The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-01
TAXPAYERS GIVEN LIGHT in REFER
EECE TO IMPORTANT MATTERS.
NO ISSUE Is EVADED
Candidate for the Upper House From The
Ninth District Tells OF ths Reforms
He VIII Assist In Bringing
About when lie Taxes
his Seat

The following letter was received
by Mr. j. s. Soule, the Free Silver
candidate in the Ninth council district
and which is published in order to let
the taxpayers and ali others know
just how Mr.. Soule stands with refer
enee to these questions, and all Others
affecting the people and how he will
vote on them as member OF the ter
ritorial council.
CEDAR, o. t, Oct. "a. 1894,
Hon. J. ). 5oule.
Dear Sir:-You will find attached u
copy OF letter from A. II. Huston TO
Il. M. Gobble, and hope you will ia
vor me with a statement of your views
on the same questions over your sig
nature The Populist party, 1t is
claimed, is 10 blame for the existence
OF such Jaws and the time has come,
to me at least, when | must know
what l am doing when give my vote
for a man to make laws TO tux me. !
am, with due respee',
Your obedient servant,
ROBERT L. HANCOCK.
In reply to this letter Mr.. Soule
makes the following general answer
touching the points, not only in Ius-
toms letter, but others OF infinite in
terest and Importance to the taxpay-
ing people Of Logan county and the
territory Of Oklahoma. 1t will be OBJ
served from the answers that Mr..
Soule has no concealments to make up
on any subject whatever, and that his
answers are clear and distinct and
shorn OF every shade of possible am-
biguity. His whole life and energies
have been directed, both in the con-
duet OF his able able journal, the
Home, Field and Forum, and in pri-
vate life, toward lessening the bur
dens OF taxation to the people and ele-
vating and ennobling labor by pro-
tecting it from the despotic and grasp
ing tendencies of the money power.
These facts and his life services in
that direction are sufficient to setisfy
any reasonable and thinking man how
he stands upon such squestions, but
THE LEADER will let him speak for
himself:
Editor of the LEADER:
VIII you kindly publish the follow
ing?
First-I not only deny the power OF
the boards OF equalization to raise the
assessed valuation of property In any
county of this territory, but | believe
such raise to be absolutely without the
shadow of law to J stify 4. III elected
TO the council l shall do all in my pow
er to secure the passage of law linn
iting and restricting the powers OF
these boards from raising the aggre
gate of valuation and conhning then
strictly to the subject Of equalization
of valuations, as | believe the law in
tended they should be.
Second-I have always been in favor
Of self government and home rule. .anC
shall do all | can to secure the passage
Of a law to change the manner of as
sessing property and have u done oJ
township assessors instead OF county
assessors Men living in a towushiI
possess a better knowledge OF the
value of property in the township thar
those living away from IT,
Third am ia favor of law tina
viii protect the school land money
from the greed Of territorial officials
and il elected my best powers shall q
directed toward the enactment OF l
law, either TO place the school lane
department and the management o.
| this vast fund which is set apart 40
the education of the children OF Thu
territory, under some other and safe
control, or such legislation as will pre-
vent it's robbery by territorial or an!
other set OF fiicials. According TO tn
records Of the Office of the school LAM
commissioner a high territorial office
has already oeeu paid out of this fun
about SO 800. This 10 wrong, and
shall do all can 10 stop the wrong.
FOURTH shall favor, SO far as tn
organic act will allow IL, a law maxim
ali territorial officers subject to ele'
tion by the people.
Fifth shall prepare and introduc'
and do all | can to enact IL into Law
a bill 10 regulate railroad rates, e.
press and telegraph charges, and pro
hibiting the free pass system, wit
such penalt es as will put stop TO j
SIXTH shall insist that the method
Of the present territorial administr
ton be thoroughly overhauled by
ioint committee of the council and Il
house.
Seventh-The Populist and Dem
cratic legislature OF 1897 passed hou
bill No. 2, so the house journal in Il
possession Of Judge Lowe shows, whiC
: limited the powers Of the board
equaliza ion, but the governor, wi
was supposed 10 be la ge warra
holder, pocketed the bill, and II nev
J became a law.
Very respectfully, j. 5. soULE,
I A cnnnh IA not Like q fever. IL do