Oklahoma Champion. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1896 Page: 3 of 8
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ANOTHER BREAK.
OUR FREE-SILVER FRIEND3 ARE
TOO FRESH.
Populiitt Are Not A» Led by the
N<m»m the Adherent* of the Two Old
I'arltr*—Will Not Coneede ltoth l*l»t-
t or 111 end Condldntee.
WHAT GENERAL GRANT SAID:
4.
i.
We clip from a Washington dispatch
dated Jan. 25, the following:
“It 1b not expected that anything will
%■ done about candidates for the silver
' ticket until after the republican and
democratic national conventions. Then
a silver republican and a silver demo-
crat will be'selected from among tha
most prominent members of the old
parties willing to accept places on the
ticket.’’
In view of the contemplated union
with the Populists that is very re-
freshing indeed. Where do the Popu-
lists come in? They are expected to
furnish the votes and then sit on tha
fence and watch the procession go by,
I suppose.
It makes us tired.
p Hatch said the Populists ought to
have voted the Democratic ticket iu J
Kentucky.
No doubt Teller thinks they ought j
to have voted the Republican ticket
fn Colorado.
There are some tilings doubtful and
some things are very plain.
It is doubtful if the rank and file of
the People’s party will ever consent
to make any concessions at all to the
stiver people, if such talk as this con- ^
tlnues.
It is plain that they will not con-
cede both the platform and the can- I
didates, under any circumstances, at j
any time, or to avoid any kind of an
anticipated catastrophe. The Populists ,
would have more confidence in the sin- ;
verity of the free silver people if they
could hold one meeting that was not
* made up almost wholly of politicians,
lawyers and place hunters.
We are willing to admit that the
action of some of our men who hava
been clothed with authority is not cal-
culated to inspire enthusiastic ad-
miration for us In the breasts of our
free silver friends.
They have been approached, and per-
haps bled, by an element that is not
representative of the integrity, sincer-
ity, and inherent worth and strength
of the Populist party. In time this will
be remedied by retiring some of those
men to private life. For the present
we have got to make the best of the
situation.
. While wo will make no predictions as
to the success of uniting the anti-gold
bug elements on one presidential tick-
A et, we do say that if it fails !t will bo
principally on account of trigger-
mouthed Populists and free silverites
whose egotism leads them to rush into
print with a lot of predictions, ^precon-
eerted plans, and balderdash ihat Is
calculated to disgust the rank and file
l of the People’s party,
f If the so-called leaders (Populists
and free silver) are sincere and honest
in their efforts to bring about this un-
ion. they should button up their lips,
eschew newspaper interviews and saw
wood.
Already too much has been said and
protests are coming from every part
of the country. This is unfortunate at
this time. Every Populist should be
actively at work organizing and edu-
cating the masses. Instead of this,
“With Free and Unlimited Coinage of Gold and Silver
we will Clear Away our Public Debt Before the Close of
the Century.”
These Were Uttered by the President Just After He
had Signed the Bill Demonetizing Silver. In Other Words,
He did not Know that the Bill which He Signed had for
its Object the Destruction of One-half of the Debt-Paying
Money of the Country. Yet Wall Street Wolves Tell Us
the Demonetization Act was not Sneaked Through Con-
gress by John Sherman and his Co-conspirators from
England.
SILVER IS THE ISSUE.
TARIFF WILL CUT NO FIGURE
IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Ytia Looming I |> m the (ireet-
e.t Power In Amerlran Politic.—Sure
of » Silver Preetrfent In 1HU7 — Shadow*
of Cvniliif Kvnitv
IT’S THE PROGRAM.
50 THINKS A DEMOCRATIC
NEWSPAPER.
*ny§ tlifit Grover Cleveland anil John
Shannon Will Support the Same (an dll
date Till* Year—Next President Wil-
lie a Populist-
(From the Chicago Opinion.)
National politics have been taking
such shape for the past few months
that the tariff question promises to be
. largely eliminated from the coming
' presidential campaign, through be-
ing so completely overshadowed by
tho financial issue embodying the re-
monetization of silver at 16 to 1 and the
abolition of the national banks.
