Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 8, 1896 Page: 3 of 8
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I
1 fore provided, It is discovered that the
1 colored vote, alone. In Oklahoma reach-
es the total number of 4.Nil. Now
! subtract from Mr. Flynn * total vote,
before the admission of (ireer county,
liis entire majority over Mr. Beaumont,
iwhich the figures „av me 4.-till i and
vou will at once see that tlu- colored
vote alone, was more than enough to
elect him. This fact contains in it-
! self no crime, but upoti an examination
Kictlinl to}' Committee I of the nature of this vote, a condition
ih discovered that tends to try the pa-
tience of the more intelligent, hard-
working and tax-paying white voter.
The colored vote of Oklahoma is by
nature and environments solidly re-
; publican. Most of these people came
The populist congressional conven- i from the distant south, where repub-
tion met at the opera houte this after- j Uranism todhem. wassynonomousof lib
noon at 2 o'clock.
THE POPS MEET,
Congressional Convention In Session
in the Opera House.
VINCENTS GREAT SPEECH.
Tlie UelrgHt
of the Guthrie Club at tl e Depot
and Kicurttd by the First
Itegiuieut ll«*u<l.
Kven y esterday noon the lobby of
the Capital hotel was crowded with
delegates and they have been arriving"
ever since. Today noon a committee
of the Guthrie elub acted as a recep-
tion committee aud met the train from
the north with the First regiment
band. A process'on was formed on
the depot platform and t mangl-
ed through the streets. This
is the work of'the chib in receiving
the delegates as the quests of the city.
Guthrie welcomes all men iu the same
manner no matter to what party they
belong.
The First Regiment band furnished
inusicin the afternoon in opening the
convention.
There a great many candidates for
coogre6s, in fact there are so mauy
that it is hard to name them all.
About every other man among the
delegates has a secret hope that he
may have an accident happen like that
of Bryan at the Chicago convention
and slip into nomination. Vincent,
(iardenhire, Callahan. Crocker, Pull-
iam are some of the most conspicuous,
there are however more than fifteen
equally as strong men, whether in-
structed for by their delegations or
not.
The convention was called to order
at 2 o'clock by Leo Vincent, chairman
of the territorial central committee.
In stating the porp^ses for which the
convention was called Mr. Vincent
made a speech at great length. He
said:
I j A DIES AM> (iENTI.KMKN of TIIK Co.v-
vention: In returning to you the of-
fice of chairman of your territorial cen-
tral committee, I feel that it is but just
rtv. They were born rcpublhuu and
so "far as argument is concerned, most
of them will die in the happy belief
which first dawned npon their political
horizon. Hard workine and conscien-
tious though the colored man may he,
it eaunot be said that this vote is sus-
eeptible to influence of logic or can be
fall into the hands of the unscrupu-
lous.
A careful examination of the con-
stituent parts of the Peoples party,
discloses the fact that the unthinking
portion of the business class, that
large percent of the population known
as "floaters.''another important factor,
that element which follows in the
train of Township and Ward heelers,
ami again, the entire cluss of shoddy
aristocracy, which have no principle,
but follow fawningly in the wake of
the place holders and socially influen-
tial, are mostly members of the oppo-
sition parties. When you deduet these
elements from the body of society, you
have left, the solid, more influential
ami patriotic element of umnkind
executive committee to conduct your past publ
campaign, without establishing a sure | of home i
aud safe source for the collection of
needed revenue Vou became false to
yourselves, ami endanger the purity of
your party. Knowing the Importance
of this I now recommend that you es-
tablish what might be known as a
Territorial Finance Committee, con-
stituted of one member from each
county, whose duty it shall be to adopt
a plau and collect the necessary funds
for the executive committee expenses.
These members should be chosen with
a view to their certain titness for
this particular line of work, ami when
they are so chosen, and have promul-
gated a plan of operation, every true
Populist should strive at. Once to carry
They are the tax-pavers: they are' tin- ' p]an into effect promptly - as indi
industrious; they do iU>t ask tor place 1 qatetl \,v your chosen C" ujnittee. Don t
and power. **xcepfc for the al&lity {that | t*ontend that sonic other plan would
goes with it tV carry fntolaw*the .iicc- have better, but do vot u own
ess^ry systems for bettering a i r^w'wty. duty and a victory will croivii your ef-
The Peoples party can justly U«y | forts t hat. will amply pay for the pa-
clajnisto certain virtm s «tid preocdedee t ri«>tenergy expended.
ifthy of example. 1 refer to a PV''1* | LEGISLATIVE ami council.
