The Oklahoma Representative. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma Representative
Money, Land and Transportation
i for Americans Not Europe; No Moke International Conference Buncomb Go^s with R\;al Patriots.
VOLUME 3. NO. '>0
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, Ol TOllEIl 2*-\ ISiNi
WHOLE Is UMli'EH I o
RENFRO'S
, the l
i>f life, and alto-
!S THE PLACE
FOR-
DRU<«S.
PERFUME*.
PEX(IL*i,
l'OWDEIl*,
PE\*,
OILK,
•V IBMI8H,
PAPER,
We Carry Every Brand of Cigars and Ice Water, too.
COME an1) SEE ME
c. R. RENFR0. The Druggist. Guthrie, Okla.
A FRAUD.
tireer's Sam's American School Rid-
dled and Rousted.
The Stati' Capital has sent forth a
work that contains more false state-
ments and gross misrepresentation
than all the vast pile of political rot
called campaign literature sent out by
Boodler Hanna that I have seen this
yean To illustrate, Mr. Greer <|uotes
a portion of Buchanan's message foi-
ls^ to prove that when ever the re-
publicans were not running this coun-
try with high protection that low pri-
ces and distress prevailed. Had Mr.
tireer quoted more <>f said message lie
would have shown that Buchanan de-
clared that the condition—and it was
local—that he complained of was
caused—as now—by the financial sys-
tem. and not the tariff. The revenue
increased every year under the Walk-
er tariff: therefore, can not be blamed
on that score. Mr. Greer asks was it
silver at *1.35 then, or silver at 7:1 now;
i repeat the same question anil
the price
PEOPLES FREE SILVER TICKET.
Sketches of the Candidates Who are
kunciing to Win.
This week the Representative
takes pleasure in giving to its readers
a sketch of each of the candidates on
the Peoples Free Silver ticket.
No stronger ticket was ever nomi-
nated in Logan ;ounty and it should
receive the hearty support of every
juote
in the fearful hard times
that tireer tells about in 1857 and dur-
ing Harrison's term and let the people
Device of People's Free Silver Ticket—
Id Voting Stamp to the Left.
voter who wishes to retain his home
judge winch they }<-i|Uo- ( and who believes in honesty and good
statistical abstract
ted #1.. •• 7-10 per bushel m 1 >■■ coin,
tiit 1-10 cotton lM.G-lO. In Is'.IO, page
:S10 same work for 1 v>-. wheat is given
at !?o.s:;,s-l() ism. s is:;.•.,-10, 1«
4-10 1B9H, corn same years .,0.1,-10. 40,
ii-10: 30.4-10: 3(1.5-10, cotton, page .140,
10.1-10 7-10, l-s 5-10, In
the opinion that ov.r p
rices of 1857 us here l" .
But \ will be told that print?
very much of
uple prefer the
priees of 1>*57 us here - iven
" * will be
were so lugll until protection brought
them down. Lets see; standard sheet-
ing was only «.7-s cents j yard even
way bach in 1S4S; standard drillings
(i.83-100 standard printing cloths (>4 iiv
04 in 1X40 was 4.35 per yard, but nails
was only per HI. wa\ back in -(.1,
while today Mr. Spencer, ol (.uthrie.
sells at - cents per lib. In I1-'": stand-
ard sheeting was (l.Ttii standard prints
(1.25: drillings 5.00. Thus 1 could show
tile falacy of the claimed that prices
are today harmoniously regulated, and
everything that the masses buy lias
fallen, equally with the fall of their
products. 4
Again Mr. (Jreer declares that
we exported more than we imported
from 1 *7(1 to ISO", that the balance of
trade was in our favor. es. but it
only proves that they claim that we as
a people prosper more when we export
more than we import, is false, tor we
greatly prospered during the very time
we we're importing more than we were
exporting. I rom 1X50 to ls.10 our
wealth more than doubled: prices were
good, as 1 have shown, and the people
prospered as a body and not as during
the time mentioned by Mr. In-eer.
when the few gained the greater por-
tion. The 1-7(1 to 1*03 period is the pe-
riod of strikes tramps, lock outs and
lower prices, us the record shows, lie
savs the balance of trade from Is,., to
18(W was *l.'.a3,01«.W- 30.0(H);000
more and that the interest and principal
paid on our debt. Suppose it was, not
onejdollar was applied to the above
purposes, and you know it. Every dol-
lar was and remained in the hands of
individuals, our public debt is not
paid by money derived from balances
of trade, but from government reve-
nues and you surely know that there is
not a shadow of proof or practice that
justifies s 11 e h misrepresentations.
