The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26. *907.
NUMBER 41
CONSTITUTION FRAMED New Superintendent.
But not Public Property of
the Territory,
The Constitution has been framed
so they say; and turned over to the
keeping of President Murray until
August 5th, Everybody expected
that when the document was com-
pleted it would be turned over to the
Territorial Secretary and become
the public property of the territory
and where everyone could see it and
become familiar with its contents
and where the enabling act provid-
ed tbat it should be filed. It is still
the private property o£ the conven-
tion, and until it becomes the public
property of i he people of the state,
it is not quite cl'-ar to a "corn-field
lawyer" how the people of the state
can do anything with it. To have
turned it over to the Territorial
Secretary would have terminated the
jobs of conventional delegates and
made any future changes in it im-
possible. As it now stands the con-
stitutional delegates, may or may
not have completed their labors in
framing a constitution. In fact they
might be called together and frame
an entirely new document. In fact
it might be possible for constitution-
al delegates to meet in Guthrie and
sign up and file with Territorial Sec-
retary an entirely different constitu-
tion than one now in the hands of
President Murray and the people be
called upon to vote on August Gth
for or against a constitution they did
not know a single provision that
might be \n it. We hear some demo
crats asserting, "that it is the best
state constitution ever framed." If
such assertion be true don't you
think it strange that authors should
vote to retain it as property of the
convention and entrust its keeping
to President Murray, instead of giv-
ing it to the people as a public docu
ment to be dealt with by the people.
Truly the last act of theconstitution-
al convention brands constitution as
framed as a document delegates
themselves are afraid io submit to
the people. Delegates themselves
seem to be in doubt of constitution-
ality of document they have framed
and that if filed with the Territorial
Secretary at this time its defects
would be shown up so as to render its
submission to the people unnecessary.
By retaining possession of it, should
defects appear, constitution dele-
gates might be called togather again
and defects corrected. Tne above
action of the convention forcibly
•brings to our mind a remark we
heard a democrat make in Norman a
few (iays ago. Tin said: "In the first
place, those squirrel beaded
The Board of Education of Nor-
man, have employed Prof. S. M. Bar
re't, of Lawton, as superintendent
of Public School in Norman for the
ensuing >ear. Superintendent Har-
die, who has given so excellent satis
faction for the paat five vears se-
cured a claim in the new country and
wanted to spend a year in improving
it and taking a rest. Prof. Barrett
entered the race for the nomination
as Democratic candidate for State
Superintendent and chances were
good for his nomination, when he
withdrew from the contest. He
comes with the very best of recom
mendations and doubtless will make
a suitable successor to Prof. Hardie.
MAYOR MILLAR
crat delegates did not have sense
enough to frame a state constitution
and in the second place did not have
honesty enough to confess it."
May Festival,
An exceptionally line and interest
ing musical program has been ar-
ranged for the first night of the May
Festival, April 30th. A chorus of
singers, accompaned by the universi-
ty orchestra composed of twenty
players, under the leadership of Mr.
Holmberg will render the cantata
"Stabat Mater" by Rossini. This
work is one of the most popular of
the short sacred cantatas and is sung
annually by nearly all the leading
choral societies at their festivals.
Another attractive feature of the
program will be the playing of the
university orchestra. This organi-
eation has established an enviable
reputation by its public work and the
selections it will play at this concert
will be of the best of modern and
popular music. Additional features
will be the songs of the University
Glee Club and Ladie's Quartette,
violin duet and a one act comedy
sketch.
On the second evening of the May
Festival, Friday May 3, the four act
drama, "The Lion and the Mouse"
will be presented by pupils of the
department of expression assisted by
local talent. The popularity of this
American play is evident from the
fact that its OOOih consecutive per-
formance was recently celebrated at
the Lyceum theatre in New York
City. The play deals '•in vigorous
fashion with one of the most discuss-
ed problems of the day-that of the
power exercised by wealth in Ameri-
can politics. In the language of an
impartial critic, it is not only one of
the greatest American plays but also
one of the best plays written in any
demo-1 language.
Calls
A Special
Election.
City
The Back of Your Coat
It's a part you don't see yourself; but everyone else DOES.
Ninety per cent, of all coats have this serious defect, and there
is practically no way of fixing it. Even Dr. Goose, the flat-
iron, can t do it. Don t buy a coat with that wrinkle under the
collar. Look for it and AVOID it. Our Sincerity Coats are
tailored correctly and you will not find any of these signs of
poor work such as show In most clothes, or such as Dr.
Goose is pointing out in the picture.
Frank Ephraim,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter, Shoer and Mens Outfitter.
Norman, * - - Oklahoma.
The Norman City Council has aut-
horized the City Mayor to call
special city election on May 7th for
the purpose of voting upon the is-
suance of bonds not to exceed $27,500,
to extend city water works and also
to issue bonds not to exceed $45,000
to construct a sewerage system
to favor the granting of a franchise
to out side parties to put in a sewer
age system, the city of Norman to
reserve the right to purchase said
sewerage system at any time and at a
price to be agreed upon by arbitra-
tion.
