The Daily Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 147, Ed. 1 Monday, September 12, 1904 Page: 3 of 4
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Territorial Democratic Platform
A woman's Prayer
It is notable that in the despondency
caused by womanly diseases, there seems
to many a suffering woman no way of
escape from pain except at the price of
life itself. It would be sad to record
made illustrious by a' 80011 .H story of struggle and suffering ex-
cept for the fact
that in such dire
distress many a
woman has
found a way
back to health
and happiness
by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favor-
ite Prescription.
The one and
only remedy for
leucorrhea,
female weak-
ness, prolapsus,
or falling of the u
womb, so abso- *
lutely specific and sure in curing these
common ailments of women, as to war-
rant its makers in offering to pay, ai
they hereby do, the sum ot $500 reward
for a case of the above maladies which
they cannot cure.
"Your medicine almost raiwd me fVoni th«
dead," writr* Mrs Kdwui H. < .ardnrr, of Egypt,
Plymouth Co., Mass.. Box 14. "Mv urine was
like brick du*t. aud I had pain all ovrr mr, and
§tich a dragging fueling it seemed 1 could not
do my house work. One day 1 tound a little
book. I read it uud wrote to Dr. Pierce, aud in
a few days received an uuswer. I decided to try
his medicine, and to-day 1 am a well woman. I
have no backache, no headache, no pain at all.
I used alway.H to have headaches previously to
THE OLD SOLID SOUTH.
The domoct its of Oklahoma, in ter
ritorial conv. ntion assembled, re-af
1 1111 their alii glance to the principles
of democracy as expounded by Thom-
as Jefferson and enforced by Andrew
Jackson and
hint? line of democratic presidents, and
we heartily endorse the democratic
platform adopted at our recent 11a
tional contention at St. Louis and the
nomination of those pure, patriotic,
able, and fearlm statesmen and lead-
ers. Alton I!. Parker and Henry G.
Davis for president and vice presi-
ded of these 1'niti'd States, and we
believe that under their leadership
the government of this nation will be
restored to democratic control and
administered under democratic econ-
omy and fidelity.
We declare our unswerving fidelity
and devotion to thai fearless tribune
of the people anil champion of popu-
lar rights, William Jennings Bryan,
twice the matchless loader ot the
party and express our conviction that
we can safely follow where he leads
In the support of ot^r party nominees
and platform declarat ioas
Wo reaffirm th« statehood plank
of our platform adopted at the Enid
convention two years ago and again
declare that the dominant issue, as
long as we remain a terrijory, is and
must of necessity continue to lie the
s.atehood question. We reiterate
Hint we favor the immediate crea-
tion of a stale out of Oklahoma and
Indian territories on fair and equal
terms, because tlie material interest
of the people of both territories de-
mand it and the overwhelming ma.
jiirity of the people of both territor-
ies desire it, and the right of such
1.
Fundamental Principle*.
The application of these fun-
Will the Nomination of Parker and tiamental principles to the living is
Davis Restore it. sues of the day Is the first step to-
1 ward the assured peace, safety and
For years West Virginia, Maryland progress of our nation. Freedom of
Kentucky and Delaware have been j the press, of conscience and of speech
safely republican and the
south" has been broken.
nomination ot a gold standard presi-
dent and vice president, the vice
{ president from the south, it is believ-
ed by democrats that it will restore
the solid south to its old time unity,
but in order to win this fall the demo-
crats must not only carry the solid
south, but New York and the doubt-
ful western states of Colorado, Idaho
and Nevada and either
Wisconsin.
old solid equality before the law of all citizens;
With the j right of trial by jury freedom of the
person defended by the writ of habeas
corpus; liberty of personal contracts
untrammelled by sumptuary law; su-
premacy of the civil over the mili-
tary authority; a well disciplined
militia, the separation of church audi
state; economy In expenditures; low
taxes that labor may lie lightly bur-
deued; prompt and sacred fulfillment j
Indiana or of public and private obligations, fl
delity to treaties, peace and friend
We favor a revision and a gradual
reduction of the tarifT by the friends
if the nias-es and t'or the common-
weal, and 1101 .by .the.friends of its
j ibuses. 1|s extortions and Its discrlm-
natlouK keeping in .view the ultimate
ends of "equality of burdens and
equality of opportunities." And the
oonstltutloatl parpOM ot raising a
revenue by taxation lo wit the sup-
port of the federal government in all
its integrity and virility, but it Is slm-
I plloity.
