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TECUMSEH, 0. T, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 180 L
NO 2
6
Special An noun cement,
Special Announcement,
For the benefit of the People's party, aiid all classes of people that wish to make their dollar count and want to save
ft? ~ney by going to the West Side of the Publio Sq uare, the
swpfil/I *
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Galvanized Water Pail for 20c. Forty cent, 14 qt, Dish Pan for 2Dc. Ten oent wash bowl for 5c. 20c wash bowl for 10c.
ah Liuten Towling sold by others at 1Q cents per yard, only 7c, One dozen spools of best 200 yard 3 cord machine thread for
{We have an inside track on groceries for you. Do you want to save money? Do you appreciate our effortsvinyour
bSialf ? IF YOU IO COME TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE AND SEETHE WONjDE&FUL BARGAINS TO BI
(jfvEN you BY DEALING WITH
The Central Supply Agency and New York Racket. West Side Square.
PEOPLE'S PARTY P^A'l'yOKM.
ADOPl'KB IN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT
OMAHA JULY 4, 1892.
ViaST-Wo demand a national cur-
rency, sound and fl exible, Issued b>
vlic general government only, a full
}egal tcuder fo? all debts, public and
private and that without the use of
Vaulting corporations, a just, equitable
Mid efficient ileitis of distribution di-
i'C-t to the people, at a lax not exceed-
ing 3 per cent per annum, be provided,
set fortli, in the sub-treasury plan of
the Farmers' Alliance, or so^nc bettei
jistem; also by payments in discharge
v'f its obligations for public improve-
ments,
Skcond—W* demand the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold
.it the present l^gal ratio of 16 to 1.
T hi [in — W e demand that the amount
pi' tliu circulating medium be speedily
increased to not less lh^n$50 per capila-
Fouktii—We demand a graduated
income tax.
Fifth—We bftliovo that the money
yftbe country should be kepi as much
as possible in the hant^s ot the people,
and hence yju damaiul ^at all State
and national revenues shall be limited
in tUe necewary expenses of the gov-
emmcut, $cp,\ionjically anil honestly
admint$teV£tf-
Sixth—We demand that postal sav-
ings UauH* Ue. established by th,e gov-
ernment ?o,r tl\e safe deposit of tjif,
earning* ot the people and to fkpilitate
(jxchan^e.
SEVKNTII—Transportation b,eing a
means of exchange «nd ft pub1'? n?ees-
ii' v, the goycriiment sho\ild owu and
operate (.ho WiWJs . interest
of the people-
EictHTu—The telegraph and tele-
phone, like tho postqffice system being
necessity for the transmission of
news, should be owned and operated
by the government in the interest of
the people.
Ninth-The laud, including Bli-
the natural sources of wealth is the
heritage of (ill the poaplo, and should
not be monopolized for speculative
purposes, and alien ownership of lands
should be prohibited, AU land now
held by railroads «nd other corpora-
tions in excess of their natural needs,
and all lands now owned by aliens
pjionld be reolaimed by tho govern-
ment and hold toi actual settlers only.
A special to the Kansas City Times,
dated April S, reports a battle occur-
ring nr Mearu's ranch, in G county,
between cowboys and a band of Chey-
enne indians
A liandfull of bankers petitioned
King Grover to veto the lilalid seig-
uorage bill and it was done. Day bj
day tlie truthfulness of gliomas Jef-
ferson* words, "Hankers are more
dangerous to a republic than stand-
ing armies," is fastening itself upou
the mind of the public
Judas Iseariot betraved Christ into
the hands of a rabble of hooked nosed
.lews for thirty pieces of silver, but
afterward repented, threw away the
silver and went ami hanged himself.
The three modern traitors, John
Sherman, G rover Cleveland and John
'5. Carlisle have, for a "stand in" be-
trayed sixty millions of people into
the hands of a gang of hooked nosec
parasites. Iftheie modern Judas 1 -
cariot's would only imitate their an
eestor they would afford the devil an
excuse to consign their withered,
blackened souls to cells a.s comfortable
as the one to Whict\ he consigned tin
ancient Judas.
"What has the laborer to show foi
twenty years of toil?' Ho can call tin
roll of millionaires today, and 8,00(
will respond, where before the wai
there were less than 60; 8,000 million
aires who have gathered $1,600 000.00C
from the toil and tears of G0,00l).00(
people, lie can josdo his rags againsi
the silken garments his toil has made,
regale his hunger by the odor of viands
ho cannot taste, and ^alH weary and
sad in the shadow of the palace which
he built but tiiay nftt enter." Wil
some good Republican or Democratii
brother inlorm us will} what political
party the author of t^e foregoing
languag, affiliated.
