Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-31

tu9 DalIy OAlduomdh, OCIOpSr o. IL
ganizations, declaring In favor Of sin
gle statehood and in favor of the 81
multaneous admission OF both terrl-
tories as enc state.
Democrats for One state.
Last spring the territorial demo
cratic executive committee IL q meet
ing at Oklahoma City, passed a reso-
luton declaring for immediate single
statehood, and furnished each demo-
crat in congress with copy OF this
resolution, thus placing the party on
record through its committee and in
line with the sentiment of both repub-
licans and democrats, as expressed in
the two statehood conventions recently
hold. In April the democratic terrific
rial convention assembled at Enid and
adopted a platform in which they de-
clared that the dominant issue of the
campaign was the issue of statehood
and that the democratic party tender
cd this as the issue which the repub-
lican Iarty must meet
It thus appears that the terrific
rial democratic platform was, and Is;
in line with the McAlester convention,
the Muscogee convention, the business
mems organizations Of the leading
cities OF the territory, and of the non
partisan, patriotic sentiment OF both
democrats and republicans
With the issue thus supported and
thus rendered by the democratic par
| ty II was hoped by the conservative
and non-partisan friends of single
statehood that the republican terri
torial convention would fall into line
with the views of such men as Gov
ernor Barnes and Mr. Greer and G..
! G. jones and A. H. Classen, and
| hundreds of other prominent republt'
cans all over the territory, and by de-
claring for single statehood eliminate
this important proposition from the
domain Of politics so as not to leopard
ize 1t in the chances of a political
struggle. But these hopes were not
justified and the republican conven-
ton in the face Of all the proceedings
had up to that time, remained silent
on the question Of single statehood ana
contented itself by a single endorse
ment of the Flynn Bill, using the fol
lowing language: I'VE endorse the
Flynn statehood bill which has
passed the house and is now pending
in the senate, and we pledge our hon
est efforts to the passage of this bill
at the earliest possible date" That
bill provides statehood for Oklahoma
and provides that Oklahoma shall ex
press its consent to the attachment
Of the Indian territory after all the
lands in the Indian territory are sub
ject to taxation, which would not be
for twenty or thirty years. The plat
form stops with that endorsement
it does not express the position of the
republican party upon the question OF
whether this territory shall be at
tached, nor does II express any pur
rose on the part of the republican
party to hasten this attachment II
any way, shape or form.
In view of the fact that the republi
cans endorse a bill which postpones
single tatehood for twenty or thirty
years, and in view of the fact tha
they do not express any desire for sin
gle statehood and in view of the fac
that the non-partisan statehood con
ventions, the business mems organi
zations, and the democratic party have
all taken unequivocal stand in favo
Of single statehood. the conclusion Il
Irresistible that the republican part!
, is dominated by set of leaders whit
[ oppose single statehood.
l. therefore, return to my origina
} proposition, which is, that the demo
cratic party stands with the business
, men of Oklahoma in favor OF singh
} statehood, and that the republican
, party is against the business Interest,"
, of Oklahoma and stands for double
|. statehood. and We all agree that th
question OF statehood Is the dominan
r issue Of the campaign.
I Argument for single Statehood.
4 Having defined the issue. let US nov
examine the reasons which supper
Z the position of the democratic part
2 and the business mems organization
. OF the territory. In the first place
from the standpoint of territorial e1
: tent, a single state composed of bot
s territories Will be comparatively
0 small state. The area in square mile
Q of the states and territories west c
the Mississippi is as follows.
l. Oklahoma, $4,000; Indian territory
T. 81, 900; Texas, 266,Ts0. Kansas, So
j OSo; Minnesota, sS.365; Arkansas. SO
b $50: Missouri. 69.4lo; Iowa. 56,0s5
J. North and South Dakota 10000; M
y braska, 775.51O; New Mexico. 122,5so
e Arizona, 1l3,02o; Colorado. 1o3.s2b
: Utah s497O; Idaho eAsoo; MontanI