Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15
BEAUMONT FOR CONGRESS
The Labor Representative May Be Elected
in Oklahoma
The shoemaker Orator. In Politics
In the New Tcrritory-Weii-
known in This City.

Among the hustling, wideawake business
men OF the territory Of Oklahoma no man
holds a higher place in the estimation of
the people than does Mr.. G. d. Bingham Of
oklahoma City. At Wizards last even
ings Mr.. Bingham talked interestingly of
his country, and his remarks anent the
political situation there were of especial
interest to the little group of department
clerks and politicians With which he was
surrounded. OKLAHOMA" said he. like
others of the far western states and terri
tories. is largely made up Of very progress
sive people. and they do not take kindly
to the sort Of politics which has for its
center the great manufacturing districts of
the extreme east. Republicans in our
country are Of the sBlaine school Of pro-
tectionists. and thoroughly believe in pro-
tecting labor from competition with for
eigners on our own shores as we'll as from
the product Of their labor at home. But
they do no believe in protection run mad.
as has seemed to be the disposition In the
national republican party Of recent years.
The action Of Senator Jones of Nevada Is
being duplicated by, men Of more or less
Importance locally all over the territory,
and 1t will not be surprising to see rep
resentattve of the peoples party succeed
Delegate Flynn in the next Congress. Mr..
Flynn has been a hustler for his territory
since he came to Washington, and is well
liked at home among the rank and file Of
his party, but the populists have secured a
strong foothold all over the eouthwest, and
have placed in nomination for delegate In
Congress a man of national reputation es a
labor orator and greenback stump speaker,
and he will come very near reaching the
capital when the ballots are counted. HIS
name is Beaumont-Ralph Beaumont-and
he publishes populist paper called the
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma City. He Is
now on the stump, and the enthusiasm with
which he Is greeted over the territory In
dicates that he may be elected"
BeaumOnt's Work in Washington.
Mr.. Biz gham's reference to the candidacy
of Mr.. Ralph Beaumont for delegate in
Congress has a local interest for Washing
tonians. For many years the general as
sembly of ;he Knights of Labo. was repre-
scented in thi' city by legislative commit
tee, which kept an eye on the doings Of
Congress as affecting the interests Of labor
Mr.. Beaun ont was the chairman of that
committee. and had an office on Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest near the Capitol. He
Is shoemaker by trade, and left the bench
in Richardson's factory in Elmira a few
years age to make the race for Congress as
the Experimentation candidate in that dis
trict. He carried his own county, but was,
OF course. defeated In the district. Since
That time he has spent most of his time in
Washington when Congress was in session,
and about three years ago established here
paper called the National Citizens Al
lance. which was later M srged into the Ma
tional Waterman, now published in WASH
ington and Alexandria as the official organ
or the national committee Of the populist
party.
Beaumont is known favorably here and
elsewhere az 1.-THE shoemaker orator. and
has been before the public many times in
TINS city at industrial gatherings of all
KINDS. In letter to a personal friend in
Washington, received one day this week
Mr.. Beaumont has this to say Of the DO
litica1 outlook In Oklahoma: "There are but
two parties in tine fight here this fall--the
republicans and populists. The democrats
have done SO little, and done that so poorly,
during their efforts Of the last eighteen
months of the Cleveland adminis.ra lion
that the people in this country don't want
any more Of 1t in theirs. And we populists
believe the republicans are no better and
that they are controlled body and soul, by
the money power In Wall street / am
every day. and all the meetings
so far are SO filed with enthusiasm as to
greatly encourage me to believe that this
territory will next year be represented by
Ralph Beaumont. l am not disposed 10
abuse Mr.. Flynn he has done much for the
territory; but he is in the wrong party to
the sentiments Of the people in
Oklahoma on NATIONAL questions. Our peo-
pie are ior the free coinage Of silver gov
ownership Of railroads and tele-
graphs. q wiser system Of taxation than that
at present in operation. and generally for re-
form in the administration Of the affairs of
government And on these issues We are
asking for Judgment at the coming election.
And We expect TO wjn."