''Tob,o SpUkins'-' letter, published
in the fir§t issue of the Lkapkk ougli
to haye \*eeti credited to W, W. Mor-
gan's National Reformer. We maki
this statement tliat Vr. Morgan 111:0
receive the credit due him, and be-
cause we ayp uncompromisingly op
posed to piracy. In our newspaper
career extending over a period of
nearly ninp years, we have never in-
tentionally filched the product of an-
other* mental effort and wo do 1101
propose to embark in su<lt nefariou
business at this late date. \Y center
taiu as great contempt tor the news-
paper pirate, who filches the product
of anothers mental effort as we do o
the wealthy pirates whp grow fat b\
robbing tho laborer of the product of
his physical effort.
Capitalistic greed employs Pinker-
ton thugs to shoot down laboring men
lor demanding justice—I hats patriot-
ism. The governor of a groat stale
ea!!s out the militia to suppress an iri-
Mirreotion—he's a crazy scamp.
Coxey's ''common weal" army
has opened a new field of operation
for the lying associate press reporter
and he is wal king it for all iti« worth.
The scorched soul of Anumiias would
make awhile mark upon the average
associate press reporter.
John Randolph said: "A national
bank v, ill overawe congress and laugh
at Its laws." If you doubt the truth-
fulness ol liis words just inform your-
solt as to who demanded the veto of
the seignorago lull and your doubts
w ill be dispelled.
Tho fact was brought out in a Phil-
adelphia court tho other day that a
inouey lender of thai city had been
charging twelve hundred per cent.
Sliylock in his palmiest days wasn't a
drcuiAe'anee.—Oklnhomnii.
Keep a thiukiu', Mr, Wage Earner.
Let a Republican or Democrat re-
solve that he will no longer permit
the New York Tribune or bun, St.
Louis Globe Democrat or Republic
Kansas City Journal or Times
to think for him. resolve that lie will
do a little solid thinking on his owu
hook and lie wont be long getting
out, of the woods.
For weeks a venal metropolitan pros
has howled at Gov. Waite, of Colorado
for ordering out the militia to sup
press open rebellion against tho sint•
aoverlimcnt. It has denounced bin
as a crazy scalawag, bent on precipi-
ating the shedding of blood, and i
lot ofliitle "pie too" country sheet'
took up tho refrain and sent it rt
bounding over hill and dale. The;
have been very careful to cover u|
from tho eyes of the people the res
cause of the trouble. They have a*
far as possible kept from tho public
the fact that two officials, whose dutj
it was to prosecute gamblers, refusei
to do their sworn duly and by tlieii
action declared their intention o
winking at violation of law, and thai
they rose up in open rebellion whei,
Governor Waito attemptod to reniovf
them from office, and that the gam-
blers, thugs and thieves that infes;
the city of Denver armed themselves
and went to the assistance of the re-
bellious officials. The venal metropo-
litan and lickspittle country press
knew these things to be true—know
that the officials and their gang o
cutthroat supporters were insurrec-
tionists, traitors, and in accordance
with military parlance ought to havi
been shot down like dogs, yet, in or-
der to fasten a stigma upon tlip re-
form movement, they suppressed the
facts, and by abusing Gov. Waite at-
tempted to lead tho people to believi
that he was to blaine for tho trouble.
Now that a court of justice has sus-
tained Gov. Waite it would seem tlin
the lying outfit would, if they possess
ed any shame, take a sueak: but tlicj
wont; rhaine is foreign to their make-
up; they will simply whet their ven-
omous fangs and be in readiness ti
strike at the next official who dares ti
do his duty. it is well enougl
to state right here that
self styled ministers of the gospel
who edit journals a id go about the
couutry denouncing the "liquor traf-
fic" and "gambling hells," heaped the
rankest abuse upon Gov. Waite. It is
evident that the Creator made a seri-
ous mistake if lie did not provide an
old fashioned orthodox hell to put
such arrant hypocrites into.
Mr- Democrat and Mr, Republican,
we desire to a^k you a ,'cw questions:
Have you, in tho past year, seen, in
your respective party papers.number-
less accounts of mills, mines and man-
ufactories closing down and throwing
housands of men out. of employment?