Trusts and Combinations.
\ private monopoly i,< indefensible
and intolerable.
Individual equality ot opportunity
lud free competition ar« essential to
1 1 healthy and permanent commercial
roll on the floor in agony. 1 took three bottles
of Dr. Pierce l avorite Prescription ani thr-c
of'Golden Medical Discovery ' and three vials
of Dr. Pieice Pit .1 ant Pellets, aud was raiu
plctely cured. •
Accept no substitute for w Favorite Pre-
icription." There is nothing just as good.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser—sent free on receipt of stamp*
to cover expense of mailing only. Send
21 one-cent stamps for the lx>ok in paper
covers ; or 31 stamps for the cloth bound
volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf-
falo, N. Y
favor equal educational privileges for
while and colored children, we are
majority to rule is the fundamental epposed to mixed schools. The demo-
principles of the democratic party | ftratlc party pledsek Itself to promote
Therefore we declare that, we have ] in every way the application of the
a right to demand of the national
congress the immediate passage of
such a joint statehood bill.
We congratulate the democratic
party in Oklahoma in the successful
fight which it lias made for single
statehood, and in forcing the republi-
can party of Oklahoma to indorse the
democratic position of two years ago,
declaring for single statehood for
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
We heartily commend the stand
taken by the national democratic con-
vention at St. Louis in adopting , a
plank calling for a single state of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, with-
out cowardly partisan reservaiions or
equivocations.
In like measure we condemn the
republican party for its failure to re
deem past statehood pledges, and we
declare that, by its refusal to incor-
porate a statehood plank in its plat-
torm adopted at Chicago this year,
it has shown not only that its state-
hood pledges^ for the past twelve
years ale false, but that, it Intends to
abandon statehood in the hour of its
triumph.
We ask thai our delegates in con-
gress see that the Latimore Hood
Hoad Bill is amended by adding the
words "and territories" afler the word
"states" therein, so that the appro-
priation for good roads may be ex-
tended to the territories as well as
to the state.
We recommend that the rural mail
carriers be put on a equal basis with
the mounted city carriers.
We extend our sympathy to the
citizens of the 9tate of Colorado, who
have been unlawfully deported there-
from. believing that the precedent set
by the republican administration of
iliat state in the matter of such de-
portation of men without the right
of trial or hearing, is fraught with
the greatest danger to the liberties of
the people of this country; and we
unsparingly condero the policy of
deporting American citizens from
state on the charge of alleged crimes
committed by them, without the right
of a trial by jury as unprecedented
unconstitutional, and un-American.
While it Is an established ract of
long standing that the greater part
f Oklahoma is well within the humid
now appears is as follows
Selld Seuth.
Alabama
| Arkansas
' Florida
Itieorgia
Kentucky IS
Louisiana #
Maryland •
Mississippi 10
North Carolina 12
South Carolina •
Tennessee 12
Texas
Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
Total
Disputed States
Connecticut
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
New Jersey
113
system of primary election for the
nomination of candidates and the set-
tling of party principles, and we fa
vor Ills passage of a suitable primary
election law for the legal introduction
of such a system into this territory.
We favor free homes for the set.
tiers upon tha lands embraced in Hie
former Wichita, Kiowa and Caddo
Indian reservations.
We favor organized county govern-
ment for the people of the Osage
nation.
We indorse the separate school law
now upon the statute books tif Okla-
homa in so far as it covers the ground
and upon the creation of a new slate
we demand that the people thereof
shall bo permitted to devise and fash-
ion their own educational system
without federal interference and, al-
though we favor equal educational
privileges and facilities for white and
colored children we are opposed to
mixed schools.
