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The Peoples Voice
VOLUME 15.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1906.
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In last Sunday's Chicago American
(Hearst's paper) appeared the fol-
lowing as leading editorial and same
wa9 illustrated by a cartoon repre-
senting- trust magnate holding out in
his hands a republican and demo-
crat candidate and saying to Uncle
Sam "choose either I own both."
Doesn't this picture tell the truth
about American politics and Ameri-
can candidates in recent times, fel.
low citizens? Isn't it a fact that
your candidates, Democrat and Re-
publican, have been banded to you
out ot the same box?
Isn't it a fact that last week in
Chicago the same box for Democrats
and Republicans was used?
Don't you find in the United States
Senate the.Trust Republican Aldrich
working with the Trust Democrat
Bailey to help along monopoly?
Don't you find the same trust pow-
er controlling the bosses, the mis-
called "leaders" of both parties?
How many times have the people
of this country gone to the polls to
vote knowing that no matter which
ticket they might vote they would
vote for the trusts inevitably?
Ask yourself how it has been in
your own state, in your own city or
village.
There are exceptions. Occasion-
ally a man of convictions refuses to
be owned and forces recognition in
the face of organized money's oppo
sition.
But how often does tLat happen?
Not often enough to interfere with
the truth of the statement that both
political parties have become trust-
owned parties, and alt of the politic-
al bosses nominating candidates and
herding voters like sheep to the polls
have fed out of the same trust man-
ger.
Let Morgan, Rockefeller, Belmont,
Ryan or Chicago traction or gas
magnate stick his head out of his
office door and whistle—does he know
what kind of a political yellow dog
will come at his call? Does he know
whether the whining answer will be
a Democrat or a Republican boss?
No, and he does not care.
Whichever it may be, he knows
his orders will be obeyed. He pays
both; he owns both.
In the recent past Uncle Sam,when
he came around for men to do bis
work, has fared as in this picture.
He has been told by the trust, "Here
is your choice. My Democrat or my
Republican. You have got to take
one or the other—these or nothing."
But this situation is changing.
There has been a great deal of talk-
ing, a great deal of discussing and a
great deal of thinking in this coun-
try during the past few years.
The farmer, sitting by his fire in
winter, with nearly all the result of
his work in the pockets of the rail-
road trust, or the harvester trust, or
the beef trust, lias been thinking
deeply and preparing a surprise for
the man that keeps the trust shop.
The mechanic, giving his wife
money to pay the bill of the gas
trust, the ice trust, the milk trust,
.Mill
the food trust,has also been thinking.
In the columns of the Hearst news-
papers every Sunday and every day
at least four millions of American
voters have met and exchanged ideas
as a smaller number met and thought
together in the public square at
Athens centuries ago.
Partly servility has been replaced
by independent thought.
The American has made up his
mind to vote for himself as an inde-
pendent man. The keeper of the
trust candidate shop is worried. He
fears that he will no longer be able
to fool the public.
He cannot think of a trust dummy
that the people will accept as a real
man just now. The bosses and the
newspapers that belong to the trusts
are dancing about nervously. Name
atter name they mention of the
trust kind, but they know that the
mere sound of the names is a warn-
ing to public intelligence.
Friends and readers, the day of
better political thinking and action
has come. Independence is the great
power in the land and the great mov-
ing sentiment today.
Encourage it in yourselves and in
others. It has been developed by
you who read this newspaper, and it
gives great promise for the country's
future. It gives great promise for
Chicago's future.
Think, talk and vote as independ-
ent men and no longer as mere count-
ers in the political game played by
trusts and bosses,
CITY DAD'S BUSINESS
Planing a Sewerage System
for Norman.
The City Council, at the last Tues-
day nights meeting, employed Earl
& Co., of Chicago anri Muskogee to
survey, make profile and furnish
plans and specifications and esti-
mates of cost of a sewerage system
and extension of city water works in
Norman. As soon as same is com-
pleted, city dad's intend to plan to
put in a sewerage system.
