The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-10-16

selected as its standard bearer Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt. have no hest
fancy in stating to you that | stand on
and adopt as my platform the plat
form adopted by the democratic ma
tional convention at Baltimore and if
you want to be fair and honest with
the voters, of the Third congressional
district, you should say to them open
| ly whether you are standing on and en-
dorsing the platform upon which Mr..
Taft is running for president or the
platform on which Colonel Roosevelt
is running.
In your epigrams you seem to have
mo hesitancy in giving the voters of
the Third district your views as to how
you stand with your feathered friends,
stating, as you do, on page eleven of
the booklet: Among my fcathered
friends an angel stands first; the
American eagle second"
You also seem to have no hesitancy
in stating your views with reference to
what society does for criminals. on
page eleven you state your views
frankly and say: IF it were not for
society preparing crime there would
be no criminal to commit it,"
On page twelve of your booklet you
are frank and state your views with
reference to cats as follows: "If you
live with cats you will soon scratch
| like one.
Why you are not as frank with the
people about issues that interest them
as you are about giving your views
with reference to feathered friends, So
ciety preparing criminals and living
with cats, you alone are able to ex-
plain.
|, therefore, challenge yo uto joint
discussion of the following questions,
all Of which stand for and will sup
port if am returned to congress as
the representative of the people of the
Third congressional district:
/. I favor the removal of restric-
tions upon the lands of the Indians of
the Five Civilized Tribes except a
homestead for the full-boods
2. ! favor the immediate passage
of laws vesting the jurisdiction with
reference an handling the Indians
property in Oklahoma in the courts of
| the state and winding up the affairs Of
the Indians of the Five Civilized
Tribes, so far as government officers
are concerned in Oklahoma
3. ! stand for the enforcement Of
the laws of The state of Oklahoma as
they appear in the statutes until they
have been set aside by the supreme
court of the United States.
4. | will vote to place on the free
| list all goods hat are manufactured,
or controlled by the trusts and will
vote for reduction of the tariff on all
manufactured articles to a revenue
basis.
As you have not expressed yourself
on any of the subjects mentioned,
deem it necessary and believe it to be
our duty that we jointly discuss these
questions so that the voters may know
who are most competent to represent
them in the halls of congress, as that
is the place you cannot hire any one to
make the argument for you
We should discuss these questions in
at least six joint discussions. | leave.
it to you to fix the time and place of
three of them and as soon as hear
from you | will select the other three
places. shall expect reply from
you by the morning of the 10th at my
headquarters in your home city, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
This is district where the citizen
ship is intelligen and want to know
what a man stands for. They are not
in favor of placing dollars above abil-
ity, nor is there any of our citizens
who can be bribed or bought to cast
their vote
Under our present law there is a
limitation upon the expenditures for
campaign purposes and ! take this
method of suggesting to you that in
the recent primary you far exceeded
the amount allowed by law as you well
know. and also take this method of
advising you that | am in possession
of the facts of your contemplated ac-
|tion on election day in the respective
precincts throughout the district and
| also desire to suggest to you that
$4,000 to the precinct, as outlined by
you and agreed upon by your sugges-
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