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The Peoples Voice
VOLUME 12.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904
NUMBER 30
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of the Populist party. Here victory
or deleat confronts all.
Domradei, the long roll is sounding'
fall in, let every iiuan step out on the
line and line up now or never.
J. S. FELTER.
Springfield 111.
Pacts are stubborn things ^nd we
are up against stubborn facts and
must meet them as men. After the
last presidential campaign the rnid-
roaders were completely disorganized
and nothing has been done to revive
the party. Every effort seemed to
fall down flat. Our people were
discouraged and would not move out
to do battle. This is true and is no
secret. That we had reached a
crisis was manifest to us. The But-
ler wing was in the same fix. Hera
then is the situation. A house divid-
ed against itself. Now as for Popu-
lism it was throttled by its friends
and in spite of its immediate friends
Populism grew among the people to
our shame while we stood brandishing
schismatic daggers in factional hand
to assassinate each other. Something
had to be done and done before the
campaign of 1904 and the cool headed
say that the only hope was to set the
house .in order for peace and a full
reconciliation and the Denver con-
ference was the outcome and result.
At Denver there was a coming to
gether that eclipsed all former efforts
and a feeling and enthusiasm that
bade farewell to the past, faith
raised the banner of Omaha and
hope unfurled it and joy wrote with
the pen of victory, all at home peace
be unto this household henceforth
and forever, The grave was dug
wide and deep iind fusion was cast in
and buried so deep that the echoes of
Gabriel's horn sounding along the
caverns of hell will never reach it,
At Denver I met for the first time
with the 'leaders of the fusion wing
of the party. I was favorably im
pressed with the belief they were
men of political sense and
that is the very material we want
They are Populists with an experi
ence and so it was I thought now, if
ever, the Populists will amount to
anything it must profit by past ex
perience and lay down a solid founda
tion and on it build a party organiza
tion that will set all the various arts
to work.
First five planks will define all that
need be said. There can be no
trouble about these planks. Every
Populist knows "The handwriting of
his God on the wall at sight."
Our main point is one that has been
overlooked and must not be over
looked at St. Louis. I refer to raise
money to run campaign expenses.
While it is true the funds cannot be
raised from those attending the con-
ference yet a special committee be
appointed to devise a plan for raising
funds. Should our St Louis meeting
be a howling success we shall be in
a better fighting trim than ever and
I believe we all should get there and
come with a spirit of determination
to line up. Leave all our axes at
home and leave your suspicions and
jealousy behind if you have any and
come with broad and liberal minds.
Come with hearts full of the love
of country. Come in response to self
defense Come as statesman to build
for posterity. Then shall the fires of
old light up the dark places and a
wave of enthusiasm sweep over the
land. .
Yes, the St. Louis Conference is the
point where we must solve the future
BRYAN'S PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
"Shall
the
William Randolph Hearst Demo-
cratic aspirant ior the Democratic
nomination for President, owner and
publisher of daily papers in New
York, Chicago, San Francisco and
Los Angeles, resides in New York
City, and is a member of congress.
A dispatch from Washington to his
paper says that all the Democratic
members of the Senate and House of
Representatives express a unanimous
sentiment to steer clear of the money
issues of the last two campaigns. As
Mr. Hearst is i democratic member
of the House, he is included when the
dispatch says all favor steering clear
of the money issue. The dispatch
was a special to Mr. Hearst's paper,
and was probably sent by Mr. Hearst
himself. Hence there can be no
doubt that he favors ignoring the
money questiou in the coming cam-
paign. Yet he is supposed to be
the candidate of the Bryan Demo-
crats. Mr. Bryan says he favors en-
dorsing the last Democratic platform
but here is Hearst, himself a congress-
man saying that all the Democratic
members of congress are opposed to
to it. But what difference does it
make whether the Democratic con-
vention endorses the last platform?
