The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-31
PLEA MADE
BY MOOSE
CANDIDATE
Hiekam Declares that Only Two
Parties Offer Solutions Of Pres
ent Problems Criticizes
States Bonded Debt

bNDPtVs yolu >. AliChdiii, fIO6ItSblff
candidate for governor. opened his po-
litical campaign in chickasha Satur-
day afternoon. speaking to good siz-
ed crowd from platform at the cor
ner OF Third and chickasha lie was
Introduced BY Jonas Cook.
The Socialists offer government
ownership and the Progressives gov
ernmen control" said Hickam The
speaker went back in history 90 the
cause for the organization Of the Re
publican party stating in substance
that political parties organized for the
most laudabe purposes would some
times become corrupted, at which
time another party should be the re-
suit
Go back to 1852 and look at the
platforms OF the old Whig and Demo
cratic parties, said the speaker
They were practically the same on
the slavery question. Lincoln was a
Whig and had been elected 10 a high
office by that party, yet when he re-
allied that the Whig party was in the
hands Of the slavery interests, he pun
ed away from that party and organized
the Republican party II was shown at
that time that about one out OF every
thirteen voters Of the Wing party were
slave owners, yet that one was power
ful enough TO swing the policies Of the
party,
To-day the two old parties are con
trolled BY few, in the manner in
which the old Whig party was con-
trolled, namely by the interests Of to-
day. II you were to so to New York
and seek the most powerful Republ-
can in the Empire state. for whom
would you look? Would you look for
man who has been elected to a high
office by chat party In that state? Not
/ II You are wise. You would seek out
'Hoss Barnes, who was never elected
TO any office by any party, vet who
is the most powerful political boss in
the United states. On the other hand
| II you were TO look for the most pow
erfu Democrat in New York for
whom would YOU inquire? Not for
some cf the high officials elected by
the Democrats in that state, but you
would 90 down to Tammany Han and
seek out Chas Murphy, the greatest
political boss of his time
How did these men gain so much
power in their respective parties and
YET were never honored by the voters
with an office? BY an organized sys-
tenn Of graft and by no other way Not
public building. not bridge not a
culvert is constructed in tlrat state
unless ii comes through the channels
OF graft domineered by one OF these
two men, Is il possible for any man
70 be the friend of the people who is
at the head of system Of graft like
that?
"rhen possibly you win ask, "What
sort of men are Wilson or Bryan2' In
my opinion Woodrow Wilson is a con-
scientious. able, christian gentleman
| think thessame about Bryan ] think
Robert LaFollette and Bristow are
conscientious statesmen. Why then
should these men of different political
parties. yet who are good men. fight
each other?
"The other day heard Joe Thomp- |
son make speech 1t was 1914
speech. In many ways ii was won
derful speech. Among other things
he said the reason the antitrust leg |
islatlon had not been passed long ago
and congress adjourned, is because
there are too many reactionary Demo
Gratis up there He said that in his
opinion, the same blow-up was neces-
sary in the Democratic party as oc-
cured in that Of the Republican. and
that il would not surprise him If it
came this year
when we ratified the constitution
OF the great state of Oklahoma, we
We're proud OF one clause therein,
namely that never could the debt OF
the state Of Oklahoma exceed $780,
COO Today the bonded Indebtedness
Of the state is about ss.000.e0 and
Tho s,nrema courf has declared fha
clause void. the clause that was ADOPT
eddy the voters of Oklahoma by more
than 100000 majority II is costing
nearly a million dollars a year more
than the taxes to run the state gov
ernment. If this condition continues.
what viii become OF our children and
our children's children In state
ment issued by MI Parkinson it is
stated that The county and state Of
flcials embezzled 100000 a year.