Many indications point to a general
smashing of party lines and the union
Of men from all parties, who think alike
on the financial question, under a new
party banner. That the gold standard
leaders will-control both the republic-
an and democratic national conventions
does not permit of a doubt, and while
they may attempt to deceive the people
as usual by a straddle, those old meth-
1 ods will no longer be effective, nnd
1 when tho lines aro fairly drawn it is
not improbable that Grover Cleveland
and John Sherman will be found stand-
ing upon tho same piatforin and sup-
porting Governor Morton of New York
for president, who is now reasonably
Bure to receive the republican nomina-
tion at the demand of Wall street, while
the democratic party is liable to be ab-
sorbed in the extreme west and south
■ by the# populist party. Since the meet-
ing, Jan. 22. at Washington, of the sil-
ver men matters have made rapid prog-
; ress toward the fusion of all the ele-
i ments who believe in a genuine double
i standard and oppose a surrender of this
| country to English domination in our
1 financial management under the popu-
list banner. It was there decided to call
a national convention to meet June 22,
at the same time tho populist party is to
convene, to select a presidential candi-
date, when it is expected that confer-
ence committees will arrange a plat-
doubt and discouragement comes from form anil cancn(iates that will easily
-«n- t. i- — »■>«-1 satlgfy ti10Se two bodies and also all the
»
these silly interviews. It Is not sufll
cient for the men whoso interviews are
published to try to take refuge bohind
tho declaration that they are falsely
represented. They are always falsely
.represented, to hear them tell it. Then
why in the name of consistency evei
submit to them? There is no reason
in the world to be given but that to
satisfy their inordinate egotism.
If the plutocratic papers would pub-
lish the interviews correctly' ther«
might be no harm in it. But they nevei
do. Then, wo again ask, why submit
to being interviewed?
When the national commltieo is re-
constructed, as it will be this year, each
candidate should be required to sub-
mit to a - ranial examination, and only
men who have the bump of self-es-
teem ordinarly developed should b«
placed in any prominent position. W«
lay this in all seriousness.
It is not so much the weakness ol
our national committee and the silver
^jnen that is doing us harm as their in-
* jrdinate vanity.
Vanity should never be mistaken for
self-reliance, nor stubbornness for
manly courage.
In the meantime, while the people
will necessarily doubt, they should not
**Vlax ihcir exertions. The harder they
republicans and democrats, who will be
virtually driven out of their respective
national conventions, which will al-
ready have made nominations and
adopted a gold platform in the face of
strong and bitter opposition. All west-
ern republicans and democrats also
southern democrats, who are opposed
to reduction in value of the silver dol-
lar will have no place to go but to the
new party, and in most cases will con-
trol the party machinery west of tho
Mississippi and south of Mason and
Dixon's line. Consequently, in those
states both of the old parties will be
placed In the attitude of bolters and
the populists assured of every electoral
vote in all of those states, thus making
! It incumbent upon them only to carry
! Indiana and Michigan in order to win
the election, both of which states have
; always retained a strong greenback sen-
| timent. Republican and democratic
aid in those states will accomplish that
: much. In Michigan Mayor Pingree, of
: Detroit, an ardent free-silver man, will
j undoubtedly secure the republican
nomination for governor, and the gold
standard republicans will be compelled
i to bolt. A fusion of the Pingree men,
silver democrats and populists for elec-
tors is assured, which means their elec-
! lion. In Indiana the democrats will
place themselves squarely upon the Bli-
the silver party. T. H. Carter, chair-
man of the republican national commit-
tee, must naturally stand by his avowed
convictions and throw his influence in-
to the scale for silver. Tom Reed lias
never taken a position on the question
where he could be counted, while Mc-
Kinley already scents the new arrange-
ment of party lines, and is speaking up-
on both sides of the issue. The nomi-
nation of Governor Morton will make
many heart burnings, especially when
it it known to be at the dictation of
Wall street, with ten millions behind
it and double that amount if necessary,
all of which was made by the syndicate
who sold Cleveland's bonds. The head-
quarters of the Bimetallic Union is in
this city and is in charge of Edward B.
Light, secretary, and Hon. H. F. Bar-
tine, editor of the National Bimetallist.
