The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-21


alternately cringing, stabbing and
caterwGuling. IL has becn beset with
factions within factions, and for a
period OF time there was no semblance
of organization. When not flirting
with Popuiists the supposed leaders
of tho party have been kni6ng each
other II seems to me IL is high time
for such foolishness TO stop, If Okla
homa Democracy ever expects TO build
itself up and augment its forces, it
should begin right now. can see no
necessity OF either antogonizing or
coddling the Populists They believe
in the Democratic platform and tenets
and In so believing they have no busi
ness outside of Democratic ranks. I
maintain we should devote less time
TO the populists, as a party, and begin
the work of building rp our own
party We need organization. The
territory is growing, and so long rs
Democracy fights, the Republican ma
jority grows. / say let the Democrats
call halt on monkey business, and
line up for party pride, honor and
strength. Yours for Democracy,
A DEMOCRAT
IA Democrat" injects formidable
wad of common sense into small
space. lie is eminently right in his
deductions, and the tone of his letter
denotes the absolute soundness of his
Democracy. There is vast differ
ence between Democracy for office
and Democracy through principle. 1t
8 useless to go into the details of the
making of a Democrat along Demo
cratic lines The Democratic creed is
always open and is only misinterpret-
ed by artificial Democrats who have
selfish interests to promote,
For ten years the Democratic party
in Oklahoma has been gasping with
sorrow. II has been abused and
storm beaten. Through the machina-
tions OF job hunters and hammer arr
lists, who gaining supremacy In inn
portRnt councils by dark and devious
means, the party has degenersted,
not numerically or in voting strength,
but in interest on the part of the rank
ant fle. For years the party has suf-
fered from catarrh and Eczema,
because of the plugging, slime
and the poison administered by
self-constituted leaders, who had meat
augers to sharpen. Their fulmina-
tions led into a carnival Of humbug,
hypocrisy and buffoonery, disgusted
the average Democrat behind the vote,
and the result has been that little or
no ointerest has been taken by the great
N ass Of Oklahoma Democratic in the
preservation Of party organization.
A few years ago, when Democratic
administration came into power, the
nen who were appointed to Office were
viciously assailed by those who failed
to obtain executive favor. The fellows
in office fought back and the firing line
was kept busy through the entire ado
ministration. This unseemly inter
necine war intensified the disgust Of
the man behind the ballot and the
whole party suffered. Every man who
casts ballot Is not an office seeker,
and party organization does not mean
a call for the assembling Of statesmen
who want pulls at the public teat.
In the matter of fusion we have yet
TO hear Of Democrat, who Is not
hunting an official hAndout, who IL IN
favor OF lowering the Democrah
standard for further entangling
dreibund with Populists. Naturally
few greedy acrobats, and perhaps, so
far as we know, there may be Demo
Gratis with convictions respecting the
matter, are coquetting with fusion
and those who oppose fusion are
charged by the aerobats with assist
ing Republicans. While one dose oi
Callahan and the betrayal OF Keaton
by Populist leaders, happily, did not
result ia the extinguishmsnt az the
Democratic party organization, yet II
Jared Il harshly and provoked an ad.
ditional cloud Of disgust. What the
Democrats can gain by campaign wed.
dings with Populists, followed by elec
tion day divorces, Is hard TO under
stand.
Fusion has never allowed Democracy
10 even pant 10 peace. II has provoked
round Of deception, horrors and be-
wilderments II has caused anxiesies
ard alarums 40 tread upon each others
heels, each morning bringing new
and derker frsghs. Fuson, aa sngi