The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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This inan whose homely face
you look upoji,
Was one of Nature's masterful,
great men;
Born with strong- arms, that
unfought victories won,
Direct of speech, and cunning
with the pen,
Chosen for large designs, he
had the art
Of winning with his humor,
and he went
Straight to his mark, which
was the human heart;
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Wise, too, for what lie could
not break lie bent.
Upon his back a more than
Atlas' load,
The burden of the Common-
wealth was laid;
He stooped, and rose up with
it, though the road
Shot suddenly downwards,
not a whit dismayed.
Hold, warriors, councillors,
kings! All now give place
To this dead lieuefactor of
the Race!
—Iltchard llrnry SI0J<I<11<I
LINES ON LINCOLN.
Look on this cast and know the hand
That bore a nation in Its hold.
From this mute witness understand
What Lincoln was—how large of
mold.
The man who sped the woodman's
team,
And deepest sunk the plowman's
share,
And pushed the laden raft astream.
Of fate before him unaware.
This was the hand that knew to swing
The ax—since thus would Freedom
train
Her son—and made the forest ring,
And drove the wedge and toiled
amain.
Firm Hand, that loftier office took,
A conscious leader's will obeyed,
And when men sought his word and
look,
With steadfast might the gathering
swayed.
No courtier's toying with the sword,
Nor minstrel's laid across the lute;
A chief's, uplifted to the Lord
When all the kings of earth were
mute.
* * • • • •
What better than this voiceless cast
To tell of such a one as he,
Since through its living semblance
passed
The thought that bade a race be free.
—E. C. Stedman.
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AR back in the
ijcenturies the river
kWitham, w h 1 c.h
jflows through the
■lowlands of Eaet-
jern England, was
known as the Lin-
The town which the
Romans built on the bank
the sream received the
name of Dindum. When the
Romans made themselves masters
of England they built a castle on
the to p of a hill that overlooks
the town and changed the name
to Lincoln, in the course of years it
became the name of a family, possibly
there were several families bearing the
name in Norfolk and Lincoln coun-
ties.
We know that one such family had
Us home in Hingham, and that Sam-
uel Lincoln was an infant on that when
the Pilgrims, in December, 1620, es-
tablished a government of the people in
America. We also know that there
•was an older brother, Thomas; but it is
not certain that we shall ever learn
much about their parents. It seems
probable that they were obliged to
work hard to obtain a living for them-
selves and children. We may conclude
that their home was a cottage, thatch-
ed with stra-v. W; may think of the
brothers as playing in the streets, or
going in to the green, fields and gather-
ing daisies, listening to the larks and
nightingales. They could look across
the meadows and see the tall spire of
Norwich Cathedra], and in the hush
and stillness hear the great bell send-
ing forth its music.
Quite likely they heard their parents
say that King James had died, and that
his son, Charles I., was king. Then the
talk was about troublesome times. The
king maintained that he was ordained
by God to rule the Nation and that it
was the duty of the people to obey.
The bishop preached that the king
could do no wrong. Charles wanted
money and levied taxes without con-
sulting parliament. The Puritans who
would not pay, together with those who
would not accept the ritual prepared
by the bishop, were arrested so many
times that the jail and the Guildhall in
Norwich were filled. When the offi-
cers undertook to collect the tax in
Lincoln the people pelted them with
etones. The Puritans all over England
were resisting the demands of the
king. Possibly it was the desire of
Charles to get rid of them that led him
to grant a charter for a government of
tb£ir own in America. The persecution
of the bishop and the arbitrary acts of
the king made life so bitter that thou-
sands of Puritans were ready to leave
England for ever.
Many of the people of Norfolk and
Lincoln counties had sailed for Massa-
chusetts; others were ready to Join
them. The ships, Rose and the John,
p.nd Dorothy, were at Garmouth, pre-
paring to sail. Francis Lawes resolv-
ed to become an emigrant, nnd it seems
probable that Samuel Lincoln was
ready to Join his brother, who had set-
tled in Hingham, near Boston. We see
them traveling across the meadows and
lowlands, with others, to Yarmouth
town. Together the ships sail across
the Atlantic, to drop their anchors in
Salem Harbor.