1'nder the conditions, and by tli
means of eh
icaj innovation where party wrongs |
liaiiL'f.l from the rut of inborn pre]ti- | was punished and the party purged oti
(1 icc. Look again at that vote and , the wrong doers. In the sitinrrtei <"->
(•xai'iiiuation it is doubtful if more j IMO. it was discovered tl.|U mtblmotH-j 'U.'Ta'nuuA''. ■Ma,r''"i>'^
voted^le'l'opidlst ticket " 'vfrr seekin'tr to and did place ttairon- ,;f republican inc.,dn rs of both !.,-a,
alone has this vote been fruitful age. which justly belonged to t In; t/op- ] JU ^has^bcefl^'historic fact'"t
ectinir' Mr. Flynn, but in ten of ulUt pres. tn the of, he ^
have
Not
of ele
the principal counties. Logan. Lincoln
Noble. Pawnee. Kingfisher, Maine. Ca-
nadian. Washita. Oklahoma and Oar-
tield. which went republican in ls'. . it
will be seen by subtracting the colored
tlon suggested in Vny dp* n
to ;this
i jority
iHch-
•011II-
tluit
has
organiza-
« that lilneed thf e ..tli-11ions to u marked decree, but it Wits
'when this part v per- left for the leg-isllitiiiv of iv;,;, to stain
ti.lv was discovered .1 new proce'sswaslthe paces of Oklahoma JiMory with
instituted, t lie coil utv centcal eouiniittec j I1"' C'"cati'st per cent of cot i upt a ml
was called to take action. A regular , vicious legislation, and the . smallest
indictment was drawn against ,1„. of . per cent of statutes tlml iiiight pro-
fending officers. and they were cited to ; ted the humble eUi/.cn in Ins i ig its,
nppcar and show cause wbv the.v slioubl or css^ii 111 an> Aa \ Ins buidcns ,
not he tried for partv prrti.lv. At the trtiin of evils has to Wd-hi the wake
time set. tli. unty central committee of that disgraceful bo.l v. and their
formed itself into a Jury ,.f investiga-; ' >ms ol eommi.ssK.n ami omission
tion. Kaeh side appeared In person or i have been fruitful .
by counsel; evidence was taken under gance, without a parallel in tin
lith administered by a legally oiiali- Without attempting t
life nor even the sacred ties
ations aw allowed to stand
in the way when the character assassin
Oklahoma politics unsheathes his
knife
It has come
son to run fui
ticket to the>
appetites, the
sition. much to their profit and to corrupti,in and wastctul pint
the suppose.! ruin of t 1..e | crowcted itself into the enrty,
party and pre*
vers in power. When this party per-
vil and extrava-
West.
here mention
foisted Ollt
tied oilie r, and after all the evidence the. long line ot abuses footed onto
was in that could be reached, the conn ; the pe..ple by this "diseased legist a-
st? 1 summed untile ease aud the jury tare. I desise t.> impress upon every
(„ ._ up th
j retired to render verdict. The di
' ion in this case was 'guilty of party
j perfidy as charged in the indictment
j with a penalty of expulsion from the
1 party, which amounted to expulsion
from the fellowship ot' Populists. This
action was severe, but conceded bv
| nearly all that it was deserved aud
j was a just course.
I In the conduct of this examination
nt a most trying or-
otic of you the over-shadowing impor-
tance of organizing your legislative
and council districts, for the purifica-
tion of your legislative body and the
correction of abuses that have already
found root in your statute boohs.
Not satisfied* with their long session
<>f heedless and extravagant partisan
debauchery, they railroaded through,
in the Closing hours of their "midnight
yet by the aid and tWr^ugff ^he assist-
I a nee of both of the old narties. These
evils have grow a and Ihi
increased till the patieivj . .f«4fi{U'4|>le
has eeased to be a virtue. Al(o| society
ha*. t«>r the last seven ytvu'st.hf-v'i iu
that strained, oppressed, vo^anjoron-
dit ion that endangeri d life a<nl liberty.
