OHIO. 



OKLAHOMA. 



and tfi< 1 hitter in ft council, both tn I..- elected by 

 tli.' people ; favored closer commercial relations 

 \vitli Canada; just and lilxTal pensions to de- 

 serving and disabled soldiers and sailors who 

 fought for the maintenance of the (Jovernmcnl, 

 and to their widows ami orphan children; and 

 expressed sympathy with tin- persei-uted .lews in 

 IJn-ia. A minority report was present cd, sub- 

 stituting tin- following lor tin- coinage and in- 

 come-tax planks : 



\v, believe in hmiest money, the coinage of ffold 

 and silver, ami eireulating medium convertible into 

 such money witlimit less; inn! \\fonpo8eulllegisltt- 

 tion which tends to drive either gold or silver OTl <>t' 

 circulation, and we believe in maintaining tin- < "in 

 age of lioth iiii-tuls on u purity. 



\\ . aUo recommend that 'the resolution do-luring 

 graduated tax on incomes be stricken from the 

 platform. 



The minority report was defeated by a major- 

 ity of 95) in a total vote of TOO, and the platform 

 was then adopted as reported by the majority of 

 the rominiUee. The ticket nominated was as 

 follows: Governor, James K. Campbell; Lieu- 

 teiiiint-Govcnior, William \'. Marquis; Auditor 

 of State, Thomas K. I'eckinpaugh ; Attorney- 

 General, John P. Bailey ; State Treasurer, C. P. 

 Aekcrtmm; Supreme Judge, Gustavus Il.Wahl; 

 Commissioner of Schools, Charles C. Miller ; 

 Member Board of Public Works, John McNa- 

 mara; Food and Dairy Commissioner, Ambrose 

 J. Trumbo. 



The People's party convention was held at 

 Springfield, Aug. 6. The platform held that 



" Labor is the basis of all wealth, happiness, and prog- 

 :nl must have eoual protection by the law"; 

 that the (lovernment shall be so administered as to 

 secure equal rights to all people; that taxation, na- 

 tional, State, or municipal, shall not be used to build 

 up one interest or class at the expense of another; the 

 abolition of national banks as banks of issue and as a 

 substitute for national-bank notes; that full legal- 

 tenilcr treasury notes be issued in sufficient volume 

 to conduct the business of the country on a cash 

 basis; payment of all bonds of the Government in- 

 stead Of refunding them in such money us they were 

 originally made payable in ; (iovcrnmcnt ownership 

 of all the means of transportation and communication 

 between and by the people of the United States; lib- 

 eral pensions to all honorably discharged Union sol- 

 diers of the late civil war and generous care for their 

 widows and orphans, and that the difference between 

 the value of gold and greenbacks at the date of pay- 

 ment be made eoual to gold, so as to place the soldier 

 on the same footing as the bondholder has been; fa- 

 Y r><l woman's suffrage, (Jovcrnment loans directly 

 to individuals, free e< linage of silver; opposed alien 

 ownership of lands ; and deinandeil that Congress de- 

 vise a means of obtaining all land already owned by 

 foreign syndicates; also demanded all lands held by 

 railroad* and other corporations in excess of what i's 

 actually needed be reclaimed by the (iovermnent and 

 held foraetual settlers only; demanded graduate I tax 

 on incomes. 



On State matters the platform favored a con- 

 st it utional amendment preventing changes in 

 the forms of municipal government for partisan 

 purposes and requiring the consent of the peo- 

 ple to any such changes; also a constitutional 

 amendment requiring submission of proposed 

 legislation to the popular vote in certain condi- 

 ti"!is; the enactment and rigid enforcement of 

 laws preventing gambling in futures; theelection 

 of United States Senators by the people; the 



rigid enforcement "f lawn againift the adultera- 

 tion and counterfeiting of food and drink pnxl- 

 uct>; free school iNtok* mid compulsory educa- 

 tion. The Standard Oil Company w a* denounced 

 for joining the trust and a demand made, for the 

 forfeiture of its charter. The following ticket 

 wa^ nominiitcd: (iovenior, John Scitz; LienU-n- 

 anl-<io\eriior, Frank L. lli>t ; State Auditor, 

 David W. Cooper; Alton J, Uiall N. 



Smith; Treasurer, Henry Welf ; Judge of Su- 

 preme Court, Alfred M. S'aple; School Commis- 

 sioner, J. K. I'etei-Min ; Mendn-r Hoard of Public 

 Works, J. S. Horror; Dairy and l-'ood Commis- 

 sioner, W. J. We:. 



The canvass that followed the conventions was 

 one of the most remarkable in the history of the 

 State. The nomination by the Republicans of 

 William McKinley, the reputed a ithor of the 

 new tariff law, forced the tariff issue sharply to 

 the front, and the entire campaign was fought 

 on national issues. Gov. Campbell was pre- 

 vented by illness from taking an early part in 

 the contest, but Major McKinley began making 

 speeches throughout the State soon after the 

 conventions had been held. The canvass was 

 noticeable also for the entire absence of person- 

 alities, which had been an unpleasant feature of 

 most previous gubernatorial campaigns in Ohio. 

 The Republican and Democratic candidates were 

 warm personal friends, and used their influence 

 with their respective supporters to this end. 

 Once during the campaign the two leading can- 

 didates met in joint debate at the village of Ada. 

 crowds coming from the surrounding country to 

 hear the discussion of the tariff. Much of the 

 interest in the campaign arose from speculation 

 as to the strength of the new People's party. 

 In addition to the election of State officers, the 

 people were to vote on a constitutional amend- 

 ment enlarging the legislative power over tax- 

 ation, and also on the question of holding a con- 

 stitutional convention to revise the Constitution, 

 that instrument requiring the submission of the 

 question every twenty years. The election was 

 held Nov. 8, with the following result : Gov- 

 ernor, William McKinley, Jr. (Republican). 886,- 

 739; James E. Campbell (Democrat), 865,228; 

 John J. Ashenhurst (Prohibition), 20,190; John 

 Seitz (People's), 28,472; Republican plurality, 

 21,151. On the vote for the other offices the 

 Republican plurality varied from 27.000 to 29,- 

 500. On the taxation amendment the vote was: 

 Yes, 803,177 ; No, 65,014. On the Constitutional 

 Convention Yes, 99,784; No, 161,722. As the 

 total vote cast at the election was 803,228. re- 

 quiring 401,615 for the adoption of a constitu- 

 tional amendment, both constitutional proposi- 

 tions were defeated. 



OKLAHOMA, a Territory of the United 

 States, organized by act of Congress approved 

 May 2, 181K); area (including the Cherokee coun- 

 try and No Man's Land), 89.030 square miles; 

 nopnlation (including Ureer County, claimed by 

 Ti \;isi. according to the census of 1890, 61,834. 

 Capital, (iutlirie. 



Government, The following were the Terri- 

 torial ollieers during the year: Governor, George 

 W. Steele, Republican, who resigned in OctoU-r; 

 Secretary and acting Governor after the Govern- 

 or's resignation, HoU-rt Martin: Treasurer, W. 

 T. lliggie; Auditor and Superintendent of Pub- 



