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The Perry Daily Times.
Vol. i
PERRY OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, JULY, n, 1894.
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pop propaganda.
A Man Dreami That He Hat lione
Wronp and Become a Populitl.
HOW IT AFFECTED HIM.
A Speaker lilv«H u 11 Outlioe of the Politi-
cal Warfare lu He Puriuid-Eich
\ .iter It to lie l)«Uil«(i the
ttol of <irievan«es lie
Feels Most Votes
Are Waut<*d.
Kroin the Uuthrie Stale Capital )
Editor Static Capital: 1 dreamed
thai I was the member of the populist
national committee for Oklahoma.
The place of meeting overlooked the
place where the Hay market riot oc-
curred. There was a full attendance.
Kvcry state was represented. The
spot seemed to he hallowed ground.
It was here that distinguished reform-
ers "made way for liberty and died,
except two subsequently pardoned by
Ooveruor Altgeld.
The meeting was opened by a singu
lar prayer perpetrated by an alleged
preacher. A band played "Coxey on
the tirass" and retired. The commit-
tee was then addressed by its chair-
man as follows:
'•(i.'iitlemen of the populist national
committee, as you are all aware, the
obj ct of this conference is to devise
Ways and means to beat the republi-
can' party. Anything which tends to
that desirable end it not to be rejected
even on account of absurdity. Some-
times a thing of this kind will win be-
cause our opponents think it does uot
need to be refuted. Organize clubs at
school houses, pledge members not to
vote for either of the old parties. Or-
ganization will do much, but oratory,
earnest and impassioned speech is our
best hold. Each member of the com-
mittee is expected to use great care in
selecting speakers in his state or terri-
tory. Procure men who will out talk
their opponents. Strict accuracy is of
secoudary importance. Let speakers
dwell upon the fact (or fiction) that
they once belonged to the republican
party, but it became so corrupt that
their pure spirits could only find peace
in populism. This has won many
votes. Attribute the present depres-
sion to the national banking system.
If any one asks you to specify in-
stances where the national banking
system has ever injured any one or
caused the loss of a dollar to anyone,
don't attempt the impossible, but make
your hearers believe that a corrupt re-
publican government gave the pluto-
crats bonds and money and neglected
the poor man. for whom it dM not
care. Right here you want to put in
the Wall street licks with which every
|Hipulist speaker by this time ought to
l e familiar. Score the democrats ac-
cording to circumstances. In locali-
ties where fusion is impossible give
democracy thunder; where united ac-
tion will capture the offices draw it
mildly. Especial pains should be taken
to make the people believe that all the
troubles and misfortunes of this life
arc directly due to the vicious legisla-
tion of the republican party. If you
mil short of ideas commence back at
Wall street and the money power, lio
not attempt to undeceive those who
have been induced to believe that the
money power is an ineorporate institu-
tion created by the republican party
f< r the avowed purpose of oppressing
the poor.
Always espouse the cause of riot and
disorder, ami censure the law as an
engine of oppression, and its agents as
i rti. iotis meddlers whose action is lia-
ble to work an injury to the cause of
the "people." The mob has more
Votes than police or sheriffs. As to
t lie organized vagrancy known as the
t'o\ey movement, I hardly know what
to say. You are aware the advantage
we hoped to gaiu by his intended
pecch on the steps of the capitol was
lost by the action of the meddlesome
p h e and that he failed to attract the
att> ntiou of a tyranuical government
and the opportunity of a glorious text
f r populist orators to preach from
was forever lost. A republican the
other day impudently asked me how
n.ii Ii political capital we expected to
ma'ic out of the circumstance of Coxey
whacking around in uu ornamental
I'russ plot. We have got to drop that
It has more than served its intended
purpose, and kicks back. This will
b • a sacrifice of expectation, not of
prin ipie. 1 wish to say to the mem-
ber from Oklahoma that it is uot
dee tied advisable to have the tiuthrie
e iiimonwealers march to Washington
at present. Under existing circuin-
stances and in view of the abundant
crops in your territory the intended
rocket of starvation, womeu shedding
washtubsful of tears, innocent chil-
dren rending the atmosphere with
cries for bread, will not work with
wheat at thirty-five cents per bushel.