Have you seen in the same papers
harrowing accounts of suffering in
lie districts where the unemployed
reside? Of course you have, and you
ire satisfied that t|iere are thousands
>f men whose shoulders are stooped
and hands calloused from toil, who
would jump at an opportunity to earn
livelihood for themselves and loved
,mes. Now that thou-ands from tin
ranks of the great army of uncmploy-
d are marching to Washington ii
personally petition congress to do
some legislating with a view to giv-
ng them employment, aud the col
minis of these same papers teem with
inch epithets as "tramps, vagabonds,"
lout your blood run coldji Dont you
want to march straight to the quar-
ters of the pin header! dude, stylpil a
reporter, take tlie thing by the collar,
lift it from its cushioned chair aud
brow it bodjly through a window?
If you dont you possess less of man-
hood than we give you credit for.
Wp were highly gratified to asper-
tain in a conversation the ot||cr day
ivith a Democrat froml'otlawatorrpi
-onlity that many Populists there an
'ojnjng into the Democratic fold. |li
Uatedthat as the Democratic part;
was redeeming its pledges, the l'opu-
ists there were beginning to realizi
hat the only hope of wrenching th"
eepter of power from the hands of lb:
ilutocrats of the east was in support
ng the party tfyit w^s now coping si
uceesstully against tliom.—Normal
Call,
Oh, come off! you cannot name a sol-
itary Pottawatomie county Populist
hat lias gone into the "Dgmocratii
old." You presume too much, Potl
i'opulists do not emulate dogs, returi
o their vomjt- You cant point to i
-olitary pledge that the Democratp
larty has redeemed. "Coping suc-
essftilly wjlh (hp plutocrats of tin
ast" Geewhilicaus, if that is what
you call if. it will be a great relief to
lie country if the old gal will go otn
if tlie coping bu sjups^.
Well, 1 don't own a silver mlue; I
.oppose if 1 did I would favor frei
■oinage of silver," is the retort of the
iverage blind follower of the Itepub
ioan or Democratic party, when ap-
iroached upon thr attitude of his re-
spective party relative to silver. Well,
hayseed," mechanic or business mai
is tiie case may bo, do you owu a gob'
nine? What does it benefit you, thd'
he gold miner alone can take tin
iroduct of his mine lo flu
0. S. mint iiud get it coined into dol-
urs? How have you been benefited
iv the closing of the mints to the sil-
ver miners, leading to the shutting
town of their mines and throwing otn
if employment thousands of men:
what benefit have you reaped from tin
nereaso in the purchasing power ol
lie gold bugs dollar? Say, you blind
lollower of such traitors as old Join
-diermau and Grover Cleveland, sto|
nid do some solid thinking, and il
, on are tillable to discover an over-
grown "'nigger" in the debris of silvei
legislation go and get yi ur head bored
for simples.
A great many men who are in the
middle ofthe road had better get into
be field. Republican.
There, Mr. "Hayseed" you have got
|t straight. Get into your field and go
,o chopping woods. You aint suppos.
ed to know or care anything about
good government. You haven't tinn
to monkey with such matters. You
iustsaw wood and wo fellows who
havn't anything to do but scribble cut
stuff and rlib the varuish off of chair-
will run the government, lu the lan-
guage of au eminent old cuss,stay "i
bat sphere to which It lias pleased
jott to call you.
The great and virtuous dailies tel'
us wheat is cheap ou account of over-
iroduction. As we import millions ol
pounds of wool, they find it necessary
to toll a different story to aecount lor
itscheapnesg. But they are equal to
the emergency. Yes, wool is cheap be-
cause—ah-why because it is —Amer-
ican Nonconformist.
TIIIC I'F.OPI.B'S PAHTY CKNTRAI. COM-
MIT'!'tB.
ursuant to call, tho Territorial
Central Committee of I ho People'*
party met in the city ofGulhrio, Mqr.
16. 189-1, and transacted the following
business!
Tho meeting wftj called to order b>
'. II, Cox, chairman.
Tho secretary laejng absent, on mo-
tion made aud secqudod, John 0. Al-
len of Norman was elppted sociary,
pro tetp.
Tho roll was called and the follow-
ing members reported present:
Leroy Walker, Capt. M. D. Tonnv,
I'. F. Kerry. C. II. Cox: John Daniels.
W. II (.'arrack, John HogaP, absent.
t<*. >1 Hawley, P. M. Fleming and 15.
