Oklahoma Leader (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 9, 1922 Page: 2 of 6
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:\\GE TWO -
KLAHOMA LEADER
TO PROSECUTE
(Continued from Pa* On )
lahoma City, at which a platform
vt adopted and Mr. Fields endorsed
for governor. At the convention Mr.
FltMa made a speech In which he
t'efined tha Shawnee platform of 1922
as"a "Russianized conception of the
democratic standard." Ho further
stated that "democrats ara more nu-
mcrous here than rapubllenna and
sinee Oklahoma became a state, offi-
cers and members of the legislature,
electod on the democratic ticket,
have been in virtually unrestrained
control. '
Harreld tpplauri*.
"Starting with soma measure of
the high purpose of those who voted
the democratic state ticket when
statehood was achieved. Individuals
in atlee have Increasingly displayed
that irresponsibility which always
goes with brutal majorities." Mr.
Fields here admits that those who
voted the democratic ticket when
statehood was achieved did so *lth
high purpose. Fields further stated
in this speech: "Unfortunately eco-
nomic and climatic condition* have
brought disaster upon many of our
people and many of them ar* ready
to listen to the candidate who cheer-
fnStj and fireaponslbly promises re-
lief. Our opposition has such a can-
didate and he ts surrounded by men.
trained in the school of radical so-
cialism, who are adepts in tho art
of arraying class against class and
of turning distrust and discontent to
potttlral advantage."
When Mr. Fields made this state-
ment. he was applauded by Senator
J. W. ITarreld. who sat directly bark
nf hint on the platform, and when
Scaator Harreld made his speech, he
reiterated this statement of Fields.
Mr. Fields then stated that. "If elect-
ed he would gtre to this state four
years of 'coalition administration.'
and that ft will be a different coall-
i from that already accomplished
by tha opposition that It will l e a
coalition of republicans and demo-
crats who believe In orderly and <-on-
eMtutlonal government and the pres-
ervation of American Institutions,
aualnst 'Russlanlied Influence'."
When Mr. Fields made this state-
ment. Senator Harreld again clapped
his hands and said "Amen." While
Harreld was clapping his hands,
humorists In the gallery whispered,
"who was It elected Harreld to con-
gress and then elected him to tho
tatted States senate?"
Regarding the State CwnMitntlon.
At the convention a platform was
adopted the first two paragraphs of
which read as follows:
"The lr,auea of this campaign are
i '>t national. They have to do tn-
tlitly with our own domestic affairs
of government. Tho people of Okla-
homa must now choose between our
established system of government
iiixi sociallt m.
"They must make their choice be-
tween maintaining the form of gov-
ernment under which America has
become the greatest nation In (ha
world, and submitting to tha rapli
encroachment of the kind of govern-
ment that plunged Russia into chaos
find bankrupted North Dakota."
The platform further opposes "nil
attempts to put the state Into busi-
ness," and also opposes the establish-
ment by tha ufate of warehouses and
elevators and cement mills for the
relief of the farmer against oppres-
sive monopolists.
• • 9 m
I now call your attention to Nos.
1. 4. and 14 of the legislative de-
mands of the Farmer-Labor program
Of l!K>fl, which read as follows.
1. The initiative and referendum,
with the right of recall as adopted
and applied in the state of Oregon.
4. That the state may engage in
any Industry or enterprise.
14. We demand a liberal horao-
stead and exemption law.
Kfw Program Less Radical.
There Is nothing In tho Shawnee
platform of 1922 as radical as these
demands in the Shawnee platform of
1906.
As far as changes in the form of
government are concerned, the Shaw-
nee program of 1922 la mild aa com-
pared to the Shawnee program adopt-
ed before the constitutional conven-
tion. The initiative and referendum
as demanded by the Fanner-Labor
conference at Shawnee In 1906 and
written Into the constitution was
more antagonistic to a representative
form of government than anything
or everything put forth at Shawnee
ta 1922. W'ho today, would vote to
expunge this measure of the conatl-
tutlon?
Now, because of my position cn
the Shawnee platform. Fields and his
platform charges I am "Russianiz-
ing democratic standards," that "the
people must now choose between our
established system of government
and socialism,— that they must make
their choice between maintaining the
form of government under which
America has become the greatest na-
tion in tho world, and submitting to
the rapid encroachment of the kind
r f government that plunged Russia
into chaos and bankrupted North
Dakota."
