The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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OLUME 12.
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Editok World:—The develop-
ments of this month within the Demo-
cratic party clearly indicate that the
reorganize™ are hugging the rope
several necks ahead, and gradually
gaining in their race with the regu-
lars. The candidate Jmust have New
York in both convention and election
that expects to win. Grover Cleve-
land has won out in New York for the
nomination and Bryan forthwith ac-
knowledges defeat by his speech of
defiance in Chicago. We know where
Bryan will stand if the reorganizes
nominate a Cleveland man on a
Cleveland platform. He cannot fol-
low the party into the camp of the
enemy. He has no hope of saving
the party to reform and his disap-
pointment will doubtless, convince
him as we have long been convinced
that he cannot make a reform party
out of an old organization filled with
the tools and attorneys of the trusts
and money power. More than this
Mr. Hearst has given Bryan's last ut-
terance to the world with commen-
dation amounting to complete ap-
proval. He recognizes the important
fact that a reorganizes' victory
means the elimination from the
party counsels—from all usefulness
in the party—of himself and Bryan,
as well as of every Democratic re-
former of popuiistic opinion.
When the cataclasm occours at St.
Louis what will Bryan and Hearst
and their loyal adherents do';' What
can they do'? Will they have the
courage to wait complacently for
another reform wave within the
Democratic party, hoping that it
may come on the heels of party de-
feat, and that the candidate of the
reorganizes will surely be defeated?
Their hope will die if they entertain
one. Either the Democratic party
with the reorganizes in control will
win at the polls next November or a
new party composed of Populists,
Democrats, Republicans and other
reformers will sweep the country.
The time is at hand for a reform
victory if we open the way for it.
Conditions of 18!M are reversed. Then
the delay of the People's party in-
sured party co-operation. Now such
u delay will insure the building up of
great reform party which will at.
| against the conduct of both old par-
ties. No matter if the People's
party as a party sinks its individuali-
ty into a new organization, the salient
tenets of the party will be the basic
tenets of the new, and there will be
added to our forces men and means to
give the .reform movement such an
impetus as given to the young Re
publican party of Lincoln when the
forces of the slave oligarchy were
rent into factions. After the St.
Louis convention both old parties will
be safely anchored in Wall street and
plutocracy will be divided in its al-
legiance with a majority in favor of
the Clevelandites. Then a reform
party springing from the hearts of
the masses is certain to appear and
if we open the way to unite our forces
with those from other parties on a
plan and under a name satisfactory
to the majority, I see no reason for
doubting our success in November,
and the establishment of a re
form party in power that will mean
success to every wise popular demand.
For these reasous why would it not
be wise and best to postpone our ua-
tional convention until July 26th giv-
ing three weeks bevond the St. Louis
convention for reformers to act in
concert in preparation for a great
national convention wherein all re-
formers can be properly represented:'
I believe such postponement ought to
be made and that if Chairman Park-
er and Edmisten should submit to the
members of their respective com-
mittees the question, a postponement
be agreed upon by them. I
would
throw out this suggestion with the
hope that something—everything will
be done to unite in one party the
scattered forces of reform and soon-
er bring victory to the people.
Yours Rep'y,
james e. Mcbride.
468 Canal st., Grand Rapid, Mich.
How Government-Ownership works.
In answer to the question "Does it
pay you to have the government run
the railroads'-1 Hen. Edward Tregear
secretary for, Labor, of New Zealand
answers as follows:
'New Zealand through taking over
the railroads telegraph lines etc., as
national property has won great ad-
vantages. Such . action secures the
people against combinations in re-
gard to oppressive prices for fares
and freights,prevents discriminations
and gives back to the people the
profits made through the use, of rail-
ways and telegraphs by the people.
On its being found that the New Zeal-
and railways were making greater
profits than were necessary to pay
interest on the cost of construction,
fares aud freights were immediately
lowered very considerably. Special
benefits are granted to agriculturist
and those far back lime for manur-
ing purposes, boxes for fruit etc., are
carried free while the freight for
fruit is almost nominal.
"Railways and telegraphs working
together save much . expense in of-
ficial correspondence etc. The dis-
advantage of having telegraph linas
in private hands was shown in England
during the Boer war, when the con-
fidential telegrams to the crown
ministers leaked out to financiers be-
fore the messages were delivered.
Here the public are not hustled and
hectored by their own officers as they
are by servants of companies nor are
the lives of the officials and labo rers
recklessly sa.'rifice'd to make fat
dividends.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1904
A Bryan "Bolt".
It now seems clear to some compet- j
ent observers that Mr. Bryan intends ■
to "bolt" if Judge Parker is nominat- !
ed, and will try to carry into some
opposition camp as many as he can i
of the element that has run the party
in the last two campaigns. Mr.
Bryan's objections to Judge Parker
have been expressed in such acrid
terms that he can not support the
judge in the coming campaign, a
number of papers remark, without
stultifying himself. "It seems h very
plain proposition that Mr. Bryan is
burning his bridges behind him" says
the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Dem.)
"and is going to bolt if Parker is
nominated." Some think the de-
parture of Bryan and his followers
will be a good thing for the party;
others think it will spell defeat. Mr.
