The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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Hvrous the law wa* written down with
parcJunciutor with i««u.
H«*fore ibe law uiade oitiavua. the inumi
1.4* ui ide men.
Li« «tau U for human right*. but wh«
it fsiUtikw ritfkla to mm,
r!.<m let • 4* d e .n> nrot h r. but let hu-
iua' : eiiiK*i tive.
VOL 3
Hwipfes foice.
Labor Tx The Parent Of Capital, Encourage Labor, and You Build Up Capital-
NOKMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 2b. I8Q.S
"Our Republic can only exist
«o Long as itt citizens respect
and obey their Rolf imposed laws."
N0 26
0)iiuiil* t«>iierH Procen-dluic*.
Monday, January 7, lny.V
The L «>an1 ol Couuty Coumiiw ioner' of
Cleveland county. U.T., UMtt at Norman at the
oUicc ol ti.v county clerk, w it. blackwell,
ch.wriuun, L 1*. ilarkei uud J. W.Stowe mem-
ber ol the bimni, an«t l . B. *> uuo, County
clerk.
W lain the following proceeding were train*-
at* ted. tow it:
It) the matter ol elating a chairman. On mo-
tion ui .1. W. Dtowe, seconded by V\. U. hluck-
welt, L. 1* Harkur unaelocled chairman of the
bounl ol count) t*oiuuin '*toiM)ri oi Cleveland
ooun.y.
In the matter of approval of official bond*.
Wnu thia day pre- euiud, examined and approv
Twp.
A > ilul e, Hw^vtur lor Little Kiver
A \ uul>e, trustee tor "
H i- I nuikliu, cn-inble, Noble *•
1> i; Jiickaon, to* n lup clerk, Lexington,.. ••
(iwo \\ rrHiiiiuei, J i\ X« ble "
VViu McKrven, J 1'. Liberty "
) J .\ln re head, constable, Case. ''
T J .volt, countable, Norman . 44
\N .1 Itew iown uip clerk, Liberty.
h v loo no i, low n-lup clerk, tu-« ... "
\V .1 K Miller, J I'. Norman.. 44
I.iumo Kley, constable, Caiiadiun 41
}f 1 miiiiv* , .1 V. Lexington, '*
• C I'an cr, Jiitlli«<i(l'ouoo. Moore "
II >i oardwiek, " 44 Lexington 44
J m Coulson 44 44 l_a.- e
John vllh «• 44 Little Hiver 44
.1 \\ kluigloainlth, 44 Noble .
Jnosiudhwiuie, 41 Noiuihii... 44
Joiin IInnnpst n, " Canadian. 41
M i. Diekinooii, 44 Little Hiver 44
\N \\ Urovui, iriiHtee and lunew-or for
due 44
John idiverii'k, 11 tuitee ami anaesnor lor
Moore . 44
.1 l i...e, uflMleUIUM1 NMMiOflOl I idiadiuli •'
T .1 Mf i.iin, tiuwteeuiHl H?«He«*h« r lor N« ble ••
J Adair, 44 44 tor Norman ••
.1 Lilian, 44 44 for Lexingt n '•
1> .* Dickinson, twp. clerk tor Little llivtr
'i hti.i .tduuia, 4* 44 t lUiadian "
\\ it littyiilon, countable for Norman.
J ii ulae 44 44 Lutie Hiver 44
Alex Alls, " 44 44 41 41
James lieu net!, 44 44 Canadian
IIJ uockerliaui, 4' 44 Moore
Jam** A Klktu.", 44 ' Lexington
L.I I'etersoii, superintendent ol 1'ubllc inat ruc-
tion for v levcland county, t). 1.
v T .1 Itnllln-, ooroller for Cleveland county, O. T.
Hoin-ri Anml, treasurer < l t'leveland en. O, T.
II I New block, sheriff of Cleveland co'nty U. T.