"Coalition Government/'
Mr. Fields then adds: "If elected,
will give this state four years of
.-oalitlou government—that Is, it will
)c a coalition of republicans and
democrats w ho believe In orderly and
institutional government, and the
preservation of American institutions
Hfainst 'Russianized influence ."
In order to get democrats into bis
.'oalltion government, he compli
uents the democratic voters when
ttatehood was achieved with a high
purpose. I wish at this time to com-
pliment the republican voters when
Uatehood was achieved with a high
Purpose. What did the democratic
ind republican voters do whe* state-
<ood was achieved? They voted lor
ion who stood on the Shawnee
fnrmer-Lnbor platform In 1906—\
datform more radical than tbe
'armer-Labor platform of 1922. Kane
(as a candidate in an agricultural
istrlct where the republican major-
fy waa approximately one thousand
-yet he was elected by republican
nrmers because he stood on the
Pawnee platform of 1906.
The conutitutional convention con-
isted of 112 members. 100 of whom
were democrats. Why were 100
democrats elected to the constitu-
tional convention? Why? Because
the 100 signed on the line where
Kane slgnod, and their opponents re-
fused. It was a coalition, Mr. Melds,
it was a coalition. It was a coali-
tion between democrats with a high
purpose and republicans with a lilsh
purpose.
And th 'se men who were elected
as .Mr. Fields admits, by voters with
a high purpose, wrote Into the con-
stitution a scctlon which reads as
follows:
llitl or Rights.
" trtk'le 2, SeelIoii «1I. (Bill of
Ittffbts)—The right of the slate
to engage lit any occupation or
business for public purposes
shall not be denied or prohibited,
except I hat the state sliall not
engage m agriculture for any
other than educational and
scientific purposes, and lor the
np|>ort or Its penal, charitable
and educational institutions.**
Mr. Fields advertises In the Okla-
boamn and the state that he stands
on the Bill of Rights. Section 31 Is
the thirty-first section of the BUI of
RlKbts. Do you stand on Section
31. Mr. Fields?
Mr. Fields says that; "If elocted,
he would gtva to this state four years
of coalition administration, a coali-
tion of rapubllcana and democrat*
who believe In orderly and constitu-
tional government and the preserva-
tion of American Institutions against
'IlusslanUed Influence.'"
If you heliew In constitutional
HlimWti Mr. Helds, i u o r-
titinIy must have some respect
for Section 81 of the Hill of
Rights upon which joii are so
proud t stand that joy adver-
tise the faet advertising, Mr. |
Helds is sn expensive luxnry.
It costs tfMHMMl a paj In your
Farm Journal, and Indirectly
the farmers pay the bill. It is
an historic fact, Mr. Fields, that
section 31 wus not borrowed
from Soviet Russia. In IDOfl, the
csar reigned In Knssla, Mr.
Fields.
Who were the one hundred who
signed where Kane signed? Wo will
name the Judges first:
Robert U Williams, member of the
constitutional convention, ex-chlef
Justice, ex-governor, and the present
United States judge for the eastern
district of Oklahoma.
Samuel W. Hayes, er-chlef Justice
and member of the constitutional
convention.
John B. Harrison, the present chief
Justice and member constitutional
convention.
Jesfe J. Dunn, ex-chlef justice.
Thoa. H. Doyle, presiding Judge,
criminal court of appeals.
Others who signed the Farmer-
Labor program and demands of 1906
were:
Win. H. Murray, ( has. N. Haskell,
Ben F. Harrison. J. S. Buchunan.
and many more still prominent citi-
zens of our state.
Asks a Mnor. '
It was the platform upon which
the legislature, atate offices, con-
gressmen and Unltod States senators
were elected after the constitution
was adopted. Tho Dally Oklahoman,
speaking of Judge Kane, in the pres-
entation says: "He merely followed
the Instructions given him by the J
people through tho platform adopted
by the state committee, (tho platform
was an argument In behalf of the in-
itiative and referendum), and the
legislative demands of the Farmers'
union, Federation of l^bor. and rail-
way organizations,"—and I might
say here, that Harrison, Kane and
Doyle were re-endorsed by the farm-
ers and laborers because they were
true to tho cause of humanity.
