Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-27
\ Democrat In Florida.

pld'IllE vast Ncdllu apoNe Drains
ana patriotism.
\ Democrat In Florida
IT, as you said this afternoon, you
made three hundred millions of dol
lars for the State of Florida and
while there you We're a Democrat, or
while there you were acting with ,he
Democratic party, why did you not
there remain and ask the people 10
send you to Congress or the Senate
rs a reward for your business asu-
ncm and ability instead of coming to
oklahoma and now straddlng or re-
naming silent on every important
public question. Mr., Daniel, these
questions naturally arise in the
minds of honest men and you should
answer them.
"Whon YOU spoke about the value
of tho water rights of the Arkansas
river i'm oklahoma, do YOU not know
that The people of Indian Territory,
prior to statehood, endeavorcd 70
have an appropriation by Congress
for the deepening Of that stream ?
The idea of improving the Arkansas
river and making it navisable even
higher up than Tulsa is as old as
Tulsa and older than yourself. You
can not break into Congress by such
clupuap as This. The voters of the
Third District have too much sense
to be misled into believing that you
are the author of this idea.
"Fnally, Mr. Daniel, when you
speak again if ever try and discuss
live public questions that concern the
American people and let us know
where YOU stand on so important a
question as the election of a presi-
dent. DO not believe that all Amerl-
cans place money above manhood
and wealth above integrity. You
have intelligence enough to make
yourself understood when you so
wish, and instead Of boasting Of youi
ABILITY 20 break down men tell us
where you stand on the tariff, the
trusts, the election of United States
Senators by a q irect vote of the peo-
pie, and the income tax. Tell rs
why II is that under fifty years of
Protective Tariff system there haa
grown up in America more than ten
thousand millionaires while the great
mass OF toilers are finding the high
cost of living an almost unbearable
burden our country is blessed with
"a marvelously fertile soil. the bowels
of the earth contains immeasurable
Wculth, and yet the toling masses
are growing poorer. The blessings
of Cod ana the industry of man arc
unable to counteract the iniquities
OF The system founded upon the prin.
ciplc of faVorinE the few at the OK
ponsc of the many That Infamous
system you come and tell me today
is the way to become prosperous,
Frankly. candidly, seriously, and in
ail the ourncstness I possess. say To-
you. YOU are mistaken or else you
are not Just You are seeking to mis-
lead Yourself
But above all when YOU SPEAK
again do not misrcpresent your op.
poneut. that great. noble and honest
faithful. successful man James :.
Davenport Nh Davenport has voted
In the interests Of the common peo-
pie of tho United States and for jus
icc even to millionaires. Not man
I'm the Third District but what knows
where Jim Davenport stands and you
decline to say for whom you are for
president Jim follows in the steps
Of Jefferson. Jackson and Lincoln.
You follow Aldrich and Cannon In
the literature which you are scatter
ing YOU say and have II said OF you
lie Is as democratic as Jefferson. as
progressive as Roosevelt. ms conser-
vative as Taft and az scholarly as
Wilson Can anything be more
ridiculous Such egotism. such ell
ly senseless boasting is nowhere to
be found but IN Oklahoma. can
truthfully say: Your looking-g glass
grlmaces, and cold storage climaxes
are a hindrance TO the ear, and OBJ
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