In the matter ol appointineiila, !•. II llorntll.
was this«lay appointed townsite clerk in and
for case township. In the inatterol iep« ns
nppiuve.l. The leport « i .1 l\llngle.-4iiiith,
jiuiice ol tin- peace in ami for Noble township,
and .1 M Uay bow, Justice ol the peace lor Ca>e
township, were Hi silay presented, exaininetl
an.I approve ! .ni l the following lee allowed.
J M uuyboin, Justice luea $ • •«•">
Jului Junta, oowrtable fuel 101
Adjourned till J tU. 8th, i«u.*),at ^ a m.
Alleit L. T UvilKKR,
i . It. \V YNNK, Co. clerk. Chairman.
TrustiAV, Jan. h,
*1 he hoard of county commissioners o| (Jm-vc-
liiini county, met ptiroiiant to a«ijonruuienr, all
nieinhers present the following proceenlngs
vs .v had tow it: In the mallei ol claiiiiMti-
loe.|.
1 h« lollowing claims were thia ilay present-
"<i uiinined and allowed.
Jury Keen, ^ 1ft on
VV tineas t ee.s
A 1 > Ace
T ^ .i.tekaon
II II Kverett .
L li leimal
CUu&ilea I '-ii k
J ijunU'y
Juino Bryan, Coal, allowed
" dlaullnv\ed
Jell Sampson. . w un *->s lees
Isaac Wort I " 44
Jill NUlip.-oil .... 44 44
Immo Word 41 44
John 11 \ ordeuiaii 44 44
'I ll went/.
1 .M LaoiMll .
Albeit >y in* ox
\V ill A<i.tins
Kooeri W lute
(jiitin Uepny
.1 i. M.-Williams
li ieei
J ^ l'etrie
John L Jouts
Eru .doore
t. h ifalillulll
l 4u
1 ; o
Jury IV.
. witnoa feea .
Jury tees
witness leea
jury tees
w h ia feea
. Jury lees
witness l«'t:-t
Dan Tee i ...
i luiik .^hi lton
<• i iioiuhill
Ileni \ i'eny
\\ i nominee
Kobci l sn ord
.1 a Craw ford
j n briggs
> in .li '•niitll..
c'n.ti'ias Clothier, jury lee
r m Lades
j c liutler
James a Elkliis.
j ii Luiiiinger...
li N. .>ni
co 1 uler
jury fees
wlines* ti
Jury l.tii-
wit nes
: ia
Hi 0
wltnesa fees
c l llotaferd. — 44 ."1 "
.1 ii i « w an Jury fees 1;
maggie Jack witness ices 4 i
FraiiK Lausel 44 4 •"><>
Noi ti Jack ... 44 - 40
Maggie Jack 44 .... - 4o
vi ncre as the above 4? claims amounting to
f-i.iu.-'n have become the property ol the i iu-
y.en.- i.link, it is ordered that a waramt he
(Ira w ii lor the said amount to the said bank.
Abe -unions
j - Davidson
L li Durkee e.\p«-i;.-e ... .1 Oo
. wttnus
Scavenger ivork
expense
nary
Id
m >1 Ijiiugh -alary
,1 Waiihangli . .Junit r w ork . i..
j. a Watson . Do.inl oi prisoners 2'.h! (hi
j a Jones surveying 15 00
lex us Printing and Litlio/ii.iphiiig co.
p.lullug document envelops. '21 00
In ihe matter ot quarterly reports.
The follow ing reports were una day present-
ed, « s.inline.i and approx ed:
,\1 .*1 iiuugh, sii|iei iiiieinleut of public lust ruc-
tion.
l i> Durkee, county trenstuer.
.1 \\ Iviinglesinith, j «>i police, Noble, twp.
In the inatterol accounts illsallowctt. i lie
net'.1.1111 ol liirmge ijanliier lor attoruej lee> in
the case of tlie XeiTltorv Valieri y. . ..^-aooo,
w i this day disallowed in full.
In tli.- matter ot resccuding a contract.
