The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 9.
Voice
A CALM DISCUSSION.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900.
What Kansas Did in the Late Election as
to Going to the Social Democrats.
In Kansas, with 110 middle of the road
Populist ticket in the field, and with
a paper of tremendous circulation, the
Social Democracy polled only about
one thousand six hundred votes. There
were ill ' >4 over one hundred thousand
Populists in Kansas, full half of whom
came from the Republican party. The
fusion on Bryan was very distasteful
to many of these ex-Republicans, as
results show. There was no Barker
anil Donnelly electoral ticket in the
field. Here was a chance for Populists
to voi.e the Social Democratic ticket-
The Social Democrats were entirely
clear of fusion ;upl had a brilliant and J
popular candidate We rather think I
if we had been in Kansas we would
have voted for Debs—certainly wou d
not have voted for either McKinley
or Bryan. Yet under all these most
favprable circumstances for getting
the votes of a large number of anti-
fusion Populists, the total Social Dem-
ocratic (Debs) vote was only about 1,-
600. We call attention to this fact to
show that Populists are not Socialists.
I hese is a wide difference between
the two parties. Populists, it is true,
favor the socialistic doctrine of gov-
ernment ownership of railroads; it is
also true that Republicans and Dem-
ociats favor the socialistic doctrine of
public wagon roads,schools, postolfices
navy yards, etc. But the Socialists
go much farther and favor public own-
ership of land and stores and shops.
1 heir slogan is the abolishment of pri-
vate property. Populists do not go
so far. Populists look upon the money
question as the greatest. Socialists
do not give it a thought. Populism
would give the people much greater
prosperity than they ever enjoyed in
all the history of the world. Social-
ism, if it would work, would make a
heaven 011 earth. Populism will work,
for it lias been tried, different parts
of Populism in different nations So-
cialism is yet to be tried, except as it
has been experimented with in a small
way by small colonies. The perversity
of man makes full socialism impractic-
able. The good Lord built us in such
a way that we cannot agree as to a
division of labor and duties; we shirk
our share and push the burden 011 to
others when we can. Some of the men
who haye worked for the writer would
have drawn their pay regularly every
Saturday night without doing a lick
of work if they could have managed
to make it appear that they had work-
ed. Would that men were all social-
ists in heart and action. But they are
not. The family circle is socialistic,
but it takes the stern authority of the
fathei and the loving kindness of the
mother to keep the peace and appor-
tion the work, and it is not always a
success, for the apportionment of du-
ties is a hard task. Under socialism
who would say what this man 01* that
should do? What must be the punish-
ment for disobedience, and who would
assess that punishment? Suppose the
man with such authority was a tyrant,-
and he would be apt to become one,
for power would have to exist in some
one and men usually abuse power. A
person could not be dismissed from ser-.
vice, because the government being
the only employer he would simply
have to starve. He would have to be
[ punished for shirking his share of the
work. He might be sick and a tyran-
nical doctor might declare that he
was well, or he might claim that he
wa? well, or he might claim he was
sick when he wasn't and the doctor
could.not tell whether he was or not.
When some shirked others would de-
clare that they weren't going to work
to support those lazy scalawags. Give
us Populism as declared for in the
Omaha platform, and add government
ownership of mineral deposits, limit
land ownership, l>oth as to value and
extent, make Uncle Sam an heir to the
vast fortunes in excess of a certain
amount, let the government own the
machinery of production where such
machinery for economical production
requires vast capita , let Uncle Sam
be our only banker; in short give every
man a chance in the race and left'him
prosper according to his merits. The
trouble now is robber laws and failure
to adopt progressive systems. With
the Omaha platform as a basis of un-
ion, amendments thereto to be made
by initiative and referendum, let all
who were Populists in 96 unite in
movement to organize into one party
all the people who believe in PopulL.
principles. We recognize the fact that
extreme Socialists will not join such
a movement. In their eyes Populism
pales into insignificance as compared
with Bellamy's ideal government.