After running two campaigns on the
money question, are not the Demo-
crats in congress as silent as the
grave on that issue? What difference
does it make what they say in their
platform? Didn't they declare in
their 1892 platform in favor of the
coinage of silver without charge for
mintage, and didn't the Democratic
congress and President elected that
year repeal the last law favorable to
silver? It is the policy of the Demo-
cratic politicians, admitted by many
of them, to adopt platforms to catch
votes, not to carry out. Again, what
difference does it make whom the
Democratic party nominates for
President? In electing a President
the Democrats would most likely
elect a congress. What could i
reform President do with the monopo'
ly congress? The President cannot
pass a law, nor can he repeal a law.
President Roosevelt is thought by
some to be with the people. If he is
it shows that a reform President with
a monopoly congress can do little or
nothing for the people. The old
parties are under the control of the
monopolists, and neither of them will
ever see the day but when there will
be enough monopolists in them to
prevent any great measure in behalf
of the people and against monopoly
being adopted, There is absolutely
but one way out, and that is the unit
ing of she people in an independent
party—a party composed of men who
believe alike. Such was the step
taken by hundreds of thousands of
Republicans and Democrats in 1£91
when they met the old Greenbackers
and Labor men and formed the Peo-
ple's party.— Mo. World.
the Money Changers Rule
Country? the Question-
New York Jan. 28.—William Jen-
nings Bryan announced last night
his idea of the paromount issue. It
is neither gold nor silver; it is
"whether or not the money changers
shall rule this conntry." In the face
of this issue he is willing that sixteen
to one be relegated to the back-
ground. Up to this time Mr. Bryan
has consistently refused to pronounce
upon the probable relative impor-
tance which the various questions
would assume during the coming
presidential campaign.
I have believed ever since the 1900
campaign," he said, that it is no long-
er a question of gold or silver. It is
the larger question of whether or not
the money changers shall rule the
country. The silver question is not
of paramount importance now, nor is
that of labor or trusts. It is a
larger question and includes them all.
What measure for the relief of the
masses is there that they (the money
changers) do not oppose? Do you
know of any?
Whether a measure is proposed
for the benefit of labor or for the
benefit of or for the destruction of
the trusts or what not, so it be tor
the benefit of the plain people, it is
opposed in Wall Street. What is the
use of a party fighting trusts when
bankers sit in Wall street with their
vaults full of watered stock and con-
tribute to the campaign fund? Or
what is the use of espousing the
cause of labor when its enemies sit
high in the councils of the party?
These pronouncements were given
apprently on a sudden impulse, after
he had declind repeatedly to discuss
the matter from any point of view
and had carried every question bear-
ing thereon.
A sked what comment had he to make
on the statement by John Sharp Wil-
liams, minority leader in the house
of Representatives at Washington,
that the free silver issue is dead, he
propounded this query in return.
There are tons of thousands of peo-
ple who express opinions about me
almost daily I presume. Suppose I
were to comment on them all what
time would I have for anything else?
No I do not care to discuss other per-
sons opinions "
McCall
Has it for
Less,
MAKES TOUR ON FOOT.
OKLAHOMA DOTS.
The Postal Telephone and Cable
Company on February 1st are open-
ing up an office in the McMackin
building where the Alamo Restaurant
now is with Lowry Ross as manager
and operator. The city has been
needing an office up town for a long
time and the coming of the postal
will be greeted with cheers by the
citizens of Norman. The postal is
much better equipped to handle the
business of the merchants than is the
Western Union owing to the fact
that the operator at the depot has so
much other work to do that they can
not handle the telegraph business
Afith any degree of promptness. We
have it, and let everyone show their
appointed of same by patronizing it.
James Myers, of Snyder, Oklahoma,
visited last Saturday with his broth-
er-in-iaw George W. Carson and
family.
