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The Peoples Voice
VOL. 5.
NORMAN. CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. APRIL «. 1897.
NO 37
THE Ol.U SHAM BATTLE.
A very pretty sham battle is now
fought in congress over our old
friend, the tariff. The Democrats
are assailing the Republicans in gal-
lant style along the line, and back
again. The Democrats are thor
oughly aroused. They are shelling
the woods. They are making the
newspapers ring with the clash of
arms. The snort of the warhorse
resounds afar.
Young Bailey of Texas looms
in the front as leader of the Demo-
crats. His plume nods among the
clash of arms. His voice is the
tocsin of war.
McMillin of Tennessee is hardly
in it at all, although he would have
us believe that he is quite as mad
with the Republicans as young
Bailey is.
The wrath of the Democrats is
justly great. The Republicans are
paying their campaign debts to the
corporations, the trusts, and the
protected favorites of class legisla-
tion. These payments take the
shape of a new tariff law which tax-
es more than a hundred million dol-
lars out of the pockets of the peo-
ple, and gives it to the corpor-
ations which put up the money to
run McKinley's campaign.
And the Democrats are very, very
mad—for they had hoped that the
debt was one which they would
have had the pleasure of paying.
Yes, the Democrats, led by young
Bailey, indignantly arraign the Re-
publicans and denounce them as the
foes of the dear people, aud the
friends of the detestable trusts. Ac-
cording to the Democratic newspa-
pers, when young Bailey flings this
flout at old Mr. Dingley that tough
old patriot can do nothing but hang
his head and blush.
Precisely. There is about as
much blush in old brother Dingley
as there is in a log-cart. Dingley is
there for the purpose of paying off
that debt to the corporations, and
he cares no more for young Bailey's
denunciations than a locomotive
cares for a squash on the track
He doesn't even care enough
about it to remind Bailey of the
way the Democrats paid off their
debts to the same corporations, after
the elections of 1892.
If it were worth his while, Mr.
Dingley might fret Mr. Bailey some-
what by refreshing his memory on
the Wilson-Gorman tariff schedule
which the trusts exacted from the
Democrats in 1893. Mr. Bailey ap-
pears to believe that we have for-
gotten that infamous chapter of po-
litical history.
Does Mr. Bailey recall the fact
that John G. Carlisle, Cleveland's
secretary of the treasury, wrote with
his own hand the schedule demand-
ed by the sugar trust?
Does he forget that the whisky
trust and the standard oil Uust got
precisely what they wanted from the
Democrats?
Does he forget that even Cleve-
land sickened at this shameless sell
out of the people to the trusts, re-
fused to sign the bill, denounced it
as an act of ''party perfidy and dis-
honor," and as the foul offspring of
the "communism of pelf ?"
Young Bailey was there in 1893
when this sell-out to the trusts was
made, and so were most of the
Democratic congressmen who. are
now pretending to be so angry with
the trusts or corporations.
It is a sham fight only.
The Republicans are paying off
political debts at the expense of the
people, just as the Democrats did in
1893, and just as- they would have
done again had they won the cam-
paign of 1896.
And so you want to go back into
one of the old parties, do you, broth-
er Pop?
Well, you never could have se-
lected a better time. You can get a
bigger dose of the genuine essence
of Republican clase-rule and mass-
ruin. right now on short order than
at any other period in the history of
that corporation-bossed party.
icles from the free to the dutiable
list and vice versa, and then Rich-
ardson of Tennessee declared the
readiness of the opposition to let
the president determine upon the
existence of a trust and the trans-
ference of articles monopolized by
trusts from the dutiable to the free
list. But to this Dalzell objected
just as strenuously, and then anoth-
er member of the minority proposed
another anti-trust amendment leav-
ing the United States courts to de-
termine upon the existence or non-
existence of a trust and making it
mandatory upon the president to
suspend all import duties on prod-
ucts the production of which might
be adjudged by the courts to be
controlled by a trust.