It is probable that Samuel Lincoln,
for lack of wool, did not do much weav-
ing in the town of Ipswich, where his
master settled.
The only sheep in Massachusetts
were a few which were pastured on the
islands in Boston harbor, where the
wolves could uot get at them.
When the apprentice became of age
he joined his brother Thomas in Hing-
ham. He had learned a trade; it is
not certain that he followed it, but
probably he became a farmer. A maid-
en named Martha became his wife; her
parental name is not known. Their chil-
dren were Samuel, Daniel, Mordecai,
Mary, Martha, Sarah and Rebecca.
Startling news came that the Indians
were murdering the settlers of Swan-
zey. It was the beginning of the war
with the Pequos, under their chief,
Philip, Samuel, the oldest son, seized
his father's tSun and powder horn and
became a soldier. A year passed, in
which more than six hundred of the
settlers were killed; but the chief was
dead, and his head was hanging on a
gibbet in Plymouth. The captured In-
dians were soid as slaves to the Span-
iards.
Mordecai Lincoln, the while, was
blowing the bellows and making the
anvil ring in a blacksmith's shop.
When he became of age he set up his
own forge in Hull. Perhaps Sarah
Jones may have influenced him in set-
tling there, for she soon became his
wife.
The year 1686 was a memorable one
to the blacksmith, for a son was born
to him—Mordecai, junior. Just before
his birth the frigate Rose sailed into
Boston harbor, bringing Sir Edmund
Andros, who had been appointed gov-
ernor of Massachusetts, Plymouth,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. He
had brought over two companies of
troops to aid him in upsetting the
government of the people. It seems
that Mordecai Lincoln could look from
his shop door and see the frigate run-
ning out its guns and firing a salute,
and the cannon of the castle replying.
James II. had determined to overthrow
the Puritan commonwealth. The peo-
ple were no longer to assemble in
town meeting or make their own laws.
We may be sure that the farmers who
came to have their horses shod or their
ploughshares sharpened, or fishermen
who wanted work done, expressed their
minds freely upon public affairs, and
that the blacksmith had something to
say while making the anvil ring by
his sturdy blows. Three years passed,
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NORWICH CATHEDRAL.
(Where the Ancestors of Lincoln Wor-
shiped.)
and Sir Edmund Andros saw the streets
of Boston suddenly swarming with
armed men, who came from Cambridge,
Roxbury, Hingham, Hull and other
towns, put an end to his government
and re-establish their own.
Blacksmith Lincoln thought the
time had come when the people of
Massachusetts should no longer b« de-
pendent on England for iron. There
waa an abundant supply of ore la the
bogs and meadows of Scituate and
Hingham.
Through his efTorts a furnace was
constructed and the ore dug from a
bog and smelted. It was the begin-
ning of an industry which lasted many
years. His enterprise went further. He
built a mill on Bound Brook, where the
water tumbled over the rocks to the
sea. The brook at the falls was the
boundary between the colonies of Ply-
mouth and Massachusetts. It was of
great service for a large section of the
country in both colonies.
Mordecai Lincoln helped build the
Hingham meeting-house. The elders
decided Just what seats people should
occupy, and they assigned an honorable
seat to him in the front gallery.
He wanted his grandchildren to be
well educated, and in his will be-
queathed £10 to aid them in Harvard
College. We do not know in what
year the blacksmith's eldest son, Mor-
decai, Junior, married, neither is the
maiden name of his wife to be found
on any record. We only know that
after the birth of a son the husband
became a widower.
Although Massachusetts was sparse-
ly settled, people were emigrating
from the province. Mordecai Lincoln,
with his son John, made his way to
Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J. The
citizens of that county regarded him
as worthy of their esteem. Hannah
Salter, daughter of Richard and Sarah
Bowne Salter, gave him her hand in
marriage. Mr. Salter was a lawyer.
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THE AMERICAN MEETING HOUSE.
