The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-02-29
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BLURBER OT THE DISGHUNTLEU.
The statements OF THE LNADER re-
spectiug the harm done the territory
by the promiscu0us accusations against
federal otli .ia.s inspired by disgrnutled
press are again torcibly verified in the
following gross slander which we find
in the last i.su, 90 Frank McMsster's
paper published at Oklahoma City'
The trcth is the truth despite the
condemnation Cf THE LEADER or the
disnaraucmcut of the derartmcut The
people 90 this territory have char ged
certain officers with So, ciur crimes
They gave proved thtsc crimes ln ev-
cry ureu .nvtsiic cation made. aud Viii
cuntiulc Io prove tht m uttii The last
one O.. beard aud the last scoundrc is
bran .U Ne cannot correct our
ah...s hs elections We cannuf ap-
n.a| lr .cll-.s against tbvir u.tu A rs
Isl. .arrut safely secure Lhe service Of
prosecutors ho nre 10 the league with
the courts Finally u the departments
will not hear as Judge Lynch may be
invoked, ID shameless official scoun-
dreis coutinue their unlimited personal
abuse q a people who only ask the
very meaEre justice a department OF
the United states usually affords.
The effect OF such rot upon being
placed before the eyes OF prospective
settlers and investors can easily be
foreseen Having no ready means
whereby the falsity Of these outra-
eeo-s statements can be ascertained,
the Intended newcomer will accept
them as Truth and simultaneously
change his mind regarding future To-
cation, since no self-respecting man
viii feel inclined ia throw himself into
a deu Of alleged thieves and cast his
lot with a country where a newspaper
makes incendiary utterances; essays to
poison public opinion and utters dire
threats Of violence, even unto lynch
law, against officials. McMaster has
no logic or arguments to support his
charges against his sworn official enc
mics, but endeavors to pervert the
public mind By inveetive and billings.
gate. Those people in oklaho.
ma territory who know McMAster
seldom, If ever, read his unseemly H.
rades; they know MeMaster and the
animns which prompts his attacks on
the judiciary and other officials, and
further know that not one charge
against the officers he has constantly
impugned has been proven. But with
an outsider the case is different After
perusing a stick or two of coruscating
Mcisms the average eastern man would
size up oklahoma as the last country
that God made.
THE LEADER regrets exceedingly
| that in its dispassionate criticisms o'
McMasler il has wounded his persona
pride and caused him TO indulge in
| disgraceful personalities. We had sup
posed that he had long since become
accustomed to anarchistic illusions tC
himself Nnd that he felt secure SO long
as his early private life was left uncover
ed, All men have been iudiscreet auC
fragile at times, McMaster among
! them, and IL has never been the aim o
The LEADER TO heap odium on hi
! private character But his politica
side reelSs with rottenness and tn
sores Il euvy aud hate have been eat
ing a. hi gi.als ever since he co-opera
ted with 5 lies, Parsons, Ling an
Insalls in the II iymarket plots at Chi
cago. LiNe Sid Clark, McMaster is
political pcssimist, cynical excres
cence. IL has been disturber 70
several years and through ennity an
troachery has lost all his friends. MC
Master thinks with his lungs, and hi
mouth worked by strings attached I
unpleasant Illuminating cap memorie
Of days agone, prevails in and out O
season and its foul emanations are d
rected against acquaintance and Zoe
alike. 1t is not The LEADERS desir
to handle filth with a conte nporar
and H. has given McMaster no occasio
for indulgIng in raw personalities. w
simply want McMaster TO prove IA
indiscriminate charges of corruptio
against federal and territorial ofticIa
or keep his bile box closed.