Production of Eggs in Winter-
As it is now midwinter, it is not out
of place to discuss the feedings of
hens for the production of eggs in
winter. Farmers must get away
from the regulation diet of corn and
wheat. One of the chief difficulties
of egg production in the winter is
the lack of green food and too large
a proportion of grain is fed. While
there is a fair proportion of the
nitrogen in wheat needful for the
production of eggs, there is, in ad-
dition, too much fat-producing ma-
terial. This fat in the system clogs
up the reproductive organs, and the
value of the hen as a layer is de-
stroyed. It is not green food so much
as bulky food, that the hens need and
with it plenty of exercise. Instead
of feeding grain three times a day,
try it once in the day—in the even-
In the morning give them bulky
food. This may be composed of finely
chopped clover hay, steeped and fed
warm and sprinkled over with a
small quantity of ground grain. If
the hens are fed at noon, let the
food consist of about an ounce of
of lean meat for each hen. In this
way one will provide nitrogen for
the hens without loading them down
with surplus fat. When feeding the
grain, scatter it in a litter of dry
leaves, chopped straw or dry dirt, in
order that they will have to scratch
for it. This will provide exercise
although a spoonful of grain or mil-
let seed thrown in the yard once or
twice during the day will encourage
the hens to scratch for the occasional
morsel they will get. Proper food
and exercise mean health for the
hens, and healthy hens mean profit
for the poulty raiser. For variety,
chopped cabbage, cooked turnips
potatoes or in fact any of the vege-
tables, make excellent foods In place
of the chopped hay or even in place
of the grain. If grass is fed once
a day the supply will be sufficient.
It is more harmful to overfeed than
to feed sparingly.
"Sailor Jean" to Visit Every Capital in
the Union.
"Sailor Jean" who is making a tour
on foot and pushing his "trolleyette"
to eyery state capital in the United
States passed through Norman last
Thursday on his way to Guthrie. He
is north bound, and after visiting the
Oklahoma capital will go to Topeka,
Kansas, thence north. He expects to
make the trip back to Augusta, Me.,
the starting point in three years and
six months, traveling a distance of
22,000 miles on foot.
"Sailor Jean" said that besides the
prize he was to receive for making
the trip he would get 8100 for every
day he gained, and that he is twenty-
five days ahead of schedule. He said
he put on the eleventh pair of shoes
since starting on the journey.
Fred Grossnicklause Dead.
Fred Grossnicklause who was shot
in the thigh Wednesday afternoon of
last week at his home near Colo by
his son-in-law, Herman Bruning died
last Saturday morning at 3 o'clock
a. m. Last Thursday after making
an examination of the wound the
doctors decided that the thigh bone
was so badly shattered that the only
chance to save life of wounded man
was amputation of the limb and the
leg was cut off near the hip; but this
failed to save life and death cami as
stated above. Mr. Grossnicklause
was a poor man with a large family
but was regarded as an honest, hon-
orable, upright man. The neighbors
say that Grossnicklause had no
trouble with his son-in-law; but that
the difficulty was with the son-in-law,
mother-in-law, and wife and many of
them seem to think that it was at
the wife and mother-in-law that son-
in-law, took a shot which accidentally
hit father-in-law. It is a very bad
family affair and has terminated verv
unfortunately.
"The Minister's Son' is the attrac.
tion at the opera house. This prom-
ises to be one of the banner attrac-
tions of the season. While the play
and star are somewhat new to our
theatre goers, the Eastern critics
look upon W. B. Patton and "The
Minister's Son" as one of their ster-
ling attractions. His quaint and
peculiar methods, together with a
fine stage presence, have won for him
the unstinted praise of the entire
Eastern press. The play itself is a
pastoral comedy, depicting the lite
and scenes as they actually exist in
every day life. The scent of the
apple blossoms and the new mown hay
is ever apparent. A beautiful story
of heart interest told with loving
simplicity. The scenery this season
is entirely new and very expensive,
each act being entirely special, thus
adding to an already finished pro-
duction February 5.
Burned too Death.
