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THE FIKST HAPF.R PUBLISHED IN OKLAHOMA
SUMBKR 155
EMBER 2
MONDAY
OKLAHOMA,
ITTHKIE,
VOLUME s
Dennis T. Flynn's Great Home Speech i
HE WOULD NOT DEBATE!
discuss silver or.
the
W. 11.
Tin*
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Kev. Callahan Was Bold in tliallt'iitre.
Failure in Fnllillineiil ll«' \\ nl«l Not
His Opponent.
Hut
determined
nothing.
j Hon. William Grimes opened
j meeting and introduced Hou
Merlin, who said:
| "Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentie-
i men:—It ii a very pleasant duty that
the Chairman of the Territorial loin-
® mittee lias imposed on me. 1 will not.
I however, take advantage of my pon
' tion | impose on you. 1 have a little
correspondence to read here after we
J have formally opened the exercises of j
1 the hour, after which the Hon. I). 1 ■
• Flynn will address you. (Applause.)
We will open the exercises of this
meeting by a prayer by the Reverend
: r> 'I i- i t
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"Your answer n
Free limitcis aw
Unlit* in tlii* tii
Flyn
to d 1
pondi
>(iu know•
ritory# Wt
jt republican^
ort unity
tor the
i;y pur
ih not an
expect Mi
llr refuses
1 tills I
At! it- i
didate.
MANIFESTO OF HOBBS AND VlNCENT!«ifeld,.
L'spectfuily.
VlRGII If. 11"' I«i
Cbairmi Cos mittei-
fervent,
^'Chairman Merten:—On September I
lilt rod ucet  >lr. Flynn.
ladies ®nd gentlemen, we
eorrespondene
"Now
have laid thi
you. and you are a*> well abl
Tlu'Y Wrote Ov«*
That "Free Homes is Not an Issmo in Oklahoma,
Callahan Sharing in This Fatal Declaration.
thev
Defore 1
to judge
We have
have re-
,1. Y. Callahan. 1 assume that he is a ' lenge this morning tie propos, ti not ti
worthy an 1 honorable gentleman, or j discuss the issues of the party von
he would never have been honored whose platform and under   t. se
with a nomination at the Itau Is .>f any ! name his name Is to go upon the tieUet.
political partv That is the only uu-, Rev.Cal'ahan s meetings are advertised
kind word that vou will hear from I us the meetings of the free sliver par-
me with reference to my opponent. 1 j ty, and he wanted to meet me here ou
believe that this eampaiu should be this platform and discuss the demo-
In nestlv conducted. 1 am one of those ■ cratlc anil populist platforms. Ap-
wiio oeiieve that in politics,.as in bus- ! plause.) My friends, be that as it may
iness a man should be honest. If 8 I will, as Kev. Callahan has refused to
man is dishonest in business it is but a do. take up his speech this afternoon,
short time before the sheriff will take I 1 desire htm to have a fair show be-
possession of his effects, and if he is fore the people. Kev. < allahan will
dishonest in politics the people should appear upon the ticket and you t'cmo-
take possession of liiiu and his politi-1 crats and populists, as well as republl-
cal effects before and not after elee cans, will not have an opportunity, if
1 you desire to vote for him,
as a democrat or as a populist.
You will have the opportunity bv thiw
of voting for a man on w hat
er Ticket.*
tion.
1'nllahun IV
ed fry in It i
form.
. Purl> l'lut-
! 17th the Rev. J. Y. Callahan addressed ^ ^   
their Own Stgnatnre. Unqualifiedly "i.'
be delivered
discuss the Free' '!l,meh "" ! the challenge made here on
the Hon. D. T. Flynn, the challenge |
was accepted Several
Free Homes in Oklahoma, (Applause) would stirr
, said that the populist party met In "Xl the^ree «u"
  nun -.«1111 ii Mini i) at eu tilt K*  
We Have Issues of Our Own.