OFF FOR NEW MEXICO
To Get Homes in the New
Mexico.
A large crowd of home seekers
from this county departed last Tues-
day over the Santa Fe for New
Mexico, where they went to filed on
government land. Those went were:
Wood Lyttle, C. W. Shultz, Marsh
Calvert. W. H. Colerick,W.T. Shultz,
Jess Button, W. C. Givens, L. H.
Mosses, G L. Summers and family,
Fred Goodman, Giles Rowntree and
wife, they expect to be absent about
thirty days.
COTTON WARE-HOUSE
Merchants are Co-operating
with the Farmers
In many of the towns and cities of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory we
notice that tbe merchants are co op
erating with the farmers in the
matter of building ware-houses for
farmers to store their cotton. This
is a matter we believe it might be
well for the Commercial club and
Merchants in Norman to give some
attention to at once. A big cotton
ware-house in Norman would bring the
buik of the cotton grown in this
county to Norman. Let the Norman
people take first steps and they will
find farmers ready to co-operate. We
believe a big cotton ware-house in
Norman will prove almost as benefi-
cial to Norman merchants as another
railroad. Get a ware-house here and
arrange to advance to farmers mon-
ey on cotton stored in ware-house
and you will bring a trade to Norman
thai goes elsewhere to trade now.
AN EDITOR SLUGGED.
W.J.Hess, of Norman,Struck
With Brass Knuckles.
W. J. Hess, of Norman, editor of
the Democrat-Topic, walked into the
office of the Times-Journal at mid-
night with blood streaming down his
face and shirt front. An examination
revealed a scar on his mouth and
nose. One of his front teeth was
knocked out. Mr. Hess said the as-
sault was committed on Grand avenue
by a man whom he believes he knows.
Hess was with a party of friend9 when
the man walked up and slugged him.
He declined to discuss the matter any
further. The affair was reported to
the police department.
The above item appeared in last
Sunday's Times-Journal. Later police
report that one, A. Bailey was the
fellow that decorated face of editor
Later investigation showed
the following to be the case: Hess,
in company with another friend in
Oklahoma city had gone out to Del-
mar Garden last Saturday nigh t to
see the show, and to roam about just
a little, and were just on the point
of returning home when they met
four ladies, all but one married, and
all of excellent standing. They stood
at the tables and talked with the
ladies for a few moments, and then
sat down and partook of some light
refreshments. Soon Mr. Hess'
friend suggested that they go home
which was agreed to, and all went
down town on tbe car, the friend of
Hess securing a transfer and stating
that he would catch the next car
from the corner of Main and Harvey.
An eye—witness on the car says that
one of the ladies said, "No come on
around to the next corner, and we
will find my husband." So they went
on around to the next corner, and
star.ed south at the corner of Grand
Avenue and Bobinson, toward the
place of business of the husbands of
two of the ladies. Hardly had they
started south when a man went
around the un-known friend to Mr.
Hesf, and with one swipe, knocked
Mr. Hess down to the ground. He
had something in his hand, either a
pair of knucks, or a billy that he
struck with, and the damage done to
the face of Mr. Hess was more than
ordinary.
It is supposed that this attack was
provoked on account of Hess having
walked along with one of the lad es
who was a widow, and whom the man
who made the assault, Mr. A1 Bailey,
is very jealous of. One of the women
was heard to say, "That was a dirty,
cowardly trick, A1 Bailey," just as
Hess went down and out.
ft*"A new Champion Sewing Mac-
hine for sale at this office, at a
bargain If taken at oncc.
CORPORATION TOOL
In the June number of Watson's
Magazine Mr. Watson referred to
John Sharp Williams as a "corpora-
tion tool" and in the August number
of his magaMne gives the following
reasons for referring to Williams as
a "corporation tool;''
"The conviction that John Sharp
Williams is a corporation tool has
been forced upon me by his tortuous
conduct while the Railroad Rate bill
was under discussion in the House of
Representatives during the early
part of 1905. Mr. Williams used his
best efforts to kill off the really ef-
fective measure which was then pend-
ing and to tie up the democrats to
the Davey bill, which was ineffective.
