The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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Htr.'KK the law was written down with
l>archnieut or with p«u:
IWore the law made eitiseu . the moral
law made men.
Law stand* for human riirhta. but u h«* i
it fail* tho*e ri|fht to five.
Then let law die. my brother, but Jet hu-
man beiuif* live.
"Our Republic can only exist
<> Long as its citizens respect
and obey their self imposed laws."
Labor Is The Parent Of Capital, Encourage Labor, and You B'uihl Up Capital
VOL. 1.
NORMAN. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY, .IULY, K>. 1««3.
NO. 48.
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Cun^reMt Convened
Ktifct Seventh Next.
Ill- CRISIS NEAR. intrinsically about 56 cents, is worth
ioo cents; while the Mexican dollar
Extra Semiou An- a j;jle amount of silver in it, is
worth 55 cents. Why? The one has
The Destruction of Silver the object, the fiat of the government upon; it;
At the command of the Money- —the others has not. And the legal
power of Europe and America, sus- tender dollar would be worth 100
tained by the aristocracies of two i cents if silver fell to 10 cents on the
continents; backed up by all the dollar,—yes, if it was made of paper,
leading newspapers of the United j of leather, of buffalo chips. H11-
States; and enforced by the whole J man government is the biggest thing
power of the federal patronage, in this nation, except God.
Grover Cleveland calls congress to- ! I.et the devils go on with their
gether, to assemble August 7th. The devilishness. The end is near. No-
fateful hour is near at hand. Silver j thing is so logical as events. Let
is to be obliterated—to be wiped off them come. I. I),
the face of the earth. The whole;
world is convulsed; the white metal NOW \\ HAT?
is denied access to the mints of In- Jt is now conceded bv our wisest
dia; that country is rushing into politicians that the Republican party
bankruptcy and revolution; the Wui disintf^rute unless Hit-
Globe is not big enough for the plots wealth v and Vet ml members of Un-
to the terrible conspirators against partv conclude that by holding their
mankind. The only thing that gives party organization intact they can se-
any value to silver, on this side of | oure tbe defeat of the People's party
the Atlantic, is the Sherman act, am, „|e 8llpmnat.y of Mle i emocl 14tit.
wh.ch provides a market, at reduced I ,,ftrtv Theon| tLi the 1(emocratg
rates, for the output of our mines.: ..,,,1 ■, ... , .... , .
, . , y and Republicans do differ about is the
Deprived of that support, silver wil . .. . . ,. ..
y . ,, , , tariff, and it is believe that the future
practically valueless, as gold
opposed this measure- Here was a been gradually losiug their homes.
lirect issue. The Whig party strad-
dled the question by saying that it
had been settled by the Missouri com-
promise. The result was that the
Whig party was crushed put of exis-
Tlie Georgia central railroad is not
the only one that is asking the peo-
ple to pay such rates as will return a
fair dividend 011 $50,000,00:) of wat-
ered stock. What would you think
tence by the pi ess 11 re of these two j of a farmer in Cleveland county who
parties, and the Republicans then j would purchase a farm for $5 000 and
crushed tbe Democratic party, and j then whine because it did not return
accomplished what it was organized to him a "fair dividend" on a $50,-
to do. It afterwards became the there is a wonderful amount of syre-
tool of money kings, and for thirty | pathy wrought up, but how is it with
years has been used as an engine of
oppression in pauperizing the nation.
These same money kings have now
concluded that the Democratic party,
as now manipulated, will best serve
them therefore thev have massed
J.A. Fox & Co.
..HAS FRKS1I.
m iifti
Buys and Sells
ALL
the other fellow? He is denounced I
from one end of the land to other as
a "calamity howler and old hay
seed or some other epithet just as un-
appropriate.
It has been proven by computation
their batteries with them, and left the that the United States government |
Republican party out in the cold. ,< "11 take control of ever mile of rai'-
Washington had a plan, Hamilton J road in the I nited States and move
had a plan. Jefferson and Lincoln had j every car for #5.00 from any point to
plans, the People's party has a plan. !,D.V other point and make a good
Cleveland has none. Hill bellows: "I 1 dividend on every dollar that is in-
am a Democrat!'' and it is hailed as a j vested in said roads. I'on't you think
platform. Cleveland says: '-A public:^ about time to take control and
office is a public trust." and his fol | manage these roads in the interest!