Again: if protection is Intended to do
anything it is to prevent revenue by
preventing importation, and thus pre-
vent this income to the government out
of which the government debt is pant,
therefore a fruitful source of deficits.
The fact that importations mere
large in |the years mentioned proven
that tile people were prospering, or
they could not have purchased so large
an amount besides tiie vast home pro-
duet.
The reason the income of the gov-
Contimied to page 5.
stature
gether a person well calculated to ren-
der the best service as a lawmaker. He
is making an active campaign and 1V
win by a handsome majority.
Ur W. A. Tnrner
i'robably one of the most interest-
ing tig (ires in our local campaign is
I r. winfield Augustus Turner, who
was recently nominated by the Popu-
lists and endorsed by the demo rats to
run for their representative. He was
born at Ml. Hope, Orange -ounty.
New York, November, 4th, 1S47. He
is of English parentage, and while lie
was but a young lad his parents moved
to northern Wisconsin, and in 1st 1 to
Missouri, and in '05 to Kansas .vher-
the family purchased a ranch of over I
"duration by a two years
course in
the
arnp academy.
At the age ol' eighteen, Mr. Sulli-
van left Ohio for fhe West, and from
that time, until the time of his mar-
riage, he was on the frontier in the
government survey and 011 the cattle
ranges of Colorado, Indian territory
and Texas.
He was united in marriage July 11
1>77 to Emily J. Bridges, of Sumner
county, Kansas, where he located and
remained until the opening of Okla-
homa. He came with the rush, secur-
ing a claim 011 ltridge ("reek, Blsmark
township, Logan county, nine iniles
northwest of Mulhall, where he now
lives.
Mr. Sullvan began right in politics
1300acres from the railroad company. ! and reform by commencing in the
This was gotten on the percentage ! campaign of 1*7(1 lor Peter Cooper,
payment plan, and by bard work and and he has never deviated from green
careful management the family paid back princples from t hat time until
out and got their title. ithe present. He never has been an
Mr. Turner Sr. was an Episcopalian offlte seeker in any sense of the word
minister of considerable note, who | nor v. as l is name ever before a con-
vention as a candidate, until the leg-
islative convention of the 18th dis-
died at the age of "6 years, carrying I
with him the universal love of all who |
knew him. The mother died only ,
last fall at the ripe old age of ! 0 years. |
Dr. Turner studied medicine and
graduated from the Missouri Medical |
college. So thorough was he, he was j
permitted to practice 011 certificate
trict. He had persistently refused to
be a candidate, standing out against
the urgent solicitations of his friends.
He was nominated without a dis
senting voice in his own township
primary and tiie hearty vote of the
before receiving his diploma. In his 1 convention in which nine other good
The original of the following ietts r v '
(luthrie and Mr. Flynn charge - '.n addrev
one stole it from his room at the Royal II 1
is necessary. The little banker ioVbyes*.
Populist headquarters at
a' Waukomis, that some
e] No further evidence
advised by a near friend:
government.
The Silver Platform.
The Free Silver ticket stands for
the free coinage of silver and free
home6 to the homesteader.
A chance for tne farmer to KEEP
his home.
A low rate for legal interest and a
strong usury law.
Lower official salaries proportionate
to the fall in prices of labor and pro
duct*.
Pay for witnesses summoned before
the courts without necessity of their
swearing to a pauper condition.
No more vote buying under penalty
of the penitentiary.
Lower taxes and strong law for tax
limit.
The abolition of star chamber ses-
sions in the board of county commis-
sioner*; the letting of county contracts
to the lowest responsible bidder for
terms designated by law and not to
please political whims of commis-
sioners; a strict accounting by the
county board of commissioners for all
moneys received and expended.
Honesty in county oftices.
John U UtiBols
At this writing, not sufficient data
is in the Leader's possession as to the
early history of the People's Free Sil-
ver candidate for council in the Ninth
district to warrant entering into his
early life, nor is this necessary, for
Judge De Bois, as he is known, has
been one of the most conspicuous men
connected with the history of Oklaho-
ma to date, lie is a mau of large prop-
erty interests in this city and else-
where and few, if any of our citizens
contribute of taxes more to the tax
treasury than does this candidate.
