The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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The Peoples Voice
VOL. 7.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, (898.
May Not be Advisable.
Editor ol Expresi:—In answer tQ
your request for opinions concern-
ing the present political outlook, I
beg to say a few words. Whether
tor not a new party is required I atn
not decided—there are advantages
for and against. But the principle
on which to fight the battle I be
lieve to be the initiative and refer-
endum—direct legislation. And for
these reasons, among others: It
conforms with the ideas of justice
of every man who believes the peo
pie still capable of self-government.
Therefore the proposition is popu-
lar. the present method of legis-
lation has proven a failure. Party
loyalty is stronger than the sense of
right. All parties soon become
mere machines for staying in pow
er. Only a few reforms can be
wrought by any party before it los-
es its momentum for good, and
stands a powerful, selfish, bigoted,
prejudiced organization in the path
of progress. What we want is to
set legislation outside of party as
far as possible. Even supposing
good reform party was in power, we
want this. I wouldn't trust the
Peoples party any longer than any
other party. It would do good work
at first, but would become corrupt,
as others have done. And then to
get reform again, the same battle
must be fought over. It is no
trouble to work reform any time if
you have only to convince voters of
the justice of a measure; it is party
prejudice that we need fear. And
what we as a party should do is to
work one great reform by the en-
actment of the initiative and refer-
endum, which will effectually min-
imize the injurious effects of what-
ever parties may be in the ascend-
ancy.
Again, the day of working re-
forms by building up a new party
for that purpose has passed, the
same as the day of mowing scythes
and stage coaches has passed. We
have outgrown both. We can't sup-
ply reform and progress along legis-
lative lines in that manner fast
enough to meet the increasing de-
mands of civilization, any more
than we can flail out grain enough
to supply our present needs. Our
present mode of legislation is more
tardy than that of justice, of which
we hear so much comment. The
legislative docket is one hundred
years behind time. This is not an
exaggeration. When we consider the
time and energy required to build a
party, and the fact that a party can
not come into power on many
planks, we see that we are under-
taking an impossible task. One
weakness in the Peoples party was
that it asked for too many reforms
at or.ee—not that we don't need all
the reforms—but because a majority
of voters cannot be united at once
on so many propositions.
Then, what we want first is not a
few little reforms, but the machin-
ery by which the people can make
their own laws as advancement and
progress demand them. All men
who are dissatisfied with the pres-
ent condition of things can consist-
ently meet on this ground and form
a great party—and do so ere any
division of opinion comes on needed
questions of reform. All may reas-
onably hope through the initiative
and referendum to secure their hob-
by—at least to secure a vote on it,
which is more than they now enjoy.
This will be the great and long-
sought centripetal power that will
draw together all reformers into one
harmonious working force. Let us
fight it out on this line first, and af-
ter the machine is completed, other
reforms will follow as surely as
higher education follows the main-
tenance of more schools.— A. J.
Williams, in Chicago Express.
"A White Life for Two."
sentation," the Republican council
vote would have entitled them to
6 members, and the opposition to 7
members. Which plan strikes you
as the fairer?
Below we give a few examples of
the 1898 vote of the Socialist Labor
party compared with the '96 vote:
1898 1696
OnomlHgn county, N, Y 2*85
Louisville, Ky . 415
Connect lout, State of...
Massachusetts, State of
Hamilton county, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Wauaau, Wis .
San Diego county, Cal. ... 257
Shasta county, Cal ,.. jog
Santa Cruz county, Cal 131
llumbolht county, Cal 194
Tulare county, Cal iya
Sacramento county, Cal . iw
san Joaquin county, Cal 165
Kein county, Cal lie
Alameda county, Cal MM
.2995
1*300
104
713
W
1354
(1301
Ml
100
Home IteiiHous Why Henry W.
Hcott Lett tli« Territory.
In the suit of IIudson-Kimberly
publishing Co. vs. F. E. Garton, et al.,
recently tried at Oklahoma City, the
following story was told on the wit-
ness stand by Mr. and Mrs F. E.
Garton:
"F. E. Garton secured the homestead
tiling upon a valuable quarter section
of land three miles east of the city.
A contest was tiled against his entry
by W. W. Green. Garton procured
Henry W. Scott to act as his attorney
and agreed to pay him $200 as an at-
torney fee provided he won the suit.
Scott persuaded Garton to execute a
mortgage upon the place to secure a
note given in payment of the attor-
ney fee, Scott assuring the Gartons
that such a transaction was perfect-
cts.
