The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 5.
The Peoples Voice
NORMAN, U.EVEI.AND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, FHMRl AKY 12. |8Q7
TO BE.
O Death! wert thou only a journey to take;
Just a pilgrimage, whence to return by and by,
How many who boast of the happiest hearts,
From the world and its worry would turn them and die;
In the realms of the resting rejoiced to sojourn,
If they could but return,—If they could but return!
If we could only die for a day, or an hour,
And the tramp of our troubles could go on above
Our quieted hearts, which no longer would ache,
Nor break with their burdens of hate or of love,
How sweet from existence thus briefly to sever,
Unawed by the awful Forever and Ever.
Not to sleep, but to die,—with no sense left awake,
Not a pulse left to thrill, not a nerve left to quiver,
Then calmly to float out, uncaring, ungrieved,
Across the deep dark of the fathomless river;
To tarry awhile, till the turn of the tide,
In the heavenly hush of the echoless ride.
Could we lift a white finger and hail, when we would,
The mystical barge from the mystical shore;
What woes would we break from to beckon and wait,
O Death! for the undreaded dip of thy oar :
Glad to lay off our lives, as our robes are laid off,
Could we wear them again when rested enough.
But it never has been, and it never can be ;
We must live out our lives to their uttermost end,
J.et the warp and the woof be of iron or gold,
Wrought with roses that ravish, or thistles that rend ;
And I would not be dead, like the dead in the grave,
Not for rest the profoundest that death ever gave ;
For 'tis sweet to exist, it is blessed to be,—
To share of the sea, and the stars, and the sun,
To drink of the air, to exult in the light,
To be of the wonderful universe—One !
Though a shadow that lurks in life's vallev beguiles
Our feet to press on to the Infinite Isles.
NO 20
not mistaken, what was termed the
\ irginia Creosote company which
held a very valuable patent, the
process of which was to take large
pine trees to be used for piles in
wharf-making, and by their process
force the pores of the wood full of
A RADICAL LETTER.
Editor Chicago Express : — All
great reforms have to pass through
strange experiences before they can
be engrafted into law. Not least
among such experiences is the
puics ui me woou run or " « •• k,,v
creosote and thereby petrify them j treachery °t self-constituted leaders
so they would resist the action nf I ' he °'1' Greenback party was be
BEAUMONT AT WASHINGTON, j an investment, and the interest pay-
Letter in Nonconformist: I stat- ! "lentS 1)ave not been Iookod upon
[ other than as an expense. The set-
tlement of the matter therefore
ed in my last letter that it was ques
}
Pacific railway funding bill was the '
best thing for the people. The mo-
ment the bill was defeated, the at-
torney-general of the United States
and Lieut.-Gov. Hoadley of Ohio,
special counsel for the government
in this case, hied away to New York
to see what Wall street wanted done.
j without further trouble or expense,
j looked upon with much favor."
So this deal, when it is consumat-
ed, will leave the government out
something like $75j000 0°o in inter-
est which it has paid out on the
j bonds—but in the eyes of the offic-
If there is anything this administra- 'a'S Wh° have. svvorn ""''er oath to
tion has done without consulting |protect the interest of the govern
Wall street, the people have not yet "lent' a '"ss
been informed of it. The attorney-
general has succeeded in organizing
a syndicate which is willing to pay
the government $45,754,000 and as-
sume the liabilities of the company
for the Union Pacific.
The syndicate which has agreed to
do this is known as the Reorganiz-
ing Committee, and comprises the
following gentlemen: Louis Fitzger-
ald, chairman, Jacob S. Schiff, C.
M. Depew, T. Jefferson Coolidge,
W. Marvin Hughitt, Alines Ames.
-■< It is well here to give a sort of bio-
graphical sketch of these men in or-
der to find out that fine "Italian
hand" that is pulling the wires.
