Hobart Weekly Chief (Hobart, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1906 Page: 4 of 9
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J. B. Tosh'* Constitution.
I believe in a plain and simple
constitution that will n<4 require
"(Constitutional Tru-( l,awjvr "
to eiplain or construe.
I hold the Initiative and Ref-
erendum, aa adopted and used in
Oregon, to be the moat important
i«*Hut' before the people, and the
one olauae above all other* that
should be placed in the oonatitu
ti n. In my efforta for ita adop
tion I will he tireleaa, subordinat
ing every other interest to thia
great law, ahould it become nec
eaaary. With the Initiative and
Referendum in the constitution,
the will of the people will always
be supreme.
I favor separate aohoola, coach
and waiting room* for negroes.
I favor the stetlement of the
liquor traffic ly a referendum
rote. Let the people aay what
they want
I favor the employment ofjcon
vict labor on the public roads
I favor a strict control of all
corporations by an elective com-
mission.
I lavor a railroad rate law and
commission, where the rate de-
cided to be fair and just will be
put in force at once, and can-
not be aside, exempt by
final findings in the highest
courts.
I favor a non-partisan board
of agriculture.
I favor a compulsory "blanket"
primary law, which provides
that all parties shall nominate by
direct vote of the pe pie. at one
election, protected by law, and
the expenses paid by the state,
Thia gives the poor man a ohance
with 'he rich.
No railroad* shall engage in
other business than that of com*
mon oarrier.
All public officials accepting
passes or favors from railroads
or corporations shall be guilty of
ft felony.
I have never been in the Jem-
ploy of, nor accepted 1 favors
from, railroads or other corpora-
tions, and am there:ore under no
obligations to them.
Last seasor, in getting the
products of my farm to market,
1 was overcharged $2,000.00 by
the railroads of Oklahoma.
if I am sent to the constitutional
oonvention, I will see that exact
justice is done betweon the rail-
roads, the corporations and the
people.
A constitution form ?d on these
line* will be plain and simple,
and insure justice to all.
There are, of course, many
other Itenefioial provisions and
laws, and 1 will be pleased at all
times, either in my public meet
ings or through the press, to an
swer all questions, and tell just
where 1 stand.
1 favor a settlement of all
questions, in relation to our
school land, by a referendum
vote of the people.
In oonolusion, I want again to
say to the voters of the
Fifty-second District, that if
they will stand by me. and send
me as their delegate to the con-
stitutional coavention, 1 will
work day and night, and with
every talent of which I am pos-
sessed, to place in our constitu-
tion the Initiative and Referen-
dum, modeled after the Oregon
law. This will forever secure to
the people the right to govern
themselves. It will bethejdeath-
knell of the rule of th corpora-
tions in Oklahoma.
J. B. Tosh.
Hon. George W. Bellamy.
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Through all the years we have
been a democrat, and they i«re
many.it has ever been a pleasure
for us to meet and know the
Leaders of our party, whom be
rank and file of their homo
county respect and love. At his
home, in HI Reno, the Hon. Geo.
W. Bellamy has such love and
respect in a marked degree, lie
entitled to, and has earned
this by his services to his party
in the Territory and to his home
people. His hand and mind, in
many a hard fought campaign,
have been the guiding and di-
recting ones in Canadian county.
Honored by a seat in our Terri-
torial Council, he was chosen as
its President and discharged the
vexing duties of that high office
with great honor to himself and
his constituents.
In 1904 he was chosen chair-
man of the Territorial delegation
to the St. Louis convention, and
through the stormy scenes of
that meeting, stood s'aunch and
true, the Iriend of the people and
their great Commoner. William
Jennings Bryan.
Mr. Bellamy is a your.;; man in
i the very best prime of a magnifi-
cent manhood, a m.in of affairs,
a leading business man, who has
theeonfi lenceof all hisassooiate*
and acquaintances
His friends, and they are
legi n, have insisted that he con-
sent to serve as thefirst lieutenant
governor of O 'ahoma. and, list-
ening • the 0*11 of the rank and
fit -, lit «ui mi> m the will of his
fellow Dem. ornts Mr. Bellamy
is one ,f us out her., in the short
gr -s coui t ■ We have g" ne to
his h -ie, and we know that ths
Memo* ats of Canad an county,
who do things, are for him tooth
and toenail Knowing these
fac's and his eminent qualifica-
tions, the Hobart Chief and its
editor will add their mite, in
•jrder that a worthy Democrat
may be rewarded for past party
services, and a man eminently
qualified, may be chosen as tne
"second in oommand" of our
New State.
We want our thousands of
readers to inquire about the Hon.
George W. Bellamy and ascer-
tain if he is not well worthy any
honor th it his party oan bestow.
Read This
Make Separation Complete.
J B. Tosh in his platform, as announced through the columns
of the Hobart Chief, October 16, says,—"I favor separate schools,
separate coaches and waiting rooms for negrces."