1 his sad condition had progressed until
tioldsmith s dream of tbe dep^ v d v-il-
lag«' seeined soon to be literally veri-
fied where he said:
III f art's the Ian ti, to hastt*nlng ills % urey
Whrrc wealth at rumuiatPsaail men «l«rav-
F'rlares and may ttourihti or nuy ta<te-
A bre.itti« an uukt ih« m, as a breath lia^
made,
Out i bold peasantry their rnuntry'M pride
Wbenonre d«btroy'd. can 'it« ;er be sup
plied.'' ; ^
l.e-s than a month ago .the whole
political sky seemed overcast; the for-
eign gold power'hud firmly entrenched
itsflt Iwhiiiti, and possessed its* lf « f
the ma •hiiiery of the great republican
oppo j part y. I he Mifne, Ulliit'tJ, iefoiul over-
coin- I «*ast ami settled iu ghtom over demo-
maud the respft-r and conrtdeiicc of 1 «*ratic hopes, but ^qlcJly at Chicago a
soo.ety. regard I ei s ol all party lines; ' teU determined patriytsj t,irelessly llew
men. who in order to command the re- j trom delegation ti delegatimi, carrying
spect of the business world ha\e Ircen ' with them the oitc Wtitrti* phrase of
leasouabiy successful in their own at- | Ury an and lib^HV ^'Phe ^position to
fairs, and when you have found them j him was determined, but thc>e patriots
uoiniuate and never let y.uir zeal in continued their win K till tatthe' proper
their behalf lag or wen hen till the No- 1 moment the peerUs„.h^|, ^lvan ,,f the
vember vote is counted. ] Platte hurled froyi Ut* r«^tuvm a deti-
Jlerc are numerous places where uuce to greed and gold and inthecli-
you can reward your most worthy I max of his etl'orts. with a force which
aud true ' patriot;. If you would , «'nrried aVl before it. sent forth the
o this that, for a per-
ottiee oil |U) opjiOHiiioii
constitutional oilicial
. must run the gauntlet
of an organized gang of character as-
sassins. It matter* not how good a
man may be! no matter how pure his
life may have been! this specie of so-
cial vermin will evade and ignore the
real issues in there frantic effort to di-
vert the peoples eyt s from the actual
issues.
Disgraceful as this condition is. in
order to better it. vou must buckle on
your armor ami face it, but iu doing so
let me admonish you that more than
half your battle may be won in the
wise selection of your candidates. You
should see that they embody virtues
uud.abilities, superior to their
nents. Tin y should be men win
make no mistake, consider carefully
the time-worn reformers, who, through
good and 11-rcpute have held high
your banner and have paved the way
for the coming victory. Young blood
should
recently converted
the sentinels aside.
Too often have
workers, like wot
aside by force or by
ot insinuation, and the h
yet more aggressive have
liest seats at a least their
not prepare.
liiye tirsfcto yonfowrt t litliful toil
jostle
we seen faithful
garments, cast | light arul \lirtm
the worse ineiiiislu
•tl"o
did
Wit ti tees
And stall:)
ll Ollt-i
jostle
'\y our party underwc
" deal, a relentless a
indconcentrated" tire themselves or their own kind in their . . .
iiiuuiHuiutdimi m , . , t, U t , it 4. U) t |u I time tjiat populists, claiming the dig-
vote from the republican majorities
given, that in each ease the Populists
would have been in possession of ftvKuv
offick in each of these ten counties.
This fact, would have less significance
were it not that to the unfortunate ig-
norance of most of these people is at
tached that deep seated prejudi"
and proper that I render an account of w hich enables the unscrupulous politi-
the trust w hich has for two years past j cian to bank upon this clement as safe
rested in my hands. j from the influence of either argument
On July loth. 1*94, there assembled i or reading, and by that means use this
in the city of Kl Reno, a com en tlon of vote to carry out'their evil and seltish
Populists, numbering something over j designs without rendering this duped
100 delegates —t he result of which was voter either thanks or a share of the
to place Hon. Kalph Heauinont in noui- political plunder gained by his inllu
i'nation for your congressional stand- <*uce.
ard bearer, wit li myself as the chair- \ We would not tak<* from the poor
man of your executive committee. I p duped colored man a single right that
to this time, owing to the fact that in has been vouchsafed to him by our
the previous campaigns there had been loved constitution, iiut so long as he.
more or less mixing of tickets, there will not see. and so long as lie is simply
was not a s*rap of data, as to votes used as a gambling tool for the vicious
east, from which to begin the work of ( dement in polities, it then becomes a
organization. It was fortunate, in-1 duty upon the white tax-payer who
deed, that your committee empow ered | purposes to make Oklahoma his home
from the opposition press, was dany
centered upon our young party which
was trying to purge itself of w rong do-
ers. The proceeding wascharacterized
jus a "Kangaroo Court." and those who
participated in it were jeered, threat-
ened, ridiculed and intimidated, but
they went on. and when the decision
was rendered, the Peoples party of Lo-
gan county took a long stride forward
in the estimation of all good people
and by that step became a solid and
united factor—as it had never existed
before—with those who had sought to
wreck it cast on the outside, shorn of
their ability to do it harm. Political
parties compare closely to the people
who constitute them, and while hu-
man nature is weak, it certainly re-
mains a fact, that if wrong doing were
more often discountenanced and .pun-
ished, there would be less of it.
