The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-14

standing fake 70 Oklahoma and the
people Of OklAhonA have swallowed
The fake withoutA quAlm. Possessing
. certain naive magnetism and q sup
era6urdanee Of gal be has gonsAnong
the people, set up his shrine and csus-
Cd the eonuon herd 20 bow down and
worship him. In this work be has
been aided oy the groutehy eonorsnt
Greer. Of the Ststs Batter sod the
Barnes ADMINISTRATION. Gov. Barnes
has no Just cause 70 complain Of the
gross treatment CT his administration
by Flynn. he knew Flynn and IN
derstood ais tactics. Barnes Likewise
has been well aeqaaiaie5 With tie
seut.ling policy Of Greer. That x has
been tossed into TIE air by Flynn and
by Greer. ~ho Is sarrset!lioGsly WORK
ing against the possibility OF Barnes
resppcintmeLt. was not or q The
range Of Logical and practical reason
ing. 9. STANDS fer Greer and Greer
stands for Greer. z. stands for Flynn
and Flynn h~uctuates and o1zzes about,
but. like TIE boomerang, finally re-
turns 70 Flynn.
q se Republican politicians
are Jealous Of each other-they are
also afraid Of each other. The whole
gang IS hypOeritical, Flynn cared not
three whoOps for the free homes bill.
Il Mastered nothing TO MIN w1esher
the Oklahoma. nonestesder sicker Cd
INC died in MS dugout. Gould re have
taken up any other Issue eight years
years ago, which would have insured
him = political run for kS time and
money il would have been al -be same
with Flynn. Free homes, assuggested
by ex-Gov. Steele, Of IndiAps. happen
ed 70 De e good thing aud Flynn push
Sd ]. along for his Own aggraodize-
ment. Flynn is not sincere; his
speeches prove tbs assertion. His
stump orstioDs are merely the gloss
aries OF state politicians. Pin Dennis
Flynn down 70 an intelligent and close
debate on the money aaestleA teaAs
and he would be unable 70 say Nhsth-
er France had teken on binetalisu or
vas coming the FRANCISCAN mon
e of the Monks; brought face 10
face with the total volume of money
IN circulation Of the country ne would
be unable 20 state whether there was
al increase or a decrease in the treas
ury, and to save his life he could not
figure out the circulation per capita,
whether il was s26.7s (which it Isl or
S2e6.50 (Hhich IL isn't. Flynn is su-
perfcial; he is artificial. as a
Lobbyist, where little intelligence
and much nerve is required, he is al
home-a 6. warmer, SO TO speak; bat
as a thinker or a tactician he is Nil.
Flynn's success is luck. pure and
simple. He can stand before an audi
ence three hours aud roll off rot, quot
ing numerously from bogus and faxed
extracts in congressional records and
papers, and carry an audience Of sym
psth!zers with MIN. Put Connolly
and Renfro and Vsndervoort and a
dozen roOters in the audience and
great applause" follows the utter-
ance of every declaration, TIE audi
ence Absorbs the dose a. not stuff
and let's it go st that.
Sad though it be the stsr of Dennis.
hynnism is waning. We are obliged.
perforce, TO pull our handkerchief
and prepare TO grieve c~opious!y over a
shattered idol. Ulysses, representing
the intelligent voters Of Oklahoma,
refuses to longer yield 70 the song Of
the Irish siren Joseph falters in his
leap into the seductive arms of Poti-
phar's wife, and the avalanche Of re-
demption is descending. Pretty and
quaint is Dennis, %panoplied as he is in
a broad expanse Of destinations and
hysterical oratorieal ruf1es. He has
made the air Jingle is ne lunRed forth
with denunciAtion, and anon much
more anon with self g~lori6cation.
Many q time and oft has he called
upon heaven and earth 10 witness the
earnestness, multiplicity and sincerity
Of his Is. A brave, cherubic
picture he has made all these years
but its all off now. The people can't
stand for tank dramas always; even
Toms Cabin grows stale. Oklahoma
has done her part by Dennis: sent him