(Where the American Ancestors of Lin-
coln Worshiped.)
judge and member of the Provincial
assembly. Hannah's uncle. Captain
John, Bower, was rich. He remembered
Hannah Salter Lincoln in his will, giv-
ing her £250. Her husband was so
greatly esteemed that in title-deeds he
was styled "gentleman." He was
thrifty, and purchased several hun-
dred acres of land. Ho wanted more,
and visited the valley of the Schuylkill,
in Pennsylvania to see for himself
whether or not the lands there were as
fertile and beautiful as reported. He
was so well pleased that he resolved
to become a citizen of Pennsylvania,
and remove to Amity township.
It seems conclusive that John did not
go with his father, but remained in
Freehold, and married there. It was
on the Schuylkill that the Lincolns,
Hanks and Boone families became as-
sociated. When Mordecai Lincoln died
he left George Boone, father of the
more celebrated Daniel Boone, to look
after his will. The lands were equally
divided between the sons, Mordecai,
Jr., Thomas, John and Abraham. John
and Thomas Lincoln later went to
Virginia. The Boones moved to
Wilkesborough, N. C. The Hanks fam-
ily also moved farther west. This was
about 1748. France had just driven
England out of Canada and the Ameri-
can colonies were beginning to feel un-
rest.
Daniel Boone explored Kentucky, and
thither followed the Lincolns and
Hankses. Abraham, son of Mordecai
Lincoln, married Mary Shipley before
pushing into the wilderneas of the ter-
ritory. They had three children, Mor-
decai. Thomas and Josiah. Thomas
Lincoln grew up and married Nancy
Hanks. They settled In a log cabin at
Elizabethtown. Here Sarah Lincoln
was born to them. Later they moved
to Rock Spring, where on February
12, 1809, he who was destined to be-
come one of the grandest men of his-
tory was born—Abraham Lincoln.
OONTKXDING FACTIONS. is more important tun ti ti nun rial suo-
^, I cet-a. As long as the ballot remains
LEADERS AND WOULD-BE LEAD- ! •v"ur remrdv is at hand and yo-ir do-
ERS IN A SCRAMBLE. j sin's ma-v accomplished peacefully
and without infferilg. Then if your
~ , ... .. , profltmastors sttike or object they will
Now la a (.ootl Tim* to Sit Down on Theiu 1 * J '
..d Crush out th* II.>i« or Kuin Fellow.. ! *** out of breastworks and you in.
If the ontrrra Cm
Mea to the OMerit.
Agree, Fleet New
There are two meetings called for
the Reform Press Paul VanDervoort,
the president has called one at Mem-
phis, Tenn., Feb 3J, 1897, and A. Ro-
zelle, secretary, has called the other
for the same date at Kansas City. The
causes of these calls date back some
time. Since the organization of the
organization inOcala in 181)0, the meet-
ings have alternated, north and south.
The meeting last year being at Dallas,
Organize by all means, at once and sol
idly. Learn to trust tirsL yourselves
ami then each other, learn that your
interests as workers are identical—
then—then—don't strike; but vote, as
solidly as you are organized, and for
the same principals, and the day is
yours." Yes, vote that the city of Bos-
ton shall own her street railways, and
run them in the interest of the people.
This done, several profitable and pleas-
urable results will follow as certain as
that day follows night. The profits
which a soulless corporation now pock-
Tex., it was expected that, of course, et. t the people will pocket Fares and
Aliens In Franre.
France is still much troubled over
the strangers within its gates. It is
now found that Paris is not a city of
Parisians, or even of Frenchmen. Only
36 per cent of the inhabitants were
born within its walls, and 75 in every
1,000 was born outside of France—a to-
tal of 181,000 aliens. Of these latter
no fewer than 26,823 are Germans,
while in Berlin there are only 397 j
Frenchmen. While Paris has 75 for- j
eigners to the 1,000, London has only .