PARTY FINANCES.
In all of the career and growth of
the peoples party, our progress to
date, has been in the face of almost
insurmountable obstacles. There has
been, and is now no reoogui/cd source
from which to draw the needed funds
vil intent.
ruel
has
It
your chairman to till vacancies until a to protect himself by landing sottarelv win wnicn w oiaw me neeueu iu.ius
complete working committee was sc- i^inst anv vote, white or bh.ek, that ! I' TV ""
eomplete working
cured in every county. I'sing this au-
thority. and by frequent visits tt> the
statistics in the ottiee of the Territorial
Secretary. 1 finally succeeded in estab-
lishing a base of operation. At this
time little or no organization existed
in the new strip and western counties
—they having only just been settled
and had not registered a vote. Hy the
untiring assistance of numerous com-
mitteemen and other helpers in nearly
every county, and by the inordinary
campaigning ability of your candidate,
Mr. Ileauniont, .there was polled in the
fall of'U J a vote that was reinaik.ible
ami that even yet is little understood
and startles the would-be politician
when he realizes the actual status of
a irairs.
That all may understand and have
at hand the data from which to ealcu
late. 1 will here give an oilicial tabula-
tion of the congressional vote cast in
1895J and 18U4. showing, in each ease, the
per cent of gain in 1894 over the vote
of 1802:
against
is used to further the designs of the
selfish and unscrupulous.
Look at it I sad and shameful as it is,
there that vote of 4.S01 stands on the
republican poll book, marked "safe—1
O. lv." This condition is to be re-
greted, but we cannot apply it to all of
these people. There are a few, thank
liod! whose complexions are east dark-
er, but whose heads have absorbed a
higher education and w hose hearts arc
on tire with the a of their country,
intensified by a real knowledge of
their social and economic conditions.
Again there are others of our colored
brothers whose natural eloquenc
ited tfegree. When your chairman
took his position not a single avenue
was open for the collection of funds,
nor a single official source from which
might justly be claimed a division of
perquisites to help carry on the propa-
ganda work. Over half of our terri-
tory had practically, no organization:
most of our people were sadly poor and
illy-qualilied to share of their resour-
ces from the necessities of their fami-
lies. Facing this condition, your chair-
man aided by your committee, institu-
ted a process of collection of small
funds, and with such of this as slowly
came to hand, and by a persistency
which must, at times, have become nl-
spircd by a deep patriotism, bursts in0st offensive, I have, as necessity
forth in splendid platform effort, for came, pushed forward and with an nli-
the people s cause, I he better educa- dying faith that a way would be pro-
te.l. and more capable* of these people [ pr,.ssea the
have already espoused our cause, and
ften before their masterly efforts, the
charmed hearers forget the dusky face
and darker blood of the orator .vliosu
eloquence is holding them entranced.
It. is not sympathy these people need,
oki, A mom A
(.'onokkpsion a I. VoTI
1802.
1 Co no
lErsioxAL Vote 1894.
co! n 1 11 -.
. kk1*.
hem.
pop.
tot'L
HEP.
HEM.
pop.
t ot'l
Per
i
Cent
Beaver
' 'JVC,
232
02
544
333
253
73
029
180
Blaine
i 238
100
103
44.7
055
335
474
1,404
:a;o
Canadian
835
937
402
2,3 74
1.155
973
832
2,900
J07
C'leveland-
' 480
8(59
4S7
1.792
707
879
952
2,538
90
•D"
3 2
33
11
70
130
107
108
411
1,434
Day
12
12
0
30
12
53
27
92
350
• G "
51
20
21
101
1 321
252
101
734
007
(ireer
21
(ho
800
1.437
Kay
1 1.605
853
970
3,494
Kingfisher
1.433
790
728
2.951
| 1.747
548
1,443
3,738
98
Lincoln
| 8215
522
521
1.S09
1.3 PJ
079
1,137
3.135
118
Logan
2,580
1,080
069
-i,
! 2,430
890
1,400
I.73S
113
< irant
! i.:;()('.
