The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-31

Webster Davis the real Webster Da-
Wis stripped Of mis- mask, Is altogether
different individual. He is a politi.
ca despot and trcacherous, and has n
deep hatred toward every gray. haired
Republican and especially Of every
soldi r Republican n you could be
lieve his speeches, his studied eulogies
OF the men who fought for the Repnb
lie, you could disprove this assertion.
But when he Is eulogizirg the old OIL
diers, the gray haired Republican,
who fought the first battles of the
party, when his praise Is most unctious,
when the mosaic OF his pancgyric Is
most beautiful and elegant with ad-
lectives, his anecdote the most face.
tious, his rhetorical periods mot, ART.
ful and finished, he Is gloatiug over
the opportunity OF the near future 20
drive home to the hilt the dagger into
the backs OF the aged soldiers and
gray headed Repub leans whom he
sees before him. Yet, this man Is the
idol OF Dennis Flynn, the nominee FOR
territorial delegn''. The explanation
OF this insanity is that no
gray headed Republican can be
induced TO join the cohorts Of
this Webster Davis mob which
in his egotism is TO exalt him two
years hence to the presidency, whe
he Will play Garfield to Sherman. This
cal ow young mau Of five years polit-
ical experience now hatters himself
that he 10 about to grasp those honors
which Clay and Webster, Benton and
Chase, Douglas and Blaine sought for
in vain during lifetime OF Official
experience; yet these men have left on
A l.. 1. .twN h.. a II
their wisdom AID fitness for the
highest Office in the gift Of the peop c,
and bequeathed everlasting fame and
renown TO the country. What has
Webster Davis to give TO the coun ~,
u its fame and renownP Nothing but
the bagasse and rubbish Of syntlx.
But 1t will be argued that good
Republican will sometimes be tram
pied upon, and see his old friends
kicked and cuffed for the good OF the
party, and that IL is necessary at this
time to stand by Dennis Flynn for the
benefit OF those who desire free homes
But where IS the man who can assure
any person that Dennis Flynn will
make an honest fight for free homes2
Who knows how Webster Dav feels
about free homes and what instruc
tions he will give to Dennis Flynn
about hia vote? Already the interior
department has made an advisory re-
port against the granting of free
homes; and as MIR Bliss IS 80 busy
looking after his millions and his per-
sonnl business that he has not had the
time, even * he had the ability, to
have written that recommendation TO
congress, 10 is more than probable that
Webster Davis himself wrote the rec
ommendGtion which voiced his own
feeling and the future action OF Dennis
Flynn in case OF his election. False
In one thing false in ali things" Is the
only rule by which men can tie right,
estimated, and under this rule there l.
no hope from men who stab the r con
sti ucnts in the back.
The cry OF free homes Is only bait,
a ruse, n strategem, a travesty asd a
mask for obtaining votes. There is
no more reason for believing that the
chances for obtaining free homes would
be greater through Nr. Keaton than
by Dennis + ynn. II the Republican
party is TO have a future in this terri
tory, IL must be represented by pure,
able men men unlike tho amphio us,
the come ting link between inverte
brate and vertebrate life men whose
back bones were not ARE ted in the
cartilaginous stage OF deVc lopment,
bus have been fully ossifed ; men who
can rebuke any mem er of congress,
or OF the cabinet who endeavor To
trampls on the rights OF their con
stituents; men with the face and
shoulders OF god The only way
To purify a party, at times, is TO
vote with the antagonistic pa-ty
An eye for aneye, tooth Tor a
tooth is the only argument for men
who seek your ballots before elec
tion and betray you afterward The
time 10 now ripe for carrying out thir
program. shall vote for Mr. Keatou
and hope every gray headed Repu r
lican will do The same. IL will be an
imprs ssive and never to be forgotten
lesson for bringing Webster Davis into
this territory for the purpose OF chain
ing IL 10 his interests, and making It
subservient to his greed aud rapacity
for personal aggrandizement aud Of
fee holding, and lasting reproof TO
Dennis Flynn.
He who goes with wolves, says the
Spanish proverb, learns to howl Den
Dis Flynn has assimnlated all OF the
vices OF Webster Davis and should be
utiChltu lutItlbis
To the man who feels that his home
is involved In this case, can truly
say that believe he will secure his
personal interests by voting for Kea
ton. He has no master TO obey. He
has not fallen under the influence OF
any mans suggestions or hypnotism.
/ and he has no frcnzied ambition 10
crafty. He is level headed man,
sincere In his acts, cautious and con
servative in his deeds
Hissympathies are with the men who
toll, who are the bone and sinew OF
the country, who ars the builders and
architects OF its prosperity in time Ci
peace. and it's trusts and defenders in
time OF war. To all these, In case o.
his election as your public servant, he
would be gratifed and satisfied with
n other reward than that OF the plau
dit. " Well done, good and faithful
servant"
And yet, duty commands,-bewar'
OF the heresy, the eRregious and eXecra
BILE blasphemy which Dennis Flynn 4
endeagoriog TO set up in this terr tory
that OF the alteration and infallibility
Of Webster Davis. john ZEE.
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