The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-08

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one alliance for labor to make. for the
truth and justice VIII ever prevail and
THAT is with those Of your own kind.
who. sweat and labor rather than
those who create dollars by the sweat
and labor Of anothers brow
The railroad corporations say to
their men. if the law reduces our
rates, we viii be compelled to reduce
wages Let them stop paying divi-
dends on their common stock that is
almost purely water, and they need
not deprive the laborer Of a single
penny. Let there be laws that will
regulate wages as well as rates, then
wages will not be cut until absolutely
necessary. Is not your labor as good
as their money, and fully on an equal
ity with their watered stocks?
They tell you if Taft is not elected
ali the factories will close. What
stopped so many Of them last fall?
They say don't elect Bryan for he
will have the appointment Of four su-
preme Judges during his term Of Of
flee. That is just the reason Bryan
should be elected, that appointments
NAV be made favorable to the labor
ing classes. You want and should
have judges on the supreme bench in
sympathy with the masses Of the peo-
pie. Courts, legislatures and laws
should combine to care for and pro
tect the common people for the mil
llionaires are fully able to take care
Of themselves. (Applause)
THE people Of the state Of okla
homa have the greatest and best con
stitution of any state IN the Union,
and while the cry Of the Republicans
was that they would amend it, when
the first legislature met, not one of
the twenty-five Republicans in the leg
islature even offered or suggested an
amendment
I'm creating the Oklahoma constitu-
tion, the labor organizations got every
thing asked for. They got more in
that constitution than they got through
the Republican legislatures of Okla
homa in seventeen years. The Ameri-
can people are proud Of that consti-
tuition and the protection it gives you,
and are proud of your labor in the
upbuilding Of this great state"
Continuing, the governor poured
some hot shot into Dennis Flynn, say
ing; q am here to defend every law
made by the legislature; can man
so winding and crooked as Dennis
Flynn expect a Democratic legislature
to correct in four months all the
crooked work done by Republican leg
islatures in fifteen years?
"The laboring men have gone to the
Republicans in congress, with Tax
Dodger Flynn among them, and got a
stone. Then went to the Democratic
convention at Denver and got what
they asked for
The laboring men must have a
member in the official family of cabi-
net officers-a minister of labor-be-
fore their rights and principles will be
recognized. For them the Democratic
dinner pail will be filled with prom
ises that last; the Republican dinner
pail was filled with promises that
didn't last four years.
"The Democratic party has always
stood for the employers liability law.
The theory of this law is that the
loss should be spread equally over
all concerned It should be national
as well as state law, and its in
fluence be mutual"
The governor explained in detail the
bank kuarantee law, saying that they
compelled bank chartered by the
state TO protect the peoples money. It
was a poor mans law; a depositor's
absolute protection; a protection to
the stockholders Of the bank against
/ dishonest officers; a sure cure for
sick or badly managed banks The
Republican party thought all banks
sacred, and no law should tell them
how to run. Now that Oklahoma has
such a banking law, Illinois, Indiana,
| Michigan and even Kansas, all Repub-
lican states. are asking for it-Taft
OF no Taft
The speaker eulogized Bryan, and
the glorious principles for which he
stood. especially regarding his cam.
paign fund, in refusing TO accept a