Now. my friends, 1 mil one of 1 hose
I discuss the Free Homes question with j "'
illenge j ^
I of introducing to you the champion of proposition that if the popiiH-:
^ I** ii ... — /ti.Ini.r..,in i annimiQAi ..ij ' '"*ndet* itfe name and
convention and nominated the
end Callahan. 1 have had the pleasure
of meeting him but ouce in my lifej
and that was since he u,iS 1 r' . w w, believe that the peopl«*of this i**r-
Flynn according to „ j..h that nomination Later on ^,u., ,,f their own.
' leaders, the   eeking members of sue, ,
urn honest in it—who believe thai the
, .. v.„„a i of September, 1 now hBve the pleasure the democratic party, submitted tin
letters nave i r - ...
HE WOULD NOT TALK "FREE HOMES
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Hint and
For He Knew That Flynn Would Annihilate
llisOau/.y Misrepresentations of Flynn's
Splendid Record.
A SCATHING BUT COURTEOUS SPEECH,
He Produces the Official Records to Disprove Every Misrepresentation of
Rev. Callahan.—A Wonderful Compilation of Oklahoma
Work In Congress by the People s Great
Free Homes Champion,
[ passed between the chairmen
two committees and they wtre unable
I to apree to have Rev. Callahan here.
I iu fact, as late us Friday it was cliarg-
i ed by the supporters of Rev. Callahan
| that he would positively not put in an
appeatance here today. This morn-1 °-
ing at 11 o'clock Mr. Urimes, Chairman
| of the Committee, received a commun-
'■ ication which 1 will read, that you
may all be informed as to- the status
of this business and judge for your
selves.'"
the
party
paint!
which the opposing party says is nut princinles that they would take
an issue in tins campaign; and we will [;(.Vl Callahan as their standard betiriil
let Mr. Flynn have all tin- time he _not as a populist, not as a democrat
wants this afternot n. as it 's all his not as certified to by the chairman
(Tremendous appiaiise.) | some convention, but that his
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Rev.Callahan Make* a New Cli..nen«c.
"''N Out" manMKe't mbl'icati Territorial Central
Sin- 1 havcNffc honor to inform vou that
the Hon. J. Y. Callahan Is now present at Mul
hall, prepared to enter into a mint disi-tiwio l
iif, the political issues of the day with the Hon.
Dennis T. Klynn, upon an equal division of
"Tn '-ald debate Mr. Callahan will affirm and
I seek to maintain the prmc■.pies of the c enui-
1 i rati'' and populist parlies, as set forth in th, it
respective platforms, adopted by the national
convention- ..I said parties of the breseiit j ear |
I Htm and especially those planks of sai . (
platforms which favor the free and unhniitid
oinage of silver at the ratio of It! to t with
i hv tin-- go.crntnent without waiting for.
I. 1 _J till t~ r  notion And '
gold
the aid or consent cof any other nation.
Mr HI vim 11 i;i v alii mi tin- principles of the
republican part v. as enunciated in the platform j
of" principles adopted by
lican convention at M.Louis, in June. lHi i.
the national repub- |
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as he
.. . .~tVj _f cpnt^mber the Rev. fined in his energies in congress en-. ^"nVav devote such part of his time
On the lith of ^pumocr^t^ t.^h. to tho6e questions which-direet- ' y (i,o(,se to the discussion of free hoines and
declared free homes ee I >'r!.vl1?*
had never Introduced a great vita^ isif * in this territory
he represents. I kindred matters. Mr.. Callahan having the same
,ie oniMo( the debate, ! wonld sug
^n I „,.st the upemnn spee '!i be lmiuefv ' <• •
T Y ( allahan. ''tieid" candidate for — .
