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The advocate., 1897-04-21
First published April z, 1917
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The advocate., 1897-04-21
REFORM BADLY NEEDED.
KndlRna's Governor Discusses the En-
forcement OF Road Laws.

KndlRna's Governor Discusses the En-
FOFc0ment OF Road Laws.
Good roads are essential to our high
est development socially, intellectually
and financially. Many counties in our
state, actuated by commendable spirit
OF progress, are rapidly improving the
highways. In the near future some Of
our counties will have a complete sys-
tenn Of free gravel roads. The main
thoroughfares in these counties, hay
ing been graveled and received by the
county commissioners, are kept in re-
pair at the county's expense. The
supervisor, being thus relieved from
care of the main thoroughfares, is en-
bled to concentrate the labor and tax
at his disposal upon the lateral roads;
hence all will soon be improved. The
economy in road imprOvementwill soon
The advocate., 1897-04-21

You can got the old reliable Kansas
Farmer and the ADVOCATE, both q
year for s1.5O. The Breeders Gazsttt
and ADVOCATE for e2O0.
The advocate., 1897-04-21

WAETED-To buy good walnut logs, also
w walnut lumber Address
NJ. Ryan, Box 216, Topeka, Kas.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22

Populist principles, ridiculed and de-
spised few years ago, were indorsed by
the votes of AZ per cent Of the American
people in the Presidential election OF
last year Disappointed and chagrined
at the failure OF the present administra-
tlon to bring about a relief from existing
conditions, many thousands who sup
ported plutOcratic principles In 1896 are
looking to our cause for relief.
It should be the duty Of honest, pa
triotlc Populists during the coming year
to harmonize and bring together In
united action every element opposed to
single standard corporation control.
Wise, energetic, united action should re-
suit in large gains for advocates Of our
principles im the Congressional delega-
tions and prepare the way for success In
the Presidential canvass OF 1900. Me-
braska stands ready to do her share;
every indication points to the reelection
Of Senator Allen and solid reform Con-
gresslonal delegation, two of our Con-
gressmen at present being Republicans.
Personal prejudice and partisan ami
mostly should be tempered by patriotic
impulses and the great army of reform
should march in the serrled ranks to
sure success and overwhelming victory
during the approaching year.
May the Advocate and News do it's
share in discomfiting the political enemy
of American liberty and national prog
ress. SILAS A. HOLC0MB.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22
GOVERNOR JOHN w. LEEDY,
EX-SENATOR w. A. PEFFER,
GOVERNOR S. A. HOLCOMB,
HON. WHARTON BARKER,
Tell of the Country May Expect Accom-
pish During the Coming Year and Along What Lines
They Should Work to Bring About
Best Results
the Best Results.

Wha the outlook yr?
exceedingly
administration made showing that
business
comparison said first that
the large corporations tmehat the new
laughing the
who fully admitted that there abuses pced and
resu Attorney
Mc Superintendent Syker and the other
his administration
final results
The who elected Gov
confident that it will do great
{
Leedy
backward He believes that the
compromise
He thinks that the compromise suggested IN the
BOes will
said:
people ready stand by
fall want rogres
will all who stand for the great principles
they not asking for any
Congressional elections next fall
the session of Congress What
is public Will
be continued"
the forces expect to
what lines should they work
addressed Of other
Pefe Hon. Wharton Barker
and Governor Sas Hoomb OF Ne
egraphd the City
received and the Advocate and News also at
reach Hon. Th Watson Senator Harris and number other
The replies published this article WILL however,
something what the leaders tn ink will be done in 1893
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22
Middle-Of-t f-the-ROaders Plans.

The meeting OF the executive COM
mlttee of the middle-of-the-road Popu-
list organization resulted in an agree
ment upon q number of recommends
tiOns, principal among which Is one
that the Presidential convention shall
be held next April. Another meeting Will
be held at st. Louis, January IL, to
" Which the Populist national committee
is invited, to map out the preliminaries
Of the Presidential and Congressional
campaigns. The platform suggested
declares for full legal tender paper
money, free coinage Of botn gold and
oliver, the issue of ali money by the
government, to be circulated In the
ordinary course OF public business or to
be loaned at low rate Of interest,
such issue not TO exceed $50 per
capita. government ownership and
operation Of telegraph, telephone and
railroad lines, opposition to alien or
speculator ownership OF land, opposition
to court-made law and trusts, and the
adoption of the initiative and refer
endum and the imperative mandate
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22

in cases of manufacturing plants where
the common good requires 1t.
There is one open field ready for the
representation Here is an inviting
harvest. Devise a fair, honest method
of raising public revenues and the people
will rise and bless us. It can be done.
If there Is will, the way will be found.
But If we do nothing more, we can at
least take good care of what has been
placed in our keeping, and be frugal
and clean. w. A. PEFFER.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22
Ex-senator PETER.