22, St. Petersburg, 24, Vienna 22, and
Berlin 11.
this year it would be called to meet in
a northern city, lguoring precedent,
for reasons perhaps known to himself,
Mr. VanDervoort has sent it south
again. He has sent it as far as he
could conveniently got it from S. Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Iowa and Minnesota. He has gotten it
as close to Georgia, Mississippi, Ala-
bama. Arkansas and Texas as it was
possible. The greater part of the
membership are in the former states
and much the smaller part in the lat-
ter, except Texsas which has a strong
membership. Mr. Rozelle could see
the cause for so placing the meeting
(as can anyone with half au eye,) and
took offense at the action of Mr. Van-
Dervoort. He wrote all over the country
and secured names for an opposition
call for the same time and at Kansas
City. This is a most unwise and inju-
dicious move on his part. It looks as
if he was determined to ruin what he
feared he could not control. He should
have aided in securing the attendance
of all editors at Memphis and there in
executive session ''clean house," and
keep the details away from the op-
position press. Hut he has chosen the
other way, and must take the conse-
quences when they come.
The Nonforinist was asked to go to
the Kansas City meeting, but declined
in a letter, showing the folly of such a
cause. The breach is made, now there
is no way of healing it, except the com-
plete retirement of both these men.
The Rozelle people will say of Mr. Van-
Dervoort, that he has held office in
Omaha two years by virtue of an ap-
pointment by two republican members
of a board of three, the third of which
was Gov. llolcomb, a populist govern-
or who refused to recognize Mr. Van-
Dervoort until compelled to do so by
the supreme court of Nebraska. On
the other hand, the VanDervoort peo-
ple vvill say of Rozelle that he sought
and holds office at the hands of & dem-
ocratic governor—Stevens of Missouri.
And the worst of it is that both will
tell the truth. The VanDervoort peo-
ple will call all of the Rozelle people
"democrats'* and Rozelle people will
retort that the VanDervoort people are
"Ilannaized." Crimination and recrim-
ination will be the order of the day
and the breach will uot heal while
either of these men are at the head of
the organization
Hut the worst is not vet told. On
Monday morning the press dispatches
announced that Mr. Kdgerton has urg-
ed Mr. Butler to call a National Popu-
list Conference at Kansas City on Feb.
23. If this is done, it will be construed
in advance by the entire country as au
endorsement by Chairman Butler of
the irregular Rozelle meeting. No
amount of explaining will re.ieve it of
suspicion. On the other hand Mr.
VanDervoort lia$ assumed to call and
has issued his call for a general popu-
list conference at Memphis. Where
did he get authority to issue such a
call? The Nonconformist believes in
"organization" and this unauthorized
"call" by Mr. VanDervoort should meet
the same freezing reception that Mr.
Coxey met when he "convened" the
delegates from the United States in a
"bed room" at St Louis. The Noncon-
formist will insist on the permanent re-
tirement of both these elements of dis-
cord and in this insistence we are sure
taxes will be reduced. Strikes will
not occur, wages will be increased and
work assured. In a word, it will be a
triumph of socialism - Railway Times
The Wmy of the Thinker.
The way of the thinker, if it be hon-
est, candid and outspoken, is not
strewn with roses. His fate is to bo
misunderstoad, misjudged and often
despised by those of his own time
nevertheless he must think, regardless
of all consequences, He thinks and
hopes and endures the scorn of the in-
solent, ignorant, reactionary feeling
assured that time in its course will vin-
dicate his thought and his motives be-
fore later generations.
Many af the men now most highly
honored in all lands, were in their day
regarded as dangerous teachers and
mischievous agitators. The Quakers
of Pennsylvania had much trouble
with the Massachusetts man, lteujamin
Franklin, almost as much as the men
of Massachusetts had with the Quaker
a hundred years earlier. Thomas
Penn wrote of Franklin in 1748: "He
is a dangerous man, and I should be
glad if he inhabited any other country,
as 1 believe hi in of a very uneasy
spirit." In 1704 John added: "Never
will there be any prospect of ease and
happiness while that villian has the
liberty of spreading about the poison
of that inveterate malice and ill-nature
which is deeply implanted in his own
black heart."