Now if I nm attempting to "Rus-
sianize" tho government, and over-
turn American Institutions, all the
above-named gentlemen, and the
tens of thousands of voters, demo-
crats and republicans, who voted
for them with a high purpose, pre-
ceded me on the Job.
I never asked for quarter In a fight,
but I must do so now. I must ab-
jectly ask a favor of Mr. Helds, nud
and stockholder in the leadinc "Dan"
bank. I own no stock in any bank,
and am in no way connected with
any bank. Fields' campaign is now
being financed by the "Dan" gang,
and he Is lighting for his gang In
order to get control for his gang of
the money of the state.
I laid down the muiii Issue In
my opening address to the farm,
era of the stale, in which I set
forth sixteen facts. I do not pro-
pone lo allow Mr Fields and bi«
JAIL INMATES
GET MORE FOOD
TI
nug I sniiru III* fr«n Wa()e cuts Authorized by
the looting of fiirmers. -J , , •
1 Board Placed Workers in
Desperate Plight.
The first section of the Shaw
iiee platform calls for action
ugainst bank looter-, a.id I stand
oil that plank.
Mr. Fields will discuss nothing
but the looting of banks. I wish
to discuss ulsti the looting of
farmers hy the hanks. This Issue
Mr. PteMa Mftu Why! lie.
cause Mr. Fields is the candidate
for governor of one of the bank
gangs- the *l nn" gang—Hint is
looting the farmers.
Hanks With Fields.
For yeara they have relied on
Fields to hand out the soporific dopi
through his farm Journal to keep the
farmer quiet and contented, while
they picked hia pockets. If a pro-
gressive farmer asked for space in
bis paper, to advise the farmers to
organize and protect themselves, Mr.
CHICAGO. Sept. 9.--The inmate of
| the county jail in Chicago will get
four-flfths more food than the aver-
age married track4 laborer for the
railroads throughout the (fulled
States, under the labor board's de-
cision. To feed the jail prisoner, f
Chicago spends 43 cents u day: the |
track laboror Is allowed 25.3 cents, I
so writes Oscar Hewitt in The Tri-
bune today.
This Is the view presented by the }
union strikers and the United States |
department of labor thinks It de- j
serves publication, and so prlntod It
and shipped It to Chicago yesterday. I
The railroad labor board fixed the.
price per hour for track laborers so
that tho average was figured at 32.7 i
Fields would reply: "5600.00 a ipge cents nnd the minimum at 23 cents,
plense." • This means a minimum yearly wage
Every banker in Oklahoma City,
with possibly one or two exceptions,
and every bank and corporation law-
yer In Oklahoma City, Is fighting me
and have fought me for six years.
This Is the gang John Fields belongs
to. and he has fought me and now
fights me because I will not be
bossed by his gang.
Fields' ganp in Oklahoma City, fa
organized, and they are now extend-
ing their organization to all towns
aud cities In the state. Fields' pic-
ture is going up in all bsnks. and tho
"bank cappers" and street talkers nre
again taking the field against me.
Fields says to the farmers: "Stick to
the banks." I say to the farmers:
"Stick together, make an alliance
with labor, and have some power In
state and national government."
\ octlon II ridge ill Politic*.
Field:* and his gang, in the, parlors
of the Sklrvtn hotel, are orKanizlng
the parasite and auction-bridge wom-
en of Oklahoma City Into clubs to
fight me. Why? Because I stand for
the working woman, in the city; and
the woman in tho country who drags
a fourteen foot cotton Back with a
rope around her waist. These are
the people that are supporting me,
and Fields calls them "hl-jackerr."
Fields. •
of $563.04 aud an average wage of
1800.50, If the track laborers work 1
full time, which does not always
happen.
Assuming that full time will be
worked, the department ol labor's re- ,
cltal says: "The average rate estab
Usbed for track laborers will mean |
possible monthly earnings of $66.71.
Apportioning this Income, using the
relntive weights of the United States
bureau of labor statistic*, the labor
group fon the railway labor board* j
found that th" allo*anct for tha va
rlous Items of the family budget
would be as follows:
Amt. per |
Weight, mo.
