The Daily Democrat. (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 187, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 29, 1907 Page: 3 of 4
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HASKELL TO
THE PEOPLE
Democratic Candidate Gives
Them the Straight Doc-
trine. C. N. Haskell tho Demoorntio
candidate for Governor arrived
in tho city last evening on tho
wost bound from Chiokasha. Ho
had been put out by bad railway
connections so that it was impos-
sible for him to bo in Cement ae
arraneed. and hia plaoe was
taken thero by E. J. Giddings.of
Oklahoma City who made a
groat speooh. Mr. Haskell came
direotly from Oklahoma City
and was mot at tho depot by a
number of prominent oitizens
of tho county.
Mr. Haskell appeared on tho
speaker's stand on tho eaBt Bide
of tho Court House at 8:30 p. m.
and was introduced by County
Chairman Boyle. Ho began to
speak at 8:31 o'olock and loft
offat 10:54. Tho crowd number-
ed 500 at the beginning and was
inoroased by thoso)constantly ar-
riving to 800 or 1000. He was
listened to with tho utmost atten-
tion and drew frequent cheers.
Mr. Haskell spoke in Bubstance
as follows:
Tho presence of those ladies in
this audience iB especially grati-
fying as it is a faot that when
the women of a country are help-
ers in a oauBO that cause is right
and as good as won. And I
waut to explain to you thtt Mr.
Bellamy's absence is duo to the
faot that ho is Btill recovering
from a fever of last spring and
ib unable to stand up to tho hard
work of campaigning like the
rost of us. My friendB 1 want
to oall your attention to tho fact
that conditons now in Oklahoma
are strikingly like the conditions
in these American colonies with
roferenoo to Great Britain in
1776. You have tho same rug-
ged liberty-loving spirit and the
same aim of self-government.
'As they suffered then you suffer
now from "taxation without rep-
resentation" in the form of indi-
rect taxation and tho genius of
theAmerioan people whose pro
test took the form of the BoBton
Tea Party spoakB now in the
mind3of the people of acarpet-bag
ridden Territory against abuses
exactly similar. We have the
'amo government in Oklahoma
ow through tho appointees of
JKing'Hitohcoak and King Gar
field as tho colonists had through
o appointees of King George.
ut nowaday 6 owing to the pro-
tobs of the world we don't spoak
f taxation without representa-
jion openly wo give it a sugar-
:oaiing; we call it "protection to
morioan industries." It is only
eooBsary to scrape off the sugar
find a few Carnegies who have
lown themselves up to vast
alth at tho expense of 000 men
t of ovory 1000 Andrew Car-
igie oegan witn 5zvvuu; no
it at the end of 22 years with a
rtuno amounting to $460000000
here does tho system sugar-
ated though it is help the oom-
on people? Are they getting
ib too? Can tho people of Ok-
oma help themselves when
iy have to pay $10 for fence
o and nails that they could
v American maae aoroaa lor
.50? It is this $3.50 taken from
) pookets of the common people
it have made your Carnegies.
all you my mends we warn
.tohood so that we can have
rosomation in the National
ngreBS and have a vote in
ee matters.
Jow as to tho question of
other a territory iB ready for
tehdod three considerations
sent themselves:
Is there jutficiont popula-
?
. Is there sufficient annual
luotion?
Ib there Euffioiont taxable
jerty?
'" iret. The two territories have
puiauon oi l.ouv.uw lour
times as many as any othor state
at time of its admission.
Seoond. It has an annual pro-
duction of $125000000 without
counting livestock.
Third. Tho tax roll for Oklaho-
ma Territory last year on one-
fifth valuation and lower was
$105000000. The tax roll in
Indian Territory for incorporated
towns was $70000000; a moder
ato valuation for railroads would
bo S25000000 and for coal
mines $6000000; making a
total for Indian Torritory of $101
000000. On August 8 tho Crock
surplus lands became taxable;
and within two years the surplus
lands of the othor Indian nations
will beaorne taxable also. But
tho total of $206000000 taxable
property wo now have under
valued as it is ib greater than
tho taxable property of Wyoming
Idaho and Nevada combined;
and Oklahoma tho 46th Btato in
number would go into tho Union
tho 21th state in population pro
duotion and wealth.
