The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1900 Page: 2 of 8
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IN". R.. IP. A.
ALLAN & ItlXsH, Publishers
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PEH YEAR.
PUBLISH£D KVKRY FRIDAY.
Entered nt the postoftlce, Norman, Oklaho*
ma Territory, for transmission through the
mulls hh hocoimI-cIiims mat tor.
JOHN S. ALLAN EDITOR
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To my frlenria nml fellow cltiisoiu* of the Tenth
legislative District, Oklahoma Territory-
Greet Inn:
Having made my announcement it a conven-
tion held nt Burnett on August 7, I hereby fur
titer aunounee myself an Independent camll.
date for the office of Representative for said
Legislative District (as an Independent. Demo-
crat), subject to the decision of thevoteisat
the flection to be held in November.
in the near future I will address you by let
ter. giving my position on political questions,
both national and territorial; also statement in
just ideation of my being an Independent can
dldate. I will also endeavor, if possible, to
see each and every voter of the district in per-
son, before the election, to become butter ac-
quainted and to know eacli other better.
Karnestly soliciting the consideration and
support of all forgoed citizenship, good gov-
ernment and good, wholesome laws, giving
equal rights to all ami special privileges to
none, I subscribe mvself as
Your humble servant,
JOHN FKANING.
and crawled out of the log." (I'opu
list cheers) He is the same Wolf
who said in the recent democratic,
county convention "I have always
been a dimmycrat." But we fear
that the judge is too much "swurik''
to carry such weight in a campaign
race.
WANT OF ENTHUSIASM IN
CAMPAIGN.
The campaign managers are at a
loss to understand why so little en-
thusiasm can be aroused in this cam-
paign. The people don't seem to
be taking the interest in politics the
politicians would like to see them
do and they can't figure out why
The truth of the matter is the peo
pie are beginning to do more of
their own thinking and as a c'onse
quence less hurrahing for the dea
old parties and the ballots cast next
November will reveal the result of
the former much to the great sur
prise of Hanna, Jaycay, Jones & Co
The people are beginning to realize
that it makes but very little differ
ence, save to a few office holders
which old party wins, for the same
influence controls both old parties,
and that this influence can only be
overcome and defeated by placing
in the hands of the people the dir
ect power to say what measures
shall become law and what measures
shall not. The power of money
over legislation is entirely too great
and while such is the case it is time
worse than wasted to try and elect
men, who will not yield to the seduc
live allurements of wealth and fall
down and worship at the shrine of
the golden calf. In these degen
erate days a member of congress or
of the U. S. senate who does not
grow to be a niillioniare in a few
years is considered to be a numb
skull and even a member of a state
or territorial legislature who don't
realize several thousand dollars out
of a sixty days session is wholly un-
fit to be returned. From trying to
enact wholesome laws for the peo-
ple our lawmakers have drifted into
a channel of forcing a divy of illgot-
ten spoils and nearly all of the time
of our legislative bodies is taken
up with measures calculated to make
rich corporations dig up to defeat
or plank down to have passed.
While such a condition exists sensi-
ble men should not hope for the
passage of wholesome laws. This
condition must be changed and only
through "direct legislation" can this
change be brought about.
The large Democratic gains in
V ermont do not signify anything.
Mark knows what he is up to and is
getting up a little scare to make the
protected plethorics let down.
It's enough to make a horse
laugh to see the average democratic
politician of this county scowl and
frown at the populists for alleged
friendship to the republicans, and
to see this same shyster at the same
time try to smile the sweetest smole
on his republican friends in their
independent effort* to skin the pops.
Verily the democrats do love the
republicans, and the fewer republi
cans there are the better they love
them.
BLAINE COUNTY.
Newa comes from Blaine coun-
ty that the Populists have put a
straight ticket iu the field and
will make a vigorous canvass iu
the liiiddle of the road.
'• > t ...mention was held last
Monday.
While serving as a member of the
territorial council in 1897, Hon. A
W. Fisher might have proved a valu
able member had he not stumped his
toe, on the American Book Trust,
and fell and having started to fall
he kept stumbling until the end of
the session. Even his Democratic
colleagues were disgusted with him
and today they have not a good
word to say of him as a legislator
and about the only expression you
can get out of any member of the
council of 1897, is: "That surely
you people down in Cleveland coun
ty won't send Fisher back." Indeed
we won't.