The story of Williams' shiftings and
turnings, his tricks and maneuvres
to prevent the passage of a law
which would actually control freight
and passenger rates is too long to be
repeated here, but if you will write
to Hon. Francis E. Shober and Hon.
Henry T. Rainey for copies of the
speeches made by them in the House
Of Reprssentatives, February, 1905,
you will be put in possessession of the
facts as related by Williams' own
colleagues."
It was Gorman, the democrat, who
emasculated the Wilson Tariff bill in
1893 and no* it would seem to be
Williams, the democrat leader in
congress who had butted in to pre-
vent the passage of a freight rate
bill that would actually control freight
and passenger rates. Democrats re-
member this when you hear some
democrat orator denouncing tbe Rate
Bill.
HICO PICNIC
Belt Presided When Collins
spoke others Shut out.
Last Saturday atternoon the Farm-
ers District Union met at Hico School
House with 13 out of the 20 locals re-
presented. About three hours were
spent in discussing matters of in-
terest to the Union, In connection
with the District Union meeting a
picnic was heid and a big crowd at-
tended the picnic. District Organ izer
Collins, of McLoud addressed the
crowd for about two hours in the
forenoon. In the afternoon B. C.
Belt, president of the County Union
talked for about one hour. Some
very nice music by the Hico glee
club was furnished for the occassion.
The crowd was disappointed some in
not being permitted to hear speak,
several parties invited to the picnic
to make short talks. No opportunity
was given anyone to speak save Col-
lins and Belt and as Belt presided
when Collins spoke and Collin* when
Belt spoke it looked very much as
though other speakers were shutout
by a preconcerted plan and a plan
managers of the picnic had nothing
to do with. L. W. Price, ex-presi-
dent of the county Union, did by
main strength and awkwardness, get
the platform and say a few words;
but why Prof. Buchanan who was in-
vited, Ex-Uov. Buchanan, of Ten-
nessee who helped to organize the
farmers alliance, and who if called
upon would no doubt have made a
few remarks, and other parties who
had been invited and were present,
were not given an opportunity to
speak, we can't say definitely; but
we have our idea as to why. The j
nature of B. C. Belts talk and Col-
lin's action made it plain so us. The
farmer's observed the trick. They
are not so slow to catch on as some
people think. They believe in fair
play and anything less don't go with
them. The action of Collin's after
talking for almost two hours, stating
that at close Belts talk, he would
take the platform and talk to the
ladies while the Union met in the
school house to transact its business
was a dead give away. Why did he
not state that Prof. Buchanan or
other invited speakers present would
be given an opportunity to speak .
BIRTHDAY PARTY
NUMBER <>
THE WEST SIDE GIRLS
Entertain Miss Alta Loomis
This Week.
A crowd of the West Side girls
have been having a delightful time
the past week by giving Progressive
House Parties for Miss Alta Loomis
who was married lo Mr. Fred Carder
Wednesday.
Misses Nell and Pearl Goodrich
were the first of the girls to throw
the doors of their home open. A
lovely dinner and supper were served
to Misses Yetta Alden, Leota Win-
tin, Alice Boyd, Adelaide Loomis,
Dot Bell, Alta Loomis and Myrtle
Wilson, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Miss Alice Boyd was hostess Friday
night and the girls were pleased to
visit in such a handsome home.
Misses Alice Boyd and Myrtle Wilson
proved themselves to be tine cooks by
the dinner and breakfast course
served.
Miss Yetta Alden had tbe girls
at her home Monday for dinner and
Miss Dot Bell for the inigest, at
breakfast. Miss Bell planned a kitc-
hen shower for Miss Loomis which
was carried out with great success at
the breakfast table.