The three year old child of John
Barber who lives three miles north of
this city was burned too death last
Monday. It seems as if the little
one was at home by itself, the fath-
er having gone a distance of about a
quarter of a mile from the house to
cut wood. The child was supposed
to have been playing with matches
and clothing caught from the same
burning it so severely that it died
in about 30 minutes. The mother
of the child is in the Sanitarium at
this place.
Bailey Withdraws.
Last Saturday Governor Bailey of
Kansas read the hand writing on the
wall in Kansas, and withdrew from
the race for renomination as govern-
or. The anti-machine forces lead by
Hoch had completely run over him.
Two years ago Bailey used the influ-
ence of the governorship to defeat
Hoch for state printer, little dream-
ing, perhaps, that Hoch would require
of him the governorship of the state
two years hence.
Mrs. Andy Bible has recovered
from an attack of measles.
Bartlesville is still occupying the
stage as an oil town.
Sixteen thousand quails were con-
fiscated at Enid by the game warden.
The dynamite explosion near Tulsa
demolised everything in the vicinity.
Oklahoma farmers will wager a few
dollars and some ehergy on crops of
castor oil beans next summer.
The editors of Hennessy are all
going in for hen culture since the
poultry show. The proper thing to
do.
A school teacher at Pond Creek ex-
h austed herself whipping a thirteen
year old girl with a piece of rubber
hose.
A correspondent springs this in the
Nardin Star: A turkey weighs ten
pounds and a half his own weight.
How much does he weigh?
Governor Ferguson has accepted an
invitation to address the Live Stock
association at their annual meeting in
Oklahoma City, Feb. 23, 24 and 35
A band of hunters went out from
Sulphur Springs last week. They re-
port that they killed forty-nine deer,
1,143 rabbits and about 500 turkeys.
The girls are planning to give the
bachelors a Leap Year dance on
Valentine night that will soften
their hearts to a wonderful extent.
Farmers in the Chickasaw nation
met Wednesday at Tishomingo for
the purpose of securing the inti oduc-
tion of a variety of early cotton from
North Carolina.
A farmer near Arapaho objects to
the rural free delivery of mail, and
says he prefers to go to the postofflce
for it himself. It is pretty hard to
learn an old dog new tricks.
A party of Kickapoo Indians passed
through South McAlester on their
way to Mexico. They were heavily
clad with blankets and the weather
seemed to affect them very much.
During the absence of her parents,
Bessie, the 4-year old daughter of
Frank McMullin of Whitehorse, in
Woods county, climbed into the stove
hearth to warm her hands and her
dress caught fire and she was burned
to death.
A Perry boy less than three years
old had had been told that he was to
to accompany his mother to Guthrie
the next day. In offerring up his
regular evening prayer he said, Good-
bye God, I'm going to Guthrie to-
morrow and will not see you until I
return.
Okeene had a vision last week. In
it was revealed a man his way to that
town. The background of the dream
was capital, which gave the man
strength to press on. Refering to a
dream book it was interpreted that
the man going to Okeene to build a
100 ton cement plant. February 10
is the date set for the dream to
come true.
Mrs. Sidney Clarke, after an illness
of one week died last Sunday at
2:20 o'clock at her home at Oklahoma
City. Mrs. Clarke's death was
due to an attack of pneumonia
following 1 a g r i p p e . In her
death Oklahoma loses a woman
who was near and dear to the hearts
of many and one who leaves a host of
friends to mourn her sad end. Mrs.
Clarke was a prominent club woman
and was a member of the Philomathea
clud at the time of her death.
"One of the finest pearls found in
in Indian territo y is the property
of Harry Blake of Checotah", says
the Muskogee Times. Mr. Blake
bought the pearl of an Indian boy.
Teh boy found it in the Deep Fork
four miles south of Checotah. The
pearl was polished in New York and
valued by the lapidary at $125, The
weight is twelve grains and the color
and shape perfect. Mr. Blake says
that the pearl is one of many that
has been found in the Deep Fork,
The streams of the territory may
yet be as famous as the Aakansaa
rivers for pearl fisheries.
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