Six Papers for One Price.
That's it! For Id cents we will
send to every Voice subscriber who
pays one year 5n advance froan this
date the following journals f©r one
year:
The Live Stock Indicator—aifirst-
class farm weekly of 16 pages. Puice
$1.00 a year.
Special Farmer's Institute Edi-
tion—Monthly, 16 to St pages, filled
from first page to last with contrite-1
tions on timely topics from practical!
farmers and their wives. Every num-
ber worth a dollar. SO cents a year.
Farmers Mutual Insurance jour-
nal—Bimonthly. Devoted to far-
mer's co-operative insurance. 30 cts.
a year.
Poultry Farmer.—Monthly 16
pa^es. Devoted to poultry raising on
the farm. Every farmer's wife
"needs it in her business." so ccnts
a year.
The Humane Alliance.—Monthly,
16 pages. An elegant publication for I Pos''!on council vote, 22,527, elect-
farmer's boys and girls, devoted to | ing on,y 5 councilmen. Under the i
Jjumane education. 50 cents a year. Pop. plan of "proportion*! repre- 1
"Great
Henry S. Allen, formerly a pub- j fyfegal
lisher in New York city, recently j " After the suit was won Garton irn-
wrote to Rev. Phcebe A. Hanaford ( mediately proved up, making the us-
to ask her advocacy for his plan of: ual affidavit that he had not "sold,
educating American women so that j bargained to sell, or mortgaged" the
their children may be healthy, and land At the time the ,inal proof Kas
1 , . . made—in 1894—Scott was on the
enclosed an article on the subject1 *. <■ r. ^
, . . J bench. He sent for Garton as soon as
written by him for a woman's mag- be received his final receipt and dc-
azine. He received the folio wing 1 inanded a mortgage on the place for
suggestive reply: ,$1,000 Garton protested whereupon
"As for your suggestions in the : Sc°" ,in^°rmed him tllat unle8S he ex"
, . , ... . ecuted the mortgage for $1,000, he.
interest of posterity, while thev I e- ' '
' Scott would have him sent to the pen-
are excellent as far as they go, 11 isentiary for perjury befere the land
must assure you they do not go far ! office in swearing that no mortgage
enough. Let the fathers take care j had been given. Scott finally pre-
of their health, and be very sure j vai'ed l,Pon Mr- and Mrs. Garton to
that their whole iives have been execute the mortgage. The mortgage
i .L , was made out in favor of John H
pure, and then they may expect L.„ e .. . ,
p Scott, a fact not known to the Gar-
lealthy children. j ton3 untj[ lonff aftervvar(] an(j wag
" The fault is largely owing to the afterward traded to IIudson-Kimberly
fathers that so many children are j Co. to satisfy a debt contracted in the
feeble and die in babyhood or early
youth. When the same standard of
purity is set up for men, and ob-
served by them, as that which en-
sures pure womanhood, which is very
properly required by you of all
mothers, then children will be
stronger and healthier. • A white
life for two,' as Frances Willard
said, is what is needed. Advocate
that, and you will surely be writing
'in the interest of posterity.'
" Women have been talked to,
and written to, about enough. Moth-
ers usually know and do their duty
to their families, and it is time now
that fathers should be taught that
their whole duty to posterity does
not consist in simply earning enough
to "support the family," and doling
it out to the mother, who has the
marketing to do as well as all the
rest of the household caires. When
fathers deny themselves strong
drink and toba~ and cease to
think it any less reprehensible in the
publication of Scott's book,
American Lawyers."
Judge Burwell instructed the jury
to return a verdict for the plaintiffs,
but the jury disobeyed the court's in-
struction and returned
Marriage LIcbiiih-h
Isiiued by th probate judge during the
last two weeks:
TOon. K. Blair M
Llllle Alfurit .....'! u
Marlon Ikninhua
Martha t'ti'trifcon
J. 8. Mm iihli
Malik- llrtiwn
It. A. Wooidrldge
Naniite Ki'igUbttn
John A. K«ys.
Mm A. Hui baugh
Robt McC'onkey
A life Klorviif« .
Louie Metti'linler .
Addle i. Keller .
H. K. llardln.
Ilatiiiuh M. 11 tulM'ii
Audy lomey
Ira Ininan
HED HOT FROM THE GUN.
Was the ball that liitG. B. Steadman
of Ne«ark, Mich., in the eivil wnr. It
caused horrible ulcers that no treat-
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck-
ten's Arnica Salve eured him. Cures
cuts, bruises, burns boils, felons, corns,
skin eruptions. Heet pile cure On
ecrth. 25 cents a box. (Jure guaran-
teed. Sold by ltlukf & it'ed, druggists.
