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kins; Dairy and Food Commissioner, Ballard B. 

 Yates. The convention also named for State presi- 

 dential electors Isaac R. Sherwood and A. J. 

 Warner, and for delegates at large to the Na- 

 tional Democratic Convention James Kilbourne, 

 Abraham W. Patrick, William S. Thomas, and 

 Horace L. Chapman. The platform declared: 



" We enter our protest against the doctrine that 

 the President or Congress can govern acquired 

 territory outside and independently of the Consti- 

 tution of the United States, as a doctrine utterly 

 subversive of every foundation principle of our 

 Government. The Declaration of Independence, 

 the flag, and the Constitution must everywhere 

 stand together as emblems of human liberty and 

 equal rights for all, and where one goes all go. 

 We therefore denounce imperialism under any pre- 

 tense as necessarily leading to militarism, and as 

 wholly foreign to our system of government. 



" We denounce the currency law passed by the 

 present Congress, which transfers to the banks the 

 entire control of the paper currency, thus laying 

 the foundation for a money trust. We demand 

 that the General Government shall not only coin 

 the metals, but shall issue and regulate the vol- 



Jme of paper currency also in the interests of 

 1 the people. 

 " We express our deepest sympathies for the 

 jooers of South Africa, who, against such fearful 

 odds, are heroically struggling for that same liberty 

 for which our fathers fought a century and a 

 quarter ago, and which at so much sacrifice they 

 gained and handed down to us. 



" We demand also that the unrighteous, unnec- 

 essary, and unjust war now being waged for con- 

 quest against the Filipinos, who ask only for the 

 right of self-government, be brought to a speedy 

 close by a peace honorable to us and just to them, 

 and in accordance with the principles of the Amer- 

 ican Declaration of Independence. 



" We favor an unfaltering adherence to the 

 Monroe doctrine and oppose entangling alliances, 

 .secret or open, with any foreign powers. 



" We favor the construction and control by the 

 United States alone of an interocean canal as a 

 commercial highway for all nations. 



" We favor the election of the President, the 

 Vice-President, and United States Senators by the 

 direct vote of the people. 



" We affirm anew our undiminished faith in the 

 acknowledged leader of our party, William J. 

 Bryan, and demand his nomination at Kansas City 

 for President of the United States, and the dele- 

 gates elected by this convention are instructed to 

 so cast their votes." 



The Socialist-Labor party held no convention, 

 but nominated a full ticket by the referendum, 

 votes having been sent in from more than 50 sec- 

 tions of the party in the State. The ticket was an- 

 nounced by the Executive Committee of the party 

 at Columbus, May 5, as follows: For Secretary 

 of State. Samuel Borton; Supreme Court Judge, 

 Daniel W. Wallace; Member of Board of Public 

 Works, David F. Cronin; School Commissioner, 

 William Garrity; Dairy and Food Commissioner, 

 Otto Steinhoff. 



The Prohibition State Convention was held at 

 Columbus, May 25, and put in nomination the fol- 

 lowing ticket: For Secretary of State, J. Knox 

 Montgomery; Supreme Court Judge, E. Jay Pin- 

 ney: Member of Board of Public Works, Enos H. 

 Brosius; School Commissioner, Samuel A. Gillett; 

 Dairy and Food Commissioner, Joseph M. Scott. 

 The platform reaffirmed the position of the party 

 against the liquor traffic, and also indorsed woman 

 suffrage. 



The Union Reform party placed the following 

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ticket in nomination: For Secretary of State, 

 Frank Frankenberg; Supreme Court Judge, Lam- 

 bertis B. Logan; Member of Board of Public 

 Works, Rei Rathbun; School Commissioner, Wil- 

 liam J. Seelye; Dairy and Food Commissioner, 

 William F. Barr. 



There was also a Socialist-Democratic ticket, as 

 follows: For Secretary of State, Louis F. Hemse; 

 Supreme Court Judge, Albert Corbin; Member of 

 Board of Public Works, William C. Edwards; 

 School Commissioner, Harry D. Thomas; Dairy 

 and Food Commissioner, William H. Patterson. 



The election, Nov. 6, resulted in the success of 

 the entire Republican State ticket, the vote on 

 Secretary of State being as follows: L. C. Laylin, 

 Republican, 543,389; H. H. McFadden, Democrat, 

 474,078; J. Knox Montgomery, Populist, 9,983; 

 Louis F. Hemse, Socialist-Democrat, 4,630; Frank 

 Frankenberg, Union Reform, 4,647; Samuel Bor- 

 ton, Socialist-Labor, 1,707. 



In the presidential election, McKinley received 

 543,918 votes; Bryan, 474,882; Woolley, 10,203; 

 Debs, 4,847; Ellis, 4,284; Malloney, 1,688; 

 Barker, 251. 



OKLAHOMA, a Territory of the United 

 States, organized in 1890; area, 38,715 square 

 miles. The population in 1890 was 61,834; in 

 1900 it was 398,245. Capital, Guthrie. 



Government. The following were the Terri- 

 torial officers in 1900: Governor, Cassius M. 

 Barnes; Secretary, William M. Jenkins; Treas- 

 urer, Frank M. Thompson; Attorney-General, 

 Harper S. Cunningham, succeeded in March by 

 J. C. Strang; Superintendent of Instruction and 

 Auditor, Stuart N. Hopkins; Adjutant General, 

 Bert C. Orner; Bank Commissioner, John M. Pugh 

 (resigned in July, succeeded by W. S. Search) ; 

 Superintendent of Public Health, L. H. Buxton; 

 School Land Commissioner, Charles H. Filson; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, J. H. Bur- 

 ford; Associate Justices, B. F. Burwell, B. T. 

 Hainer, John L. Me A tee, and C. F. Irwin. All are 

 Republicans except Judge McAtee, who is a 

 Gold Democrat. 



Population. The Federal census of 1890, giv- 

 ing Oklahoma a population of 61,834, included 

 12,041 Indians. Add to the figures above given 

 for 1900, embracing only the white population, the 

 13,873 Indians also returned, and the total popula- 

 tion of the Territory is seen to be 412,118. The 

 number of Indians not taxed in 1900 was 5,927. 

 The population of Guthrie in 1900 was 9,981 ; that 

 of Oklahoma City, 9,976. The other cities having 

 a population of more than 2,000 were: Shawnee, 

 3,462; Enid, 3,444; El Reno, 3,383; Perry, 3,351; 

 Ponca City, 2,528; Stillwater, 2,431; Kingfisher, 

 2,301; Blackwell, 2,293; Norman, 2,225. 



Finances. The fifth biennial report of the Ter- 

 ritorial Treasurer shows the financial transactions 

 of Oklahoma for the period beginning Dec. 1, 1898, 

 and ending Nov. 30, 1900. The receipts of the 

 treasury for this period were $1,075,387.01; ex- 

 penditures, $726,493.92; leaving a balance on 

 hand, Nov. 30, 1900, of $348,893.09, as against a 

 balance, Nov. 30, 1898, of $66,110.79. The delin- 

 quent taxes were:. 1898, $26,548.86; 1899, $29,- 

 434.52. Balances from the counties on account of 

 unpaid taxes, Nov. 30, 1900, aggregated $174,- 

 167.65; tax levies for all Territorial purposes for 

 1900 still to be collected, $254,094.23. 



The assessed valuation of the property of the 

 Territory for 1900 was $49,338,661. The Terri- 

 torial tax was 5.15 mills. The bonded debt of the 

 Territory was $48,000, and the general warranty 

 indebtedness $379,054.18. 



The proceeds from the lease of school lands since 

 the organization of the Territory aggregate 



