The Prague Patriot. (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1905 Page: 1 of 10
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THE PRAGUE PATRIOT.
A NEWSPAPER OP, BV, A"D FOR PKAQUE AND VICINITY.
Volume 2.
Prague, Lincoln County, Okla.( Thursday, Jan. 12, 1905.
Number 20
THE TROUBLE
WITH DEMOCRACY.
Georgia Democrat Says it
is Office Hunger.
Cincinnati, Jan. 7.—John Tem-
ple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga„ was
the chief orator at the Jackson
day banquet of the Duckworth
club tonight, speaking on "defi
nite democracy." In the course
of his speech he said:
"In its nature and its mission
the democratic party has been,
and must be, a reform party and
a radical -party. In the condi-
tions which surround it now this
mission and method become the
price of its popularity and the
necessity of its life. We have
always failed, and always will
fail as a party of negotiation and
a party of opposition. We have
failed because we have been un-
faithful. We have failed because
we have trine med and hesitated
and straddled. We have failed
because we have compromised
with the apparently successful
doctrines of the republican party
and surrendered to men whose
interests and convictions were so
nearly akin to our political op
ponents that they ought in com-
mon honesty, to espouse the re
publican party to which they be-
1 >ng. We h ve failed because in
our political hunger for success
we have imitated the platforms
and pandered to the powers of
the opposite party that held the
government.
"Mr. President, the democrat
party never had a clearer mission
or a brighter promise than today.
Defeat is discipline and disaster
is education. Out of the wreck
of our fortunes we will build a
noble and more enduring useful-
ness. The democratic party is
going to be reborn, reform and
reconsecrated to the constitution
and to popular rights and liberty.
We cannot afford any longer to
be a party in power. We are go-
ing to believe something and we
are going to do something. We
are going to be a party of creeds
and not a party of hungry de
sires. We are going to quit
crawling on our bellies before the
juggernauts of power, and we
are going to quit truckling like
cowards to the hadow of a mere-
ly a temporary success. We are
going to find and to follow real
leaders if we have to smash every
late and anaihilate every politi-
cian that has fattened upon our
suffrages for forty years."
The largest steam ship in the
world was built at Belfast, Ire-
land, and made her first trip
across the Atlantic last July. It
carries 3,000 passengers besides
a crew of 350. It has a cargo
capacity of 28,000 tons, and can
seat 400 in its capacious dining
rjom. No seasickness on this
monster greyhound of the ocean.
It is a little world of itself, with
which the waves cannot play.
——-A-—
I am offering my entire stock
of dry goods, boots and shoes at
reduced prices, and at prices
they will sell at for chash. Call
and see for yourself. I am com-
pelled to raise money. Money I
must have.—L. B. Hampton.
Rapid Mail Service.
In the near future as the gov-
ernment passes from the control
of trusts to the control of the
people every aid will be called
into service that will expedite
and facilitate rapid business.
Todays the telephone is used by
the Japs on the battlefield to con-
vey orders instead of by aid-de-
camp, and by and by wire ser-
vice will be a part of the postal
service, and as in Europe pneu-
matic tubes are used to convey
letters rapidly and satisfactorily.
In Europe they have a parcel
post service and will carry pack-
ages. In Germany any one can
send a parcel weighing 11 lbs and
as large as six feet by three feet
in size for I2c a lb, while in this
country we are limited to four
lbs and are charged by the ounce
rate. In Europe the government
has a monopoly over the express
serv'ce in the interest of the peo-
ple, while in this country the ex-
press companie8 have the monop-
oly and in the interest of the
company.
Sooner or later these trusts
will have to give ftp rule and the
sooner the better for the people.
We have treaties whereby a par-
cel can be sent from Bombay or
Calcutta, India, or from else-
where in Europe to any city in
the interior of our country for
less than it can be sent from one
of these cities of our country to
the nearest suburb, and the
same will be conveyed not by
mail in this country as in the old,
but by express according to con-
tracts with the British postmas-
ter general. We are like the
boy's pups, we are getting our
eyes epen.
Our Brave Gtvernor.
Governor Ferguson is to be
praised for his position on the
school book question. He is re-
ported as saying that he will
veto every school book bill that
may be passed by the legislature.