F, Coe,
Tho Committee proceeded at. once
lo business and the fojlowiug p]an ol
representation on thd central com
mit(eo from the new counties ws^
Adopted, to-wit:
That said Coiiuties without repre-
sentation on central committee, wn
io selcct some resident of thojr count)
for their central committeeman, ami
notify tho chairman of the territoris
central committee of such selection.
The following plan of organization
iliroughout tjie territory wag adoptee
mil every county is urged to carry ii
.nit as near ai> practicable:
That each county be divided inti
congressioual townshipfj
That the townships be divided into
-cliool districts; aud that eaph sclioo
listrict bo organized into clubs, am
lumbered t6 correspond >v11it tin
lumber of their rcspeetiye schoo
districts;
That the chairman of the district
clubs be the tqwnship committeemen:
That the chairman of tbo serera
iiwnship committees constitute tin
county central coinmittee;
That the chairman of the oount)
central comndtlee he an ox-ofiicii
neinber qf tho territorial central com
nlttee;
That in incorporated pities escl
ward shall be entitled to one membei
ofthe county central committee, pro-
vided the same ^fe organised inti
ol libs.
In order to effectually oarry out thi.
plan, tho (effitpria) cettlral committee
man of each county is requested ti
all a rpass meeting in each school di>
net op towpsliip, and organize tin
same aud report to the chairman of
ihe county central committee.
The fallowing basis ol representa-
tion for tlie several counties to tin
erritoriftl convention was adopted.
lioaver county 2 delegates, Hlatne 8.
Canadian 6, t levelaiid 7, Kingfisher 9
inVoiu 7, Logan 9, Oklahoma 6, Payne
10, Pottawatomie 4, Washita 2, Day 2
Villi* 2, D 2, G 2, N 2, M 2, 0 8, I
). K 3, P 3, ti 3.
The place decided upon for th<
milling of the next territorial conven
ion is Kl Renq.lhe time to be tlxei
by the chairman of the territorial ren
nil committee.
The following resolutions wen
ulopled:
Wheueabi lu this new ferritin'
he people are strangers to 0110 anoth
■r, am! the rule of the office seekin,
ho man has resulted detrimental b
uir party in thU territory. Therefori
be it
Resolved; That it be the policy ol
the People's prrfy throughout thi;
territory that all persons desiring
10 have their friends nominated fo 1
office, annotiuco tho same puhliel
prior to the day of convention, eithei
county or territorial, in order that thi
people may have, time to better ac-
quaint themselves with tho person
-.eekiug nominations.
ItKBOLUTlON SECOND,
Whkrbas, The uew territory lately
added to Oklahoma by reason of tin
opening of the Cherokee Strip landt
10 settlement, it will bo necessary t
divide said Strip lands into logislativi
districts. And
Whereas, It seems to be (ho de
tire of congress to give to Ihe People'i
party of Oklahoma, a representative
upon said apportionment coinmlttcc
l'heretore be it
Resolved, That the territorial cen
Iral committee of the People's pan;
hereby indorse aud recommend foi
the appointment as a member of th
territorial apportionment commiltc
,is a representative of the People'
party, the Hon, A. D. Ilickok, of Nor
tnau, Oklahoma Territory.
That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the chairman of the committee
of congress ou territories, also Hon
D. '1'. Flynn, delegate to congress
from Oklahoma, also to the People'i
Tho New York Sun pays tho follow-
ng h andsonio tribute to flic Popul^t
members ot congress:
So much for the Populist members.
I'liero is not an idle man among them,
hey aro always in their seats and tlioir
names aro found recorded upon nearly
every rol| ealj. T})ey are not obstruc-
tionists or cranks, but men who seem
to have beconio convinced that the
welfare of the nation requires theserv-
ce of a new political party, and that
hey found and formed a party to meet
he exigency. That it has found many
hearers was shown by their wonderful
jonventiou in Omaha, in 1892, in their
asting over a million votes nml got-
ing over twenty electoral votes in
heir first campaign, a new step in a
lational elpption. No one in thePop-
llist party need bo ashamed, but in-
stead'can be proud of their represen-
itives in congress.''
party committeo in Washington, D.C.
(!. 11. Cox, Chairman,
John S. Allan, Sec'y pro tom.