Tutitrmm
County
In t anm
oklahoma, (
e\eland, j '
mers court comes I lios K Ilerry,
inty attorney, ami request the county co u
-.-.oneri sftbl county to annul cnntrnct
use by a fonnei hoard of county commis-unii-
..i iiu law 11 rui by theliaiueof Itossnud
ewer. Whereby said e niini.—uone.rs au-
>rii:et| the >ai«l i oss and Hrewer. toeollect
.nil on behalf ol the couuiy nil forfeited
ii i\ liieh conlmet was tinted December
t. recorded onpi.ge m Look Twool the
i issioner's pr iceet i i ii£>.
T. E. BKUHY.
i s moved and enrnedund therefore ordered
e boaril of county commissioner-, that
nut met be and the same is hereby aiuuill-
. d the county clerk ordered to notify Hie
ios- ,v Brewer. L. r. Haiiklu,
(duiiriiiaii.
•ijl A MEMORIAL Tl> CONORKMS.
4 00 t
* 10
J W
OklahoniA l*opullnti Acl On
HUfttchood.
:i oo
ll ;w
: oo
4 1.0
h o0
4 0J
4 2 00
3 i •
Territory Committee in Session
—Many There—Industrial
Legion Indorsed as Means
or Organization.
j w I nma ii witues« feea
N O i'ricketl 44
C s Depew *4
j C Tee I .. M
Win Cottrell .. 44
C w Kord 44 7 *0
Jno A Mccarty..grand Jury fee* t %
H II l'or ona wilueaa fe«a 1 JO
Mia A II LoKun wit newt before grd Jury 0 !<•
L M Mitalgmita w Itncss lees 1W 60
William t.«Mila " lu
Mr Mary ward 44 4 00
J A tnoUgrawt M |4 fit
J A Jai'kaon " a m
C w Ford . . Jury feet 10 60
MLMd.uire wiuimmI^m* 5 50
John C King " h 00
E L .Sweet H :10
i- whltley •* 1 fif)
llobert llaugUev •* . h OH
W II Hughes. Jury fees 2 00
Chi little llowe HiiiiKvtfiH« 12 30
Jno A McAnama " 6 30
Natium Whitley 44 7 70
J u Mar«{uia ... M 7 7o
J MeCall 44 7 40
Juhtison Clark " 7 Ml
llenry carter. .. 44 7 30
J H Meed 44 1 60
Theabo\e 2* clalnm lieooruiiiK tha property
ot the Noruiuu Mate Hank, it wa* ordere<t that
warra't be diawu in MiiU latnk lor $*>4.3e tbe
amount t l said claims ns nhown above.
h L Ueliliesiey. wilness feea ... 1 Ml
Kit-hard '1 hoinpson jury feee 0 Oo
Itta 1 lleiinmgs witness feea . . H «0
LL Mallow ... " .9 00
K«t McIntosh " H HO
I hcahovt ftclalius luive become t lie pro|air-
ty ot .1 ,i IIrice, It was ordered that u warrant
lor ¥-t4 :u!la;iiiK Hie amount ol the (6) above
claims he draw n in favor of ,i J Hrice
It ia this day ordered thut the proposition of
Ihoiniis Miodgrnaa, to boui*il and clothe win.
Mci losiiey, (a six year old pauper) for *e\en
dollars ;#7j per month,be ami Is heiehy accept-
In the matter af approval of reports ol ofll-
eers, the follow ing reports were this day pre-
-eiited, exauiiiiiMl ami approved.
I> K Jackson, township clerk, Lexington tw p
i s cluck, tow nship clerk, Norman twp
U M Dims, treasurer, Lexington twp
lu the matter of approvnl of oftlclal bonds.
I he follow lug official bonds were this day |we-
s«Miied, examined and anprovol.
/ w Holt, coiisiable for Noble township.
W I. will ui iiisoii, I wp clerk for Moore twp.
Adjourned till hh in Jan. lo, lM f..
Attest L. I'. 1UKKKK,
D. H. \\ vs.NK. county clerk. chairman.
Tut ksdai Mohninu, .fan. 10,1806.
The board met pursuant to adjournment. L.
