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The Peoples Voice
VOLUME 16.
NORMAN OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1907
NUMBER 11
Farmers Union Growth.
The growth ot the Farmers Union
is one of the wonders of the times.
A few years ago five farmers met
and formulated plan to organize the
Union, and to day the Union is a
mighty organization with a member-
ship of 1,500,000 and a state organiza-
tion in twenty-three states. It aims
to induce the cotton farmers to act
as one man in marketing their cotton
crop and its success in this direction
is proving already of much benefit to
the cotton farmer. Farmers no long-
er talk of or fear 7 cent cotton It
la 12 to 15 cent cotton with them now.
They no longer give the seed for
ginning but receive from $12 00 to
®10 00 per ton for jeed. Some may
not be willing to concede all of the
above benefits to Farmers Union; but
the facts are that most of it is due
to the work of the Union and the
work of the Southern Cotton Associa-
tion.
WHEN
Will
Take
Officers Elect
Their Offices?
Since the election the question has
arisen a9 to when the county officers
elect will take charge of their res-
pective offices should the President
approve the constitution. It seems
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that the lime was definitely fixed as much the best and notwithstanding
Election Results.
The result of the Oklahoma election
is no great surprise.
That It weut so strongly democrat
ic was hardly expected.
That Constitution and Prohibition
would carry was conceded: but major-
ties received were greater than
anticipated.
In the matter of the party organ
ization the democratic party was
Isaac Chitwood Shot.
Last Saturday evening Isaac Chit-
wood, a young farmer living on the
Adkins place in the Chickasaw, left
Norman considerably under the in-
fluence of liquor and driving his mules
hard. His uncle was with him.
After reaching home it seems that
he went to a nefgbbors about 300
yards distance and the men folks it
is reported sent him home, owing to
his drunken condition. The men
folks went out hunting in the evening
and between 9 and 10 o'clock Chit,
wood returned to Paschals and insis-
ted on coming into the house. The
women were frightened and one of
them seized a shot gun and shot the
lower jaw and part of the tongue of
Chitwood off Drs. from Norman
were called but could give no hopes
of recovery though he was still living
Monday. He has a wife and three
small children and was a man about
35 years of age.
to when their term of office should
expire, to-wit the second Monday in
January, 1911; bat the time when
they should assume duties not so
definite. Under the Oklahoma law
the term of office is two years. If
new officers should assume duties
now they would enjoy a 3 year term.
Some are enclined to think officers
elected will not assume duties until
January 1911. While the provision
is not clear in the constitution as to
the time when new officers take
charge yet undoubtedly it was in
tended that they should assume du-
ties at same time as state officers
and same will be so construed other-
wise duty of appointing county offi
cers would devolve upon governor and
he would certainly commission officers
elect
W. 0. W. Unveiling.
The Norman Camp W. O. W. will
go to Moore next Sunday and assist
in the unveiling of the Monument
erected to the memory of Sov. J. L.
Siler. The services will be held in
Moore cemetery at 2 o'clock. Noon
lunch will be taken in Dresden
Grove. On first Sunday in October
at 2 p m. the Monument erected to
the memory of Sov. W. H. Pickard
will be unveiled in the I. O. O. F.
cemetery north of this city, the Nor-
man Camp conducting the services
Holding Cotton for Higher
Prices.
The Logan County Co-operative
Farmers union held a meeting this
afternoon at the city hall and dis
cussed plans of handling the incoming
cotton crop. The association now has
seven gins in the county besides a
$100,000 cotton seed oil mill nearing
completion in this city. The mem-
bers will endeavor to get 14 cents for
their cotton this year and have al-
ready begun storing what they are
buying on the market here in the
large warehouse, holding it for higher
prices.
May be Referred to Congress
Since the holding of the election
the question has been raised, as to
whether Congress did not exceed its
authority in giving the President
power to issue the State hood proc
lamation or turn the constitution
down and it is thought by some good
lawyers that Attorney General Bone-
part will so recommend to the Presi-
dent and that the constitution will
be referred to congress. Should this
course be pursued state hood under
present constitution is extremely
doubtful.
