The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-09-16
NEEDED REFORMS
BUT NO REMEDY
crsaser Declares He is Proud of Hav,
ing Voted For Tarlff-Extrava-
gance Is McNeal's Hobby.

About one hundred ard fifty persons
heard Joseph w. McNeal and Charles
e. Creager denounce everything DEM
ocratic at the Auditorium last night.
OF this number about one third were
democrats as could be seen by the ap-
plause from time to time that greeted
the speakers. when they paused and
gave the cue for such demonstrations.
The speaking was as bitter an arraign-
ment of the democratic party as one
would wish to hear and was a source
of great pleasure to the reactionary
republicans in the audience, but held
little Of soIace for the followers of
Murdock, Bristow, LaFollette and the
other leaders Of the einsurgent" move
ment
Creager was the first speaker and
devoted all of his time to defense of
his action in supporting the nefarious
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill that has
awakened storm of insurgency from
Maine to California and from Florida
to washington. He followed out the
preaching Of Joe Cannon and the Aid
rich machine In saying that the tariff
law was the best ever written. He
said that not an increase was made in
the schedules on the necessities Of
life and enumerated few of the farm
products upon which the rate was not
Increased, but omitted all mention Of
the manufactured products Of wool
and cotton and Of sugar and other
household necessities upon which the
tariff was increased from forty to
more than one hundred per cent, He
condemned the democrats for falling
to applaud certain substitutes for laws,
which the democrats are lighting for,
and which substitutes were passed by
a republican house. He said that he
was proud of the fact that he had sup
ported such tariff law and upon the
strength of such vote wanted to be
returned to congress. Eight men in
the audience, by actual count, applaud
ed this remark and the silence of the
others bore the unexpressed state
ment that they would see that another
went to congress instead Of the man
who had helped to place the necessi-
ties Of life beyond the reach Of many
of the poorer class.
The bank guaranty law was con-
demned by the republican aspirant for
congress and the postal savings bank
was praised
The speech of McNeal was by far
the most interesting of the two, and
the Guthrie man showed that he was
an orator Of no mean ability. Extraya-
gance in the state administration was
the gist of the claims set up by the
gubernatorial candidate. He enumer.
ated number of the expenditures of
the state departments, including the
board of agriculture and the various
institutions Of higher 1eafning in the
state. He advocated the stopping OF
the education Of the children Of the
state beyond the eighth grade, at the
expense Of the taxpayers. but failed
to bring out that under our present
form of government the state and
counties are divided into school dis
tricts, each of which takes care of It's
own graded schools, thus relieving the
state at large Of that expense. He de-
clared that forty per cent Of the state
employees now employed could do all
of the work, but never promised to dis
charge single employe if elected.
He attempted to show that the state
was heavily in debt but made no refer
ence to the fact that all of the state
institutions had to be started in the
short period Of three years or to point
the way out of the alleged difficulties.
IN all Of his talk there was not prom
ise of reform made, although he point
ed out many alleged extravagant ex-
penditures of the state and alleged
needed reforms.
While Mr.. McNeaI is an entertain