. . 38.2 $23.48
16.6
13.4
5.1
21.4
11.07
8.91
3.34
3.40
14.48
Item-
Food
Clothing
Housing
Fuel and light
Furniture, etc
Miscellaneous
Totals 100.0 $66.71
Quoting the labor group, the do- .
partment of labor continues: "In aj
family of five this will mean an a\ •
erago possible expenditure per per-
son for clothing of $2.21 per month, i
It will be clear to any one that there I
are few places where decent bout:- I
Ing can be had for $8 ! 4 per month, j
by subterranean m.lM. U.TuV *3 54 win tartij com mo,e>
through his gang, is opposing tho
soldiers' bonus bill and hopes to de-
feat IL Why? He says he is friendly
to the soldiers, and O! so generous,
he hands them out nothing but reso-
lutions aud promises.
"Rally,, farmers; rally, laborers;
rally, ex-private service men!" THIS
IS TI IK ISSUE:
IV hero tlie Money lines.
To the farmer from the labor-
er's dollar $ .35
To the laborer from the farm-
er's dollar 38 I al
To other busters* out of both Memuei
dollars 1.2! ^
hero It should <*. , TV"° *''' V.
To tho farmer from the laborer's tfJL. r«
dollar $ .80 Gtr1, 6 y0ftrs
To tho laborer from the farmer's
dollar 80
To other business oat of both
dollars 40
than gas nnd electricity, with no al
lowance for winter fuel.
Utile, for Food.
"But the most) significant fact Is |
the insufficiency of the allowance for ;
food. A monthly expenditure of ;
$25.48 means 84.0 cents per day. As-
suming that the family Is normal j
equivalent to 3.35 adult males, this :
will mean the following allowances j
per day for the feeding of each mem
ber of the family:
EqUkiv
POET AND WIFE
ARE RECONCILED
CHICAGO, Sept. 0. Love for eaeh
other and their children, which has
survived the test of three yearn' sep-
aration, of suits for separate main-
tenance, and for divorce, is credited
with bringing about the reported
reconciliation of Edgar Lee Masters,
'ta^°r J attorney-poet and author of the
Spoon River Anthology, and Mrs.
Boy, 2 yeara
aieot
.. i on
. .no
cts. for
food.
26.3
10.1
3.8
When the corporation lawyers and
bankers, who are supporting you and
opposing me, address the supreme
court of the state or the United
States Judge of the eastern district
of Oklahoma, ask them, Mr. Fields.
not to use the phrase. "If tha court
please," or "If your honor please."
but in deference to the court ad-
dress them In this manner:
"If this Soviet court please,' or
"If your communistic honors plense,"
If you refuse to do this, Mr. Fields,
you are suffering from an Illogical
mind.
Stands on Shawnee Platforms.
Where do I stand? I stand today
with the historic men who laid the i co^
Totals 3.35 84.6 I
"In other words, the youngest child j
is to have less than a cent and a half
per meal.
"The Inadequacy of 23.2 cants to
keep up the health and energy of tin-
wage earner Is apparent when we re- .
mark that the UniUd States army,
buying In wholesale quantities, to-
day spends 40 cents per day for the j
! ration of each enlisted man.
I,ess Than Trison Ration. ^
' "Presumably buying on a whole-
sale basis, took county, Illinois, ifl
paying 45 cents per day for the feed- •
Ing of prisoners In t<be Jail. Evident-
ly the track laborer under this de-1
cision will secure considerably less
than a prison ration."
The unionists have applied another ,
test to the 25.3 cents per day for the
food of the track laborer. Their in-
vestigation brought them to the con-
clusion that 25.3 cents will buy ;
slightly over 1,900 calories, "while it;
is generally recognized that 3,500 ca-
Helen Jenkins Masters.
