The Chandler Publicist. (Chandler, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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Perfumes
What's Xmas without per-
fumes?
Needn't be larjje or costly,
Just a remebrancc .
Filling tho whole clay
And many days
With pleasant fragrance
Xmas Bottles, beautiful and
dainty 25c to $5.00.
Come and look them ovei
and sample them any-
way.
Corbin& Lynch
Druggists and Opticians
The Publicist*.
> th" fuMoBic* •* Cliandler
«« rtweon<1-el*HH Matter.
BDH8CBIPTI0N It AT ICS.
One Year
Mi Months
Three Months..
1 rises, and on paper costing 15c a
pound it is 110 percent-
The paper trust grows more greedy
every year. The price of white paper
such as The Independent uses, has
been raised tiuie and again during the
lust two or three years. This great
cost of paper gives an unjust advan-
tage to those papers that are in the
trust. Hut there is no use of com-
plaining. When all the papers that
depend upon thei, subscriptions in
stead of trust advertising to pay ex
penses, are killed oil aud there ii
none but trust organs left, perhaps
the people will be happy and prosper
ous. From the way they vote one is
constrained to believe that they think
SO.
NATIONAL DEMOCRACY
WRECKED.
[Thomas E. Watson, In The Independent.]
During the eight years which pre
cedet^ my nomination for the presi
uencv on July 4, 1004, 1 had been out
of politics. By methods which
honest man will defend, I had been
relegated to the outer darkness. Com-
promise I would not make, defeat I
was forced to recognize. Like a sen
Bible man, I knew when I was whipped
But I neither surrendered nor aposta-
tized. Bryan had organized the fu
sion movement of 1890 and with the
help of Sonator Jones had lured our
populist leaders into the ambuscade
I protested but was ove powered.
Bl^—^ _ _u.n pppnyMFRS '
th.axpo.ure. that have been made j WHAT SHALL REFORM JeffelBoniaD demoCracycould beunited
j in harmonious action we could sweep j
Last week we published an editorial country." What d'> > ou thinn is
from The Independent in which that the besl way to u„ite the people who
paper called for a referendum vote as go beiievey can it bet oe done by
to what course the national populist di8tjandin|{ the people's party organ-
party should follow in the present ,zallotl and joining with the democrats j
crisis. The enthusiastic responses! tQ help control the action of that I
which are pouring in lead us to think jiarlj or by maintaining an independ-
that this Baine method applied to local (i|Jt p0pul 1st organization.''
coLditions may be profitably employed pjjj out tbe following ballot and re-
to call forth an expression of opinion lurn it to jhe Publicist with the rea-
from the political reformers of Lincoln s()Qg jor your decision. If you don t
county. The columns of The Publicist j waDt to give your reasons, t:ast your
MKS. W. H. FUKNCH,
Editor and Publliher.
PunuosT 'phone 82
The thing in the message that will
intorest populists is the recommenda-
tion that silver dollars be made re-
deemable in gold and the greenbacks
shall be retired. That is what the
present congress will do, without a
doubt, and besides that we shall have
a branch banking act and asset cur-
rency. Asset currency is the only
thing that will avert a panic if tne
greenbacks are retired and silver
dollaas demonetized.—Nebraska in
dependent.
COTTON PRICES
The following sensible advice is
from the farmers' real friend, the
Oklahoma Farm Journal:
"Cotton seems to be dropping out
of sight. The ginners who paid good
prices for what tbey have bought and
the farmers who held for higher prices
•II have lost money if they sell at
present prices. Those who can hold
■hould continue holding. Throwing
eotton or any other product on a fall
ing market merely helps depress the
price. The unusually bright weather
during October and November all
®rer the cotton belt knocked out all
«rop estimates on which prices are
based. Fully nine-tenths of the cot
t n 'hat is usually damaged I,y weather
was saved without a drop of rain on
it. The Journal doesn't profess to be
able to foretell what the future course
of the market will be. It's only -id-
vice to the producer who has not
already sold is to hold what he can
while the prioo is so low."
In
THE PAPER TRUST.
There is some talk of putting white
paper on the free list;as several of the
great dailies are large owners in the
stock of the paper trust there is not
much prospect that it will be done.
The duty on paper is absolutely pro
hibltive. Not a pound of the kind
used for newspapers has bjeu import-
ed since it went into effect and never
will be as long as it remains in force.
It is not for the benefit of labor, for
there is not an article manufactured
ia which the cost of labor enters so
little as paper. It is all done by ma-
okines aud is hardly touched bj hand
after the cord wood of which it 16
nade is delivered to the mills. There
is no graft in the United States so ut-
terly indefensible as that enjoyed by
the paper trust. It has about killed
all the papers that relied upon their
subscription money to pay expenses
and in that way has been of the great-
est benefit to plutocracy. The specific
duty is equivalent to an ad valorum
duty of 15 per cent when the imported
paper cost'. 2c a pound, but as the
cost decreases the advantage .duty
...11.00 I - I- , .