I', barker, chairman. J. w. Stow member ami
D li w Mine couuty clerk, present, when the
Pillowing,proceedings were had, towit:
Ld Holing, painting ballot boxes 1 40
Mreet & lackett meichandiae 10 0"
J ii Ilcilcy, taking care of pauper allowed,
' -20 10
!• 1) Stevens justice fees
II j I'ockcrhain constabe fees
Mi.-s Mary Dresser,milsiug pauper
w II cowan disallowed
44 bailiff fees allowed
44 disallowed ...
A V II ulse, Justice fees. .....
III Steed constable feus
11 w w ilson
win Keiley ..
L < Heed *
w ,i W niubuiigh ... janitor work
w li Fowler. lepalrliig Jail (allowed
disallowed
Frank l4 Cease, att. board of insanity *
.1 II Feiielon, services as nieuiber of
hoard oi insanity
> ,i wilknis, probate Jntlge feea
w N Cunningham, witness feea,.
II J Lot kerhuui 3 'M
.1 * Haley 2 mi
j li liutler 5 70
James McKind. ti 10
w s lirunneu I oo
> «• liraiiiien . 1 lio
in the nmiter oi approval oi appointments oi meeting asseinble<l, in accordance
deputy slieri f I. *1 he appointment ol tlielol-
n \. i ig named persons as deputy alicritfs were
this day presenied. exaininetl ami up)iro\ed-
; li Appiebv, J i Fox. (iforge '.atliain, J D
lluckiib>..) II M> nier, .1 W 1 lull
In ilie mat cr ofdesignation, the resignation
On Tuesday, Jan. 15, was held the
call meeting of members of the Pop-
ulist Territoral Committee and visit-
ing Populists from over Oklahoma
Promptly at 10:00 a. in. the first ses-
sion was called to order, and as
many desired to visit the legislature
during the day, adjournment was
taken to 7:30 p. ni. In the evening
the probate court room was filled
with Populists, and the proceedings
again opened with the chairman at
the desk, and J. R. Smith of Cana-
dian county was chosen secretary.
Statehood and means of organiz-
ation were freely discussed. On
statehood, a resolution was presen-
ted by Hon. F. S. Pulliam of I.ogan,
as follows:
Resolved, That this representa-
tive body select a committee to draft
a memorial to be sent to the Popu-
list members in both houses of con-
gress expressing our sentiments on
the question of statehood for Okla-
homa, and report to this body.
After free and extended debate,
the chairman was authorized to ap-
point the committee, and named F.
S. Pulliam, Logan; J. W. DeCou,
Kay; W. E. Speer, Blaine; W. *1.
Springfield, Pottawatomie, and R. C.
Vanarsdale of Payne.
The committee reported the fol-
lowing memorial, which was unani-
mously adopted:
MEMORIAL.
We, representative members of the
People's Party of Oklahoma, in mass
with a call made for the purpose of
expressing the sentiments of the
People's Party of Oklahoma on the
'in--^ A piv-i'nimii'iiii']'t 1-11 , *'"* j question of slatehood, do hereby de-
iuiiii- iij1iiw ..1 ii|i|iciiii!nKiii-. kii.,1111 11.>r- 1 glare ourselves in favor of and urge
lull was this day appointed township treasurer
in ami km-ow i p. upon our delegate in congress, and
In the matter 01 otielid reports. The report 1 °
oiKw iium.il, iwp, trciiMiK't t'nr cmm- twp. wu- j our representatives, to labor for the
(ills day disapproved lor the reason that it did j .
not show the iinaiieiai coiitiition ot the twp. accomplishment of the following
In the matter of accounulHdisallowed. I'hc
claim ot A w Fisher, attorney lees, In defense ! work:
oi John A and Jas Miller, appointetl bv pro- j . ,
bate judge, was this day disallowed in lull. j riRST, I he passage of the bill in
In the matter of quar erly reports approved. ! . . to
ihe leport oi j u iikins, * probate judge, ami j the United States senate by Senator
F l> >teveiis. justice of penue lor Moore town- • . , i r /-m
ship, were: tins day pre-cnied, exaininetl and Marllli, providing StatellOOU lor UK-
upproveil.
in the matter ot oillcial bonds approved
1'lie lollowing ottlcliil Iannis were this day
presented, examined and approved.
