The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-18
CAUSE OF SINGLE
STATEHOOD

iaaeh.rery % rsguiate county aaars; q
system Qt roads and highways; court es-
tabushtd, am equitable system OF taxation.
adequate protection &c life and property
throughout our borders All this vs.. haNs
lone with ouly nominal -iroNprl,t,ruf
Tho largest and strongest combinations ot
interest and duty now demand for us mo
right Cf stlf-GoVCrnmC nt 10 the fGli extent
accorded states. We have shown ourseiveg
worthy OF g. We say to you that such
advantages over present conditions arc In.
calcuiable. That to remain longer as we
are, and especially Qt seems TO usl as
you are no matter how carefully demon
curate mistake.
We are met with the objection that III,
Dawes commission hash got through
with you yet That's true. they've not.
God help you when they do get through
with YOU. We wha are young may i've
until Ve are old. but never long enough
TO see the Dawes commission voluntarily
cult. Like iennysin's Brook i goes on for
ever states manship at so much per. may
die, but IL never sufrendofs-its grip ON tho
pie counter Why, over our way when We
want TO convey the impression OF stayine
qualities. Instead of using The stereotyped
phrase "As firm as the everlasting hi1s'
We say. As eternal as the Dawes com
mission.
we have nraclcallS tho same class os
people as iuhabit Missouri Kansas and
Texas. the least period of whose member
shin as q state In the compact Oh thc t-n-
ION mas been almost half a century Nr
want 20 be like them
Let's not waste time in miserable apolo-
eles Go the ndians Why the terml In-
dian has ceased to be anything iut Heur-
atlte expression We came hcrc eNfectiut.
20 see them and we don't Without .n
tenainE any disrespect TO that race may
say mat the surest way to 6nl Indians
Is To 80 to the eXpostions I'm the a8stetu
tiles or TO Buffalo Bnrs WIG West
A MAKER OF EPOCHs
ms convention is a history maker Iet
II frame memorial TO congress that cam
not be misunderstood ana must u8t be
disregarded. Let MS demand as American
citizens the right Of dclibcraton and of
action Let the country know that out
present system which destroys the suf-
frage and sovereignty of 200 600 Am, IA
can cltiZens has grown iutolerabie s'sot
our condition Is al war with an that pnb-
NJ ~ opihloh mas sustained, with all that tho
experience or government has ganctfno,f
lhat ITS continuance Is nothing less th !,
a IflBhtful act of Legislative usurnatioo
lhat our people are qualified for seif-
spNeIhileht 4 and capable of exercising the
elective tranchise. That they want Ia giv,
lheir votes direct TO the visible obiscf AZ
thclr choice. That they are tired of pov
erhment by proxy. That we don't y5ort a.,
@ - ltr tditlon or liiiiputation state, but
one carved after the generous Drof,ortions
ioi a western pattern, with the diVersi6r,i
~ lauAtfies that these duplicate trrltories
WIZ nQurish and sustain That we want
"a st"nle government It's getting SO over
WIN us that when we go to bed at rfghf
we can only guess WHOM be governor
WIN We wake up IN the morning send
" D'ithatlon 70 washington to push il AMI
i"lH tNvu WIN lne means to overcome
-ufelsc lobby Influences ana keen orr
1 " ,inorlai out of pigeon holes And n.t
p,'iuon OF our rights must become 10 ,on
elNss as lucid as a sunbeam as direct
lco,,'ii,,'a arrow and as moral TO existing
} couNlbohs as a stroke of fate
- YOU nffltutD for the reason thef ,,.,
~ dept' we reply that II is true.
~ sn uhbalanced territorial drbt
t,s,n, llltts IKE S27N'epe II is rep ,senred
-.,l'"at thtlitly IN our university am, t,ir
sOhoQls ana VIC have something n 81 IA,
inf ". but we will bring Won a. "a
Glhs present 10 the state. upon the scIo-
DIaNon or our nuptials 2,050 .0tm acres of
sSnool idnd. easily worth Sl5.000.OO0. ne
.tutS Viu Oklahoma Will have both min
N.Ial z Hl interest Of this debt 10 paw sinc..
ot lhnds, outside or cities and towns.
,carsu ,p, ~ DS supJect to taxation for many
s'uiS ahn the states revenues wouii Le.
tesAarhF be dcrcvcd from tho tqf.,t.5
| land ia oklahoma t''s'''ed
l., THE SPIRIT OF PEoGREss
me Shirt Of ths Wesi Is calliu, us
I't MS awaken TO the strcnuos XIX. s,
- AIS ln thc ooss aIiit.. MI + f.iytt,
Noihe with rs 60 tn altar Gf ef.tt,.-
Nonu as our our bride. or, IT, beautiful maiden
| ~ Dlushingly answer that Il Is too srd-
| zen. let us AT least publish Tho hmm a.,
nuAle tefntcrNhood. Clear of beoJ
atiIhg or hand and .Jure of heart fhcro
| y nothing for which we cannot con6dortt,
SO nothing that we can not reasonabi,.
80 ana . be' Rough hewn from The hand ~
tnt Sftatpr we came into The ,vori4
= sether-each the goodlv and nstr,ai
eipart Of the other. Tell us not that
our aHection is undequitted. ana tbst '',ee a.
tIuSt ~ l, e.,ter the family OF states alone "a
ne uWarIs and runts and piemfes 80 4t,
uhloh' But rather hand In hand ~. 'rs
pleathing In unison w.th heart. lei he
.ook with plighted troth towards tbe fn-
ture Ind rise to that high cmincnce Of
-, -lei uihtss and rencwn which mankind
SIMPLE dignity Of a great AIfssisslnni
reminon wealth. With fun faith and feaft,
% each other fulfil ag our manifest ,te;.
my let us walk the way as one. unto
ne uttermost hour Of this republic N
that sad time shall ever cOme-for COD
hath joined us together. let not the hand
| " doslgnlng man nlana ns u %. =, - ~