Democratic Leader (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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DprnorrAtir I pa/jpy ADDH s.s O i >0 vI.
L*emocrdtic Leader homer s. cum ml-.
HtRIM mill mi. I 'M). I'iiIiKxIipi s
Ap. llcation made r«r entrance n-
necond-clasi matter In the powtoffie"
at Tahlequah, Oklahoma
At the Jefferson Drv Pan~ut:'
Given by the Woman's Dem>
ocratic Committee of All -
x'heney County, at Pittsburg
April i i, 1321.
'o b 'lo-A'ii the term:-- of the
i armistice, .t w&a the American
I pi e'icfcnt v ho diets ted (hd sr
I he r c,i of Woe Irow Wilson \ s
j rnijehcier than the sword 01
Pr'issH.
Subscription Kuli
Ivr Year
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I'HO.M
FORKWOKI)
Till' editors llefei.f nr. i; I' ll:ir«ly.
for w*v 'i'al )'Mr'K ii r'siiictit of Table
<|uah, and heretofore iiitor of th<
Tahlequah Arrow ami • In r.i■■■
Count) Democrat. whom ohm <>t you
may peraonnally know unit J. II. Ukk
la nit , for several yeHrs rilitor of pa-
per* at Klrouil .Okeene ,-iml llristo*
Ahout sixteen months liav elapH. u
aince the senior member retired from
the journalistic field with no thought
of re-entering the buslne--. hut time
' hjiNK's condition-" ami w in founn
i.ik this publication Tahlequah ami
dedicating It a Chc.'oKee er>unt>
democracy have no npoi >i . to offei ;
It 1 .simply preempting an ahuiulon
ed field . The late republican land
slide is no cuu«e for discouragemen'
to democrats.
"The teeter-board of life goes up '
the teetef-board of life goes down",
and each landslide In former year-
has been followed at the ensuing ele
tion by .i reverse of political fniuin*
Home muy lie mirprlxed at t!• i ven
ture at a time when the opposite Party
has full sway. I>ut we take no credit
ifor so long. Cherokee i ti demo-
eratin county, hill ilk. many ethel
democratic counties in tin -tale and
nation wenL down in temporary defeat
at the late national election, hut i
sure to return to normal. A nard
whipping always has the effect ol
cementing voters of a defeated demo-
cracy alio spurring them on to gfea'-
er effort . nil the future holds no
doubt for the democracy of Ibis coun-
ty or stute.
We will devote our lies! endeavor
to the development and improvement
of Tahlequah and Oheroke. county.
Wonderful opportunities and unsur-
passed Possibilities await the ill -
covery and development of the min-
eral deposits of the hills and moun-
tains of Cherokee county and with
tlio greater Interest devoted te tie
I a rniing of the fertile valleys oi ihe
county this Industry is hound to step
out to I he front.
Tahlequah, with Its Iii■ • ■ cilery,
excellent water, fine schools, where
a coleglate education inav lie obtain-
ed at home, and uitiliy other niKuiit i
ges makes if an ideal i in in which to
live. We arc here to wop. (or tbo
betterment and greater steps for-
ward and improvement of Tahlequah
and Cherokee eou.it).
Den
td Te
i>f the
(Former ( h tirman of
■rati - Rational Cbmm'tt •
purty t hairman of the Dent
^iat onal Convention of 1 Oil*.
When the great founder
Democratic party drafted the
Declaration oi' Indeperden •••.