Some time ago the telegraph re-
ported that Chauncey M. Depew
was to step down and out of the
presidency of the New York Cen-
tral system, and that President
Spencer of the Chicago & North-
western, which for years has been
under the control of the Vanderbilts,
will succeed him. And so we may
say that in "Hinglish" today T. Jef-
ferson Coolidge and Alines Ames
are the last remnant of what is
known as the Boston orOakesAtnes
- syndicate which built the Union Pa-
cific, and by tracing this out we see
that when the sale of this road is
completed Morgan's European syu-
vdicaie will have three of our great-
est railroads under their control,
and one unbroken line fom New
York city to within 800 miles of San
Francisco. And here is the way the
government officials look upon this
deal, as stated by a reporter: "In
official circles the agreement is re-
garded as highly advantageous to
the government, although the inter-
est which the government has paid
and will continue to pay until the
last outstanding bonds mature is 6
per cent. The sum obtained by the
attorney-general is regarded as very-
liberal. For many years the gov-
ernment's money involved in the Pa-
cific roads has not been regarded as
English capitalists have purchased
a* island at the mouth of Lake
Nicaragua, and are going to fortify
trifle of seventy-
five millions don't amount to much.
These same officials know that the
reports of the managers of this road
on file in the treasury department
for years show that the surplus
earnings was more than enough to
meet the interest on the bond-
ed debt. Ihe U. P. managers
diverted this surplus to building
branch lines, and then bonded them
so the government has no equity in
lines that were built with its own
money.
The Huntington crowd built the
Southern Pacific with money stolen
from the government in this man-
ner, and now we are told in
plain English it was never in
tended the government should col-
lect this interest, but that, from the
first, it was intended the thieves
should steal it. This idea of the
government may be new as well as
novel to the people who have been
taxed $So,ooo,ooo in thirty years.
—The "syndicate" has put up a
forfeit of $4,500,000 in case it does
not bid up to the sum agreed upon,
when the sale takes place.
There was a surprise sprung upon
the senate this week, in relation to
the Nicaraugua canal bill. This
bill has been under discussion in the
committee and on the floor of the
senate during the whole session, and
according to Shakespeare "There-
by hangs a tale." It is not a new
measure by any means. I remem-
ber its being before congress ten
years age. The company was or-
ganized by some New York capital-
ists, ex-Mayor Grace being a leading
spirit. This company, which is
known as the Maritime Company of
Nicaragua, secured some very valu-
able concessions and franchises in
consideration that they build a ca-
nal, and they started in to fulfill
their part of the agreement. About
this time there was in North Caro-
lina a very prominent Republican
politician named Kennedy, who
filled the position pf secretary of
so they would resist the action of
water and prevent their decay. It
was claimed piles thus treated
would last a thousand years. Ken-
nedy succeeded in interesting many
senators, among them Warner Mil-
ler of New York. The best custom-
er of the Creosote company was the
aforesaid Maritime company, which
used the piles in docks and chan-
nels in constructing the canal. But
unfortunately for the creosote com-
pany the canal company was not
good pay, and ere long became in
debt to the creosote company to the
amount of millions, which forced
the latter to suspend. This Caused
quite a smothered scandal here at the
capital, and some of the senators
accused Kennedy of buncoing them
nto a game where they lost their
money, and it came very near los-
Kennedy his official position.
But Warner Miller took the bull
by the horns and in a manner reor-
ganized the canal company, and
came to congress asking for help to
get out of the hole, and the bill now
before congress is the outcome.
his bill provides that the stock of
the company shall consist of #100,-
000,000 divided into one million
shares of $100 each. Seven-tenths
of the stock to be owned by the
United States, and the balance by
the canal company. The U. S. is to
issue bonds for the whole amount
and guarantee their payment. The
board of directors will consist of
eleven at $5,000 per annum, each—
8 by U. S., i each by Nicaragua.
Costa Rica, and canal company'.
The above is a brief history. It
•vould appear as if the present bill
was formed with the view of getting
those out of the hole who had sunk
their money in the scheme in years
agone, as $30,000,000 of the stock
is to go to these men, with the bonds
backing them guaranteed by your
Uncle Sam.