Mrs. Masters, who filed suit for
separate maintenance in October,
1920, several months nftor Masters
left his homo for quarters in the
Stratford hotel, refused to comment
on the reconciliation last night, but j i<>r1ess per "day are necessary for a
did not deny that It had been accom- iman engaged In moderate work." j
plished. j Further comment hy the union lead-j
t'lashing of temperaments and fre 'eis reads:
quent Indulgence lu "moods" causeo j :^ve are faced with the extraordl-1
the separation of the couple, accord- nRry fact that the track laborer with
foundation stone of our state govern- ,.. ,... „ ,
ment . Men who wisely listened to thrce c^hlldren. Hardin, -3:
the voice of the soil-toiler and the |' • ' an Marcia, 13.
voice of labor. At the recent demo-
cratic convention—a progressive
4ng to close friends, who, since Mrs. a family, on the wage carried in the
Masters filed her suit for divorce tn«decision, can secure little more than:
July, have attempted to reconcile the the number of calories required to
maintain life without exertion or any
kind. He cannot secure as many cal-1
ones as are required by a man who
spends 14 hours of his day in a chair
and exercises only moderately for
I he British troops In Constant!- J only two hours, unless he taerlfices
Married In 1898, the couple have
Made-
platform was adopted. Approxi- J n°Pl,> number more than 7,000 men, «0me of the other necessities of life.'
New Arrest Is Made
in Movie Killing:.
mutely 00 per cent of the Shawnee ' anrt c°st ,h* Briti?h taxpayers $220,-
platform was Incorporated lu that 1 a
progressive Instrument. What about
the 10 per cent, you may ask? Well.
I stand for a people's election law.
the soldiers' bonus bill. etc. 1 stand
for the DO per cent and speaking for
myself, amplify the 90 per cent by
adding to it the Farmer-Labor pro-
gram of 1906 and 1922.
I Htand for the farmer and I stand
for the laborer, and I stand on their
two platforms, the platform of 1906
and the platform of 1922, and if I am
elected governor of this state—may
my right hand wither and my tongue
cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I
forget the cauae for one single hour.
Mr. Fields, now campaigning the j
state, charging in substance that the j
governor of the state is an uncon-
victed felon, and charging further |
that myself and the 700 delegates (
who represented 200,000 farmers and ,
laborers at Shawnee, aie in a con- j
splrucy with the governor to form a !
"coalition government," to protect.
defend and excuse the governor.
Misguided nnd Ignorant.
He excuses the 200,000 or most of
them, on the ground that they were !
misled, misdirected, misguided or ig- i
norant—Ignorant. I presume, because
they do not read bis farm journal.
There are two gangs of bankers
in this state with headquarters in
cru
Can't Afford Families.
For the track laborer who will re-
ceive the minimum of 23 cents an
i hour the unionists have calculated i
that he will get 1,31 i calories daily - i
"scarcely enough to maintain life'
, without exertion.
Theu follows this comment by the
unionists:
, "It la clear, th«n. that on the basis
; of the rates of pay established under
the majority declsiou, some quarter
1 of a million of railroad employee— |
an entire class—must forego t'.ie I
thought of a family In order to bt
sure of enough food to keep them- j
selves from actual starvation." i
Oklahoma City, who have been loot-
ing the farmers for years, through
their subsidiary and associated banks
in the state. One of these gangs
fought me bitterly during the pri-
mary The other gang, which I will
call the "Dan aang" is fighting me
now, and the other gang is sullenly
GARMENT WORKER
ASK UNION'S AID
I Asking the co-operation of organ-
ized labor In demanding the union
I label on all overalls, shoes, shirts,
I collars and clothing of all kinds, the
! United Garment Workers of America
I has.sent out circulars to all the lo-
cal unions informing them that the
C. R. Miller Manufacturing company I
of Fort Worth, Texas, the E. B. Mil- i
j lcr company of Waco, Texas, and th<
I West Nelson company of Little Rock, t
Ark . and the Hlgginbotbom Bally
Charles Scullion, brother-in-law . i.0gnn company of Dallas. Texas, no
of George Kline, movie director, has j longer use the union label on their
been locked up In Hackensack, N. J.. products and bese products are no
after his nrrebt in Ldgewater. N. J. , longer union made.
Scullion is held as ati accessory to | he brands of clothing made hy
the murder of Jack Bergen, movie [ these firms are: "Buck" and Hawk
daredevil, whom Kline shot to death , brands of Fort Worth, Waco snd
In bis home after accusing him of Kansas city: "Paymaster" of Dallas;
attacking Mrs. Kline. Scullion is "Tap-Wheeler" of Chattanooga, and
opposing me. Helds is a member j said to have banded Klino the pistol "Tuf-Nut" and "Sunshine Spceiul" of
I of the "L)aa" gang, and Is a director I used iu the killing • Utile Rock.
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