The democratic party pledges itself
to promote In every way the applica-
tion of the system of primary elec-
tion for Ihe nomination of candidates
and the settling of party principles.
and we favor the passage of a suit-1
able primary election law for the le
gal introduction of such a system into!
this territory.
We believe that the most sacred
trust committed to the keeping of the, AR|um tha( parkor carrlRg New
people of Oklahoma ts that, affecting ^ ^ ^ vo(eR> ,hen |t wi„
the disposition to be made of the j
The new alignment of states as j ship with all nations entangling alii
ances with none, absolutensqulescense
to the will of the majority the vital
11 principle of republics These are the
9 doctrines which democracy has es-
tablished as proverbs of the nation
13 and they should be constantly Involv
ed and enforced.
Capital and Labor.
We all favor enactment anil admin
istralion of laws giving labor and
capital impartially their just r chts
Capital and labor ought not lo be
enemies. Each is necessary to the
IS other. Each lias ils rights, but the
11 rights of labor are certainly no less
12 I "vested" no less "sacred" and no ion,
t "unalienable" than the rights of cap
7 | ital.
6 Constitutional Guaranty.
31 Constitutional guarantees arc vi-
3 I (dated whenever any citizen is denied
1 ihe right to labor, acquire and enjoy
1771 property or reside where interest oi
I inclination may determine. Any de
7 nlal thereof by individuals or organ
:!9 izations of government should be sum
marlly rebuked and punlflied.
We deny the right of any executive
to disregard or suspend constitution-
al privilege of limitation. Obevdience
to the law and respect for tlieir re-
quirements are alike l be supreme
duty of the citizen aud the official
The military should be used only
to support and maintain law We
unqualifiedly condemn its employment
for the summary banishment of citi-
zens without trial or for Ihe control
of elections.
We approve the measure which
passed the I'nited Slates senate In
18SH, but which a republican congress
has ever since refused to enact re-
lating to contempts in federal courts.
23 j and providing for trial by jury in
4 I esses of indirect contempt.
Total
Republican States
California
Delaware
Icwa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan ..
Minneeola . 11
Montana 3
Nebraska #
New Hampshire <
Ohio .
Oregon
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Utah 3
Vermont *
Washington 6
Miss Nettie Blackmore,
,. , I prosperity; and any trust combination
neapohs, tells how any jounjj <r ]mimipo,y ,aiullng ilMtroy ,h<M
woman may be permanently
cured of monthly pains by tak-
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
'YotNO Women: —I had frequent j 'anion.
monopoly tending to destroy these
liy condition of fixing prices, should
lie prohibited and punished by law.
We especially denouueo rebates and
liscriminaMon by transportation oom-
As the most potent ageaey
headaches of a severe nature, dark In promoting and slrengl hening those
spots before my eyes, and at my men- j unlawful conspiracies against trade
Ammtarof' th^loiure ad'wseiV'mnYo We demand an enlargement of the
trv LvUia K. I'inkHanr.s I m i, of ihe interstate commerce
table Compound, but 1 only scorned I cimmi ; ion. to the end that the trav-
good advice aud felt that ray cave was I „|| public and shippers of the coua-
hopeless, but she kept at me until I
bought a bottle and started taking ry may have competent and adequate
it. 1 soon had the best reason in Ihe I relief from Ihe abuses to which they
world to change my opinion of the ,llv ihjected in the mailer of trans
medicine, as each dav my health im- I
. ... . i,. „ :i We demand a strict ea-
proved, and finally I was entirely w itu- ■
out pain at my menstruation periods. I forcement of astatine civil and crlm-
I a in most grateful NicrriK Hi.ack- I i n;il statutes against all such trusts,
MOKE, 28 Central Ave., Minneapolis, 1
Minn $5000 forfeit If original ftf aboo• lltttr j
proving genuinenegs cannot bt produced.