It was also the sonso of the meeting
hough not adopted as a resolution,
bat fusion with cither of the old par-
ies Was to be discountenanced,
The Chicago llcrald says lireckcn-
idgo is tho mpanesf 111^4 since Adam,
this is an insult tq AiJam. It is true
10, too, like a cowardly sneak, laid il
ill 011 the woman, byt hjs oflonso stop-
ied there. Tho only one in thai gar-
len party that can be compared lo old
Ireckenridge is the one that crawled
■ 11 his belly and tempted |£ve from bis
perch iu the tree,--$oueon.
C, II. II11 nick, nil enthusiastic Po
ulist, residing noi^jr tlii.s city, call'
rhursilay and had his name enrolli
upon our 8ijbsu'i^ti«u Jlst and wei
out and induced a Democratic noijr'
bor, <1. M. Hodges, to ijinula,to his e
ample, Go lljou and u • fi^ewiso.
The attention of the school - office!
>f Pottawatomie js gifljed to the fi ..
lowing section ofluy:
School law. See. 14, 8.—In case thoi
is not sullfcient money, belonging t
the particular fund drawn upon,1o pa
iiny warrant or order when j.vesente.f
for payment, it slial) bo tho duty 1 ■
such treasurer to make a cerliticate 1
hat fact upon tho back of any sue
warraut or or.i^Cf and date, sign an
uumbor in regular order tho same; am
ho shall set down in a book to I
kept for that purpose, the number
iinount, date and upon what fund
drawn, to wi)oity ^ij,(J tJio dale
when presented for payment r.; pru:
vidod in section 1 of this act; and sucl
warrants or orders shall bo paid in 01-
lur of their presentation and registrar
lion as shown by such book, and such
book shall bo knowij jn each office ii^
the warrant register.
LOCAL.
Rev, Holbrook went to Stillwel I
Monday, Hp i$ expected homo Satui-
lay.
E. M. Hulsey, of Sherman, Texas,
•a 1110 in Thursday evening to visit the
amily of his son-in-law, II. Loop.
E. J. Gardner, of Remus, a recent
•onvert to People's party doctrines,
avorcd this office with a call Th'urs-
lav.
J. N. Culver, late of Dublin, Texas
s opening up a stock of staple aud
ancy groceries in the new building op-
losite Werneburgs harness shop.
Get you a nico hat for Sunday at
ilrs. Renfro's, 011 the corner of Wasli-
ngton and Broadway. She has the
atest styles ill hats, flowers, ribbons
mil laces.
It is reported that liill Dalton and
daughter Kid were obliging enough
osend our sheriff word that they ari
11 camp within a few milos of Tecum-
•'Ii, and that if ho wanted them lie
•oulil come after them.
II, D. Moore, of this city called
Wednesday evening and said lie must
nive the Lradkk, and his name went
hi the list instanter. Mr. Moon
iidongs to the laboring class. Ids sym-
Kithies are with them and he votes
iccordingly,
Rey. CI. W. Mowbrey, pastor of the
\I. E. church, assisted by Presiding fil-
ler Joel F. Smith, will hold services at
ho Congregational church in Tecum-
seh, Thursday and Friday, April 12th
mil 13th, and at Morelamt hall the re-
mainder of the week.
Last Sunday night Hill Dalton and
■lie of bis associates called Slaughter
Aid, went into the store of Deputy
arshal t arr, at Violet Springs, near
Sacred Heart and purchased some
•auued goods. Carr undertook ti
irrest. the men and a desperate fight
resulted, in which Carr was shot in
•lie right arm and in the abdomen
It is reported flint he died Tuesday
iijflit. Carr entertained the opinion
•hat Slaughter Kid received a shot in
the shoulder. The Daltons have been
lOvering around uncomfortably close
10 Tecumseh aud some entertain fears
hit they will raid tbo town.
LiTEii: Win. Botts returned from
Violet Springs Thursday evening and
reports Carr still living and in a lair
wav to recover^
I can sell you a set
of new hand made
harness so cheap you
can't altbrd to patch up
your old set, I have
a big stock to select
from ancj
I've got 'em you bet
nand made goods and
ofthe best leather and
trees on the market.
[yihareabig stock and can
please yon lu prices and styles. Sea
me before you buy anything in tlie
saddle anil harness liuo.
G. M. CISSNA,
South Side Square, Tecumseh, Oklu.
S, <£t
DEALER IN'
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
GREAT BARGAINS IN
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
CLOTHING.
FULL STOCK OP
General
Merchandise
At Free Trade
Prices.
Broadway, South ofMaiu, Tecumseh.
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