The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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Ii fC Peoples Voice
VOL. 6.
IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE.
mowofoly'0 ooliloqi'y.
Let us corner up tli#
Lying all aroutitl our path;
l *t H ! I list OU WtlttHt Mini ro(M*H,
(ilve the pour i lie tUoru* hii«| chaff;
Let ii" fliul our chlefeM pl«a«ure
Hoarding bountie* of Uie day,
8<> tlie poor will have ncaiit tneaaure,
An«l two prices have to pay.
Tes, we'll reservoir the rivera,
And we'll levy on the lake*,
And we'll lay a trifling (Mill tax
On each pooruiuii that pai ttkea;
We'll brand in* number on hiui,
That he'll carrp thnugh hfa life,
We'll apprentice all hh*children,
Get a mortgage on his wife.
We'll capture e'en the wind god,
And confine lam In a cave,
Then In rough our patent pr« ces«,
We the atinotfphare will aave ;
Ttaua we'll wpinuEeour little brother
U hen he trie* hla lung<4 to mi.
Put a meter 011 hla windpipe,
And preaent our little hill.
We will syndicate the Htarlight
Ami monopolize the moon.
Claim royalty on reel days,
A proprietary noon,
For right of way through ocean's npray,
We'll charge just what It'a worth,
We'll drive our stakes around the lakes
In fact we'll own the earth.
—New Time.
^ORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, APRIL fT^T
A BETTER WAY.
■Trancei K. Willard, ut Uutraio, Oct. a , 1807.
I would take, not by force, but by
the slow progress of lawful acquisi-
tion through better legislation as the
outcome of a wiser ballot in the
hands of men and women, the en-
tire plan that we call civilization, all
that has been achieved on this con-
tinent since Columbus wended his
way hither, and make it the com-
mon property of all the people, re-
quiring all to work enough with
their hands to give the finest phys-
ical development, but not enough
to become burdensome in any case,
and permitting all to share the ad-
vantages of education and refine-
ment.
I believe this to be perfectly prac-
ticable — indeed, that any other
method is simply a relic of bar
barism.
I believe with Frederick Maurice
of England, that it is infid el for any
to say that the law of supply and
demand is as changeless as the law
of gravitation, which means that
competition must forever prevail.
I believe that competition is
doomed. The trusts, whose sole
object is to abolish competition, have
proved that we are better without
than with it the moment any cor-
poration controls the supply of any
product.
What the socialist desires is that
the corporation of humanity shall
control all production.
Beloved comrades, this is the
frictionless way; it is the higher
law; it eliminates the motives for a
selfish life; it enacts into our every-
day living the ethics of Christ's gos-
pel. Nothing else will do it; noth
ing else can bring the glad da_v of
universal brotherhood.
declaration. You would say at
once that it was a scheme to ride
into office on. If the Democratic
party should declare for gold and
against bimetalism in 1900 would
you believe that that party was sin-
cere in making such a declaration?
Indeed you would for the past rec-
ord of that party in congress has
been for the gold standard. If the
Democratic party should declare
for free coinage would you believe
it sincere? Certainly not, for its
past record negatives such a declar
ation. You would simply think it
was a scheme used to deceive you
into voting that party into power
lin, would you not?
A fool in revolt is infinitely wiser
than a philosopher forging a learned
apology for his chains.—Kcssuth
Of the Japanese population of
42,700,000, the census styles 40,600,
000 as "common people." This is a
sure sign that Japan is truly "civil
ized."
It is evident that the Urritorial
chairman of the Peoples oarty is
trying to lead the party into a fu-
sion with the Democratic party.
We would suggest to him that Popu-
lists don't wear rings in their noses
with strings tied to the territorial
chairman, and that they will never
suffer their elective franchise to be
put on the auction block and dis-
posed of to the highest bidder. To
the Populists of this territory the
present territorial chairman has
never spoken a word of cheer nor
even intimated to them steps he
deemed necessary to be taken to
strengthen the army of Populists in
this territory. His whole work, if
he has worked at all, seems to us to
have been expended in an effort to
fix up a fusion deal with the Demo-
cratic party and in this h has be«n
seconded by C. C. Hudson and
others who like himself imagine
themselves to be of sufficient import-
ance to fix up any bait they see fit
and Populist voters like birds in the
nest will throw open their mouths
and swallow it when the time comes.
We are aware of the fact that this
kind of work succeeds fairly well
in the old parties; but in the Peo-
ples party the voters detest such dic-
tation and invariably kick over the
traces.