375
1.025
2,706
Woods
| 1,345
033
1,415
8,893
Roger Mills -
20
223
17
200
Woodward
| 237
241
140
018
(iarlield
j 1.480
809
1.014
3.303
Oklahoma-
1.4(58
1,005
380
3.519
| 1.808
1,181
1.204
4,253
257
Payne
i 803
580
7T(.
•i.'i'js
! 1,090
imo
1.237
2.907
58
Pottawatomie
i 430
000
219
1,219
I 822
003
1,018
2.503
305
Noble
j 885
784
548
2,217
Pawnee -
j 011
407
523
1,001
Washita
1 219
fH4
198
031
Totals ...
. .9,4W5
7,401
4,348
21,305
20,390
12,008
10,774
r. v.-.'
From the above tabulation it will be j it is justice. Hut so long as they allow
seen that the Peoples party took a long I themselves to be duped and voted like
stride, and advanced from third posi- so manv cattle, so long will they nei-
tion to second in the territory, and in , ther command the respect of them-
many ot the counties, if not holding selves or of right thinking people.
first place, Is a close competitor for it. | a ai, ,nsovatios.
In entering upon the engagement |
this year, it is wise that we ktiow the i . p to this time, as the advocates of
strength of our opposition, where it
the people's cause have sought to
lies and of what. vote, it is constituted, j spread the ments of our platform and
for it should tie understood that up lo' p i'p'>ses they have been frequently
the point of probable success the I'eo-1 'V1'1 ,,y lhe "'u'n th? ""thinking-,
pies party, or anv other reform partv. 'bat your party will he just as bad as
is practically clear of the iinttiin:;iiitr I h'i.v other when they gel into power."
and floating elements of society, l'ii ^'' such an answer is of itself an ac-
knowiedgement of the depravity of the
<il«l parties, it is at the same time an
admission, by the one who uses such an
excuse, that he has lost faith both in
himself and humanity. This is an unfor-
have cast aside their former political ""'ate condition for a person's mind to
affiliations, mul in the face ot social I ?«•"- for when one* surrenders hope
ostnifiMii. ridicule and often business 1'"r" better condition, Ills effort to-
.liscriniination. have taken their stand i wards bringing about that condition,
for principles, which tliev believed I ceases. Hut upon consideration it will
' .. * 1..II.II.1. fll'.t tll.l cltlllllllllllt I ,1 it. ..If i.
vote of 10.774. represents in its ev y
h ' ility, the solid and better informed
business men, farmers and mediani> s:
men. who. from educated convi«*tion.
and not from hope of an "official pull" j
better all society.
be seen that the statement in itself i>
error, as it is only, and not until
tiik < oi,ohki> vote. i political parties come into power, and
lint, let us look into the vote which , have accomplished the purpose for
led I'd Mr. Flynn, the republican in- which they were created, that they di-
umbant. From oilicial data, hereto- gress from the line of principle and
pressed the organization
into the new counties, and to the best
of my ability helped to brace up the
courage of those in the older counties,
who from local disease or poverty hail
become indifferent.
Now, at this time as 1 turn the re-
sponsibilities back into your hands, 1
feel a degree of pride iu your conduct
and an anxiety for your future that
borders devotion. Hut while 1 fed
thus to au intense degree, at the same
time 1 must call your attention to a
fact. that, patriotic as our people are,
their system in matters of party fi-
nance are extremely lame. Too often
do you attend your meetings, and
amidst your enthusiasm. appoint
your committees, and then in that in-
itiated condition leave the responsibili-
ties with them, with neither financial
help or further consideration.
At the El lteno meeting of the terri-
tory committee in July 1894, a levy was
made but no system was
agreed upon by which the much need-
ed funds might be collected. Here it
is but just to give to the humble Pop-
ulists, and to your local committeemen
their due credit for the various sums
reported and collected toward meeting
that constant drain, under which a
committee labors while conducting a
campaign or pressing organization into
new fields.
The financial report, which lias been
rendered to your territory committee,
covers numerous instances of most pa-
triotic self denim, and strange as it
may seem, even up to this date, with
but few known exceptions, all these
amounts have come from the common
people and not from those who were
Even ill our ov n mnks this
for place has sometimes gone I
legitimate bounds aud the
wild revelry,"' n law to | ruet,uate | ul" ^"der
■id in i heir I been directed
legislative Capacity. I reft. . . .. -f , . , -
legislative pen vii.t.n.ler, which, as a 1 " V'". :I"V'T " 1
geographical uuinstroMtv, defies a com-! I*"'!* ' .V """« who
parison in anv state or e'otiutr.y. Think ilsl" ' ""I1 '''''""gnition.
of it: Logan count v where we are | man who tries to rise l.r pulling down
now Iissemhlcd. a county in itself well another will or later be found
halleiij^rt that "You shall not pn
upon thclbrovv of labor this crown of
thorns, non shall not crucify man-
kind vpi}ma cross of gold."