delegate to congress against Flynn, ly effect the people
spoke at MuihalTT Me tnere ch^ed j Mr. (.nines dec
ttiat Klvnn had never introduced a great vital 1st
free homes bill for the relief of the | "their^delegate could act and
W'home^bm which 3passed the I that the saving of ^>5,000,000 to the
house last March was the r
| Per c^.^'raTtemrto0 make it, reasonable proposition, is
Which our peo- i^i^^ondj^h.o^
  ,.«|,1,1 n, t. .inri , , reply to twenty minutes, and the
closing speech limited to five minutes I lius ,
111 " ' • 1 - ime hour and twenty;
'h was the L^cey gen- ! people of Oklahoma territory was of, ^ j J au ^-'rL^at "i' i ^"ch"!;'; .'n-,;.
eral free homestead bill , and not the | extenS of the i r,V«^ «f*
|G0-^ay, <.ctober ,th.
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^a^Z^eSK I 5. C^Ute. a market for the sil-
that while free homes in Oklahoma | verof^world^ ^
was received from Mr. Hobbs.
Mr. llobbs
1 informed Mr. tirimes. as also did Mr.
Vincent, that Mr. Callahan would not
I meet Mr. Flynn at Mulhall and that a
letter would be written to that elfect
immediately. Mr. (Irimes, however,
received no such letter.
Callahan I nvited tl^VTherc.
When it was discovered that Rev. (
| Callahan would not carry out lus1
' challenge to Mr. Flynn to debate the
i free homes question at Mulhall, the
territorial committee advertised a
meeting at Mulhall on October 1 - th,
and in the bills posting this meeting
declared that Kev. Callahan's chal-
lenge had been accepted but that he
had backed out of it, declaring, now
that he had changed his mind and
would not discuss free homes; that,
however, the opportunity was left
for Kev. Callahan to meet Mr.
of the suujeei «" r. ... \ir
bit* proposition is auep a bit to Mr.
Flynn, 1 will be pleased to confer with von for
the purpose tit selecting a moderator and agree-
ing upon the order and time of the debate. ,
Yerv respectfully.
Yikon M HOBHS.
Chairman Central Committee. |
MULHALL. OKI.A.. Oct. 12. 1806.
open
Mr. Grimes' Reply.
To this letter, received at 11:30 this!
morning. Mr. Grimes made the follow-1
ing reply, which 1 will now read:
Ml'LHAI.L. Okla.. Oct. 12. 185Mb
Hon Virgil M Hobbs. Chairman Central Com-
mittee Free Silver Fartv.
Dear Sir: On September 2«l. 1SWI. Hon. J.I
V. Callahan delivered a pjdihe address in |
which he discussed matters which lie doubtless (
considers of paramount interest to the i v<>ple
of this territory. In that address he said, anions J
other thing* "I want to talk on another sub- .
iect: we are all interested in tree homes 9 J
••'1 hen. again, when Mr. Hlynn was elected,
we folks out in the Cheyenne country pe- ,
titioned him. and largely too. to present a bill
asking for free homes for the people of the '
Chevenne countrv. The Congressional Hec- I
ord show s that no bill was presented. Now.
then. Dennis did introduce a bill asking for,
free homes, but Mr. Lacey, of Iowa, at ti; •
same tune introduced a general bill. I he t\\(  I
nt before the cominitte and the
mitte
• reported favorably
DENNIS T. FLYNN.
Mr. Lacey and other congressmen and
senators through a general desire to
relieve the homestead settlers of the
om-
    1IlulfcV IV|  .Mr. Lacey's bill :
Flynn in compliance wTth his Mulhall i imd'j,™Denn^
challenge on this date and that tne b-llin^ us that ,t isthe hennis l-'l vim free home
time would be divided with him for bill that is to be pa>-ed through the senate. M
the discussion of this great qu^Mon
of vital interest to the people of trnia- ( ci,allenne you to bring him to tin-1 r.\\ .
homa. One of these bills was sent form and let he and 1 settletnlsquestion before I
to Mr. Hobbs, one to Kev. Callahan ^YSfwain, brlnt DennU and let he and I.l
and one to Mr. Leo Vincent: besides fare t<  "face*, settle the question if I go down |
they were posted where every demo- before him cast your ballot for him in No\ein- |
cra't and populist could see them; and ber.'^ (uj) ac,of „,js , halleng.- was.