The people would more seriously consider the above announce-
ment were it made from pure motives, but it i* not so made. De-
mocracy ia never consistent.
The above pseudo-Democrat plank is incomplete, hence cannot
be relied upon. Had it read like this,—"separate schools, sepa-
rate ouaohes, separate waiting rooms and separate beds for the
whites and negroes," then the same put into practice, perhaps
p*. would think Democracy meant what it said in advocating
such a plank.
But go where you will through the Southland, and you
will find that the separate-bed part of their plank has
been persistently abrogated, as verified on every hand by
the untold thousands of seml-colored people. the progeny
of master and sons, of "better-than-thou" Democratic
whites.
The Democrats had better do a little house-cleaning them-
se ves, and take time to pluck the beam from their own eyes before
looking for the mote in somebody else's eyo.
The mor? one of sense considers the plank i-, question, the
morn it becomes the laughing-stock of decent people and of those
oor versant with race problem in the South — Hobart Daily Re-
publican, iscue of October 17.
7?
If the fate our loved state of
Oklahoma was not at stake in
th ■« election, we would r.ot te-
print the above. It is the most
lying and disgraceful ufer«nce
we ever read. The Hobart Chief
will give One Hundred Dol-
lars for the name of any white
man. who was born south of
the Mason and Dixon Line, who
vot s for a candidate who will
consort or run as a nominee of a
party that will publish such a lie
and slander or Southern man-
hood.
We are a northern Democrat
and value the honor of our party
highly. We will give one hun-
dred dollars for the r.ame of any
; self-respecting northern Demo-
I crat who does by word, act or
vote, give aid to put or keep in
power any member of the Repub-
lican party as a delegate to the
Constitutional Convention in Kio-
wa or Greer county.
We love the 8outh. Oklahoma
is ot the Southland. In the? name
of God and our country, let us
redeem our New 8tate from the
domination of the Republican
party and the negro, his lovers,
I his defenders and his equals.
oC/1'
G. O. P. Leader
Concedes Defeat.
Guthrie, Okla., Oct 13. John
Golobie and his State Register
have bolted Henry Asp, for the
constitutional convention. Golo-
bie says Asp's nomination has
made the new state Democratic.
He comments editorialy thus:
"For seventeen long years he
has labored assiduously to gain
the fame that he is the greatest
railroad lobbyist in the southwest,
and that he will stop at no means
to accomplish his purposes. For
seventeen years he has dominat-
ed Oklahoma legislatures.
"For Guthrie to choose such a
man to represnt it in the consti-
tutional convention appeals to
the citizens cf Oklahoma like
choosing Satan to make a consti-
tution for Heaven.
"The nomination of Henry F.
Asp has cost the Republicans ten
members of the constitutional
oonvention, endangered the elec-
tion of MoGuire and Ferguson to
congress, and lost whatever
chance the party had of placing
the state in the Republican col-
umn."
Ralph Acers is home from i
visit to his parents at Norman.
From Dill Township.
Bro. C. W. Conyers, of Dill
was a pleasant caller at our office
Wednesday. We find great
pleasure in the calls of our farm-
er friends, and we are determin-
ed to make the Hobart Chief
more worthy of their splendid
support.!
Mr. Farmer
Sell your land here at
present good prices and
buy other land a* good
•t one-third the price.
The northern farmer in
doing that when he
buys here. Why do you
not do the same? We
can show you how it is
done. As good land,
good climate, good
crops, same rainfall and
not far from Hobart.
Remember too that
this is a good year
* * to sell. ^ ^
With our advertising
space in 277 northern
papers, we can sell any
farm in this country
that is priced right. We
pay the cost, you reap
the benefit.
List your farm with us
and it will be sold
Hoover Bros.
&
. Terral.
On Farm Loans we
can make you the
best Rates and
& & Terms. &
Mrs. Doc Hooper left Tuesday
for Nashville, Tenn.,on a visit to
relatives.
Mr. C. S. Miner.
During the spring and sum
mer we have had the pleasure of t
meeting and knowing Mr. C. 8.
Miner of Rusler Local in the I
Farmers Union. In the "Weekly
Chief" of the last week in Sep-
tember. on the first page there
was an article headed "As to!
Delegate" and signed "Ameri-1
can." We consider this as
strong and able an article as |
ever appeared in the Hobart |
Chief. We would have been!
very proud to have written
ourselves. The author of it was
Mr. C. S. Mi: er. also, wo n a\«
the prediction that in pul lie af-, £
fairs in • «th«Nt Oklahoma, Mr.' ^
C. 8. Miner, of down Roosevelt
way, will be a large and intelli-
gent factor in the struggle that
the peopl are making to redeem
themselves from the dominadon
of special interests The Hobart
Cnief will always consider t
an honor to publish any commu-
nication from Mr. Miner's pen.
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Worrall, C. C. Hobart Weekly Chief (Hobart, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1906, newspaper, October 18, 1906; Hobart, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269308/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.