Just flf'gli burst forth iliti radiance of
new h-flWjmd neW Opbert.unities. The
spell 'vKiuh had b« pml lhe westcsn
leinoeriiev'w as bncwi^n ai^d4 a brio of
stfOiuj'd t«> possess these
means j t hoiisainm Iwho had* been (bound by a
• s worthy. chain til sold ^e^r liop^s inspired
taken the l heir Souls, j 111 th^ir bivj'st Of virtuous
zeal tihe.T adopted ks tlu iH leader one
who had loli>5 been \in idoM>f the peo-
ples partv y\ mighjy shout, of appro-
i>atIon Went up from coast to i-oast,
aiuf. with a re-echoing wave, last week
two more gjreat parties joined their
fore.es on tilt' lever that mutit displace
the gold piuo« eraey.
The fcrver -has spread tovOkhihoma
and if these people allow t?he spirit of
j list |ce and ri^ht to guidi t hdir actions,
vvhifh I h6pe ami believe tfuy will, we
will bi11 hp ve done ortr part in the graml
mov(Min.;it wt)ieli must liberate man-
kinds 1 \ i
formed, is cut iuto tivei legislative dis-
tricts in order that the large republi-
can plurality heretofore existing in
this county might be used to neutral-
ize ptxssible populist territory surround-
ing. Ill their reck lets zeal to this end.
the north and south divisions of the
18th district are widely separated and
only touch each other at an imaginary
point where two townships touch at
the corners. Look again- Woods county
well formed and not containing exces-
sive population for two districts, is cut
into six legislative districts, with only
one purpose in view, that of neutraliz-
ing the populist majority of that
county, by attaching it lo republican
territory surrounding. In all this work
^either appearance ot districts on the
map of Oklahoma, nor county lines,
Dor the eppyeriiepco ot" Voter* had any
effect upon their reckless pirpose oj
arriving at republican majorities. In
some instances, voters, in order v6 get
from their homes to their voting place,
must cross territory in two legislative
districts that they may reach their
own.
Nor is that all.
zeal they succeeded in expelling two
entire townships from Oklahoma.
These arct Hickory township in Uniiit
county and Cedar Valley tow nship in
Maine county. Both these precincts
voted, in 1VJ4. but ;jre not enumerated
iu this law which is supposed.to pro-
vide that all qualified citizetis may
have a voice in the election of their
law makers. With a view to providing
a way to get these people over this le-
gal disqualification, your chairman
has already petitioned the courts to
act in this matter, to the end that the
criminal negligence of the law makers
may not disenfranchise any man wi.o
must obey the laws, after they are
made.
In all this effort, these disorganizes
of society had the magnanimity to leave
three council districts populist. While
that is a fault by the old figures their
margins are so narrow in many in-
stances that y<m have a splendid light-
ing chance to redeem a large majority
of these districts from the republican
tist after they have done their worst.
You should acquaint yon •.•selves, every
one of you, with the exact condition of
your home localities and nominate for
these most important positions, men
who have both honor and ability that
cannot be impeached.
On the conduct of our next legisla-
ture rests the hope of our coming state,
which even now is knocking ;■{ the
door of congress, it is no woudcr,
that up to this time, wit h our lo.ig line
of legislative and oilicial abuses, that
congress has turned to us a de: f oar.
We are not ready to govern ourselves
until the independent manhood and
virtue of the great common people
crystali/es into a body of law makers
that will be an honor, instead oi a
stench to a community.
Not satisfied with 12 or even '-0
per cent as interest, that body of us-
urers and law-breakers removed all
protection which up to that t ime had
been thrown about the humble credit-
or,till now only the usurer's ability and
greed to press, scands between him and
the lite and existence of the creditor.
Only a few days since has it been de-
cided by our highest legal tribunal
that certain republican law is good,
and that the arbitrary doubling of
iii the ditch wlicr
"Distrust that in ti ti \
Ami thinks flit?
Of N.iture'rt
Locks in llt« in
i w 1h> tfllu j
iiMire <il liif. <
rltlno iWttei
lit ird rk'<
justly belongs,
to tii-strii9t;
I ( \\ ho' i ra
AS TO 1 I n'NK POl.tCV.
