The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-01
HILL SAYS He IS
FRIENDLY TO OKLAHOMA.
At Least Charley Wrlghtsman Of Paw
nee 50 Quotes Him.

nee SO Quotes Him.
c. j. Wrightsman of Pavnce pass.
ed through Kansas City on hi return
home. The sar quotes him as fol-
lows
c. j. Wrightsman of Pawnee. okla.
who was the head Of the Oklahoma
delegation to the Democratic nation
al convention last July, has been to
New York and had a conference with
David b. Hill at his home in lbany.
AS a result Of that. Mr. Wrightsman
is in possession Of two very important
facts Senator Hill, says Mr.. Wrlghts-
man, is i'm a receptive attitude to-
ward the nomination for president of
the Democratic ticket In 1904 Mr.
Wrightsman says. also, that senator
Hin promised his support to sta. ehood
for Oklahoma Il looks like am ex.
change of courtesies. Mr. Hlll works
for the statehood of oklahoma and
Oklahoma works for the nomination
of Mr.. HILL
81 called on Senator Hill at his
beautiful home in Albany, said Mr.
wrightsman this morning. "He had
been working in his garden and he
looked like a farmer. He wore an old
pair OF trousers and a hickory shirt,
unbuttoned and opened at the breast
to allow free circulation of air. Mr..
Hill thinks that all factions Of the
Democratic party will unite in 1904
and combine with all others who are
opposed to the Republican party and
defeat that party at the polls. He oe-
lieves that Il will be possible for all
who are opposed TO tine Republican
party TO rally under the Democratic
banner. And in regard to the man
who shall carry that banner--well,
Senator Hin is in a receptive atti-
tudc He believes that platform
can be made upon which all Demo
Gratis may stand, platform broad
enough to obtain favor with the peo-
pie generally. Senator Hill thinks
too, that Oklahoma ought TO be ad
mitted to statehood. He thinks that
the people of our territory have shown
their capacity to govern themselves
as well as any other state.
Il think that the South and East
will be for Senator Hill for Demo
cratic nominee in 1904. The South
has always liked MIN and the East
favors his conservatism on The money
question. And Oklahoma is for Hill
There's no doubt about that
Democrats and Republicans alike
in Oklahoma want statehood more
than political power continued Mr.
Wrightsman. "To secure statehood
the Democrats would take theii
chances Of political defeat It IS ,
commercial and not a political ques
ton. We are tired Of carpet baggers
rule. / am sure that any man thai
the people elect to office, whether h'
be Democrat or Republican, would b'
better public servant than one ap
pointed by the adminintra ion a
washington We have had judges wh'
had to study law after they were ap
pointed to the bench. We are gettinl
tired out with such things.
Il found to my disappointment an'
disustg that the people of the Eas
do not know what Oklahoma Is liel
They do not know that IL is a countr.
of homes, quiet and prosperous. The,
think that it is wild unsettled and dis
orderly. | read in an Eastern news
paper that people were dying b.
scores in Oklahoma from heat and ez
posure. These things are absurd
When the men who represent the Eas
in congress learn what Oklahoma is
there will be no question about state
hood"
Mr.. wrightsman. with his wife AM
son. were at the Midland this morn
ing with b. s. Mcclure, assistant I'm.
ted States district attorney Of Oklahc
ma, who is accompanied by Mrs. Mo
Guire. They sailed from the Gulf O
Mexico around the coas to New Yorl
and Boston, visited the Buffalo expo
sition sud are now returning TO okla
homa.
Would Have Cost Him His Life.