This Extra Special Showing of
Men's Autumn Suits,
Worth $22.50 at $18.00
1
MICHAELS-STERN
FINE CLOTHING
MICHAELS. STCRN * CO.
ROCHESTER, N V.
must prove to you that at this
store you can get the most cloth-
ing' value for your money.
That this is the fact, is due to
our selling the famous
Michaels - Stern
Fine Clothing
winch is quuestionably the best
styled, the best wearing moder-
ate price clothing in the world.
These
Snappy Sack Suits at
$18
establish their superiority and
will satisfy you that they are
in every way as good as any
$22.50 Sack Suit you'll find else-
where. For choice of fabrics
we show stripes, plaids, checks,
overplaid, mixtures and plain
weaves in tested worsteds, cas-
simeres, cheviots rnd tweeds.
Boys' Fall Suits, $2.50 to $7.QO.
This sort of garment the boys like to
wear-tha parents like to buy. Tail-
ored to stand the racket and always
look good.
the issues involved in the campaign
its forces were held in tact and
brought to the ballot boxes and cast
straight tickets, resulting in a tri
umph for the entire democratic state
ticket by pluralities of upwards of
30,000. Mr. Haskell, candidate for
Governor and against whom almost
the entire strength of the opposition
was brought to bear and upon whose
defeat the whole battle of the cam
paign was centered, came out of the
contest with colors Hying and saying
to the rest of the candidates on the
state ticket, "comeon." In speaking
of Mr. Haskell in the Peoples Voice
of May 10th the editor after hearing
him for the first time published the
following concerning him: "After
hearing Haskell speak, the Oklaho-
man's power to influence voters in
Norman is considerably weakened.
The truth in the whole matter is, and
the voters are beginning to see it,
that Haskell is the logical candidate
for the democrats to nominate. He
is a strong, fearless and capable man
and a man who would be governor if
elected. Haskell is no weakling.
This fact explains why opposition to
him is so fierce. He is a giant mak-
ing a race among pigmies. He may
be beaten in the contest: but in doing
so the democrats will defeat one of
the strongest and most capable men
they have had an opportunity to
defeat for some time."
Mr. Haskell won in the primary
contest and after a still fiercer
struggle has won the Governorship
of the new state of Oklahoma, even
running ahead of his ticket, in a con-
test where if he had not been an ex-
ceptionlly strong personality, he
would have been defeated, or at
least fallen far behind his ticket.
The success of the democratic
tickets in Oklahoma is due very
largely the generalship and fighting
qualities of Mr. Haskell. He may be
'swatted by Teddy," but victory for
"Haskell and the constitution" is so
great that we believe the President
will consider well before he swings
his "big stick."
In the congressional districts in the
state the democrats captured four
out of the five and in the senatorial
and legislative districts the demo-
crats captured about four out of
every five districts. In Cleveland
county the democrats elected every
candidate save one or two 'constables
and Justices of the Peace where no
nominations were made by the demo-
crats. There were less than 700
voters in this county who did not
. vote one or the other of the old
party tickets straight. There were
about 1700 straight democratic
tickets cast 900 straight republican
tickets. It was a test of strength
between the two old parties and both
backed by ample campaign funds to
get out the vote.
The Independent vote in the county
as revealed by the scratching on the
ballot seemed to be rather favorable
to democratic candidates where no
Independent candidate was nomin-
ated, in other words two thirds of
the voters In this county are anti
republican under any and all circum-
stances.
THE NEW MOVEMENT
Independence League in
Illinois,
C. A. Windle editor of the Gatling
Gun, Is directing the organization of
the Independence League movement
In Illinois. He says that there are
only two parties now,, the Monopolists
and the Socialists The Monopolists
believe in exploiting the public for
private gain in getting special priv
ileges under any and all pretexts, in
confining the government to the
smallest possible function that of
preserving order. The Socialists on
the other hand, believe in obtaining
control of all the means of produc
tion in every way possible; of supply-
ing all the wants of the individual,
and to this it would issue to every
worker either with hand or brain,
decks for his labor which are to be
good for every conceivable want
food, clothing, transportation
amusement. The food and clothing
would be issued to him at govern-
ment warehouses. Transportation at
the general expense. This amounts
to a total revolution in society, but
it Is evident that the idea is making
tremendous progress.