Editor Advocate and News:-BefOre
your question can be answered intelli-
gently one must have some understand
ing as to what is meant by reform"
and who constitute reform forces"
believe that the reforms now most
needed are those prominently men
toned in the national platforms of the
Peoples party, and that those persons
who favor them are the individuals that
will compose the reform forces" OF the
country.
With this understanding of terms,
think the first step necessary to be taken
is the getting together, in one body, of
all the believers in the essential doc
trlnes of the POpulist creed. This plan
which, like net cast in the sea and
gathereth in of all kinds, would in
clude such Democrats, Republicans, Pro-
Mbitionists, Single Takers, Socialists,
Nationalists and all others, If any there
be, that are in sympathy with the Pop
ulist movement.
Summarized, the tenets Of the Peo
pies party creed are these:
1. Equality of rights and opportuni-
ties among the people.
2. All men are equally entitled to the
use of the natural resources of subsist
ence in procuring a livelihood. What
a man honestly earns is his, and he
ought to be protected in it's enjoyment.
3. Fair play between employer and
emplOye.
4. Proportional representation.
5. Public ownership and management
of public utilities
6. Right of the people to propose and
pass upon all important measures of
legislation.
T. Full legal tender national paper
money loanable at loan rates of inter-
est through government banks in which
depositors are secured against loss.
8. Unrestricted coinage of silver and
gold at the present legal ratio Of 16 to l.
8. Graduated income tax.
10. Public revenues limited to public
necessities.
This means putting the people in
the saddle. It means to do away with
private monopoly of all things and of
everything that of right Belongs to the
whole people-land, fuel, water, light,
the highway, transportation, money, etc.
IL means employment for the public and
protection to labor; it means that every
vote cast shall have it's just proportion
or influence on the result of elections;
1t means taxation that shall operate
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22

justly on the people that pay; it means
public railways and canals, public coal
mines, and public management of indus
trial enterprises whenever 1t shall be
necessary to protect the people that
work; it means public banks with safe
repositories for savings; it means gov
ernment money always good without
redemption in coin; 1t means public loan
agencies, low rates OF interest, low rents
and freer access to land.
But the first thing to be done, the
only effective work that can be done
now in this great national movement,
is to get together in one body, adopt
creed made up Of such Of these princi
pies as we can agree upon; take a new
name and organize for effective work
throughout the country in the Congress
sional and State campaigns Of next year,
preparatory to the greater contest of
1900.
So far as national politics are con-
cerned we can do-nOthing else effectively
until this is done. Our friends are not
only not organized are disorgan
ized We must get together and be Or
ganized This can be done only by those
who are earnestly seeking substantial
reforms in our laws and government
getting together in one great body with
one creed, one name and one flag. We
should soon have majority of voters in
a majority of the States, majority in
the country at large, and we could thus
secure a majority OF congressman,
United States Senator's and Presidential
electors. Then, if we did not effect some
of the reforms we advocate. the failure
would be because we are not sincere.
In the meantime Populists, in States
which they control, can do much to put
our theories into practice. They can in
augurate the scheme of manufacturing
or raising supplies at the State institu-
tions for use among the classes that
have become public charges. 1t Is prob
ably too early and too expensive, with
out due preparation and adequate cause,
to enter at once upon the construction
of system of State railways; buta good
beginning can be made by employing
idle persons In improving common roads
and bridging streams, constructing city
works and erecting State and county
buildings. In payment for such labor
the State might provide fund, within
a reasonable limit, of labor certificates
redeemable in taxes. In cases where
there is serious trouble between coal
operators and miners the State might
condemn the coal lands, pay for them
and work the mines for the public in
terest. Let the same course be taken
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22
Hon. Wharton Barker.

