The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-16
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out az good an investment for the
state he is a different financier than !
have been trained to be.
Another thing that ! am opposed
to is conyicts coming into competi-
|tion with honest Labor ! am opposed
10 convicts coming into competition
with honest farmers, with honest me-
ohanics, with honest miners. Should
Oklahoma become the owner Of these
coal and asphalt lands the inevitable
result would be for the convict to
drift into the mines, and for every
convict that went in an honest miner
would have to come out.
4 am opposed to the Torrens land
system IN Oklahoma, and II ] am
elected governor / will veto any bill
attempting to engraft It upon the
laws Of this state. The Torrens Land
system reduced to simplicity means
that the state OF Oklahoma would
guarantee every holder OF a Torrens
land certificate the title to his land,
and If in after years the title SHOULD
prove defective Oklahoma, out Of the
taxpayers money would have to make
good the loss to the holder Of the GER
tificate. There is no reason why the
state should guarantee me against a
defective title to my land than II
should guarantee Mr.. George there
against a defective fIue In his house.
Since statehood became effective in
1907, more than 10000 suits have
been filed in the federal court Of this
state to annul conveyances made to
lands upon the east side OF Oklahoma.
Thes suits involve more than 2 mil
lion acres Of land. II we had such a
law in this state and the government
should succeed in maintaining its
contention and overthrow the titles,
lit would mean bankruptcy for Okla
homa.
Il stand for a white mans gov
ernment. The white race has never
submitted to the negro domination
and never will. BY white mans gov
ernment I mean Indians also. for
some of the best blood of the coun-
try, some Of the sharpest best busi
ness men Of the state, some Of thc
most honorable and upright members
Of society are Indian or Indian des
cent. It is proposed in this state &C
Einitiate law that will restrict suf
frage SO far as negroes are concern.
ed, to those who can read. favor
the passage of that law and believe
the necessity for it exists in Oklaho
ma Practically all the state With 1
large negro population have passed
law restricting the negro in the
exercise Of the ballot Fleeing from
these laws, which he thinks are an
infringement on his rights he natur
ally turns to this state, for our eli
mate is adapted to his tastes anC
here grows the crops he is accustom
ed to, and here he fels that he vii
be placed upon the same politica
footing and equality with the othel
races"
MY friends. have stated it hun
dred times, yes, a thousand times
land repeat it here today that Okla
homa has upon her statute book
today the best banking law that ha.
ever been written in American his
tory
As to the question of prohibition
II the same question was before ths
people this fall that was before then
three years ago would vote upo1
that question exactly as | did then
The people Of the state having de
clared in favor of statewide prohi
bition. | hold that that part Of the
constltution should not be altered oi
repealed except when that alteration
or repeal originates with the voters
Of this state. and receive their sane
ton by a majority vote at the polls.