Now tho state constitution the
organio law is tho people's
charter and it should bo rightly
prepared as all tho administra-
tion and tho law of a state stands
upon it. You will find two class-
es of people in Oklahoma with
referenoe to a Btato government;
and ono of these classes wants a
constitution that gives a fair
government with justice and
equity to all and does not divido
on party lines. It is made up of
all the farmers laborers and pro-
fessional men in tho atato whose
interest and whoso stuko is in the
country and who wiBh to buila it
up.
Tho othor class may bo divided
into two bunches and they both
want to defeat statehood. The
first bunoh would kick on any
constitution; if the delegates had
made it include only the Ten
Commandments and tho Lord's
Prayer it would have been un-
aooeptable. This bunoh wants
to keep on holding their joos;
tho intorests of tho people are
nothing to them. With the oar-pet-bag
bunoh is the grafter
who has a stand in through tho
oarpet-bag offioial and hates to
lose his graft. The Guthrie State
Capital for instanoa drew out of
tho territorial treasury in a 12-
months period ending reoently
the sum of $83000 for printing
and supplies. Comparing tho
prices ohargod the territory with
the prices charged business mon
this work should have brought
$27000. DoeB anybody wonder
why the State Capital opposes
statehood whon it knows its graft
will end 30 seoonds after HaBkell
takes the oath of governor?
Now. the seoond bunoh iB
made up 'the oommeroial graft-
ers. The ia would be willing
enough for Oklahoma to become
a state or anything else if it
hadn't been for the kind of con-
stitution under whioh the ohange
will oome. Some months ago
Attorney-General Cromwell pub
lishod a statement that the rail-
ways had overcharged the peo-
ple of Oklahoma Territory $54-
000000 in 12 years. This iB true
for the faots were found out by
Charley West while he was as-
sisting Mr.. Cromwell. Now the
railroads have charged as muoh
in Indian Territory making the
pretty total of $108000000 or
$9000000 a year. Do you think
they want statehood under a con-
stitution that will make them quit
overcharging? Under the pres-
ent arrangement when freight
oan be hauled 217 miles in Ar-
kansas to Ft. Smith for 8 cents
per owt. it costs 15 cents to
bring it on to Muskogeo a dis-
tance of 82 miles. Wheat iB
hauled from KansaB City to Gal-
veston Texas at 11 oents per
owt. Prom MuBkogeo to Gal-
veston 500 miles less the oharge
is 23 cents. Last year tho New
State Tribune spent $860 in law-
yer's fees trying to buat tho
lumber truBt finally fighting it
Into suoh a shape that Judge
Lawronoe Bald frqmw the benoh
that there wa.'.o jaw tocbiwt it.
The new .oonatltuUoj.wJiU-gtY
the meanu. MoAt4aUrvcoT at
Norman retails at $8.00 per ton
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THIS STATE'S FIRSTGOVERNOR
di-' .ut 141 miles from tho mine.
Tt. Hume coal retails at Kansas
Cm 523 miles from tho mine at
$5 (M per ton. Kurosono can bo
t 'i' in Kansas 8 cents less
) gallon than m Oklahoma
ii i uau tho test established here
' i-iw is such that none but the
ndard Oil can fill it. If a
t) .rrel of Standard Oil kerosene
nre placed on the tato line
half in Kansas and half in Ok'a-
tioma as conditions are now the
purchasorH would draw oil cost-
ing 22 cents per gallon our of the
Oklahoma end and l'l cent oil
ou'. of the Kansas ond.
The constitution changed this
test bo tho people would not have
to wait 10 months longer until tho
legislature could relieve thorn.
Do you think tho business grafters
want statehood under a consti-
tution that puts an end to their
graft? Not on your life. W. J.
Bryan Bays Oklahoma has the
beat constitution ever written.
Now you don't like that author-
ity you Republicans for you
didn't cheer with tho others.
Well Senator Robert LaFollott
of Wisconsin friend of the peo-
ple and ono of the greatest Re-
publicans living says tho samo
thing. And in Miohigan whore
they are going to iratnoup a new-
constitution no delegate outside
of the cities has any chance be-
fore the people unless he stands
upon the promise of building it
like the Oklahoma constitution.
And now the State Auditor of
Kansas is insisting upon the
county assessors returning prop-
erty at its aotual cash alue orib
of the features taken from our
constitution.
