The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-08-03
4 POLITICAL TRAITOR.
Reformer > " Dobson shown Up In his
True Colors By :. &. WHITMAN.

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Editor Leader: desire TO address a
few remarks to self coustitatca lea.
der
J. B nobson- Sir: In the columns
OF the Oklahoma Representative Of
August l appears a communication
bearing your signature, and am tod
emsnsting from kangaroo" court
that was held in Guthrie last Saturday
end Monday. In that communicable
you proceed to notify the public that
have been read out of the Populist
party. Now. allow me to refer to an
agreement that was entered into be
tween you and me last summer,
wherein YOU were to go before the
county convention and withdraw your
name as candidate for county clerk
and also state that you we're going 10
retire 10 your farm and attend strictly
to farming business. In consideration
OF yonr doing this was to withhold
information that was in possession
OF that would let the people know
what kind of a man you were. Now,
]. B. Dobson, you have been swinging
high for the last three weeks. You
have abandoned the farm and sought
through one OF your old tricks to in
jure the chara :ter and reputation of
some of our best citizens, and hence !
feel that am at liberty to unbosom
at this time and show up your record
shall only 20 back TO the Langston
City representative convention of three
years ago this summer, where you
we're nominated for Representatives
That convention sat down on fusion
and nominated you for representative.
Soon after that meeting you went to
see Mr. Jenkins the Democratic DOM
inee, and agreed for money consid-
Grafton TO pull off the ticket in his
favor. You remember the aflidavits
that were thrown upon the speaker 5
table when / was speaking at Langs-
ton, setting forth the facts in this case,
and my speaking TO you about II. You
said they were lies. Now, sir, nearly
three years have expired and you have
failed To prosecute Mr. Jenkins and
others who published those afiidavits.
the charge that you made that there
was fraud in Cimarron and Antelope
townships at the voting booths and
that you employed L. o. Cassidy and
myself as attorneys to contest the
election OF Mr.. Wallace. ! want to
call your attention TO the fact that we
went TO work and subpoenaed the men
you cited as witnesses aEd that a part
of them went through an examination,
but when asked TO swear to the evi-
dence stated, that they dared not
Among these men was your own
brother. / want TO cite you To the fact
that z. o. Cassidy and myself then
told you there was no use going any
further, as yop had no case on which
we could win, because the witnesses
had told MS that you were only doing
this so as To make n bluff and get an
appointment in the legislature. Now,
Messrs. Appleby and Klinglesmith, OF
Cleveland county, were elected one in
the house and the other in the coun-
ell You went TO work and traded of
Appleby and had the Democrat, Ross,
seated, and for this sou received 81 9
day for sixty days. J want TO call your
attention To the fact that before this
was consummated John Maddox, whl
married your brother Charles. daugh
ter, offered To get Messrs, klingle
smith and Appleby the assistance oi
yourself in getting their seats for 500
aud they refused.
Now, then, sir ! want TO remind you
of little circumstance that happened
at Mulhall, last summer. at the con
vention there You arose in that con
vention and as chairman OF the county
t,l . a..
made this call because there wa, no
representative or councii committee
men. You stated that you had mott.
fed Il. r. Tankcrsey, the chairman OF
Payne county, of your action and
asked him To agree You tried To for,
that convention TO make nomination
for councilman on Monday tthe first
lay OF the cOnyention,( in the absenc,
of the whole Payne county delegation
You stated as your reasons for so
doing that Tankersley had had due
notice and failed 10 pay any attention
TO IL. Now sir, want to call your at
tention 10 the fact that Payne comfy
man arose before that body OF 1923 dele
gates and stated that he had brought
you a letter from B. X. Tankersley,
asking TO have the council convention
put over until the next day because
the Payne county delegates were hold
ing representative convention at Per.
kins aud could not get there until next
day. This mans statement made you
cough up and you then and there ad
mitted that you not only had the let
ter but knew its contents
Now, 1t is not necessary for me tc
say that you were lying so that j. S
Pulliam might take snap judgment OF
Payne county and secure the nomina
tion for the council for himself Now
sir, after B. r Tankersley was nomi
mated on the next day, and j. 5. Pal
liam turned down by a vote of 90 fol
Tankersley TO 33 Pulliam, you STATED
that you would make this cost the
populist ticket 100 votes. The vote o.
Antelope township (your township.
believe) shows that you were able I,
make the ticket lose about twenty
votes Now. sir, You notify me that
am out of our party. / saw the repre-
sentatiyes of your party in Guthri'
last Saturday and Monday and they
m Dst OF them, are of the same materia
a yourself. but have not had an equa
show with yourself in getting at th'
spOils. Allow me- 10 express TO you