,i d monopolies and we
li'iii.md tl>«' "nartmont of ,uieh further
If there lnaii.vUiiiiffnboiit your legislation that m:\y he necessary to
case about which you would j effectually suppress them.
like special advice, write freely
to Mrs. Plnkhani. Sliowill hold
your letter in strict confidence.
She can surely lielp you, for no
person In America can speak
from a wider experience in treat-
ing female ills. She lias helped
hundreds of thousands of women
hack to health. Her address is
Lynn, Mass
Waterways.
We favor liberal appropriations for
the care and protection of the water
way* ef the country. When nny wat
erway like the Mississippi is of suf
Wyoming j Octant importance to demand special
North Daketa 1' aid of the government such aid should
1 be extended with a definite plan ol
Total ISC! continuous work until permaaent im
West Virginia
| Delaware
Missouri .. .
71 provemont is secured
3 We oppoae the republican policy of
18 starving home development hi order
—) to feed the greed for conquest and
Total 1691 the appetite for national "prestige'
This leaves the democratic party and display of strength
! just 70 votes short of success j Economy of Administration.
Large reductions can easily be
made in Ihe annual expenditures of
"Chool and other public lands of this
territory. So believing, we adhere to :
the democratic- principles of submit- j
ting questions of general concern to J
direct vote of the people, and we ,
recommend that the question of sale i
of school and other public lands of J
this territory. be submitted t the
will of the sovereign people of the
state of Oklahoma, and if a majority
of the people faior such sale, we be-
lieve it but just and equitable that a
preference ri^ft of purchase, on a
basis of an appraised valuation be
allowed to lessees in possession.
We. condmn the present school land
board of the territory for its harsh,
unjust and oppressive administration
of the school land office, and we
pledge our party within control of
both branches of the legislative as-
area, yet we are not unmindful of the j sembly, to pass a fair and equitable
benefits and adavntages to be gained j school land law, just alike to the
by arliPcial storage and application ; lessees and the people of Ihe terri-
of water for irrigation purposes in tory; and wn call attention to the fact
certain sections of the territory. We | Oiat such a measure was passed by
therefore insist that at least a liberal the democratic house of the last, as-
be necessary for him to secure 31
electorial vote* from the doubtfui
northwest, in order to have the nec
Any Irnsl or unlawful combination
engaged in Interstate commerce
which Is monopolizing any branch f
business or production should not he
permitted to transact biisin« ouv
side Ihe state of its origin.
Whenever it shall be established
her advice Is tree. |n Rny court Gf qompotent Jurlsdictioi
I hat United .States monopolization ax
perialism I ists such prohibition should be enforo-
the government without Impairing the
efficiency of any branch of the public
service, and we shall insist upon the
essary 230 voles in the eleetorial col-1 gtrictest economy and frugality com
lege. ! patlble with vigorous and efficient
Under the new alignment as it ap- cItII, military and naval admlnistra
pears to us at the present t'lie follow- [jon as a right of the pe pie too clea
ing Is the proper political grouptn; t(J oei. e l or withheld
of the various states: We favor honesty in the public ser ,
Democratic States. y\c<. The enforcement of honesty
Alabama " in public service and to that end a
Arkansas :i thorough legislative Investigation of
Florida •' those executive departments of th.>
Georgia If government already known to teeni
Kentucky l-'jwlth corruption as well as other d
liouisiana " partments suspected of harboring cor
Mississippi riiption, and the punishment of the
Missouri 18 naoertained corruptionists
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee ....
Texas
portion of Oklahoma's share of the
national irrigation reclamation fund
•hould be expended withtn the limits
of the territory, aud we urge our dele-
gate in congress to use his influence
and unceasing effort to that end.