They are doing a vast amount of mis-
sionary work and disseminating the
silver doctrine through an immense
volunio of literature, with which they
are flooding Indiana. Illinois and Michl
gun and educating the people. At the
same time W. H. Harvey (Coin) is still
actively engaged in making converts
through his splendid organization of tho
Patriots of America. Leading green-
backers like General Weaver of Iowa,
Jed Spalding of Michigan, and Robert
Schilling of Wisconsin fully approve of
the movement, as do the populist lead-
ers like Senator Peffer of Kansas. Poll
tieians may decry the issue and ma-
chine men attempt to dodge and strad-
dle again, and once more fool tho peo-
ple, but every move upon the checker-
board is forcing men who think alike
to bury all old prejudices and stand
together for their own Interests and a
common country. Let the honest voter
take notice and govern himself ac-
cordingly. The next president will be
a populist.
NATIONAL LEGION.
CIRCULAR NO. 2.
The Legion Is now rapidly growing
am ng the people; it is growing faster
than any organization in the nation.
The People's party must thoroughly
organize. If it will not, it will meet
with the fate of the Greenback and
Labor parties. If they want to preserve
the faith they have buttled for on many
fields, it is of tho highest importance
that they should unite at once in the
Legion and seek converts in a regular
systematic way. It is possible between
now and July 22d to convert the great
mass of the people who are dissatisfied
with the two old parties. Wo must
provide a plan to educate and instruct
them in the faith we hold. If we had
a Legion in every state, county, pre-
cinct and school district in the land,
as has been constantly recommended,
there would be no misunderstanding
about our platform and vital principles.
What we must do is to educate the peo-
ple; and we should at once, without a
moment's delay, organize. It is no uso
quarreling with each other; m use re-
viling at the faults and frailties and
mistakes that may be made. What we
want is perfect unity and organization.
It is useless to criticise tho action at
St. Louis. We must without sacrifice
of principle hold out the olive-branch
to those who believe as we do on fun-
damental questions, and keep our
“doors open to the North, South, East
and West” if we expect to win and re-
lieve the oppressed people. I have ever
upheld the Omaha platform, and will
loyally do so until the St. Louis con-
vention establishes its creed. I be-
lieve that we will agree without the
loss of our self-respect or the abandou-
Vork the more compact will become out i oIatfor«i axxTl a fusion with the pop^ ment of our principles. In order to
irennization. and the better able we ver platform, anu a rusion wun me pop j
! the populists will hold their convention
vithout and within.
We admonish the people to relax their
fears. Things are not half as bad as
they seem. Almost all this trouble!
contest from a weakness to be Inter- j
jtiewed. There is no serious danger'
'threatening the Populist ranks. Let
us go to work and have an effective j
organization iu every township and1
county. Send your truest and best
men to all your conventions. Keep
your shirts on and your beads cool. See !
that none but Populists are sent to the j
National convention. “Trust In God j
and keep your powder dry,” and tha'
gates of hell cannot prevail against
our cause.
W. S. MORGAN.
--
Municipal ownership of electric lights
is one populist Idea that Fargo could
profit by adopting.- North Dakota In-
dependent There are others.
first, and the program is now to nomi-
nate Governor Altgeld and Attorney
General Moloney, with perhaps Hln-
richsen, thus paving the way for a fu-
sion of all the free silver men in the
state upon one ticket. Tbe candidates
who are to lead this formidable party
comprised of men who have tired of the
double dealings of both old parties up-
on the vital interests that more than all
others affect business prosperity to-day,
are Senators Henry M. Teller of Colo-
rado, long a leading republican, for
president, and Senator Morgan of Ala- j been
bama. Representative Crisp of Georgia, j have
or some such man for vice-president.
Mr. Teller has always been a loyal re-
publican, but haa never failed to place
the financial question above that of
tariff. Work on these lines has been
hold cur faith we should organize into
a compact, united band. And if the
two million who have voted our ticket,
and the loya! following associated with
them kx their households, will organ- '
lze and individually and by forco of j
perfect organization go into earnest
missionary work, we cr.n convert !
enough voters before July to win the i
fight.
From every quarter come tbe glad j
tidings of great accessions to our ranks, j
In some localities it amounts to a land- (
slide. We cau never gain in this grand
contest if we are divided ourselves. 1 |
have had many grievances and hare ;
burdened with a heavy task. I i
resented bitterly unfair treat-j
ment. but I am willing to bury it all '
and labor to organize for victory in
18SM>. The people should sustain their i
committees. They should build up and j
and all. to “divide their last blanket
and last crust" with each other, and re-
member that no great cause has ever,
triumphed unless martyrs trod the hot
plowshares and unselfishness was ever
uppermost. We have adopted a new
form of membership for those who de-
sire it and who wish to swell tho fund
for propaganda work.