As a legislator, Judge De Bois is no
novice, since he has already served sev-
eral terms in Arkansas with a most ex-
cellent record. He is a man of unre-
proachable habits, whose mind is al-
ways clear, and one whose personal in-
terests correspond exactly with the
genera! public necessity for lower
taxes and more economical and better
government. Judge De Bois is dis-
tinctly a representative man, large of
Major Mc Klnley's Help Sought.
Oklahoma City, Okla., June 23, 1896.
Hon. D. T. Flynn:
Dear Dennis: Of course, with the changes likely to
come between now and election day, there is no foreseeing
where we may be at by that time. I'ut the present pros-
pects are that, owing to the financial plank in the national
platform, you are likely to
For Fall and Winter StocK of
Boots and Shoes
Is Now Arr uincf !
We carry the largest stock in the territory from which you
can fit out your whole family, as we carry the coarsest as well as
the finest Boots and Shoes made by the best manufacturers of the
country.
We warrant every pair to give you entire satisfaction. Try us
118 West Oklahoma.
Eisenschrrski & Weckel.
cratie ticket. He cast his fir6t vote CALLAHAN GAINING TWO TO ONE.
for Cleveland in 1884, and hasa'wayB
advocated the free coinage of silver The Litt,c Denny No, Wan(et|
and tariff reform. He is an ardent
believer in the income tax. because it
tendB to equalize the burdens of taxa
tion, and in this campaign advocates
from the stump the demands of the
platform for lower taxes and better
government. No candidate is doing
more for the success of the silver
ticket than Mr. Hornor and his ma
jority will scale well up toward the
top.
A mile L. Vlnceut.
This is the only lady on any cf the
tickets in Logan county. Mrs. Vin-
cent is a woman of very wide exper-
ience for one of ^er age. having been
closely identified with clerical work
most of the time since a girl of 12, and j |j()11 I; ); Forrest, of El Keno will
U ijc
Meetings—Big Results in
Washita.
Spin ial to the Representative.
Ci.orn Chief, O. T. Oct. 30— Callahan
meetings in th> county are the big-
gest, and strongest ever gathered in
the county. The tide is turned tow-
ard the Free Silver candidate, and no
power on earth can prevent his sweep-
ing this county. Washita will give
Callahan two to one. Flynn ranks are
breaking one by < ne and every daj
adds strength to our cause. The great
i am' (Flynn) mist is disappearing like
Washita doesn't
his narrow gold
■> "mixed" school
"'Ireatis penny"
chase. Of course
probably there 16 no woman in Okla-
homa who has done more for the ad-
vancement of political reform, or who
has been in closer touch with the ele-
ments which now compose the Peoples
Free Silver party. The only argument
"which anyone attempts against her a6
a candidate is the simple fact that she
is a woman, but this becomes the
weakest of all reasons after a thought
is given to her superior qualifications
and large experience in business life.
The'election of Mrs. Vincent to the
oflice of county clerk is already a fore-
, fog before the
j want Flynn with
I standard views, his
i proclivities and his
song.
Hon. R. li. Forrest,
speak here tomorrow. An invitation
has been standing—un-accepted for
any Flynn 'nan to meet him in joint
debate.
WOODWARD COUNTY.
<' AI. I. A11A N VUKS T1IK < KOWI> ItY HTliltM
— a (jhkat TtJJiN OUT I OK I IlK
silver champion*
Special to the Representative.
Woodward. O. T. Oct, 21—Hon. V.
Callahan lias been speaking to large
crowds* in this county—and iiis speech
hen* was the s< :r.dest, safest doctrine
expounded here in many a day. His
~W understand that the platform suits many ol us, but
jg this docs not change the fa, t thai there is a very strongsch-
tintent against it in Oklahoma.
% This leaves you to make your yaec principally Upon the
1$ free home plank. ■ ■■ it will ■ «
i easy this time. And when y<
the national plat fori::, they w:tl at cr.cc eat! attention to the
almost innumerable things ikat ha. c cen put into national
ardeil.
omc way of calling
platforms before and then
It just strikes the that if you ■■
Major Me Kinicy's attcntier. to tin
give the matter
single sentence tit wa_ ( 1 apprt .oj this
would enable you to go bet on the pit pic i
that the bill would be signed.
