The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1893 Page: 4 of 8
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The People's Voice.
ALLAN & RIXSE, Publishers.
SUBSCBIITION $1.00 PKR YEAR.
restored but prosperity does not seem
to follow in its wake. The people
however, have had a practical lesson,
and have taken on some "confi-
a full legal tender for all debts, pub-'
lie and private, and that without the
use of banking corporations; the;
speedy increase of the circulating,
PUBLISHED BVF.RY SATURDAY.
Entered In the pnstoffl o<> at Norman,
O. T. as second class mv.tor for trans-
mission through all mails.
Norman, Saturday. Nov.,
dence." They are more confident' medium the establishment, by the j
that the fools are not all dead—and government, of postal saving banks'
the biggest fool is the fellow thai and the free and unlimited coinage
thinks the change of the administra- of both gold and silver. ihet'e-l
tion caused the panic, or that the mands above set forth are the de
election of a Republican President mands of the plain people of this
would restore good times. country. 1 he two old parties have
I refused to grant them; and in the
l he signs of the time, as indicated next election a party that will gran:
by the late elections, reveal that them will assume control of the gov-
plutocratic tory rule on American ernment. the West and the south
J.S.ALLAN. Editor.
TIME TAULE-A. T.N.
GOING SOl'TII,
F.
NO. 403 1 a
No. 4(17 Stops at Purcell... :V>, p.
No. 423 Accommodation S :88, p.
Going north,
no. 40H 12 :34, a.
soil is doomed, and its end is near
| at hand. Cleveland's election was a
god send. He has knocked the stuffin'
| out of his old party. Gabriels horn
can never muster it again as a party;
| not even in the day of judgment. In
i 1896 America will once again declare ; osted
1 her independence from liritish rule
! in tones that will echo through gen-
erations yet unborn. Then will the
will no longer vote for the gold bug
party directly or in indirectly. The
hirelings of Wall Street will not
dominate in the next congress.
N0' 401^'mmodatio...M, a! In. I ondon iew ,levil fish with i,s sllm>'
no. 422 .
Norman Market Report.
Wheat .
Corn ...
Onto ...
Cotton.
.6, 3-4 U 7 et* . per. ll .
! tentacles fastened on the world's
! industries be numbered with the
j things of the past.
Senator Mill* Corroborate*.
Our readers will, doubtless, re-
member reading an article in this
paper wherein it was alleged that
prayer in ... , , „ ,
1 ' lexas would go Populist in the next
! election. The Democrats in this
Hon. Jerry Rusk, Ex-Secretary of!t0Wn ,leeime'1 U the wildest of asser"
Agriculture, died, at his home in'tlons a"(1 ®uBht every occasion to
, 1 i twit and ridicule the writer for what
Wisconsin, last Wednesday morning.
I they deemed a groundless assertion,
I an irredescent dream, and but the
j vaporings of an affected brain. In
j some cases, Populists may be a little
j over-sanguine and in their earnest-
i ness make assertions which the facts
do not warrant; but the assertion
The old Bay Tree State in 189- ma<Ie regarding Texas does not fall
jjave less than 2000 votes for Genera
It is Col. Hester of the Call now.
Read the Democartic
this issue, if you read nothing else
The gold bug party has a Demo-
cratic head and a Republican tail.
Between, it is filled up with suckers;
who on every election, vote to sup-
port it.
Some of our readers have ac-
and asked us why we
did not give election returns.
Before reliable returns can
be had the associated press must be
given time to get through lying. The
Populist vote is usually suppressed
for about ten or fifteen days after
the election and reliable returns of
the vote are difficult to secure, before
the slow freight arrives—the train
on which tne Populist vote is always
sent. The old parties send their vote
in by wire in order to give tneir pa-
pers time to lie, before the
arrival of the Populist vote
on the slow freight. Since
the returns have come in the plute
papers have discarded the use of
large black type in giving the same.
The smallest type and the most se-
cluded place in their paper is used
now. The official returns show great
gains for the Populists ticket in every
State where elections were held. In
Virginia, the Populist party was only
organized last summer; and this
within one of these cases. Demo-' might be called their first
crats are loth to accept Populists au- jass State. I he vote cast
thority but they certainly will not re-! for the ticket reached almost 100,000,
i tuse to accept it, when corroborated i e'ec''nS o\er 20 members to the leg-
| by good Democratic authority. Sena-
About the only consolation the ed-
itor of the Democrat gets out of the
recent elections is that they beat the
Populist in Virginia and Kentucky.
To such consolation he is welcome.
The Carnagies, Havemeyers and
others of their kind will suffer no
seyous losses from tariff legislation
*>—o U„,,
tor Mills, of Texas, in conversation
with a reporter, expressed his views
of the situation in Texas as follows;
"I have sacrificed myself for this ad-
ministration. When I left Texas
| every paper in the state was my
friend. Today three-fourths of them
are my enemies. "Populists will
carry Texas next time," and turning
irri said, "vruir
Weaver; this year the Populist vote,
in that State, exceeded 7,000. Don't
look much like defeat does it ?
islature. Not bad for the beginning
you see. In Iowa the gains were
very large; and so confident are the
Populist in that State that they feel
sure they will carry it in the next
election. In Kentucky the results
were equally satisfactory; every
county showing gains for the ticket.
