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posits In itate banks several "millions
of dollars, and would corresponding
ly decrease national bank deposits
to that extent. That the legislature
has the right to pass such a law, no
one will question, and that it would
be the duty of the legislature to pass
such a law, if it becomes necessary
in the proper defense of our banking
law, every fair minded man will
concede.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided that our law is
constitutional, and is founded upon
just and equitable principles. This
law is a fixture in Oklahoma, and
the sooner the enemies of the same,
and especially the national bankers
of the state realize this fact and ac
commodate themselves to it, the
better it will be for all banking in
stitutions of the state. It is im
material with me what is said of our
banking law outside of the state. I
don't expect a fair interpretation of
our law or a truthful statement of its
operation to come from its enemies
beyond the borders of Oklahoma.
The bankers of the nation, who have
grown rich from depositors' money,
will always fight any effort made to
protect the interest of ther depositors,
when that effort entails any sort of
expense or burden upon the bankers
themselves. These bankers realize
the inevitable. They know full well
that if the Oklahoma banking law
cannot be speedily overthrown, that
all of their misrepresentations, all
of their sophistry and arguments
will count for naught, and in the
end, the millions of depositors of this
republic, whose money is now being
used by bankers to build up large
surplus and undivided profit accounts
and to pay big dividends, will de
mand of the various states of this
union, laws similar to the one in
Oklahoma.
One thing in this, state has re
cently come to pass that' is to be de
plored several of the leading state
brinks in Oklahoma, after having
used the state banking law of Okla
homa to build up a splendid volume
of deposits, and after having adver
tised to their depositors that their
money would be secure if placed in
their banks, by reason of the Okla
homa bank law now that they feel
that they are secure in these de
posits, they have sought to escape
liability to their depositors by con
verting their banks into national
banks. Should one of these con
verted banks now go into the hands
of a receiver, judging from the ex
perience of all other national bank
failures, many of these depositors
would suffer financial loss by reason
of the failure. Had any of them
failed before it converted, no such
loss would have been suffered by the
depositors. I contend that this is
unfair treatment to the man, who,
relying upon the security of our law,
has placed his money in these con
verted banks.
There has been some reckless
banking in Oklahoma, just as there
has been in every other state in the
union, but it will be the effort of the
present banking board to place the
dishonest banker where he properly
belongs in the state penitentiary.
Unburdened of hishonest bankers,
stripped of its incompetent ones, the
' Oklahoma bank guarantee law will
continue to live and be a benefaction
to the thousands of. trusting de
positors in Oklahoma who commit
their savings into the keeping of
state banks operating under this law.
X.EE CRUCB.
" . BLISS
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Mrs. Quackenness "Am yo' daugh-
tar happily mar'd, Sistah Sagg?"
"Mrs. Sagg "She sho' is! Bless
goodness, she's done got a husband
1 dat's skeered to death of her!"
.-Western Christian Advocate,
CHANTEOLER
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Chantecler, as a: character, stands
for faith in ideals and work. Chan
tecler, as a play, is that pilgrimage
we call life. Faith, in the figure of
Chantecler, is surrounded by destruc
tive influences the blackbird, typi
fying hyprocisy; the peacock, affecta
tion; the guinea hen, frivolity; the
cat, treachery. Only in the loyalty
of the dog are his great ideals under
stood. In the farmyard, where day
stands for everything beautiful and
right, and night stands for evil, sud
denly appears the golden pheasant,
the first being whom Chantecler has
felt really worth talking to. With
the night come the owls, who hate
Chantecler because he brings the day
and deprives them of their power to
destroy and kill. Their hatred is
shared by the hypocritcal blackbird;
by the pompous turkey, who will not
acknowledge him as hero whom he
knew as a youngster; by the pullet
because he is not ugly; by the duck
because his toes are not stuck to
gether: by the cat because the dog
loves him for of such trifles are
human enmities made.
II
The night birds are creatures of
darkness and evil. They plan the
death of Chantecler. A fighting cock
will be brought from afar to chal
lenge Chantecler. In the very act of
plotting against him these creatures
of evil fly before his voice. Chante
cler reveals his secret to the golden
pheasant "I dare believe
that I the cock, am nature's summons
to the dawn.
