The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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THE EL RENO DEMOCRAT.
T. F. HEJYSLEY, Proprietor,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
$ 1.2o PER YEAR
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VOL XI
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, January 10. 1901.
No. 51.
HENRY WATERSON.
Sees Very Little Hope for the
Democratic Party,
NONE FOR WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
Democracy Must be Born Again in Order
To Attain Success.
Henry Waterson, in a three column
article in the New York Herald, pre-
dicts that there will be a complete
change of front in the policy of the two
great political parties, the democratic
and republican parties of this country.
He says that the time has come, in his
judgment, when Mr. McKinley, the
high priest of proteclion, and his party
will bo forced to take a stand upon free
trade grounds before a great while and
that the anti-expansionists will be com-
ism surpassing the dreams of Hamilton,
before which even Frederick and Na-
poleon might have stood agast; and the
political party that opposes itself to
this, deliberately throws itself beneath
the wheels of the Juggernaut. The
law of the universo has become the
survival of the fittest. The perpetual
struggle for room and food, as Malthus
put it, still goes on, growing more
acute as population increases."
"The party of isolation must be ex-
pelled to re-vamp their views upon this | changed for the policy of expansion
subject before they can ever hope to
win another presidential election. He
says that "it will be recalled by the
student of history that the presidential
election of 1800 marked the beginning
of a departure from the tendencies and
methods introduced with the advent of
the government and upon the adoption
of the constitution and the inaugura-
tion of Washington. John Adams, the
federalist, believed in a strong, cen-
tralized or paternal government. Jef-
ferson advocated the principles of home
rule and individual effort. The feder-
alists were conservative. The Jeffer-
sonians were the progressionists of that
day and generation. They stood for
the natural growth of the century.
The federalists forgetting nothing,
learning nothing, literally frazzled
out after three ineffectual battles.
From 180.r) to 1825 there was practically
but one party; from 1817 to 1825 practi-
cally no opposition to democracy, and
all because the federalists, true bour-
bons obstinately refused to adapt them-
selves to the conditions of being in the
new world and the trend of modern
thought then taking its start for a tour
of the whole world, persistently throw-
ing themselves across the highway of
the country's progress and getting run
over by the vehicles, big and little, of
political locomotion.
"Shall the followers of Jefferson, the
lineal descendents and heirs of his
phylosophy, swap places with the fed-
eralists of one hundred years ago and
reproduce a century later, the same
spectacle of unadaptability and inca-
pacity in dealing with public affairs,
which are as plain to be seen as though
they were printed in an open book in
large letters and words of a single
sylable? The old federalists would not
see the truth that the star of empire
was taking its westward way and that
nothing could stop it The Jefferson-
ians jumped astride that star and rode
it on to destiny.
"Is there any tnoughtful Jeffersonian
democrat today so short-sighted as to
suppose that the precepts of 1800can be
made applicable to 1900, Individualism,
as a distinct force in public affairs, is
gone. State rights, so-called, have been
made largely a matter of convenience
of the government. The vast increase
of population has settled the one, the
war of the rebellion tho other. Modern
invention — electricity annihilating
time and space has produced a central-
1 he Chinese wall must be down both
in the United States and in China. The
door must be open not only in China
but in America. It is in this that the
republican leaders show their super-
iority to the democratic leaders, and,
measurably they have continuously
done so, because while the democratic
leaders waste themselves upon the
throes and passions, the republican
leaders address themselves to the facts
of the situation.
The trouble with most of the demo-
cratic leaders is a lack of perspective,
both historic and economic. They are
too often men half educated in public
affairs, and largely without knowledge
which travel brings. They confuse
political questions that press upon our
country with a troop of moral and ethi-
cal questions which press upon us to
some extent, but more particularly
upon the over-crowded countries of
Europe; and hence, mistaking the ideal
for the real, the visionary for the
actual, they have given the practical
democracy of Jefferson, Jackson and
I iiden certain tendencies of European
socialism, and they have done this, not
only at a sacrifice of sound principles
of government and finance, which
those principles embodied, but at the
cost of the public confidence in the
great determinate states of the Union.
"In all public affairs there must be a
leader. In great affairs, both an issue
and a leader. It is at least unlikely
that the democrats will find a leader
westof the Missouri or south of the Ohio.
They must look for him iu some of the
debatable states or the northeast, or
the mid center of the eastern division.