The Wcatlmr Calender.
The Peoples Voice has received the
Gnriiui weather chart and calender for
180;i from the Chattanooga Medicine
Co., manufacturers of McElree's WTine
of Cardui and Thedford's Black-
Draught. Tt is is one of the best cal-
endars published. It consists of twelve
sheets of paper, 13x20 inches In size,
all fastened together with a brass loop
hanger. Each sheet contains the cal-
ender for one month in largo figures
that can tie read across any room. Un-
der the figures patent weather signals
indicating Prof. DeVoe's weather fore-
casts lor every day in ihe year appear.
The moon's changes and legal holidays
are also shown. The calender is valu-
abla in any home. We understand a
few copies of it can lie secured by send-
ing 10 one-cent postage stamps to the
Chattanooga Medicine Co,, Chatta-
nooga Ten ii.
BIIAVE MEN FALL.
Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles, as well as women, and alt feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons
In Ihe blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, listless, run down
feeling. But there's no need to feel
like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner,
Idaville, Ind. He says: uElectric flit-
ters are just the thing for a man when
he is all run down and don't care wheth-
er lie lives or dies. Ii did more to give
me new strength and {rood appetite
than anything I could take. lean now
eat anything and have a new lease on
life." Only 50 cents at Blake & Reed's
drug store. Every bottle guaranteed.
For Kent.
A good six room house in desirable
part of town. Call at this office for
particulars.
Pains in the chest when a person has
a cold indicato a tendency toward pneu-
monia. A piece of flannel dampened
with Chamberlain's Pain Bnlm and
bound on to the chest over the seat ol
verdict for I fain will promptly relieve the pain and
prevent the threatened attack of pneu-
monia. This same treatment will cure
a lame back in a few hours. Sold by
all druggists.
the defendants. A new trial was
granted by the court. Do you blame
Henry W. Scott for leaving this ter-
ritory? We are inclined to think that
be remained here just about as long i -t** t—«. < t . . , (
as he could with safety from prosecu-1. ? i^ish n^wk watches tire-
tion for his acts committed while ! leSSly for the fish to approach
_ the surface of the water
here.
East Side School
The total enrollment for the month
ending Novembr, 23rd was 555. The
enrollment at the close of the third
month last year was 447 and for the
year before 421.
The average daily attendance for the
month of November was 455.
The next month closes the first term
of school for this school year. Patrons
are cordially invited to visit the rooms
and eKamino the work ol the pupils.
The interests of the pupils is stimulat-
ed by visits from the patrons and the
teachers are pleased to have them |
he j come in and see the work that is being j
eye of the Almighty for them to be I'^ODe- Very Respectfully,
N. E. Butcher, Principal. |
MftLLIONS GIVEN AWAY.
unchaste lhan it is for their wives to
be so, then the rising generation will
be hejikhful, having -"sound minds J It is certainly gratifying to the pub-1
in sound bodies." I lie to know of one concern In the land j
Turn your attention to tfee-fathers ! ,Th° ar'!>not lo be £""e,ous to j
. ' ' ~ '"tiers | the needy and suffering. The proprie- '
awviitle, my Christian brother j tors of Dr. King's new discovery for |
Allen, acci thus make sttre crt work ' consumption, coughs and colds, have !
:na f. • f , r w.a given away over ten million trial hot-
ing in Lie interest of posterity." tlesofttes great medicine; and have
The total! wote of the territory- on
on congrectman was 48,813.; on
•councilmen, ^£,798. Flynn received
*8,456; Rep. councilmen, ^0,494;
Flynn's excess,8,165, Keaton's vote,
19,088; Fusion councilmen, 19,534;;
Keaton short, 44^* Flynn over
Keaton, 9,368.
the satistfK.ction of knowing it has ab-
solutely eured thousands of hopeless I
eases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse- j
ness and «!l diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs are surely cured by it.
and then snatches it before it can
escape....The New York Rackct
watches and catches the match-
less bargains as they appear,—
anywhere, everywhere—and then
gives them to the trade as it gets
them, carrying out our habit of
Underbuying and Underselling....
Again we have caught a royal
bargain in SHOES, and can save
you money. We made a trade
with the Norman Shoe Store,
and got the pick of the entire
stock, and now we'll sell to you
at a discount....Are you interest-
ed ? Do you want to save mon-
ey ? Then come to the New
York Racket :
8 day Clocks, $2.00.