Ktlwarn w illiaiusoii,con- ..t ;e for .Moore twp.
•i > cluck, I wp clerk Form < n township.
> .1 w ilk ins,'prolmle Jtnige i levt liiml county.
Adjournetl till Jan. II, 1>'.'.">, at t< a in.
Attest: L. IMlAKKEIt,
1). 11. w vnnk, Co. clerk. ehairimin.
FuiHAY, Jan !I, 1895.
The board met pur-uant to a Ijouruinent. ! nn :i |e an(i aflvlcaKle
rre-enl: L. I'. Lin ker, chairman, J. w , Mow, pOSSlUie anil auv lSdtne.
member ol t lie l oar<I tuitl l>. II. \N ynne, county j
clerk, when the the lollowing proceedings'
lahoma.
Second, A provision whereby any
part of or all the Indian Territory
not embraced in the provisions of
said bill, may be added to said state
I of Oklahoma as fast as it may be
ImuI. to-wlt:
of County bonds. It is ordered '
While the above committee was
out a most valuable discussion was
n-ustiiei oi v. leveiitim uoiiin y, i
county bonds in accordance j Pouulist members of the house
tied Oct, II, 1881. 1
lu the
timi Jin-..n I'i'wi- i.n.i .-..iiii.i.iiy, i.<-: noiitii-.i t I held on needed leuislation. Most of
the credit ol the treasurer ot ( ieveland county, ;
the pit eceda ot
w it h a contract •late
in tin- it mi ■ cr ui win-nun - .i.-trow.i i .unity and council were present, and heard
warrant No. 1480, in lavor of I. w. Hill lor $100. i 1
.tiit.-.i <i.-t. is. '.-in, inn iu« r.-niiiiii.-.i i. r tiii'.'i' eagerly the wants and needs of the
years uncalled lor ill the luimls of the county | J
cierk, was n.'s day destroyed by the board «i different localities. R. S. Smeuley
county commisa toners. 1
w. li. i>tuckweli, havingurriveti, set with the of Blaine, R. C. Vanarsdale of Payne,
board during the remuinuer of the day. I
j \ .d a Kiniiinger, boardinguud nuraing I VV. Savage of Kingfisher, S. P. l ire-
imuper ss co ,
an oo | stone ot Aoble, and many others
. N) t
S M N\ h ttakcr, boardlnu: pauper.
Disallow e<l
J I! Shaver, w riting evidence in (J*
otirl
1 ll Wynne, (;niuit> clerks salary
\\ A walls, clerk hire
Anion Mehan.el,cleik hire
44 4' deputy
In the matter ot leports of ofHr
port w II Mature, J 1* of Norman twp. was
11 hi'll'ia Vimtli-r <if Official ii.m.ls nppv.ived j organization then antl there set foot.
" " "■'■'""it'.v'ffk,"!i| (List of officers elsewhere in paper.)
took part in this, and disp'ayed a
commendable familiarity with the
laws as they now stand.
Organization was next taken up,
tiViM i and the Industrial I^egion plan of
Two C'liurHrlurn Vnt I|>.k1.- llu
|tne lifb« uud JuiIkc
Woodi.
I>eb« like a great Nazarrn devoted
his time and energy in the building
up of a labor organization.
lie wished to organize and edu
cate a large antl useful class of our
country's industry.
I.ike Christ he was working foi
others not for his greed and selfish
ness.
lie believed with Lincoln that la-
bor was prior to, antl superior to
capital.