But this came no nearer meeting
the approval of Mr. Dalzell than the
other amendments and he raised the
objection that the amendment plac-
ing products, under certain condi-
tions, on the free list was out of or-
der until the consideration of the
free list was reached. This objec-
tion was sustained by the chairman
and as the free list was at the tail of
the bill, and was never reached, the
opportunity of offering this anti-
trust amendment and forcing a di-
rect vote upon it was lost. And so,
save indirectly by voting down a
motion to reconsider the bill with
anti-trust instruction, the Republic
ans escaped from the necessity of
recording themselves on this awk-
jward question, of recording them-
VVe hear a lonesome croak from ; selves as in favor of a tariff to pro-
afar off suggesting that we Pops put
"protection" plank in our plat-
form to catch votes with.
Whenever we try to compete with
the old parties in the effort to win
the good graces of the beneficiaries j American.
of class legislate n, we make our
selves ridiculous. The corporations
and trusts and protected millionaires Topeka A(lv0ca-e : The Populist
have their two old parties, and they ! nlembers of the house of ^present-
ride first the one and then the other. ; atives at Washington have petitioned
If the faithful old nag called He- tlie speaker) asUing that they be rec.
mocracy can't make the entire jour-1 ognized as a separale aml ,iistin(.t
ney, the Republican hack is ready I partv> just as Rcpllb|icans am) 1)em.
for the harness. Many and many a ocrats are recognized. As a sllffic.
time the protected classes double ient ansvver to t|ljs petition, it is
the team and drive both these true | sai(1 the speaker classes (|ie
and tried old horses together. position members as one b()dy. an(,
Why should the classes want a ' if a statement attributed to Mr.
new party? Are they not getting all j Simpson is true) it will puzzle the
they call for from the old? Could
And you can get a completer soak-
ing. in quicker time, of Democratic
false pietense and sham patriotism,
at this very moment than at any
hour since 1893.
Of course, you can't expect even
the Democrats to beat the record of
1893. At the extra session of that
year political knavery reached high-
water mark, and the floods will
hardly ever go higher. The Demo-
crats, you know, had been clamor-
ing for twenty-odd }ears, for "a
chance" to do something sweet and
good for mankind. Mankind, like
a blamed old fool, gave them the
chance—anil mankind has Aen an
invalid ever since.
They cut off our monthly in-
crease of money, closed the mints
to silver, contracted the currency,
increased the taxes, piled up the
public debt, made a tariff which
suited the trusts and looted the pub-
lic, and sneaked into the hands of a
dozen millionaire Democrats of
New York the huge profits of as
corrupt an issue of national bonds
as ever disgraced the blackest days
of carpetbag rule in the south.
This is indeed a good time to
join one of the two old parties.
Anyone so inclined should join at
once. Don't waste precious mo-
ments debating which one to join.
Bust right ahead and join the first
one you meet. No matter which
one of the two you join: it is quite
as good as the other.
tect trusts. Such a record wouldn't
look well in print. Perhaps when
the bill comes back from the senaje
this question will be presented them
in a way they cannot escape.—Phil.
PEFFER WANTS TO KNOW.
Populism serve them better than
Democracy did—in 1893?
Could Populism do for them what
Republicanism is doing now?
It is the masses that need a new
party. They have none at all, un-
less it be ours.
nonentity, can gab five minutes to
t) an amanuensis and sell the result
for more than a Dr. Johnson could
make in a month. Nor is th's the
worst of it. Men who earn an hon-
orable reputation in any line of hu-
man endeavor, as well as those who
attain a cheap notoriety by outrag-
ing the proprieties, seem to regard
it merely as so much merchandise
to be peddled among the Hearsts
and Pulitzers at the highest market
price. Ingalls was for many years
a distinguished member of the most
august council on earth; yet he bar-
tered for a price the prestige he
earned in combat with intellectual
titans—consented to act as scaven-
ger for a buzzard, to degrade him-
self to the level of the prize ring
and vie with cheap reporters in de-
scribing its brutal horrors for the
delectation of hoodlums. If offered
enough he might appear on the
streets of Washington wearing mot-
ley garb and bearing upon his back
a pawnbroker's sign or an "ad." for
a dirty dive. Is there nothing in
this country above price? Is the
dirty dollar indeed almighty—com-
manding the honor of the states-
man as well as the favors of the
courtesan? Is there nothing which
it is impossible that wealth may
prostitute to inflate its plebeian
pridt? Must even genius be sacri-
ficed upon the unclean altar of its
infernal impudence?
Franklin Pierce had what Mr.
McKinley may possibly be praying
for just now—a harmonious cabinet.
