The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-09
RECORD
Of the Territorial Republican :
ism With Barnes
Left Ont.

yesterday;
We your committee on resolutions sub
init the following:
First, We endorse the ld-ecrm of the
republica nparty adopted At Philadel-
phia, on June 49, 1900
Second, We again proclaim cur piido
in the past and present and our faith in
the future of the republican party.
Third Every pledge made by the re-
publican party of the nation N 1896 has
Doen fulfilled and universal prosperity re-
veals the splendid results Labor is en-
p.oyed at good wages. All the products
of the farm have ready sale az a large
advance over the prices Jf 1895. In all
the elements 60 greatness and prosperity
external and internal, Jhe naten is In
better condition than in any period OF
its history.
Fourth, We congratulate the people of
the territory of Oklahoma for the grand
prosperity they enjoy at this time f9r
the fact that by the unremittng efforts
of our present delegate in congress, a
debt and mortgage of $1,000 100 has been
lifted from the lands of the territory,
and free homes for the peope have been
secured, and for the further fact that
the aid of a republican congress and 1e-
publican president
Fifth, The republican party of Okla
thoma in 1898 pledged the extension OF
the free homes policy to the indian lands
of Oklahoma. 1t said the people of Ok
lahoma shall have their lands free. The
people had faith in this pledge and exem-
plitied it by electing Hon. d. T. Flynn
by majority of eleven thousand. Now
the homesteader has realization of his
faith. His home is free from government
mortgage He knows that the republican
party is a party which never makes
promise without carrying 1t out Not
only did Flynn get free homes for the
people of Oklahoma, though republican
congress and republican president, but
he secured the passage of a bill opening
the iKowa and Comanche country, thus
giving opportunity for thousands of other
homeseekers to obtain homes. The re-
publican party now pledges that those
who settle upon the iKowa and Com
anche lands shall have free homes, lie
same as those in other parts Of Okla
homa, if the efforts of our republican
delegate can secure it-and time has
proven that through a republican dele
gate in congress is the only hope of
the people of Oklahoma.
Sixth, Hon. d. T. Flynn is the repre-
sentative of all the great issues advo-
Gated and carried out by the republican
party in Oklahoma, and every true cit1-
zen of Oklahoma shouts his praises for
work faithfully and we'll done. The re-
publican party of Oklahoma takes him
unanimous voice as it's standard bearer
in the present territorial campaign. This
unanimty for his denomination attests
the gratitude of the people for the work
he has so well done for them and their
beliefe in the republican party and its
representatives.
Seventh, The republican party of Okla
homa pledges itself to earliest possible
statehood for this territory. We here de-
clare that tn only hope for early state
hood is in the election of Hon. -. L:
Flynn this year by a majority so over
whelming that congress will have no par
tisan or other excuse for failing to admit
US. vote for Flynn means a vote for
statehood A vote against Flynn means
a vote against statehood. Every legis-
lative benefit which has come to Oklaho-
ma from its conception has come through
republican energy and progressiveness.
The history of the past in this territory
should be the only argument necessary
to insure the election Of not only the
nominee of the republican party at this
convention, but all the republican county
tickets throughout the territory.
Ninth, The United States having ac-
CURED the Louisiana territory by pur-
chase, Texas by annexation, and the pal
ance of the imperial west which stretches
from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific
ocean by discovery, by conquest and by
purchase, and we in Oklahoma being a
part OF this great and growing imperial
possession which has thus expanded and
grown into states and territories, stand
Tor all the results Of the Spanish Ameri,
can war.
Tenth, We believe in expansion, ex-
ternally and internally. This country
has never taken backward step. 1t is
not ready to do SO now. The late war
begun for humanity, must end for hu-
manity. The flag has been planted in
Porto Rico, and the Philippines for tAe
uplifting of mankind, and where planted,
1t must remain. The republican party
alone can be depended upon 10 deal just
ly with the foreign peoples who have
come under our flag and TO keep the en-
Diem of national glory unsullied at home
and exalted abroad.
Eleventh, We commend the action Of
congress in appropriating s5,OOO,OOO to aid
st. Louis in making a grand exposition
of the wonderful material development
of the imperial west growing out Of the
unparalleled rapid expansion of the trans
Mississippi country which has grown and
developed in the last half century into