We send the certificate of member-
ship, a beautiful token, and Legion but-
ton to all sending $1.00; and with it wo,
enclose a full set of supplies and com-
mission as Legion Scout if desired; and
a sample copy of Tho Nation, which
prints ail orders and circulars. There
is no red tape. Send for papers and
organize at once.
We want you in line now; and the
moment you read this go out and drum
up ten people and organlzo and send
for charter. Always enclose stamps for
supplies. We draw no salaries, und
labor as a freewill gift. Wo are al-
ready burdened with a load of debt in-
curred in this work. Wo want to es-
tablish a lecture bureau, and wc urg>
your active co-operation. Our mail is
constantly increasing and we need a
typewriter for this great work. Wo do
not appeal to or beg of the people, it
is their work and they should help sus-
tain it.
This is n great struggle for human
rights. No more sacred contest was
ever waged in all the ages. If we are
alive, if we will awake, if we will
arouse from slumber, and eacli one do
his whole duty—if we aro a band of
freedom, united in fraternity—we can
restore liberty and bring back pros-
perity. Wc are in the ruthless hands
of aliens and traitors to our nation who
sell our birthright daily. Our rulers
worship the golden image, and humil-
iation and shame arc tho lot of our
patriotic people.
A new Declaration of Independence
is demanded, and on our shoulders
rests the sacred work.
PAUL VAN DERVOORT.
....... ................—
Iloyrottlnc the Populmt**.
The “Timos-Echo'of Eureka Springs,
Ark., says:
“There is one peculiarity about all
Populist papers that's very noticeable—
they run practically no advertisements.
Perhaps advertisers think that a man
who will read a Populist paper hasn’t
money enough to buy goods that are
advertised.”
We can hear some old party merchant
chuckling to himself as he reads that
Utile squib.
The partisan merchant knows why
Populist papers have very little adver-
tising. It. is a part of the organized
boycott against people who protest
against being robbed.
Populist papers have just as large j
subscription lists, and often larger, than
any old party paper published in the j
same counties. Their readers have just
as much money to buy goods as do the
farmers and laborers of the two old
parties, and they are more intelligent1
and likely to see a good point in an
advertisement.
But Populist papers are boycotted
purely for partisan reasons.
Most Populist editors do not expect
any patronage from old party sources--
and some are so independent that they !
fly at their masthead, "No advertisers j
need apply."
It requires courage to run a Populist
paper—-but Populist newspaper men
are usually “built that way.”
In view of these facts Populists gen- j
erally are beginning to see the wisdom
of “tit for tat," and patronizing only ;
those business men who consider their !
trade worth asking for. By and by no
Populist will buy anything at all from
the merchant who boycotts his paper.
We must do It in self-defense.
Day by day it becomes clearer that
the great Issue of 1896 will be, whether
the American people shall return to
the honest money of the constitution,
by the complete restoration of silver,
or permit themselves to be dragged to
their death and destruction at the
wheels of England's golden chariot.
That is the issue and there is no
blinking it. The senseless drivel about
“50-cent dollars,” and "honest money,"
presents an issue that is absolutely
false, and If the people will study the
question a little they will see it.
There is no question of a “ilfty-cent
dollar" involved. It is a one-hundred
cent dollar or a “two-hundred-eent dol-
lar,” which the gold dollar actually is.
The republican convention goes to
St. Louis. In that convention there will
be a tremendous struggle over the
money plank. The extreme silver men
will have nothing less than free coin-
age at 16 to 1. Unless they get it, there
will doubtless be several Bpokes
knocked out of the republican wheel
then and there.
The democratic convention comes to
Chicago, but no one looks for a repre-
sentative convention. Two-thirds of
the democratic party arw for free coin-
age. If the administration and the
money power together do not capture
the convention it will certainly be a
grand triumph for tho people.
If the sentiments of tho rank and file
of the party do not find expression both
in the platform and the candidates,
there will not only be some spokes
knocked out of the democratic wheel,
but the hub will go too. That Is, these
things will take place If silver demo-
crats are truo to their principles, as we
believe they are.
Then the populist party is looming up
as an unquestioned power in American
politics. In'tlio creed of this organiza-
tion there is much that is good, and
it lias in its ranks some very able and
I admirable men.