Gentlemen after we oloaed
our work last spring I watohed
tho papers earnestly for honest
oritioisms upon it without seeing
any. Finally on May 20 this
oa'me from Governor Frantz
"your constitution haB too muoh
legislation in it" and I agreed
with him that there is a great
deal of legislation. It is 00 pei
oept legislation and because the
pebplo want relief right now;
they don't want to put off getting
relief and take any chances. In
TexaB it took 7 years to kill the
railway pass and then only by
means of a constitutional amend-
ment and Texas is ono of the
states moBt omancipatel from
corporation oontrol. Oklahoma
atartB out with tho railway pass-
es to publio officials already kill-
ed. Taxation should be limited to
needs of economic government
free schools and publio works.
Every man should pay his just
share and no more. The Terri
torial Board of Equalization of
which Ferguson was ohairmau
and Frantz now is valued tho
Choctaw Railway at $3500 por
milo and the samo railway in
Arkansas is taxed at $17000 per
mile .The Santa Fo in Oklahoma
id valued for taxation on an av-
erage of $3000 the highest being
$5600 and the lowest $2200.
For the purpose of taxation tho
uhoep in Oklahoma for 1006 was
valued at S1.08; tho cow at $7.40
eta und other live stook nnd
farm implements in proportion.
Lst winter a year ago the Kan-
saB legislature attempted to pro-
vide a 2c fare. President Ripley
pleaded with them not to do it
saying that ho could not pay in-
terest on tho investment with
such a reduction. Ho wae thon
questioned as to the worth of tho
road per mile and owore tho
value to bo $60000 baoking his
oath with tho affidavits of sovon
other offioials. The valuation
Beoms thon to be 30 per cont for
live stocic 15 per oont for real
estate and 7 por CBnt for railway
property. If the farmer's share
of tho taxes were paid at tho
samo rate of valuati n the aver-
ago sheep would ba worth $16 CO
the pig $27; tho cow $108 and
the mule $347.
A feature of the constitution
thut ia giving some concern to
my friend Busby I call him my
friend because he nover forgets
me is the provision whereby a
tax may be leviod on franohiseB
and produotlona. For instance
a coal mino or an oil well may be
taxed on the amount of coal or
oil produced.
The state starts out with a
sohool fund of $5000000 and
the school lands will speedily bo
sold increasing the fund continu-
ally. Mr. Asp's idea was to let
the banks bid for this money
and give it to the highest bidder.
The constitution provides that it
shall be loaned on first mortgag-
es on real estate in Oklahoma.
People oall me espeoial'y tho
Republican preBs "Boss" Has-
kell. I was bossed by my con-
stituents who told me the kind of
constitution they wanted; but I
helped boas that bunoh of lobby-
ists servants of the business
grafters that wanted a constitu-
tion built on different lines and
I'll help to boas them every day
of servioo as governor if I am
elooted.
Now gentlemen this constitu-
tion is written altogether in the
interests of the common people
If you want it you will have to
vote for it. The railroads the
ooal trust the lumber trusts and
all tho bufrineeB8 that exploit
you will not vote for it. Further
more if you want thia constitu-
tion written in your interest en-
forced you'd bettor oloct its
friends to office under it. Wo
have alroady been Oponly noti-
fied that tho po-oalled Republi-
can tioknt will attempt to nullify
if elooted. Do you want that
whon tho constitution has bbon
built in accordance with your
wishes as expressed in tho plat-
orins of your dologatos last fall
and the farmors' and labor oom-
mitteea at Guthrie all of last
winter?
Gentlemen if I am elooted gov-
ernor I want u legislature in
sympathy with mo one that will
not tio my hands and attempt to
defeat the feature that you have
had put in there. Now if Frantz
should bo elected on the Tulsa
platform that doolares tho con-
stitution unrepublioan in form
and yet :he constitution carry in
the election he will bo in u pre-
dicament when he goes down to
Wellington with it. The presi-
dent will say Captain how is
that constitution; what do the
people of Oklahoma think of it?
Thon Frantz will say: "Mr.
Roosevelt they Bay by a major-
ity voto that it is unrepublioan in
form." "Is that so?" says the
President. "Then what in Ge-
henna do you bring it here for?"
Statehood is turned down.
