The Populist. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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Successor to Republican. Stillwater, Payne County, Okla., Thursday, Aug. 1st,i895.
Vol. 3, No. 48.
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OWE MoNfy.
If he Yukon Schawl* hav<' l>. • . or-
fe'ui ized under llir uf\v In v. p'-nnit t in_
tliPiinlonof several di«t<r«*ts to i>-
ttiblinh a high school. 11 is a splen-
did uwvc. All coiitiauouri i«T.*itory
U nvtjry graded sc|ia),)l fihoilld be
added4*r the purpose <i( helping sus-
iju'ii a high school. With sti'-li s< fiools
within xw ge of the pupil, the uuiiiber
t;:kii.Lr bljri.' school courses would be
grtatly increased, while a great sfimu-
Chimcy Depew has recently declar- the purchase The general public who are
ed Ii„t'Cleveland is the greatest '"|V :>'av« concluded
. , , , , tli.i' :in.' . iawl <>! trustees were either
. ■■f.-w ti...- euuntry lias had sine.-
, knaves or loots
O.-orgc W ashniKt.on : and t;>v. ror-. .
• (in/. " • nas
ak.-r .-aiij.r.1 find words adequate to ()| ,m „lis subject until it be-
express his praise of Olney for bis came virulent on the occasion oftbe spas-
couree in Chicago u year ago. The 1 modiceffusion culminating iu the issue
tw-'. old parties have e( used fighting . referred to. The attack heretofore made
each other and are preparing to mi- by this delectable guardian of tlie people,a
it, to tight I be reform forces in til, j interest through his penny line'upon the
next election. The pld party con-
board ol trustees through l)r, Winn, their
,, , , iaccredited agent have been of such insipid
l.ius would U added to the pupils to I vntion. of next year will be control- aU(| re(]iculou8 diarat.terg „ to ta b^t,,
induce thein to complete th. work of led by the gold bugs and tbfey will the notice ol the board of trustees and ot
We shall always law.' the CreenbarJis,
To it we ever will he true.
,).i riie people, money ii.d (lie tla ,
Die legal tender and Oars ol red.
white, and bine.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
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Sever jinlg' * per will I ■> i«lside
.ppearoiieee A shabby old font
nay enwrHp newspaper publisher,
vhile h man wearing high-tone I
,|ug bat niid snorting n ifnld headed
an- may ha a delinquent subscriber.
-Ex
W e neglected to t;ila in our lust
..if that Mbj \lvord late president
the Oklahoma Agricultural collcg.
u been selected it* chief of the all-
..on of dairying Inlhe I'nited ~tat< -
lent of agri' ultural at Wash-
er (that
the grade- Yukon has taken the
right step and hits insured success bv
hiring a successful teacher, i'rof.
W. I) Hsist. to take charge.
l'b< great silver debate is now in
progress at Chicago is attracting uni-
versal attention. The debaters, \\ .
II Harvey, author of "Coin'* Flnnn-
I cial School." and Koswell <!. Jlorr.
editor >t the New York Tribune, are
men who are familiar with this great
question and will discuss every nook
and point Until gentlerm : an- re-
publicans of tin- witrmes' lull- -
ly differing In their opini...'i- •■n the
silver issue. Jf Harvey keeps up his
pre-eiit licks at llorr he will take the
honors in this wonderful debate.
There are yet a few days remaining
of the contest and all will watch tlie
decision with interest. The trouUc
with II' rr is lie thinks whut he says
' ntlli be lav, while Harvey in a pleas-
unite both the old parties in tlie . a«ueh fltigrant misrepresentations iliatour
strug'-'le to defeat tho 1'' 'pb s party presumption was that with our fellow cit-
in lSlMi. This is a thing that can be | izens where his sheet only circulates our
done easily. To do it they have but acts under no explanation needed no no-
to have the two old parties declare
tice, denial or correction, hut the Wichita
for the 'old standard. This wil
,.... . circulation thi(S-"h out the county and
have the effect of splittmi: the demo- . . . , .