TI e crops have injured the "cause."
< « nsult the quartermaster of the com-
monweal, who has been notified in
regard to the action pr«y vr he ta-
ken. Send to the cV#*. , .V of the
national committee ^ gj?paign Itt-
cta'.ure. The mo^'a ' ^Aional and
abs trd document ® J be distrib-
uted to such it ^ve years invest
i-i "bohemian To those who
hail rather receive money than to earn
it, ' Select Sophistries on Finance"
will be the thing. Don't fool away
time with anyone who says that prom-
ises to pay must be redeemed. We
must keep this fact in the background.
I u cases of fusion with the democrats,
i'et the best of the bargain if possible,
but get what you can Go in to win.
Notes count. Anything to beat the
republican party, whose discarded as-
pirants for office clearly perceive its
corruption and are now the hotiored
leaders of our glorious cause. Let no
effort be spared"— Here I awoke,
with a feeling of regret that the chair-
man's speech was thus cut in two, and
a feeling of satisfaction that 1 was
still a high private in the republican
ranks. Edwin Low*..
A BOOMER'S CREED.
Howdy.
Yes, I'm a ln>ou er—'u say,
I wtti out ou Cottonwood,
N' the) v\ an tiaiin' a big hurrah, .
Enjoyiu th**ir*elv«* n' fee)in' gooJ,
Haudxtiakin'. rompio' rowdy
a*- i'oIin in a mt-dder,
itiiin hliiHbiu' like wild pollen,
('hecks red as wild-wood rose-,
• eetsi loo «a| bo, a io44ii .
'N' boys
Hie ilin' round, cast in sheep'* eyes
At eui. Irtllu' I he old folks nee.
Careless like, how nut-cuimon nice
'V pearl 'ii* hand) the) could be,
Tulin heavy tot**, like they's lo>s,
N sweatlu' for itll the)'s worth.
N' Mores of fystely youug tflrU
l.cttiu' on, tossin' their curls
Like there *asu l a boy oo earlh.
•N't' en,
Talk of eatln's—V bis*s your soul'
Slacks of pie pickles n' JHI,
'.V two big oxen, roast. .1 whole,
N chicken fried I couldn't tell
The baskets of cake 'u' cake ageu,
All fronted over, bottom n' top,
'N" all, too, the very best,
H>r.tinln' stitches in your rest
'N" bustln' it, too. as like as uot.
Big feed?
That's what for they was passed.
La) ill' ha k in the shade ealin',
let me see. first and last
Since jou're talkiu' of speakiu'
An old line boomer took the lead
'N" didn't wind htm one bit;
says he "Fellers, by gosh '
So many things won't wash
That I've got up a creed to tit,
A Jewel —
Settliu's u' sand from life's old cup-
N' all >ou feilers wautin' laud
If it rips )our theology up
The back. I letter keep it on baud.
Aloug with your fun n' mule
Frayin' just then ain't on the role,
N<
No
Us
r tne skv
ut'o the reach of my pole
If you're
Trust n the Lord II make a run
N" d.op a claim into your hand
When the race is over n' won
You'll timl yciirself wamu' for land.
Ke • trustiu' In luck n' k<ep poor,
Waitin' signs eveolu' u moru.
"N prayin' your hardest
1 hrough seed lluie 'n' harvest-
s' theu it thakes labor to grow corn.
Don't uiutter
So Paul plants n' Polly waters
'1 binp«. u' everywhere we ttud
Oaruer'd sheaves of honest workers:
Flckles float!n' iu the brine—
'X apple-fa* s 'n'apple butte •,
'X flannel nice n warm- •
Kni.ugh sirh like in store
To keep outside the door
Kv'ry wolf that hau^s 'round a farm
I trod
On the tall of your eat. did I?
Let her yeowl. it may do her good ;
1 ain't waitln for clouds to roll by
X" children cryln' for food.
While a cheerful spa 'e turns wllliu' sod.
My cieei hangs on tbe old clock «helf—
It's Mjuare all round 'u' wide
Kuough J^r --Tbe 1 ord will provide
For the man that helps himself
—Fsank Pattessoh.
A ti rand .lury Suggested.