"Until the money question is fully
and finally settled the American
people will not consent to the con-
sideration of ony olher important
question." Bryan in 1896.
To day he seems to think quite
different and that the American
people might be induced to take up
the question of "imperialism."
Since 1896 Mr. Bryan has almost
turned a complete somersault back-
wards from every advanced position
lie then took and democracy and
fusion pops are back somersaulting
with him; but they will hardly land
in fat paying jobs by such acrobatic
performances. 1 he American peo-
ple are not fascinated with political
backsliders any more than the
christian world is with religious
backsliders.
Til I! '"ARTFUL DODGERS-"
Republicans are thanking Mc
Kinley for the abuudauce of
money aud consequent good times
springing up from war prices,
and iu the same breath they
swear that tlioy would not be in
war but the Democrats urged it
upon Mr. McKinley.
Mr. Bryan publicly advised the
ratification of the treaty with
•Spain, entailing the useless, un-
holy eonqu>><>f of the Philippines,
and now rants nt the Republicans
for taking his advice.
Meantime the intelligent voter
is storing hie political thinkshop
with vengeance dire for both the
old farce managers, and watches
with little interest this wordy con-
test between the kettle and the pot.
H. W. STUBI3EMA.N,
The Harness and Saddlery Man
IS AFTER YOUR TRADE.
He has just returned home from the markets where he made heavy
purchases of line leather siock and saddles, and he is in shape to invite you
in to see one of the largest and best stocks of harness and saddlery goods
to he found anywhere in the territory and at prices to down all competition.
This may seem loud talking b it call and be c< nvinced that there is no wind
in this talk. We have the goods and prices to back up our statements.
«r w w H. W. STUBBEMAN.
^ Barbour & Sons, *
The Druggists,
carry a full line of Fresh Drugs, with a competent man
behind the prescription case, day or night. They also
carry a full line of all kinds of Stationery and School
Bo iks. Also, a full line of Paints and Glass. In fact
everything to be found in a tirstclasa Drug Store, and at
prices as low as the lowest.
Tel. No. 35. One door east of P. O., Norman.
DRUGS
AND
BOOKS
MILLINERY
eCatest Sti/U's
CALLIE GRAHAM & CO.
THE PLOT THICKENS-
Id is learned by recent and re-
liable reports from Greer county,
that the Democratic chairman, _ ..
Echols, of that county, has been > ""> "•>> X . A/1 OiVj
conferring with McMasters of
Oklahoma couuty and certain
mid-road Democrats of this
(Cleveland) county and Potta-
wotomie couuty, with a view of
putting out a straight Democratic
candidate for Congress.
The Democratic party has a
record for fighting the Tariff
Barons that is very useful to Dem-
ocratic orators as a reference to
give to their hearers of the strict
solvency of the Democratic party
in case the people should trust it
to annihilate the "robber trusts."
Democrats remind us very much
of a catfish—widest at the mouth.
Since Judge Neff has decided
to make the race for delegate to
Congress on the Kansas City
platform and with a firm and se-
c 11 re hold on Biyan aud Steven-
son's coat-tails, we think there is
no longer any need for the fusion
Pop papers to run anything but
the Kansas City platform, as" hey
have no candidate making a race
on any other.
BUEEDEK or FINE
Poland-China
Hogs.
His herd is headed by Iowa Kinfr
sired by Outlook (38999), he by LookI
out (28901), he by Look Me Over (19-
417) v
Residence, one-lia lfmifre west of
depot.
T. C. DIXON, Norman, O. T.
Two don'ts!
While B. F. Wolf was touring this
county two years ago, as a populist,
in one of his speeches he said, " j
dreamed last night that Indians
were after me, and that they chased
me so hard that I had to run into a
hollow log for safety. In my fright
. 1 crowded so far into the log that I
could not get out after danger was
over. I thought I was doomed to
death in the obscurity of the wilder-
ness in a hollow log. In recounting
the misdeeds of my past life that
would be brought up against me at
judgment I happened to recall the
fact that I had voted the democrat
ticket in every election since I was
a voter. When this thought (lashed
across my mind I felt so sneaking
mean and little, that I shrank up
It will be remembered by some
that F. P. Cease was probate judge
of this county several years ago.
