The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-26
THE DITORCE or FINN md ms
PARTY.

THE DITORCE or FINN IND ms
PARTY.
III / fail to get free homes this win.
ter I shall break with my party and
never ask for your votes again ."---
From the speech of Delegate Flynn
at the jefferson reunion.
And thus spake Flynn, the delegate,
the eommoner, the free homes adyo-
cate
What are we to think OF this unqual-
flied and daring assertion OF Mr.
Flynn's. One cannot conjure up the
thought OF Flynn becoming Anti-Re-
publican, and yet, if he shall remain
true to his word, such must be the
case eventually The ma aiority n the
ensuing congress will be Republican,
'tis true, but what can Mr. Flynn
know Of the attitude Of this majority
on the question OF free homes2 Mr.
Flynn places much stress on the fact
that the free homes plank is in the
national platform and that the Repub-
lican majority cannot violate the prin-
ciples adopted at the St. Louis conven-
tion. Evidently Mr. Flynn believes
the Republican majority stands true
to party pledges. II Mr.. Flynn will
quietly agilate his think pan he will
recall the fact that free homes plank
was in the Republican national plat
form of 1894 as well as that Of 1896
pid the last Republican congress car
ry out the pledges Of "a?
II is very evident that Mr. Flynn
hos tired Of Repu blicanism and is, per-
haps maturing plans for inaugurating
a new party which shall advocate
Flynn and free homes" to the exclu-
sion Of every other paramount" issue
tilher this, or Mr Flynn has clandes.
timely obtained pull on the new
congress, which, he holds, cam
not consistently turn down free
homes. II may be possible that Mr..
Flynn has gone in already and through
sheer force OF vocabulary, forced the
majority in the next congress to side |
track such important qu stions as war
expenditures and foreign policies, in |
order TO give the homesteaders of Ok |
lahoma sixteen million dollars. Mr.. |
Flynn was In Washington recently,
and it is fair to assume that
be convinced the powers that
be, that free homes meant
more to America than the equipment
OF ten new Philippine regiments. lie
perhaps told them that the govern
ment, after paying the salaries Of
Alger's sons Of rich fathers generals,
and appropriating sl0O. 0OO, 900 addi-
ional towards carrying on the murder
n fnipinos by Weyler Otis, to say
nothing OF the expenses necessary to
teeping Cuba and Porto Rico iucom-
nunicado while Lord Brooke GU the
customs revenues, would have sufa.
,ient funds on hand to give To the far
ners Of oklahoma
IL is very likely that Delegate Flynn
walked right into the treasury vaults
aud sized up the reserve, and finding
4 less than a hundred million, re-
marked jocosely as he jabbei Secre-
-ary Gage in the stats That's easy.
TN take my free homes dough out of
that Congress can appropriate the
remainder 20 the army, aud the people
can buy enough war revenue stamps
70 keep Cuba in state OF detection.
II Is also likely that Gage Uttered
tttering litter aud remarked. Denny,
you're beaut IN tell Mack about
,his and Wen fix your free homes bin
's soon a. the gavel drops."
Again, it is likely that Dennis
laughed gleefully to himself aud soln.
oquized mirthfully "on the fall he
would take out Of the knockers Ia
Oklahoma, who Imagined he had NO
pull"
Again and some more, 1t is likely
hat Dennis submittes his jefferson
'eunion speech to President Mack,
With the remark: BIN, those geesers
n oklahoma think I'm up against IL
N the free homes proposition. They've
'ot me sized up for sari degree con
ier. Now I want you to promise me
QUILL force congress to dc business the
Irst dash out Of the box on free homes.
With that promise | puts up my crack