The more conservative of its ole-
i ments understand that they cannot ex-
| pect to win in the near future on all of
! their issues. Iu order to win at all, they
must plant themselves on middle
ground, where the dissatisfied elements
of other parties can meet them.
Should they conclude to make bimetal-
lism the paramount issue, it may lead
to combinations that will revolution-
ize the country.
On the 22d instant a conference of
lending men was held in Washing-
ton for the purpose of outlining a pol-
icy. This conference was composed
of men front all parties and all sections,
and was a fair representation of tho
average silver sentiment of the coun-
try.
The national executive committee of
the populist carty has appointed a com-
mittee to confer with Hie American
Bimetallic Union nt Washington.
Thus events thicken and tho tide of
silver sentiment rolls on.
The campaign of 1896 bids fair to be
the most momentous and exciting i of
any since the close of the war. nnd tho
“ghost” of free silver, of which we have
heard so much, will he the grand cen-
tral figure of the play.
llberately at work to protect the Man-
chester factory at the expense of those
in Calcutta and Bombay.
The English government of India te
very strongly in favor of bimetallism,
and some of the ablest bimetallists in
the w orld are, or have been, members of
that government. What they wanted
was the restoration of silver, not its ex-
clusion from the mint. The closing of
the mint was not a policy of desire, but.
as expressed by President Andrews,
one of “despair.”- National Bimetal-
list.
CLOSING OF INDIAN MINT.
to fC»l>
encourage tbeir newspapers.
They
going on for months, and 8,000 newspa-
pers are already prepared to sustain
should cheer the overworked, illy paid ;
editors They should be wijiiug, oue i
A Don't Cure ( ilDen.
Don't care how the cotton seils—
Takin’ of my ease.
Where the music of the bells
Jingles on the breeze.
Don't care how the country goes—
Roamin' far an' free;
In the woods there blooms a rose
Red an' sweet for me!
Don’t care how the cities roil —
Thundering along.’
Streak o’ sunshine in my soul
Twinklin’ into song!
Don't care where my life is led —
Still it’s honey sweet.
Blue sky smilin' overhead —
Green earth at my feet!
—Atlanta Constitution.
It VVa. Part of Hie Cnn.plrarj
American Producer..
A correspondent writes from Ga-
lena. III., as follows; Hon. H. F. Bar-
tine, Chicago, 111. My Dear Sir: In
your reply to Mr. T. E. Diamond in The
Bimetallist of Feb. 5, you gave two very
strong reasons why certain classes in
England were interested in the further
separation of the standards of value in
India and England, but overlooked an-
other very strong reason. England’s
interests are three—agricultural, finan-
cial and manufacturing, its commercial
being well included within the latter.
The fall in the gold value of an India
rupee had already seriously affected !
English manufacturing by discouraging j
commerce between the countries owing j
to tho fluctuating of exchange and a j
gradual rise of the same. This stimu-
lated domestic industry iu India to the *
detriment of Birmingham and other [
centers of activity in England.
While the money power controls Eng- j
land's policy, when its interest is at all
menaced, England’s official ear be- j
come3 very sensitive to the protest of I
her other interests. With the English !
land owner, the money loaner and the
manufacturer all demanding a common
sacrifice from the British dependency,
it was granted with alacrity that a fur-
ther vantage be not granted to the
India farmer, that the money loaners'
tribute be not endangered and that the
English factory be not put to a further
disadvantage.
If every intelligent voter in the Un-
ion could read the Bimetallist from now
until election the fate of financial
emancipation would be in no doubt. In
ignorance of finance Ue3 gold's great
hope. Respectfully,
M. H. CLEARY.
Mr. Cleary is right in Baying that the
English manufacturers were being in-
jured by the competition of East Indian
factories, but he is mistaken in think-
ing that ike mint of India was closed on
that account.
The suspension of coinage on public
account in India was the act of the East
Indian government itself, permission of
the British ministry having first been
obtained. In doing this, tbe Indian i
government was seeking to save itself i
from the disastrous consequences of a ;
farther and heavy decline iu the gold
value of the rupee. The government
»f that country would scarcely g.r' f,«-
GO A LITTLE SLOW.
Silver I hr Only quHtlnn *mi Whir*
I’m Hoi. of Atnerlrit Aro United.