The evils under which society- is
growing, have chiefly found their
possibility in republic in law, adminis-
tered, in some insta:. :cs by democratic
appointed oilicials. Ami while the
sins of the democratic party iu national
affairs have heretofore been piled
mountain high, we foci that it is just
to acknowledge tli.it that party, which
once contained the ptirea pr.iielples
of democratic and republican liberty,
has been regenerated ami can lay just
claim to some virtue in their platform
and national nomination, In this fact
miiv exist the opportunity which seems
almost indispensible for a uuion of the
minority forces which U ueeesi-ary to
success. In national affairs the peo-
ple's party acknowledged and adopted
this groat virtue which had possessed
In their partisan the new born democracyami 1 feel
that the conditions confronting us in
Oklahoma warrant us in meeting them
on common ground to the end that
(NilltVllt loll I •* |; li lit r.
It |
The.convention, a/ter baiug called
to order by Leo Vincent, eli airman of
the territorial central committee, was
opened with prayer by Itev^. Oould, of
Payne county.
J. F. Laverty, Logan' .lotin Hogan,
Pawnee, and .1. 1-. Todd, Lincoln,
were nominated for teujpofary chair-
man. The Vote ran so stn-iigly to
Todd that I'atCassidy moved tbe rules
be. suspemtcd un<t his uoit.inai ion made
unaniuiouh, Which was done- Mr.
Todd was labor cutti-iAif sooner of Kan-
sas under the l><*.vveUi(administra-
tion. Todd in his sueedi 8aiiiv"\Ve
are here to set up au o/if/okition to the
republican Viti ;dt iety."« lle ta d tbe
.si. Louis co^iv«n$ioq bowed to the
heathen gold. 'To tfiy,'' said he,
"that this is U'scctiotoal light would
Ihi to utter addmpo kie truiih; to (ieny
it would be a diplomatic lie.'' He
made an eloquent speech—-and at once
stood in danger of Bryaniani# himself
and btring i ta o*vt homlnator. He
closed by saying, "W* willcrusify the
oppositi- n ilpon'a ciVifesiwgoid."
Jesse (lamtB Dunn n1 Woods county
war made temporary seurefitry.
The chairman announced that the
democrats wanted a conf.rcuee for
fusion. A motion to appoint a com-
iniitce of live Was made, aJso a feubsti-
these two iniinu ities. ot which the pop- tnte that one from ach county be
tilists are lar the greatej-, j dut, on thrf eommitue Vhis opened
the fusion battle ancf it is now on.
some just means, vote together for tli
placing in ofllciul position, nothing* but
the best timber.
While we, in Oklahoma, are in the
position of.wards of the government,
and while many of our officers must of
necessity, come from the successful na-
tional party, and partake hugely of
their nature, yet we are all bound to-
gether by certain ties of mutual inter-
est, whieli would dictate that in view
of the danger confronting us in the
march of gold standard McKiulcyism.
we meet in common caucus and act
with that Spirit of fairness, which may
lind its base of right in the oilicial
tabulation of votes east, and thereby
permit the large majority in Oklahoma
.... . . . 1
j The democrati-c coi. K,rente coniiult-
ice is >*s follows:
| v;i lteno—T: A. HenrfTcty.
Norman—John hVao-ning.
Oklahonia.Cjty—i>. V; J,?vyis.
i Pottawatomie—Hep CJafdy.
i Hennessey—Mr. (1 ascot.,
The convention selected the follow-
ing conference committee:
: lilaine—W. K. Sheer.
( anadian—J. Osborue.
• level and L W. S.Iver.
I)—Thomas lPack.
! t'—James Noil
(ireer—Geo."I' Jtlack.
I (irant — JVfartin W.intivl'l.
(Irrfleld—Wm. L.' Cuncliff.
Kingfisher K. Ti. shannpn.
Linco n W. II. French;
Kav—J. C. Columbia.
Noble F. 11 l?ailev.'
< Oklahoma - 1. J. tjrityith.
Pawnee—John •
• attawtaomie—.1. 'ivj. Porter.
Washita—J.'S. Hall. 's •
Woods—S. J, I'nlildrsOB^
Woodward J. W. llartlin-
Logan -D. (). Wo'on wo,i*th.
I'ayne—J. L Matthews.
to gtjvern. as they, of right, shonhl.
would not recommend the surrender of ]
a single political organizath n far from i
it. 1 would recommend, and -we shall;
seethe necessity for the rcorgahizing|
of all of our populist and froe s'ivev (
democratic clubs, foe the conceit, rat-
ing of all our forties against our com-
mon enemy.