Washington, July 10.—(Special. ]
Attorney Cleneral Olney sent import-
ant communications to Oklahoma to
day, relative to troubles on the Rock
Island road at government towns. It
is understood the attorney general
suggests that a grand jury should be
called at once in the judicial districts
in which trouble occurs, so that an
effort can be made to secure indict-
ments against parties interfering with
railroad property. The plan is to hasten
prosecutions.
DYNAMITE CAP.
It Flays Havoc IVItli an Innocent Woman
West of Town.
(h'TiiitiE, t)kla., July II.—(Special|
Mrs. Carl Beard, living seven miles
west of the city, had her whole hand
blown off with a dynamite cap She
had taken a nail and poked it into the
cap and it went off.
She was brotij, ht to this city, where
two lingers were cut off on her left
hand and a bone extracted on the fore-
linger of her right hand. It is one of
the few casualities during the Fourth
of July season.
BOMHit IX HOHKMIA.
Two Officers and a Civilian Wounded—9ev.
eral Fxplotloos Nipped.
Pragik. Itoheuiiu. July 10.—A bomb
was exploded last evening at Pilsen,
in front of the building occupied by
the German Athletic association and
the German Traders club. Two officers
were slightly injured and one civilian
was seriously wounded. Ail the win-
dows of the building aud those of a
number of houses near it were .shat-
tered.
Other attempts were made at the
same hour to explode bombs before the
district courts and police courts, but
gend'artnes discovered these in time to
prevent their explosion.
i n« nriii Awards.
Litti.r Hock, Ark., July 10.—The
judges in the inter-state drill have an-
nounced the following leading percent-
ages and awards of prizes:
Inter-state drill—Washington Fenclbles.
8.YUJ. Branch guards, of St. Louis. 83.53.
Zaluy rifles, of Galveston. 83 31. |50).
Maiden drill—Eniuictt guards, of Washing-
ton. W.rtl. $1,000; Governor's guards, of Austin.
81.art. avm. Uovertior'sguard*, of Memphis. 08.IH
|30J; Bullcnc guards, of Kansas City. Mo . tW.fll
$jun. Helena guards, of Helena. Ark.. 61.53, |I0J.
Artillery Indianapolis Light artillery, 92.1t.
|77Vt. Dallas Light artillery. M.fti. |3W
Zouave drill -Chicago zouave*, 0J.73. || .0)0;
Hale /.ouaves. of Kansas City, Wl.<?4. fJJJ. Husch
souiivcs. of St. Luula, 75.1#; Fletcher xouaves.
of Little Kock. T2.76. _
A Monoa truin was derailed b3' an
open switch at Lafayette. Ind., Sun-
day morning, but no great damage was
douo.
Mayors Request Arbitration.
Detroit, Mich., July 10.—H. 8. Pin.
gree. mayor of this city, has telegraphed
to the mayors of fifty cities asking
them to join him in revesting Oeorge
M. Pullman to settle the strike by ar-
bitration.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
absolutely pure
COXEY ISM IN RUSSIA.
lu a paper in The Review of Reviews
W T. Stead calls attention to the fact
n.at there is nothing new inCoxeyism.
It is as old as the hills. The only nov-
elty is to find in this respect, as in
many others, Russian methods repro-
duced in the American republic. Try
as one may, one never escapes free
from Muscovy in the western world.
Coxey ism iu its methods of organizing
petitions in boots is an American adop-
tion of a familiar Russion mode of air-
ing grievances and of protesting
abuses. Professor Hourwich, an able
Russian statesman, of the University
of Chicago, to whose painstaking re-
researches we are indebted for much
authentic information as to the consti-
tution of the Coxeyite armies, has
pointed out that in this respect, as in
many others, the Americans are but
English - speaking Muscovites. He
says:
"In Russia it frequently happens
that the peasants of some remote vil-
lage or group of villages, tinding no
relief for their grievances with the
home authorities, send their delegates
to bring "petitions in boots" to the
seat of the central government. The
weary 'walkers,1 as they are called in
Russia, march thousands of miles,
very often begging 'for Christ's sake.'
That men should come to the adoption
of such methods of petitioning in
America is a phenomet on so extraor-
dinary that it deserves study from
another than the policeman's stand-
point."