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Reed's Wichita Speech!
Tin1 Speaker of tin- House < t liepresent -
ati\es Praises Flynn. He Says (lit' * liain-
pion of Free Homes Is "the l.esl Oelt^'-
gate I Ever S;i\\ From Any Territory.
At Wichita. Kansas, on Saturday, O t. '.'l, lion I homas
Reed, in his ^re&t speech, said:
••Now, uwuy dow 11 in a country that is not in any way con-
nected w itl! this particular election, n . |>« in the inatterof  end-
int; 11 deleuate, that !k the territory of Oklalinmii. It has not the
best delegate I ever saw froni any territory. ' Cries of "II urra Ii
for Flynn.") A man who has carried throuuh the house of repre-
sentatives t he bill for the f ree liomeH of t lie people of that
try. Whether they want these free home
know . I.ainihter. They know best the
iu repudiation the 111 a 11 whose aliilit
keeping of fifteen millions of dollars
umotiff our people is of far more im-
portance than an increase ill the per-
enpita circulation iu the state of New
York or in the state of Kansas or in
name any other state. (Applause.)
1 am cne of those, if you will 3*r-
1 don me, who believes that the l.le
j enth Commandment is a (food one. I
•f : Was taught that that commandment
I 1 said to take care of ourselves tirs; and
+ our neighbors afterwards Do you
*j* | hear any man in the state of New
J York; do you hear any man in Kansas;
+ do you hear any man in Arkansas,
+ Texas or any state in the union advo-
+ j eating free homes on the slump for
+ j our honest settlers here or in t.reer
t county? Not a word of It; and we are
J I told that the issue—that should be an
issue with us—the protection of our
homes and our firesides, "is not an
issue in this campaign "
ait <
t hey
in their
then tlie.v see it
ieiidK, 111 lint a 11 of
are enough
, which it deserves,"
oil ti -
not of course 1 ilon't
ves. I f 11 ley succeed
caused tliein to obtain tlie
boon, so far at- the house of representatives is eoiicerned, we *httll
f 11s know what to do about it. In short, their fate
hands. If thev don't Know a uoo«l thing
innst take the consequences. And so, my *
yon. Thi>  isa fret countr> This is a free country in the broadest
neiise. I vc ry man has a right t«  bin own opinion and it i* bin loss
if his opinions are not sensible and if tlie
opinions it in the loss of that country
In the morning an Oklahoma delegation of representative
men. witho it regard to party, called on Mr. Reed at the train to
thank him for his work in behalf <>f Oklahoma In responding
Mr. Reed ba d: "You must thank Flynn. I personally know that had it not
been for Dennis there would never have been a free homes bill passed.
C'ONOK FSSMA\ LAC EY'S LETTER.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oct. 10, 189C.
Wm. Uuerry, Stillwater, Okla.
M v Dear Sir: Your letter is at hand. Mr. !• lynn introduced
his "l'ree Homes" bill for < iklalioiua. and aschairman of the land
committee, 1 earnestly favored
bill including all the territorie
ported and placed on the calendar. Mr. !• lynn s bill passed the
house and is now in the senate, i 11 the senate they have reported
back ti genera', bill, substantially like mv bill as a substitute, anti
1 trust it will pa-s a- all the territories have the same just claims.
II Oklahoma <loe« nor w«lit thin les-lslHtloo. Ihe.v ihii express
Itiein-etvi s ^K nist It In the rl..irest way liy ileftailnK .>lr. I lynn
If t'ney appreciate the most faithful and earnest service they
ought to elect him by a unanimous vote.
I am surprised that any man living in Oklahoma should at-
tempt to deprive Mr. Flynn of nis well earned honors.
He s the most active, earnest and etlicient territorial dele-
gate I have ever met in congress
iutn '.s not working for the interests of your territory.