He thinks no bill regulating a
uniformity of text books ought
to be passed until statehood is
given to the territories. That
is the right view. In fact we are
tired of book publishers work-
ing grafts on our legislature. No
individual company should be
allowed the chance to exploit
our legislature. We ought to
have a state plant and furnish
books at cost. There are agents
now in the territory and haye
been, and have their scheme all
fixed and have the private his-
tory of every member, and from
where he came, and have his
calibre measured and the depth
of his thinking tank sounded.
They have the bait and hope for
quick bites and an easy catch of
suckers. We hope the governor
will hold them level.
Clubbing Rates.
New York World three times a week
and this paper, four papers a week, for
$1.60 a year.
Bryan's Weekly Commoner and this
paper for |1.50 a year.
St. Louis Republic twice a week and
this paper $1.70 a year.
Kansas City Worl* and thU paper lor
$1.10 a year.
Oklahoma Weekly Capital and the
Farm Journal and the Patriot, three pa-
pers for $1.25.
Weekly Oklahoman and the Patriot
for $1.50.
Dallas News twice a week and the
Patriot, 160 papers a year, all for $1.75.
The Patriot, Missouri Valley Farmer,
Woman's World, Green's Fruit Journal
and the Poultry Gazette, all five publi-
cations for only $1.40 a year.
The Kansas City Journal and the
Patriot for $1.15.
Shawnee Paper Bankrupt
A Shawnee dispatch bearing
date of Jan. 7, says: "The Daily
Quill, republican, after a few
days struggle with creditors and
executions, has thrown up its
hands and its proprietors for the
last four yea-s, Leftwich & Son,
have sold the paper, which is
badly covered with mortgages,
to E. G. Phelps, a newspaper
man who has owned every paper
in the county exeunt three. Left-
wich & Son this afternoon filed a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy.
The junior member of the firm is
ex-city assessor of Shawnee."
P. E. Kingsbury, Pres. A. G. Rogers, Vice Pres.
H. I. Kingsbury, Cashier.
Lincoln County
BANK :
w.
Tash Capital, $10,000.00.
Surplus & Profits 2,500.00.
DIRFCTORS
E. Foster, A. G. Rogers, A. P. Slover,
H. I. Kingsbury, F. E. Kingsbury.
BOHEfllAN GIN.
The farmers are hereby noti-
fied that I have my gin in the
best of shape for the coming sea-
son, and will appreciate your
business. I am prepared to buy
your cotton in the seed and pay
highest prices. B. P. Whitmore
is my buyer
P. N. LANik, Manager.
The United States holds and
owns one-thi^d of the entire
banking power, and it holds twice
as much as the balance of the
nations of the world aside from
the United Stat. s. Who is the
world s financial boss? Tthat is
easy. The United States. Now
if the United States wanted togo
to the silver standard, or to a
paper standard, it could do so
without the consent or agree-
ment of any nation on earth.
General Banking Business Dore
Farm loans on our own examina=
tions. Quick money.
Free Use of Fire Pi oof Vault for Storage of Valuable Papers
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE t
The Cincinnati Enquirer has
gone into the republican camp.
It has been in that camp for five
years but only Jii the quiet. The
editor thinks he will be elected
governor of Ohio. Cleveland and
Hill ought to go too.
I need money and have cut1
prices right down to slaughter I
sale. Come in and see me.
L. B. Hampton.
and above all things don't
forget that we have the larg=
est & best stock of dry goods,
clothing, and all kinds of
furnishing goods in the city.
Calicoes, ladies' dress goods at
greatly reduced prices now at
Hampton's.
H JOSEY, Pre iilent
THE LEADER,
M, Blumenthal, Manager.
E L. ( ON K i 1>>'. Vice-Pre ident.
GEO R. SUTTON, Cashi-r
First National Bank
OF PRAGUE, OKLAHOHA.
Paid Up Capital, $25,000.00.
Transacts all business that is consistent with safe banking—Your patronage solicited.
DIRECTORSP. S. Hoffman, president Union National bank, Chandler, Okla. J. B. Charles,
president of the Stroud State bank. E. L. Conklin of the firm r Conklin & Grimm, Sac and Fox
Agency. H. Josev, manager Prague Townsite Company.
Responsibilily of StocKholders, $500,000.00.
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Overstreet, W. S. The Prague Patriot. (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1905, newspaper, January 12, 1905; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc146710/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.