1 ,. territory having commented upon and
I lie gob L.(lpje(| 8 |„ ,;tj,,n ,,| the article in the issue of
then go to ^ Jaz'-tte * ul the 25th inst. and as par-
the republican party and the other, ; flea unknown to the
crntie party iu twain.
wing of that party -.vill
transaction may be
r silver wing, will perhaps run a | misled thereby, we have concluded to lay
aiididate of their own. or it will go tlie matter before the public that they may
oples party. \ gold plat- judge lairly and impartially whether we
ill liOt cause a division of the ;us the repiesentatives of the town have
because of the ex-;'I rayed eur trust and whether the editor
f ,i, c„A:t. , of the Gazette Jms been lair to us and the
i.iMoii f capturing the spoils.' , , .. ,. .. ,
, , town in which he resides 10 his tirade
Rat- >• ldom'leuve a full granery. | „s i o itQ r.nrMMlU„VM Trustin„
into tin
rl
j r< publican party
pe
its 5i ldom*leave a full grunery. ! wailist ui„s it8 representatives
rhe battle against plutocracy uiust' te'i-ving the "Fagle" will be as fail to
I', fought and won in 1896 or it wl" , ug in p'a.int; us before the public in our
v. rlastingly too late to settle it true po-ition ns it was hasty in publishing
will be done, we u 'odei'tak<J "'^y notwith-
standing the publishe. i view8 ot 80me ot 0,,r
townsman in the Gazet. *e,t'iat 'n ('#y °'
n- that the editor of the j ntelhgeiice to one will ci.
. ifllic'ed with a mild | |adder fire con„)any ,fir tigbting lir. - >
not a useful and effective ineti. t',nl
the price paid for our outfit wi nioio
than be saved in the projection of'j n'0l'''rl>'
in one fire ot any note Our fellow U iwi1
men know the condition of our town lii "1V
daily and that we arenot ah!.; to puiehas. y
engines, build water woaks or expensive
fire appratui, and that we have had to re-
sort lor protection against fire to such ap-
pratus and method within our limited
means. Our friend of the Gazette publishe?
weekly his paper in the most inexpensive
and primitive means known p> the craft,
the hand press being one of the oldest a
short time ago a Washington press was
used by linn, one of the first made, the ap
paiutus ot his oflice are of the most promi-*
tive character. Why then does lie with
his overgrown ideas of a fire department
for Stillwater consent to be so far in the
rear ot his profess, in his appointments for a
'•leading and first class paper and printing
outfit, simply for (he reason that lie is
compelled to run his printing oflice within
his means, and his appointments are suffi-
cient for his business just as Stillwater is
compelled to adapt her fire department to
her means and population etc.
Now as a portion ot the article in the
Gazette was intended to convey the idea
that we were squandering the peoples
money without adequate returns, lei us
glance backward for a lew moments and
see from the record what our predecessors
ivigle, a newspapei of standing and gener-
Upart me
ngton. o naturall)
governor and his as...elates think big manner presents facts and hgurts
i t hi* l it not too bad that Okla- which •.-.-m hard to dispute. The
. , <ii, h debate. Iiuwc-ver, will huve tlie effect
boma did not retain a man m #u< n
.I'ility when it had th. opportunity ' of setting people to thinking harder.
Rut It is now well understood ,hat | "d the republican party may be n-
.DMial fitness is , ntirelv kgDOI«d y | •'- ***** what the fH'ople want
ho "combine " and 'hat men ,f j H will do for them, as it has always
1
with the ballot. With plutocracy a portion of the rediculous attack on us.
