The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-07-21
SOME COLD FACTS.
Commissioner sturgis sticks n Harpoon
Into vincent. Of the Representative.

Stucgis was unjastly attacked in tn
last issue of the Oklahoma Represen-
tative. for some fancied wrongs born
in the brain Of the editor OF that
sheet
Mr.. .Sturgis employs no bush-beating
tactics in dealing with his calumnia-
tors, and he defends the actions of the
board Of commissioners in the follow
ing blistering letter, which he has adj
dressed to Editor Vincent
GUTHRIE. 0. T., July 10. Editor OK
lahoma Representative; ] Will cheer
fully avail myself of your liberal offer
TO use your valuable space 10 show To
the many taxpayers Of Logan county
how systematically you were trying
to rob them, through the board of
county commissioners You probably
relied upon the fact that there were
two Populist commissioners on the
board who might, as you thought,
take your measurement of the commits
sioner's proceedings and let it go, but
our eyes were opened some time since
and we talked the matter over among
ourselves, how slick you might think
you would fool us, but we were only
waiting for you. When the time came
TO make settlement wit you for said
work YOU were very careful, il seems
not To- present or try to champion your
bill through before the letting of the
contract for county printing again;
asking some of the members If you
could not come in under the new law
for your bills, as there is a special levy
made today whereby all supplies. IN
oluding printing, which will make
warran drawn upon that fund nearly
CASH while under the old law, on the
general fund about 30 cents on the
dollar, where your bills properly
should come, as they were created be
fore today. And all bills before are
under the old law; so why did you
want MS TO settle with you under the
new? Was it because there were two
members of your party on the board?
| think il you will look up the answer
To the Wade letter, as answered by
yourself IN the Representative of sew
eral weeks ago, that under the new
law everything had TO be cleared up
by July 10, 1895, even including your
bills. That was the reason the county
printing was not let until that date.
We never questioned your political
NiEuAh W PAL W w ~ ~ "a
you further contract for public
printing, and it was conceded by Com
missioner Stapleton that politically
your rights would be protected as long
as there were no attempts on your
part to rob the county. We would
show no more mercy TO you than Re
publican or Democrat, providing they
were doing the public printing. We
were elected, at least two of us, by
the populists, yet for all that we were
not elected 20 serve the Populist party
alone but all parties and taxpayers in
logan county in trying 10 curtail the
enormous expenses that had been piled
up against This county. The count "
printing has been one Of the expensive
Injuries OF the county. Hy shorten.
lng up lines and very systematiC iC
working, the lines sometimes, il wl
were TO take your measurement the
county would pay 70 cents FOR printing
lgures Of 1894 or 895 rs bhc cast
might be, which viii De fully explained
later on, when the truc meaning o
the statute is explained what con
stitut,s a square la printing think
10 .hc full satisfaction, aud then even
yourself cannot blame The county
s1nmissioners for their action in pro
Getting the istcrests OF The burdenet
laXpayers by transferring the county
printing 10 a Democratic paper ON
iUte action in the printing contract
may seem queer, especially 20 the Pop
ulist voters but when they stop o.
consider that we are agents for you
all, and that no man, he he Popuhst
Democrat or Republican, should bt
protected in any way while trying Il
D.. "a a
realize after you had been commits
sioncr awhile how every man wants 10
get in his grab.hool. syou NIGH say
On the county But we have show
no favors 10 such peope. This Ina,
been illustrated in Standardization OF
county officers. Yet for an that res
olutiou was passed by some of voul
select friends demanding that the twS
Populist members of the board pass q
resolution of rccofa iu 81 Ostance:
THAT De IL resolved by the board o
county commissioners OF Logan countl
that We hereby order the county AT
torney 10 withdraw the suit nov
pending 40 the district court agains
Cora ". Diehl Harvey for excess fee
collected by her Us register OF deed
for tho asst year OF her term OF Office
amounting to 3 700. o. and 20 % @.
an agreed statement OF facts
They argued that we had never Gl
thorized the attorney 70 attach he
property. We positively reCsec q
pass snch q resolution out s.ni yo'
passed II over our heads Oy gour Sc
ioct friends whom couid name
Nearly all recanted ana acKnowl edge
that thoV did not understand what
position 'l would pm the Populis
party u.
But in p previous issue Of 5ae Repre-
son .ative was local which rar lik
his
Is a serious question ~ ahe 1Crn
, comm issioners nave not acne NrCni
in bringing suit against Cora Dieni
was called 10 interview this body O
select friends "a have auci "a resolu
tion presented before Lhis priyau
meeting. ! did not know anything
about II until was ushered into thei
presence where not only this resolution
may not have quoted verbatim, bu
lhe substance what the object To con
vey Is theirs, as also another resolu
lion that was passed, like the on
Greer, understand, lobbied through
he legislature, making him purchas
ing agent OF Oklahoma territory 70
supplies, as you might say, and print
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