And right here we wish to state some-
thing we haye observed, and that is
that Socialism is the stepping stone
of the reformer back into the old par-
ties. They become fascinated with
the picture of heaven on earth, em-
brace the doct-iine, think nothing else
will do, and then even before a single
election comes off they decide the
people are fools, will never adopt So-
cialism and go to the polls and vote
against, not so much for one or the
other of the old parties. But regard-
I less of such being the seeming effect
! °f Socialist literature, we have node-
j sire to suppress it, but would be glad
! to see it in every household in the land
i for upon investigation and thought by
NUMBER 21
the people depends a real victory for
the reform movement. We can not
help but believe that all men earnest-
ly for reform, now in the old parties,
whether they have always been there
or have been out and are back again,
will yet some day give the reform or-
ganizatiod their united support.—Pop-
ulist Journal, Indianapolis.
Election Singularities.
The official state returns have all
been canvassed. The total popular I
vote is very close to that of four!
years ago. One feature of the re-'
cent election is that while there t
were phenominal gains in many of'#
the states, there were equally heavy f
losses in others. The total vote of J
189tt gained nearly two million over ?
that of 1892, while the recent elec >
tion shows a loss of a few thousand* 4
McKinley received 7,234,130 votes in *
1900, or a gain over 189# of 133,351,
while Bryan lost 142,395 votes, re-
ceiving but 6,360,530 votes.
In the state of Pennsylvania there
was a loss of 21,00 votes from that of
18%. In the state of Illinois there Eound Guilty.
was a gain of 10,000, which was en- The jury in the Prank Smith murd-
irely tacked onto the vote of Mc- er case tried at El Reno last week on
,e'n«r\V?te WaS °Ver Friday tuornin«r "turned a verdict
.8,000 short of 18%, while in this state of guilty and assessed the punish-
ment at "life imprisoment in the
penitentiary. It is reported that
nine of the jurors favored the death
penalty. It is reported that Judge
Cease of Lexington covered himself
„ , , , - ■ "'ith glory in his speech to the iurv
\ork, where he polled 124,708 more for the side of the prosecution
votes tharf in 1896, and where Mc- Many who heard the Judge's argu-
" y gained but 1.472. nient pronounced it the best they
Bryan s greatest loss was 110.434 in had ever heard in this territory,
exas. where McKinley's vote fell off The judge in his argument fastened
s°8'000' , the guilt on the defendant so clearly
16 south Bryan gained aud forcibly that the attornry's for
4o,8.4 in the states of Delaware, the defense could not shake the
Kentucky, Maryland and West Vir- Judge argument, in the minds of the
gima. In Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, jurors. If the .Judge makes many
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina more such speeches he is liable to
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas get quite a reputation as a prosecu-
all eyes.
Rest with approval upon the
many features of our furni-
ture establishment—there's
so much to be seen, so much
to afford you pleasure there.
COME IN ANY TIME
whether you intend making
an immediate purchase or
not. It's well enough to
know what you're planning
to get a week or a month from now.
Reed A- Shaffer,
Headquarters for Holiday Goods. - Norman, Okla
Bryan lost
McKmley lost 37,856 and
40,980.
McKinley s greatest gain was in
Utah, where his vote jumped from
13,461 to 47,100.
Bryan s greatest gain was in New
and Virginia, he lost 136,957.
solid south, 91,083.
In Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Ne-
vada, Utah and Wyoming Bryan lost
81,->24, which, combined with l^is loss
in the south, exceeds his gain in the
east. In Indiana Bryan ran behind
Loss in tor as well as an enviable
as a cabbage raiser.
reputation
Oklahoma Leads Cotton Productions.
The statistician of the agricultural
deoartment reports that 10,100,000
bales is the probable cotton production
the state ticket, except one elector of the United States for 1900 and 1901.
on his ticket received 4,464 more than In the making of this estimate the
the rest and broke even with some same methods have been used that
candidates on the state ticket . were employed last year. Many thous-
■SANTA
KLAUS
IS ON!-: WHO GIVES
PRACTICAL GIFTS.
MAKE OUT
A LIST~
Of those to whom you wish to
give Presents and then call
at our store. You will easily
find a suitable gift for every
one at just the price you can
afford.
