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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
4
Vinita Oklahoma items discuss railways rates and a three cent fare, legislative fights, and local growth. Figures named include Taft Roosevelt Heyburn and Reed while Governor Hughes backs Taft for reelection amid tariff debates. The piece notes a new post office, street changes, and calls for road building as Vinita seeks a modern hotel and shared progress.
Some lawmakers resist every action by the Senate boss yet must appear regular when he calls on them to back favored interests that financed their path to Congress.
Tulsa World discusses the long effort to settle and terminate the affairs of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole tribes. The piece questions whether a new bill will truly wind up affairs or add red tape, urging a courageous, fiscally responsible governor and transparent governance for Oklahoma.
A somber verse laments an Indian girl facing sorrow and workbound pain. It recalls a once free race under a strong foe, fighting on Western Uplands and along a long trail marked by graves of warri ors. The poem notes emigration ending an imperial era and the enduring spirit before fading away.
In Washington City a proposed federal bill urged by church groups would ban liquor sales in the national capital on any site used for public purposes or within proximity to churches schools and parks. Licenses would require consent of heads of families renters and owners in surrounding blocks with the licensee personally running the business. Delinquent drinkers would trigger liability for employers and families. Saloons would close nightly at ten with no early morning reopen.
Washington February 16 Within two weeks the house rules committee will consider reports on resolutions seeking a congressional inquiry into the sugar trust fraud. Backers argue top importers and officials may be implicated while a few key figures have already faced penalties. critics say bigger players remain free.
Washington reports Keefe calls for firmer immigration and Chinese exclusion laws. Proposals include redefining alien status, extending contract labor rules, harsher ship fines, and conditional import of skilled workers. White slave trade drive noted. urges state and city action. 1909 measures show shifts in Japanese admissions and rising Chinese use, with emphasis on enforcement, literacy, and economic impact.
The Democratic state executive committee was elected Saturday by the Central Committee in Oklahoma City. District selections include First J.D. J. A. Tillet on Nowata. Fred P. Brannon Muskogee. W. L. Samuel Chouteau. Second J.D. J. B. Champion Ardmore. W. Utterbeck Durant. Otto Weaver Ada. Third J.D. W. C. Scott Tonkawa. George Stone Tecumseh. G. N. Wright Tulsa. Fourth J.D. F Jouns Chickasha. J F Sharp Purcell. Rowe Fuller Oklahoma City. Fifth J.D. M. Van Meter Mountain View. J. Roberts Pattview. B L Adams Buffalo.
Chicago February 16 The Tribune prints the outlaw vote showing presidential preferences of Republican editors in twenty states. Roosevelt leads with 1360 votes, Taft 1093, Lafollette 197, Hughes 122, Cumming 65, Bryan 40, Pinchot 30. Roosevelt the next president, leads in some states while Tutt leads in seven.
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