5a'M good faith I endeavored to make the
'1- I Bryan-Watson ti,cket a success.
bad faith Senator Jones held Sewell
on the ticket and made republican vie
lory a certainty. Bryan was nearer
to the white house in 1800 than he will
ever be again, and he did not enter it
because he was ashamed to recognize
the populists who wanted to elect him
and whose full strength was necessary
to his triumph. For eight year
democracy paraded our platform and
controlled the populist national com-
mittee. Seeing no chance to do any-
thing under such circumstances I quit
the lield, and I believed, forever. It
never entered my head that the demo-
cratic leaders would be so incredibly
stupid as to do what they did at St.
Louis in, this year 1904. I never
dreamed that they would shed their
principles like a garment, frame
quasi-republican platform, put at the
head of the committee a notorious
gambling-house keeper like Tom Tag-
gart, sell the nomination to a Roths-
child agent and corporation like Au-
gust Bellmont and put up as nominee
for president a featureless candidate
who was utterly unknown except as a
creature of the most crooked wire
worker in American politics, David
B Hill.
Neither in 18 « nor in 1004 had I
sought the populist nomination. No
man can say that I ever moved a fin
ger or spoke a syllable to get either
nomination. Each of them came to
me absolutely unsought. As soon as
it was known that the democratic
bosses had surrendered to Wall street
at St. Louis, as soon as I learned that
Bryan, Tillman, Bailey, Daniels,Wil-
liams, e'c., had not only knuckled to
Parker as nominee but had flattened
themselves out beneath thst "gold
standard telegram," I fully realized
what a monstrous crime had been com
mitted against the people and what a
splendid opportunity the. politicians
had left open for the men of princi
pies, I did not believe that the Ameri
can voters would stand for the "crime
of 1004," it was only a question of
how to protest.
For eight years I had been out of
touch with the people. Secluded, po-
litically an outcast, given over to
jeading, bood-writing, law practice
and private business, I knew nothing
of the feelings of the masses. Natur-
ally I waited for signs of encourage-
ment, for indications that a revolt
against existing conditions would be
supported. For nearly a month after
the St. Louis "sell out" the country
seemed dazed, Then indeed the low
sounds of the distant thunder could be
heard by anyone who was not deaf
The democratic "crime of 1004 "stirred
the country as it had not been shaken
since the civil war, and the unprece
deutad triumph of Theodore iloose-
velt is due quite as much to revolt
against the cowardice, corruption and
imbecility shown by the democratic
leaders at St. Loula as to any othar
cause whatsoever The man who does
not realize that the recent election and
since vindicate my judgment a.id my
conduct must be lost to common sense.
No real democrat is proud of the fact
that he supported the ticnel of 1 om
Taggarl, Pat McCarreu, Dave Hill,
August Belmont and Alton B. I'arker.
Only those democrats whose princi-
ples are republican are satisfied, j
These democrats whose principles are
democratic are ashamed and apolo-
getic. They know that they were
tricked at St Louis. They know that
to the extent of their support of I'ar-
ker they condoned the fraud.endorsed
the trick and aided the attempt to
bamboozle the American people. They
know it now; they confess it now.
My sin is that I saw it then, de-
nounced it then and did all I could to
smash the scheme. Had real demo-
rats been willing to listen to me,Par-
ker would have been driven out of the
Held during the first month of the
ampaign, the true democracy would
ave organized, would have drawn to
itself all the reform elements and we
could have come much nearer to suc-
cess than the leader of democracy who
set out with seven million democrats
nd let Roosevelt capture two million
of them. 0
During the entire campaign 1 said
nothing against Parker or the St.
Louis convention that were as harsli
as the things Bryan said of both.
Without recalling any of Jus accusa-
tions Mr. Bryan campaigned for the
unfit" nominee and for the "crooked
and undefensible nomination." Mr.
Bryan will have four years in which
to explain that inconsistency and will
no doubt find the job sufficiently diffi-
cult.
During the campaign I said nothing
more complimentary of Mr. Roose-
velt as a man than the Hon. John
Temple Graves said since the election
in the Atlanta News. The fact that I
said it during the battle and that the
brilliant editor said it afterwards,will
not militate against either of us, I am
sure. Throughout the canvass I was
the one nominee who constantly lev-
eled every gun I could bring into play
against the principles, the measures,
the policies, the ruinous tendencies of
the republican party. It was I, not
Parker, who persistently advocated
the income tax as the method by which
the untaxed corporate wealth of the
land could be made to pay its fair
proportion of the federal taxes. It
was I, not Parker, who antagonized,
as Jefferson and Jackson did, the ex
elusive privileges which the national
banks have in tne creation of national
currency. It was I, not Parker, who
advocated the election of all officers
by the people in order that we might
get rid of that cloud of corporation
agents, the United States senate, and
of the federal judges who have nulli-
fied the right to habeas corpus and
the trial by jury. It was I, not Par-
ker, who clamored for a repeal of the
tariff taxes on the necessaries of life
and for pnblic ownership of public
utilities.