They were all able men, and Mr.
Pierce did not feel bound to impress
his individuality on them, separately
or collectively. Guthrie, secretary
of the treasury, was one of the char-
acters at Washington at the time.
One of the unusual things about him
was that he hated the spoils system
like grim death, and made changes
on account of politics only when he
absolute!) had to do it. One day a
New England politician went to
Pierce after some sort of plum for a
constituent. Pierce sent him to
Guthrie. The congressman pres-
ently came back looking mad.
"What did Guthrie say to you about
appointing your friend?" inquired
Pierce innocently.
"He said he'd be damned if lie
would," replied the disgusted con-
&
Corsets,
Ctrand Leader
petitioners to satisfy the speaker
that his position is not the correct
one. Jerry is reported to have said, j gressinan
only last week and since the petition j "Did Guthrie talk that way to
was presented, that "it is still a fight [ you?" asked the president.
The classes need no new party. behveen ,he gold standard and the i ' "He did."
opponents of a contracted currency. "Well," said Pierce, consolingly,
! The middle-of-the-roaders have been i "that's the way he talks to me, too."
to all intents and purposes assistant !
Why not keep ours true to the Republicans." Blackburn Items.
masses, and stand to our principles If Simpson is right in saying there I t orn is about all planted in our
win confidence of the
l.ast Week's Notes from <>iiln<x.
The severity of our Hocial atmos-
phere has been subjected to another
sensational wave. " The cat came
back;" tmt under such circumstances
and surroundings as are most annoy-
ing to its owners. Alas! How little
of real unmixed joy does heman life
afford!
Kach sweet must have its bitter;
Kach rose a thorn unseen.
Oft when the Sun shines brightest
Dark clouds will intervene.
Such is the irony of fate. "Thecat
came back." Hut his return brought
no joy to the heart of his master.
Dock a dreaded apprehension was re-
alized. Dick did not return as a
prodigal should, voluntarily and alone,
weary, huugry and lank', with side-
long glances and penitent meow. He
had been kidnapped and brought
back with him the proof. He came,
as the hero of a dime novel, wrapped
in the warm embrace of a pair of
beautiful loving arms, belonging to a
spruce "old maid." This was too much
for Dock. His worst fears were real-
ized. He was mystified and horrified,
and came very near being petrified.
He lived over it, however, and is still
alive. He set up the candy and nuts
to the pretty little maid, and tries to
persuade himself that his obligations
are all canceled. We shall see.
1'wo weddings this week inourmidst.
Truly has the poet, or somebody else
said: *>ur calamities seldom come
single."' Just think of it: two more
bachelors gone to join the "Bene-
dicts," iu one short week. When our
city fathers read this obituary, we
trust they will hasten to appropriate,
at least fifty dollars to aid in the or-
ganization of a B. M. P. A.
obituary.^
At the residence of the brides' fath-
er on Wednesday, March Hist, the du-
al wedding of the two sisters Allie
and Lizzie Williamson was celebrated.
Allie will henceforth lie Mrs. John
Kicks and Lizzie w ill preside over tin-
destinies of Mr. Alton Jameigon.
Not "one by one" but two by two they
go. How aprropriate are the lines of
| (iray.
"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of
fame.
And all that beauty, all that wealth
e'er gave.
Await alike the inevitable hour."
Pat Purcell is putting in 4(H) rods of
hog fence. He and Mr. Norkuin have
imported some fine brood sows from
Illinois.
It is generally understood that
(Irover's forthcoming book, if it comes
forth, will be devoted mainly to re-
miniscences of the F. F. V's.
THE TUUK KKMKDY.
VV. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwn, III.,
"Chief," says: "We. wont keep house
without l)i-. King's New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Ex-
perimented with mituy others, but nev-
er giii. the true remedy until we used
Dr. King's New Discovery. No otner
remedy can take ils place in our home,
11s in it we have 11 certain and sure cure
for coughs, colds, whooping cough,
etc." Itis idle to experiment with oth-
er remedies, even if the} lire urged on
you us just as good as Dr. King's New
Discovery. Tney are not as good, be-
cause this remedy has a record of cures
and besides is guaranteed. It never
fails to satisfy. Trial bottles flee at
Blake & Heed's drug store.