victorious in lH'.M! their overthrow The 'Kagl'." rel'eiTed to tlie article pub-
wit h the ballot will be. to use the lished in the "Gazette" as being taken
,an"Uft"e of Ingalls.'"An irredescent! Irom the leading paper in the town ofIin office have accomplished in the way ol
ij- -i'm" Tin ;r iutrtneliinents will Stillwater. In this statement the "Eagle11 spending the people's money for fire pro-'
, .. , , ,, maybe ri'lit but a first claas editor of a
be too strong to be itssailtd with the. J ^
, . a leading paiier Would not stoop to the
ballot. Let every reformer feel that . 1 .... , - ,
small business of traducing ins lehow citt-
tlie sue ess or failure of t u intt i ^.ns and tlie town in which he reaides with-
IH'.m; r- sts on l.is shoulders and buck- |om gufficlcnt rause
done.' This 1« its history. It cannot
lie disputed by any one. While it
has made mistakes, no one denies;
but it is the uggressivi party, always
looking out for American interests.
Tin I'opulis. iw r in lx>gun county i Tlif pr|ne|p|e-0{ the republican party
ittvu a fainliy quarrel on their hands ma„t „,,t o,. tarnished because a few
ll appears that the two populist com-
ibility ur«- not wanted Men that ^
-an be handled are wantail. No!
jlhcrs need applj —Home. Held and j
Porum.
tntssloner*, a majority of the lioard
ir«- guilty of u ver> rnnk ty[>e of per- lnui(l ^ turned down, so that the re-
easlern money sharks eun control
soine of it« leaders. These 'ellows
they '
publican |u rty cun go on and on In its
grand way forever, and in the coming
conflict it will ha found battling for
the American people and their wants.
—IVrkins Journal.
Beth republicans' Well Col.
HInkle you have your nerve with
vou. W. H. Harvey a republican!
tidy. Vt their recent mectine
toaik the county printing away from |
•he Repaesentative. the populism or-
, an anal by the way one of the strong-
.-•t of its kind In the terrlrory aril
|*t the Mint to the tJuthrie leader, a
leinocrmtlc journal which has fought
th* party liucv It came intoeii*t*nce.
The whole transaction I. very redo-, ^ h|> to the )elld.
lent ot boodle, and a smirch on the , .
haracter of the commissioners .un-|ersof the proposed new free silver
lest they can satisfactorily and fully [party a tew weeks ago' Tt was
••xplain their action to a confiding' >nl}(ltalu.e thi ; lam a I'opullst
■onstitueney. Common ('e<'ency rt" I Bmj (|n not care to follow off any one
quires that they clean their bands of | ^ ^ wlth >ou
the loud-smelling deal.-Alva Re- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
v lew.
control the loiuler* of your
le on his armor for the strife. 1 he The allusion to Dr. Winn and tliosiur
weapon to arm himself with is reform upon linn by the editor of the"Gazette
literature. Tin pathway to victory referring to him as a pop etc. are unworthy
is to educate the votejs If every tlie notice of all decent lair minded people
one who cast a populist vote in 1W2 and unworthy tlie editor ol a Bowery van-
would secure one new convert for i ity sheet much less the editor of a "leading
IWI it would almost insure victory paper" of an inteligent and ^aospemus
in 1HW Two new converts would eonmmty. In sa..M issue ot his paper the
.., 1 alitor published paragraph interviews Irom
make it sure. \ itli i igen i "leading business men'1!)! the town giving
two can be secured. . orinun one. u (qmerits and demerits of
.i. be Hook and ladder apparatus incase.ol
fire etc. From this preteuded consensus ol
public oi inion be has culled the names ol
35 a>f the residents of the town, some of
whom are tax payers and business men,
while others are not; some are favorable to
some extent .while the majajrity ol course
would not Us as tlie editor would have
■n, __ some particular interest and pride in hav-
tealf ravaalinf the IdioayneraaU* •< nr jniE his views so treaiuently and plainly ex-
|(in, the m—i charite to
would sot Mil bar pMMy
"I Isi't ear* for
OIONT CAM POP WCOrtk
MrMr WS OM« tm* NMM
i« f >■>■% « H wouWJ pronoaaa*
bar kair galdaa. bat thera waa a mofo
ua kw BMk whiok carried tkfM lalf*
and M A* ia carelaw fraea W
bar mirror, with a aaa-frean
a&
Aa aapreaaiaa of *aaf aoam
■taatad bar couataoaaaa aa ala eaaol
for tha pif meat and wMfc Wt atroka
supplied a rteh sad ooiae for hw Ufa
tad chaaka
Looks ara sugee*etal.r
worst of it Is they have
for many years and
and ib
We have commented frequently in
this column on th-reccnt bad break ; P"^ and th,
the part of the regents of the j been doing s.