Ladies' underwear, Union Suits
at 35 cents. Beat it, can you?
Children's Union Suits, 25c.
Ladies' long sleeve, taped neck
undershirt, 20 cents.
Men's undershirts, 20c and up.
The New York Racket leads in
everything .... We Underbuy and
Undersell.
NO 20
ED. ANTHONY & CO S
CUT-PRICE
SALE!
LxOR THE BENEFIT of THOSE
j? who are a little doubtful about jurt
* what class of Dress Goods they
* want to wear this season, we here-
with make use of an extract from the
last letter of a regular Paris corres-
pondent to one of the leading dry goods
Journals of America:
COVERT CLOHTHS.
l'ARIS, Nov. 22. Fashion's approval it
clearly indicated as regards cloth cos-
tumes for the earlv part of the season,
and 110 material will bi employed with
better effect than Coverts. The best
models will be made up with less trim-
ming than heretofore noticed,and theex-
teusive use of fine Coverts will lessen the
demand for Silks.
You will see by the above that our
selection of a nice assortment of fine
Coverts in 7-yd. patterns has been en-
dorsed by a leading au-thority on dry goods, and the prices
we are selling them at make them additionally attractive.
Our Special Prices on CLOAKS, CLOTHING and
NOVEL! Y Dress Patterns are still in force, and we are sure
it will be to your benefit to look about before purchasing.
Our sales for the past few days lead us to believe that wc
are saving you money on the three lines mentioned —
Cloaks, Clothing and Dress Goods Patterns.
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK,
NORMAN, OKLA
ED. ANTHONY & CO.
HARDWARE
NORMAN LUMBER COMPANY.
Si
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
To those wishing to buy an instru-
ment, I have in stock three good up-
right Grand pianos and two organs
that 1 offer for sale at a bargain, re-
gardless of profit for the next few
days. Come quick, if you wish to buy
for I will never offer such instruments
again at the prices I will take for
them, if sold at once.
C'apt. Rice,
West Main Street, Norman.
Estray Notice.
To whom it inay concern—
The following described property whs taken
up on the 27th day of October, by one
•lack Wilson on the northeast quarter of bee-
tion 27, Township 10, Range I east: One gray
mare, about twenty years old, II1. hands hitrU,
dim brands on left jaw and hip; one gray mare',
14 o hands high, bad tistula, about y years old;
one bay man*. H hands high, four years old;
one bay, l.T, hands high, star in forehead,
three years old; one blue mare, 1.1 hum Is higD,
blazed face, two years old.
i). ii. WYNNE. Co. Clerk.
By W.J. Hess. Deputy. iH-.'lt
For Sale.
-,j .v. J have a thoroughbred Galloway buII,
Call on Btjdce & Reed, drug artels, and . 5 years old that I want to sell. lie is
pet a free (trial bottle. Regular si/H ' ^ ,
50c. and $1. Every Dottle guaranteed V y managed and any one
1 • ' desiring a male animal of this charac-
ter would do well to see this animal
and learn price. A. D. Hickok.
Farm, 8 miles N. W. of Norman.
The Republican council vote was
20,291, electing 8 councilmen; op-
or price refunded.
Osu-iiii of TJianks.
We wish to extend our thank* to ouc
aVfends and the ,pe.ip!e in general fo*
t&e pleasant surprise and the many
presents we reeeired last Saturday
MOHLAND & CO'S
GRUBBERS.
The Only Safe, Successful, [
Practical Machine on the Market. Can be moved and set in 5
minutes. One man and chunk of a boy operates it. Practically inde-
structible. Will last a lifetime. No bank deposits. No Law Suits. Ev-
ery machine a sample—you buy the one you see. Pulls tr^es, stumps,
and stool grubs. Moves houses, barns or anything else movable.
Machines from J55 to $150. Write for descriptive catalogue, to
T. C. BRICKEL. McLoud, Oklahoma.
Give the HOME LAUN KY
atrial, they do their work in
eveiuug, also to thank Brother Wat- Norman and spend their money
son fiw his words of encouragement, Norman. Good work is
Very Sincerely Vour Friend, i guaranteed and best of refer-
Mb asi Mrs j. t. Rutherford. ence is given.
It you want to get a nice, clean
piece of meat, that will tempt
the appetite, put up in firstclass
shape, call at our market, east
kimberlin &. co. Main st. We will do our best to
please you, and deliver goods to any part of
the city.
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