But just as the bill was about to
come to a vote, a bomb was explod-
ed, which bids fair to change the
whole course of the government in
regard to the matter. It appears
there has recently been formed a
Republic of Central America (com-
posed of Nicaragua, Salvador and
Honduras), and they have sent a
minister here, by name of Rodri-
guez, to represent them. In a letter
to Secretary Olney he says the ca-
nal company has forfeited all con-
cessions granted by Nicaragua, by
failing to complete the work within
the specified time, and that one of
conditions of the grant was that the
aid of no foreign government should
be solicited in its construction. This
letter was given to Senator Sher-
man, chairman of committee on
foreign affairs, who read it to the
senate. The letter caused a sensa-
tion, and brought Senator Morgan
to nis feet, and he at once charged
the British government with insti-
gating the Rodriguez letter; so now
the song of the canal lobby is,
"British influence." They say that
it. rhe following day the matter
came up again, when Sherman, who
is to be next secretary of state,
party
trayed and sold out by mercenary
traitors led by Solon Chase who
stood at the helm. The Union La-
bor party fared but little better,
and now the Peoples party is pass-
ing through the same fiery furnace.
At this moment it is problematical
what its fate will be. Butler, Allen,
Weaver and 'l'aubeneck have one
and all endeavored to play the role
of Benedict Arnold, but not one of
the lot has the capacity to carry
out the infamous scheme of selling
out the Peoples party to the Democ-
racy. Their hearts were black
enough, but their heads were not
bright enough to make the plot a
success. I hey have simply succeed-
ed in throwing everything into con-
fusion, but out of the disorganized
mass the Peoples party will again
rise and be stronger than before.
The nomination of Bryan at St.
Louis was a forced mistake. We
could do no better under the fear-
ful circumstances under which we
labored. Had Chairman Butler
then stood firm and refused all over-
tures from the Democrats that did
not recognize Tom Watson as the
vice - presidential candidate we
should have been successful. The
Democrats expected to make this
concession, and beyond a doubt
would have pulled Arthur Sewall
down had our national committee
so demanded. Butler, whose small
soul is incapable of any noble
thought or lofty deed, became pos-
sessed of the idea that if Watson
could be killed off, he, Butler, would
V: the candidate for president in
1900. From that moment his every
act and deed was marked by treach-
ery and duplicity. His fusion deals
on presidential electors in the dif-
ferent states was one gigantic bunco
game. Under those deals some 28
electors have been recorded as
"Populists." That number were
elected who it was thought would
vote for Tom Watson. As a matter
of fact not a solitary one of these
votes would have been cast for
Watson if they had been needed to
elect Sewall. Every man of them
was selected for the purpose of be-
traying the Populists by voting for
Sewall. For proof of this look to
Kansas. So thoroughly Democratic
were the so called Populist electors
that they were compelled to show
the cloven foot by voting for Sew-
all, even when they well knew it
could do no good. It would have
seemed that a sense of decency
at least would have caused them to
vote for Watson, under the circum-
stances. They were Democrats pure
and simple and therefore voted the
Democratic ticket just as naturally
as the dog returns to its vomit.
Had the vote been close Watson
would not have received a single
vote in the electoral college.
Now what can be done under the
circumstances? Is there any way
such foul and dastardly treachery
can be punished? Must the men
who perpetrated these questionable
deeds be continued in places of
honor and trust? No—a thousand
times No ! I have vastly more re-
ic party, where they belong, or at
least forced into the background
where they can do no further mis-
chief. If the Peoples party has be-
come so sunken in old party corrup-
tion as to refuse to do this, then I,
for one, am done with the party.
Grand Lodge Hen*ton.
The M. W. Grand Lodge A. F. A A.
M.. of Oklahoma territory, convened
in Norman last Tuesday with Grand
Master, Henry Kucker, of Perry, pre-
siding with the following grand offi-
cer* in attendance, Senator A. W.
Fisher, of Norman, deputy grand
i .• % Wurman, iiepiicy grant
In the awful crisis through which master; K. M. Uamford of Guthrie
we have passed a few men have pro
ven themselves heroes and patriots
Not least among these is glorious
I otn W atson. He should be our
future leader. Money cannot bribe
him, and his courage is of the old
Roman type. There are also others
who have stood firm and true, and
unless these men can be brought to
the front then the Peoples party is
doomed anil the cause of humanity
set back on the dial of time for at
least a full generation.—L. C. Hate-
man, Auburn, Me.