The Peoples party has now the oppor-
tunity to unite all those who want re-
form and to conduct campaign that
will end in 1900 in victory for the people
over the oligarchy of wealth that now di
rects the policy Of the government. II
this opportunity is to be seized II this re-
sponsibility is not to be shirked the
campaign must be opened early. The
Peoples party is now sadly disrupted
and weakened, there Is disc0rd that
brings weakness, not the union that
brings strength. To bring about union,
reform the shattered lines of the PeO-
rle's party, stop suicidal pickering, put
an end to the working without any har-
mony Of understanding and hence at
cross purposes, urged the holding
Of national nominating con-
vention of the Peoples party next
April or May. Only by opening the
campaign thus early can there be as
sured ample time for education and Or
ganization, only by so doing can the
Peoples party be restored soon enough
to It's once high estate to enable 1t to
expound its principles and recruit
nOcucu VI NOJOS lliaL huoL DC
found outside the Peoples party. Time
must be given to show that the Peoples
party and IL alone stands for equality,
equality of opportunity for all, and that
this demands the carrying out of these
cardinal tenets of the Peoples party
Creation and maintenance OF an
honest measure Of values; free COIN
age of gold and silver; gov
ernment ownership and operation of
railroad, telegraph and telephone lines;
opposition to trusts; opposition to
alien ownership of land, and court
made laws; recognition of the right of
the people to rule, /. e., the initiative
and referendum.
On such a platform and under the
leadership of courageous and aggressive
Presidential and Vice Presidential can
didates, believe the reform forces would
in two years and half embrace large
majority of the people OF the country.
All those engaged in productive indus
tries, on farm and plantation, in mine,
mill and factory, and In transporta-
tion operations, would see long before
the end of the long campaign proposed
that under the flag OF the Peoples party
there was liberty, justice and equality Of
opportunity; and under the flag Of the
oligarchy Of wealth, industrial slavery
and ruin. WHARTON BARKER.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22

Gov. Stephens (Den.) Of Missouri,
opposes fusion In that State except in
local affairs where it is necessary to beat
the Republicans.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-22

The government appropriation for the
Omaha Exposition has been increased
by additional gift Of $4,000.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
T1SHE DEATH of VIM. p. Hender

t3SHE DEATH of VIM. p. Hender-
r son at his home in this city last
Saturday night of paralysis, removes
one of the old Cherokee landmarks
and a well known character wIthal
from our midst. "Bill" Henderson was
a noted type of Cherokee halfbreed,
the product of the "war time" period
in Cherokee history. In politics he
displayed in a marked degree the Gun.
ming sagacity for which his race is
Justly noted. Twice he was elected
to represent Delaware district in the
Cherokee senate, and once held the Of
fee Of district sheriff. w. P. Hender.
son grew up among the Cherokees
without the advantages Of an educa
tion, but was a man OF large and var.
led information, having the gift ol
''mother wit" to an extent that render.
ed him the equal Of many a man OF
education and training. He enjoyed
the distinction of being the first
Cherokee to enter a campaign on the
issue of allotment of land, and sue
ceed in the election, which he did in
1889, when be was the second time
elected to the senate.
When convinced that he could not
live, be called few of his friend:
about his bedside and made a will, ar
unusual thing for an Indian to do
and faced death whith the stole cour
age OF his race. In this brief notice
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
nj EXT MONDAY our annual ele

nj EXT MONDAY our annual elec-
M tion Of the city officers occurs.
II is perhaps the last election under
the present order Of things that will
take place in Vinita. What the pow
ers Of our city officials will be after
the first of next January is in meas
ure problematic. However. there
are records to preserve and municipal
matters that will need the attention
of clearheaded, honest business men,
and the voters Of the town should
bear this in mind. In Office as in pri-
vate life, men are to be measured by
their life work. "By their fruits ye
shall know them," is a grand truth
that can appropriately be applied to
public or private life, as well as to
christianity. There are two tickets
in the field and the campaign, as
usual, has begun to wax warm.
The men composing the two tickets
are all representative men, and all
have their friends and followers.
Some of them are professional politi-
clans, and are evidently after the
'loaves and the fishes" and are striv-
ing, as a matter Of course, to "get to
the 'front.'" and stay there. Every
man on each ticket occupies his par
ticular place in the community, and
stands for some principle or standard,
known to the citizens of the town by
his life or inclination, and will de-
mand and receive the support of their
admirers and those that approve of
their standards of morality.
So far as THE CHIEFTAIN is con-
cerned, it will continue to work and
vote for a high standard Of manhood
and Of official integrity. The present
city government is not what it ought
to be in community like Vinita. We
take it that no man, whether official
or private citizen, has the moral right
to maintain that which is a menace
to good government and dangerous to
the youth Of the town. The chief OBJ
lection to Mayor Burlington and Mar
shall Parks is that cider joints aud
gambling dens have run free and un-
molested, as also houses of i'll fame,
spindle games, and other immoral and
illegal institutions, A number OF
large property holders have also been
allowed immunity from the payment
of their taxes, which action will
scarcely be defended or approved by
any good citizen. One instance is
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02

