The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-08-29

Twamiey's Apperi TO the People.
"He makes no friend who never made
q foe"
Mir Editor. As q popuiis, have
listened TO the utterances OF solitical
lectures and am surprised a. the tact
used TO turn the attention Of the peO-
pie from their local condition In order
10 concentrate them on questions
foreign TO their present interests. In
other words the peoples attention
has been side tracked onto the nation-
al questions while our county affairs
have been ignored. On the eve of our
election we are confronted with the
fact that corruption in Office has put
heavy debt upon the shoulders of the
tax payers, and | deem it about time
to awaken TO the situation and see
that our zeal for country does not lead
MS from our duty to our county.
When conventions ignore res olutions
as presented by Hon. Horace Speed il
is time for honest men TO write and
express their determination to defeat
any party or person whose sole am
bitiGn is to advance personal interests
at the expense of the tax payers. Our
present taxation can only be consid-
! cred as legalized robbery whose evil
effect can be made manifest by the
! long list of property subject 20 sale on
/ that account Our city nor county
cannot prosper if present methods are
pursued, and it stands to our discredit
! 10 further allow such state of affairs
/ to exist. What is the remedy? Let us
elect men whose private aud public
! life is stainless and who will pledge
! their honor to support resolutions that
exact faithful performance of duty,
together with a promise to prosecute
all past officials who may ~ or have
been found guilty of retaining moneys
or contracting debts in violation of
laws. In order to gain these ends !
recommend that fusion of political
parties be entered into, and while |
feel that the word fusion" will
frighten people who have not consid-
cred our condition, yet | can assure
them that such action will not neces-
state any sacrifice of principle; and
while am proud to be a Populist,
must confess that l have not got the
big head to that extent as to deem
that my party holds monopoly on
principle or that my manhood will be
questioned when | advocate such a
measure. The question of fusion has
dates and 1t is expected that they will
receive the support of party constitu
ents, nor should the tariff or Other
national questions monopolize the
present moment to the exclusion o.
matters pertaining to our i'm mediat,
consideration and welfare, and it be
comes our duty to bury politica
creeds and, with united forces, deter
mine to deliver our county from ring
rule, and by so doing, lay the founda
tion of our future prosperity.
deem the Rev. Jamison as voicinl
the sentiments of the honest ctizeni
when he advocates laying aside o
party creeds and reformation in the
affairs of our county, and while | ad
mire his mental honesty in his sweep
ing condemnation of vice, yet h'
should not leave us in the dark as (,
who his condemnation refers. lie
no guilty man escape" If there is
Populist that stands under the ban o
dishonesty let us know it; or if Reput
licans or Democrats have violate,
their pledges and plundered tn
county let them be exposed and prose
cuted. Let the Rev. Reformer spea
to the people next Sunday, and in a
7 much as he has been challenged Il
: present proof, let him come before hi
: audience with figures CLEANED fror
4 the official records and challenge
denial. Let the opera house or a NOR
spacious building be thrown open tC
Z the public next Sunday evening, an,
let every man and woman come pre-
pared to donate at least a nickel tC
ward meeting the expenses of thi
plucky little preacher who has don
more TO awaken the people to thei
duty than all combined religious o
. political advocates of Guthrie. Com
,, Mr.. Jamison, give us the proof.
The pro of, the proof it is the thin
To catch the conscience OF the ring,
e CAPT j. TwAMLEY.