His record and lack of record while
in that office are two ghosts which
will haunt the Judge in this cam-
paign, and like Banquo's will not
down. The poor woman who had
to get up affidavits, and proofs of
her marriage and forward them to
Washington before she could make
final proof on her claim, will not
forget Judge Cease. She was duly
married by a justice of this county,
returns were made to the probatj
judge's office and he failed to record
them. Her husband became insaire
and she was left to look after their
business. How would you like for
such an officer to probate the pro-
perty, and look after the intersts of
the wife and little ones? Answer
with your ballot.
The Democrat and Demo-Pop
j papers are now busily engaged in
publishing tables comparing
prices of manufactured goods in
i890 with prices of same goods
today, and charging up the differ-
ence to the "robber trusts."
1 rior to 1896, in every campaign,
the Democrat papers published
Hiniilar tables aud always charged
up the difference to tlie "robber
tanff." If given a chance we
confidently believe that the Dem-
ocratic party would handle the I
robber trusts about as success- |
fully as they handled the "robber j
tariff barons."
The worst objection , that the
old parties offer to direct legisla-
tion, is that it would trtke too
long to get laws enacted. They
do not believe this. They only-
fear that wholesome laws will be
enacted toa soon for the good of
the "vested rights" of private
greed. For instauce, if the peo-
ple themselves could have voted
ou the great question of "Free
Homes," would it have taken
eight yeare to enact their senti-
ment into law?
In the territorial legislative
assembly that met in the city of
Guthrie in the winter of 1897 we
are informed that a large number
of the school superintendents of
this territory petitioned the leg-
islature to pass the American
Book Trust bill. We would like
to hear Mr. Cralle state to the
voters of this county whether he
was one of : ne petitioners? We
have also b en informed that on
the morning the bill came up in
council that an envelope, in some
mysterious manuei', happened to
be found 011 the desk of every
member of the council and that,
only two members of the bodv
refused to take the envelope aud
that only four members of the
body voted against the passage
of the bill. We would like to
have Mr. Fisher state what he1
knows about this matter? Now,)
Mr. Fisher and Mr. Cralle, should
jou think to answer these two
interrogatories, we would advise
you not to get guy, or you may
he apprised of what our trips to
Guthrie meant, that you have
heen guessing so much about and
the D.-T. prevaricating so exten-
sively.
DON'T SELL
YOUR WHEAT
Until you have learned our highest prices.
Don't purchase
your fall Implements
Untill you have examined our line and learned
our prices.
FARMERS GBAIN AND IMPLEMENT CO.
Near Santa Fe Tracks, Norman.
The Voice's Subscription Blank
find $r,ubhshers of the. PEOPLE'S VOICE Norman, Okla.—Enclosed
campaign- If ; ^ Se"d )0Ur 1>al,er to the following for the
campaign. (Campaign subscription, 10c 1
NAM 10.
POSTOFFICE ADMiliSS.
M. M. S. POULTRY FBNCE
Saves 50 per cent of {hp cost of the completed fence.
_T° Prove It we give estimated cost of 60
rods of fence, made of both M. M. 3. Poultry
Fence and Diamond Netting.
r,V OO /.I ytiJJJAlAnj YMMMM/V
Cost of the M. M. s. Poultry Pence.
•I poiU, ($ iflj cert* • *
Satin* potts, 5 cents each . * *
1 or Hottom Kail Required. * *
Labor ratling Hull on In*u Iteanlred.
« Anil* to iUnrk K.ll. B.quired^
6 lb*, staplei, ($ 7 r#.nt,
4 hour UU>r met* hliiKupfei,ce, @95 cent.' . ' . '
Total cost . . —5:
Cost of the Diamond Netting
M rod. old-fashioned diamond netting 4 f.*, |n height,mad.
«e«l wire, 65 cents per rod.
No. If pal
IV1 posts, Cap
KeMinir posts, @ 5 rt^tn each
# lUM'tl I.*,, p„tl|„5 „p rai|. j,' „„„ ' ^
!o it. "uj^'Sr® c™u b°"
Total cost .
Pat. July f|, lm. [Trade Mark, j Pal. July 6,
and"**™ p°r CataI°9ue of our Poultry, Garden, Lawn Farm
and Hog Fences, Gates, etc. farm
UNION FENCE CO., DeKalb, III.
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