The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-11-08
WHAT AILs GREER.

being absent yesterday, the hired scul-
hon filled the dump cart mote than
usually full Of its offal last night
Greer has never possessed bat one
vulnerable point-his pocket. lie never
cared what one said of his character,
for he never possessed that which is
most dear to the general run of man
kind; he never paid attention to any
thing said concerning his intellect, for
that wouldn't make as big pile as
his reputation, and his honesty-that
chestnut is old enough to have
whiskers as luxuriant aszthe Populist
senator from Kansas.
In all these things Greer has held
the edge over all Oklahoma, for man
"a gentleman-will hesitate long
time before permitting himself to
drop down to the level required to join
issues with him.
! This is the reason why former ad-
ministrations permitted Greer to have
his own way His cheek and gall
crowded him to the front of the Re-
publican party with his dump cart as
| the OIL ial conyeyor of Ks fertilizer,
and others, and more respectable me-
diums, were forced ont of the way be-
cause they could not get near enough
to enter into his competition.
This is why Greer obtained from
Governor Seay the exclusive privilege
of robbing the new counties of Okla
homa. This is Why he secured the
contract of supplying the Lincoln
county books at price 81 200 in excess
of the bid made by Hall & O'Donald.
This is why he was permitted to cheat
the taxpayers out of s., 900 or 81, 900 in
Washita and other counties in the C.
and A. country.
And after doing all this Greer
thought the riches he had thus gained
would make him respectable enough
to obtain the patronage of the Demo.
cratic administration in the strip
counties.
lie turned his whole machinery of
Invective toward Governor Renfrow,
Attorney General Galbraith and other
pflicers of the territory during the fore
part Of the summer. lie abused them
to the fullest extent of his ability be-
cause they criticised his actions in rob-
bing the library fund of the territory
Of IS, 600 or s., 900, and now he whines
and cries and spits and sputters be-
cause he 5 not permi ted to rob the
new counties of the strip in the same
way he did those of the C. and A.
country.
w Y, Greer, bless your thriving
make-shift character, the Democratic
officer who would add one dollar of
patronage to assist in strengthening
your Chinese stink pot, deserves re-
moval from Office. This is not The
LEADERS opinion, but that of one of
the most prominent citizens of Okla
n homa, who knows you and your
methods and your reputation-or
rather lack of reputstion-thor-
oughly.
so proudly has never turned out sim
gle honest job. Good lawyers say you
haven't a blank that is technically cor
recti you cannot show a blank book
from your so-called 'bindery" IN good
condition that has been used year,
nor can you produce contract that
you have not coutrived in some way to
eyade an honest fnlfllment Of
With such a record, SO extensively
known, if you had the sense ordinari Y
given to geese, you wouldn't attempt
to longer impose upon the people, ea-
pecially those who have come in con-
tact with YOU.
THE LEADER has put in a plan. of
new machinery of the latest makes, 1t
has ordered the best OF material
something you never kept. Its en-
ployes come from the largest printing
institutions of the country where
nothing but first class work was
turned out
1t is the present policy that makes
it deserving of patronage at ordinary
living fgures-not what you received
for similar goods, but at prices usually
obtained in Wichita and other cities
and THE LEADER is getting the bust
ness, too Greer and the counties for
which the goods are being manufac-
tured are not being robbed.
There is great amount OF work
coming ina large order being re-
ny received from Perry yesterday
and our employees are working night /
md day but they don't complain for |
hey get paid for it and there is no
luarreling over the wages they earn
AN YOU say as much9
IL hurt, YOU 10 Is true. % sec an in
titution build mp and grow So rapidly |
: has The LEADER ia pursuing
trictly honest business methods. 1t
reaAs Your heart to see respee'abil-