The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 13.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 4 1904
NUMBER 17
was in the private car of the lobby
ists of the Southern railroad.
rj field now that they know he is beaten?
You say that they have not given up
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Campaign Closes.
With this issue of the paper the
campaign of 1!)04 closes. Before an-
other issui; of the paper the American
people will have expressed their will
at the ballot boxes throughout the
country on the issues discussed in the
"uri... ,l i i i , .. | campaign. In many respects this
Why do they keep Parker in the u „ u , , ,,
.,.i . . . ..I bas been one of the most remarkable
campaigns in the history of the
country
SHORT MENTIONS
Taggat is fighting in Indiana, but it
is for his own scalp. New Yorkers
are fighting for New York. All are
It is the first time lhat the
| two old parties have made their
campaign along the same lines and
flffiitii,.*™ it,. = i , . , on practically the same platform,
lighting for themselves, but show me, , , ,
if „ _ „ . . ,. , . ! rhey have both openly surrended to
it jou can, a man who is fighting, . , ,. ,
for Parker ' Street and crawled like sycoph-
ant. yassals in the dust before its
Will be. Watson is Still
The Best
Enthusiastic Audience at Chicago
Auditorium—''Parker Cannot Get the
Election Himself and Will Not Let
Me Have It" — Georgia History—
Campaign Made Without an Agreed
Issue Smash the Trusts with Stand-
ard Oil and Sugar Money!
Mr. Watson's health has improved
steadily throughout the campaign,
and the past week has been the great
days of the campaign. The New
York people say that his speech in
that city at the Grand Central Pal-
ace was one of the three great poli-
tical meetings of that city in their
day. Mr. Watson said: "The great
Cooper Union was in reality a small
affair in comparison." The Fanueil
hall meeting iu Boston and the Audi-
torium meeting in Chicago were
among the greatest meetings of the
year. Nothing in Boston has equal-
led the Fanueil hall meeting.
Watson has built a place for him-
self in the hearts of the northern
people, reirardless of creed or poli-
tics.
At the Auditorium a new line of
argument was given showing the be-
ginning and growth of new parties.
He answered the cry "what shall we
do to be saved'' and prepared the
way for four years fight He laid out
a firm and sure fonndation and then
roaste l Parker to the great delight
of the Democrats present. It was
his best, and the speech will be given
in full in another issue of The News.
The Democrats have complained no
little that Watson has clubbed Park-
er harder than Roosevelt, but Mr.
Watson does not flinch. He persists
in his course and tells the reason why.
Roosevelt is not trying to get my
votes lie said, "the reason I dislike
Parker more, is that he will not whip
Roosevelt and he won't let me do it."
"Three months have passed since
Parker was nominated, but they have
found no issue for his campaign. Ben
Tillman came up from the south and
tried to make the race question an is-
sue, but in South Carolina a black j
man has not been allowed to speak '
above a whisper in ten years.
"Senator Culbertson tried to prove [
that Roosevelt stole Panama, the j
Democrats in the congress voted to j
approve of the steal.
"Then they tried the question of |
imperialism, but it was the Demo !
crats in congress who made it pos- j
sible for imperialism abroad to exist
by ratifying the Paris treaty. Bryan
signed it.
"Finally they decided that the
trusts must be smashed. Judge
Parker is going to smash the trusts.
Who is going to pay for it? The
Standard Oil company and the Have-
meyer sugar trust? Let H. II Rogers
deny if he can that he contributed to
the democratic campaign fund. He
will never do so.
"For two years Parker has been
financed and managed by the Stand-
ard Oil company and the sugar trust
and the Belmout railroad trust. The
first time be came into Georgia he
"No, the 'system' fought to nomi-
nate Parker. When it had done so its
battle was won. No one cared whether
he was elected or not, for both con-
ventions were dominated by the same
influences.
"Elect Roosevelt and the system
stands. Elect Parker and it does not
fall. They say I have been attacking
Bryan. That is not true. I differ
from him and do not believe be can
accomplish reforms within his party.
"Why can he not do anything for
the Democratic party? Because it
has no mind of its own. It has no
community of interests. It has no
unity of purpose. It is torn with dis-
sensions and the members and leaders
of it fight with each other harder
than with the Republicans. On the
prairies the donkeys gather together
when at tacked, get their heads to-
gether, form a circ'e with their heels
out and keep those heels going. The
democratic party donkeys form the
circle, but the heels are inside and
they are kicking themselves to death.
"A real party of opposition must
be built up. Ei'ery great reform in
the history of our country has come
from such a party. It is such a party
that we have now. We may not ac-
complish everything at once, but at
least we will stand by our issues and
if we fall or are taken prisoner it will
be as lighting men and not as de-
serters."
Miss Luella Bailey of Norman, has
accepted a position as book keeper
with the Farmers' National Bank.—
Lexington Leader.
throne begging for an opportunity
| to render service to their recognized
j master. Hon. Thos. E. Watson is
i the only candidate for presidential
honors who like David of old has
walked out fearlessly and boldly into
the open field and challenged this
modern Golijjtth to politic il battle.
