The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-10-28
THE ELOQUENT wEsT-slDsR
rREAcHEs TRUE DEMOCRACY
DWgLLS On TARIFF AND FREE HOMES
Terse. Cou,i ine,ag Appsa, 10 ia" Voters
OF oktshosas Ia Bshiif of Hon. Joe
wisby-Qacstion of Finance Apply
IIsudied-Somc FIynn Therri,s
Nrocked Ctlt Va the firrt
uound-A ,rpi 81 speeeh.

Despite tha inclemency Of the
weather p gooaiy uuiience greeted
Hon. Il. W. Patterson last night at the
acre aud for more than an honr
listcned with charmed delight to the
fervid clcquencc that fell from his
lips
After two or three numbers rem
dered by the Guthrie Military tand in
its most pleasing manner, Capt. J. a.
baker called the asSemblage to order
and presented Gov. ". c. Renfrow as
chairman Of the meeting. The gov
crnor responded briefly and fittiugly
to the hpuor and introduced the
speal,er 90 the evening. who without
waste oi time 10 preliminaiies entered
upon the q scussiom OF nnlional issues,
dwelling insinly upon the tariff and
tie silver questions. on the tariff he
prefaccd his remarks with reminder
uf what the Demo ratio party pledged
in its platform in lsa2 what IL would
sliive 10 do ia reloi ming the tariff,
and then proceed cd to show some of
The things that the last session Of con-
gress, under Democratic control, had
done. II saved TO the people Of the
country $500, 900, 900 year in the cost
TO them Of articles they have to pur-
chase, by reason of the reductions
made by the new law in the rates of
duty, and by adding the income tax
provision, had transferred a large
share OF the burden of government
from the shoulders OF labor, where il
bad been placed by the Republican
party through it's system of class legis-
lntion, and placed it upon capital,
thereby causing the wealth of the
country 70 bear proportional share
OF the burden.
lie spoke briefly to the silver ques-
ton, and demonstrated how, through
the act of Congress repeating tae pur-
chase law of the sherman Law, the
drain upon the gold reserve in the
treasury had bsen stopped, and
the outflow Of the yellow metal
money to foreign countries checked,
at the same time reinstating the silver
dollar 10 the discharge of its original
function as a standard of value along
with gold. The speaker paid touch
ing tribute TO the American standard
silver dollar, and closed his remarks
on that subject with peroration that
thrilled his hearers, who responded
generously in applause.
Mr. Patterson then took up some of
the questions that are of special inter
est to Oklahoma. lie paid his re.
spects 10 Hon. Dennis Flynn, noting
that gentleman's claim to the large
number OF bills that were passed by
the last congress, pertaining to Okla
homa. lie demonstrated the utter
groundlcssness Of the can; that not
single one of the TWEEN y-odd bills
Mr. Flynn claims credit for was passed
except at The instance ot the interior
department (Which Flynn never
ceased to denouncel, or through the
efforts Of Democratic me mbers Of the
house. The speaker dwelt with much
feeling upon the contest the citizens of
Enid had last spring with the great
Rock island railroad in She mat.
ter of a depot at that
place, and related that when at last
they had TO make appeal To congress
Tor redress, Mr.. Flynn was dumb until
The bill, compelling the railroads to
give depot facilities TO all the tow ms
in the strip, which was prepared by
direction of the department and was
Introduced by Nc Flynn in con-
gress, when he made an attack upon
IIoke Smith. which came near defeat.
ing the measure In the house instead
of aiding its passage. lie also made
some strong points in regard to the
question Of free homes; an important
question, yet one for which Mr.. Flynn
had no regard or thought when, II he
possessed the influence to secure legs
lation that he claimed. he might have
secured for the settlers upon the strip
aud other added lands their homes on
equal terms with those in original
Oklahoma-free. lie admonished
his hearers that II Oklahoma desires
and expects any further favors at the
hands of the government, not to re
turn Mr.. Flynn, but send Democrat