The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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The Peoples Voice
VOLUME 12.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1904
NUMBER 36
The following' letter Judge Wil-
liams, of Vincennes, Indiana, trans-
mitting a copy of a letter he re-
ceived a few days ago from Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, brings
cheerful news to Populists every-
where. Mr. Watson has been silent
for seven years on political matters,
so far as writing or speaking for pub-
lication, but in letters to friends
from time to time informed them
that, though he was ont of politics
he was still a Populist.
Vincennes, Ind., Mar. 5, 1904.
PAUL DIXON, Esq.,
Chillicothe, Mo.—
Dear Sir and Bro.:—I hand you
for publication copy of my last letter
from Mr. Watson. It embraces a
frank and concise statement of the
true status of the political parties at
this time besides strong words of en-
couragement and good cheer to
Populists.
I am delighted at final results at
St. Louis. Indiana will send a full
delegation to Springfield.
Yours for Populism,
SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS.
would be a burden to any new move-
ment.
Choose some younger man, who has
made no enemies, and make an ag-
gressive contest, and in my judgment
the old prties will have cause to
tremble for the results.
Yours truly,
THOS. E. WATSON.
Peby 29, 1904.
The Cleveland boom for the presi-
dency has broken out afresh and it
j begins to look as though the old fel-
j low would be nominated anyhow. The
Watchman has claimed for the past
I two years that Grover Cleveland was
the logical candidate for the Demo-
cracy and by far the strongest man
they had in their party and in fact
the only man that stood the least
chance of leading the Democrats to
victory. The old machine is evoluting
from its dose of Populism in '96 and
1900 back to its time honored princi-
ples and when it takes the lean it
must go the whole hog. Hence they
must pick up the much abused ex-
president and place him at the head
of their ticket and they will secure
Republican votes enough to enable
the d. o. p. to carry New York, New
Jersey, C'onneticut, Delaware, Mary-
land West Virginia and Illinois,
which with the solid South and its 161
electoral votes will roll them into
power and the half starved crew will
roll into official position again under
the appointment of a man of whom
they have said more mean things
than any man in America. Watch-
man, Cleburne Texas.
Hon. Samuel W. Williams,
Vincennes, Ind.
My Dear Sir:—
Yours received.
The fusion policy has not been
more disasterous than I ant cipated.
It destroyed the grandest reform
movement this country has known
since the civil war.
Had Mr. Bryan adopted your plan
in 1896 he would have been President
and some legislation beneficial to the
masses might have been enacted. At
present we have the sorry spectacle
of two great political parties with
no issue whatever separating them.
Both are for tariffs, both are for
national banks, both are for huge ap-
propriations, both are committed to
militariasm.
Neither dares to attack the trusts,
neither dares to declare against
class legislation, neither dares to of
fend the money power.
The only thing the Republicans
and Democrats really fight over is
the spoils of office.
In all other things they are as
alike as two peas.
They preserve their separate or-
ganizations for the sole purpose of
deluding the people and preventing
the organization of an actual party
of opposition.
Even on the negro question there
is no real difference.
Roosevelt dined Booker T. Wash-
ington and Cleveland had Fred Doug-
lass as an invited guest at his mar-
riage reception.
Cleveland put as many negroes in
office as Roosevtlt has done.
And if there ever was a rottener
administration than the second term
of Cleveland it would puzzle the his-
torian to name it
There never was a time more fa-
vorable for a straight fearless fight
on both the old parties. By all means
.make the effort.
Personally I can stand loyally to
the faith and wield my pen. I have
made too many enemies. My name
Democratic candidates for the
nomination of the county offices are
as thick as flies in midsummer but
the knowing democratic politicians
write down the names of the nomi-
nees of the primary as follows:
For sheriff— Bob Maxwell.
For clerk—F. O. Miller.
For treasurer—Roland Hughes.
For register of deeds—Perry Wood-
ard.
For county attorney—B. F. Wolf.
For school superintendent—F. B
Swank.
For probate judge—N. E. Sharp.
In the above list Miller and Hughes
are in the greatest danger of failing
to connect with the nomination.
\\ oodard and Wolf have to struggle
against the idea that a man should
not serve over two consecutive terms
but this idea no longer cuts much ice
in the democratic party and the
rails to a renomination are easily
soaped or sanded as the case may
require.
L E. Leach, of Moore, transacted
business in Norman last Friday. Mr.
Leach has been one of the large
wheat farmers of the county since
the opening of the country to settle-
ment and he says that the wheat
crop is all O. K. up to the present
time. He says the plant, while not
showing big growth is growing and
stooling and when rain comes it will
make a rapid growth and spring up
thick. The high winds he says has
no doubt injured some of the wheat
oij sandy land; but the majority of
the fields he does not consider has
suffered injury to little if any extent
by the dry weather.