here was released, upon this
johlinent, forces which ul.i-j
mately made America fi\.e
When, at the close o' ihe greit
war, VV oodrow Wils.m, co-oir r-
iting with the representatives of
he dominant gov ?rnrnent of the
vorld, formulated the covenant 1
>f the League of Nations, there |
put in motion forces des-
iring the terms of tht- arm-
■ iti one sertence he pro-
, :>ied not only .he be ter spirit
fir ' hut ♦'he purposes
tnat lay in the heir.s jf ail true
' nen and women. Pe spoke of
f" -vou in aI1 solemnity, the peoples who had just come
American p-jwer, pres'ige, out from under the yo'ce of arbi-
-' " (I statesmanship have > "ary government and who were
ce to face with their initial test,
^ying, "We must hold the light
-neady until they ii'd them-
el-'es. .Much an I lovt the Dem-
ocratic party; much as I indulge
he hope that we c:>n make it an
increasingly useful .ervant of
that
horn
never, in the entire history of
>ur country, reached the heights
ihi:' t?n" did under !he leader-
shin of Woodrow Wilson. Amer-
ie i had it in her power, not only
> the moral leader of the
woi" I. but Ihe material leader of
which oin,'ht to ha' • been 'eeV
ing every port in the wor d,
unable to establish adeq'iat
trade channels or find a settle
i.asis for development. Interna
tional exchange is dislocated t
an extent hitherto unknown. In
ternational relations have bee'
thrown into chaos. All the pro
cesses of national life have beer
impaired and there has not beer
t(i|.>.'< ! a gradual accumulation
cf domestic problems which hav(
not been adjusted and whicJ
cannot be satisfactorily ileal'
elationship to th(
i , ij , .. . "J '* 'j ' UI civaiiL oi with Until our iciaiiuiisin^ iu nn
j.i. T . 1:1 hl0"ed >n the progress and justice, I would be rest of the world has been de
i l I!' 1 .u Ur hearts v/illintf that it remain forever terniined. The humiliation:
. " ys,f"r v"en. we realize from pov. er if some j through which our country if
^ ^lve!1 our -u'lJinff spirit could put it into passing are .spreading distress ii
« ' cl-.i>n peo- he heir s and minds of Republi- a land of plenty, and the loweret
he i-arth up I rom the val- n leaders to pick up the fallen j tone of national morale, arid tht
on ni ti?'T r>lanes "I liberty and hold it so pmpairment of our prestige havt
' r th'i •' T Wa8 ^pe I ^ a" 8trickfe" Pepples of I had their resultant effects in ev-
grea adventure. Tm - earth could see it and rejoice, j ery quarter. The leaders of th*
ioy. ing that America is herself Republican party are n0i vil>rant
ain. I hat our country was with hope and the> have n > spir-
he nrst to withdraw fr->m the it of jubilation. The average Re
st t taiwss l : ^ sssaursa? ss
ii hut S«-Z Ihat'S " ",htriHa- ti" '""Tse™"' b« ar
,re e.„„of 'b« .pplSrdtl, ' 7 "!* T™""' '«*S
)roiect which has for its purpose and conditions of people haC -niv evii in its trafn It „ cloud of a great wn.ng. Mean-
h" etablishment O' rerm-r -■ beer dr'\vn «n ' in .u!V It was in- while, we. of the Democratic par-
« r to any man ® i S j f "c,ch Jf o'S I « "T hi2h
n II. sti [jporl. Mo di „„i.:.-n«ral r,raenition of th. 1 S. W 2% , ar a„,l' J' ^
i such a plan t i formulate pc>si!;ilities of at. '-rf-tfom with the wretched *.id distressed i a
terms, to mve It tn ti-.. «n,M ol sentimpnt Tt ,• . u u .. _ uisiressetl t.i
er« put i:i motion forces de - very air was surcharged with
infc 1 ultimately to «et the whole large ^nd generous emotions. I
vorl'l tree was the supreme moment of our
Ai^n talk of "failur-" and history. The time had come to I
ake
.vhich we have ■' rir been
>rivileg^-d to foh ;—it i;- for us
lot 'he hour of rerreat but of re
iedication.
Let us pledge ourselres ane .
o equality of opportunity, the
inity of niir . mntry al ove the
interests of grot:;, or classes and
the maintenar. • uf the high fcor
or of Amern t in our dealings
wilh other tial'on.- ' strive
to make out party the legitimate
■tnd proper liulitical home of the
irogressive lioughr of the coun-
,r\ and the \itei ami effective iri-
rtrument through which the
freat liberal forct s shall speak.
