Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-10-25

ganizations, declaring IN favor OF sin.
gle statehood and in favor Of the ST.
multaneous admission OF both terri
tories as one state.
Democrats for One State.
Last spring the territorial demo
cratic executive committee IL a meet
ing at Oklahoma City. passed a reso-
luton declaring for immediate single
statehood, and furnished each demo
crat in congress with a 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
held. 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
ed this as the issue which the repub-
lican Iarty must meet
1t 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 cc 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 c.
G.. Jones and A. H. Classen, and
hundreds Of other prominent republi
cans all over the territory. and by de
claring for single statehood eliminatS
this important propos .tion from the
domain OF politics SO as not to leopard
lze 1t in the chances Of politica
struggle. But these hopes were no
justified and the republican conven
ton In the face Of all the proceeding
had up to that time, remained s.len
on the question Of single statehood anC
contented itself by a single endorse
ment OF the Flynn Bill, using the fol
, lowing language: I'VE endorse tn
Flynn statehood bill which ha
passed tho house and is now pending
. in the senate. and we pledge our hon
. est efforts to the passage OF this bill
I at the earliest possible date" Tha
!. bill provides statehood for Oklahomi
O and urovides that Oklahoma shall eS
n press its consent to the attachmen
|. OF the Indian territory after all tn
= lands in the Indian territory are sui
:. ject to taxation. which would not b
Y for twenty or thirty years. The plat
!. form stops with that endorsement
|. 1t does not express the position of tn
: republican party upon the question c
d whether this territory shall be a
e tached, nor does it express any pul
d rose on the part Of the republica
9 party to hasten this attachment
e any way, shape or form.
II In view OF the fact that the republ
d cans endorse a bill which postpone
single tatehood for twenty OF thirt
years, and in view OF the fact ths
4. they do not express any desire for sil
d gle statehood, and in view Of the faC
If that the non-partisan statehood col
8 ventions, the business mems organ
n cations, and the democratic party hay
q all taken unequivocal stand in fave
: Of single statehood. the conclusion
+. irresistible that the republican part
-e Is dominated by a set of leaders WI
Of oppose single statehood.
X |. therefore. return TO my origin
te proposition, which is, that the dem
H. cratic party stands with the businei
" men OF Oklahoma in favor OF sing
ye statehood, and that the REPUBLICS
m party is against the business interes
Ia OF Oklahoma and stands for doub
q. statehood. and we all agree that Il
n. question OF statehood is the dominal
er issue OF the campaign.
OF Argument for single Statehood.
n Having defined the issue, let US no
X examine the reasons which suppo
OF the position of the democratic par
,g and the business mems organization
On OF the territory. In the first plac
,s from the standpoint OF territorial
n tent, q single state composed OF ho
es territories will be comparatively
On small state. The area in square mil
te of the states and territories west
the Mississippi is as follows:
IN Oklahoma, $4,000; Indian territoI
IS. $1,000: Texas, 265,yso: Kansas, s
al 0S0; Minnesota. sS.365; Arkansas, 5
nb $50; Missouri, 69.4lo; Iowa, $500
m North and South Dakota, 80 900; \
ry braska. 775.51o; New Mexico. 122.6S
he Arizona, 1920; Colorado. 1os.s2
'r' Utah. 6A97o; Idaho eAsoO: MontaI