The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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The Peoples Voice
VOLUME 14.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1906.
NUMBER 46
POLITICAL TRUSTS
Members of the same and
how they
Play
the Voters for
Suckers.
big
commercial bigh seas, and the two
old parties are members of this trust
to hold the offices and make and en-
force the laws in the interest of pro-
fits for their masters. The two old
parties are like the Standard Oil
Company's two grades of oil. One
costs a little more than the other by
reason of its being drawn from the
Southwestern Athletic Meet.
The University won in the South-
western Athletic Meet held at Okla-
homa City last Saturday by a score
of 53i points to 314 for University of
Texas, 30} for the A. & M. College of
Stillwater, the Missouri School of
Mines, of Rolla, 10.
The surprise was the defeat of John
Darling in all the events in which he
was entered. He captured second
place every time with Ramsdale, of
the University of Texas, lirst, save in
The initiative and referendum has
never been a part of the National
Democratic Party's doctrines; but it
i« becoming popular enough to be
fathered by that party, so would
feipn to think a few democratic lead-
ers in Oklahoma, and they talk of
such a measure being made one of
the provisions in the New State con-
stitution. The democrat party re-
minds us very much of a frog in a
dry well—eyer and anon jumping
and trying to get out. The great
things it would do if it could only get
out, are all prQmised when it is in the
well and forgetton the instant it is
assisted out Cleveland's adminis-
tration is a 'strong reminder to the
people of the reliance to be placed in
promises made by the democrat par-
ty in distress. In 1896 it was sent to
the monrners bench by its good shep-
herd—. the repub'ican party—for
much the same purpose as Herod
sent out the wise men to find the
young "child."' A good many people
when they saw it on its marrow bones
bewailing and berating and charging
Cleveland with all the responsibility
for party betrayal of its pledges, ac-
cepted in good faith its pretentions
of regeneration made at Chicago,and
taking compassion on it, reenlisted
under the democrat banner and took
up in earnest the battle to give the
party another opportunity to prove
its goodness of heart and sincerity of
purposeafid it has rewarded them by
repudiating, in 1904, all it claimed to
favor in 1896. Early in 1896 political
conditions were such as threatened
the annihilation of both of the old
parties and it became necessary for
one of them to play the part of a
Judas to perpetuate the other one in
power and the democrat party was
designated as the Judas for tbe oc-
casion to go out and make overtures
to the Peoples Party to come into
democrat camp and thus more speed-
ily secqre the reforms the Peoples
Party was organized for the purpose
of securing. They presented a plat-
form with practically every plank in
the Peoples Party platform and a
candidate to head ticket acceptab e
to the Peoples Party and pledged to
cast Seawell overboard, who was a
contradiction not only to head of tick
et, but to platfornf as well,and to sub-
stitute Watson, and after securing
agreements and Peoples Party Na-
tional convention had adjourned, the
masters of both old political parties
refused to consent to Seawell's with-
drawal, fearing same might endang-
er McKinley's election, and this so
demoralized the opposition to McKin-
ley as insured his election and for-
ever rendered the democrat party
useless for betrayal purposes. In 1900
the war with Spain had so strength-
ened the Republican party as to not
require a Judas and the democrat
party ju*t repudiated a few of the
reforms it declared for in 1900, ren-
dering Bryan a harmless opposition j
candidate, and useful only as a factor j
in hindering the growth of the
Peoples Party and in 1904, the demo-
crat party camped where Cleveland
piched its tent and where it is camp-
ing at the present time and assisting
the republicans by furnishing just
enough of thunder to sustain in tbe
minds of the people the idea that
they are hostile enemies, instead of
bosom cronies. During the past four
years the reform party has been rap-
idly recruiting and promises to be-
come a mighty factor in tbe next
election, hence this increased talk of
Bryan or some such man to lead the |
democrat party in 1908 Asa matter j
of fact, several years ago the mast-
ers of both of the old political part-'
ies organized a political trust for
mutual benefit and protection against
punishment at the hands of the peo-j
pie for their piracy practices on the
same tank ihrough a different faucet.
The grade of the oil has nothing to the ~° hurdles where Hughes won
do with the price you pay. It is the
faucet that fixes the price. The
Lumber, Coal and otherTrusts fix the
price, the dealer simply exacts it
from his customers. The Political
Trust fixes all legislation and uses
the two old parties to enact, repeal
or enforce and if you don't like what
you get at the Republican faucet, go
around the barrel to the Democrat
faucet. If you don't like what is in
the barrel, go to a party that is not
in the Political Trust. This is about
the kind of horse sense you would ex-
ercise in any other business trims
action, if possible for you to do so,
would you not? "Oh!" but you an-
swer, "every dealer Is in the trust."