In one legislative district a demo-
cratic majority of 1900 was cut down
to about 100. In Kansas and Ne-
braska a coamiun uf tne old pa. ties
defeated the Populist ticket; but it
took them both to do it. The Pop-
ulist vote showed a good healthy
gain in each of these two states. The
Republican Papers made a great
howl about a Populist defeat in Kan-
what loss, if any, | publican. If such a policy is capa-!sas' '3Ut t,ie election returns don't
the brokers of wall street sustained. 1 ble of ruining the Democratic party, how !t- 1 ,ie>" f,° show, however,
(don't you think it will have a similar !that lhe PoPulist lost, by reason of
j effect on the Republican party ? Theill,e "enio-Republican coalition,
| financial policy of both the old part-1 about '5 county officers in the State.
Patience is one of the virtues, ami ies is shaped and fashioned accord- "1"' sreat majorities, the Republi-
that one along with the rest, is pos j ing to the dictates of the money i cans received in many of the States
sessed by the Populist, Mr. Demo-j power. The next administration will | were 001 majorities of the voters of
Leads 'em All!
M. McGINLEY, the family grocer.
The finest line of CHOICE TEAS and COFFEES,
CANNED and DRIED FRUITS.
Elegant Display of White
queensware,
WHICH I WII.L SELL
ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE
CHEAP,
Come early and get first choice.
All kinds of Fit EMU I'ltODl't'E and VEGETABLES.
REMEMBER--that for good goods and lowest prices
M. McGINLEY.
NORMAN'S GROCER
EAST MAIN STREET,
..LEADS ALL COMPE 1I1ORS.
NORMAN, OKLA
however, would do well to stand from ' state will go Republican. The finan
under.
The demonetization of silver has
caused a loss to the American Far-
mers on the crops of wheat and cot-
ton alone of over £3,000,000,000.
Have not learned
! rial policy of this administration has
ruined us both." Mr. Mills has
voiced the feelings of nearly all the
Western and Southern Democrats.
The financial policy of the present
administration has been strictly Re-
"The I'npuliM that can «:tin com
rcccnt clc Iona mu-t certainly |
Hence of .lob.—Pemocint.
crat.
The Populists last year in the State
of Nebraska, carried 41 counties, the
Republicans 40, and the Democrats
9. This year the Populists carried!"
57 counties, the Republicans 25, and
the Democrats eight; at
Democrat wonders how
can get comfort out of
elections.
and I ''lose States. Many Democrats dis-
long gusted with the administration re-
j mained at home and did not vote.
Refusing to vote for their o\fn can-
didates they were not quite ready to
0. Flower lntlm August Aremi. vote the Populist ticket, but we think
fhe presrnt hour is fraught with j they will be fullfledged Populist by
have a financial policy shaped
fashioned by the people. I'oo
hath Wall Street ruled in the counci
of the people.
d yet the I great danger to the Republic. If the next election. It is quite evident
1 Populist ! the gold power—the gamblers of wall ; to us they are thinking and when a
the recent J street and the bankers who are grow- j man commences to think and read
I ing rich on special privileges—sue j for himself, he is more than two-
It puzzles us why some old farmers {
are very desirous of a money that j
ceed in further enslaving the people, j thirds won over to the Populist party,
a greater evil will have been consum- j The Populist have every reason to
mated than war with all its pitiless j rejoice over the showing made by
will be good in Europe. They cer- j ravages; for nothing is so terrible as the party in the late election, and the
tainly don't expect to spend the gradual pressure of the millions prospects of success for the party in
what they make here in Europe; j toward the precipice of starvation. 1894 and 1896 were never brighter
like some of our Eastern plutocrats i Hie above article is from the pier than to-day. Let every Populist
Carnegie and VanAlen for instance. one Ameaica's foremost think-! take renewed courage and begin to
Wirth a hard money basis, we fear orj atK' writers. In it the evil con- spread reform literature among his
but lew American farmers will ever sequences that will follow the further | neighbors. It will be good seed sown
have occasion to go to Europe to contraction of the people's money in fertile ground and will bring forth
spend what they have made. are clearly set forth by a master's an abundant crop of votes for the
•« j mind. By the demonetization of sil- principles set forth in the Omaha
•"We want a solid basis for our I ver the currency has suffered a further ! platform, next elecjion
tnoney." That is the twaddle of the \ contraction and the people are again
hard money cranks. They pretend j pressed a step forward to the preci-
not to understand that when the gov-1 pice; only a few more steps in the The expression "hard times" is fa-
ernmentissues a full legal tender dol-1 same direction and they will go over miliar to every American. The
lar •! Jbasall the basis under the earth, j into the bottomless pit of starvation, meaning of the expression is too well
that all the property both real Will they halt before the fatal step is known too need any defining. Many
and personal is a basis for such an 1 taken ? The people should arouse are the reasons assigned for the con-
issue. Euery man, woman and child, j "P everywhere, and casting old party ; ditions existing in this country caus-
including old maids, homely girls,! prejudice aside and vote for an im- j ing the same. Many fine spun thories
^aucy boys, and crying babies, who
live in our country are pledged for
llard Times.
the redemption of such a dollar either
in labor or the products of the earth.