\gricultural and Mechanical college. froni presert Indications will con-
I'hls board not only <ilsch rged *n | tinue to do so until the death and
able a|id _ progress!\e corps of 1""°", burj(,| „( ti,e old hulk. When
;essors but In tin same
Oklahoma Kxperiineiit
titer loss to the
action the| . .i i •
tut ion lost ' P"rt* W ''',r^UI>, lh0t .
man in it for the old Moss Hack s
ts manager*—n greater n.ss .« .... .. man in
runners and horticulturists of Okln-' 1o point to as an example of loyalty
hotna than Is now calculable. j und p.illtical integrity they go out
Ire.ls of valuable experiments, Ini-, hn|jt R m|>p th(1 bp„f populist
dated and fostered by I'rofs. \\ augli,, hold lilin up to
M.gruder, and Seal will fall through jH") can
by this change into inexperienced, view labelled |
incapable hands. Members of the|work Colonel.
Isiard of regent* elected thtynselves
Lto till the vacancies. S. II. Kel*ey.
president of the board and "expert
accountant" lathe new president.
|ormer member Col. Ola<ler of
Orlando(') succeed* Prof. Waughas
torticulturist and I'rof. Sealasdlrae*
tor of the station. With the Home,
Field and Forum, the firm friend of
the college and tatlon, and the un-
sparing ' critic and f«po*er of this
rottan deal, we belie*" that with tlie
prciient board "pelf l« plaeed above
principle, and pall* above manhood
ud deeoncy."
It won't
Your work is too
course. Hush a long lifed Populist
journalist and reformer as W. H.
Harveyfcan't In. held up as a repub-
llcnn. Oh yo«, the republican party
can l>e depended upon to do what the
people want-that la. what a very
few people such as the Oppenhelnier*
the Rothehlld* and others of the
same stripe both in the U. f*. and
Europe. They hnrc always <'on,,
that. The demonetUation of silver
In 7S prove* It
pounded, indorsed by somebody
Now let us get to tlie gist ol this matter
and see out ot what this "Mountain raised
from a mole hill grew." When the pres-
ent buard of trustees went into office a*
such the city was entirely without
to protect the property of the citizens Irom
tire except the tire extinguishers and wells
with a loucn oi im Knu sml aiver the city which without any
aned the lids of her *T* ****** organized tine department, or even with
* ci*fec« thaT/ucaey oi textur. af aaUa one were intirely inadequate for the pur-
fabrlt pose, and tbe city as a corporation liad
"Beauty ia ephemeral." nothing practically with which to tight fite
With astonishing dexterity she fait- a* Umid ot trustees atter looking the
•oed to various portions of her anal- 8jtU!njo„ „Ver upon the urgent appeal ot
ouiy diver* mechantoal devices obvi- ,|R. uiti^-ns concluded that sanuethini: must
pnsly eonstrneted to supplement tM ^ ||om, ]|n(j qt,|ciEiv done to protect tbe
aebievsmenu nf a property inteiesU or tlie people and acting
i .w-«.°.u
Thronfh the agency of a fine pair of number to visit points m Kansas and select
twaasars she removed her mustacha flro apparatus liir purchase within tlie
"1 don't rare for looks." • limited means ol tlie city, that would he ol
Heating an iron to a cherry red she mn)eassistance in protecting tlie property
burned the top off the wart oa tha nf citizens against tire, lie acting upon
tack of her hand. . ,hi, ftu,|mrity with the lull consent and
iifo^ThV'flnUhed 'dressing^ sfca knowledge otthe b-«ni ... Trustees pur-
Irank a lot of arsenic for her com* chased Irom tha city ot W ichita Kansas the
altiloa and caused her msld to poaad Hook and ladder Hre appratus. that we
lif |gf two hour# is Induce plu®^ now have lor ijilOO.OO tlie expense ol tlie
' trip and Ireight from Wichita to Stillwater
being #44.65. Total #1-44 .to.