Mr. Haskell spoke also upon
the 33 changes made in revising
the constitution 20 of which
were on a par with changing
spelling or grammar. He Bpoko
of the preaent gerrymander
whereby Noblo oounty (Repub-
lican) with a population of 11-
000 has tho samo representation
as Pottawotamie oounty (Demo
cratic) with 44000. He also
mentioned that Ferguson while
governor vetoed a ohange in
tho Territorial oil tost similar to
the provision made in the oon-
sti ution that puts a monopoly in
the hands of tho Standard Oil
In oIo8ing he said that ho
wanted the votea of all honest
men men who wanted equal
rights and privileges under tho
government and oxpeoted no
favors. He did not want the
voto of the politioal or business
grafter and served notico that
he would hurt them all he could
in the intorests of the every day
people as long as ho was gov-
ernor if eleoted.
The above is not as good a
rendering of Mr. Haskell's speech
nor as oompleto as tho Demoorat
wishes. It has been neooBsary
to leave out somo of tho points
but this oould not bo helped
Buoh as tho provisions madq for
tho old soldier the reasons for
limiting the tax levy Frantz's 26
propositions and others. But
the voterB of Caddo oounty will
have an opportunity to hear him
again at Carnegie on Sept. 7
J. M. CARTER
Democratic Candidate For
County Surveyor
J. M. Carter tho Democratic
oandidnto for county Surveyor
is a graduato of tho Engineering
Department of tho Missouri State
Univorsity. Ho haa had valuable
experience in surveying and en-
gineering work in tho railway
sorvico and is a courtoous gon-
tloman as well as a corapotont
nnd effioiont man for thooffico he
soeks. Tho people of Caddo
county will make no raistako in
olecting Mr. Carter their sur-
veyor. Republicans Use
Unfair Tactics
Agra Okla. Aug. 26. C. N.
Haskell democratic nomineo for
govornor spoko horo this after-
noon to approximately 400 pooplo
Republicans resorted to unfair
taotioB in an attompt to mako tho
mooting unauooossf ul. The
farmers throughout tho vicinity
were telephoned that tho epoak-
ing had been postponed until
evening and in conBequonco
hundreds romnined away who
would othorwiso have boon pres-
ent. Tho apeakor disouseod tho con-
stitution from ovory standpoint
and insisted that ovory farmer
and other oitizen thoroughly
study tho dooument before tho
olootion.
At 8 o'olook tonight Mr. Has-
kell addressed an audionoo of
1000 at WollBton. Tho notable
featuro of this meoting was the
faot that fully one-half of the
orator's auditors wore ropubli-
oans and these with tho demo-
crats gavo close attention to his
discussion und by thoir froquont
applauso showed that thoy were
in entire harmony with him and
wanted the constitution adopted.
Crop Conditions
Much Improved
Crops in Oklahoma hayo beoa
increased 20 per cent by tho rains
of tho last two days aooordingto
roports from over tho territory..
Cotton in tho southern south-
eastern and eastern sections of
tne state will yield muoh heavier
than last yoar.
In tho west and southwest
whore tho rsinB were lightest the
crop will not bo so largo bat
ven thero all previous estimates
will be surpassed.
Corn aocording to tho latest
government report is in muoh
better condition in Oklahoma than
in Kansas Indiana Illinois Iowa
and Missouri and it iB estimated
that tho recent rains will inore&ae
the crop by 20000000 bushols.
Alfalfa in ovory sootion of Uw
state is running tar ahead of ex-
pectations and in eomo looaliliee
will yield five crops during the
season.
"The oorn yield will bo muck
lower than it would have been if
ho rains had oome two 'weeks
ago" said John Fields editor of
the Oklahoma Farm Journal.
"That short delay )ost a reoord
breaking crop for Oklahoma.
"Even now our crop will run
far ahead of Kansas and ' other
corn raising states. Tho ruoent
rains are practically all that are
neoded to insure a crop although
another shower would bo. bene-
ficial. "It is mighty lucky tlat it
rained this w eek for now Oklaho-
ma will be able to present a nor-
mal appoaranco to tho dolegotee
to the Farmers' National Con-
gress whereas had it not rained
they would have been given a
wrong impression.
"Unless tho heavy rains knock-
ed apples from tho trees the
apple orop will maturo in fiae
condition and bo a money maker
for apple raisers
"I estimate that the oorri eros
I will be increased 20000000 bueh-
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Herndon, H. R. The Daily Democrat. (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 187, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 29, 1907, newspaper, August 29, 1907; Anadarko, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc81576/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.