—Sentinel Chicago.
As a result of the demonetization
•of silver wheat has gone down more
than four cents a bushel and a down-
ward tendency has marked the mar-
ket everywhere. Confidence has been
Farm Loans.
I am prepared to make loans 011 good
deeded hums. Parties wishing to
secure the saiw' should call and see me
at Berry & Allan's office.
John s allan.
Take Notice.
H. W. Stubbeman will remove his liar-,
mediate increase of the volume of! have been advanced and much prin- lie8S shop *,0 the building across the|
currency, to be issued and sustained ter's ink used, to say nothing about j ' the th® month. lie makes
1 . 1', ., , the move in order thai Mr. Elledtre can
by the government, and; thecausesassignedbypohtical speak- , , . , , "
B , , . , , 6 . ' ' F put up a ne* brick building on the lot
and not placed in the
ditions resulting in poverty, hunger
and distress throughout the length
and breath of our land. The most
common as well as the most fallacious
cause assigned, perhaps, is that of an
over-production, resulting in stagna-
tion. It is true where production ex-
ceeds consumption, stagnation will
result, and hard times ensue. If over-
production is a possibility might not
an under consumption be also possi
ble. An overproduction can only ex-
ist when the demands of consumption
have been fully satisfied. If by some
ledgerdemain consumption is re j
tarded the result is not over-produc- ]
tion; but rather a sequence of under-
consumption. What would you think
of a farmer going around telling his
neighbors that he had an over-pro-
duction of grass and at the same
time had a pen full of cattle bellow-
ing to get at it ? Vou would say he
was crazy, would'nt you ? What jlo
you think of a man piping over-pro-
duction when thousands of people
are dying each year of starvation in
our cities and many times that num-
ber can barely get the necessaries of
life to keep soul and body together ?
This state of affairs exists not only
in our cities, but you will find it in our
villages and hamlets; yea even in our
country home. Do )ou think the
cotton fields of the south and the ce-
real growing districts of the north
west have brought forth in such an
abundance that their products have
overrun the demands of consump-1
tion? If such is the case then why I
is the wail o*: hunger a
heard throughout the land ? Is it pos- I
sible,that poverty,hunger and distress
are the con-comitants of over-pro- j
duction ? The fallacy of the argu- j
ment of over-production, causing
"hard times," is so palpable that no !
one of ordinary intelligence need be
deceived by it. The cause of "hard j
times," while a mystery to some, is
none to close observers. There is
not a man in Cleveland County that'
cannot give an intelligent answer to
the cause of "hard times." He has!
but to feel down in the pockets of his!
old overalls to find the answer '
lack of monev.
a n 1 >
If
We Buy
;ORN, OATS,|
und
H A V .
The Best Place to Buy
Groceries and Provis-
ions. Canned Goods.
Sugar, Coffees, and
everything- in the line of
Groceries is at
Gioarreties
-:and>
[(ibaccoes
want vou!
Bl'TTER
-and
i Eggs
s. a. Waits,
Presid
-N". W. Griffbn,
•nt. Vice President
E. F. Taylor,
Cashier.
J. Kelley,
Ass't Cashie
Farmers & Merchants B;
s..
CAPIAL STOCK $50,000.
DIRECTORS WHO
Pryor Adkins,
P. L. Welch,
John Merkle
GUARANTEE CAREFUL AND
S. A. Waits,
V. A. Wood,
E. F'. Taylor,
N.SKRVATIVT MANAdEMENl :
N. W. Griffin,
L. Payton,
W. J, Kelley,
Does a General Banking Business. Accounts and Colleetfons Solicited,
distress j Safety Fire Proof \ault, Screw Door, Triple Time Lock Safe. Valuable
Papers and Records Stored Without Charge.
New Ms.
More
CHEAPER THAN EVER.
, .put up tt ne* brick buildin
he ers each campaign, in trying to give j where he now is. He will return to his
hands of privileged classes. Do this : a satisfactory answer to this problem, j old stand on the completion of the new
and a victory for the Republic of j The plutocratic press of this country building.
measureless proportions will be has well nigh exhausted the English !
achieved. The People's party plat-; language contradicting itself in trying
form says: We demand a national to assign, or perhaps it might be more
currency, safe, sound and flexible, is- j truthfully said, using efforts to con-
sued by the general government only, ceal, the causes that produce the con-
OUR STORE AGAIN HAS tHE OLD TIME APPEARANCE.
We have just what you want, and at
Prices so Low you can't help but buy. We
ask all our old Patrons and as many new
as wish to save Money, to Call and Ex-
amine our Stock, before buying elsewhere.
WE ARE THE
"PEOPLES FRIENDS."
Farmers take Notice.
The Dowd & ltunyan mill will com-
mence grinding corn next Saturday.
Go to Prickett Bro's for gasoline.
BerrY B
Norman,
ro's.
Okla.
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1893, newspaper, November 25, 1893; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116276/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.