We demand that the next iegik.a
live assembly of this territory shall
republican
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM,
The democratic party of the Unit-
without
fear or favor or regard to person
The peraisient and deliberate refusal
of both the senate am) house of repre-
sentatives to permit such investiga-
tion lo be made demonstrates that
i only by a change In the executive
and in the legislative departments
W'e favor the preservation so far
we can, of an open door for Ihe
world's commerce In the Orient wllh-
lut unnecessary entanglement In
Oriental and European affairs and
without arbitrary, unlimited Irrespon
nihility and absolute .government any
where wilhin our jurisdiction, we
fervently as did George Washington
himself, an indefinite. Irresponsible
discretionary and vague absolutism,
no matter where or by whom exercis-
ed, we believe with Thomas Jeffer-
son and John Adams, that no govern
mailt has a right lo make one set
of laws for those at home and anoth
er and different set of laws absolute
ia their character for those In "the
All men under Ihe American flag
ire entitled to the protection of Ihe
institutions whose emblem the Hag
is; if they are iuFierenlly unfit for
those institutions, then they are In
lierently unlit to be members of Hit
American body politic Wherever
there uiay exist a people incapable
of being governed under the Ameri
can laws, in connection with Ameri-
can constitution, the territory of thai
people ought not to lie a part of the
American domain
We Insist that we ought to do for
the Filipinos what we have done al
ready for the Cubans, and it is our
duty to make that promise now and
upon suitable guarantees of protec
tion lo citizens of our own and other
countries resident there al the time
of our withdrawal set the Filipino
people upon tlieir feet, free and In
dependent to work out their own des
tiny.
The endeavor of the secretary of
war pledging the government's en-
dorsement for "promoters" in the
Philippine I lands to make the Unit-
ed States a partner in speculative
legislation of the archipelago which
w is only temporarily held up by the
opposition of the democratic senators
In th' last session, will If successful,
lead to entanglements from which it
will, be difficult to escape
Tariff.
The democratic party has been and
will continue to be th'; consistent op
1 ponent of that class of tariff legisla-
tion by which certain interests have
been permitted, through congressional
ed state* in aational convention as- j can complete exposure, punishment fa ,r draw ,i 1 « . trlb fn
sembled declares its devotion to the and correct on be obtained
easentlal principles of the democratic Contract With Trusts.
faith which brlags us together In We condemn the action, of the re tj, . u eh
party communioa. publican party In congreaa in refuting I were establish^ to tecuri has ca a
"ii through comprehensive iawa to be
enact cil on the subject.
Reclamation of Arid Lande.
Wa congratulate our western oitl-
zens upon the passage of the taw
tnpwn as tha Nowlanda irrigation act
for tho irrigation and reclamation of
the arid lands of the weBt—a measure
framed by a democrat, passed In the
senate by a non-partisan vote and
passed in tho bouse against the oppo-
sition of almost all of the republican
leaders by a volo the majority of
which wu.. democrat le.
V. o tin h to the great do-
me lie measure, broad and compre-
hensive as it Is working automatically
ill time without further action of
■ongre s until the reclamation of all
the arid lands of tho west capable
of reclamation is accomplished, re-
erviug the lands reclaimed for homa-
seeki rs In small tracts, and rigidly
t;uarillug against land monopoly as
an evidence of the policy of the do
mestie development contemplated by
the democratic parly when It be plac-
ed in power.
Isthmian Canal.
The democracy when Intrusted with
power will construct th# Panama can-
>1 speedily, boneitly and economically
uid thereby give to our people what
democrats have always Contended for
a great Inter oceanic canal, furnish-
ing shorter and cheaper lines Of trans-
portation and broader and less tram-
meled trade relations with the other
people of Ihe world.
American Citizenship.
We pledge ouraelYM to insist upon
the j t and lawful protection of our
citizens at borne and abroad and to
use all proper measures to secure for
them, whether native born, or natur-
alized, and without distinction of
race or creed, the equal protection
of lawa and the enjoyment of all
rights and privileg< s open to them
inder the covenants of our treaties
of friendship and commerce; and if
inder existing treaties the right of
travel and sojourn is denied to Ameri-
ej'i cititins or r gnltion is with-
held f m Am"' iti passports by
r 'he begin-
, with the govern-
lach countries to secure by
ti ol 'hese unjust
•usct such laws as will effectually pro
hibtt the issuance to, or the accept-j its mismanagement of
ance of a pass by any public officer
of this territory.
