The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-08-28


wasteful extravagance. and In creating
places at the public expense for horde
OF hungry harpies the democratic legis-
lature repudiated the party pledges and
adjourned without enacting any law on
the subject Then in hopes to further
profit by their duplicity, the leaders pro-
posed To submit to popular vote the ques-
ton OF the sale OF the school lands. while
sentiment In favor OF the defeat OF the
measure at the polls. The rights OF the
lessees involving homes for their families
and an inheritance for their children, are
too sacred to be trined with in any such
manner, and the republican party pledges
Itself, IL given the power, to carry out
ed by republican congress. and give
both to the school fund and the lessees
just and fair protection. We favor the
continuation of the policy In the state
government In distributing its lands to
the homeless. Therefore. we favor the
immediate sale OF all school lands. with
absolute protection to the lessee In such
school FUND.
We condemn the democratic party FOR
having created laws that made impossible
the highest development or all the re-
sources OF our state. We are In favor Of
all laws that control predatory trusts,
that prevent the SELLING upon special
profits from the people by monopoly. We
do. however, condemn that legislative
policy which cripples the small indepen-
dent producer OF oil. the Indian lessor OF
OF the oil district. We favor such modi
tication OF our present laws as will re-
vive this and other industries in our
state without aiding any violator Of the
law or public rights.
We condemn the partisan, cumbersome,
defective and expensive election laws
passed by the last democratic legislature.
And we demand the repeal Of said laws,
nf a ia
partisan. primary election law, which
will give every voter the right to express
his choice at the polls, irrespective OF his
election law which Will return the control
OF the elections to the hands OF local
elective county. township and precinct
officers instead OF appointed partisans.
We denounce the creation OF useless.
highly compensated offices. boards and
commissions created by the democratic
legislature and governor OF Oklahoma.
taxation provided by the democratic leg
islature make our government onerous
and burdensome. and have con'"'Nuted to
give our state an unsavory putation
invest or to transact business. and has
frightened new investment from our
state, and caused capital and enterprise
already in our midst to stagnate and fall
ter bringing about loss and Inconvenience
TO employee, as well AS employer.
The republican party first provided for
a prohibitory liquor law in the provisions
OF the enabling act by which the state
was admitted into the union OF states.
Since which the people OF the state have
enacted its provisions into state wide pro-
enforcement to the end that the state
may enjoy the highest standard OF citi-
zenship and that the will Of the people as
expressed at the ballot box may be strict
ly observed.
The election OF United States senators
by a direct vote OF the people has been
made a tenet OF the democratic party and
embodied In the Denver platform. In ac-
cord with such declaration. we favor the
placing OF the names OF senators selected
ut the late primaries on the ballot for the
coming election III order that the people
may express their choice at the ballot
box as guide To the action OF the next
legislature. I'm the selection, for the state,
or that nigh Official. and demand that
the same be done.
We demand that the provisions OF the
enabling act In reference To providing free
public schools separated for whites and
negroes shall be complied with. and con
denim the democratic party Tor Its failure
TO provide for the support and mainte-
nance OF such separate schools and for re =
pealing the law which had been found
efficient for that purpose In the courts OF
last resort
Realizing that all sources OF wealth OF
Oklahoma should be fostered In every way
| by good and wholesome law. that agri-
culture is one OF the greatest sources OF
wealth; that the Intelligence, coupled
with proper energy. only. will bring the
agriculturist 10 the highest standard de-
slrable In an oklahoma farmer. There
fore. be II resolved, that We, the republi
cans In convention assembled In Oklahoma
| city on August 18th, favor the enact
ment OF good and wholesome laws 10 gov
ern and protect the agricultural and me-
chanical schools OF this stale. and every
other institution OF learning calculated To
| impart that knowledge to Oklahoma
farmers necessary TO make them masters
In the art and II the republican party Is
allowed to do so by the voters OF this
state. we pledge ourselves To establish
demonstration farms throughout the
state under the supervision OF the state
board OF agriculture.
We denounCe the actions Of the codiry-
| ing commission who prepared the laws
| OF the late legislature for publication In
making changes and alterations In and
destroying the character OF such bills as