Duty Of The Press.
"It is the duty of the press to
always fight for progress and
reform; never tolerate injustice
or corruption; always fight
demagogues of all parties; never
belong to any party; always op-
pose privileged classes and pub
lie plunder; never lack sympa
thy with the poor; always re-
main devoted to the public wel-
fare; never be satisfied with
merely printing news; always
be drastically independent;
never be afraid to attack wrong,
whether by predatory plutocra-
cy or by predatory poverty. "
The above is the message Mr.
Pulitzer, of the New York
World, sent to managers of his
papers in New York City, a
short time ago. It contains good
advice to publishers of newspa-
pers. The reading public is de-
manding more and more each
succeeding year that the press
cease to be the partisan mouth
piece of some political organi-
zation and furnish the news and
give the facts regardless of ef-
fect same may have upon any
political organization. A few
years ago an "Independent
Press" was almost unknown in
this country; but today the In-
dependent press is waxing
strong and becoming popular
with the masses. The people
have been seized with a desire
to do a little thinking for them-
selves and be permitted to ex-
ercise their own judgment and
they want the press to give them
the facts and they have learned
that a partisan run press, is
about as unreliable as an old
party politician. To make mony
by sacrificing principle, is as re-
pugnant in the press, as in the
individual and much more injur-
ious to society. A free press is
not or should not be,a truckling
press apologizing for and de-
fending political graft and
corruption because to expose
the same would be injurious to
the party. There is even, a
greater need today, that the
press get out out of partisan
ruts than for individuals to
shake off their partisan shackles
for the reason that if former
gets out it will pull the individ-
uals out. The press is largely
responsible for the partisan
slavery of the individual exist-
ing in this country. The policies
of national parties have very
little to do in determining the
voters choice. It is the label
the party carries that is all
powerful. In the last national
election Parker receved more
votes because of the label on
ticket, than because cf policies
he advocated. Label any policy
democratic or republican and
fully three fourths of the demo-
crats and republicans will ac-
Mystery, No Mystery,
"From now on power which has al-
ways followed land shall follow mon-
ey," said Dean Swift, when the sys-
tem of borrowing money and issueing
bonds on the public was inaugurated
by governments in the days of Queen
Ann. Then usury began to co operate
with rent to draw from labor more
and more of its products and bestow
it upon the few. Result—such enor-
mous incomes to the few as to enable
them to create still more monopolies
against the masses.
Anciently, in old Rome and else-
where, land monopoly and slavery
were the sources of such infinite in-
comes for the few. But slavery had
gradually been abolished.
That some wise men can see no way
out of the difficulty is only one in-
stance more of our stupidity—of that
stupidity which De Quincy said it re-
quired "a thousand years to develop
a joint stool into a chair"
A few very simple preventives
would make such terrible inequalities,
as we see in our modern societies,
impossible. All would not be equal
in wealth because all of us would not
desire to be so. Happily we are en-
dowed with different capacities and
tastes. In two or three Swiss Can-
tons a very dense population has
lived for five hundred years in great
happiness and equality, though sur
rounded by dangerous neighbors.
This was done by limiting the num-
ber of acres to each family and com-
pelling each to own a sufficient home-
stead and providing abundance of
cheap money and guarding the weak-
minded from impositions. And
thus in a population of some 400 per
square mile as much happiness has
been enjoyed as could be expected in
this world of change and death.
Among all these crowded populations
not one pauper can be found, and
each family has such a home as our
western people would deem palatial.
All iaws are mude by the people and
all the people vote.
[N. B.—They seem never to have
had the everlasting making and un-
making of law that we have enjoyed.]
Missouri World.
