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

lie votes Dennis Elyzn got tEc
years ago outside Of the Republican
party came from the most liberal men
Of The opposition who desired 70 see .
worker IL congress. They came from
men who believed in Flynn. Those
votes we're. too. from men who be
Heve1 free homes was the paramount
issue. What viii those men do this
year? What ought they to do? They
cannot De seen and talked with per
sOnslly. so there Is bat one way Of
Judging what their a-tious viii ke
and that Is 20 study the situation.
Those Democrats and P~oFulists who
voted for Flynn two years z as we
said before, were not hidebound par
tisiars Party ties are not SO strong
this year as they were two years ago,
. will not hold those back who be-
lleve their interests and those of the
territory demand q vote for Flynn
Oklahoma City Times-Journal.
On, nc! partisan ties are not SO
strong this year" That's surprising
and it also shows the bifurcated Re
publican party IS becoming fearful Of
Flynn's chances. There is nothing On
God's earth so CALLING as Republican
gall. Republican maehinists throw
out soPs to Democrats and
Populists buttered with non
partisan prune juice, and expect
sensible voters 70 take the bait. And
ihls. tee IL the face OF FlyHa's own
claims that everything be ess done
has been 70 conserve the best interests
Of the Republican party. In his
speech at the opera house last week,
Flynn censored The LEADER for hold
ing that the free homes bill was q men,
partisan measure. He even declared
that Democrats had all along fought
free homes. Yet, despite these decl.r-
atoms, here comes the rabid snti-ad-
ministra.ion s~nake~ester, the Times
Journal, prevailing on Democrats and
Popuiists to support Flynn ION non
partisan grounds, inc their interests
demand IL"
The LEADEB wants to state here and
now hat the Democrat or PoPulist, be
be resident Of Guthrie or Gum postof-
fee, Beaver county, who supports
Dennis Flynn this year by mouth or
ballot is an emissary of Repub.icanIsm
and an enemy to the great principles
Of Democracy formulated at Kansas
City last July.
The Democrat who supports Flynn
is not q Democrat. The personality Of
Judge Nef has nothing to do with the
matter. He directly represents the
cause SO dear TO the Democratic heart
and the Democrat who opposes Nef
~repudiates Democracy.
This year every Democratic traitor
will be branded.
Two years ago and four years ago
scores Of Logan county Democrats
were disloyal 20 Democracy ana sup
ported Flynn. They psraded the
streets with banners inscribed "a vote
for Flynn is a vote for the capital"
Guthrie and the capital question do
not enter into this campaign; they
were never a part of any other cam-
paign, a ' in the imagination and
Vaccinations Of Republican machine
workers. Flynn is no more a friend
TO Guthrie than TO any other town; mis-
record in congress proves this. So the
old Guthrie bluff won't work any
more.
1t were far better for Democrats and
Populists to support Gov. Barnes and
his questionable administration, than
Flynn and his Iselfsh propaganda.
Whatever may be said of Gov. Barnes,
he, 81 least. is not a traitor 70 his
home and territory. Barnes spends
his money in the territory and he has
not beer busy the past three years
cavorting over two territories estab-
fishing twenty-one banks, in order TO
make himself solid for a senatorial
toga In case statehood should be given
Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Twist the matter whichever way you
will, ~non-partisan support of Flynn is
a crime TO Democracy, and the Demo
Gratis or Populists who support Flynn
for congress are unworthy OF recogni-
ton 10y the parties of which they pro-
fess 70 be loyal members.