W. recent candidate for the recent conference in Oklahoma City relative to securing desired election William H. Murray was to draft a primary law and O. F. Branstetter of the socialist initiative and referendum All of these meet in Oklahoma City tomorrow to go over the drafts and perhaps adopt for submission to the If they are not enacted by tbe legislature they will be Initiated and submitted to a vote of tbe Harris will attend tbe conference in Oklahoma City today Invitations are out for a Lincoln day banquet at the Turner Hotel on February the 13th at 7:30 p. m. The banquet wUl be given under tbe auspices of the young men's Republican Every Republican should make a special effort to be speakers will address the assembled Tom former mayor of of national is very 111 and hia gradual loas of strength dua to liver and kidney of gent senators in a pretty bad for they have been contending for lower schedules and this gives it to but largely on commodities which their particular states want The statesman who designated the tariff question as a local hit the nail on the for most of the members of congress contend for low duties until their particular districts or states are and then they On the 25th tbe Indian appropriation passed the senate with some amendments attached which will necessitate a One of the amendments is of immense importance to arid that is the provision authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to place on deposit in local banks of state and the money derived from the sale of the unallotted lands of the Five Civilized Under present is sent at once to the at St. Louis and the tribes derive no interest on the If the amendment sticks this money be kept at home and the Interest which the banks will be willing to pay for it will amount to a considerable enough probably to defray the whole coat of the The providing for the saV of tbe segregated coal and asphalt lands of tbe and hy Congressman waa by Indian 6oft\mitt6e house to the oi the Interior for port. He haii Submitted his which is hope that during the coming week we win be allowed hearings the Indian committee ahd get the reported to It is going to be very hard to get at this session of but there is a chance of a successful especially owing to the fact that all the interests namely the the coal operators and the towns on are behind this By a united front and sticking together it Is probable that we may get April 30 has been set aside this year as and will be observed in 200.000 churches in the country In a manner similar to that of in 1910, when over 40,000 sermons were preached on the prevention In the first announcement of the occasion made by tbe National Association for the Study and the leaders of the movement stote that they hope to enlist all of the 33,000,000 church members in the The Third Street Grocery is allowing nothing to pass it On Tuesday an auto delivery wagon purchased from Mr. J. H. Hoffman of the Oklahoma Auto Supply North 4th took the place of four wagons and flew all over town serving customers a s On March 10, 1911, B. to an