Why is this so? Because you have
permitted every independent dealer
to be frozen out by the trust. The
trust dealer's price is very different
when an independant dealer is around.
You patronized the trust dealer until
your independent dealer was froze
out, then you pay trust dealer the
price it cost him to freeze out the in-
dependent dealer, on what you pay
afterward. Let an independent po-
litical party threaten the political
trust and see how the two old politic-
al parties will get busy, the one with
a "big stick" and the other with a
"pitch fork" ant1 you rush from the
independent party and line up to as-
sist the "big stick" or the "pitch
ford" only to find out after you get
lined up for service that there is
"nothing doing" to injure the busi-
ness interests of the commercial
trusts that have been plundering
you When you make up your mind
fixed and firmly that you will not
vote another old party ticket you
have enlisted in the tight and become
a real soldier in the battle to place
man above tbe almighty dollar and
make it the servant of man and not
his master. Until you do so, you are
consciously or unconsciously forcing
the fetters for your own and your
posterity's servitude and bindage
to tbe power of the allmighty dollar
District Union Meeting-
A District Union Meeting wtll be
held at the Adair School house on
Monday, 28th at 2 o'clock p m
M. B FULKERSON,
Dis't. President.
with Darling second and Everest of
University and Woods of the A. & M.
tied for third. In the 120 yard hurd-
les Hughes, Everest and Acton of the
University of Oklahoma won. In the
mile and half mile Boyerot the Miss-
ouri School of Mines won first In both
events, Ramsdale securing second in
in tbe half mile and Lovett of the A.
& M.second in the mile. In the ham
mer throw Reeds, of University, won
first. In the high jump three Uni-
versity men tied for second place
with Kendall, University of Texas
first. In the pole vault RatlilTof Uni
won first and Reeds third. In the
discus the University won lirst and
third. In broad jump 2nd. In the
mile relay University took 2nd A. &
M. first. Six records were broken,
tbe half mile, mile; 120 yard hurdles,
high jump, pole vault and mile relay.
That luck was against the Uni team
in the Territorial Field Meet was
quite evident for last Saturday they
met the same team from the A. & M.
College and won over them easily.
The Peoples Voice As An Advertising
Medium.
Three Meeks ago a party residing
in Norman inserted a three line
want ad. in the Peoples Voice and
one of the other Norman and then
checked all inquiries and answers
to the advertisement h: received.
He seid he hail received many re
ceived tmny replies but had the
fijst one to receive yet who did not
say, "We saw yonr ad. in the Peo-
ples Voice." Me said that he was
convinced thut the farmers get and
read the Peoples Voice as they do
no other paper in the county.
District Court News,
The Monday afternoon train being
three hours late, Judge Irwin came to
Norman by the automobile route
reaching Norman about 2 o'clock and
convening District Court. By agree-
ment the W S. Carter contempt case
was continued to first day of next
term and two persons were granted
naturalization papers, after which
court adjourned until 9 o'clock, Sat.
urday, May 26th
Base Ball Game.
The Moore and Norman baseball
teams will try conclusions tie x: Wed
r.esday on the Norman diatuoti'*.
~W "C?|
THE Farmers of Cleveland County
have done it by their patronage;
and the refunds they are receiving
from our agency sales are no more
than they are justly entitled to.
There is enough in the gate business
for us all, and under our co-operative
plan those who contribute to its suc-
cess participate in its profits; this in-
cludes the people who buy our( gates,
the agents who sell them and ourselves.
ACERS GATE CO.,
Ti
n, ~
SENATOR BURTON'S
Case confirmed by the U. S.
Supreme Court.
Tbe Supreme Court of tbe United
States, by a vote of 6 to 3, affirms the
decision of the lower court in the
Senator Burton case and it Is now up
to Senator Burton to serve six
months in jail and pay a fine of 12,500
The charge against Senator Burton
was that of accepting a fee of $o00
per month from the Rialto Grain &
Securities Company in an effort to
prevent the issuance of an order by
the Post Office Department prohibit-
ing the use of the mails by the com-
pany. Sixty days were tiven to ( re-
pare and present a petition for a re-
hearing.
Mrs A D Hickok Dead
Mrs. A. D Hickok, sometime last
week, ran something in her foot, but
paid little attention to the wound,
thinking it did not amount to much,
but last Saturday it bt-pan to bequite
troublesome and early Monday morn-
ing they came for a doctor. The
wound was opened up nicely, but
Monday evening lock jaw developed.