Let those who are maligned for do-
ing their duty in these times be of good
cheer. Many of the judgments of
every generation are reversed in the
next. Time tights the battles of
truth—an unwearied and unimpass*
ioned ally.
4,Evcr the truth cornea uj>pjrnio*t
And ercr Is justice duue."
—Ex.
The prominent mention of the nnme
of Henry George ill connection with
the mayorality of Greater New York
has already put renewed energy into
reformers of every shade of opinion,
He has been assured widespread en
thusiasm in his behalf. His support
ers will be led by the revolting dis-
tricts of Tammany. The Tammany re
bell ion has assumed most formidahh
proportions and is under the leader
ship of that experienced politician,
Ilenry I). Purroy. Purroy was
swerving in his loyalty>to Bryan from
the day of his nomination and has per
sistently refused to affiliate with the
goldbug element that knifed the na-
tional ticket He has formed districts
for political work all over Greater Nev
York and the semi-official announce
ment of Mr George's nomination as an
| event of the near future was made
this week. Henry George himself has
nothing to say on t he subj ct, a silence
| which is interpreted as assent. The
j political prospect in this city is, conse-
| quently, very interesting. Mr. George
| is a man who can occasion an immense
. amount of valuable discussion and his
I campaign would be one of education
i in the best sense of the word. The
: men under the leadership of Purroy
who are striving to nominate George
! would never interest themselves in
, such a movement un'eus they felt sure
! of its success. It may be safely pre-
I dieted that the mayoralty campaign
under such conditions would attract
I the attention of the entire country
to have the cordial support of all sen- , , , ,,
, .. ... . . and be fully as exciting in its wav a
Bible, conservative and thoughtful peo- y
conservative
pie. -Nonconformist.
The Strike vs. Polities.
Uncle Sam rises to catch th« "speak-
er's eye," and to remark thai "Boston
is the most thoroughly organized city
in the East. Its labor union:* are num-
erous, strong and energetic. And yet
last week one of the strongest unions,
that of the street car employes, got
whipped in a three days' strike* and the
union may go to pieces. Boston lal>or
leaders have sung louder than any oth-
ers the old refrain: "Keep out of poli-
tics," and it is hoped the lessor of the
strike, though costly to the hundreds
of men who will not be reinstated, may
not be altogether lost Keep politics
out of your union, taking the only oth-
er alternative, the strike, and you will
not only keep out of politics, but many
of you will also keep out of work. As
long as private ownership of our in-
dustries continue the corporations are
entrenched behind breastworks invul-
nerable to strikes, but which can offer
ever memorable campaign of
William Jennings Bryan.—twentieth
Century.
At the close of the last campaign it
was announced with a great flourish of
trumpets by Mark Hanna, and echoed
by all the subisdized press, that the re-
publican educational campaign would
go right on, in order that those ignor-
ant of the blessings of a gold standard
and>protective tariff might beconverted
from the error of their ways. But the
terrible object lessons now daify pre-
sented of starving men and women, in
countless thousands throughout the
country, and the failure of banks and
business multiplying largely, has
brought about a change of programme.
Hanna now gives out tint he in "in
favor of stopping all political agitation
and permitting the verdict of the peo-
ple to stand upon its merits." One of
the reasons given for the decission
is the continuance of th<* discussions
previously mapped out by the republi-
cans. "is now and would continue to
Khum^ *. > a« l«i t.
Senator Young has introduced in the
senate, and representative Weilep in
the house a resolution which will at-
tract the attention of tho cifUlxed
world. It is a resolution adopting th«s
initiative and referendum system now
prevailing in Switzerland and in no
other nation in the world.