Barn Burns-
Last Monday C. M. Sammetinger,
living four miles northeast of Nor-
man hut his fine barn by fire to-
gether with about 1000 bushels of
corn and 1000 bales of ba?; also his
fine threshing machine separator to-
gether with many of his farming- im-
plements. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The loss is fully $2,000.00
j and we understand there was no in-
| surance.
■ Fusion Dead in Lincoln County.
J In this territory Lincoln county has
| ever been one of the strong of fusion
J counties since 1890; but we noticj the
announcement that no fusion goes
this year and the Peoples Party hold
their county convention on June 24th
and will put a full ticket in the field.
The Wade-Turner Mule Case-
Last Friday night, the mules D.
Wade went after and found in pos-
session of James Turner near Paris,
Texas, arrived in Norman and were
put in Sawyer's Livery Barn.
About noon M. Turner entered the
barn and secured the fnules and had
them out on the street before Saw-
yer discovered him A lively tus-
sel ensued but Turner succeeded in
taking mules home with him and
locking them in his barn and told his
wife to see that no one broke open
lock on the stable. Mr. Turner and
son Jim were arrested at once charg-
ed with robbery and soon after Wade
went to Turner's stable to get the
mules but Mrs. Turner appeared on
the scene with a double barrel shot-
gun and Wade concluded that the
times did not look propitious for his
breaking into barn and taking the
mules. Turner and his son gave
bond and in conversation with Mr.
Turner he informs us that he pur-
chased mules from Mr. Cornish be-
fore his son Jim started to Texas
with them agreeing with Mr. Cornish
to pay off the mortgages against the
mules in a few days. Mr. Turner did
pay off $300 worth of mortgages
against the mules and claims the
mules as his property. Wade holds a
1200 mortgage against the mules' yet
but it is claimed that this latter
mortgage held by Wade was given
for the purpose of supplying Mr.
Cornish with necessary supplies to
make a crop this season and that as
supplies had not been furnished that
Wade's second mortgage on mules,
lacked a consideration, to make it
good. Mr. Turner also informed the
writer that he had given the mules
to bis son James Turner. Wade is
out a considerable money in the trip
he made to capture the mules and it
is the expense of this trip that he
holds against the mules and the pay-
ment of this expense is what Turner
is resisting.
To Hold Two Conventions.
The democratic territorial com-
mittee met in Enid last Tuesday and
decided to hold a convention to
nominate a delegate to congress on
July 2(ith in Oklahoma City. The
convention to nominate delegates to
the national Democratic convention
which meets in St. Louis on July 7th
will be held in Anadarko on June 1st.
In the committee meeting we notice
that Cleveland county was represent-
ed by the editor of the Lexington
Leader, the name of the committee
man from this county not appearing
in the minutes of the meeting We
also noticed in the report of tne meet-
ing names of Hon. J. Y. i/allahan,
Robert Neff, J. J. Dunn and Hoy Staf-
ford, men who at one time were
quite active in the Peoples party
movement in this territory. In view
of the fact that the democratic par-
ty today has drifted back to almost
the same position it held in 1892 and
1894 and all it lacks to be clear back
to position in 1892 is until convention
meets and nominates Cleveland or
some democrat holding the same
views, it will be really a spectacle
worth some trouble to see Neff, Dunti
Callahan and Stafford supporting the
very same party which they so bit-
terly opposed and denounced in 1892
and 1894. We hardly expect them to
do it; but are very much inclined to
think that they will bolt a reorgan-
ized democratic party and return to
to the Peoples party fold. They
have dallied with fusion and Bryan
Democracy until they are at a loss
to know how to let go with
decorum; but when the reorganizers
at St. Louis invites them to take a
back seat they will just back clear
out of the hall and come hotne to
the Peoples party.
Wood Lyttle ran a big auction sale
on the streets of Norman last Satur-
day selling a big amount of tine
househould goods and lie informs us
that next Saturday he expects to
have on the streets of Norman a
large amount of household goods to
sell at auction. Wood is kept quite
busy auctioneering and is making
a reputation as a good auctioneer,
lie holds the attention of the crowd
well and keeps them in a good humor
and succeeds In getting them to bid
fast and liberally.
McCall
Has it for
Less.
UNIVERSITY DOTS.
The gymnasium exhibit on Friday
night was a grand success. The
opera house was well filled and the
performance was well received by
all who attended. The work of
John Darling, Guy Williams and
Roy Kingkade was exceptionally
fine and showed great practice. In
fact the entire exhibit was not only
a credit to Prof. Hall and the Uni-
versity but to the territory as well.
The senior faculty picnic on Fri-
day afternoon promises to be an in-
teresting affair and a warm contest
is looked forward to by both sides.