He alone it is wuots waging the bat-
tle for the supremacy of man over
the dollar. When the standard of
the Peoples Party was placed in his
hands last July it was not thought
that he would poll a very heavy vote,
but it was believe that under bis
leadership a sufficient number of
men would be drawn to the Peoples
Party standard to form a strong
nuclens around which to rally the re-
form forces for the campaigns of
1906 and 1908; but he has succeeded
in the work better than the most
ardent of his admirers anticipated
and it now looks very favorable for
an army of one and half million men
marching to the polls in November
and casting their ballots for Mr.
Watson. In the territory Hon. H. E
Straughen was placed in the field for
a like purpose as Mr Watson was in
the Nation and the Peoples Party
men throughout the territory should
show their colors by voting for Mr.
Straughen neyer taking a thought as
to the question of his electioii or de-
feat. In Cleveland county Mr.
Straughen should receive not less
than 1000 votes and we hope every
Peoples Party man in the county will
do all in his power to roll up as big a
vote as possible for Mr. Straughen.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS, j
At the polling places will be hung" out cards entitled |
"Instructions to voters" and the voter after reading the '
same will know just about as much how to stamp his bal-
lot as before reading the same. If a voter desires to vote
a straight party ticket let him stamp in the square sur-
rounding the device. To illustrate; If the voter desires to
vote a straight Peoples Party ticket lie should place his
stamp on his ballot inside of the large square surrounding
the picture of a plow on the ballot. If a voter desires to
vote a mixed ticket, or for candidates on different tic'iets
he should place stamp in square surrounding device over
ticket he desires to vote and then place his stamp in small
square to the left of the name of candidate or candidates
on other tickets he desires to vote for. To illustrate: If
voter desires to vote for most of the candidates on the
Peoples Party he should tirst stamp in the square sur-
rounding the plow on his ballot and afterwards stamp in
small square to the left of the names on other tickets he
desires to vote for. Follow the two instructions above
given and you will have no trouble in making out your
ballot as you desire it to be made.
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Some of the Peoples Party
Candidates,
There is a biped in Norman who at
one time failed in business and
settled with his creditors for 00 cents
on the dollar who is going around
circulating a report that John A. Fox
would not be a good man to elect as
county commissioner because at one
time he failed in business. In 1893
John Fox came in from the farm with
a big family and limited means and
with a partner opened up a little
grocery store in West Norman. The
partner was supposed to furnish the
experience. The business did not
run long until John discovered that
it was not a success and that all the
money he had put into it was gone
and more to. What did he do? Smug-
gle all the goods he could out of the
stock, and pay his creditors off
through the bankruptcy court? No.
John sold the stock and it lacked
$400 of meeting his indebtedness.
He gave his creditors his note for $400
bearing 10 per cent interest and since
that time has paid off the note and
interest in full owns a nice home and
property in west Norman worth about
$2000 and now goes about his business
owing no man a dollar and conscious
of having beaten no man out of a
penny justly due him. This he has
accomplished by hard labor,with a big
family to care for, since 189.'!. Are
you afraid to trust such a man as
your county commissioner. John
made a mistake in 189.3 in going into
a business he knew nothing about as
many farmers do on moving to town
He trusted to a partner and went
broke: but he was too honest to allow
his creditors to suffer. Mr. Fox made
one of the hest men who ever served
on the city council in Norman and
is now one of the members of the
city school board.
Qpj Barker has made one of the ven best
I sheriff's who ever served the people
j iu this county and they are not ; >ing
to see him defeated because he made
the the saloon men and gamblers
I ob"y the law. The people iu the
ci inty don't want to see the gamb-
iog halls and slot machines opened
up again.
J. W. Kllnglesmith is running
easily while Stogner and Iteid are
laboring hard, in the race for re-
gister of deeds. Stogner's friends
say th it iteid is rich and doi s not
need the office and Raid's friends say
Stogner is incompetent to fill it.
Kllnglesmith needs the' office and is
competent to till it.
Miss Alemetta Williams hid no
idea of being a candidate for school
superintendent until three weeks ago
when she was r. quested to accept the
place on the ticket made vacant b7
the resignation of Miss Jones. She
has been unable to make any canvas
whatever by reason of her duties in
j the school room and she must depend
j largely upoj her friends and Peoples
Party men throughout the county to
j make her canvass and secure her
election. Miss Williams with her
parents located in Lexington at the
opening ot Oklahoma. She graduat-
ed from the Lexington schools and
entered the school room as a teacher
when 16 years of age and for six j
years she has wielded the birch and j
taught the young idea how to shoot j
and at the present time is teacher of j
the 8th grade in the Lexington public |
schools and recognized as one of the |
best school teachers in the county j
having reached a front rank in her I
chosen profession. The voters in!
this county will make no mistake
should they entrust her witli the
ofiice of county school superintend-
ent.