The success of the "Free Homes
ni in every way as also has Mr. Keed
I also introduced a general
ISoth bills were favorab y re-
The man who tries to defeat
bill is due to him. 1 have
aidec
His efeat would" be regarded as a condemnation of the
"Free Homes" hill by the people of Oklahoma themselves, and
would be a fatal mistake on the part of your people.
Yours truly
No Free Silver Party 1 n foiluresit.
Friends, Kev. Callahan must g > to
congress as a democrat or a populist;
there is no "free silver party" in con-
gress. The fact that a man is friendly
to silver does not disqualify him from
being a democrat, populist or a repub-
lican. All of the votes cast in congress
for silver have come from these tr.ree
parties.
lint let tUC submit a proposition;
When it is said that the free home
I question is not an issue, I want to ask
j vou one question, you people who
know that you haven't got a vote for
! president or vice-president, you who
| know that no matter what your v ews
' are as to tariff or finance, that if every
I body in Oklahoma were unanimous
j for either McKinlev or liryan. it
I would weigh nothing in the scales as
'.far as the result is concerned; you
know when you elect a delegate that
he is deprived of the right of votii"*
on every bill, of any kind or ehara. V
whatsoever; my friends, whenev.
you are told that my election or Ke
Callahan's election will have sr ti
weicht in solving the financial pr*>>
lem, will have some weight in sett le
the tariff issue, will have some wei- li
perhaps, in freeing Cuba or putting
Queen l.illiokalani back on the throne;
I say to you. that the man is either
mistaken who takes that stand, or
undertakes to deceive the people.
Has No Vote.
Mr. Flynn's Great Speech,
Mr. Flvnn: Mr. Chairman. Ladies
Union. He there declared that if he invitation for division of time on /'\\ tinniichairunin
had misstated Mr. 1-lynn s record, he ( . , ree homes question was published teuiber-i. is'i'i.-ind luindi d to v ,.;r < on i
wanted Mr. Flynn "to meet me upon ^ of the ^publican newspapers, tec. and tins day there,,, named forth, .ate
this platform, face to face, and answer „0tjtit.ation was received from
what 1 have said.
Callahan's Challenge Accepted.
This speech was printed
the
Guthrie Daily Leader on the Sunday
Mr. Hobbs or Kev. Callahan that, Kev.
Callahan would be there.
Tried to Fool Flynn.
On Sunday night at 0 o'clock a tele-
follovving its' delivery it Mulhall, and Kram came from a republican in King
on the patent sides of all the populist i>..„
papers of the territory, containing this
challenge cf Kev. Callahan for Mr.
Flynn to meet him in debate on the
record of Mr Flynn on the free homes
proposition. On the J4th of Septem-
ber. Hon. William Grimes, chairman
fisher county that Mr. Hobbs and i
Callahan were in a carriage driving
overland to Mulhall to meet Mr. Flynn
in debate. The intention was to fool Mr
Flynn and the republicans, hoping to
disconcert them and by this trick get
  an advantage. Mr. llobbs and Rev.
of the republican territorial commit-1 Callahan arrived in Guthrie at 13
tee accepted the challenge of Rev. o'clock Sunday night. Instead of
Callahan made in liis Mulhall speech waiting till Monday morning for the
to debate the free homes question with special train at lti o'clock they took
Mr. Flynn at Mulhall, and be 12tli of
October was suggested as the date for
the debate. Hon. Virgil M. Hobbs-
chairman of the "field central coin,
mittee, answered for Rev. Callahan-
refusing to debate with Mr. Flynn up-
on the proposition made in the chal,
lenge of Rev. Callahan in his Mulhall
speech. Mr. Hobbs declared that Rev.
Callahan would debate the silver ques-
tion with Mr Flynn, but would not
debate the free homes question. Mr.
the 5:15 train and arrived at Mulhall
at day light. Monday morning at
Mr. Flynn, in accordance with that rhalle i_r<
ami its acc eptance i* now hire, ready, and pro-
poses t«> Speak this day on that otiestion, fully,
to the people of M ujnall and < )klahoma.
