The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-20
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When lue people of CNatD'.A
adopted the Constitution iitty huogr
ea lts nroYlsiod f0r two aef pas.
senger fara When 4 taihaa Aui4al
cnlolned tie tW3 ccni lIH ia lulli-
flea constitutional Nrasisihn arll
'thwarted Tie viii Of t'e poodle WaWil
tae people Of Okahone adpp' Al
constitutional provision s'Q1lthii
IA corporation commission h iceiair
freight rates. when x fed rN iidgs
Ienioned The estabishnan pdW
labje freight rates he n1tif 4 S-A.
IstiIutional provision and ,hHaftsd tncI
people When the people 9i Okla
homa adopted tae grandfather elelscI
,they added the suffrage amendment
no the state constitution The Re-l
publican party nov seeks the assist
lance Of a federal Judge in mllifying
this constitutional amendment and
lihwarting The will Of the people Thus
lthn issnc Is s7arply defined shall
1--we have government By the people,
Or government by injunction2 The
democratic party stands for popular
government The Republican party
stands for government By inluncton
The people Of Oklahoma and Of IN
dian Territory endured for seventeen
years the intolefable burdens Of fed
cral interference. and the black curse
iof Republican prescription The only
llaw known or recognized in many lo
lcalities was NE brutal order OF fcd
\ eral mafshals delivered az me caprice
I OF petty federal Judges Popular elec
| tons and popular sovereignty We're
unknown. Il was such abuse Of fed
leral power that caused the people OF
oklahoma ~ adopt popular govelll-
ment by such 4 decisive majority aud,
they fondly hoped, forever from the
state. Tho majority In favor of the
}Okahoma Constitution was TIE IN
eignant protest Of long suffering
people against conrtmade government
land courtmade laws Eit the battle
lcf 1907 IS renewed in 1910. and the
4 Hook and Cotteral ininnctions, and
/ the election Injunction, now In a for
Wahve process, warn the people that
the fight for popular sovereignty is
lyet unended.
\ The people Of oklahoma are cap
able OF self-government They have
tde honesty and the intelligence to
govern themselves efficiently and 10
safely administer state laws They
have chosen their own style Of gov
eminent under their own state con-
sttution. In land where men have
died for freedom. and where the basic
principle of government Is the cor
sent Of the governed, the people Of
Z Oklahoma fail TO see why they should
I be dragooned into obedience by tns
( imported bailifs under orders from
( st. Louis ana ST. Paul Why the peo-
lple of Oklahoma should be treated as
4 the inhabitants of the Philippines and
Z the Mmbcr-jacks Of Alaska, is more
than ordinary minds can see. but the
shameful spectacle daily becomes
more apparent as Hook and Cotleral
land their fellow oppressors render
lin succession their judicial orders
/ lthwarting the wish ANA tie will Os
4 tae people of the state. Oklahoma
today is struggling against a system
as unjust and unrighteous as that
which precipitated the American Rev
olution and inspired the Declaration
lot Carpenters Hall.
/ Was Oklahoma fit for statehood.
Are its citizens qualified for citizen
ship today? II we admit the aftirma.
tive, then the present Republican
practices and federal court intersHe.
ence is nothing more nor less tnnn IT,.
sufierable tyranny praetieed upon
towards and imposed upon slaves. !.
the negative is true, and not the M
firmativc, then the fortysixth st?i
should be torn from the flag, the
state expelled from the Union, ana
the people returned into taat Terri
torial condition from whieh ther wcre
emancipated on the 18th day 9f 70
yember, 1907