I>cnd, yet Uve.h,
The coroner's jury was empanelled
In the case of a man found dead, two
and a half miles south-west of Nor-
man, after five days of careful exami-
nation made their finding that the
body, was that of "Happy Jack" Wil-
son and that he had met a violent
death at the hands of J. A. Jackson
and (I. P. Ward, who were promptly
lodged in jail anil their preliminary
set for the 2.'lrd of this month. The
witnesses before the coroner's jury-
swore positive to the identification of
the body found. A crooked right foot
that "Happy Jack" was known to
have, was also found by the jury in
the body before them and witnesses
recognized patches they had put on
the clothing of "Happy Jack" on the
corpse and swore to them. The case
looked bad for the accused men and
about the only way they could re-
move suspicion against them was to
produce "Happy Jack" alive.
This they immediately set about to
do and Mr. Jackson's father began
the search and last Wednesday morn- represented, and the delegates from
grand senior warden; W. L. Kagleton
of Pawnee, grand junior warden; L. S.
Hunt of Stillwater, grand secretary;
H. H. \\ atkins of Knld, grand treas-
urer; W . K. Hrown of El Reno, grand
lecturer; W. H. Matthews of Mulhall,
grand senior deacon; S. p. Richard-
son of llennessy, grand junior deacon;
and the following delegates and visi-
ting members were H. ( '. Hrnoks, W.
P. Jacobs, Newkirk; Thos. A. Blaise,
1). I). Leach, J. M. Couch, J. N. Head-
ing, Oklahoma City; J. H. Calloway,
A. G. Soldana, Ponca < ity; W. L.
Kagleton, M. F. Stillwell, Pawnee;
J. M. [loon, Perkins; Henry Itucker,
' • M. Hill, K, (J. Hell, Ferry; J. p.
Palmer, Pawhuska; J. M. Merrill, J.
S. Ueaty, K. Hiddle, Remus; H. M.
Hand, J. M. Demoss, J. S. Hunt, Still-
water: (i. W. Stark, J. T. Purslev, Te-
cumseh; ( . ('. Upton, Peaster, Texas;
K. P. Harnes, (. has. Osyer, TI. C. Ouss,
S. S. Donelley, E. M. Banford, Guth-
rie; Jas. ('. Gibbs, Fontanelle, Iowa;
•S. Andrews, E. B. Ellison. Yukon; 1.
(J. Sackett, A. (i. Crockett, W. B.
Brown, (A Newman, EIReno; J. H.
Howard, J. I). Leonard, Edmond; H.
A. Noah, J. I). Scott Alva; S. B.
Tone v. M. L. Ealum, Altus: Thos. F.
Woodward, Anadarko; G: W. Morrow,
G. W. Rosenbaum, J. T. Jones, G. W.
Owimih, Burnett; Clias. Day, 1'. W.
Crouch, M. 10. Richardson, Blackwell;
Morris, Crescent; W. Anderson,
| M. Godschalk, H. H. Watkins, Enid;
W. P. Griffin, J. H. Sutrobus, Hennes-
sy; J. P. 1). Moriquand, Homstead;
W. A. Partridge: I. T. Matthew,
Mangum; .1. I'. I'enshaw, Medford;
Marshal: Henry Papin,
< . 11. Matthews and James Hutchi
son, Mulhall.
Greer county for the first time is
ing telegraphed from Tecumseh that
he had found his man and would be in
with him on night train, but after-
ward came in with him overland ar-
riving in Norman with him at about
four o'clock in the afternoon. Court
was immediately called and Jackson
and Ward brought from the jail and
the witnesses who had sworn so posi-
tively to the identification of the body 1
found were called in and everyone
swore again positively that the living
man before them was "Happy Jack"
Wilson and the accused men were dis-
charged from custody amidst the re-
joicing of a crowded court room who K,alm
were pleased to see the happy terml- grand cha
nation of the case. The prejudice!
against the defendants in Norman j
was strong, not for the reason that |
the two lodges there having been re-
leased from allegiance to Texas, have
received charters from Oklahoma and
were given a warm fraternal welcome.
On Wednesday afternoon the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year. A. W. Fisher of Nor-
man, grand master: K. M. Bafmordof
Guthrie, deputy grand master; W. M.
Kagleton of Pawnee, grand senior
warden: VV. M Anderson of Enid,
grand junior warden; L. S Hunt of
Stillwater, grand secretary; H. H.