Like Philips, Sunnier, Chase, But
ler and Oreely, he believed that the
toiler, the producer of the wealth
had a God given right to his honest
earnings ami that robbery was wick-
ed antl creed within done by pirat )
chattel slavery or heartless corpor
ations. Through education antl or-
ganization Debs hoped to avoid de
struction of property, lawlessness
and blood shed. 'I he issue was
made, the crisis came, and to-da)
Debs is in prison. What crime
against humanity or God did lie
commit?
Tin
Agricultural
Scandal.
The truth about the Agricultural
College scandal appears to be that
both political parties ha e found in
its revenues the boodle for which
the practical politicians of the par-
>ies are ever on the alert. Not long
sinre an official of the college an
nouiit ed in ihe hearing of the writir
hat "all there was to do was to
pend the appropriation and the
>vork was all up to date." There
ire spoilsmen in both political par
ties antl recriminations between the
republican lenders ami democratit
officials is simply a resort to false
pretense to fool the people, it has
been no secret among the well in-
formed for a long time that the Ag
ricultural College was the fatt.st
. eking in territorial politics. This
. xplains ihe vigorous fight made by
democrats to obtain control of that
institution and constitutes the seciet
I the republican machines, strenu-
ous and determined attempts to hold
on to its management at all hazards.
As for President Alvord and his
I. - veil t h hour repentance not much
College To Tim Southern Populist
Pontius Pilate *ound his crut ifiers J need be said. He fought long antl
of Christ, Pizzaro had his Estar,! well to pension some of his own
King George his Benedict Arnold, favorites on the college and when he
Jeff Davis his Clement, L. Valiu was defeated he squealed
dingham. The Knglish and Ameri Ihe fact is that the whole Agri
can plutocracy, their Judge Woods, cultural College scheme is impracti
The crticifiers were al ine I with tin c d in a lerriiory or new state, and
assassin's dirk, Benedict Arnold with ihe money squandered in such ex-
false transfers antl secret papers, periments ought to be directed to-
Valingdingham with a traitors tongue ; ward the support of the public
Woods with an injunction. {schools. Ihe lax payers of the ter-
Judue Woods. ritory art- burdened with a load of
The other character, who is he? territorial, county and school indebt-
Let Gov. Altzeld say:
Memphis Tenn.,Dec. 19—A spec-
ial to "The Commercial Appeal"
from Hot Springs, Ark , says:
Gov. Altzeld of Illinois, when
etlness, while the government puts
I.mil and moneys into the grasping
anil greedy hands of the politicians.
Investigations will accomplish noth-
ing, the boodle is there antl where
now
asked for his opinion of the decision the boodle is there will the boodlers
in the Debs case to day said: be gathered together.—Sunday Rec-
"Nobody who knew anything ord.
about the history of Judge Woods,
be surprised. You remember there
was no opposition to his confirm-
ation in the Senate because he w as
then under cloud.
He attracted the attention of the
The
W ('h;ti ni'terizetl
Cabinet.
I met Colonel John S. Wise in the
Victoria Hotel the other night in one
of his hapiest ironical moods, antl
lie gave me a pen picture of the
American people as a Judge by res- n , . .11
1 ' Cleveland Cabinet, as it had 1111-
Dudley antl some others of 1 •. ,* ., .• , , -
' pressed itselt on the retina of his
Blocks of Five, fame from the peni-
tentiary. They had been indicted
for debauching the voters of Indi-
ana in order to carry the election
for Harrison and were about to be j
sent to the penitentiary. Harrison'
Said the eloquent Vir
lively fancy
ginian:
"Cleveland took his Secretary of
State out of the republican party and
has not yet been able to make him
say "I am a Democrat." He found
attributed his victory to the Lord ' , , n .. . . ,
1 1 an old Confederate weeping above
and Judge Woods evidently felt that (lie graye of Jcfferson Davis a|„,
to permit Dudley to go to the pen ma()e hjm secrttary ()f (he Nav),
61 (i'.i
ci I,
'chin l county, >
In the matter of petition
titlon ol reMilent tux pii\ e
ilay approv-
ejecteil The pe
: Pending the action of local antl city
iv.
