The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-10-23

Probate Judge Lawrence has been
standing in the dark awaiting his
chaa To slip into Off G unseen. But
he viii be brought up with short
turn by honest voters, who believe
that Judge Miller is the proper man
TO handle the money and estates OF the
people. Stand up Judge Lawrence
and answer these questions:
Did you not come to Guthrie and
locate for the purpose OF holding Of
flee?
Did you not then GO to Oklahoma
City and locate there; state that you
did not like Guthrie and her surround
ings, and that you thought the capital
would go TO Oklahoma City, and for
that YOU preferred for that reason to
live at Oklahoma City?
Did YOU not then return TO Guthrie
and run for the Office of probate judgeq
Did you or did you not r present your
self TO the people of Logan county,
two years ago as an old soldier, and
ask them to elect you TO the off G
which you nov hold on that account?
l. IL rot fact that the old soldiers
Of Logan county have investigated
your record and found that you never
was soldier?
Is it not a fact that you obtained the
office which you now hold under false
pretenses?
Is it not a fact that you represented
TO the people Of Logan county that
You had jurisdiction In divorce cases,
when you knew, or should have
known that you did not have iurisdic-
tion, and thereby cheated and de-
frauded many good citizens out OF
their money?
Is IL not fact that after the SUI
preme court of this territory decided
that you had no jurisdiction in actions
for divorce you failed and refused to
pay back the money which was paid
TO you as advance fees by a numb Der of
poor women, who asked you for the
same and that you refused 10 do so
and now have their money?
is it not fact that leading Repub.
licans of Guthrie and Logan county
charge you with robbing the tax pay
ers of Logan county, aud that you
used money thus taken by you from
the county illegally with which to pur-
chase delegates In the late Republican
convention and, thereby fraudulently
ana corruptly obtained the nominal
tion on the Republican ticket for the
election to the office of probate judge?
Is IL not fact that you hold free
annual pass on the railroad and that
you have decided every case brought
before you in favor of said railroad
company and against the citizens of
L,gan county? Is IL not fact that
you Ci not have any property when
you were elected two years ago, and
now have two valuable homes in the
city of Guthrie which are pad for out
OF money which should have been
turned in TO the county treasurer of
Logan county?
Is it not a fact tha' prominent col
ored m N of the city of Guthrie applied
To you for a writ of habeas corpus In
the interest OF two of their race and
that you denied the same and stated
that 1.-The d--d niggers were better
of IN jail than outsidc?"
Is II not fact that on July -, 1894,
the county commissioners of Logan
county ordered that the county attor-
ney proceed at once against you TO en-
force the collection from you of illegal
fees taken by you, which belonged 10
Logan county?
Taxpayers, go and read page 2o5,
Book No ., of the minutes of the
commissioners court Of Logan county
and you will find said order.
Can you truthfully deny any Of the
above under oath?
You are chargad by your own party
with all the above corruption and
very much more and you have plenty
OF time before the election to refute
the same if you can. win you do it?
Taxpayers of Guthrie and Logan
county, investigate the above charges,
and IL you find the same TO be true,
vote for honest Joe Miller for probate
judge, who will not violate any Law.