Watkins of Knid, grand treasurer:
W. R. Brown of EIReno, grand lectur-
er: I) I). Leach of oklahoma Citv,
grand orator: Clias Day of Blackwell,
—, EIReno was selec ted
as the place for the next meeting of
the grand lodge.
The Commercial club of Norman
either had borne a bad reputation, [took an active hand in entertaining
but from the fact that the people 1 t'K* v's't'nKr delegates and left no
j stone unturned to make them all feel
the course of debate said the canal j spect for the out-and-out
could not be built by a private com
pany, and hinted a possible treaty
by the next administration that
would enable this government to
build the canal. If this is done it
is not apparent where the original
promoters come in with their inter-
est.
The advance guard of tne office-
seekers has arrived. I saw one man
bourbon
Democrats. Prom them we expected
nothing. .Ve can not blame them
too severely for being willing to
profit by the treachery of the lead-
ers which we had of our own free
will and accord placed in command.
But there is no need of a repetition
of those acts. If we are again be-
trayed by these men no one will be
to blame but ourselves. Some men
were greatly Incensed, because Jack-1
son without sufficient provocation or ' , < — "•
cause had in a fit of passion, struck j
Happy Jack over the head last Oc- riages aud showed the visitors over
tober with a heavy cane, nearly brain- jt lu' cit.v an(i through the public build-
ing him. This together with the mvs- 1111,1 "n Wednesday night treated
tei iniis (lis*, .11 their guests to a royal banquet. Much
teilous disappearance ot Happy credit is due the Commercial club for
Jack about that time, also the strong their work.
resemblance of body found, made the —
prejudice doubly strong and it was a
fortunate thing for the defendants
that they found "Happy Jack" alive )
and well and living with his sister
twenty miles south of Tecumseh. The
who swore so positively to the identi-
fiction of the body feel a little cha- J
grilled at their mistake and the jury- j
men don't feel the best, although they !
feel conscious that they intended 110 [
wrong to the defendants, but dis-1
charged their duty to the very best of !
their ability. ft is safe to say that j
circumstantial evidence will not rivet |
so strong a chain against defendants,
in Cleveland county again. The
present case was about as strong a
one as could be made by circumstan-
tial evidence.
4
SOMETHING TO KN'OW.
i ■""" v it j ma ut
the senate. He organized, if I ami uration day.—[Ralph Beaumont.
here from Oklahoma who was after can 'Je perpetually, but for
the U. S. marshalship of that terri- j one ' do not place myself in that
tory, and on inquiry I ascertained j categ°ry. Under no circumstances
there were just twenty-five more who j wi!' 1 ever aSain take part in a cam-
were looking for the appointment' Palfn *hfre these trait°rs are in the
■ lead. I have had my fill of them
and am done with them. They
should be driven into the Democrat-
who are expected here by inaugur-
II may be worth something to know
tha, the Vf-.ry best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetsble, acts by
giving tone to tha nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the liver
and kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities In the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion, and is protiounued by
those who have tried it as the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic.
Try it. Sold for50c. or $1 00 per bot-
tle at liiake & Reed's Drug Store.
What makes the barber look gloocy
and sad, and why does he silently won-
der? Because his patron has patrens
has whiskers to burn, but won't let
him trim up his hair.
A Hardware Man
Isn't in it, when it comes to selling
at the following prices : Our files
are a wonder to everyone,—16 in.
broad files only 25c, just the thing
for the plowman; screws 1 cent a
a doz. up; tacks 1 and 2c per box;
6 in bolts $i 50 per 100; rolled
steel curry combs only 10c; table-
spoons, set of six, 6c; teaspoons,
set of six, 4c; knives and forks,
40c set of 6 each; paint brushes,
all prices; "hisels, bits, hinges,
locks etc , etc.—it will pay you to
look at them; and don't forget or
linware: it will surprise yo.
These things are at the
NEW YORK RACKET STOKE.
CENTRAL BLOCK.
THE SUN.
The tlr*t of American newspapers, Charles A.
I>ana, editor. Tlie Ameriean constitution, the
CjO to Davis American id«a. the American spirit. TIipsh
Bros', barber shop for first-class work, "^i'uauy ""i „^i %
Good work always guaranteed at Davis
Ub* 4~— If. mull, a year. AilUres* The Min, Sew York.
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