determines and the two old
parties, by their legislation have
proven that they are "plutocrat-
ic" and the men who support
either under a belief that
they are supporting democratic
or republican policies as ex-
pounded by the founders of the
respectives parties, are easily
hood winked or desirous of be-
ing hood winked. The senate
of the United States is fast be-
coming a millionair's club and
congress is becoming the forum
for corporation lawyers and
representatives of corporations
to serve corporate interests in
a legislative capacity. In Okla-
homa the plain Jeffersonian
Jackson democrats (they style
themselves as such) are
boosting for the United
States senate, congress and
and the state officers—million-
aire bankers and corporation
awyers in preference to the
plain yeomanry and the demo-
cratic press (styles itself as
such) is feathering its nest,
while prostituting and crucify-
ing democracy no a "cross of
gold" and attempting to coerce
the honest yeomanry of the new
state into sending millionaire
bankers and corporation law-
yers to the United States senate
and congress to assist in making
more laws in favor of corpora-
tions. Oh! democracy what
heinous crimes are committed
and attempted to be committed
in thy name. In Oklahoma we
trust that it will only be an at-
tempt. We hope to see the plain
yeomanry of the state arise in
its majesty and strength and as-
sert itself and put an end at the
very begining
We have arranged with several of the *
£ best butter makers in Cleveland County j
* to take all they make at prices that will 2
f justify them in keeping the quality of J
£ their butter uniform and STRICTLY 3
* FIRST CLASS. We take the liberty of 4
* giving you the names of some of our best £
4 butter makers herewith:
J Mesdames George Smith, D. W. Burke, £
a Stephenson, Mrs. Stowe and DeVolk. J
> Messrs. R. E. Leach, Dixon, English, Ja- *
? cobs and Tullis. J
a We have added to our fixtures a McCray t
* Refrigerator to enable us to handle butter S
^ in a STRICTLY SANITARY manner. J
* ll you are not already getting your sup- £
* ply of butter regularly from us we would S
\ like to supply you. #
i Cheese. {
t We have been adding to our line of ^
5 Cheese with a view to having a COM- 5
£ PLETE CHEESE DEPARTMENT. We $
t are handling at present Crawford's full £
X Cream Cheese, made in Crawford County, £
* Pennsylvania. Bumam's Wisconsin #
€ Cheese, full cream, but milder than the £
X Crawford's. Norton's Pine Apple Cheese £
£ made from cream, Maclaren's Imperial #
0 and Edam. a
You'll always Find That $
S " IF IT'S GOOD TO EAT " J
* You'll find It at #
\ BROCKETT'S. j
TWO CHARTERS FOR
Oil Mills Taken Out By Nor-
man People.
Union Cotton Oil Company, of
Prague, Oklahoma, directors J G.
Lindsay, G. B. Ambrister, W. E Am-
brister, Delia Kidd, George JepseD,
of Norman, capital $50,000.
Prague Cotton Oil Company, of
Prague, directors, H. C. Champlin,
Chicago, J. H. Mosier, Norman, Wm.
Morgan, W. N. Hays, Norman, J. W.
DuPee, Wynnewood, Capital $40,000.
Police Court News,
John Walker paid $5.00 and costs
for being drunk in Norman and W.
1. Halland and Nule Crawford con-
tributed $5 00 each and costs for en-
gaging in the manly art in Norman,
and Cal Hackett paid $5 00 and costs
for a jag and disturbing the peace.
Death of Prominent Farmer.
J. F. Wilkerson, a well Know farm-
er living near Denver, at his home
I'uesday of heart failure. He was 54
years of age and resided in this coun-
ty for a number of year. He leaves
a wife and five children to mourn his
loss. Interment at the Denver ceme-
tery Wednesday under the auspices
of the Odd Fellows and Masonic
lodges of this city.
A Cattleman Fined.
E. J. Phillips, of this county and
who conducts a slaughter house in
Oklahoma City, was Tuesday fined
$100 and costs in the probate court,
in Oklahoma City, on complaint of
the territory, for moving southern
cattle on the public highway, the
offense being committed after the
cattle reached that city. Mr. Phil-
lips pleaded guilty to the complaint.
J. P. Haun, of Noble, transacted
business in Norman last Wednesday.
„Wl ac. , „ ... to the corpora -
cept it as such. The label does tion vultures, that have been
eye
not determing the contents of a
can—Armour's embalmed beef
we have no doubt, was labeled
prime beef—neither does the
label "Democratic"or "Repub-
lican" determine that party or
individual, is either democratic
or republican in fact. It is what
the party or indivual does that
watching with eagle eye, for
years for the opportunity, to
swoop down upon this new state
and sink their beak and talons
deep into its very vitals.
If the comet warmed things up last
month as it was said, it is to be
hoped it will switch Its tail around
again this way.
MAY FESTIVAL
Tuesday Night, April 30th, at 8:30 o'clock.
GRAND CONCERT
The program will include the following.' "Stabat Mater"
by Rossini, mixed chorus accompanied by orchestra; "Vaise
Concert" by Blake and "Good bye Sweet Day" by Vannan,
ladies quartette; violin duet, "Spanish Dance" by Sarasate;
Nancy Lee" by Adams and "Hark, the Trumpet" by Buct,
male sextette; "Wizard of Oz" by Luders, "Caprice" by Kon-
tski, "Maritana Overture'' by Wallace, and "Carmen" by
Bizet, university orchestra; "A Tip on the Derby," one act
comedy sketch, etc. Reserved Seat, 35 Cents.
Seats on sale, Monday, April 29th.
♦
Friday Night, May 3rd, at 8:30 o'clock
THE FOUK ACT DRAMA
"The Lion and the Mouse
The cast Includes the following: Mary L. Guelich, Eva
Blake, Ethyl Noyes, Maude Ambrister, Dwade Noyes, Hattie
Koepke, Nina Davis, Chester Dutton, Clare Fisher, Tom Car-
ey, Courtland Peuquay, Clarence Storm, Lucille Ferguson,
Raymond Williams. Reserved seat 35 cents.
Seats may be reserved, Thursday. May 2nd.
()1'UKA HOUSE.
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1907, newspaper, April 26, 1907; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118085/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.