The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-08-04
AFFORD DIGS WADE.
some More Facts Relative to the PopuIist
Honse Cleaning

some More Facts Relative to the Populist
Honse Cleaning.
j. 5. Wade, Mulhall:
Sir-l see by the Oklahoma Repre-
sentative that you have sought noto-
riety by assailing county commissions
crs because they have seen fit TO turn
down Leo Vincent OF the Representa-
tive for seeking to defraud the county
out of considera BILE money as the files
of his own paper and the law of the
territory applicable will show.
You make the following statement
in your letter. Your humble servant
when elected laid aside everything and
worked for the interest OF all men "
| find in the session laws of last win.
ter (page So section ~ the following:
For public printing for the years 1895
and 1896 the sum of eight thousand
dollars" find on page 81 of The
same statute volume of laws, section
%, the following: "All printing,
binding, stcreotyping and stationery
of whatever character, which is paid
for out Of the territorial treasury the
treasury of the board OF regents Of
any territorial institution, or from the
territorial school land fund, shall be
done and furnished by the State Capi-
/ hhl IlAuhAhk HduN VI bhbHiAts oh
! lahoma, and every territorial officer
having work OF this nature To be done
or stationery to purchase, shall furn-
ish the copy TO and have the same
done and furnished by the State Cap
tai Printing company, an1 such PRINT
ing shall be paid for at the price es-
ttblishcd by the government OF the
| United States, through the printed in
structions of the secretary of the inte-
riorto the secretary of the territory
fort erritorial printing, unless the
priceis otherwise established by the
territorial statutes. All proclanations
and notices issued by the governor and
other territorial officers. to be paid for
out of the territorial treasury, the
treasury of the board of regents of any
territorial institution or the territorial
school land funo, shall be published
in the Daily and Weekly Oklahoma
State Capital of Guthrie. Oklahoma,
and paid for as provided by the
statutes of Oklahoma for legal publ
cations. said publications to be made
in both daily and weekly editions oi
said paper, at the same price as hougf
published in the daily edition only
This act has now become law, not q
paper in the territory having been al
lowed to state what they would do the
work for. On page 956 and 057 inclu
sIvc OF House journal | find that YOU
vote was cast for this bill, and wan
now for you to get into the pap RS anC
defend your own instead of assailinl
the records OF one whom the record:
, Logan county show to be a true re
) former in every sense of the word.
The records show that Ninc' mt hai
not only sought so but in mAny in
stances has raised his accounts abou
two fifths, and, sir, you record in tn,
Greer case would naturally lead mt
a1d many Others to expect to tind yoI
using your pencil in the same manner
you used your vote while misrepre
senting the Populist party last W nter
Your record in the legislature i con
spicuous for two things One is IT,
brevity (it appearing as though yo,
half asleep NEST of the time); th'
other is for its being for the interes
of an adverse party sheet in giving i
more than double price for the I, rri
torial printing When awake las
winter you favored sugaring the Capt.
tai; when awake a few days ago, II
writing your letter 20 the Represent Ia
tive you showed a disposition to ave
up the rascaity of the editor Of th'
same paper IL is now time that you
explain your vote.
c. NJ. ArF1Rn.
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