Thus shall * ! ti !l our destiny,
advancing the ct tisi >t our great
listoric party whore glorious and
in broken lineage, frsaa .i«(T«irson
o Wilson, demorstra' ; its ca-
jacity for useful service and its
power to respond to the highest
ideais of gove. "^ent ar,;i liberty.
Gradually th- hp ional admin-
titration is < t *in.r nearer the
de.-i of the lea;; of nations,
'.gainst which .tliev fought so
iard during 'he iate presidential
jlection. We 1;v • accepted a
jlace for a repr -ntative on the
■Hied councils and may look at
ao distant date for Our signing
ip on the league < nations after
it has been rename.!.
its terms, to give it to the world,
3 a triumph for the ages; and
o secure the adherence of the
orty nations that r:\-ently gath-
ered about the peace table at
jeneva, marks the fartherest ad-
vance of statesmanship in the
listory of the human race. An
ichievement of this character is
, ni.
oi sentiment. It was a common
• ij ing that we were no longer
i.' publicans or Democrats—that
■ --ere only Americans. This
psychology had been carefully in-
'uk 'ed and had been amazingly
■ffective during tfie hazardou
i d through which the coun-
try was passing. The general
,. .. , , *_ —| ^nniiliCJiiiiiiiiiiiit]|iiiHitiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiuii:iHCiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiii"iQ miiitiBli:)..; .:
t the world we, ourselves, would ' I
.i!!;;:iumiDr(i
iave to pass through a period of 1
" 1 " y-""!'" i .... Having, me general -oweu ourselves to be ter
peyond the re ich of critics for i; 'ub did not either know or into the belief that the
is in accord with the Divine pur-
pose itself. "Failure" is a term
properly applicable to those who,
at the most critical moment of
the world's history, used their
power and the weapons forged by
sedition and discontent to thwart
>r delay the realization of the
world's hope.
No matter what else may he
said of the campaign of 1920,
his always must be said—the
Democratic party did not dip the
• n. r the dangers that lurked be-
iincl he shifting authority.
Immediately following the
■ 1 '> of the Republican House
and Senate in 1918, the evils
which might readily have been
i ore- en, developed with as-
tounding celerity and became
in tre virulent and menacing with
each advancing hour. The slum-
berin# opposition to Mr. Wilson,
' hich had burned like an inward
consuming fire in the breasts ot
sorrow and atonement. Any pol-
:cy of selnshness has punishment
ot its own. Neither men nor na-
. ions can escape their destiny.
at n we permuted fear to creep
i a to our councils; when we ai-
.owe.i ourselves to be terrorized
into the belief that the policy .
viiich was embraced gladly by I
other nations was dangerous to 11
us, we lost not only world lead- J
ership and an opportunity for s
service ot a character hitherto |
unparelleled, but we stood self- j I
joniessed as a nation so torn by |
disension, so be-deviled by poll- 1
-ics, so debased by unworthy ra-, fj
ciai animosities tnat we were in- I
apaoie of tne high things of s
•vti'tn the founders of the repub- i
ic aemanu. There is in this trag- 1
iraav inn not tup tre """« me in me ureases oi
