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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
4
The Werkly Chieftain from Vinita Oklahoma credits D M Marrs Printing Company as publishers in Vinita Oklahoma for the edition published on Friday September 9 with standard archival imprint.
A dense clipping lists Oklahoma state ticket positions with names and counties, then shifts to a long editorial on party politics, tariff reform, insurgents versus stand-patters, and Roosevelt’s western tour, mixing local bios with national debates and quotes from Roosevelt and Taft.
A critical view argues that Oklahoma remains a white man's state where no party can win by pledges to abolish Jim Crow. The piece likens railroad power to a gun forcing payments, and quotes a Century magazine comparison on protectionism and trusts, applying the critique to local politics and federal injunctions.
The text urges all Democrats to volunteer services to inform voters about policy, arguing old party divisions are fading, Republicans differ on protection, and the party should unite on tariff reform and honest government in the current congressional campaign.
The Portland Journal notes that former Governor Folk of Missouri would lead a platform urging equal rights binding government as a controlling force. It calls for stamping out graft, eliminating special favors, tariffs only for revenue, honest law enforcement, public utility regulation, and restricting American territory to the Western Hemisphere. Folk favors trade expansion, an income tax, direct senatorial elections, and opposes special interests in public life. He is described as a tested, respectable potential Democratic candidate for president.
A moral tale from the Kansas City Post about a contractor named Jones who must learn to show affection openly. After criticizing his public displays, he returns home to rekindle his marriage with a bold declaration and a final back slap, restoring harmony amid social envy.
A critical screed argues against GOP promoted “better agricultural methods.” It blames self interest, weather, drought, and farm policy for crop woes, mocks expert guidance, and ridicules Republican claims while highlighting testimony contradicting party positions and misrule.
A harsh critique targets a majority Senate committee on wages and commodity prices. Harvard economist Dr. Thomas Nixon Carter argues the report misstates economics, claiming high land prices follow high farm product prices, not cause them, and that such logic misleads the public.
A published opinion claims President Taft will replace William T. Vernon the negro treasurer with J. C. Napler of Nashville Tennessee. The piece argues Tennessee blacks will swing back to the Republicans, while asserting party leaders reward loyalty with office and discard ineffective supporters before elections.
Property investors in Vinita express widespread regret as prices show no piece of Vinita real estate remains worth more than months ago. Experts caution ongoing declines amid market uncertainty and shifting demand.
A terse forecast notes weeds are not yet eradicated but the front will tackle them in a few weeks, with plans to kill them away from sensitive areas.
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