The petition in boots hps at least
succeeded in achieving a phenomenal
success. This, no doubt, it owed
chiefly to the immense publicity it ob-
tained through the newspapers; but
the art of converting the press into a
sounding board is one of the most in-
dispensable for all those who would
air their grievances, aud Coxey by in-
stinct seeems to have divined how to
do it.
These are the days wheu the dema-
gogue makes hay, baled hay winnowed
with win.!.
What great times these are for the
man with wide expanse of mouth,
commonl.* known as the demagogue.
Thk democratic party is great on
vacuums. It has made a seventy mil-
lion dollar vacuum in the treasury in a
year.
There are a hundred honest men to
one rogue, and yet the one rogue boo-
dos us and does most in running the
government.
J. V. N. ORECORY, Pres. P. W. PAKRAR, OMSI«r.
V. C TALBERT, AM't.Caah.
BANK of PERRY
CAPITAL,
*50,000
DIRECTORS-
J. V. N UEEOOBY, R \V. KAURAK, V. C. T.VI.HfcRT.
GEO. H. HARTLEY, J. T. LAFFERTY
This Bank has the latest improved safe with automatic bolt
work. Also a fire proof vault.
This 18 the day of much hypocracy.
The bald headed man kneels down to
pray. In the midst of his prayer he
slaps his old pate and interpolates,
"damn those flies."
Smith Brick Manufacturing Company*
NORTH PERRY, KABT OF RAILROAD.
BRIO KS!
Perry Made Brick,! mi
iCheap as the Cheapest,
LAW IS KING.
Ex-Oov. Foraker said some good aud
timely things in a speeech on the
Fourth on the occasion of the dedica-
tion of the soldier's monument at
Clevelaud. Here are a few of them:
"No government will execute itself.
It is not the business of government
to furnish employment or bread; neith-
er is it the right of government, by
imbecility or the application of false
theories, to paralyze business, destroy
prosperity and enforce idleness with
its consequent misery aud crime.
"We must neither have hunger nor
bayonets, and we wiM not have either
loug. The mills and the factories
must be started; the mines must be
kept opeu. But this change cannot be
brought by violence. It must come
about in an orderly manner, under and
iu accordance with the forms, provi-
sions and requirements of law.
"Let no man take the law into his
owu hauds. It is our sovtreign ruler,
and whosoever strikes at it strikes at
the only king we have. Every such
blow, no matter in whose uaiue it is
struck, or how it may be disguised, is
moral, if not legal, treason, as rank
aud foul as was the assassiu's thrust
that struck down the president of the
French republic.
"If we would perpetuate what our
fathers acheived, aud our.soldier saved
we must suppress not only assaults
upou constituted authority, but also
the men who make such assaults. We
have no room, broad as our country is,
for the anarchist, the communist, the
socialist, or the boycotter. They are
all un-American. They are all ene-
mies of laboi as well as of capital.
Their tyranny is greater than that
which precipitated the Americau revo-
lution. Their success would mean the
dissolution of society and the over-
throw of the republic."
Nobody has any sympathy for Pull-
man. His career has been one of pub-
lie oppression. He has been a leech
ou the people. Hut when the strikers
go out and make a tie-up which cuts
20 cents a bushel off of Oklahoma po-
tatoes, ruins the fruit crop of Califor-
nia and takes the daily wages from
millions who arc anxious to work,
then the public has a right to object.
Ai.i. things in this country which
abridge equal opportunity should be
stopped by law. Give all an equal
chance—and then let individual ambi-
tion aud energy dc the re6t.
Dallas,News (democratic): The sen-
ate has brought forth a hideous abor-
tion. The tariff bill as it passed the
senate is -n all-sufticient evidence of
deals with the greedy trusts, includ-
ing the growing army of socialistic
raiders with which the country is in-
fested.
Every man has the right to work or
loaf as he pleases—and this right
must be observed; hut when the peo-
ple think liberty means that the
economic worker must fill his louzy,
lazy carcass, without earning the
feed by labor, the thing stops right
there; it is time for law to step in.
Sam Jokes occasionally says some-
thing worth quoting. The other day,
in Troy. Ah*., he remarked: "A free
ballot and a fair count may mean
negro domination, but a corrupt ballot
and perjury mean devil domination.