We don't suppose Rockefeller has
to work at his job more than eight
hours a day, but he is so industrious
that his wages amount to >50,000
between sundowns—$300,000 each
weary Saturday night.
The United States' area is 3,622,-
000 sq. miles; Spain's 193,000 sq m.,
our population is 7°tOoo,ooo; Spain
has 16,300,000; 'our' wealth is abou
f 75,000,000,000; Spain's, f 200,000
000. Can we lick the little cuss?
In the election last month for the
great county council which governs
London, the Progressives elected 68
of the 116 members. Populism is
spelled Progress)vism in England.
The names are different but they
are after the same sort of blood-
suckers.
Under 'private enterprise', Ban-
gor, Me., paid #150 per lamp per
year for its electric lighting; under
public ownership, the city pays #48;
l-ewiston, Me., *182 and *55 res
pectively; Elgin, 111., f266 and *43
respectively; Fairfield, la., *373 and
f70, respectively; Marshalltown, la.,
£125 and <27, respectively.
If a man worth one thousand dol-
lars should give his note for f5,000,
you would think the performance
shaky, or shady—unless, of course,
l>e should happen to a "financier."
Of all kinds of money, this country
has about $ 1,600,000; and of this
amount the banks have loaned to
the people, $5,000,0^0,000 !
CITI/.KNS TICKET.
(Nominated hy petition. Klvctloa, May
rortwi"" -• 1 P. MONttnk
f' 1> A MINIIK
fc£P!iS"l".i BAKKTUNDM?
1 /IMA |1K|
or < oiihtnbie H k mavh
ror I niHtee—First W'ttrd K. C. MKKKY
For 11 iistee—second Ward 8. M. Mi mho
J^ r trustee—Thirl Want .I.e. W \ll.>
for ITtiaiee— Fourth Ward W. II FitKKM \\
ForTru«r<-c—Fifth Ward H i \|m>
l'lnit«e—Sixth W itrd C II. llFKKINuroN
NO 37
Judge McAtee, who is seeking the
nomination as delegate to congress
( | on a fusion ticket, is busily engaged
I he Republican papers now have at the present time trying to hold
Marshal I hompson denying that fa his place on the bench in this terri
Judge Burwell.
Last Saturday at 4 o'clock Juiigo Bur-
well took the oalh of office a* one of thu
associate justices of the supr.m.) court
of this territory and was assigned to
'luti In the 3rd judicial district, ri-
Iloving Judge Kenton. The resiima-
lion o' Rdgar Jones s clerk of the au-
t i me court was uceaptad and C«i>t.
H • of EIRann, appointed
Juo£o Burwell selected Bvmti D. Shmr
asoierk and L. M Keys a, deputy
clerk for Oklahoma county. Mus
Mxgliie McKinlev whs appointed as as
Ststaot clerk to Mr. Shears. The up-
pototment ufad. Duty for this county
has not been made; but it is tnou-ht
that J. J. Buik.- will be the successful
applicant, though Belden, Winanssnd
V\ ltliMias are in-ikin^ a haid pull for
the place. Monday morning Judge
Burwell went to T.cumsen and op -d
court. On the 25th of this month he
will convene court at this plaee.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP ITEMS.
Having (ailed lo notice auythingin
the Christian Herald or Police Gazette
A?"0, •,art tll(' Lord's vineyard
v\ e have resolved to send a few notes
before the public in order that the peo
pie tnny know what we are doing and
rest in easiness .... W. B. Parker has
reconstructed his dam, launched a boat
and contemplates launching several
more; also two inclined wires with
trapeze on each, running across the
water. lie is doing everything to
make it a pleasant summer resort,
which will be open for all.. Miss
Winnie Shirley intends to leave for
Kansas City, April 6th. to visit her
mother. She will be greatly missed by
fri<-ticlfi New Hope school came out
victorious in the spelling match Fri-
day night at Liberty school house, be-
tween Liberty and New Hope ... .Corn
planting is the order of the day and
parlies and spellings the order of the
nights.. . Mrs. Mttilerson is very low
With heart trouble. Dr. Abel wails
upon her !. M. Burton and family
moved to town. They have miinv
friends who will miss them. grant
IS
War
declared
against all competitors
And here is our FIRST BROADSIDE:
Boys Pants ... 25 cents
Boys suits aS9 5 t0 14, worth 1 50; nK
our price, yoC.