I dare to fear that if my voice were
silent,
The east would sleep and night would
still reign on."
Ill
Chantecler's faith is weakened.
The forces . which operate in all na
ture to defeat effort, have accumu
lated and overwhelmed him. Envy
and hatred; Ignorance, Ingratitude
and folly; ridicule, scepticism and
self-distruBt all these have their
part in his undoing. The fickleness
of the mob cries out for Chantecler's
death, until suddenly that cry is
changed to one of fear at the sight
of the common enemy, the hawk.
Like every mob, it would have its
hero live as long as he is needed,
but it wishes his death when he is
no longer necessary. Evil almost
triumphs over good when the tide of
battle turns through the conquest of
the game cock's physical courage by
Chantecler's moral courage. Faith
and a new strength got from with
standing his people's foe, saves him
from death by a hired assassin; but
the effort leaves him weak and spent.
Faith in his fellow-creatures is dead.
Even his song is gone. Chantecler
feels that he is no longer of use to
his people. Broken and discouraged
he goes with the golden pheasant to
the forest.
IV
Two bitter trials befall him; he
finds that there is a greater work
than his own the nightengale's
song; his work is not even so great
as he thought it. But from the
nightingale, who Is beset by even
fouler enemies the toads he learns
a greater faith' we must sing the
song we know, the song God gave
us;, sing though we know that other
songs are more beloved than ours.
The cruel human race loves to hurl
death into a singing tree; the night
ingale is killed by the poacher. While
Chantecler is crushed with grief at
the nightingale's death, light begins
to dawn in the heavens. Only the
golden pheasant who symbolizes
selfishness in love sees the first rays
of the coming day. She is jealous
of Chantecler's work; she would ex
clude from the heart of her mate
everything but herself. With her
wing she hides the approaching dawn
from Chantecler's eyes; all unknown
to him day comes on apace; tho
golden pheasant exults at her .ap
proaching victory; the sun bursts
upon the heavens; a day Is born
without Chantecler's crow. Then
comes the great crisis in Chantecler's
life. His faith almost dies until
suddenly, another nightingale sings:
"There must always be a nightingalo
in tho forest;" to which Chantecler
answers, "and in the soul a faith
that lives however oft 'tis slain,"
Chantecler realizes that while he may
not create the light, he can proclaim
it to a sleeping world. Ho sees that
there Is an oven greater faith than
the faith one has in tomorrow faith
in many tomorrows. He will find
now courage in work. If it is faith
fully carried on, other workers who
como after them will find It still
easier and in the end there will be
no more night, no more failure or
discouragement for tho worker.
(From a prospectus of play.)
"A BONDHOLDER IN HEAVEN"
The Rev. Lundy H. Harris, of
Nashville, died poor in this world's
goods, leaving only $2.35 in his
purse, $116 in bank, a few books and
a coffin, According to tho inventory
filed by his widow:
"The major part of his estate was
invested in heavenly securities. He
invested every year not less than
$1,200 in charity, so secretly, so in
offensively and so honestly that ho
was never suspected of boing a phl
lathroplst and never praised for his
generosity. Ho pensioned an old
outcast woman in Barron county and
an old soldier in Nashville. He sent
two little negro boys to school and
supported for three years a family of
flvo who could not support them
selves. "Ho contributed anonymously to
every charity in Nashville; every old
maid Interested in a 'benevolent ob
ject' received his aid; every child ho
know exacted and received penny
tolls from his tenderness. Ho sup
ported tho heart of cvory man who
confided In him with encouragement
and affection. Ho literally did for
give his enemies, and ho was over
recognized as ono of tho largest
bondholders In heavon."
No doubt there Is moro of this
kind of investment than is commonly
supposed. Millionaires buy heavenly
securities in blocks, but tho great
holdings are among tho plain people
who acquire them in odd lots as did
Mr. Harris who do good by stealth
and disclaim their philanthropy; tak
ing as much pleasure in swearing off
their securites in heaven as others
do their personal taxes. Tholr
estates do not bulk largo in execu
tors' schedules but they derlvo a
satisfaction from their investments
not always shared by other bond
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