J here is a number of democrats in
Oklahoma who are disguising them-
selves as Populists for the purpose of
try'"?? to influence Populists to vote
for Mathews. Even Jesse Du n who
is chairman of the democratic cam-
paijjn committee says/'We Popu ista
are going to do so and so."
Farmer Stow i* picking cotton and
the cotton pickers will pick his name
out on the ballot next Tuesday.
They remember how he served them
as county treasurer and they will call
him to serve them again in this ofiice
next Tuesday.
A. Hutchinis showing A. Nicode-
mus and C. L. Botsford a merry chase
for the ofiice of county attorney and
when the dust clears from the race
track next Tuesday it will be dis-
covered that Mr. Hutchin has won
by several laps.
In A V. Hulse, Joe Witter and Jno.
A. Fox the Peoples Party presents
to this county excellent men for
county commissioners and should
they be elected the county's business
will be in safe hands for the next
two years.
Bear this in mind next Tuesday
when you go into the booth to stamp
your ballot, "That no Peoples Party
candidate in this county was ever
elected who did not make you a good
county official."
You can't vote for Watson in Okla-
homa: but you can vote for Straugh-
en and such a vote will be counted as
favorable to Watson and against
such Wall street toadies as Roose-
velt and Parker.
Let your stamp fall on the plow on
your ballot next Tuesday,
They Lost Their Clothing at St Louis.
The great party of 0,500,000 voters
sent their leaders to St. Louis with-
out any instructions to surrender to
Wall Street. That surrender creat-
ed a profounded discontent which will
not down. Mr. Bryan himself cannot
make that little pill palatable to the
Bryanites. The sellout was too
brazen, too sudden, too complete.
Nobodv suspected an earthquake like
that. The ground opened, and down
into the yawning chasm fell all the
principle of the democratic party.
These leaders went to St. Louis
clothed from head to heel in good
•Teffersonian democracy. When Dave
In the County Clerk's race we hear j Pat McCarren and August Bel-
very little said. Last Monday the | IDOnt finished their work, the deino-
ihe road cratic bosses were so nearly under
Bryan A Prophet-
The Parker people are boasting
mildly but the New York Hp.rald
cauie out Tuesla\ with a doubl • lead-
editor in driving along
noticed a man dragging a cotton j that, had it b;en a personal matter
sack wearing leather ktiee pads and i father than political, they could have
who should it be but Jas. A. Manasco j been indicted fur "a notorious act of
Peoples Party candidate for county i public Indecency. Able statesmen
clerk. We ask him if this was the j bad undressed themselves in public,
way he was making his canvass for And ,low they are furiously angry
county clerk and he assured us that with me because 1 am renewing the
it was. He said that he had a big i struggle which they abandoned,
cotton crop to take care of and on .'i'hey resent the fact that some one
Iged 31 yrs. son of account of the scarcity of cotton else should try to do that which they
pickers could not save his crop and ! were not willing to try to do_
Walter
Committed Suicide
Last Tuesday mornin
M. Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wheeler
Thos. E Wats' n.
Bryan is expected to be with the
he election.
ed leader throwing up the sponge j of this city, committed suicide ' make a canvass of the county at the
This paper has supported Parker lathis Dome 10 miles northeast j satDe t'me" "e sa'd l',at be would
from the first but admits Roosevelt's ; of Norman and funeral was held ' have Hkt'd ,ve.ry muciJ t0 ,made, refor,n fore" af
election is a foregone conclusion. I frnm th_ rpsif1„n nf Ma a canva8S of the county and he hoPed I
The Hearst papers follow with the 1 ■ residence °t Ills father his friends, under the circumstances, If you wani to strengthen Bryan
reasons therefore-Democratic issues in Norman last Thursday after- would pardon him for not doing so. democracy vi - for H. E. Straughen.
have been didged, they say, and the
story is so plainly told it would
seem the last days of the campaign
will be a wild stampede. So many
Gold Democrats will yote for Roose-
velt, so many Bryan Democrats for
Watson with no Republicans going to
the Democracy, Bryans prophecy of
a campaign commencing with a foot
race and ending with a rout seems al-
ready at hand.
noon. He was a married man Mr Manasco is a throughly compet-j
and no cause is known for his ent man for the office of county clerk
rash act of self destruction. He
H. E. Straughen is more in line
and his farmer friends should not I with Bryan democrats than Math-
! forget him when they go to make out ews.
tirst shot himself afterward cut-; their ballots next Tuesday.
ting his own throat.
From ail indication the People's
The saloons in the county are very party is growing fast in New York,
The Parker
to do than
Quite a goodly number of Oklahoma | anxious to defeat Mr. Barker; but intiiana and Illinois.
City people were in this vicinity on ! happily the saloonist and gamblers
... ,i , ... . . democrats have more
the Canadian river gathering walnuts arc about all the men in the county >
last Sunday, among the party were who want to see Mr. Barker defeated, 'bey can do to head off atson s
Mr. and Mrs. Ed liix p. ft is universally conceded that Mr. campaign logic.
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