Davis Bro's. have put in a line bath
room in connection with their barber women te towel forrraponaibie estab-
lished liuiw i 111 Ik lulu huh. salary $7Hti pnyitble
shop and are prepared to give baths at weekly anil expenses. I'o'lilun permanent,
any and all hours. Ullif Hclereme. Kiiclnse serf lolilresseil stimipeilen-
• velopo. I lie National, Star liUlg, Clilntj{o.
Prices
are
way
down
on Photograph*. Brooks? 6—tf.
Special Keasons!
For you to have Photo's made dur-
ing the mouth of February at Brook's
Gallery.
Tile Kcummi Why
You should get your Photograph
this month inquire of Brooks, the
Photographer.
Stoves! Stove*! Stoves!
Heating stoves, cooking stoves and
all kinds of stoves at Jus. D. Maguire'*,
West Main Street, as cheap as any
place in the city. gtf
Money to Loan.
We have money to loan for 1, 2 and
It years time, on good farms at the
lowest rate of interest ever loaned be-
I fore in this city.
j 33tf. Tate & Kinokaiie.
For Sale.
1 have on hand a large stock of choice
i home grown apple trees which I will
( sell cheap for cash or for a good note,
I due the 1st of November, 1897.
Henry Perry.
For Sale.
f have 1(10 bushels of German
Millet seed for sale. Parties wishing
to secure some of this seed to sow
should see me.
•"'-tf L. P. Barker.
until we
masses?
Flopping about from one prin
ciple to another is not the way to
win confidence. Building a plat
form to catch votes is not a very in-
spiring job.
Let us build platforms in accord-
ance with our honest convictions,
and then expound, explain, illus-
trate, persuade, argue and appeal
is only one opposition party—that
Populists are but assistant Repub-
licans, what use is there in his ask-
ing to be recognized as anything
else than assistant Democrats, and
more especially when he classes
himself, in the Congressional Di-
rectory, as a "Demo-Populist?"
neighborhood and some early bird
have begun to plant cotton and what
wheat and oats we have is just simply
looking line.
Brar.n's Iconoclast : The appear-
world without end !—to convince °f " Senator James J. Ingalls
men that we are right. at ",e nn8sl(le !n the capacity of re-
in that way, and in no other, can 1 f;°T ^ * sh,sh mon«eri g Ne"
we make Populism a living letter- j J"?" that haS been. fo™,all>'
a leaven which shall find its way
through the loaf.—T. E. Watson.
Joe Martin was unlucky enough to
get his pony and saddle taken away
irom Southgale on last Saturday
night, but after the transgressor had
110 intention of stealing anything, of
course, so he just took one girth and
girth strap and part of the bridle and
turned the pony loose.
The Franklin ball club was organ-
ized Saturday evening and we believe
that Franklin will play better ball
this year than ever before. Mr. Ho-
mer Sellars is our captain this year
and would he glad to play Norman a
game pretty soon, but we think as we
won the only game that was ever
all flip intpllioent 1 played with Norman for the cham-
all the intelligent | * i(,f,sllil, of the countv last year that
New
Congressman Howard'*
Hook,
Have you read "What Christ Saw,"
by Hon. M. W. Howard, Congressman
from Alabama, Author of "If Christ
Caine toCon^rehb? Sen national!Start-
ling! The author threatened with ex-
pulsion from Congress. Send 50 cents
to the author and procure a copy.
Address Hon. M. VV. Howard,
House of Hfpresentativos,
Washington, 1). C.
Closing out for Casli.
Cnpt. Itice, the West Side Furniture
Dealer, informs us that ho intends to,
nn tfet purchasers, for cash,
if h.
close out his entire line of furniture,
carpets, etc. Ho does not intend to tro
out of the business, but as soon as Ins
present stock is taken for cash he vill
put in more goods. To cash buyers
looking for good furniture or camots,
iCapt. Hice will give them the lowest
prices ever quoted in this town ;md
parties rier iritij* to make purchases
would do well to see his goods aud
' learn his prices.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Yoar Life Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be maue well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Hue,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400,000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druszgist, under guarantee to cure, 50r or
£1.00. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co.,(;iiieatro or New York.
Condition of the Norman State Bank,
NORMAN. OKLAHOM A.
At the close of business, Friday. April 2, 18!!".