White we do not claim that it Is u new
To tlie public: , and malern tlie appratus or inveutiou and
Stillwater. July 31.
. ., .. „ inlv i MMl IHWKjih HIV rl
In the "StlllwaUsr tiazette of July . ^ ltdoeg )lut pogse^ nil the requisites for
ln*t. appeared an article wllert'nf, n ' extinguishing tire as tbe inoilern engines,
action of the Board ol trustee* oi tbei rtc. with all the paraphanalia ot
Of a ltOOk *W1 I. .ml other l^litin.
of Stniwator In the purchase
ladder Bra apparatus tortbeuse oftbe
Deranl other articles and ajuib*
tection and otherwise without adequate re
turns, and as some of these have been inter-
viewed and are very pronounced oil the
hook and ladder question they may squirm
at the figures but figures don't lie and tbe
records are intact. During the year A. 1).
1892 and '9:1 there was expended by the
board of trustees outside of the actual and
necessary expenses of running the city Gov.
#1231.10 of this sum #242.00 was for Au'ys
fees, and no records of suit* against the city
the sum of #109.55 lor trip to Guthrie and
St. Joe Mo., and Wichita Kans. to sel
bonds and no sales made; the sum of 45.00
was expended for livery hire, the sum of
#12.75 board for legislators anil others.
The sum < it #381.00 to pay loan from F.
& M Bank the sum of #90.45 hose and lix
for pumps. #26.85 tor pump* fixtures and
ropes at lire. There are other amounts to
which we could jefer and Irom which the
city derived no benefit but these are suffi-
cient lor our purpose.
How does this compare with the hook and
ladder investment?
During the years A. D. 1894 and '05 the
loliowing amount was exeended in addi-
tion to tbe necessary funds to run the city
Government to-wit #1,097.51 ot which the
sum of #232.50 was for atfy fees and no
suits pending, tlie sum ol #403 . 30 for fire
extinguishers and material and no fires ex-
tinguished, the sumot #289.90 for two
pumps and fixtures on Slain St., and wells
and no benefits so far as fire is concerned
from theiu in tact tlie whole pump outfit
are on the dump pile, tlie sum ot #58.75 for
street lamps and lights, things of the past,
movements ol bad investments.
The sum of #16.25 board for R. R. Trus-
tees and so on to the end. How doc* "94
and '95 compare with tlie hook aud ladder
Invesinent of #144,45 where does tha reck-
less exi>endature of the city money come in
Mr. Kdiior. We have now at some length
given our side of this question without
Immbast or eff.-rvescent overflow without
any viuld coloring or long drawn stretches
ot the imagination, and will let time and
the gieople judge between us and the Kditor
ot the Ga/ette, we have bought the hook
and ladder tire appjatu* In gaod faith, we
know It is cheap that no money hat. been
squandered in livery bills, Iwtcl bills travel-
ing expense*. attorney fees or commission
water work, hydrant, and other facilities
lor the succemftil use of tin. niadtina ( n«l Hone our duty as wo
. iwlihrr does th* town po*M* theui) but lor <* •
Uavaat dltonat l«ue* of said paper ap- _ iu which It i Intendad and think to the bert Intercf ol all concerned
wared la tha«ama*traln ridicule i and with the other IkdUtles we
pnarcdtnt iimi> ...
reflecting oa th* board ot Vr,^^JI*;^* w7u "properly oifiwltcd fire depart-
and will stand or toll by tlie record.
Cornell
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