We favor free homes for the set-
tiers upon the lands embraced in the to the people of Oklahoma, in an un-
and Caddo] safe bafiking institution, whereby the
former Wichita, Kiowa
Indian i
gauiied
sembly and defeated
council.
We favor thu vigorous enforcement
of the lawa of the territory, regulating Vader them, local self-government.,., prohibit an executive department „d wl.a, may
trusts and the regulation by law of! and national unity and prosperity. from entering into contracts With industries to
all corporations doing business in|"«re alike eatabllahed. They under- convicted trueta or unlawful combine-1 combination
laid our Independence, the structure Hons in restrain! "I interstate trade
We denounce the preaant repnMl-U our free republic and every demo- we beli-v.- Hkh • ..r -he i„-.,
can administration of the territory for eratic extension from Louisiana to ode of procuring economy and hor.
th« public California and Texas to Oregon, which esty in the pi. i<- ervn « is to have
funds by depositing and permitting1 preserved faithfully in all the states; public officials, from the occupant of
to remain on deposit two hundred and ' of our people, guarding jealously their the white bouse dows to the lowest | was the
fort, lour thousand dollars belonging right, aad liberties and cherisbinii
i*«r fraternity, peeee and ordesly de-
velopment. They remind tis of our
;,,gt ,c duties and responsibilities as citizens
ti.t tie betweee taxation and represeti
Indian reservations. We favor or- j same is used up and- may
rovrtv covernment for the , tin* people. ,
We in And upon the foregoing declaration tatloa. They yet inspire the masse-
of principles, we invite the support | and impress upon us particularly at
people of the Osage nation.
dorse the separate school law now
upon the statute books of Oklahoma
in so far as it covers the ground and
uron the creation of a new state we
demand that the people thereof shall
be permitted to devise and fashion
their own educational system without
of thern. return «ts nearly as may b*
to Jeffersonian simplicity of living
Executive Usurpation.
We favor the nomination and f?le<
tion of a president Imbued with the
1 principles of th* constitution, who
I will set his fare ernly against ex-
has evf r
orites r
through
ed into monopc
an end doni' -
♦ act rav • i
the protec
trial comb
nm<
on infant
greatest ;
the worlfl
ia!
metho
ert-
to
# n con
>libs, thus bringing
ic competition which
ll*'ged check upon the
>flt, made possible b>
system These Indus
ins by the financial as
ovft/1 the world
i sport Issued by
ent of the United States
n tizen shall be proof
tliat. he is an American
Itizen and shall entitle him to the
'eatment due him as such.
Election of Senators By People.
We favor the election of United
tatej senators by the direct vote of
demand
y authen
Amer
facl
pe<
!inc
fin
n-
the po!
We
bery o
irtv
of all good citizens and sensible busi i
ness men in approaching election
timeu the eeooeslty of reform and th - ecutive usurpation of legislative and
federal int
The public is hersby notified tket
I will not be responsible for sny
debts contracted by my son, Homer
erferenee and, although we Rhosdes ABE RHOADHK
rescue of the administration of gov
eminent from the headstrong, arbi-
trary and spasmodic methods wblch
distract business l y uncertainty and
pe rade the public mind with dread,
* struet and perturbation
favor a
f the gov
judicial functions, whether that usur neco-
patton be veiled under the guise ol iy a m i
executive construction of existing ti
lawa or whether It takes refuge in as;
tha tyrant's plans of necessity of su burdei of tax
perior wisdom ' ed an equally j
ernm
and i
enricn me rew
ent economics'
o levied as not
gainst any industry,
Lo the end that the
n shall be distribute
possible
Statehood
i favor the
s of Oklal:
Territories,
don of the terrl-
l and the Indtan
favor the Immed-
Ai ma and New
•atos, aad a ter-
for Al nika and
■ off. als appoint-
government of
u the district
re : lents at the
ent of the terri-
o -ire to be per-
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