The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-10
USES STRONG WORDS
Does Frank Greer in Support
of His Resolutions.
HIS LEADING EDITORIAL
Is Devoted to the Non In
dorSement of Mr.. Barnes.

Guthrie. o. T., Aug. 9-Frank Greer
who made such strong fight before the
committee on resolutions for an endorse
ment Of the. territorial administration, is
still smarting under the sting Of defeat
and in the leading editorial in his news
paper today he expresses his sentiments
in the following strong language:
There are always various views in any
Republican convention as to what poll
cies Of a local nature are best TO put in
a platform. But there is one thing
which can not be gotten away from,
whether in the platform or not. This is
the record Of the Republican party. This
record nationally. territorially and mu-
nicipally is the platform Of the party, no
matter whether formally in corporated in
the sections passed upon as platform by
the party in convention.
The State Capital has always been for
boldly standing on this record, with apol-
ogies TO no one. It believes this is Repub-
ucanism. A cowardly position; an at
tempt TO shirk from any record only re-
suits in disaster. If any wrongs have
been done silence will not cure them. If
things are in the record worthy Of con-
demnation, then they should be condemn
ed. But if the record is good; if it is
free from tarnish on the Official pages;
If it is not only clean, but business like
and economic, fostering all the elements
Of good government and territorial adj
vancenent, then a failure to indorse is
the party Shaping itself in the face. 60
bIS back On its own acts through its Off
cial representatives, and starts a cam
paign O fexcuses and explanation.
The following resolutions went before
the territorial Republican convention yes
terday. The resolutions committee first
turned them down. then the convention
refused to pass them:
81. We indorse the territorial and fed
eral administrations of Oklahoma for the
good business judgment exercised in the
management OF territorial affairs. The
territory has rever stood so high abroad
as now. The territorial tex levy has been
reduced. More school LAID money has
been collected under the ADMINISTRATION
than all previods ones. The good name
and the resources of the territory have
been heralded abroad by the incompara-
bic reports Of Governor Barnes, bringing
thousands of industrious farmers and
business men to share in the development
and progress of our country"
I'll We point to the last legislative as
sembly as having thoroughly shown the
superiority Of Republican government.
The eGactments of that body fostered
economic administrations of both munich
pal and territorial government. The Re-
publican party here again pledges its rep
resentatives in the legislature TO the
Soc q
Repuhrcanism."
IT VIII be noticed that these resolutions
include every official in Oklahoma, from
the supreme court to the janitor. They
indoTse both territorial and federal. adj
ministrations. BY a failure to indorse
this resolution the convention said there
is no official in office IN Oklahoma whose
record il is willing to stand for The
turning down fthe endorsement Of the
legislature says the last one was not such
as the Republican party can indorse. If
the opposition had had charge of the Re
publican convention it could not have
done. better for its own uses than was
done by the mistake the result Of preiu-
dice, not o fact or reason. Not an Hle-
gal act as far as the courts have vet
declared has been eommitte Taxation
was never so low. More than $500 of in
terest on the public funds have been
turned into the territorial treasury from
interest on public deposits-the first ad-
ministration in the territory's history TO
turn over cent Of interest money on
deposits Of the public funds And over
$3.50 under an agreed statement of facts
are in escrow, 10 be delivered TO the ter
ritory, if the supreme court decides that
the territory is entitled to 1t.
Certainly the legislative record Of the
Republican party has been thoroughly
Republican. When the last one adiournei
1t was the boast Of Republicans that II
bad passe dthe best laws-done mora aud
gTeaier service To the people. than any
previous legislature in Oklahoma. Bur
the party would not stand nthat rec
ora. That is, the delegates at the con-
Vention yesterday would not. The partv
as "a whole must stand on every record
made 10y epuhlicIn government in Okla
hona. II can not so into q campaign
condemning itself. Every man on The
stump. including Flynn himself must
stand for the superiority 70 rthe epllb,i-
can local as well as national government
Icy the convention. Since it did not what
Just as Flynn and every man on thu
stump in 1928. This should have been done
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