A communication was handed to us at ii
o'clock this morning asking that a debate he
had between Mr. Flynn and Mr. t allahan
upon the principles of the democratic ami
populist parties, and especially those planks «.f
said platforms which favor the free and un-
'limited coinage of silver at the ratio of Into I,
and proposing that Mr. Hynn may devote
such part of his time as he may choose to the
discussion of the subject of free homes mil
kindred matters, Mr. Callahan havmp the t une
privilege. ..... ^, ,, , , ,
The question upon which Mr. C allahan chal -
lenged Mr. Flynn was that of free homes. I he
charL'e which Mr! Callahan made against the
integrity of .Mr. Flynn as a delegate from tins
territory was with reference to his conduct as
our delegate in securing the passage of tlie
free homes bill for the settlers of this territory,
which w e consider the paramount issue in this
campaign. „ .,.
At -J o'clock this afternoon Mr Hynn will
address the people m on the matters charged
inent that was made s ere on this plat-
form against rne bj '.he Rev. Callahan,
who is now here and listening to what
I say, before you, my neighbors and
friends who hl.ve known me since 18
I am, as you douhtles:
didate for re-eiect on t
the hands of tne voters
tory. 1 have ::ad th
senting you there
Our Deleunte
A delegate in congress cannot vote
on any bill of any kind. A delegate
is authorized to address that body,
but there is an unwritten law winch
presumes that lie will confine himself
to matter pertaining to his territory
and the people who sent him there.
Suppose the delegate addresses the
House and discusses the tariff. hat
would be the resuit? Some member
hears him and feels that his views
have been antagonized. Suppose a
delegate from a territory arose on the
floor of the House and undertook to
      solve the financial question. What
should be placed on the congressional; would become of him? '1 he moment
ticket with mine by a petition. 1 ap-; he had a bill up relating to his terri-
preciate the fact that after nearly tory some fellow from New ' or"'
, four years of public life the politicians Texas or some other state would be
u-iastic recip-  tQ desperation and, in the up and say that "that confounded «u-i-
Oklahoma egate had no business to discuss other
■ j■ iiepriM-iii.in.ivc, ..men i will produce than territorial matters, and, Mr.
answer an inuict- ,  Sneaker. I obiect to the passage of
.Ions F. Lacf.v
and Fellow-citizens;
1 appreciate your ent
tion on this occasion, an i am here, if |an_uage o{ Mr. vince
id will spare tne unt, i get ,r g ) Keprehcnta.Livet,a wliich I will produce
on this afternoon, to answer an lnaict- ; f n are demandin|? the surrender Speaker, I object to the
of everything, of every principle in \ that bill, and there is the delegate
order to unite the "field against Den- with a silver speech in the Congn --s-
nis Flynn.'' That is the proposition ional Record, but a bill in the interest
" I they have made. .Applause.)
least 500 citizens went from Norman, , cYiiTaViatrs'Vhallcngc for one hour and
Oklahoma City, Edmond and Guthrie, | thirty minutes. Mr. Culluluin will then
to Mulhall, and another r.ilO came from | lle Klvcn two hours, uml in that two
Newkirk, Ponca City, Perry and Or- j i„„,rs he may cither attempt to make
lando. as well as from over on the j j,challenge Bond, or, if he he thinks
Rock Island. more prudent, he may talk about such
The crowd at Mulhall was one of i mtt^terH iih he deems advisable. Mr.
largest ever gathered in the territory. I ,.-lynn Will then , lose in a speech of thirty
It came expecting to hear Mr. Flynn mn niles, in which lie will answer anything Mr
Grimes replied that silver was not an
issue in Oklahoma territory; that the
people had an interest in it the same
as they had in all national questions,
but they could not vote for presiden-
tial electors and that our delegate in
congress oould not get on the currency
or banking committees or speak upon
the currency question in congress—that ing to i';scuss free
the delegate from a territory was con-J with Mr. Fly
of his people is defeated.
