Ada News Examines Racial Separation Debate and Fairbanks Visit
The Southern Republican asks how riding with a negro differs from riding in a buggy as it presses segregation issues. The Ada News quotes Shanks the freedman on social boundaries and notes the Republican Party’s lack of qualification on racial law. It also previews Vice President Fairbanks’s reception in Ada and the broader Oklahoma political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R
S. A
Shanks
S.R
Railroads in the Campaign Dodge Special Trains
The Fairbanks special notes how Democrats paid $2 per town for Bryan’s rail tour while Republicans billed to speak with no charge as Vice President Fairbanks planned a tour. The piece argues railroads appear to fund Bryan’s train, while Republicans stay free of such influence.
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Democratic Committee
Bryan
Fairbanks
Oklahoman
Vice President Fairbanks Visit Sparks Local Feud in Ada
The Southern Republican criticizes local Democrats for not feting Fairbanks as a vice president. The paper accuses the News of narrowness and partisan motives, arguing the visit serves campaign aims for the Republican party in Ada.
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Lionizefo
Fairbanks
Ada
Impersonation Mixup at Bryan Rally and Ada Precinct Plan
An Oklahoma tale recounts a man posing as Governor Frantz at a Bryan rally in El Reno. The incident prompts a political flurry as Price, known as Governor Price, is mistaken for the governor. The piece then lists voting precincts and locations for the 87th constitutional district election in Indian Territory, with detailed boundaries and polling places for Ada and surrounding townships.
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Guthrie
Okla
el Reno
Bryan
South
Price
Frantz
Oklahoma
Oakman
Canadian River
Beard
North Broadway
Ada
Main Street
Townsend Avenue
Twelfth Street
City of
Johnson Building
Lanham
Walling
Hart
Davis Building
Knox School House
Dr. Pratt
Fitzhugh
Byrd
Franks
Pontotoc
Reagan
Mill Creek
John W. Bearp
87Th Constitutional District
Indian Territory
What the Party Stands For
Democratic delegates in Ada at a territorial convention publish resolutions for Oklahoma statehood. They advocate direct democracy through initiative and recall, anti trust laws, railroad supervision, land easements, factory and mine inspectors, eight hour workdays, free school books, a bonded school fund, and public coal lands owned by the state for public benefit. The platform stresses protection of workers, fair compensation to Indians, and resisting private monopolies.
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Ada
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Governor confronts impostor amid crowd at event
A governor observes a man posing as Governor S Frantz’s representative, taunts him, and exposes him as "Governor" Price of Oklahoma City, a cigar seller and hot air distributor. The impostor bolts and vanishes, leaving the real governor in the spotlight.
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Frantz
S Frantz
Price
Oklahoma City
Jeffersonian constitution demands inalienable land and direct democracy
A protest document calls for removing restrictions on tribal lands except homesteads for full bloods, capping land purchases to favor farmers, opposing corporate land grabs, and adopting alien land laws. It urges a statewide road system, convict labor on roads, taxation of corporate intangible assets, and uniform tax rates. It supports direct election of senators, anti bribery laws, and constitutional amendment rights. It also endorses separate facilities for African Americans and a Jeffersonian constitutional framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Mgr
United States
United
Primary Favor Separate Prohibition Question in State Platform
A political platform supports drafting a separate article to settle the prohibition issue by the people. It also calls for primaries to nominate officers and a just fellow servants law to protect employees in all jurisdictions. J E Griassy chairs the resolutions committee with J J Copeland as secretary.
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J. E. Griassy
J. J. Copeland
Sec’y
Johnson and Coup Leave Ada Property for Oklahoma City
W. B. Johnson and his Chicago associate Coup have been prospecting several days and inspecting real estate near Ada before departing this afternoon for Oklahoma City.
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W. B. Johnson
Chicago
Mr. Coup
Ada
Oklahoma City
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Ablisher
D. Stiener
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Mitchell Mart Walshs
James D. Garr
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J. C. Cates
C.ac. Hargis
W. H. Nettles
Carlton Weaver
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Dr. Mendenhall
G. M. Ramsey
St. Louis
Hanibal
Kansas City
Junction City
Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth
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Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
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Reneia
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
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