KINDS OF
k
l-irst Door West of Magmre's Implement House.
I). W.
M AHyUA'iT,
President,
s. 11. Owkns, \V C
Vice-Pres.
Crawford,
< 'ashler.
Lee Catron.
Ass't. Cash.
Citizens Bank of Norman.
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAW8 OF OKLAHOMA )
CPAITAL STCK $50,000.
be
would be under the same circum-
stance?.
And the saddest and the strangest
thing in the world is to see the busi-
ness classes clamoring for a measure
which will wipe out one-half the me-
tallic-money of the planet, and drive
them into universal bankruptcy.
tariff legislation by the Democrats
will prove that their differences on
that question are merely nominal.
The Inst nationtal campaign as fal-
lis the Democrats and Republicans
were concerned, was fought to a finish
on that issue alone. The result was
so overwhelming and emphatic that
110 one would advise entering another
And the most shameful part of the
business is to see a democratic presi- camPft'8n "'t'1 the tai iff as an issue,
dent, elected upon a platform pledged
to the equal use of both gold and
silver, using the whole power of his
patronage to destroy one of those
metals for the enhancemect of the
other.
It reminds one of the period before
our civil war, when that disgraceful
lick - spittle politician, James Buchan-
an, employed, in the same way, the
offices in his gift, to beat Stephen A
It is generally admitted thai finance
will be the leading issue in future na-
tional campaign, till a final settlement
is made at the polls. The managers
of Democratic and Republican parlies
have for many years strained every
nerve to sidetrack finance in evcrv
campaign, but in spite of them, the
people have pressed the question, till
now there is over a million well or-
ganized, resolute, intelligent, deter-
lowers hail him as the discoverer of a
great new principle, though the same
words were used two thousands years
ago!
A platform for Democrats is entir-
of the people.
A SUPERNATURAL STORY.
I). W. Mai-quart,
O DIRECTORS: O
W. C. Crawford, S. It. Owens, t >.
Daniels, I). I.nrsli, Lee Catron.
The Contents of n Paper Found on the 1
sou of nil I unitiic Suicide.
Here is a story of the superuatural. It
ely unnecessary, be it what it may. i happened moie than 100 years ago, so \
The Democrat alwaj stalks protection '?at >"° 'nay hope that it is not true, j
., . . , , , ! 1 et in those days the invention of news
in lennsjlvnma and free trade in was not yet known, and the paper which
Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. | contains this story was a sober and lion- |
The success of the Democratic partv I e8t ^urQa1' °ne. "f the; P^'ents in a
1 * 1 madhouse—a parish madhouse, I think
did not depend on its platform, nor j that of Launeeston—escaped. That was
the conduct of its leaders. It. flour- r-° new thing. Tliey all wanted to es-
ished on the mistakes of tbe liepub-™1?, ?8.,he ™n - *1tho„Kh v*ry
1 I inau indeed, was quite harmless, they
H. l\ Catron, J. M
imuioi*, u. ij. Lrftrsn, lam ualron.
Bf-Lawe of this Hank provide that no stock can he issued to non-residents
I of this county.
THE FAMOUS GROCERY.
Has the neatest and most complete—
III I IBS
Douglas, and make the democratic mined voters who demand that it
party the party of human slavery; shall be settled. Their numbers liuve
just as Cleveland to-day is laboring increased since the election more rap-
to make it the party of the moneyed- j idly than at any previous period,
aristocracy. It took the democracy ( Reformers have prophesied for
nearly thirty years to recover from the years that when the reform movement
effects of Buchanan's course: it will. became strong enough to menance the
take them another thirty years to success of either the Republican or
recover from the effects of Cleve- Democratic party, that they would
land's course. unite in trying to crush it. This has
For-ho-v, in God's name, will the been denied by the managers of both
repeal of the Sherman act help the these old
country out of its distress? Our need Kansa
is a lack of money. This is shpwn in
the appeals made to Carlisle to an-
parties. The situation in
and in one or two other north-
: western states goes to prove the cor-
. . , rectness of the prediction. It is seen
ticipate the payment of the interest | ,,isn in fi,„ „ , ., ,
, ' , , , also in the utterance of the leading
due on U. S. bonds on July, ist.--some
seven million dollars. And on the
| old party journals since election. The
... . . New York Tribune recently said edit
heels of this payment money was!
