The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-05-26

mony Governor w @ Renfrow places |
the reins OF his high o6ice i4to the |
hands Of his successor, Hon. Cassius J
M. Barnes. The event will prove
fitting close to an administration |
which has rendered more material aid |
to the commercial, social and political
welfare Of the territory than any |
ether agency, an administration that
was at once wise, economical and full
Of business. The past four years were
OklRhomRs best Previous to 1898 the
territory not only suffered from official
negligence. but its condition was but
tefnyslike. 1t pulsated and fattered.
Every six months or more marked an
opening, and with the opening of some
new Indian lands the population OF
towns nuctuated People and property
were unstable. A spirit OF restless
ness permeated the cities and hAmlets
of Old Oklahoma and at times one's
neighbor one day was moving toward
another El Dorado the next day to
play noigh Dor TO some one else The
forward" and party cannot be
worn to feather-edge in jiffy, and
. mo ereoit" placards were the most
aconspisuous objects Of the merchants
lace of business.
esp ngour years haze worked phenc m
Acbange in the territory's condi
HTn.
Governor Renfrow's predecessors
had a comparatively small area Of
country to govern. A few months
after the retiring administrat came
into power the mighty Cherokee strip
was thrown open to settlemenp Those
early strip days were, indeed, trying
ones 10 Governor Renfrow and his
official famiig. Fsetiog oespsh~ ~seuds
,1,, sprung 9. % kss szSss' szSssas scssyf The
~, eeise. Is seeking We r'ie
- = |,ssry body. It s seemeo' conviets just
,,,ieal jobbing Ous'-s ass ovel the line,
out Of sns ,.ss and immediately made
E. stuck 80 80 for the Offices OF probate
spplicah.nu. u.nev or register Of some
judge al'Is. ',-,sg turned down, they
y u county the Renfrow admins
- to eu's'.. .oueht 70 stir up discord
!. fption 3D. a. county and territorial
Demoe AZ this day scores of
Pnven s,ob Tho we're justly turned
ybsa the Cherokee strip Ap-
ents o"n we're made are the ones
2lnt,,n -,nugn the honest motives OF the
hAfr,ng governor. Moreover, at that
Sarss-S me Republican officials were
.,gn-,-aSerops They harrAssed the
m-sos.s .lc administration. refused to
from O. ~ accounts audited, endeav-
: led NJ Aer up college erookedness
News Fise attempted to run
w. ~ Is bluffs on the new governor,
Ptr~ S-se bluffs failed 10 work
'e,'e> SrAe first hAli-year Of the territorial
~ nmocratc administration showed up
re Republican corruption aud NAL
a bthtent yawping than any decade in
= M ae history Of any state or territory OF
shs the union
= IL required a cool, calculating busi-
ness person to sit in the Oklahoma
gubernatoriAl chair at that time. But
GOV. Renfrow esconeed himself in the
chair without apparent nervousness
and brought order out OF chaos. He
directed with master-hsnd and was
applauded by the loyal Democracy OF
the territory for his hrmuess and
energy well applied Gov Rentrow IL
not politician end he never made
pretentions OF being such But he is 1
business man OF simplicity, sympathy
md afr II A I. A.
business administration, under which
the territory has grown and four
ished, His every action has inspired
confidence in the new country
Through his wise counsel the pro
verbal timiditY Of eastern capital, a.
well as that Of the prospective settler
has been brushed away and the las
three years have witnessed vast com
megcial activity Ia all sections
shortly after qualifying, Governo
kenfrow devoted much time snd al
tention TO school land affairs, a dc
partment winch had been woefull,
neglected by the Republican admins
trauons even while in q chrysali
state. Through the efforts of the gov
ernor, school Land Commissions
Blineoe aud Secretary Lowe egislatiol
affecting seho ll land leasing has bee
wise and salutaryi the school fund hA
grown immeasurably and is well pro
tssssd. THIS department passes oa
OF Democratic hands in good eonditio
aud there can be no kick back on Via
officials eomPo,ing tbs board OF sehoo
land leasing All the other depart
ments Of the territorial administrator
have been conducted IN a manner a
once efficient and praiseworthy. Tn
retiring governor has just cause 70
pride =, monia, Alu6s Of The otieisl
who y 10 WARS THE ga him in th'
disehs duties born,
!