The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-02
l'lR RtTORIsL POLITICAL
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Mr.. Laverty seldom came 20 King
fisher during his chairmanship days,
then he would not 60 about much to
make acquaintanccs. He always
dressed nicely and avoided tramping
around for fear OF tearing the seat OF
bis well creased trousers on the nail
heads in the gfsher
Times.
Speaking OF the apostacy OF Rev l..
f. Leverty the Kingfsher Times In a
half-column excoriation, leaves him
writhinR thus: We do not charge him
with anything worse thsn weakness
and tina. Is mate. He will bring
more Of CONSERVATION to his new al.
lies than OF honor to himself. Nor do
we ask him to 60 out and hang him
self, as that would not be criginai for
there was Jrdas. We prefer that he
live to be exhibited as another aw full
example. Vale, Laverty,
What do the colored people Of Lo-
county think OF Governor Barnes
and Harper Cuuningham's terri.
torial election board in their refusal
to allow the colored ticket OF okla
homa county place on the official bal
lot2 This colored ticket was duly GER
tilted up to the governor and his
beard but IL was kicked out and de-
MED place on the ballot on the
ground, for there could be no other,
that the negroes belonged to the Re-
publican party, and had no lawful
standing as distinctly political ele.
ment OF their own.
r. L. Payne, the colored man who
was fairly nominated by the Republi-
can convention IN Oklahoma county.
and was uuceremoniously kicked out
by the county convention to make
way for a lily white, is ont in a
strong letter of denunciation OF the
Republican party Of that county. He
makes a sworn statement OF how he
was treated. The colored Republi-
cans of Logan county ought to read
Mr.. Paype's sworn statement of this
outrage upon his rights by the party
pretending 30 be the fri, nds OF the
colored people. The whole Cransac-
lion is most damnable travesty upon
fairness and the rights OF the colored
race.
The Repu blicans challenge com
parison between the Renfrow Demo-
cratic administration and the Barnes
Republican administration. We have
always claimed that the Renfrow ad-
ministration was too expensive but we
will face the comparison here IT is:
Harper Cunningham, Barnes attor
ney general, has received for collect
ing school lease money S3,4sl 80, and
has brought suit on but two notes. Mr.,
Cunninghams salary is 81 500. This,
added to the school money illegally
taken makes s4,9sl 90, as against
81, 40005 paid for the full term OF four
years to A. c. Galbraith for services
under the Renfrow administration
Rosenbaum, Barnes aljutant general,
served eight months and as salary and
incidentals received 81, 50O-the law
provides that the adjutant general
shall receive $50 81 per month, which
in the eight months would be slG6 -,
leaving So ,333.2s as incidentals. The
same office under Renfrow's admins
tration for three years cost 81 400, or
an average per month Of S3s So as
against s3l2 so per month for Barnes
administration. This is what is shown
by the records at Guthrie. They are
open TO your inspection and IL we had
the time we could give you many more
comparisons that would not be an ad-
vantage TO the Barnes gang Of bood-
lers, ,-Tecumseh Democrat.