The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-16
GREATER ADVANCEMENT.
ADDRESS BY SENATOR OVEN.

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these properties wlll have spne into
fewer hands that the bis ash
have gg0en blggef and thp smaller
nah haFa grown Wofa UeifussifEa and
that tlls condition WlH grow worse
aud worse until We restore the fun.
dameuial declaration nf kQaal rights
q all and special nriKiieEea a. none
Hundred Men Control.
Already e has reached a point
where oae hundred men through six.
teen huRareA directofships caatroi
every ereat transportation line. the
telegraph. the telephone. the express
companies. the great Industrial rpms
pAntHa. with momUp1llra IN Iron ard
steel aud in all metals. m oil and iis
hYprudneta, IN sugar, Ia various hood
products. in buildiuN materials and iu
all the great necessities 81 llle.
You natter yourselves when you
fancy that 4 q Eo0d thing IN which
yOa NAV personally participate. b.
cause Yoa should remember that ahlle
yua may have today the eruulalte ii.
teillgeaee. means and business eon.
uestl0na they may lA1 away from
you tomnTrow. aad if they 10 not.
yon ara promoting a condition which
vill leave your SIMS and daughters
n = position where they may be
easily rnslayed
Al present the farmer Who raises
cattle for the market has not one
buyer A buyer that fxes the market
and the farmer Who produces is %
course limited a. 4 bare livelihood
hy those able ~ "A prices. ADD he
merely Illustrates shat ls true Ia
other lines 0f business Tho great
problem ~ today i, 10 restore 20 the
ordinary human being hia inalieuAble
riKht 10 life liberty and the pursuit
- happiness I have 40 heAtleneY
IA ssylng that The inailenshle rights
O fmen. og life. liberty and the pur
suit 0f harphess. have been taken
away already from the submerged
half ~ our CltlxenHhin by the special
interests IN this Couutry. which have
hren permitted "a develop KiKautie
growth under teh substantial asa.4l
of the fundamental doctrine " aQuMi
rights % an and special PRIVILEGES e
none n iha sabmerEed half ol our
people the men must work an iaY
and the women must vQrk AL daf.
ana the children ARE alsn compelled
- 80 into the factories and work
hong hours t0 tina lniuey ~ bodY. ~
mind and os soal We see extreme
luxury un nne slide ana extreme pow
efty en the other
it would b. better iar ohf people
~ our stronger men would BE- con
tent with leaa MaHfy with less Row.
ri apd Il they RuHd voluntarily
yiaiA tu iabar q lAreeg part on ihat
which labor creates I freely sgrrr
that D great ofEanlr.uE brain HctluF
aa fhe captain of manufacturing
esf8hlisameuf g. worthy of she hieh
cst reaArA az compared tc hie isas
efficient brother ana tet such q
man csn anpe5 to 81 eenefnH im lhe
partition nf the ufoeeais % hia Ahaf
WHh iho regiment he aad
ieitlasixe ard Referendum,
The ps96lem IN Oklahoma hAs heea
fha restoration 0f ihU nealies rule
We are naf afraid u aif people in
Oklahoma For thase reasons 'H Oh
mboms We hfsl established sihe
peoples rule ~ fhe aiflafFa anf
referendum Is elis caHly aaf
state Second mandatory primary
foF the samlastian af sli raftg can
dldates Third hF Hregentins the
use of moneys sa elections sud silt
thls ae have driven lohhsea fram anr
capitol We have devised SAYS ani
means fef fhe control e public car
pofatlons
With a yias 20 she Immediate can.
lFoi of moaopoiles ln Oklahoma the
constitution provides far tbs oomniete
control q Al corporations IA ths
state uadsr equitable rules vith run
publicity. and. whore moaopoiles nee
essariiy exist. vith rrogislaa fer
fixing = Hmitaflaa upon thetf poser
20 ias ihe people
The people Ia Oklahoma are sov.
sFeign aad wili no, permit sny cor.
uorstloa existing 81 the sovereign
viil 60 abuse the risht of 8 public
franchise - gross ana obvious ia.
fairness e the peapla from sbom
saeh corporation derives its ilfe