dag It fought the fight, it kept I ^e llepublican leaders, burst' cdy tne pathos not o"f a lostcauTe" I
■ he faith, arid, in the lij^it o; ' " 'mmediately after that dis-! >ut of a lost opporturiitv ' =
*" ' • "• - ■ ••• ...iron.election. < I .. lu,ul-v-
events, i.aces the future with un-
diminished courage, proud of it*
achievements, confident of the cou'^ invent was omitted in the
vi'iai.i t ol history, and sei ene i., a^cn;pt to weaken the irdluenci
th.' knowledge ti tat it will he of Prudent Wilson at home and
asketl again to take management :i,'rc)acl. Every element of our
of the great affairs of our coun- P°Pulation which was supposed
I oday, though crowned with ^ave some grievance was ap-
1 power, the Republican party has Pealt-'d to by propaganda of the
If there is anything in the
Grocery Line I
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you desire to have
Call 86
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ROGERS GROCERY j
| We deliver to any part cf the city |
with tiiose few words our craft in neither program nor sertlcd pol- i:10.st 80r^id character. Rac:
nfjoiit, the hold it is fnir in presume. '(,.v• f ht1 secretary of s,ate, in 1,n'1T1-osities, old vvorld hatreds
baiiiisied i y o r ouuitiibie iiure m deaiu;g with .Mexico and China' >'<l anbient quarrels were delib-
cver present sorrows to iiotd i,cm discussing the cable lines at revived, and large ele-
stindy t„ thn i<nd thin we m y pro XaP' considering the Russian "Hljfc-'' —
neriy ,ipr>roclaie ihe joy. Hint may situation, and the Colombian
Jlti'l their way in ihe tluek. ! treuly, and in presenting Amer-
genuity could suggest"or^UeVvv . ,,^nwhi'e' '"ternational com-, g d
as omittpri in tv., liter cnt.amr'Se^mfewTd I your Patr°nage will be appreciated j
ineir challenge to the statecraft I 1
'' l"c' world. Tlireatening dis- I
turoances go on unabated. Ev- | \\T Pk Dnrm"- I
ery enemy of society, of peace or g W . U. KvJvjilKS
oi civilization, took quick ad- g
vantage of tne fatal period of hes- I
HmwiiiiJ
ltrnp 111 >iml see us when ronven-
lont nnil if yon hnvi* fiiimeiliiiiK tlinl
will Interest Ihe puliiie brln t II along
lou will be wcicomt'.
The Editors.
II seems there are miiinljc-ls of
t'ongregg who remember the i<sult of
mnkliiB a tariff bill twelve years ni;.i
when Imih linn . wi iconnl.v r. -
publican, accompanied by a republi-
can administration. A trust dictated
iiirlff was p ti acted and short Ij the
g'liiiiiiiiONiiraiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiMHinmiiiii
meuts of our population were
l ' ii^'ht to think in terms of coun-
o " "iher than America.
nan contentions relative to Mes- u, ! ht' liimPaign against Mr.
opatamia, speaks in language ''son that was carried on be-1 ^
and proclaims the policies of his |« "" "«: with the Republican sue- i
Democratic predecessor. It was lx,s,s was not only the I
said that all Ilia Wilson policies rnosl ignoble in the history of I
would be repudiated and that Amer,C£in politics, but it had a ^
there would be established a sep- grating etfe.-t upon Arin i - -'
arate peace with Germany as "lin S01,darity with incalcuable
:'.oon as a Republican Congress | "onsciiuence8 of evil.