YoutllS suits age 14 to 19 years, $2.50
Swell SuitS for young men, $5, $6, $7.50
■ -
; ■ Lii •:'
tnous interview wherein he scored
Dennis Flynn for being a traitor to
free homes and the best interests of
tory on th« ground that in 1896 he
was a gold standard Democrat and
voted for Dennis Flynn. Judge Mc-
the territory in general. It was i Atee is a model fusion candidate
wholly superfluous of Thompson aI>d is a fair sample product of fu
son to make such a statement for I s'on results.
Flynn's duplicity had been discov- j
ered some time before by the peo- | A number of Republican con-
pie of this territory and Republican gressmen h,ve tendered their resig-
papers are simply wasting valuable nations' ostensibly to go home and
FOOLISH BIRDS!
Dr. Paley, the great theologian :
"If you should see a flock of pige-
ons in a corn field, and if instead of
pecking where and what is wanted,
and no more, you should see ninety-
nine of them gathering all they got
in a heap, and reserving nothing for
themselves but the chaff and refuse,
keeping this heap for one and that
the weakest, perhaps the
space that should be devoted to
showing up MrKinley's vigorous
Cuban policy and his patriotic ef-
forts to turn the government over
to the money sharks, rather than
quibbling over whether Thompson !
said Flynn was a traitor or not. The
people of this territory have Flynn
down in the proper column and any- I
thing that Marshal Phomnson might 1
say or do will not affect Flynn's sta-
tus with the people.
raise a regiment among their con-
stituents to go to Cuba, but in real-
ity we think to bolster up their
chances for re election this fall. A
number of them feel it in their
bones that if they don't do some-
thing desperate their chances for
remaining at home this fall are verv
bright. '
In every so called republic in
Spanish America the ruling party
is the one with the most guns. The
wishes of the mass of the people are
[never even thought of. And Free
The
pigeon in the flock, sitting around
and looking on all winter, while this
one was devouring, throwing about
and wasting it, and if a pigeon
more hardy than the rest touched a
grain of the hoard, all the others
instantly flying upon it and tearing
it to pieces—if you should see this,
The Austro - Hungarian govern
ment uses the "zone system" in de-; Cuba would be'one" more . ne ca
ermming ra.lroad fares. Take Buda pacity for republican government
an example. Zone , extends in doesn't seem in the Spanish naJe-
irection 13 73 miles out from they expect to be ruled. As a mat-
the c,ty; zone 2 extends ,1.23 mi.,_ ter of fact, a government something
and so on, each additional zone ex- "'ke that of Canada would for the
.W°rSJ | tendlng m' far'her than the last Present, be the thing for Cuba.
Franklin Items.
The fruit crop will he a failure in
this township. The late free/..- havuiL'
kill, d very uear all of the p.-aeh, pear
and plurj crop The Democrat-Top-
ic made a mistake iu its last issue in
so 111 if that tom Chesney arrested
L<ewn Adams; for it was our worthy
constable, Wm. Bran non who made
that very important arrest... . 1'ne
tiog Creek ball nine will cross oats
with the Blue Bidg'e nine on Hotj
I reek j;rounds, Saturday the 9th
There is some talk of It. s. Bryant
mi.kinif the race for sheriff in this cam
paign, Mr Bryant would run a (food
race. He is a good neighbor, a perfect
gentleman, u brave and cool determin-
ed rtiMn and would make a good trusty
sheriff .... Mr, and Mrs. James Martin
entertained several of their young
Iriends last Friday night with a party,
which was given in honor of Miss Dot -
ie, their accomplished daughter
K. S Bryant and O A J Ball had to
settle forty tive dollars at the (Jiliz us
bank for George C. Coles for acting as
security for that gentleman, There
has not been very much corn planted
in this community yet and oats was
killed down io the ground, but thev
rUr1'? OUt a" right ....Amos
,'" 'Ie, who was thrown from a load
Of hay near the asylum, several days
ago is up and ahle to be a~ound again.
...J W Williams has got many
friends, who would like to see him
sheriff of old Cleveland count v., ... We
are very glad that our school at Black-
burn is continued two mon hs longer
.... 1 here seems to be a great deal of
excitement about war as some of the
farmers are laying in a good store of
proytsions and getting ready to ti•/ht.
Joba.
DENTISTRY.
First-class Dental Work—Guar-
anteed as represented.
JT PAiN . „
"•—ret
«. M. NKWKLI,. W. J. JACKSON.
-Attorneys - M - Law
norman, o. t.
CARLOAD
t'Ji-to-Date IH7GGIBS
uit received.