know, a can-I Callahun lias No Party Plutform to l- ree Homes Our Only Issue.
congress at Discuss. i The opposition say "everyone knrws
if this terri- The challenge given us this morning that free homes is not an issue iu Ok-
honor of repre- j which has been read to you says that lahoma." My friends, there is uot ii
    'or nearly four ' Uev. Callahan desired to discuss the all of Oklahoma—in the Strip, old ok
vears. I "have been branded through-' platforms of the democratic and peo- lahoma and all the other lands, twi
out the terr ' iry as one who has not, pie's party, lie has stated here and millions of dollars on deposit in all o:
honestly represented the people of I every other place where he has spoken our banks put together
Oklahoma, ami one of whose measures that I did not dare to meet him "face if this free ho
in the interest of over two hundred face "
thousand of our settlers .s claimed not i I am here to meet Rev Callahan
to be an issue, and which, in the col- i face to face, lie is now within three
umns of their press, which I will pro- feet of me. If he honestly desires to
'd up to ridi- ( have a joint debate with me why doe"
duce this ofternoon,
cule as a monstrous
home question is not an is
sue, are you people in old Oklahoma
and all the other parts of the territory
going to be able to raise fifteen mil-
lion of dollars when you haven't got
two million in existence. 1 will tell
iiad
answer Uev. Callahan's Mulhall
speech. They found the Rev. Calla-
han there and naturally expected he
had come to fulfill the challenge he
made at Mulhall on Sept. 17th, to dis-
cuss free homes with Mr. Flynn. It
soon developed that he had not come
for that purpose, that he gone back
his challenge and instead of want-
homes now with I been handed the
Callahan may have said on the free homes
question. , , %t
Ml the courtesies will he extended to Mr.
Callahan and to the n embers of your unit-
tee. uid to any other persons who attend the
meeting. We await v our Immediate reply.
I it,,, very respectfully,
Wm. Grimes,
No Democrat ic i r
No
I have not had th
citizeus of Mulha! 1
for four years
when 1 came I woul
that 1 thought—ar,ti
believe—the pet p e
are interested in H
always had lots of
igressional campaigr
have had
he not come upon this platform and yOU what I believe: I believe that the
| take the two hours allotted hiin in saving of four hundred dollars per
ulist Opponent j svj,iey, two hours he can discuss my capita to the people in the eastern
i record or the democratic and populist third of the Cherokee strip and from
ensure, fellow- ! platforms or any other matter he that to 81(10 in Greer county of far
a iressing you i deems advisable. I await his coming, more importance to us than the in-
xpected that! (Great applause.) crease in the per capita circulation of
t - miss matters j My fiiends, you believe Rev. Calla- ten dollars per head to the people in
*. it I honestlv I lian to be honest, and 1 assume you the state of New York. (Applause and
f our territory ' are right. Whether you vote for
m 'tofore I have or not, I take pride in the constituen-
ui any in my eon- i ey that I have the hopor to represent !
s Heretofore I in this territory. We have the
and populist ] most thoroughly American district in
some reason, perhaps , the entire United States. It is an hon-
vou, I have no demo- j or for one of my age and years and in-
crles of "That's right.")
There is No Place Like Home.
I am here before you people, wit
re all honest whether you are den>
crats, populists or republicans. Y«
i honest men and you want to cm
Chairman." j opponent.
Callahan KefuneH to Debute. | well knov
To this note the chairman has just|cratic and | iXu!Tl^t Y^pPreciale;' lMm7 | your honest judgment, will do you U
- to occupy the position and j your ballots this fall in a way that, i
nn, he had come there | which I will also read:
following reply, , , A pp a ise
as their standard bearer tk.
Reverend j friends, in ihe acceptance of this chal-) most good. You people want