Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

ARTIE DANIELS PASSES OVER.

Yesterday forenoon at 11 o’clock, one of the best known and most unique characters in the history of Oklahoma passed away at the Kimberly hospital, on Oklahoma avenue. Arthur Daniels was born at Galesburg, Illinois, on October 31, 1860 and after receiving a common school education, graduated from Knox College in 1880. He afterwards read law for two years, and was admitted to the bar, but soon after moved to Minnesota, where he engaged in farming. He was a natural born politician and claimed to have served two terms in the Minnesota legislature.
Mr. Daniels came to Oklahoma on April 22, 1889, and secured a fine claim in Canadian county. His love of political excitement led him to at once enter the Greenback ranks in the territory and when the first legislature was chosen in 1900, he was a member from his district. The Green backers held the balance of power in the assembly, and Mr. Daniels proceeded to form combinations, and was chosen speaker. He took an active part in the stormy session of 120 days that followed, being particularly active in the capital location fight, voting first for Oklahoma City, then Kingfisher, both of which bills passes, but were vetoed by Governor Steele, and finally he began voting for Guthrie, and continued until the end of the session.
The years that have followed since the subject of this sketch first made his public bow to Oklahoma has been traced along bad lines. He was never able again to secure his election to the assembly, although a number of times a candidate. Careless in money matters he just drifted, but every session of the legislature found him present, and his ability as a lobbyist and promoter of legislation was always admitted. But disease and unfortunate fallings laid heavy hands upon him, and it has been known for some weeks that the end was near. To their credit, be it said, his friends never deserted him, and extended every favor that he would accept, but this only delayed the end. Citizens of Guthrie have taken the matter of his funeral arrangements in hand, and will see that the last honors for him are properly conducted. –Guthrie Capital.