The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-07-30

OF Judge Lands or the federal court
declaring Zion City trust estate and
holding deposed first apostle had no
proprietorshipin in the estate.
I
Kingdoms, reading their inevitable
doom in the fair promise of our sky,
the storms Of war without and awful
H strife within, these all have come and
gone, and having beaten against the
eternal Declaration of our Revolu-
tionery forbears, have passed as the
morning mist lifts from the low val
| leys before the brightness OF the rising
lsun. These precious theories are safe
forever, thank God. To-day our duty
as citizens OF the Republic and Of the
new state is TO apply these great
theories to the plain business Of every
day, the daily operations between free
individuals in a tiercely competitive
society Can we adjust these social
relations satisfactorily? Can we bring
to just relation capital and labor2
Can we regulate and control in pre-
else corporations, that is, with Justice
to their rights and still protect the
rights Of the employee so-called9
Can we regulate railroads aHd bring
to just Reorganization the rigfks of the
public in transportation rates? In
short, can we promise Justice between
man and man in our daily business re-
lations as free individual citizens and
know that the promises gdll mean
performances?
TO these questions there car be for
you and me, my fellow citizens, but
one answer We can and will That
it must be done and withouU delay is
universally agreed. Already the
spirit is IN the very air The difficult
ty is one of method; the difference Of
opinion one as to how we shall go
about it,
The American institutions Of today
have wrought noisless change in the
American character / doubt If fully
realized The common school, hand
imaidened by newspapers and popular
magazines, is working an influence
nothing short of marvellous. The
rural free delivery has set out in its
abiding effect upon an endless career
Of conquest in the promotion Of the
cause of popular education. The far
mer in the remotest rural district sits
down at evening to read, thanks to
the Associated Press, the happenings
|Of the day the wide world over. In
this day with these advantages of our
progress, scant excuse can be found
for illiterarcy Happily too it grows
daily less and less. Government of
the people, by the people, and for the'
people has indeed become a safe prin-
ciple in reality, and any American,
whether public official or private
citizen, may indeed be happy in the
security Of his citizenship and the en- I
durance Of our country.
In these observations concerning
the reality Of our progress and the
promise Of our future, we do well to
remind ourselves Of the influence
welded by the Commercial clubs Of
this new commonwealth. The ex-
ploitation and development Of our un-
limited material resources, the build
ing Of trunk lines of railway into
every district in the new state, the
great general business activity, are
but the evidences Of the enterprise
and activity Of the Commercial club
idea. The government Of this nation
is a government Of its business men.
The government Of Oklahoma is and
will continue to be a government of
its active business men. You Of vi
nita have demonstrated what a live
Of business men can ac-
complish who are willing to lay aside
personal differences for the good Of
your city. Wherever in the great
is found a live city there
Will be found back Of Il a live Com
mercial club or Business Mems league.
The people are demanding expedi-
tion Of their daily business. Cities
spriug up in a day, commonwealths in
i decade. And the natioas- CONNER
eial supremacy. acknowledge on land
and sea. in fact changing the map Of
The world. Completion Of the Pana-
ma Canal will mean to the Mississip- (
pi valley and the great Southwest
higher price for every pound Of our 5
surplus produce and a limitless mar
zet In the Orient. Thus will follow s