A very little thing like this
Tel
situation that he might
arc nicut it n m ins letter of acceptance, A
declararation
<ith assurance
-lit save your scalp, pcr-
haps you think you are in no danger: and probably you are
not. Yet it is powerful herd to sir. just now; for you
know you arc placed at a disadvantage both by the gold
provision and the addition of Greer county.
Yours Tn
II. II. HOWARD.
CALLAHAN IN WOODS.
gone conclusion, and with her in that i crowd at this place was the biggest po-
office the county will be assured of iitical gather.rg ever heid Iicm- and
i a i the most enthusiastic. He duln t lose
absolutely correct records, and her ■ # V(>t). he tpMt mBliy.
ollice will, at all times, ma.Qtain an j suit r Woodward for ( uiiahan t>y n rip
air of respectability so much desired i roaring nu.y r \y.
by all good citizens.
II. McCounehvy
is the candidate for register of deeds
on the Free Silver ticket. He was
born in Fulton county, Indiana. Jan-
uary 25. IMS, and was raised on a! Ai va, Oct. 21-The Free Silver, Free
farm. He was educated at the [ Home Callahan bM jait been her*, if.
schools of Logansport and other I ter speaking to large and enthusiasts
. , i , ,.,.,.,,1 audiences at Cleo, Augusta, Alavuretta
schools of the state and studied med.- | ^ 1)riflu.„()(| nOI!. callahan is a good
cine at Logansport and graduated at ] st,roilp talker and he took the wii.il out
of little Dennis sails—leaving his po-
litical boat bottom side up. and his
,akgk crowds am
FROM TUB FLY N N S
j. , -.ti to the Uenresei tative.
Alva, Oct. vil—The Fri
any rnNVKRTM
s 4,l am"
A close examination of Mi... .. :•! - < tier of acceptance dis-
closes no indication that he ..r, v.' < ■ .: :: ;• ace as Oklahoma, but
hedoea argue at great lengtl n support f Mr. flynn a irold stan-
dard platform. For free hon.'
c; « i.' • :..-ave homes he is silent.
distinctly i men were candidates. Mr. Sullivan
i* making a vigorous campaign—not
alone for himself but for all candi-
dates on the Free Silver ticket.
ilnnn-c I. MrDanlel.
The candidate of the People's Free
profession he has been a
successful man. In politics he hav
not been known as sn office seekir
and was nominated without hip seek-
highlit is making a very heated ca" -
paign for his competitor. , g<;rer party for sheriff of Logan
On the platform Dr. Turner has fe •
county is one of the best known men
pnnnis n< a dehator as his numerou. , ,
equal a. , , in Oklahoma. He has been here from
victories n Kansas and oklahoma
In'92 he came to Okla- the open.n ,- and served honorably in
the fcecond legislature. A sketch of
John Deere Implements,
Stiidebaker and Moline Wagons,
McCormick Mowers.
Buy a John Deere "Kid" Riding Flow, over ninety in use in
Logan county among the best farmers.
■ Get Our Prices Before Ton Boy!
See Our Line of Studebaher Buggies and Spring Wagons.
Largest Stock of Implements and Vehicles in Oklahoma.
• FILTISCH IMPLEMENT CO.,
Cor. Division and Okla Ave, J. S. Lyon, Manager.
bear record.
homa for his health and was so pleae- I
ed with the country that he bought.,
deciding to make his tuture home in ,
Logan county. As a citizen he is one !
of the best liked men in his neighbor-
hood and his keen sense of honor, and
hie early life has already appeared in
these co nmnt. and it is only necessary
to be said for Jim.' as he is known,
that he is leaving no stone unturned
to nc* oniy win for himself, but for
, the entire t.cket. It has been argued
observing disposition in noting pub- ^ candidate McDaniel that he
is not a married man, but instead of
* ha: working to his disadvantage, the
adies wnerever be goes are vie-
||c needs, has made him a conspicuous
character in Logan county. In this
campaign few are doing as much, an ! j u
none more than this candidate, an.l • ^ other in their effort to
while he has the most difficult d.stnr ^ .be ter nutnber q( thelr m(U
in the territory, it now looks proba- j ^ ^ ^ Tote fm him He ,B B Mgh.
hie that he will overcome the great ? boDcrl t e and ,, In.kin? a
majority and be a member o . lfc 11 A | vjg0r0US campaign and will win by a
lower house. handsome majority.
