The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1912-04-11
FUTURE DEMOCRACY.

FUTURE DEMOChAC1.
1t has been conceded by every civilized nation that
the citizen is the unit of civilization The Constitution
of the United States guarantees him the right of fe
liberty and the pursuit of happiness 1t is my purpose
investigate this proposition and if these facts
and also if the citizen is really enjoying these priv
ages and exercising his right in the promulgaton of
our Government In the first place the citizen should
say who shall be officers, in the second place who
shall make our laws and in the third place what kind of
laws we should have to obey. The Initiative and Ref
ferendum is law of the people. agree with you that
the Initiative and Referendum has been abused to
great extent Some people are willing to work good
horse to death. With the Recall in Constitution it
would have been one of the most perfect documents
ever written by any law-making body. These laws
were not conceived and brought forth in the hands of
Socialism, they were not fostered by Anarchy neither
were they conceived and brought forth in the hands of
greed and wealth They conceived and brought
forth at the work bench, behind the pow down in
the mines where the honest toier had been working
to provide for the necessities of fe These laws
as necessity These laws fostered in the hearts
of honest men, rocked in the cradle of honesty fed
the milk of Equal rights to all and special privileges
to none". How unlike some of our ancient laws That
might makes right. / proud to say today that
wherever the people hold the power of government in
their hands, equity and justice become enthroned But
henever the corporations and trusts hold the power of
government their hands, greed and corruption be-
Ancome enthroned and justice will have to take back
ground Look today at the nations of the EARTH What
means this terrible read about? They
rousing as it from their long sleep, Christianity
has crept into their ranks and given them liberty and
education darkness has been turned to light and the
great of people beginning to realize that
they have a power that should be recognized The
King who had for years been squandering the money
that belonged to the honest citizens kept it secret
from them as long as they were kept in ignorance.
But just the people became enlightened they
arose and took the throne from the king, and in his
rage he threw the at the feet of dancing maid
en- and the monarchy was transformed into republic
in single day. An idea thought that is rocked in
the cradle of ignorance always puts greed and corrup
ton on the throne ask you people who have lived
here in Oklahoma before you had single law passed
that guarantee to rights, ask in all hon.
esty and candor did you not wish for to
as Lion from the North and whip back the powers
of darkness and get statehood for Common people
who had looked to the Republican party for years. ex-
pected, prayed and nay cried for the time to come
when they could to the polls and vote for the of
the people to and lead them forth throw off the
Yoke of Bondage that had held them down so long,
while carpet baggers Office holders and crooks had been
flirting with the dancing madens and squandering the
money that belonged to the honest citizens The time
is here when the honest citizen go to the polls and
as mighty fainx and say who shall go to Congress- tc
the Senate and hold the various offices of our owr
great State of Oklahoma. trust that you will realize
that every citizen has vote it is counted as unit anC
is put record to be read by the generations yet un
born You can do or you undo, you can speak anC
the servants will bow, you egslate and the laws
you make shall be supreme How dare an officer vio
late the trust you have given him? Under the Recall
you put him out just the you would one Of
your farm hands, ] ask you who gave you the Initia
tvs and Referendum? Was it the Republican party
that had been flirting with you for years and feeding
you on broken promises? Was it the carpet baggers
that had been here for and keeping you under
their gag rule? Was it the moneyed powers that haC
become fat at the hands of the government they had
controlled? You will say NO. from the bottom oi
your heart and you will agree with that it was the