The Independence League proposes
a middle ground, that is to say, to
acquire for the public all those en-
terprises that require concessions
from the public, such as railroads,
telegraph lines, street car lines and
everything that asks for special
privileges, but to leave to individual
enterprise all those things that do
not depend upon concessions from the
public for their support. All manu
facturing, ail dealing in supplies for
the individual should be left to indi
viduals to exploit. This will take
from the old Democratic and Repub
lican parties all those who believe
that the function of government is
to oppose monopolies. The Inde
pendent Voters' League will appeal
to every man who is sincerely desir
ous of a reform government, who is
opposed to monopoly and who
equally opposed to such a revolution
as the Socialistic program proposes
This year the League is organizing
in Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin and
New York.
Home from Germany.
Last Saturday John B. Diehm ar
rived home from a two months visit
to his old home in Germany. He re
ports a delightful visit with his old
schoolmates and friends and home
folks, who still reside in Germany
They all seemed to take great plea
sure in making his visit a pleas an
and long to be remembered one. He
said conditions in Germany were bet
ter than when he left for America
many years ago. The people seemed
happy and contented and fairly pros
perous. On the way home he experi
ence two days sea sickness out of the
eight days sea voyage.
Home from Manilla.
Thursday of last week Mrs. Chas
Meeker and two year old son
arrived home from a three years stay
in the Phillipine Islands. They
were thirty three days on the ocean
and in all 37 days in making the trip
They stood the long journey very well
Prof. Meeker will probably remain in
the Phillipines until next spring
completing four years service as i
government teacher in those Islands
the men's outfitter
NORMAN. OtyLA
The Torrens System.
During the recent campaigns
something was said about the
Torrens Land system of land regis-
tration; but few people seem to un-
derstand it. The system was origin
ally devised bv Sir. Robert Torrens,
Premier of South Australia in 1858
and has been adopted in Illinois,
Massachusets, California, Minnesota,
Colorado and Oregon. The system
destroys the peculiar sanctity
attaching to real estate since feudal
times and renders a peice of land as
easily transferred or Mortgaged as
stock or bond. It might be well for
some of our newly elected legislators
to take up this subject and introdnce
a bill to have the Torrens system
adopted in this new state. It, is up
to date legislation. Gov. Hughes of
New York has appointed a committee
to investigate the workings of the
s\stem, with power to prepare a bill
for submission to the New York State
Legislature at its next session. The
peculiar condition of land titles in
this new state makes some such
system of land registration of vital
. importance.
Dr. Parker Arrested.
Tuesday afternoon Dr. Parker of
Noble was placed under arrest charg
ed with causing the fire in Noble
about one year ago that resulted in
destroying the Murphy Bros store
and many other buildings on the east
side of the street. It is also report-
ed that during the nltfht while sleep-
ing with oflicer that placed him un-
der arrest that he escaped and oflicer
was minus his prisoner Wednesday
morning
[ Market Report.
Corn new 40c
Corn old 43c to 44c
Hay prairie, per ton $0 50
Hay alfalfa, per ton $10 00
Seed cotton $3 (15 to $3.80
Lint cotton $11.50 to $11 75
Hogs per ewe $5.75 to 8.00
Country butter per lb 25c
Eggs per doz .. 20c
Potatoes, Irish per bu 1 00
Potatoes, Sweet per bu. ...1 00
♦•K-H-M-H-H1 '!■ |"I"|..||n|i .H
IF YOU BUY
Groceries
It will pay you to figure with us, having
made contracts early last Spring for all kinds of
Canned Goods, Dried Fruits, Pickles, Kraut,
Syrups and Cereals. We will own our winters
stock at the lowest prices made on this years
pack. We are in a better position than ever
before, to take care of your Grocery orders.