In other words, Parker made no
fight for democratic principles; he
stood for nothing beyond the plain,
simple proposition that he would rather
have the office than to let Roosevelt
Keep it. Throughout the campaign
the republican party was consistent
with itself and its creed Socialism
was consistent with itself and its creed.
The people's party was consistent with
itself and its creed. Democracy was
at war with itself and had no creed.
Hence, national democracy came out
of the campaign utterly wrecked—
without policy, principle, purpose or
leadership, discredited before all the
world for all tinfe to come. Never in
this generation can it again inspire
confidence. Never can it again de
ceive the east, the north or the west
I pray God that the time is not far
off when it cannot even deceive the _
south. Why prate about reform in j
side the democratic party? You might
as well talk about reforming hell from
the Inside. Bow can you get rid of
Tom Taggart, the gambling establish-
ment man? How can you eject Bel-
mont, the Rothschild man? Bow can
you banish Pat McCarren, the Stand-
ard oil man? Or Gorman of Mary-
land, the sugar trust man? The whole
machinery of the party tor the next
four years will be in the control of the
plutocrat^ element which overthrew
Bryan at St. Louis, For four years
the party has no platform excep i ig
the quasi-republican abomination
y/rzrts*^'
'uia aignaturo is on erery box of the (Toulm
Laxative Bromo*Quinine Tablet.
** remedy that cure* a cold in
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
* DR. ELIZABETH M. PLUSS
OSTEOPATH.
Room? i and 4. Hoffman Bldg
► ■<
are accordingly thrown open to its
readers and you are not only cordial-
ly invited but urged to tell us what
vote at least, and refiect that in so do-
ing you are putting into practice the
initiative and re ferendum. Let u
iy ujvjvcu ww v m luiiiouvc
you believe is the wisest course for j haye a ]ivel}. expression of "the views
populists to take at this time,
liove with Tom Watson that
We be' | of our readers within the next few
'if all | weeks:
PEOPLE'S PARTY REFERENDUM BALLOI.
Question:—Should the People's Party maintain its national
and local organizations independent and separate from all
other organizations, op should it abandon its organisation
and join with Mr. Bryan and other reformers, in an effort
to capture the democratic organization as a basis for build-
ing a reform party for the campaign of 1!>0K'
ANSWER "
For People's Party organization put X here.... [_J
For Co-operation with Democrats put X here | 1
Name
P. O
Rural Route
Box or Street
Alter filling out mail to The Publicist, Chandler, Okla.
A. M. MARSHALL
PHYSICIAN AND SURUEON
CHANDLER, OKLA.
Officii. over Cox A Coi l Iiru* Store. Call
answered promptly—day or ulitlit
i Cbas. B. Wilson | Chas B. Wilson, Jr
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS- AT-L A W
Office Room 11 I
Hoffman Building ( CHANOLER, O T
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1
DR. A. B. POTTER
. . . DENTIST
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Office upstairs i
Feuqcay Building
Chandler, Okla
State.
EMERY A FOSTER.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW-
Office in Hoffman Building.
Room 10.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA.
BOY V. HOFFMAN. JOHN EMBRY.
HOFFMAN & EMBRY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW'
*
Office in the Hoffman, Charles
& Conklin Building ovnr Bank,
which was adopted at St. Louis. And
for the next four years the official
commander-in-chief of the democratic
party is not Bryan, nor Hearst, nor
Bailey. The commander in-chief is
Tom Taggart. the gambling hell man
of Indiana.
CHANDLER. OKLAHOMA
ANOTHER SOCIALIST
HEARD FROM.
Jones, Okla., Dec. 12, 1 04
Editor Publicist:
I am glad to have the opportunity
of your cordial invitation for the ex-
pression of your readers upon the
question, "What is the wisest course
for populists to take at this time:"
After 7 years of close reading and
observation I say earnestly and em-
phatically to join their efforts with
the socialist party. Now laugh!
Mr. Watson says that the demo-
cratic party is not worth saving. That
,s true, for where is the difference in
their platform and that of the repub-
licans? We advise young girls, and
wisely too, not to marry a drunkard
to reform him. The populists once
came up out of the democrats. The
democrats have grown more corrupt
and by the same token it w'll not sub-
side in a day. It has fastened upon
every civilized country in the world
and in no country has it subsided but
is constantly adding to its strength.
