The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1920 Page: 1 of 6
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The County Democrat.
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VOLUME 27.
TECUMSEI1, POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1920.
NUMBER ;1.
The Entire Democrat Ticket is Worthy of Your Support
HON TOM D. McKEOWN
Democratic Nominee for Congress
From 4th District. Vote For Him.
Democrats, do your duty.
Go to the polls and vote, the
STRAIGHT I
DEMOCRATIC
TICKET ;
next Tuesday and in that way
assure yourself of four more
years of PEACE, PROGRESS
and PROSPERITY.
i
Refute the Slanders
Made Against
Your Party.
Put an X under the Rooster
and let him do the scratching.
Better be SAFE than Sorry.
HON. SCOTT FERRIS
Democratic Nominee for U. S. Senate.
Vote For Ferris and Show to the World
You Believe in Woodrow Wilson.
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COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
HEADQUARTERS
ELKS BUILDING, BROADWAY and NINTH
K. L. FLYNN, Chairman
CLARENCE ROBISON, Vice- Chairman
EMMA R. MORFORD, Sec.-Treas
Shawnee, Okla., Oct. 25, 1920.
Democratic Voters:
Now that the great campaign of 1920 is
drawing to a close, the County Democratic
Campaign Committee desires to make this its
last appeal to you. .Great issues are involved
which must be settled by the voters at the bal-
lot box on November 2nd.
We have as our Presidential nominee, James
M. Cox, of Ohio. Mr. Cox has been three times
elected Governor of that State and twice to
Congress. Ohio is Republican by 80,000, yet in
1912, he overcame that vote and was elected by
a plurality over his Republican opponent by
186,000, If the Republicans of Ohio were will-
ing to entrust the chief office of the State to
him three times, the Democrats of this County
should surely be willing to trust him with the
affairs of the Nation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, our Vice-Presiden-
tial nominee, is well worthy the high office
he is seeking. He served as Assistant Secre-
tary of tke Navy daring the late war and was
the guiding hand of the Navy. It was he who
worked out the plans that made it possible for
this government to transport our soldiers across
the d»ep, blue sea. to fight the battles of civil-
ization without the loss of a single soldier from
the deadly German submarine.
Mr. Cox stands for a principle sad is will-
ing to let the people kssn where he stands on
every iasae; Hsrdisg is sot. The moneywd
interests, sad they aloae, kaow Harding's
stand. Harding is WIGGLING and WOB-
BLING on tlie issues.
The paramount issue in the campaign is
the League of Nations. Mr. Cox is in favor
of entering the League with the other nations
to preserve world peace. Whenever Mr. Hard-
ing is in the East—Taft, Root, HugheB, Hoover
’s territory—he is for a league
of nations, but when in tiie West, or the John-
son-Borah territory he is against any 'eague.
Forty-one nations have already joined in the
League and they represent nine-tenths of the
people of the world. Germany, Austria, Russi.
Turkey, Mexico ami the United States are the
only nations of any consequence not in. Our
country is the only one out of the League which
is recognized as having an established govern-
ment. Are-you willing to be classed with Rus-
sia. Turkey and Mexico! The nations that have
joined in the League are as zealous of their
independence as we but they recognize that the
League is the only safe plan ever devised to pre-
serve world peace. The League way simply means
settling of international differences by arbitra-
tion instead of by war: to let reason prevail over
force of arms.
The fight is not on the League question but
on Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Wilson is now par-
alyzed; lie is a sick man. He has gone down in
the valley and shadow of death to rescue civil
ization yet the unscrupulous Republicans are
going from coast to coast attacking him, know-
ing full well that he is unable on account of his
physical condition to defend himself. The way
that those fellows are attacking Woodrow Wil-
son, a poor stricken man, should be resented
by every American who loves fair play. No
other President, has ever been lied on as he.
If ever there has been a time wfien Democrats
should vote a straight ticket, it is now. The
negroes are being advised that should we enter
the League they will be made slaves. That is
the means being employed to prejudice the
minds of negroes.
Our nominees for State, county and district,
are all clean, honest, and efficient. They were
selected in the primary, each receiving more
votes than did his Demoeratic opponent. The
Democratic Principle ia 1 ‘ Let the Majority
Rule.” It may he that yon did not get your
choice in the primary. If yon did yon expert
the support of all that opposed your candidate
therein. But if on D>r other hand you did not
the friqpds of the successful one now expect
your snpport the same as yon would have ex-
pected had your candidate won. That ia fair
play. •• United We 8taad. Divided We rail.”
ia a* true today aa it was when spoken years
ago daring a trying tints in onr country's his-
tory.
