The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-03
YOU CARRY A PLASTER
MoRTGAGED TWENTY MILLION
DOLLARS WORTH IOTHk u. >.
SUPPORT JOSEPH WISBY AND Be FREE
Dennis flynn Has no weight at washing
ton aud Can do Nothing for Home
.teadets-h Democratic ton
~, ssnsn can Iift the Hurdtn
ot Taxatinu Fl,nn's stint
i.d nupiicty

The following, endorsed and signed
by 2S prominent Democratic officials of
oklahoma territory, is printed for
careful perusal by the voters Of this
territory;
GuruRlY. O. r., Oct 20. 1894
TO the homeSte adcrs of the Cherokee
outlet the Sac a FoN. aud Potta-
watomie countries, and the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe reservations:
Zach and every homcsteader in the
above named countries are virtually
morte aged to the government OF the
United States in sums ranging frou
SlBU TO S4OC. This Indebtedness
amounts in tne aggregate to ABOUT
500 900. eco Under existing laws one
ha!s Is about due and the remainder
must toe paid at the expiration of five
years fr..m date of homestead entry.
That Won are unable To- pay this vast
sum within the time prescribed by law
is patent To every thinking man. You
must have immediate relief through
friendly leg station on d.sa~ttr aud
ruin will follow. You canGut demand
relief from this mortgage from con
prcs~ rs clear. legal right. it must be
obtained through the intervention of
friends.
If you send as your delegate to con-
gress a man who has abused the con
gress and it's committees and interior
department, you cannot Expect con-
gress and the interior department to
extend favors in return.
The legislation that you ask must
be favorably reported from the proper
committees before any action is liable
to be taken.
The standing of MIR. Flynn before
the committee on public lands and the
interior department is best illustrated
by the following letter written long
before the present campaign opened:
Fifty-Third Congress, Committee on
Public Lands, House of Representa-
tives, L. =
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct 81, '03.
Hon L. Z. Ross,
Oklahoma City, o. T.
Dear Leslie: You and other prom
inent Democrats wrote me urging lc-
tiou on the bill granting the settlers
in your territory an extension of time
within which TO make the FIRST pay
mept on their lands, and to grant the
right to commute their homestead
entries
suppose that you have heard that
the senate bill, No. s2i, for that pur-
pose was promptly reported by the
committee on public lands, and passed
10y the house. | am glad that you
and others took the precaution to ad-
wise us OF the situation in your coun-
try, for the conduct of your delegate
in unjustly assaulting the interior de-
partment was well calculated to Gre
ate a prejudice against any special
legislation that he might ask, unless
It's neces ,ity could be shown by Others
1t is well that you wrote me when
You did, for it is not likely that with
out snch information Mr. Flynn
would have succeeded.
The letters OF yourself and others il
behalf Of the measure we're sutfi IL
ent TO remo3e any doubt
on the part of those of the com nittee
who were disposed to oppose IL. After
the report of Mr.. Hall, Democrat
from Minnesota, was read in the
house. there was no difficulty on the
the Democratic side.
Your friend,
SIGNEDl THOMAS c. MCRAE.
Confronted as you are by the APP
palling fact that you are mortgaged 10
the government In the sum of nearly
SEQ, 900, 900, the election OF our dele
gate TO congress ought not to be con-
adhered from a partisan standpoint.
IL ought TO be considered solely Fl ON
a busine, IS 20 at OF view and 10 ac-
cordance with business principles.
Joseph Wisby is pledged to free
homes; he and he alone, IL such a
thing be possible. can secure for you
this mach needed legislation.
The territorial administration is
pledged tS'fTee a f5aiiccs,,- 5aiccs,- 3sa we judi
y'aTaiiy pledge ourselves to enlist, IL
possible, the senators and representa-
tives OF the states from which we
came, in your behalf aud in support of
Mr. WisGy and his measures should he
Ne elected
II you defeat Mr. Wisby at the polls,
we will be confronted by this argu-
ment from the committees OF congress-
You had a candidate in your terri
tory for congress pledged to free homes
and supported by the territorial ad-
minisiration; he was repudiated by The
people at the polls aud a man sent
here TO represent your territory who
has ever abused aud vilihed the presl'
dent the interior department aud th'
congress- consequently ll Is out lalr t'
MS 10 presume that the people of your
territory are satisfied with the condi-
tion Of affairs in reference to public
lands as they now exist"
We appeal To you 10 lay aside YOU
political preferences at this time anC
to consider this matter seriously not
from a partisan, but from a business
point OF view.
kNflIfas,, a Rapfr,Vr rrnwarpnr fnt,
merly of Arkansas; Il. j. Lowe, seere