W. L. 8olllv D £ (), Hornor.
In choosing a candidate for the legis- ^ ver candidate for county at-
lature from the Eighteenth district the forney was born on a farm near Par-
Silverites have taken an active agr.cu. rfersbnrg We t Virginia, on August
turalist and one whose whole life nas 2^3 ge removed to Cherokee
been so closely identified with the county, Kan., in 1807 and resided there
monetary reforms demanded in th.% until ne removed to Oklahoma in the
campaign that he will doubtless ma^e tumscer of U Mr. Hornor received
one of the best members n tje nest ^ common school and collegiate educa*
house. tiot he read *w in his father's office
The subject of this aketcb, \\\ Ti. aaj War admitted to the bar in 1&85,
Sullivan, was born in Meigs count v. which time he has been in the
Ohio, Oct, 16th 1 Hoi. Mr. Sullivan act're practice of his profession. His
was educated in the common «chools father na* always been a Republican
ot his native count?*completing 1: b-t Le Las always voted the Demc-
the Philadelphia University of Medi-
cine and Surgery in 1608. He has
practised medicine ever since, in the
state of Illinois, in Watsika, Iroquois
county, from whence he moved to
Kansas in I860 and thence to Okla
horaa at the tirst opening of the terri-
tory and located at Mulhall and en-
gaged in the drug business and the
practice of medicine, which business
he is now engageu in. As a candidate
he is ono of thoee active, cordial men,
who is putting up an intensely strong
fight for the register s office. In so
doing he is covering - the whole county ,
hance for votes in this section thin-
ner than hot water soup. Mr. C alla-
han didn't talk against time blowing
up a boomlet of self laudation as the
little Denny—does, but the earnest-
ness and K.ncerity and reason that
characterizes his manner of present-
ing a matter impresses his hearers
with his truthfulness. His crowd here
was large and enthusiastic and many
a republican who had beeu
shouting for the little god frankly ad-
mitted tnat they saw thinga .i< differ-
ent light. Flynn s self glorification in
the free homes legislation can't stand
under close inspection.
Hon. Hugh S. Quinn, a Jeffersonian
man has ac-
and daily adding to hia large circle of | *n<l£nee callahan, lnaking
friends. The Democratic party con-
tributed Dr. McConnehey to the Free
Silver ticket and have every reason to
feel proud of their nominee.
U (1. Woodworth.
This candidate was born in 1848 in
Wayne county, N. Y.. This was about
the time of the discovery of gold in
California and Australia. His impres-
sions as a farmer's boy were colored by
the influence of bimetallism on a farm-
ing community. ThiB led him to be-
lieve that farming was a remunerative
f peeelies at all points touched,
votes have been gained in this
for the free silver ,-andidate.
Many
•ounty
Dennis Flynn persists in the state-
ment that tlio siiver question is not an
issue in Oklahoma politics, for the rea-
son that oar delegate has no vote.
Strange, isn't it? Does not Dennis
claim that he passed the free home
bill through congress, even though he
had no vote? Come, Dennis, be con-
sistent If your influence was great
enough to se.-ure a donation to the peo-
ple of $'30.04)0,000 would it not be prop-
er to infer that yon would have Home
little influence in shaping financial leg-
respectable and respected calling. And i isiation? The people" of the territory
he still believeB that with a fair field | i.re not fools, and your dodging the
and no favors the American farmer j
will hold his own with any one on to congress a new man. Dennis, and
earth. j one who is not only right on the free
The family removed to Virginia in j home question, but who is also in line
1852 in search of a more salubrious eli- \vjth Hryan for free tilver.—Review,
Continued on fifth Page. Alva.
Our New Winter Stock!
/^1 x V* f - in Suits and Overcoats for Men
vyi V^lOirjiny and Hoys is the most complete
stock ever shown here. All bright and new and all will be
sold at prices lower than any one else dare to make you.
COME IN AND SEE OUR STOCK.
And see h'^w much cheaper prices are, quality considered
than any other house in Guthrie.
LEVY'S BEEHIVE.
Oklahoma Auenue and First St.
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