Of his demise it is but just to the
dead to note that his home had ever
been an asylum for the orphan child
ren Of his people. A few years ago a
Cherokee man and his wife both died
the same day over in Delaware dis
trict, and left large family of desti-
tute and homeless little ones. Hen
derson took the whole family OF waits
lnte his home and cared for them and
raised them. A few years ago in this
town an unfortunate woman died
leaving two little twin babies. Hen
derson and his wife brought the little
orphans home from the grave of their
dead mother, and now the two neat
and clean little Indian girls can be
seen playing around the home of the
deceased or on their way TO school,
most any day.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
PERSONAL NOTES,

John Mcclellan came up on Tuesday
train from the south.
Tom Samson, the very jovial Muskoge'
attorney, came up this week to attend
court.
Dennis Flynn and W. C. Rentfrow. they
of Oklahoma fame. were in the city a few
days since.
w. W. Miller went to St. Louis Monday
evening to buy another supply OF furniture
and hardware.
C NJ. Haltom and family went to Texa.
last week, the gentleman to Kerrvilie and
Mrs. Haltom to visit sister at Terrell:
Mrs. Campion, Mr.. Milford's sisterleaves
this morning for her home in Minnesota
An informal afternoon" was given in her
honor by Mrs Milford yesterday, to a few
friends.
Mr.. John Farnsworth and his daughter.
Mrs. Ashby, left hurriedly for Topeka Mon
day because of the illness of her baby, thus
being denied the pleasure of being present
at Mrs Soper's house party.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
g NAPTAIN WHITE has given

CAPTAIN WHITE has given all
" parties to understand definitely
that no drunkenness will be tolerated
at the election here next Monday, and
that any suspicious place where it is
evident that whiskey is kept will be
raided. Captain White stated to a
representative Of this paper that he
had no sort of interest in the result of
the election, other than his desire
in common with other good citizens
to see the better element control, but
that he was fully determined that the
scenes enacted on the streets a year
ago should net be repeated next Mon
day. The Captain merits and will re-
ceive the hearty support Of every law
abiding man, woman and child in vi
nita He is in a position to do this
town a service that cannot be esti-
mated, and if he succeeds in suppress
ing drunkenness and debauchery of a
large contingent of our population
next Monday, he will have done some
thing that has not in recent years
been even attempted. 1t will be a
new departure for certain element
here to run an election without whis.
key.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
NUDGE THOMAS passed sentence

" upon VIM. Smith, the South
west City rapist. Tuesday afternoon.
In the course OF his remarks the court
said that the wisdom OF a great many
acts of congress was to be seriously
questioned and that the act allowing
juries to convict criminals charged
with capital offenses, without cap
ital punishment" was one Of them.
The judge said further that in his
opinion the prisoner had committed
a crime for which his neck should be
broken, instead Of the life sentence, as
fixed by the jury. Smith was SEN
fenced for his natural life at hard
labor in the penitentiary at Colum-
bus, Ohio. Millege Barker, convicted
of harboring criminals 1.-THE Green
boys was sentenced to five years and
two months in the same prison. Dick
Adams was arraigned on five criminal
charges, and pleading not guilty was
returned to Jail.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
S4SHANKSGIVING night was one

t4SHANKSGIVING night was one
p of great enjoyment to the Vini-
ia young people. The ball given in
the new Halsell block, for the benefit
of the band, was grand success, both
socially and financially. The brass
band played the grand march, after
which the orchestra took charge OF
the music program. The ball lasted
until two o'clock, and was delightful
from first to last. Oysters and gen.
eral supper were served at ii o'clock,
to which all did ample justice. The
receipts of the series of benefits
amounted to about s72, most Of which
will be cleared by the band boys, and
will go toward buying more and bet
ter instruments. The boys will, in
time, secure a splendid set Of instru-
ments by these public entertainments.
A concert will likely be given in the
near future.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-12-02
y Asst FEBRUARY the grand ju

~ Asst FEBRUARY the grand jury
Ia indicted large number OF
gamblers and those running gaming
houses and gambling devices. When
the indictments were returned Judge
Springer allowed the marshal to go
out and collect a maximum fine Of $40
from each one who desired to plead
guilty, and so they were never ar
raigned in court at all. As result
of that loose, and we believe illegal,
way of disposing of criminal cases,
there are more gamblers and gambling
dens running in this town now than
ever before in its history, and in view
of the indifference of the court, the
grand jury will be slow to indict them
again as it did last winter.