,, • v, oriaIl\-: • Before the vear 1893 comes
worth 75 per cent on call in New , ,
YorK, on ample security. And then ! ° men P«-
the banks of New York issued nine V'" ^ Lighe9t
millions of paper money, called clear- (' . . ° umte natters affecting
ing-house certificates, which they all! e,ng . of ProPeity- Hie Tnbune
agreed to receive as cash. And it
will be found battling for property
was but"adropin thebucket." And nSllts-' i" plain Knglish.
the bankers say they cannot get gold me"n8> lf People's party threatens
in Europe, to ship to Americ
to disturb the present financial ad-
any terms! And yet they ask con-13ust,Dent! Democrats and Republicans
gress to destroy silver and place the I wi" u"itL'to perpetuate and intensify
country on a gold basis! And they llie present money famiae, through
propose to demonetize silver in India j wkich the people of the south and
and force three hundred million j wes^ !lre being unmercifully robbed,
more people to struggle for gold. ani1 01,1 of which northern and eastern
And Sixty-five million people in the | usurers are becoming immensely
United States are to be brought to a I wealthy.
gold basis also! ! That the supremacy of the Demo-
If we hated these fools we would j cratic party is being threatened bv
sa>'>—let them repeal the Sherman the People's party is perfectly appar-
act. Let every silver mine be closed | ent. The Democratic party has no
forever, and eight or ten states de- well defined policy. So far. thev
stroyed;—for then would come revo- j have failed to develop any question
lution, as it came in 186 x, and wipe , upon which they can agree.
out the conspirators and change the No policy that suits the south and
face of the world. Hut we would j west will be agreed to by the north
save mankind. And yet what can j and east, nor will the southern and
we do? "The voice of one crying in western people longer submit to the
the wilderness." , selfish pohcy of tbe north ^ ^
But we repeat, wil! any one tell us They are like two horses hitched tail
how the Sherman act will add a sin- to tail, both pull their best and don"
git dollar to the currency of the
I leans.
Since the Democratic party wears
the champion's belt, it must run the
government. It must champion the
cause of the gold-bugs, or give the
country unlimited silver coinage, and
otherwise increase the volume of mon-
ey to supply the demands of trade.
The Democrats in the 53d congress
can t run behind the Republican si-p-
ate and yell: -They won't let us do
it!"
There is one thing the 53d congress
can rely upon. The people of the
south and west know precisely what
they want and how to get it. If the
Democrats don't give the desired re-
lief they will be sent to join the Re-
publican leaders in permanent pi ivac-y
in 189-1.
Mark it! Southern Mercury.
Why some Railroads don't
pay dividends.
We hear it often asserted that rail-
roads do not pay dividends not-witli-
standing their extortionate rates. It
is true that almost every day we hear
of some railroad going into the hands
of receivers and this fact has led
many to believe that the cause is non-
payment of dividends. How some
good sensible people can be so easily
deceived, puzzls us.
We believe we can safely assert
that there is not a railroad in the I".
S. which if properly managed would
not pay a good dividend on every dol-
lar actually invested in building and
equipping the road.
The reason why some roads do not
pay handsome dividends is clearly
apparent to us. Take for instance,
the Georgia Central which was orig-
inlly capitalized at $7,000,000. Af
te* squeezing out all the little fellows
went about their search in a leisurely
fashion. At last they found her drowned
in a shallow dicch and carried her back
to the madhouse.
On preparing the unhappy woman for
the grave they found in her corset—then
called her stays—something that rustled.
They cut the thing open and discovered
a small parcel rolled up tight in some
v'lterprouf stuff—whatever was then in-
vented. The pared was a document
written on pai-chnient. It was written
very small and misspelled, but this was
how it ran:
"The man came along after dark. He
stopped at our door and said he was
a stranger, and would my aunt take him
in for the night? Ho seemed a sailor
and said he was respectable and showed
money. 'Elizabeth,' said aunt, 'he can
have your room, and you shall sleep with
me.' There were two bedrooms in the
cottage, up a ladder, botli garrets. Dur-
ing the evening he sent me out for
drink, anil he had a lot and was drunk,
but he got up the ladder safe and so to
bed. In the night I heard aunt get out
of bed. There was a moon shining in
the skylight window.