Bryan looks upon Judge Parker
as a protege of David B Hill and Au-
gust Belmont and regards the Parker
'boom' merely as a masked attempt by
the trusts to capture the party.
Well, exclaims, the New York
World (Ind. Dem.), "if Bryan bolts,
the party can well afford to speed him
with the cry, 'Good riddance!' " And
it adds. "The advantage to be
gained in New York New Jersey Con-
neticut, and other doubtful States of
the East and 'Middle West by freeing
the party from any sympathy with
or responsibility for the Bryanism
that is synonymous with Populism,
would off set ten times over any
possible losses in^ the granger or
mining States." The Nashville
American (Dem.) remarks similarly:
Mr. Bryan's bolt will create
•surprise, and it will be
hailed as a relief to the party and as
an ultimately great advantage. His
departure will draw some votes that
have heretofore been cast for the
party, but it will serve to attract
other votes to the party and to add
strength where he has caused weak-
ness. It is not a boast but a simple
statement of fact that Mr. Bryan
must either bolt the Democratic
ticket and platform or recedes from
the position tba ;he has so long, so
insistently, and so consistently main-
tained. We think there is hardly a
doubt that the St. Louis convention
ill mark the termination of even
his professed alliance with the Demo-
cratic party.''
Equal joy at the prospect is felt bv
the New York Times (Ind. Dem.), t,.v.
principal hewspaper supporter of the
Parker boom. It says:
'The Bryan wildness and the
Hearst madness excite only disgust
an! aversion among the democrats in
congress. The South has had its fill
of Bryanism, and it is chiefly in
States where assured Republican
NUMBER 44
HAS IT FOR
LESS.
Th. Democratic Pot Bopnc to Ml. j Fuunj Feature, of the Fair.
1 here can be no doubt but what: Quaint and curious are manv of tha
P0' ' * "«■• "'• <*«* m exhibition at The trorUTa
" • we" a. Pair. Several „i the .tate,
Parker. Thos. E. Barkworth, chair-
man of the Michigan democratic
committee, objects to Hearst on the
ground of his lack of availability.
each other in presenting the oddest
freaks of human conception to ex-
ploit their respective products Some
of these creations provoke a broad
Barksworth is not a Parker man. lie smile not , T Pr°, a UaJ
is a free silver^ if ^ not t0 Sa? heartr '^«hter but
is a free silverite but it is exceeding
ly strange that Barkworth would
object to Hearst. Hearst is a free
silver democrat but, he is not so
strong an advocate of that cause as
Bryan. As we look at it, there can
be no doubt but |the democratic
party is annihilated. It has not is-
sue before the people unless it is
tariff revision or condemnation of
republican scandals. That issue
would not bring them victory. At
least the American people could not
expect anything different from the
democracy. The history of the last
democratic administration is enough
to convince the average voter that
all are useful in showing forth some
leading product of .the state to which
they belong.
California sends several such ex-
hibits. One is a horse made entire-
ly of hops. In size and appearance
this figure looks just like a real horse
and some of the athletic girls who
have seen the animal in the t'alace
of Agriculture have remarked facet-
iously that they like to harne*, "hop-
py" for a drive around the grounds.
"Hoppy" is from Sacremento County,
where hops grow abundantly.
California's exhibit also shows a
startlingly lifelike bl?ck hear,
the so-called democracy is not what reared upon his hauncees as if ready
the people want. Neither do they jt0 huP the visitor. He is made of
want republicanism. But they would ! prunes, of the black variety so popu-
j^e_repub'icanism in preference io lar with boarding-house ladies in oer-
democracy.
What is the trouble with demo-
crats? The question is easily answer-
ed. The cause lies with the "bull-
headed democrats". They want
office and tney are perfectly willing
to go down deep in their pockets for
the money. rIhis faction is so near
like the republicans that it would
puzzle the philosopher to mark the
difference.
The Hearst boom was started four
months ago. It has cost Hearst
$50,000 for delegates in Michigan.
Wellman (Washington correspondent
to the Chicago Record-Herald) says
it costs Hearst $15,000 a day to carry
on his political campaign. What an
enormous sum for the spoils of office!
If Hearst should be defeated in the
convention, what could he say against
the use of money in the republican
party? Hearst is doing the same as
republicans did in 1896.
When the various political fac-
tions of the democratic party assem-
ble in national convention, there will
be troubles. Wall street will prate
their candidate before the conven-
tion, while Bryanites will vigorously
assail him. What one faction ad-
vocates the other will condemn.
Hearst followers will hardly win the
victory. The reorganized element
has taken the opportunity to fight
for their life and when the ballots
dominance has left the Democratic [ afe counted, there will be many sore
party disorganized that Mr. Hearst
has made headway. In the great
States that must be carried if vic-
tory is to be won Bryan is disregard
altogether, and the party has re-
turned to its time-honored principles.
"For these reasons a 'bolt' on the
part of Mr. Bryan would excite no
alarm. A candidate and a platform
acceptable to him would assure to
the Republicans the electoral votes
of all the Eastern States. In parti-
cular would there be no alarm, but on
the contrary sincere rejoicing, if Mr.
