The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-12
JUDGE KEAI0N.
IHE PEOPLES CHAMPION
AT SHAWNEE.
a ROUSiNG RECEPTION.
q Iig Ardicncs tisten,d 20 ihc 5000
silver sRtor. The Republican
side showed Failure.
a RoUstNG RECEPTION.

The following from the shawnee
News tell q different story rom the
Capital liar:
Judge Keaton the peoples champion
and candidate for delegate for con.
gress Of the allied forces Of reform,
arrived in the city yesterday morning
and was met at the train by a large
numter OF friends and admirers who
came to give him welcome. Mr..
Keaton is bearing up well under the
strain Of an onerous campaign. Since
the 5th day OF September he has been
on the stump, after making two
speeches a day and enduring the IA
tigue of long drives and night travel.
lie is holding up remarkable well and
is gaining strength day by day for The
final stretch in the greatest race OF his
| life.
Re mingled with our people and
created good impression by his
frank, open digni6ed declarations on
the issues involved and the status of
his candidacy Judge Keaton has
spoken in the western tier Of counties
and feels confident that he will come
cut OF the short grass country with a
safe majority. He seemed pleased
with the work Of his committee, and
especially is he pleased with the able
support he is receiving from ex-Dele-
gate Callahan.
Mr.. Keaton's visit here was an emer-
gency appointment The campaign
committee deemed it necessary to
switch him to Shawnee on account Of
the Doom letter. He regards the man
ifesto as a piece of Republican cam
paign trickery, which will have re
active effect ir the county. Basing
his calculations on data in his posses.
sion, Mr.. Keaton thinks he will be
elected by a safe majority when the
vote Of the territory is cast on the sth
of November.
Judge Keaton addressed a good-sized
audience at the opera house. He first
directed attention TO the Doom letter,
pointed out some Of its inconsistent
cies, showed some OF its declarations
to be false, and charged its origin and
purport to the Flynn management.
The speaker favored single statehood,
local self-government, the consistency
of the three platforms on which he is
running, defended "refereudum" i'm a
modified and an enlightened form.
made his attitude on the money qUes-
tion clear, pointed out many abuses
that have crept into the management
of territorial affairs, and attacked
Flynn's record on the free homes issue.
Judge Keaton elaborated these sub.
divisions Of his address, and exhibited
considerable power in the discussion
of them on all the points touched
by him it would seem that his refuta.
tion of the charges against him was
complete and satisfactory. He was
given an attentive hearing, and his
position on all the questions in this
campaign was clearly defined and ably
defended
The great -ot-the-roaders
after making great demonstrations
and advertising for weeks that theii
candidate would be here to speak last
night, failed to get an audience. They
refused to divide time with Hon. J. r
Keaton, and, failing at the city hall
tried the street corners, but the peanut
vendors caused a greater attraction
and Flynn's man Friday was forced u
give up in disgust.