The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-03
OKLAHOMA POLITICS

~ ca Democrat: Coz ST. ndard o q.
pers over Oklahoma are hPurin. on
flynns chances on the vote of 1896.
Ihat Is no criterion as far as KAY
crdnty is concerned. In 1896 FIvnn
carr ID this county by l43 votes. But
since ? epuolican congress h 3 voted
agclns' rec homes Dennis is q dead
duck IA KEY count. The average
treo silver majority here two years
exc wac over GOO, aud u would be no
surprisc. even 10 republicans, n Kea
ton corrles Kay county by 900 ma
Jorlty. There Is liable to be as big a
per eeut OF she republican farmers
vote ior keaoon .his fall as there wers
free silver farmers who voted for
sIynn two yesra ago, and all the free
sllVeF farmers will support Keatoa al
most 70 men This would give Fea.
ton over LOCO majority at any rate
II 10 low estimate to say he viii get
500 majority.
III Reno Globe: Dennis Flynn de-
clines to meet Jim Keaton In Joint de.
bate unless Hankins is allowed 10
share time with them This is the
thinnest subterfuge t. avoid meeting
his political opponent that We have
heard. Everyone knows that Keatou
and Flynn are the only real candidates
before the people, and the only candi
dates that have the backing of anv
political party. Flynn is the nominee
of the republican party and Keaton
has been nominated by the democrats
and populists. Hanluns Is n middle
of-the-road republican side issue. He
was nominated by few renegade re-
gade republicans and bearded popu.
lists. Some of the largest counties ia
the territory, including Canadian, were
not epresentedsln the so-ealled con
vention that nominated him. He was
nominated at the dlctation of the re.
publican fiXers for the purpose Of
drawing votes from Keaton Cam.
paign expenses are being paid by the
republican committee and he is every.
were recognized as a tool of the repub-
lican party. Flynn's Friday will not
get three votes in this county and he
will probably run as well here as else.
where in the territory. Flynn is
afraid to have his record ventilated
before the public and has hit upon
this idea ofincluding Hankins inI ac.
eepting the challenge, to avoid meet
ing Keston.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman, Sunday
morning The Republican committee
or Oklahoma county met yesterday to
pull down their candidate for assessor
aud they had stromy time from first
TO last. They boldly demanded that
Panye come down on account OF his
color but he refused. Then they ac-
cused him of having at one ne stolen
thirty cents worth of meat of a prom
ineDt grocer in this city and they at
tempted to bulldoze the colored candi-
date to make him come down but he
recalling that there are others. refused
to comply with their demands and thus
the matter ended. After the meeting
was over Seymour Price and other big
buffers went after Payne but to no
avail.
II was So 4 that there was no need
OF giving Payne any money as they
could bluff him of but AT late hour
last night the outlook was far from
satisfactory and sorry set Of fellows
they were as they realized that the
colored troops who signalized them.
selves at Santiago could not be scared
out as they hoped
In the meantime Payne has moved
to the city to be nearer the scene Of
the war and the colored vot. RS are
standing by him most loyalty
Saturdays Enid Wave: The speech
of Flynn here yesterday was the old
tune of Dennis about what congress-
men said about Flynn on the floor OF
congress. Everybody in authority at
Washington knows Dennis. One Of
his cutest tricks is to take care OF the
blarney that may catch the Oklaho-
mans vote, hence, when he spoke to
Lacy, Reed, Grosevner and others ask
ing them TO oppose the free homes bill
he said, 4" don't forget TO say that
Dennis Flynn did all he could for the
bill" which they did willingly as Il
was a cheap way Of pleasing nation
al born which Davis says Flynn is in
Washington p. s. Pass US a Flynn
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