The iuiative and referendum is but va-
guely understood by the people outside
of Switzerland. The people of Kansas
always in the lead,have given the mat-
ter considerable thought, but it is hard-
ly safe to say that they are ready to
adopt the system The resolution in-
troduced provides for a change of article
fifteen of the constitution of the state,
and of course all the legistature can do
is to discuss the matter and recommend
such a change The people, only, can
change the constitution. But should
the resolution be acted on favorably by
the legislature, as it is probable it will,
it will inaugcrate tho discussion
throughout the state of a very interest-
ing subject
Article fiifteen of the constitution, if
ehunged as contemplated by the reso-
lution will read as follows:
Sec. 1. The legislative power of this
state shall be iuvested in tho house of
representatives and the senate, and in
the qualified electors of the state or
Kansas, as detined in article tive of tho
constitution.
Sec. 2. No public act shall take ef
feet or be in force until the end of six
months from the close of the session of
the legislature at which it was passed,
unless otherwise directed by a vote of
two-thirds of the members of each
house thereof.
Provided, That an act shall take ef
feet or be in force at the end of sia
months, if fifteen percent of the elec
tors of the state, to be based upo the
number of votes cast for all the candid-
ates for governor at the last genera
election, shall petition the secretary ol
state, within the six months, for the
submission of the same to the electors,
for their approval or rejection, at the
next ensuing general election. Anc
upon receiving such petition, the secre-
tary of state shall submit such act tc
the electors as prayed for. And when
ever any such act shall be approved by
a majority of the electors of the state
voting upon the same, it shall become
valid and operative from and after the
official canvas and declaratiou of saic
vote."
Sec. 3. When fifteen percent of the
elector of the state shall present a bill
or proposition for an amendment to the
constitution to the secretary of state,
he shall submit such bill or proposition
to a vote of the electors thereof, for
their approval or rejection at the next
ensuing general election. And when-
ever any such bill or proposition shall
be approved by a majority of the elec-
tors voting upon the same it shall be-
come valid and operative from and after
the official canvass and declaration ol
such vote.
Sec. 4. The electors of any county,
township or city, upon petition to their
respective county, township or city
clerks, shall have the samo right
to • inititate and have referred to
them* all local legislation, whenso-
ever originating, affecting such locali-
ties, in such form and manner as the
legislative power may prescribe.
Whenever any local legislation shall
be submitted to a vote of the electors
of any county, township or city and
shall be approved by a majority of the
electors voting upon the same, it sliali
become valid and operative from and
after the official canvass and declara-
tion such vote.
Sec. 4. Provides that local legislation
in cities, counties and townships shall
be submitted to a popular vote on de-
maud, and sections 5 and <5 provide a?
follows:
Sec. 5 Whenever any public net shall
have been submitted to a vote of the
electors of the state and shall liuve re-
ceived the votes of a majority of the
electors voting upon the some at any
general election, it shall be the law of
the state, any provision of the consti-
tution to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec, 6. No public, act that has been
approved by a majority of the electors
of the state voting thereon shall be re-
pealed until the proposed repeal has
been submitted to said electors fortheii
approval or rejection.
It is also provided "That this propo-
sition shall be submitted to the elec-
tors of this state at the general elec-
tion of representatives to the legisla
ture in 1898. Those voting in faver ol
this proposition shall have written oi
printed on their ballots 'For the initia
tive and referendum amendment to the
constitution.' Those voting against
the said proposition shall have written
or printed upon their ballots the words
Against the initiative and referendum
amendment to the constiution.' "
not the slightest protection to the solid , be a menace to the return of business
vote of intelligent labor. In these days j prosperity." The fact is the republi-
of labor-saving machinery, child labor
and the army of unemployed to strike
is suicidal, though there are times
cannot afford to further defend the
issues that placed McKinley in the
presidential chair, and the managers
when to maintain right ar<d manhood clearly realize tho fact—Tacoma Bun-
The London Figaro remarks that
the prince of Wales is the greatest
spendthrift in the world. The state-
ment is made that he has spent $50,-
000,000 in the last thirty-three years
From the English nation he has re-
ceived $25,000,000, 85,000,000 more foi
traveling expenses and special allow-
ances, and has besides private debts
amounting to $20,000,000."
Prettv girls in Paris are placed it
shop windows for the purpose of aV
trading attention.
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Allan, John S. The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897, newspaper, February 12, 1897; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116920/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.