The doctor was called and anti-toxine
ordered from Oklahoma City and ad-
ministered Tuesday morning, but It
it did not seem to have the desired ef-
fect and her condition steadily grew
worse until Wednesday at 10:30 death
came. Mrs Hickok was born in
New Lisbon,Ohio,78 years ago,and was
a woman well liked by all who knew
her and always spoken of by her
neighbors as a very fine old lady. The
wound resulting in causing her death
was little noticed at the time it wa<
received, but when it commenced to
trouble her, her husband and son
wanted to bring her in to let a doc-
tor see it, but she thought it unnec-
issaryand that she could successfully
treat it and when the doctor was
called it was too late, though every
effort was put forth. The body was
laid to rest in the Warren cemetery
Thursday afternoon. She leaves an
aged husband, two sons and a num
ber of relatives to mourn
High School Commencement
Thursday evening of last week the
graduating exercises of the Norman
High School were held in the Op< ra
House In this city. There were thir-
teen graduates in the class and the
Opera House was tilled to overflow ing
to witness the exercises. The address
to the class was delivered by Hon. T.
P. Gore, of Lawton. The music was
furnished by the High School Sex-
tette and the University Ladies Quar-
tette. The class History was given
by Miss Pearl Harris, Class Poem by
Mr. Fred Stowe, Class Prophecy by
Mr. George Allen. The diplomas
were presented by Hon. E L Cralle,
president of the School Board. The
following is a list ot the names of
the graduates; Pearl Harris, Earl
Rice, Grace Brown, Edna Pickard,
May Bailey, Fred Tarmen,Fred Stowe
Geo. Allen, Cora Jacobs, Edythe
Koepke, Flora Corn, Dixie Lindsay,
Bruce Geyer.
University Commencement.
The University commencement in-
vitations have been sent out this
week and the first of the closing ex-
ercises will be the "Messiah Concert"
on Saturday evening, June 2nd. On
June 3id the Baccalaureate Sermon
will be delivered by Rev Carter Helm
Jones, of Louisville, Ky. Monday
night, June 4th, the recital of the
I school of music. Tuesday night, the
j play. ''Esmeralda" by Senior class.
I Wednesday night the joint entertain-
ment by tbe Societies Thursday
[ morning the Board of Regents meet-
ing and in the evening the School of
! Music. Friday morning the graduat-
ing exercises and Annual Address de-
livered by Hon.William Mien White,
of Emporia, Kansas and an address
j by Gov. Frantz and members of the
i Board of Regents, and after dinner
{ the Alumni Banquet will be given,
j The graduating class this year is
jthe largest in the history of tbe
school. College of Arts & Sciences
in Master of Arts Degree, two; in
Bachelor of Arts Degree, twenty; in
Fine Arts three: in Pharmacy,twelve.
I want to buy at real values, a
bottom or smooth upland farm near
Norman and a vacant residence lot
in Norman. Prefer to deal with
owner. Give numbers, description
and price or save your stamp. Ad
dresf, Peoples Voice.
J. B. Barbour came up froui his
farm near Lexington last Tuesday to
see bow bis candicacy for rtje nomin-
ation for the office of county treasur-
er was progressing in this part of the
county. Like the other five candi-
dates for this office, he feels quite
su'-e of winning. The truth in the
matter is, J. B would make an ex-
cellent county treasurer should he
succeed in landing in that office, and
his record as a citizen and as a work-
er in the up.building of the county
would make him a strong candidate
in general election. Be is undoubt-
edly one of tbe be6t candidates in
the race for the nomination. He
possesses the qualifications to fill the
office and is about just such a man as
we would like to see all political
parties nominate. Of course, the
nomination of such a man by the
democrats would surprise us. We
rather anticipate that they will nom-
inate Win Moutaw or Sherman Dav-
Wm. B. Hearst's Popularity Increasing in
New York.
Dr. Frank E. Wilson, ex-conpress-
man from Brooklyn, chatting ovt r
the political condition in New York,
say«: "King's county gave Wm. R.
Hearst a majority when be ran for
mayor of New York, and if be were
to run again that majority would be
increased fourfold, Hearst's popu-
larity is on the increase, while Mc-
Clellan's is on the decline. To my
mind this young man who has come
to be everywhere regarded as a fac-
tor in American politics, tyjiSes the
real, simon-pure democracy of the na-
tion. Beart's sympathies are with
the plain people, the t read winners,
and he is fighting their battles «'itli
ability and courage. His eneunei
say he i- too radical, but I fail to see
how a man can be charged with radi-
calism who only asks that the toilintf
millions be given a fair show in the
hard struggle for existence. His sin-
cere interest in the welfare of the
masses has been too often shown t>
admit of a dobt is to his honesty of
purpose. I predict for him a great
future, not only in Vew York politic<,
but in the nation at large."
The Methodist Episcopal Churcli
has employed Miss Myrtle Sundstrom
to lead and train its choir for next
year. She has led this choir for the
past two years and has given excell-
ent satisfaction. This church has
one of the best choirs in the city and
too much credit cannot be given Mis*
Sundstrom for the excellent work
this choir is doing.
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