T1US IS HEADQUARTERS
mAi
For Mien,
For Women,
For Boys,
For Girls
COURTEOUS TREATMENT ASSURED
In New York, Illinois and Ne-
braska he ran behind the state demo-
cartic ticket, While in Massachu-
setts McKinley went out of Boston
6,300 votes behind the state ticket,
with the vote on governor, which was
11'934 votes short.
In the states where the battle was
hardest fought, Bryan ran behind the
democratic ticket. His loses in the
South and West were due to the de-
cay of the silver issue and the gener-
al sympathy for our soldiery and ap-
proval of expansion. In the East
McKinley held his own, except in a
few states, while the vote was light
and fell off heavily in many places
owing to a dissatisfaction with both
candidates.
-ELLEDGE & PHILIPS.
"Gillhoolay's Reception."
Merriment will reign supreme at the
opera house Monday evening Dec 17.
the occasion being the engagemennt
of that successful Irish farce-comedy
"Gillhooley's Reception," w;hich made
such a pronounced hit last season.
This is one of the latest of farce-com-
edies and the verdict of the critics
everywhere it has been presented is
that it is by all odds the best of its
lass. The management does not
claim the innovating prestige of the
plot for his skit, but asserts that it
(ills his entire purpose by providing a
source of enjoyment to the theatre-
goers. The piece is in three acts, and
they form a panorama of rolicking
fun. The sto.-y is not very strong,
the idea of the author being to intro-
duce a number of character sketches
and up-to-date episodes.
Indictments Against Liquor Dealers.
Guthrie, O. T.. Dec. 11.—The war on
gamblers and saloon keepers in Logan
county is not without results. In Unit-
ed States district court to-day the
grand jury reported twenty-one in-
dictments against alleged gamblers
and persons charged with violation
of the liquor laws.
j andsof ginners have, however, made
1 reports for the first time.
The estimated yield in poundsof lint
per acre is as follows:
Virginia
North ( arolina....
South Carolina....
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Indian Territory...
The acreage after eliminating all
land from which no crop whatever will
be gathered is estimated at 2,503,473.
John Hydk,
Prof. L. J. Peterson of Noble was in
Norman < n business last Saturday.
He is teaching this winter at the
Canada school house three miles
south east of Noble.
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The Statehood Convention.
Last Monday the first attempt was
made at holding a joint Statehood
Convention of the "Twin territories"
and though many were fearful that
it might do more harm than good,
it proved to be one of the best State-
hood conventions ever held. The at-
tendance was very good and a lack of
strong partisan feelings displayed by
the delegates augured favorably for
Statehood at an early date. We be-<
lieve when the two territories fret
together and press Congress for
Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory combined into one State;
that it will result in early Statehood
being granted. We have never be-
lieved that Congress would consent
to making two states out of "Twin
I erritories" and don't believe it
would be best for Congress to do so.
1 here are many difficulties in the
way of Single Statehood at the
present time, but there are also
many ways to remove the existing
difficulties and a Union of the two
territories pressing for Statehood
will hasten the removal of the dif-
ficulties and in our opinion secure the
earliest possible Statehood for
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory.
With the citizens of the Twin Ter-
ritories working together State-
hood is not very far distant; but with
them performing like two Tom cats
on a roof at mid-night, Statehood
is a long way off.
Life Imprisonment.
The motion for a new trial in the
case of the Territory vs. Smith was
heard at El Reno last Tuesday by
Judge Irwin at chambers. The mo-
tion was over ruled and Smith sentenc-
ed to life imprisonment at hard labor.
The Bill Has Passed.
A telegram from Washington this
afternoon announces the passage of
bill appropr ating $75,000 necessary
to meet the expenses of the opening
of the Kio •> a and Comanche Indian
reservations.
I his, it is thought will assure the
opening of the country in the spring.
Ibis will be glad tidings to thou-
sands of people.
Ill: FARMERS GRAIN & IMPLEMENT CO.
Wants your grain and
fat livestock and will
always be found pay-
ing highest price for
the same.
They also want to
sell you
WAGONS,
BUGGIES,
AND SPRING-
WAGONS
and all kinds of farm
machinery and imple-
ments and guarantee
to you lowest prices on
like goods of like qual-
ity sold by any firm in
Norman
Farmers Grain & Implement 0
Office on Corner Opposite Fire House.
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