Miss Wintin had the young ladies
for dinner and the bride was given a
dainty handkerchief by every girl.
Miss Jennie Hurd was an additional
guest at Miss Wintin's and Miss
Wiley, of Bethal, Maine, was at Miss
Bell's. The girls are all hoping that
another member of the crowd shall
follow Miss Loomis' example as it
was the most delightful week spent
by them in sometime.
The house party came to an end
Wednesday evening by the young
ladies entertaining their gentlema*
friends at Miss Boyd's. A delicious
coursed luncheon was served by Miss-
es Boyd and Wilson. The young men
present were: Inky Campbell, Wal-
lace Kinesley, Byron McCreary, John
Lindsay, Roy Kingkade, Artie Alden,
Tom Matthews and Martin Kingkade
Delightful Reception,
Miss Nina Bessent gave a delight-
ful reception Tuesday afternoon for
her charming friend Miss Lucille
Oive, of Nashville, Tennessee. The
punch bowl was presided over by the
two pretty girls of the younger set
set Misses Bertha Bessent and Ina
| Johnson. The out of town guests
t . i tt l t) ni- were Mis9 Myrtle Wilson of Little
Little Hejen Berry Unarm-! Kock, Arkansas, Miss Julia Jones, of
Athens, Texas, Miss Jennie Buckan-
an, of Tennessee and Miss Leslie
ing Little Hostess.
Little Helen Berry did her first
entertaining last Saturday afternoon
from 4 to 6 o'clock when a number of
tots assembled at the home of her
parents Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Berry to
do her honor in celebrating ber sixth
birlhday. She made a charming lit-
tle hostess and the moments flew
merrily along as the little ones in-
dulged in the jolly games so delight-
ful to innocent childhood. After
playing to their hearts content they
were allowed to visit the dining
room where a delicious lunch was
served.
W. J. Bryan made a big fight to
oust Roger Sullivan as National Com t(je
Alexander, of Alex, I. T.
WEDDING CELEBRATED
Fred Carder of Pauls Valley
and Alta Loomis.
Wednesday at high 12 at the home
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Loomis of this city, Mr. Fred
Carder, Jr., of Pauls Valley, and
Miss Atla Loomis of this city were
j united in marriage by ltev.W.T. Scott
| After the ceremony the happy couple
repaired to the dining room where a
sumptuous wedding feast awaited
mitteeman from Illinois at last Dem-
ocrat National Convention, but fail-
ed and he has renewed the battle
again and in his desperation says, "If
the body is unable to rid itself of the
leadership of men like Sullivan, who
seek to control the party organiza-
tion in order to advance their corpor-
Mr. Carder is a splendid young
man, and is manager of lumber yard
at Pauls Valley for the Carey Lom-
bard Lumber Co.
Mi«s Loomis is one of Norman's
best girls, refined and popular having
lived in this ci'y nearly all her life.
The young couple were the re-
ate interests, it might as well dissolve, cipients of many beautiful presents.
: While I was anxious to give Sullivan J Mr. and Mrs. Carder left on the
| a chance to retire without a fight, it i 1:05 p m. train for Pauls Valley where
! u probably just as well that he re- ; they will go to housekeeping in a
fused for if we must tight to purify
organization the sooner it begins the
better."
Wonder if Mr. Bryan does not real-
ize that if he should succeed in oust-
ing from office all the democrat lead-
ers like Svllivan that there would
not be enough left to call a national
democrat convention. Dissolution is
the only thing that will rid the dem
ocrat party of its Taggarts, Stones,
Hills, Jones and Sullivans
Public Schools Open.
The Norman public schools will
open on Monday, September. 3rd.
home prepared by the bridegroom.
Both have hosts of friends who wish
them a long and happy life together.
CAMP BOUND OVER
To await the Action of the
Grand Jury.
The preliminary trial of M. B.
Camp charged with the killing of
Otto Amerein was held last week term-
inating last Saturday and as a result
Camp was bound over to await tbe
action of Grand Jury.
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