We. Have Just
Received New and Fresh:
Ralston Breakfast Pood
2 pkgs for 25c
Ralston Pan Cake Flour
per package 10c
Ralston Buckwheat
Plour 2 pkgs for 25c
Monarch Maple Syrup
quart's 55c
Monarch Maple Syrup
half gallon 95c
Monarch Maple Syrup
gallon #1.75
Monarch Maple Syrup is made in Vermont,
in Reid, Murdoch & Co's. Factory. The state
law prohibits the making of adulterated Maple
Syrup.
Bulk Queen Olives just in.
IN PACT
If it's Good to Hat You'll find it at
BROCKETT'S
Court Notes.
Last Monday afternoon Judge Irwin
convened the fall term of the Dis-
trict court and after empanelling
Grand and Petit juries spent the
rest of the afternoon in disposing of
motions. Judge Chambers ^nd
attorney Horton of Oklahoma City
Judge Hocker of Purcell and A
Hutchinand County Attorney elect
George Graham of Lexington, were
the out of town lawyers in atten-
dance at opening of court.
On Tuesday Judge Irwin disposed
of many cases on the docket, tried
the case of Leach vs. Giles, the jury
returning a verdict in favor of the
defendant.
The divorce cases of Colbath vs.
Colbath and Anderhub vs. Anderhub
were heard by the court and decree
of divorce granted.
Wednesday Judge Irwin excused
the petit jurors until next Mondav
and disposed of a few court cases
after which the court was adjourned
until Monday. In the case of Burt
vs Bariter et al a demurrer to the
evidence was sustained
The case of the Territory vs. J. C.
Ethrldge was dismissed on recom
mendation of County Attorney and
defendant released after an eight
months domicile in the county jail.
State Election
We notice that Chairman Hunter
says that something like 40,000 Re-
publican votes were thrown out as
mutilated in the recent election, or
about 20 votes to the precinct. In
this county we figure that something
like about 40 ballots in each precinct
to have been cast for the Independ-
ence League candidates, were mutil
ated, not voted or counted for tne
other fellow.
A political party that has the nam-
ing of two or more members of every
election board is certainly not in a
very good position to raise the ques-
tion of mutilated ballots being thrown
out, which if counted would have
been in that party's favor. Every
political organization having a tick-
et In the field should have represen-
tation on the election boards, but the
law as made by the old parties desig-
nates that the two leading parties
shall preside over the ballot boxes
and canvass the vote behind closed j
doors. This Is not right.
Norman Building
Norman is enjoying the biggest
building boom it baa experienced in
live years. Six two story business
houses, the largest and best ever
erected in the city and about fifteen
line residences partially constructed
with several of the finest residences
in Norman just completed. This
makes a pretty good showing for one
year.
A Runaway.
A short time ago Mr. and Mrs. S.
' Lower purchased their eight year
old daughter, Viola, a pony and last
Saturday evening while out riding
with a girl friend the pony became
frigntened and ran away. It ran for
half a mile but the little girl held on
to the saddle and beyond a bad scare
both for herself and mother, who
witnessed the runaway no injury
resulted.
Bryan Receives News.
Camped on Snake Uiver in Idaho,
Hon. W. J. Bryan received the news
of the Oklahoma election and reports
that bonfires of sage brush were kin-
dled and guns fired as a salute by
members of the party with him. He
was greatly elated over the victory
and feels sure the President will not
reject the constitution.
Ed. Johnson Arrested
Tuesday Ed, Johnson was arrested
on a new information, in connection
with old case against him for violating
quarantine which case was dismissed
sometime ago. Mr. Johnson was not
taking the matter very seriously
when we met him after his arrest.
Police Court News.
Debt is a rope to your feet, cockle-
burs, in your hair, and a clothes pin
on your tongue.
Two cases of drunkness Chas Stew-
art fine $1.00 and cost.
Bill White line $.">.00 and costs.
One case of lewd and Indecent be-
j havior Mrs. Lalla Brown flue $5.00
and costs.
May Contest Election
The race for Congress in the 2nd
District is so close between Eergu-
i-on and Eulton that a contest is
likely to result.
Students Reception.
j A reception will be held at the
Presbyterian church Erlday evening
for the University students attend-
' ing the Presbyterian church.
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