The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-05-10

essary, By the initiative or reject laws
BY the referendum These leagues
should have one north STAR as a
Constant guide-the control OF mono
poly through the voice Of the people;
the lowering Of artificial monopoly
prices on bread, meat and clothing
and other necessities Of lie, and the
raising osspriees on crude raw mater
ial produced by labor in order that the
great end may be obtained that IS. to
secure a more equitable distribution
Of tho proceeds Of human labor
"Ths system o. machine politics,
whicfsprevents selfgovemment by the
peopls and enables one man by sue
cessfl trade monopoly to absorb q
thousand Millions OF the proceeds Of
human labor with an annual income
Of fifty millions Or more per annum.
while millions Of men on bare living
wage are delivering the proceeds Of
their labor to the multi-millionaries
who cannot eat or wear this gigantic
surplus, ought to be abolished both
for the benefit Of labor and for the
higher interest Of the enormously
wealthy men who are often the un-
conscious beneficiaries Of this despic-
able system
Pharaoh established monopoly in
corn and thus absorbed all Of the
money ohattels, land and labor of
Egypi. and then took twenty per cent
for himself and his captains. and gave
to labor eighty per cent of its own
product Genesis, XLvII., 26) but
our census shows that labor does not
get half as much of its own products
as Pharaoh gave.
Machine politics must be over
thrown.
1T is clear that Senator Owen is at
war with the system" being at the
same time constructive statesman.
He is an upbuilder Born at Lynch
burg, Va. educated in Virginia, and
Maryland. he has lived thirty-one
years in Oklahoma, where his mother
was born in 1881. He organized the
First National Bank of Muskogee, at
Muskogee, Okla, and was its presi-
dent for ten years AS lawyer he
handled the leased district case for
the Choctaws and Chickasaws. recoy-
|ering S2.991 900; and he recovered
S., 100000, for the Eastern Cherokees.
His argument in this latter case was
declared by Chief Justice Mott, forty
years in the federal court of claims, to
be the ablest he had ever heard in
that court. Mr.. Owen received a like
compliment from the chief justice Of
the federal supreme court.
"A democrat, he believes in con
structive government. He was a
member of the subcommittee that
framed the democratic national plat
form in 1896; democratic natiSnal
committeeman, 1S96-1900; vice chair
man of the democratic state commit
tee in 1906; and United States sena-
tor in 1907. His zeal is manifested in
numerous ways in pressing what APP
pears to be the chief interest of his
life, the improvement of the political,
physical and material well being of
the American people.
''The peoples political welfare is
to be secured, he believes, through
the Introduction of the Initiative and
referendum, the manatory direct pri-
mary, corrupt practices. acts and 9TH
er governmental maehanisms where
by the peoples will shall prevail The
peoples material well-being. in his
opinion, calls for government control
of monopolies, the safeguarding OF
bank deposits and savings, and other
such measures as will secure to the
workers a more equal distribution of
the proceeds of their labor. To pro-
mote the physical well-being of the
American people, he has introduced
and is pressing a bill to establish a
department Of public health, which is
receiving the enthusiastic approval of
the American Medical association, and
Of public-spirlted men in general
throughout the entire country.
These are some of the more inn
lportant Of Senator Ovens achiev-
ments. Always at work and usually
along successful lines, he has gone
| from victory to victory. Today Sen
ator Owen is at the zenith of his ca
pacity for doing things, just at the
time when the people are about to re-
turn to power, which opens for him
immeasurabIe opportunities for useful
service.
Office For Election Board.