Two or more «*ng" lies applying pow-
er to the same shaft can do far moiv'
than one. Tin Peoples party la
quite largely in the lead of the minori-:
ty factions, should in my judgment, be j
permitted, and should by all laws of ,j
justice and majoritv rule, take the ini-j
titiye in'thisgp-at work of reformation, j Jud/e liaymaker, pfobate judge of
But1 while tlds is true ml the right is I Kipyiisher county, is a delegate. He
not on our siiU . and in any etunmon ac ;'s b icking ('allaban, arid Says his man
tiou that might be determine.I upon, j is a sure winner. The judge knows
the absolute law of fairness should pre-
ill about politics, and his support
| means a big lot ft>r any candidate.
I A.N. Daliiels, decked out like an
Apollo, is around among the delegates
i and has much influence. Daniels is
1 among the branifSt populists in the
territory. He knows tliem ail. lie
knows what his party stands for and
what it must do to win..
ion both sides.
As the election la w now stands, we
liavo. by the republican legislature.
been forcibly barred from running twi
tickets in a common cause. But it* 1 hi
Spirit of patriotism exists among our j
new horn democracy to the degree that
1 believe it does, they will hold their
own organizations, but assist us to
place one common ticket in the field,
under the Populist banner and with a them, drove oyer, via Cloud Chief and
The Greer county delegation, six of
seeking office, or who are now holding your property valuations, was warrant-
lucrative positions, to which they are
elected by Populist votes.
In every instance so far as
has been reported, there is on tile in
the chairman's office the names and ad-
dresses of every one who has contrib-
uted to this general fund so much as a
postage stamp. These I value, not so
much for their amounts, hut for the
evidence of the unselfish interest in the
cause which they seek to help.
This condition is wrong! and well-
knowing the delicate nature of the
suggestion I am about to make. 1 feel
it my duty to urge upon you the earn-
est consideration of this most impor
tunt problem. While the expenses of
this committee have been scarce a
fraction, as compared with those of
either of the opposition parties, and
while I would not recommend any sys-
tem of lavish expenditure, it yet re-
mains a fact that, for vou to choose an
d and legal. In view of all this im-
portance. and in view of the disgrace-
ful conduct of the majority of mem-
bers who constituted that body, it be-
comes a moral duty that every man
who has a care for the purity of out-
laws and institutions, should unite
and place nothing but your ablest citi-
zens in your legislative halls.
C11ARACTEK NO l'ROTKCTION.
In the selection of your candidates,
care should be exercised
name men as your standai
who not only have honor
have moral courage and are
qualified to stem the tide
and assault that will be tun
them. Already i«. has been <
ted. in Oklahoma that for a man ti
question the right of these cormorant
to rule our people, they inn t run tli
gauntlet of personal abuse that wil
try the bravest heart. Virtue, honor
that you
bearers,
but who
t hervvisc
f slander
.1 against
mionstra-
united effort, strike a w ithering blow
iu November that shall shatter and dis-
organize the republican party, and
displace every sympathy with the re-
publican Me Kin ley gold standard idea
of govern men t.
'•New occasions bring new duties"
and the occasion now confronting our
people demands that the highest spirit
of patriotism govern, that all seltLh
ainbitipn be swept to one side, to the
end that, when November dawns Ok-
lahoma maybe found in the cojuihn
supporting the nomination and elec-
tion of Bry an aud Watson and directly
in time with the new administration.
Looking hack over the past 20 years
of our national life, I see stains which
never should have blotted the history
of our fair republic. 1 have seen the
•d action
Ll Reno. They started Monday week.
It will take a week to go ba-k and
three days here. SeVenlet-n days'
•outing" is the way they put it—and
all for love of party.
Vacation Time
cone
gree
foreign
r vampire
! fastening its fangs into our
I tions, and attaching to our
' those ritinierous avenues throng
they levy and collect tivuite.
has been done by non-partisan
peoplt
h wind:
All thio-
ls at hand and is gladly welcomed by
all, especially those tvhose duties in
life have caused them to greatly run
down their system to meet the require-
ment.1- physical and mental, foreed
[I'm them. With these ond other-, t
- important, whether at home, at thj
• . shore or in the country, that some
'It ught be yiven to diet., and as
further assistance to Nature, a good
buildirg-up medicine like Hood's Sar-
saparilla had best be resorted to. If
tlie digestion is po< r, liver deranged
and frequent headaches seem to be
the rule. Hood's will change a'l this
and enable everyone to return to their
home aud \ usiness in a refresh.d state
of mind and bodily health.
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