RESOURCES.
I.oans and discounts ♦ 2(>,"N7 l.'t
Warrants and other secur-
ities 16,747 90
Overdrafs, secured and un-
secured l!,<)(i;i :!'!
Ileal estate i: 1,1 lid (HI
Furniture and fixtures l.-i:i4 .">X
Kxpenses paid h:17 ,r>2
t 'ash and sight exchange... . Nj.lliii (>,">
Total $145,770 88
liabilities.
Paid-in capital.,
Due to other banks ,
Deposits
Undivided profits
Total
.* 30.000 00
'1 53
..113,081 7ti
.. 1,735 57
.$145,970 8ti
I, i . 11. I;i>si:n i , cntitiar nf llm tihove-numeil Hunk, do solemnly nweitr Unit the nliovo
bliiteinont is trin: t i the bust ot niy knowledge. c. II. ItESSKNT, Uusliter.
Cobrkct—Attest: t. k. Smith, Jas. I>. maguiiik, Directors.
;*KAi.t—sworn ti> mill Hiiti'crllieil before me this 2tl ilav ot Anrll. isy;.
My commission expires Nov. ISHB. ,1AM Ks M. SMITH, Notary 1'ulilic.
NEW TARIFF AND TRUSTS.
exclutled from
clubs and public libraries, is pain- j she will have to come on our grounds
fully suggestive of the tendencies of i to ''la- t'ie ®rat tfaine this year.
the times. A $20 a-week snorting ' Mr' Uooney Brannon's children of
, , ' b | Norman has been visiting relatives
— — s e"'*or coil I ci have done the work and friends in this neighborhood for
So when Mr. Dockery, of Missou- j much better: yet Ingalls was paid j s)eVL'ral days They will goon move to
ri, offered an amendment to the tar- thousands of dollars tor his report. ■ S°Uth McAlester< '• T-
iff bill to the effect that i,pn r ;t I vvi,.,> .. 1 • 1 , i The new parsonage at Blackburn is
in oi l to tne ettect that whenever it; U hy? Because his employment for about completed and is a good deal
should be shown to the satisfaction such a purpose served to call the | larger and nicer than the one burnt
at the secretary of the treasury that attention of the galleries to the al. down at that P'ace some time ago.
any article on the importation of leged "enterprise" of an impudent' „ Theresis. a ladles' parsonage and
_l:-i, „ , •« , , . . v Iiupuueni j home mission aid society organized at
duty has been laid publisher who ought to be sent to Blackburn and on next Tuesday night
had fallen under the control of a the penitentiary for outraging the the^e T'11 be a rabbit aid society or-
trust hf chonl/l ,.„t c.oi * i * 1 & b jjamzed at Southjjale. It will be or-
ust he should put such article on canons of deccncy and debauching ^anized in this way
the free list, the Republicans found j the public intellect Papers like the 1 JudtJC and secretary, and ea
themselves in an awkward position. World and Journal care nothing for 1^7'"' ^ re<,Uirt"' l° ^ 1
there will be a
ach mem-
juired to give the secre-
.. - o —j • cents and then they will set
Mr. Dalzell objected that no such i literary or reportorial excellence al)art a Ja>'to hunt and kill rabbits
power could be vested 1„ ihe Kce- j .here being more n.one, in e.ploj,.'; Tlte d^'Si"1Ve?"aU
tary of the treasury, that the de- | ing the tommyrot of notorious char- I)aid t0 the secretary and each one
termination of the existence of a acters. Steve Brodie or Nellie Bly j r^sen^!
trust was a function of the judiciary, can make more money "going agin ' t^lus n°t allowing two or more to put
It was suggested that the reciprocity space" than can a DeQuincey or an 1 £Joba^
provision in the tariff law gave the j Addison. Infanta Eulalia, the ak- i —
president the right to transfer art hoond of Swat, or any other titled I Grand Leader" ""d bt"" U"e '"llS'
Ai
They r;o To
• • •
Church
EVERY SUNDAY — you'll see them, in the
back pews, in the gallery and in the choir. . . \
If you go to church, as you no doubt do, you I
should have one of them go with yon. . They I
, . are our fine stylish
Hats and lion nets.
Wallace's,. FINE, .MILLINERY--1
West Main Street.
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