"She took something and went into
the man's room. Then 1 was frightened
and sat up in bed, and I heard a sound
as of a blow and nothing more. Present-
ly aunt came back, and in the moonlight
she saw me sitting up in bed. 'Get up,'
she said; 'go down stairs and get, if you
can, a light.' So I did and brought the
rushlight up the ladder. Aunt had the
Bible in her hand. 'Swear,' she said,
'that you will never tell any one what
has been done.' So I swore, trembling,
and wished I might go suddenly mad if
I told, 'Then,' says she, 'I've killed the
lodger. His pockets were full of guineas,
and I'm a made woman. But you must
help me.'
"So she made me help to drag the body
down into the room below and out in the
garden, where we dug a hole under the
cabbages and laid it as deep as we could.
Then we covered all up and went back
to the house and waited till daybreak.
As soon as it was light we washed up the
place, and nobody ever found out. One
night, when I was a woman grown, the
dead man came to my bedside and said,
'Tell the story,' and I said, 'I cannot, be-
cause I swore.' He said: 'If you tell, you
have sworn to go mad. If you do "not
tell, I will haunt you till you do go mad.'
"So, as lam bound to go mad either
, way, I have written the story down and
in the company they reorganized and I sewn it up. When I am dead, somebody
will find it and will dig up the poor man
and bury him in a churchyard. The
house is situated" * * *
"V mjjpt If jy* mjt ^ ^ ^ ay. mffk Mjfi
*«" V IT V V w
Their Prices are so low that they defy their
competiters to make theirs as low
CALL and SEE THEM and SATISFY YOURSELF.
blake <Sc elledge block east main STREET
Norma-n, O. T.
W. N. ELLEDGE, Proprietor.
Save
oney,
BV GOINli TO
Harness Shop.
He has the Largest, Cheapest, and Kxcluslve Slanufactury of
demand for vast sums to move the
wheat, corn, cotton to market:—
and money worth 75 per cent, in
New York!
And yet in the midst of all the Hp-
roar, the U. S. silver dollar, worth
1 move an inch. Its pretty much the
same with the Republican part}'.
The People's party is well organ-
ized and united. Every plank in their
national platform breathes a clear cut
principle of Democratic government.
The Republican jarty demaned the
abolition of slavery. The Democrats
and the same men took out $25,000,-
000 of prefered stock and $25,000,-
000 of common stock. In other
words they took a piece of property
worth #7,000.000 and said it was
*57,000,000 and whine and cuss be-j don Queen,
cause the masses will not meekly
submit to down right robbery in order
hat they may make fair dividends on
farmers as a rule have been unable
not only to pay '-fair dividends" on
their actual investments, but have
000 dollar investment.
It is all right for the railroads to
whine because they cannot make fair
dividends on watered stock; but it is
all wrong for a farmer to howl be-
cause he cannot make a dividend on
his actual investment.
For the railroads and corporations
Reparing Carriages and Upholstering Trimmings neatly done, also
( ui ry <1 full line of all kind Saddlery and latest
Style of Summer Goods.
Ea*t Main Street,
West of Blake & kiledge Block. Norman, Okla.
GEO. W. WOLF,
PROPRIETOR OF
THE PEOPLES STORE.
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES.
Thus the narrative. And they dug up
the garden in the place indicated and
found the dead body in what had been
sailor's clothes.—Walter Besant in Lon-
Were the superfluities of a nation
valued and made a perpetual tax or be-
nevolence, there would be more alms-
houses than poor, more schools than
scholars and enough to spare for govern-
ment besides.—Penn,
Too many of us in our eagerness after
facts simply for the sake of storing up
knowledge neglect the necessary means
of making our knowledge useful.
Pays Cash for All
Country Produce. I
Call and See me and 1 will
That I sell Groceries lower
Two Doors West of
P. O., East Main St.
convince you
than the lowest
Dont Forget the Place.
NORMAN, OKLA.
It is agreed by medical authorities
that the virulence of an epidemic may
be increased by the element of fear it
the public mind.
Save your life and money by buying
your Drugs from Mayfield.
WHERE TO TRADE?
HE
Store,
-AT THK-
General - Merchandise.
Harness, Saddles, and Bueries.
Dealers In—
Hamilton Brown Shoes,
A Specialty.
Cotney, Griffin & Waits.
west main street.
NORMAN OKLA,
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1893, newspaper, July 15, 1893; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116233/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.