Even Mr. Bryan would be stronger if
he lived in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois,"
"There are democrats who look to
see the wished-for chance of success to
come with the recurrence of hard
times. There are others who pin their
faith to some blunder of the republican
party. Waving the uncertain charac-
ter of such hopes, they are at best but
broken reeds, for men of reflections
and convictions to lean upon. The old '
federalists and the whigs cultivatP'i !
such hopes, even to less purpose.
battle of 187'.'. In tho congressional
election of 1874, democrats swept the
country and four years later under
the leadership of Tilden, the party was
completely re-habilitated. What has
happened may happen again, but if it
does happen, the party will have, as
the saying is, to be born again. Some
really great man, representing the as-
pirations of democracy and the needs
of the times, must appear upon the
scene. He must rise to eminence and
power in one of the four states of New
York, Ohio, Indiana or Illinois and co-
incident with his arrival upon the stage
of public affairs, the republican party
must have in some way discredited
themselves.
"Meanwhile thfe opportunities and
duties of opposition are open to us.
Shall it be an intelligent opposition or
merely an opposition of the obstruc-
tionists? That is the main question.
L pon it the future of the democratic
party lfirgely depends. It will be de-
cided by such democrats as remain in
public life each for himself. The re-
cent election has cleared the board of
tho old issue. Expansion in the larger
sense accomplished, the politics of tho
future will consist of the working out
of the details. The party in power has
extraordinary complications and re-
sponsibilities to meet, and danger being
inseparable from these, a day, an hour
may blow such a hurricane as would
wreck even a stronger administration
than that of William McKinley.
"And so, goodby, old Eighteen Hun-
dred! Godsend thee a happy resting
place among the centuries! May the
\ alhalla cloisters welcome thee! Since
even the immortals are said to be
critical there may be those therein
who may take note of tho cut of thy jib
and will ask the questions—one Frank-
lin as to thy printing presses; one
Whitney as to thy cotton gins; while
Diogenes, with his lamp, still seeking
an honest man, may challenge both
thy lucifier matches and thy electric
lights. Nay, a certain Jefferson, rein-
forced by a certain Lincoln, may ex-
claim 'What have you done with our
government of the people?' while Old
Hickory chimes in with the irrelevant
observation—'I see nothing but the
splendid government against which I
warned you.' Be not afraid old party,
be not afraid! Stand thy ground, like
a century; because, though thou mayest
lie low now and have no voice of thine
own, and people may be strewing llowers
above thy cold cla}' and writing poems
and the like—as though thou wert
really dead—thou livestforall time in
the glory of thy achievements, in the
memory of what thou didst for men and
for nations, even in the romance and
poetry of the life that thou didst lead;
Daudet, Thackery and Balzac, Hugo
and Tennyson, and their followers and
echos in Germany and America—were
not these of thy progeny? The stars
rain down their mysteries as over
Cyrus and Charlemagne. The night-
ingale sings as for Sappho and Juliet.
The ages run their course. But let
those that remain to tell the tale lift
high their glasses and drink to thee'
Now, as ever—
Tho world goes round, the moon
goes trim
And our ballast is old wine,
And your ballast is old wine.
"Most potent, most beautiful of cen-
peare, making obeisance and giving
way only to the century whence all
others take their flight, the century
that brought us Christ, the Savior of
the world, who came to teach us the
lesson of peace on earth, good will to
men, for hath it not been written and
truly written: 'He was born of the
Vergin Mary, suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried.
He descended into Hell; the third day
He rose again from the dead; He as-
cended into Heaven, and sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father Al-
mighty?"
Cenier of Population.
The Census Bureau has announced
that the center of population is now in
latitude 39 degrees, 9 minutes and .'{<*>
seconds; longitude 85 degrees, 48 min-
utes and 54 seconds, which point is in
southwest Indainu, about seven miles
southeast of Columbus. In ton years
the center of population has moved
westward about fourteen miles and
southward about three miles
Oklahoma Almost Sure.
The Globe-Democrat is hopeful of
tatehood for Oklahoma at this session
of congress. It says: "An attempt will
be made to secure admission for all the
territories before the present Congress
steps down on March 4, next, but this
is not likely to be successful except,
perhaps, in the case of Oklahoma.
Now Mexico and Arizona are much
older as territories than Oklahoma is,
but they fall far short of it in popula-
tion. All the territories, from the
present indications, will be admitted
before the next election, but the pres-
sure of important work may keep all of
them except Oklahoma out until the
long session of 1891-1892.
Oklahoma and Statehood-
The World's Work, one of the best
magazines published in America, has
the following to say concerning Okla-
homa and its future:
"The territory of Oklahoma seeks
statehood and makes a good claim for
it. It contains 400,000 people, ninety
per cent of whom are Americans and
100,000 of whom are school children.