Byran should announce his purpose
to support President Roosevelt's
candidacy. 'That would involve an
abandonment of 16 to 1, but he must
jive up the currency issue anyway.
On many other public questions the
two men are not so far apart. The
support of .Mr. Roosevelt would re-
j quire less sacrifice of principle on Mr
Bryan's part probably than the sup
democrats who will be tossed in the
"pot" for "political soup". Then,
Parker will appear with a smile on
his smooth face which means "victory
for reorganizes". After that the
"bolt" will take which will undoub-
tedly be the cause of another defeat
and that, will bury them in the "sea
of oblivion" where political idolaters
and compromisers spend the last days
of their political life.
Hickory.
Arrested For Forgery
Last tveek a suit was brought in
Judge Sharpe's court on a note of $119
purporting to have been given to M.
Grady by D. L. Powell the note hav-
ing come into the possession of Per-j
guson. Powell resisted payment on
the ground that he had not signed i
name appearing on the note and the j
jury after hearing the evidence gave !
judgment for the defendant.
tain cities. His huge mouth is wide
open, and one finds upon close ex-
amination that even his teeth and
tongue are made of prunes of the
lighter shades.
In Utah's exhibit there is a statute
of a beautiful woman in beeswax.
Ibis dainty fetiinle is plump and
solid, no framework being used; she
is wax through and through, and is
a work of art
Louisana furnishes a cotton negro.
This is the only white negro on record.
He has a black face however the
cotton forming his face ibeing dyed
to the proper hue, The figure repre-
sents a typical cotton plantation
darkey. He looks happy and causes
many a smile from the spectators
In the Palace of mines and Metal-
lurgy is an iron man, a statute of
Vulcan, 50 feet tall cast in Birming-
ham Alabama. He is mounted upon
a pedestal of coal and coke, and is the
Goliath of the Exposition.
A statute of the famous Indian
girl, Pocahontas, made of leaf tobac-
represents Virginia in both his-
tory and agriculture.
Kansas has contributed a huge steer
made entirely of corn. Red nnd white
grains of corn give it color. Two
big eagles made of corn husks add to
the Kansas display a touch of Ameri-
can patriotism.
Figures moulded in buttsr are pro-
vided by several of the states ,vith
proper refrigerating accomodations.
There is an ingenious map of Okla-
homa territory made of the various
kinds of woods found in that territory.
Indiana has a clock made entirely of
wood, even to the wheels and main-
spring.
As a feature of Alaska's mineral
exhibit there is an icebox apparent
ly made of gold It is covered with
gold leaf and is designed to repre-
sent the "worthless icebox" as Alaska
was contemptuously called when it
was purchased from Russia for
$7,200,000.
Prof. C H. Meeker and wife will
leave for the Phillippine Islands
June 1st to be gone for two years.
Prof. Meeker passed the civil servi./c
examination and has entered into a
Oklahoma Apples at the World's Fair-
A discovery has been made that
two states in the Union are display-
ing at the World's Fair as products
of their respective states, apples
raised in Oklahoma. The apples
have been traced to an Oklahoma
orchard and proof secured. Should
any attempt be made to give awards
on Oklahoma apples to other states
the proof of where apples were
grown, will be forth coming.
Prof. George Stow came in from
. „ r „ Chickasha with his bride last Mon.
ract to it every voter who protests | day afternoon.
gest.
Instruct for Judge Maxey.
While in Norman last Monday
looking after his political fences,
the democrats in Judge Maxey's
home county, "Pottawatomie" held
their convention to elect delegates
to the congressional convention and
instructed delegates to vote for
Judge Maxey in the congressional
convention.
Dr. R. H. Pendleton left for Sha-w-
port of Judge Parker '-Liteary Di-1 | P^
throflice ;,f ,y
ed Grady who was taken before Judge !Ch°°' ■uPerlnt™a*'t this county
Klinglesmith where he put up a $500 ^ °"e ,term W1fth ™ "edit a"d
cash bond for his appearance at the J'8 SfeI,Bn°"L' °f the m
preliminary to be held Thursday. Mr. jth* Department of the Univer-
- I sity and both will be able to render
the government good service in its
Powell is trustree of Lexingto..
township and Ferguson is a capitalist
of Lexington and we understand is a
brother-in-law of Grady.
Dr. W. F. W ilson of Little Rock,
Arkansas, representative of the Ep-
new island possessions.
Married at the home of Mr. and
Mrs, Abe Foster, Rev, Chism aftlcia-
ting, last Sunday evening Mr. John
worth University of Oklahoma City Q. Campbell to Miss Hattie Thurston.
will llplirpr thp Kocci 1 1 livnn ta I mi. 1 1 3 _ r « • -. «
will deliver the baccalaureate ser- ! The bride is a niece of Mr. and Mrs.
nee last Tuesday morning to attend mon to the Norman High School j Foster and the groom is a student in
the annual meeting of Oklahoma's graduates, at the Opera House next ] the University and a young man with
Dental Association. J Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, j bright prospects in life.
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