Call and see them. Display room 2d floor- .B-
trance iu front.
Norman Lumber Co.
NEW
DRUG
STORE.
THE CITY DRUG AND BOOKSTORE
Has just put in a new and complete line of
rues am, patent memones. 'its stock of
Drugs is fresh from the factory and a cow
pe'ent pharmacist is in charge.
R r,|Tripti?S careful|y compounded at
all hours, day or night.
A fu" Hne of Bocks and School Supplies is
on the shelves an,I will go a, close prirePs'
carefully selected line of Cigars also added.
If m n. ed of anything in the Drug or Book
line, give us a trial.
W"t of Opara House BARBOUR & WAILS.
l>. w. uakquabt, Pres. 8. ,1.owf.ns, v..Pres. j. w. hockkb, Ctsli'r.
• I.ak8ij, A. C.
lone, until the 12th and 13th zones
I are reached, (which are each 13 73 1
mi. wide.) Zone 14 embraces all
If the Republican party should
declare for free silver in its future
platforms, would the politicians of
that party refuse to accept nomina-
tions and bolt the party and would generations thereafter
you believe for one instant that the
Republican party had been truly
converted to bimetalism at the ra-
tio of 16 to 1? Indeed you would
not, for the past record of that par-
ty towards silver would negative its
AViir on Prices.
Wc now offer to sell about ten thous-
beyond .3. Fares are not by'mile "a"d the Chick,wlw
hut by zone zone „ fare wil, take 1°^%,£
one to any station in that zone; and r,hls e'Ve9 vou tl'« right to oc-
as the distance increases, the rates M
wheat, corn or cotton. If you w,lnt to
W H Seaw 'H m° at
"•53 an^ two-thirds of the people Norman, O T
travel third-class. The net income I
to the government is #50,000,000
annually, on 11,300 miles of road.
. , ' 1 diminish. rl hird-class far** f,
you would see nothing more than Buda to Cronstadt (4-7' mileO ' mHku money onTHrm'crop/8..e rau
what is every day practiced and es-- vrronsta(,t- (4S 7 miles), ls once
tablished among men."
Citizens Bank of Norman.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.
Ca.pita.1, Sj5S0,000.
/3S Pid-"^CaPital of «"y n nk in Cleveland county
Individual responsibility of Stockholders, $100,000.00. '
board of DiuKfrroas-D. w. makqdabt, s. b. owens, j. t. phelps
W. T. .m a VI'IKr.D. a. kwgkade,
Jno. W. Hocker.
A Pointed Argument!
Notice.
I expect to be away from Norman
temporarily, and have arranged with
In our country ihe p„„r ,he 1 2Tl f"?
world, and their child,™ f„, tll,« io look .1,.,
during my absence. We have facilities
YOUHAVE HEARD
it 1C OOfll r\( f 1-. /"
ir,Cr",'ns tnereatter pay for it. we nave facilities
tngland s boys fought her wars; but f°r ni8'c'nff 'Hrm loans promptly, at low
her wealthy people pay for it by an .meB' a"d mo8t f!4Vor ble terms,
inrrpacinc ... Those desiriBg loans of this character
all about why
,,. . . ^ is each of the other Binders
on this market is better than any other binder
nn NoW) CQme jn |0Qk our
That kind of argument will bring
bpain to terms right off. That is
what most people think No doubt
t will If it doesn't, Spain will soon
learn that, that pointer is loaded with
hot stuff—the same stuff that made |
too warm a reception for England in On Pirtll
George Washington's time—also in i Ltlllll.
I • i c ■ use tlle improved cash
rapid firing gun With it we con-I I0f"\0 n" I ■ ■ t
1898 Right-Hand McCormick,
prices. Come to see us ,nd examine , '
.. and see what dou would have missed bj
i;'fZ/ anu aPrinff (ioods. (
line of bhoesand Slippers iscomple
Ki'mi'tnli.ir r ,, j:.. .i .it 1
increasing income tax as hieb as 10 mo , . . ". — — ™«wKtr ;; ousters i complete . •* *««.«. u ju uuiii nil
per cent. Thc„,ore, , p„|„ pe,„ ^ \ S"™ Othef 111 3CII i II0,
to war for us, for ' War is Hell,' as «""• rates and terms"teforo'"applyYne \ ma Autoharn. ^Iand''''P^
Genera, Sherman said. Pingree. JV'C " '
XV iii VV IORK RAC
for the"I
RACKET.
a.d.Acers,Mgr. Norman Lumber Co.
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