They have 2,000 school houses, no
penitentiary, not a poor house and only
six per cent of illiteracy—less than any
one of thirty-five of tho states. They
own 7.1,000,000 dollars worth of property
and 12,000,000 acres are settled, and
homesteaders are taking a million
acres a year. One thousand miles of
railroad brought last year 0,000 car
loads of manufactures and carried away
40,000 car loads of produce. Ten years
ago the population was about 00,000.
Such progress has been made by no
other area of equal size in the United
States. If the Indian territory should
within a few years be added to Okla-
homa the two would have a population
of at least a million, who would cast
100,000 votes and pay taxes on $150,-
000,000 of property.
"Congress has lately become conser-
vative in admitting states. In 1889
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
and Washington wore admitted, bring-
ing eight new senators and six new
representatives; and in 1890 Utah,upon a
pledge of good behavior—a pledge that I
has been kept in the letter, but not in j
the spirit. Not one of these five terri-i
Oklahoma Legislature-
The sixth Oklahoma legislative as-
sembly convened last Tuosday at two
o'clock and organized as follows:
the senate.
Geo. W. Bellamy was placed in
nomination as the caucus nominee of
the democratic party and Senator
Winkler of Kingfisher by tho republi-
can party. The vote resulted in the
election of Bellamy by a vote of 8 to 5.
Resolution No. 1 named the following
officers of the senate who were elected
by the same vote.
For President protem—J. F.Todd.
Chief Clerk—Thomas Kearse.
Sergeant-at-arnis— William Bruce.
Messenger—William Redder.
Chief enrolling and engrossing Clerk
—Mrs. Marion Hook.
Chaplain—Rev. J. B. Mitchell.
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms — C. C.
Gray.
it Assistant Chief Clerk—R. Q.
Blaki ney.
Assistant Chief Clerk—Ed.O.Cassidy.
Assistant Chief Clerk—A. R. Rhodes.
First Assistant Enrolling and En-
grossing Clerk—J. K. Little.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—Miss Edith Holland.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—C. T. Barnes.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—Mrs. L. Boyer.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—Miss Nora Dawson.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—John L. Ferguson.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—E. F. Clark.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—J. D. Lydick.
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk—C- J. Hess.
Janitor—Mr. Markwarner.
Page—Clifford Caldwell.
Page—William Knight.
Page—W. Wright Woolsey.
Page—Roy Miller.
THE HOUSE.
The House organized with the elec-
tion of Waltei C. Stevens of King-
fisher as speaker by a vote of 15 to 10.
C. G. Jones, commonly called Gristmill
Jones, of Oklahoma county, was elected
speaker pro tem. H. V. Ardery was
nominated by acclamation for chief
clerk. M. J. Wallace, of Woods county,
sergeant-at-arms; J. S. Shoemaker, en-
rolling and engrossing clerk; G. W.
\ ickers, for messenger; L. Wynne, of
Lincoln county, watchman and G. W.
Cohagen, of Guthrie, chaplain.
The production of Ten Nights in a
Bar Room, which will be presented at
the opera house January 15th, is on a
scale of magnificence never before wit-
nessed in this city. It has been many
years since our theatre-goers have been
treated to a representation of this
beautiful drama, in which actors worthy
of the names were employed and the
resources of the scenic artist and me-
chanic are taxed to their utmost to
make the setting of the piece equal to
that used in tho great spectacular
plays. Busby Brothers Company gives
a most powerful and intelligent inter-
pretation of this touching masterpiece
of dramatic fiction. This is the first
time that every scene has bi -n pro-
duced in this great play.
tories, when they became states, had
laking these historic preeidents | turies, gel thee hence! avauntl What ,ho population or the promise that
into account, and measuring the situa- remains for us nee.l not trouble thee! Oklahoma has. In fact, only two of
Hon by them, the immediate outlook Life's fitful fever o'er, thou sleepest t,H'm ovcn "(,w equal oklahoma in
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for the democratic party is not very
bright and encouraging; but taking
another look Into history it is no darker
than it was j up t after the disasterous
well; but thou ned'st not fear to take
thy place and to claim thine own even
by the century that boasts of Caesar,
by the century that vaunted of Shakes-
population and in wealth. Congress is
likely to admit it—grudgingly."
Tablets at tho Fair at wholesale and
retail prices. 10,000 to select from.
Samuel
auditor F. H. Morris, in the War De-
partment, a week or so ago, died from
the effects of tho wounds which he in-
flicted upon himself with t i • nt
at the time of the murder. 1U le-
termined not to live and refused nour-
ishment.
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