Editor The National Bimetallist, t
am glad that tho great “rank and file”
of the two old parties refuse to longer
be "nosed” about by the leaders that
are responsible for the awful conditions
that now prevail, have taken the ini-
tiative step to ally themselves with
tho party that has already "declared”
Itself on the question that so vitally
affects us all, and called a representa-
tive meeting of the bimetallists of the
nation to meet at St. Louis at the time
of the convening of the People’s party
in national convention. That ia a step
in the right direction. Neither of the
old prrties will offer, either in plat-
form or as a candidate for the presi-
dency. anything looking toward the
“free and unlimited coinage of sliver
nt a ratio of 16 to 1.” Independent of any
other government intervention. If such
a thing should happen the “money,
power” would defeat such a party at
tlie polls, for they have the machinery
and can do it. But if all the reform
forces can nnd will unite at St. Louis
upon a common platform, with n presi-
dential candidate who will stand upon
the platform with both feet, declaring
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at a ratio that It enjoyed prior
to 1873, nnd then add tho “Initiative,”
the "referendum” and tho “imperative
mandate" planks, such a party could
nnd would sweep the country, electing
n president and a majority of both
house's of congress. With such a plat-
form the issue between tho monometal-
lists and bimetallists would be square-
ly made, and the Populists and Prohi-
bitionists would, in the end, gain all
they are now demanding, nnd tho "peo-
ple.” would rule; for If any representa-
tive dared to be recreant to the trust
reposed in him, he would be callej
home and an honest man placed la
congress who would do the will of the
people. With the “Initiative” In tho
hands of the people, prohibition would
follow and the saloon that has been
such an awful curse, would be eliminat-
ed from tho nation; railroads, tele-
graphs, telephones and express com-
panies would soon come under either
government ownership or control, and
the land question equitably settled.
And not only that, but the government
would issue all the money and the peo-
ple control it, instead of its being is-
sued by private corporations and con-
trolled by them for their private Inter-
ests as now. Li that manner we would
soon have an Ideal republic as intended
by our forefathers by and through tha
constitution, Instead of a plutocracy as
now exists.
There is not a government on the faca
of the earth—excepting, possibly, Rus-
sia—that is worse governed than the
United States; and yet no nation, lika
ours, has tho semblance of being gov-
erned "by the people.” If the dear,
good people will now, in this year, lay
nsido their party prejudices and vote
awhile for their own intereals, and all
stand together as one man at the polls,
the difficulty can and will be soon set-
tled. Yours for reform,
CHARLES IIOWELLL.
Our correspondent is all right on tho
main idea- the necessity for united ac-
tion. He makes one mistake though—
that of expecting too much.
There are at least ten million voters
In the United States who do not even
know what the "Initiative,” the "refer-
endum” and the "imperative'' mean as
those terms are used in our politics.
Where they are understood there aro
wide differences of opinion concerning
their merits.—National Bimetallist.
Trado (('■porta.
Trade reports from the commercial
j centers always have prosperity just “a
coming," but halting on the way be-
| cause of the silver spectre ahead. When
the country was thrown into a panic
in order to force the repeal of tho Sher-
man law, wo were to have prosperity
at once, after it was repealed. It didn't
come.
Before the elections of last year w«
were most positively assured that the
business stagnation was owing to the
“craze for free silver,” and that the
triumph of “sound money” at the polls
would bring a flood tide of prosperity.
“Sound money" won. but the prosperity
failed to materialize.
We have been plunged $162,000,000
more deeply into debt, and still pros-
perity is away off in the dim distance.
But it is always in sight, and it is only
necessary to give Wall street the legis-
lation it demands, to bring it to every
poor man’s door.
Destroy $500,000,000 of our currency
and add $500,000,000 to our interest-
bearing debt, and wc will be happy —
according to the Wall street idea.
I.light h Ilrfaking.
A few mouths ago Juilge Milbi, iqc*
ond vice-president of the union, made a
silver speech in western New York, and
upon his return, said: “The ignorance
of the people upon the question of bi-
metallism is astonishing. The farmers
of western New York, as elsewhere, are
losing their farms but don't understand
why.” That seed was sown in fruitful
soil. To-day we are receiving more
calls for literature from western New
York than any part of this meat nation,
.
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Hudson, C. C. & Stafford, R. E. Oklahoma Champion. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1896, newspaper, March 13, 1896; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc941285/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.