The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-24
OWEN SPEAKS
TO BIG CROWD

was split half in two.
Taft, the speaker said, was a big
hearted man; he is well meaning
man. surrounded by @men who know
exactly what they want The senate
is controlled by corrupt machine pol
itics. This must be overthrown The
only way to accomplish this is by
electing the senators by the direct vote
OF the people In the Goth congress
led the fight for the direct election
Of senators. / led the fight through
the Goth, 6lst and 62nd congresses.
Not until the G2nd congress did ! win.
In bringing about this great good for
the people ! feel that my life has not
been spent IN vain" The senator
stated that he had given wide public
ity TO his speeches III this matter and
Bryan run the principal speech in the
Commonef For months Bryan useu
quotations from this speech II the
people really rule, why don't they get
what they want2" This quotation was
printed in black face type across the
top Of the first page Of the coar
moner
"The next step Of political advance.
ment viii be the naming Of the prvsi.
dent by the people. The steam roller
goes out Of business in this year 1912
[ The steam-roIler stole the preslden
tlal nomination in the Republican con
Yention II run over Theodore Roose
welt and a mighty explosion follow
ed"
The senator next told Of holding the
I floor OF the senate for eleven and a
half hours in his fight for the recogni-
tIon OF the people made constitution
Of Arizona as against the machine
made constitution of New Mexico.
The hour was fast approaching which
would mark the legal adjournment Of
congress Appropriation bills wefa to
be passed and he would not yield the
floor, but sent word to the president
that the appropriations bills could be
/. Ieit 70 Champ Clark ana the incom-
4 ing Democratic congress; that Clark
would cut down a great many Of the
1 appropriations asked for. By talking
against time he kept the senate
through its Republican senators with
the aid Of a Democratic senator from
slapping Arizona in the face.
Two years and half ago the sen
ator said, he drew up the Democratic
policies Of popular government 2
sent copies Of this all over the United
States. ] gave copies Of this to La
Toilette and from this document ih,
Progressive League was formed
even had copies Of this document plac
, Cd in the luggage Of Theodore Roose
vent when he went to shoot lions II
Africa / am one Democrat who doesn'
want TO throw any rocks at Theodore
Roosevelt He has rendered Democ
, rasy a great service; he has cut til.
+, Republican party half In two.
eve are on the eve Of the develor
d ment ol lhe grandesl era Of good GOV
h ernment this country has ever seer
/. The fourth of March next viii see tn
Democrats In control OF both tn
q house and senate aud will witness ii
\ auguration Of Woodrow Wilson, pres
II dent OF the United States. Woodro'
d Wilson is a good man and win max
y the people a good president"
4. The speaker stated that his su,
It eessor was to be chosen on August
+. He spoke Of the seniority rule in tn
IA senate whereby the oldest senator
'. are appointed TO the most lmportar
committed. On the fourth Of Mare
+ i viii be one Of the ten Oldest sem
n. tors and will be entitled to a place O
a the ten niest important committees
o. The new senators get places on II
ar least important committees.
to In speaking OF his present race {,
Al reelection the senator said that J
,e was not running on the dement's
in his onponent-that It had ever be'
his honest endeavor to refrain fro
IA speaking evil OF his competitor, but
i, felt that he must answer some of Il
nt charges against him; charges, the Sc
rs ator said, which were based on falls
ID hood
N. The first charge. the gentleman sa
nd which he would answer, was that
~ had introduced the drainage bill /
,at cause he owned 1900 acres on I
led Clear Boggy This bill was lntrodl
!, ca because the Oklahoma legislatu
ne had memorialized congress and ask
for the passage Of this bin and nj
nc. he says that introduced it for v
by purposes" He declared that he {
aid not own an acre on the Clear Bog