,et off I, district for ,he h™'"of lo/!n«! clubs,-when properly organized, or-
al ques
ll. Blackw ell voting against -a
1 «uriie.| till Jan. ll, ih'.)." .
1 >. It. W \ N'NK, L. r. I>ALKKif,
Couuty clerk. Lhairmau.
NVkum-wp.w, .Ian.! , i8d5.
• lK)nr<l met pursuant to adjournment, all
iii-rs present, w lien the following proce ;«l-
1 ere had, to.wit:
he inatterol ncenunt-i nllowetl the follow-
!aiins were this day presented, examined
. II Bros..
- Vincent .
ii<. 1 nley
.haiiiir f M*s
. inil.su for pauper..
10 Hays Jail gttttttl
Ji 1' ll irkcr votm-r in the n Kative on
!ie h f two <| lesjpms.
kx« Bliettge... mdseforpenpera iv 15
T w l lledjfe ...jail guard ik>
Ll' I'.afker votldfr against the tthove question.
>\' 11 iJowan bailllT lees 6 00
:" «•. • , iin. .lay i."-•■iiii-.i i vini I <>atiizers were also recommended for
rejeen ti, tor Ihe reason that the tern j °
-.m.. in.-i i ..ti, appointment, and it is hoped that no
rest until an active
oil the held law . w as thi
in, il aii'I
tory petit
j fNpiiire miler.. while the statutes recpiiii
' s,ati disti ids shall contain 72 square miles. j loralitv will
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turn over to K. Amol, county treasurer, a eer- I ° 1
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II. li- wvxnb,eoontvclerk. cliiiinnun. ! D. J. Morris, Outline.
i.inlimic.l in next issue.
Ihe legislative excursion to Kan-
sas was evidently inconvenient finan-
cially, as well as being a slight im-
pediment to our law making facili-
ties.
It is reported that Speaker Pitzer
of the senate, occasionally vacates
the cha ir to show the other boys how
to orate.
The most important bill before
the legislalature at present is the ex-
pense bill.
Blaine—W. E. Speer, Cooper.
Oklahoma—C. H. Rogers, Okla-
homa.
Kay—J. W. Crawford, Cross.
Payne—G. W. Puckett, Stillwater.
Canadian—J. R. Smith, Eda.
Pottawatomie—W. H. Springfield,
—Pink.
Noble—S. P. Firestone, Perry.
Kingfisher—W. Savage, Sheridan.
The meeting was productive of
much good for the future of the Pop-
ulists of Oklahoma.
under these circumstances would be
a reflection on the Lord, so he went
out of his way and in violation of
the laws saved him. He has been
engaged in various enterprises since
as a Judge that looks very tpieer to
an every day man. This thing of
shielding big criminals and big cor
porations from the sword of justice
and then delivering a homily of
twenty seven thousand words in
length as the majesty of the law, sini
I ply shows the extraordinary ability
antl versatility of the man. In the
Debs matter the corporations want
ed Debs sent to jail and it did not
I make any difference what the facts
were or what the law was. Every-
J body who knew Woods history was
satisfied they would get what they
wanted.—Referendum.
Legislative Lumps.
When Brown made a motion to
jointly memorialize congress, to
provide for the coinage of silver
ond gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, and
to enact such legislation on the cur-
rency question as would be benefi
cial to the wealth producer of the
nation; The motion was promptly
tabled by democrats and republi-
cans alike. Seel
Much credit is due our Represeta-
tive Nesbitt, for the efficient work
he is doing in the house.
An act to provide for the registra-
| tion of promissory notes, introduced
1 by DeFord, (populist), in the house;
j would be if enacted into a law 0
j valuable addition to present statutes
j It would create a revenue for tin
expenses of the government, that i?
j wholly out ot reach in the absence
I of such law.