could pass the law and a Repub- The world was in ruins, indus- P
lican president could sign it. This 1' •1 ven in our country, had been
vvas convenient propaganda for j severe strain, and the Dro- ^
the purposes of a campaign; but " s-s«« rehabilitation should have i
i«'«fi« bow the joke and ut it,t foi-! "^ou.rsc' «s inconsistent j ^"f'e lorward immediately upon I
1owTiB cleellon the JuWlcan tTmnt^T'n" nT' T ,h" «' >nistlcc. I
jnrlty Was swept away ami s, ,T^ith mil ' iuf"' " h"ndred thousand soi- 1
called safe republican s, ,u- ,i 'd'ologetic gestures in "'et-s were dead in France. Ten ii
from the control „r that party Capl- h advanc- ""["V" cor')se8 lay upon the bat- 1
lul Is Interested in seiling urnm- , h , "rmshes new proof of weheids of Europe. The smoke I
- can o„b J"V Sii Msition 688 Democratic ^ascended from the mm£tS I
other ifoodi in exchange und in the in ,,llr dealinirs with ti t ur "" ^ ^ e<1 . b,lllon dollars
importation of these goods the tarlfl lluZ "n i '7
l in lt« W!iv. Now the tmiibb. „I r. e understood what
making a workable tariff is begin- I.'Vrn ' ti '? Iea(ic,1.!, art' 'oftth to i — mi nations were in-
ning for Congress and there is Hi,,- !..fth lu 'f nat,lon cannot sell VUUod all should have set to
jy to be trouble before t ^ 1", 21 ^ toreiXn ^restore the broken gtruc-
in making a tariff beueUeial to form I""!? ^ n, That our
ot tariff beneficiaries, ,, f I ff' y dlfferen! . u«-'ing tne strongest and
aspect# ol the game thing; that re^ourcexui; the rlcnest an.i
— — oreign business begems domestic mjureu, snould have tiiAi ii
\fier ii,, i enterprise and that America t,;t',ea<1 m this Work seems utti
ri " L'fcular and a peemi cannot prosper without , -tuilv gfeu-evidpni n„ i
^sion Ihe Htate legislature has p„ss- markets for wheat, cotton cop- w realize thafjtnl fhn
•d appropriations (or the v.irios de per and manufactured is «'«* rad i adrrnntre' 6 hir 1
part munis for this arid next year, and 1 he enactment of the Child [ a. <*•'<• and tnat t/i • intim-
i. r. Ill,done, and the work „f ,h" Ku"ed^the^U I e ^ cr WUtU? ^ -Zi- \
ftWAt; as
sake Of economy they made the ex- the creatldlr'i^'Hhf" b'biifit-H'lV a.i-JiiLiajit
iininiiiiiiiiitniiiiiiuiiiniHiiiiiiiiioiiiiiHHuioiHimimm;iinejnn:, iii'ic:..niinn.iijitniiiiinlciiiinuiiinEi
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
"""ou uouais
ouh ot property, representing
the wealtn ol centuries of ton
and saving. All nations were iri-
the first appropriation pawed at that an ecoiiomic tnVn.li. ^ , l ■' vl
r'r -«"a-• 2sst -
>■ «M« « U w u « 8,1,1- publics ,ul, whlchwibW
us to withstand successfully, thu, could oe ho jh-a'ce ex,
enormous llnancial at ruin «r neace ei.,..
pay. Bxcect at langston and Still
■watnr no additional improvements
will bo made and school uud other
departments will have to akjmp to
avoid iloflcits.
$510.00 f. 0. b. Detroit
We represent the most thorough and up-to-date motor car fartpry in the
world, turning out the be,t all-round car on the market today--the rrdst adapt-
able to every need of every class of people.
The f ord Se/vicp organization, of which we are a bramh, is t|,e >
extensive as well as the most intensive organization of its kind in existlne., Cfn-
. Mating-.of over 18,000 Service Stations in the United Stales. It is our duty to
uphold the Kigfc ideals of the Ford organization in this territory, to dJiver cars
« live quick and thorough repair service and
treatment to all customers.
Upper Silesia is a bone of con
tention between Poland jtud Get-
many with France behind I'c^ay
and Englantl threatening to bsc
Germany.
enormous linancial strain of thu
great war.
•It ttos thfe statesmanship of
n ood row Wilson liiut drove a
wedg* betweentheVrmlM of the
Central Powers. It was Ameri-
caiicuiitiatjve that secured uni-
.tynC coTnma>^lf of the. Allied
•arnjres ana Broke up fhe'U-boa,
warfare. When the time came
peace cqmrhcriTo all ij,
lit) laScHiu' ptr sp' t
Glared b.i . flfthe jin,'
lav
i>rl(t,
uuie
. - d cftii,
straight ueiore t,s ()llr (|p
tmy. foi .ewfte.s. iffed'hianiu^
V a- and glot'ioUjt fo I'^ae
redeem, iiei;. am. ,uccar.
h hen Mr. v.'ilson app^nVed be
Jit w.itfrv-.s i on Nov. 1
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