D. G. Hunewell from the big
school at Liridsburg, Kansas, was
here the first of the week distribut-
ing literature and making arrange-
ments for the Messiah the Annual
Musical treat at Bethamy college.
The University will again contest
with the A. & M. college oi Still-
water in the athletic contest and
field meet in May. The Territorial
Executive Committee met at Guthrie
on March n, and selected May 20,
as the date of the meet. Guthrie
was selected as the place of the con
test and after hearing the applica-
tion of the A. & M. college the com-
mittee reinstated this college to
membership of the Association and
in so doing passed the following:
Resolved that in reinstating the A.
& M- college that the association re-
commend to this school to return
the contested cup to the association,
but should they so elect they may
retain the same under the imput
ation of a clouded title.
Prof. VanVleet is fast winning a
reputation among the students that
I he is a lecturer of no small ability.
His chapel talks are both interest-
ing and instructive.
The Mock Congress is fast be-
coming a very interesting body.
Last Wednesday evening an act to
appropriate one million dollars for
irrigation purposes was introduced
and after much discussion was final-
ly killed as it was the opinion of the
assembly that the measure was not
correctly drawn. The chairman of
the committee on territories brought
in a bill for the admission of Okla-
homa and Indian Territory as one
state. This bill was referred back
to the committee with instructions
to report at the next meeting.
It is rumored that there are
several dark horses that will an-
nounce themselves for oratorical
honors shortly.
relief map.
One of the most interesting things
in the Oklahom a exhibit at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair this Spring will
be a large relief map of the Ter-
ritory.
The map is to be no small affair
I and when completed will measure
16 y2 by 10 feet and will contain
I about one thousand pounds of
plaster. It is mounted on a nicely
finished platform or stand and will
make not only a very interesting but
a very artistic display.
The map is being made by Dr.
Finney, instructor in clay, modeling
and art work in the University of
Oklahoma, who is using in its con-
struction a process of modeling
which not only enables him to make
the most perfect and minute repre-
sentation of the various altitudes of
the Territory but at the same time
permits him to complete the work
in a much shorter time than it usual-
ly requires for such a task.
1 he Doctor has only been work-
ing on this for three weeks and he is
now painting and finishing it up and
will have it ready for shipment in a
short time.
The most difficult part of the map
however is in securing the inform-
ation necessary for its construction.
Fortunately however Prof. Clias. N.
Gould, who is the instructor in Geo-
logy at the University and who has
held the position for the past two
years of U. S. hydrographer for the
Territory, has spent his last four or
five vacations in the field, working
out the Geology of Oklahoma and
has kept very accurate notes of all
work done. As a result he has at
his disposal all the material neces-
sary for this work. He has there-
fore outlined the map for Dr. Finney
and has given him all the altitudes
of all parts of the Territory together
with all other information concern-
ing the general typography together
with the location of the various salt
plains, gypsum deposits and other
matters of interest.
There is nothing that Oklahoma
will have at the fair that will so
completely demonstrate the neces-
sity from an artistic point of view at
least of making Oklahoma an Indian
Territory one state, for this relief
map does most forcibly show tip the
general outline of Oklahoma in a
most grotesque manner.
It will not only demonstrate this
however, for when completed with
every elevation faithfully and
acurately portrayed and the vast
fields of gypsum, salt, granite and
other building stone, this relief map
will be one of the most striking illus-
trations of the marvelous extent of
Oklahoma's natural advantages and
resources.
This map will be placed in the U.
S. Geological exhibit in the space
allotted to Oklahoma and will no
doubt be an object of interest and
instruction even to people within
the Territory itself.
District court convenes in this city
on the 28th of this month and follow-
ing is a list of the Grand and Petit
Jurors:
gkand jurors.
S L DeWitt R L Stinson
John Hradshaw Sam H Vaughn
W P Sigman James McDaniel
J P Corbett C H Taylor
G B Spurlock W S Carter
J J Riley J A Manasco
H A Hawk J T Vandaveer
JT Crawford Jeff Boston
Marion Morrow Wm Hinkle
J Vandaveer M C Warner
PETIT JURORS.
B A Keeran G II Eurbee
Joe Ray R L Austiu
W W Swain H L Bell
C E Leach G. T. Miser
J M Smith John B Diehm
S F Martin N C Davis
Robert Yeargin E F Barbee
E Duffy T W Price
Fred W James C G Bible
A W Wallenberg J A Hullum
G W Miller C F Reynold*
G W Brown H Marcum
F E Percival J A Peery
DWSmith Richard Bill
James Vanderslice W E Williams.
Mr. Crick who formerly
lived in Norman but for the past
twelve years h is lived in the north
western part of the county died at
at his home last JSaturday and the
body was buried 111 the I. O. O. F.
cemetry north of this city last Sun-
day.
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