If rumors can be relied on at all, you
have officials in this county who ought
to be working in stripes in the peni-
tentiary of this state, and no doubt
they would be largely recruited from
many other counties iu the state of
Alabama. Our politics are corrupt,
our politicians are corrupt. The ballot-
box may show who is elected, but the
returus show who gets the office. If
we preachers would quit preaching so
much about 'Sweet By and By,' and
have more to say about the dirty now
and now. we would see things getting
in better shape in Georgia and Ala
bama and all over the country."
SUPREME COURT.
A Number of Cases t ndtr Confttrieratlob—
All Judges Present.
Guthrie, Okla., July 11 —(.Special]
The supreme court convened this
morniug at 10 o'clock, all the justices
being present. The following cases
were considered:
Hound Poi.1 vs. Rock Island com-
pany; continued until tomorrow morn-
ing.
Euid vs. Kock Island; railtoad
moved for continuance; motion con-
sidered.
Bradford vs. Territory; submitted.
Wolf vs. .latfrey & Co ; argued upon
motion for rehearing.
W. H. French and Judge iihen, of
Chandler, and Samuel Westou, of Pond
Creek, were admitted to practice be-
fore the supreme court.
Andy Cuuimings was granted natur-
alization papers.
A commissioner was asked for to
take evidence in the Kingfisher county
seat case, a
JAKE FORCII.
FRED FORCII
The Royal Palace.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the best
Imported and Domestic brands will be
FOUND AT THIS
©elegant resort
The best equipped in Oklahoma—over the Bar or for Family Use, in PackafM
of A ny Size. The Liquors sold at °
THE
FOR PURITY AND AUK are not EXCELLED,
IF EQUALLED IN THE COlINTBV|
Convenient Side Rooms and Courteous I
Attendance. 1
( Sixth Street We t
( Side Sqaar*.
O m. vhitney, Groceries.
CORNER OP B •>'! 1 ST.
We call eaeli day for your order and deliver goods to any part of I'erry.
We guarantee the lowest prices and the best satisfaction.
We carry all seasonable eatables.
CALL AND SEt US. Corner B and Seventh St
WILL A. LINDSAY
Civil Engineer and Surveyor;
The surveying of lots ami homesteads a specialty, plans and estimates esti-
mates iurnished on all branches of engineering. Reasonable charges.
Postoffice building, Room <5. All work guaranted.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World'* Pair.
DR,
w CREAM
baking
PMtDHt
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
ftom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD. j
T. M RICHARDSON, D. 0. RICHARDSON, T. M. ftlOBABDSON, Ja
Freaident. Vice Preaidait. Caahiw.
T. M. RICHARDSON & SONS,
Bankers.
Perry- Cherokee Strip Okli
A11 Buaineaa guaranteed by oar
"•HNDIYIDUflL i- KK3PBfiglBIlxI¥¥ + $*90,006*
Professional Directory.
LAWYER8.
C. s. parh1sh.
K H. MBNTZ
PARRISH & MENTZ,
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all courts, before
the land office and townsite board.
Olfice—Room 4 Morris Block, Cornet
7 and D Street.
PERRY, Oku,.
STEWART & SEVIER,
Lawyers and Land Attorneys.
Office over Palace Drug Store opposite
Land Office.
c. a. morris.
J W. JOHNSON
Land Office, Laraed, Km.
jdew § J0HN30N.
lawyers.
Will practice la all the courts of tbe IfrrlUK /
aud the. Federal Court* aleo In the U. 9. Lai J
offices of the tereltory and the Interior D«
part meat.
References by permission—'T. M. Rlchardsoa
A Sons* Bankers, Perry. O. T ; First Nation*
Bank, Oklahoma, City.
PERRY, - - OKLAHOMA
D. L. PALMER. O. Q. PALMES
PALMER Ii SON,
Attorneys at - Law.
Practice before all Territorial and 0
8. courts, land offlcea and tbe De-
partment at Washington.
, Cor. 5th a>d D Street.
Perry, Ok.
JOK. BOH EN Til A1.. LKK W181.T
j ROSENTHAL & WISBY.
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