The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-01

Has the Honest Demo-
crat Very Much
Puzzled.

by gum, if / wasn't Democrat
and didn't know that feller's high
est duty is to vote fer every gol-darn
man on the ticket, clear down to the
yaller dog, I'd sure be up against il
this election, sure would. Here's
the Democratic papers all a-hollerin'
bout the initiative n referendum, N
a-gittin' us fellers all stirred up about
it, and a-sendin' us enuf readin' about
it T. keep US busy all winter, n now,
jest when we've diskivered that the
blame Initiative and referendum S
JUS tn thing US farmers wants, here
they turns aroun' and hists Wade
Hampton Kornegay on us and tells us
that they was mistook, an that,
after all, th' initiative n referendum
wasn't no good, and was JUS n OF
Republican law thut no good Dem
ocrat cud endorse.
TITS blame strange; it sure is.
What did they 60 an get us farmers
to endorse their consarned initiative
n referendum for, in every one of our
unions If they wanted us to turn it
down right away, tn fust time we
had a chanst t vote fer it? AM here
l was readin' JUS t. other day in th'
Tulsy Democrat, an that's a good
Democratic paper, too, Bill, y know /
never read no darn Republican pa
er,-well, / was readin in this paper
~ it says that TIL initiative n refer
endum was what busted tn corpora
shuns all to pieces ia Oregon.
"But Wade Hampton Kornegay was
tallSln' t me t'day, n he says this
amt true; he says th't tn corpora
shuns is JUS tickled T. death with tn
Oregon law, cause they c'n hold up
all legislation till the people c'n vote
on the laws. 4 don't see what good
It'll no 'em T. hold up tn darn laws,
fer it looks me as If they sure got it
in tn neck at TIL last election in
Oregon, but Wade Hampton Korne-
gay says it does do 'em lots Of good.
He says every bill shud 60 into opera
tion JUS as soon's it's passed n stay
in operation till his legislature shud
refer it T. tn peepul, but it seems t.
me that by tn time th' peepul had
time u vote on an appropriation bill
that went into effect as soon as it was
passed there wouldn't be much ap-
preparation left. Seems time that all
tn people could do wud be e call in
tn coroner an have i'm set on the re-
MAINS.
"But what busts me, Bill, is this
Bryan speech. Now I'd allus thought
Bryan was a good Democrat, n so /
went in & Vinita t. listen to i'm. N
/ thought he made a corkin' good
speech, N he come out good n strong
fer tn Oregon initiative, JUS tn kind
us farmers was told was tn right
kind, before Wade Hampton Koregay
was nominated N / whooped n
hollered akeun' considerable fer what
l thought was good Democratic doc
trine.
N now Wade Hampton Kornegay
says Bryan's all wrong He says
Bryan may think he's advocatin
somethin' that'll hit tn corporashuns,
but that as a matter Of fact tn cor
porashuns jus. live ton initiative n
referendum laws 4 Ad bust me, but
this is harg anne. Here we've
been n whoop thing up, n got
all ready & W. fer it, n Bryan has
come out n aeered US on, an now
here comes wade Hampton Kornegay
N tells Us { make back tracks n yell
against tn very thing they've bin
telliu' US, thru the Leader, e yell fer.
Amt It darn queer?
"'N tn worst of it is, they tell me
Them pesky Republicans isgoin t'nom-
mate a man that'll be fer that kind Of
an initiative n Referendum We follss
has been shoutin' our lungs out fer.
Wouldn't that bust yer What in
thunder'll we do when they throw
our words down our throatss Hnhs
What chance we got2 Stars en-
see, Bill we're sure up against it.
Darned if I wouldn't come near votin ,
tn Republican ticket myself, this
time, if 'twasn't fer Wade Hampton
Kornegay. He's a right smart man.
Wade Hampton Kornegay is, n he
never does make a mistake. So Of
course it's all right when he tells as
TO make tn fiip-hop It may seem I
kinder strange but I reckon we'll /
have G. do il.
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