At the next session of the legislature, ths
State will be redistricted into new congressional
and legislative districts. Should the Republi-
cans win, it will be expected that thoy will re-
district the State so that they may remain
in power for the next ten years, at which time
it will he open for redistricting. Remember
the territorial days of Republican rule; poor
schools, roads and transportation facilities.
Do you wish to return to such days!
A matter of the most serious concern to
us is that should the Republicans win they will
repeal the separate school and conch laws. How
would that strike youi • Do you want your
children to go to school with negro kids! How
many Republican states do you know where
such a condition does not exist! In the good
old Democratic states the Whites and Negroes
have separate schools and coaches. Are you
not glad that you livo in a demoeratic state!
The Negroes are being advised that they
hold the balanee of power in this State and that
if they will but vote the Republican ticket it
will go Republican. If tlie Republicans do win
some recognition will have to tie given the Ne-
groes; they will have to be rewarded for the
services rendered the Republicans and the only
feasible way will be to repeal the separate
school and eoaeh laws. The Negroes are regis-
tering and are going to vote. The best way to
offset their votes is for the Whites, both men
and women, to vote. The Negro vote in this
section does not amount to very much but in
other parts of the State it is a serious problem,
one which we cannot afford to neglect. “Tt is
Better to be Safe than Sorry.”
Several amendments to the constitution are
to be voted on at the coming cleet^i. One of
which is the six mill school levy, livery one
is interested in schools and should vote on elec-
tion day. You probably have a friend running
for office; go help him. Your vote is needed.
Your vote may be the one that will elect im.
You should vote and thereby show to the world
that no party or clique of men can lie on the
President of the United States as has been done
on Woodrow Wilson without your protest.
Watch out for the eleventh hour misrepre-
sentations by our opponents. Pay no attention
to it.
Sincerely yours.
R. L. FLYNN, Chairman.
THE CHURCHES AND THE LEAGUE
Senator Borah’s declaration that he would
not vote for the League of Nations "Even if
Jesus Christ asked him to do it” is in striking
roatrast to the hearty talaris*rat of the
League by the great eburehes of the world.
The Baptist Comveatioa at Buffalo, V. T,
June 29 to July 4, 1920, endorsed the League
The following great churches endorsed the
League:
The Congregatiounlists at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Oct. 21, 1919.
The Episcopalians Lambeth Conference,
July 5, to August 7, 1920.
Tbo Methodist Episcopal, Dcs Moines,
lown, May, 1920.
The United * Presbyterians, June, 1920.
The Presbyterians, U. S. A., Philadelphia,
May, 1920.
The Reformed Church, Reuding, Pa., May
19-211, 1920.
The Conference of Jewish Rabbis, 1919.
In addition to the above the head of every
organized Christian church in the world has in-
dorsed the League of Nations.
The principal educators in the United
States such ns ex-president Elliott of Harvard
University, a Republican, Prof. Fisher of Yale,
n Republican and many other universities.
NEGRO EDITOR STARTS SOMETHING.
Roscoe Dunjee, editor of the Blaek Dis-
patch, a Republican negro newspaper of Okla-
homa City, writes in his paper the following:
“Registration for the general election will
start, all over Oklahoma beginning October the
13th to 22nd, inclusive. Every negro man and
woman should present himself for registration
at the various registration prfreinete during
these ten days.
‘ ‘ Pay absolutely no attention to the regis-
trar who attempts to tell you that you did not
vote in 1916 and that for such flim-flam reason
he will not register you. Take witnesses with
you. * * * If you are denied, follow the
state law that says you must go into the dis-
trict court of your county * ! ‘and ijpindamus
the registrar. You probably will not get your
rplief there. What we want, however, is a record
properly drawn with which to go into the fed-
eral court. We black folk can put some jail birds
where they belong this fall.
“Tell the registrar just what you intend to
do. He is only a man, with the same fears that
you have when things don’t look right. Tell
him in plain English that you intend to put him
in the federal |>enitentiary.
Get the women out with you; go in a body,
and stiek on the job. Make thia the most de-
termines) effort of yonr life. Raise some money
in your community, advertise the fart to your
registrar that you are raising that fund to bay
hit tieket to the federal penitentiary.
“Get |.usv NOW.”
What about It Doaocrats’'
•r Negroes rule in Oklahoma''
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Henderson, L. P. The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1920, newspaper, October 29, 1920; Tecumseh, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937737/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.