Over his old typewriter he waved his
magic wand and transformed him
into a Secretary of War, while he
went into the interior of his own
consciousness to evolve a Secretary
who suggested neither the ice cream
of the frozen North or the mint
julep of the Sunny South—the sort
of creation they pickled in alcohol
—a strange, nameless, unclassified
Hoky-poky. Elected as the oppon
ent of trusts, he selected a trust law-
yer as Attorney General, antl made
Secretary of the Treasury a Demo-
cratic statesman who never owned
in unmortgaged dollar in his life.
—Tom Watson.
The Denver Road tells the follow-
ing amusing story: (Jut in a patri-
otic little town in western Kansas,
the good citizen had planned an old-
fashioned fourth of July celebration.
According to the arrangement of the
program a young man was to speak
he Declaration of Independence
which he had committed to meuiorj
it the opening exercises.
He had proceeded but a little way
ivith his speech, when a well known
Democrat in the audience was teen
to arise from his seat, evidently foi
ihe purpose of leaving the place
In being asked why he was|taking
in h an early departure he remarked:
'I have heard enough of that ti—>
opulist rot and this is no place to
alk politics any how."
I he above story truly illustrates
he conception that the averagi
lemocrat has of the populist
.ind politics in general.
Long and loud have been the de-
monstrations of politcal violence to-
ward the reform movement, by the
Southern democrats, and especially
has this been the condition existing
in Cleveland county.
Dead issues have been raised old
memories— faded, antiquated—ne-
cessarily odius and degrading to the
human mind and good government-
have been kindled by so-called South
eru democrats,
Of these, fellow citizens, bewarel
They would not hesitate an in-
stant to wreck the last institutution
of civil society in existence, if their
own castle of evil-wrought gain
could only crown the ruins.
I he red flag of Her most, or the
ink-black pennant of the South-sea
pirates, would pale before the vis-
ions, if hoisted beside a flag that
would really depict the devilish de-
signs of these political demagogues.
They feast on the credulity of the
common people, and grow strong
on our dissension.
Our weakness is their strength,
antl our strength is their weakness.
1'liis class of politicians tells us
that the populist party is only a
blow at the "solid south" to divide
it.
They tell the people of the noith,
that the populist movement is a
scheme to overthrow the grand old
republican party.
I he bloody shirt has been unfurl-
ed in all its ghastly, gory colors for
the purpose of weakening the reform
movement and the effect has been
keenly felt by those who were hon-
estly antl earnestly battling for re-
form.
Skillful minds have cunningly de-
vised the destruction of the reform
movement antl their success, to a
certain extent has become danger-
ously apparent.
But friends I think it time for us
to sever all connection with and
allegiance to a party, when we see
such "Southern democrats."—demo-
cratic leaders—as Crisp and Carlisle
scorning our needful desires anil
vieing with and joining with the
great republican leaders, to tlo the
bidding of the guld brokers of the
world.
We are not deserting the true
principles of good government but,
they have.
Then let us not hesitate to cast
our lots with a party that demands
in unequivocal terms, "equal rights
to all anil special privilege to none".
That the rich as well as the poor
contribute to the support of a gov-
ernment that protects them in their
business.
The free coinage of silver, tending
to the development of the greatest
industry of America, viz: The west-
ern mints, thereby guaranteeing liv-
ing wages for the products of the
soil.
A money supported and controlled
by the government and not by any
bank or banking system, as advo-
cated by Brice, Gorman, Carlisle,
Cleveland or Crisp.
What would benefit the laborer in
the north would benefit the laborer
in the south. The same is true of
the east and west.
It is the creator of wealth the
world over, and serving a common
purpose it is therefore subject to a
common depression, elevation as the
case may be.
After considering these facts
(without prejudice, if possible) it
certainly behooves 11s to take our
Northern brother by the band and
work together for our mutual iin-
provemi.nl.
The longer we stay aloof from
each other, the tighter grows the
grasp of oppression by the hands
that know no limit to human suffer-
ing, neither do they care.
If we do this, history only repeats
uself. When the common people
inspired by a common necessity antl
desire unite for a common purpose,
the end is sure to be attained. But
as I said in the beginning, beware of
these demagogues. Our weakness is
their strength. A Sox of "Dixie."
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