Mark Hanna's last political prophecy
was: "The next great issue this coun-
try will have to meet will he social-
ism." In the history of man, social-
ism is the first movement of men to
involve the entire globe. It is inter-
national and world wide. It is an
ethical movement as well as an
economic and political movement.
Behind it in the United States is a
most imposing philosophic and scien-
tific literature. It possesses many
magazines high in quality, with hun-
dreds of weekly pnpers which circu-
late throughout the land and literally
swamp the working classes every-
where in a.vast sea of tracts and pam-
phlets. Look up the definitions of
tne word socialism in your dictiona-
ries, encyclopedias and among the
leading authors of the world. If you
believe in the control of the postoffice,
the public roads, the public schools,
and other things by the government,
and collective body in cities and town-
A B OLESON,
Contractor and Builder.
Will be found at Frazier Building
corner 9th St. and Manvel Ave.
CHANDLEB, OKLAHOMA
CHEAP MONEY
When in need of Short Time
or Farm Loans see
GEO
W
BATEMAN ^ 4
Offices at Chandler and
Wellston, Oklahoma Ter.
The Chandler Bus Line
Will call for Passengers or
baggage Ifrom any part, of
the cit,y. Leave orders at, tne
St. Cloud Hotel, or Phone 6?
or 78
W. S. Raupe Manager
democrats novo - ships, you are a socialist. Most of
and trusts and corporate greed have ^ peopie are socialists when they
waxed worse and grown like the' u.
"green bay" tree. Why now do the
populists want to turn back like the gociaUil:
"dog to his vomit" or like the "swine
to their w ilowing in the mire. Why
do they want to chain themselves
again to a corpse? Why turn back
into the wilderness there to perish.
Most, is burieu at Mt Nebo, but why
not believe the story of Caleb and
Joshua, the great socialist leaders, j
and go over with them to beat down
the strong walls of capitalism, and all j
enjoy here and now the co operative'
commonwealth? # •
If he don't understand the philos-
ophy of socialism I earnestly request
every voter to study its doctrines.
Woman,the "slave of a slave" should
study Its principles and learn how and
why she ought to vote. Thousands of
old populists now vote with the social-
Populism is now being reincar-1
come to understand its teachings.
Hear E'lla Wheeler Wilcox define a
It is the man who strives to
formulate or aid a plan to be'ter
earth's conditions; it is ne who,
having ears to hear and eyes to
see, is neither deaf nor blind when
might, rough-shod, treads down
the privileges and rights which
God means for all men—the priv-
ilege to toil, to breathe pure air,
to till'the fertile soil; the right to
live, to love, to woo, to wed, and
earn for hungry mouths their need
of bread."
Socialism stands for the laboring
class. Find where you are at and
vote as well as strike for your own
interest
I hope others will testify also.
Geo. M. Powler
(.(. 11-1-1 f-1 frfr fr t •-*• *■ ^
H. C. LEE j
auctioneer
at chandler *
Will cry sales anywhere in J
the county. It Is not necessary *
to have my picture at the head #
of this ad.,as I am better look- S
ing than I was last year. Ofllce m
at A . D. Wrights Drug tore. P
see me befc i t jiu M1 ( 1 * ^1 u *
bills.
A >
1 f
1 Y
For Soron, llurns. Scalds,
river*, KinKworm, T Mter,
pt'lafl, Srahl Head,
Pimple*, lUot. lies,
Intlunied l.yelids, Iteli-
liiki I'lli-a, itntlall Skin
Eruptions— ubh
HEISKELL'S
Ointment
*iev all yield to itainagioal in(lu"n«*#. Hut he
ie affected purt, using //nih il'* -Soup, night
nd niornintf.npply lleiskell's Ointment, and
- ore foil own m a tew day*. A t all druggiBtafiou.
Send (or free t>ook of testimonialb.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY Sl CO.
681 Commerce St., 1'hlladelphla.
t *
4
A Pleasant Pill."
No pill is as pleasant and positive j
ists.
nated, appearing in tne great body j
and spirit of socialism which is sweep- - . -
,he kingdom of earth's | as DeWitt's Little barly Risers. De-
lnK on into the kingdon k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
redemption today. He t ( effective that children, delicate
from 235,8^3 iu 1902, to over one-half ^ la(Jieg and weak people enjoy their
million in 1904. Its growth is not i c leansing effect, while strong people
only rapid but steady. say they are the best liver pills sold.
■ Socialism has not arisen in a day I Sold by all druggists
Btcher in Quality than most
10* Cigars
LEVIS'
SINGLE
BINDER
SmiGIITS^CIGAR
Compare them with other Cigar* and
you find good reasons for their coating
tbe dealar more than-other brand*
FRAfcK P LIWIS. PEORIA.III.
0PIGINAT0R TIN FOIL SMOKER PACKAGE
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine t^i,*,. g
Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. ThlS
Cures Grip
in Two Days.
on every
box. 25c.
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