The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-02-01
GUTHRIE ONCE MORE a VICTIM
or UNHOLY INTRIGUE.

or UNHoLY INTRIGUE.
u rs with scrub-bofurred emotion
and sad, lachrymCse henrtache thnt
we note the fact that Hon. Dennis r.
FLYNN. our Dennis. the jealous and
phranihropicai minister Of territorial
affairs at Washington, the bon vivouf
OF emotional politics, the complicated
alloy Of trusts. privileges and conccs.
sions the Rontgen ray Of free homes
and the Marconi light Of an unasphyx-
latod ambition, is charged with--shall
We say it-with throwing the tinted,
"oil.Hnlshed kibosh" into Guthrie
again.
Far be It from us TO give currency
ITO stupid rumors and needless ham
mer solos-to unstrlng the nerves Of
a tangible cltizenry that hardly three
months agone list to the ring Of Den
mis- flexible and flute like voice and
conned his record OF services TO Guth-
rle. and then, quietly on the morrow
placed ballots to his credit making
in the aggregate q majority Of nearly
iOJ from Guthrie
It were gross ingratitude 20 chill
the ardor OF Flynn satellites ia Guth-
rle. but Il the unsmudged truth pro
ducos frigldlty then prepare for the
ague, for someone has plunged treach-
erys knife into Guthrie's yitals clear
TO the hub, and Che handle Of the knife
bears the initials, ID r r." Mr..
Flynn may be a5le to prove an alibi.
but until such is forthcoming, the
truth must be shorn OF ornamentation
"Klbosh" Is a Balkan word. coined
ia Texas. and handed down from the
time OF Judas Iscarrlot and means
neglected duties broken promises
yindictlve injustice and--treactery
And all that, only more. "our Den
MIS- it is charged, has thrown into
Guthrie, and the Flynn temperature Of
the town is reduced to sixty degrees
Fahrenheit thereat
When the result OF the federal CEN
sus Of 1900 was disclosed Oklahoma
city found itself with a lot Of unnego-
table bonds on its hands and a pop
ulation Of less than ten thousand.
1his was bad enough. But when Okla
homa city ran down the census bst
and ascertained that Guthrie was the
largest city IN the territory, not count
ing g 400 names which were missed
Oh. horrorsl Oklahoma City roared,
launched and milledl The town froth-
ed at the mouth and bled at the nose.
It's condemnation OF Guthrie was
prodigal: its vituperatlon reached the
point Of Pantagruelian wit; exaggera-
tion toppled over into absurdity in a
comparison Of towns; and the horrible
reached the supramundane pitch when
negroes were mentioned. Even after
counting all its wooden Indians and
nightmares. the town
awoke to the realization that Guthrie
had been growingl Having utilized
propagandism and being
an extravagant believer in the super
natural, the Town really credited
statements TO the effect that
It was first, invulnerabie, supremel
The Oklahoma City man is actuated
by high motives but he is phenomenal
ly incontinent of tongue and q morbid
believer in folklore Thus Oklahoma
City suffered chagrin ana humiliation
The census Of 1900 went bounding
into history reading. Guthrie. 1891;
Oklahoma city, 9,976 Guthrie kicked
Of course This town was not correct
y listed since more than 1000 names
for some inscrutable reason. We're
Topped off by the census bureau. The
Guthrie club appealed to Director
Merriam, and 70 Delegate Flynn TO
-ectify the apparent injustice, but the
appeals were vain.
The restless spirits at Oklahoma |
City began bombardi9g the census
bureau Committees were sent to
and these committees
evidently found Mr. Flynn in a propi- |
ious mood for It seems he escorted |
he committees TO Director Merrlams |
'ooms, while the letters from Guthrie !
we're turned over 10 his pseudo-secre
ary, VIM Grimes, Of Kinghsher Mr. |
irimes is conveniently absentminded /
1t times and It was not until Mr. Mer.
lam sienlaed his intention to admit |
'nidayits from both Guthrie and Ok
ahoma City in order that correct
census rating might be obtained. that
ne Guthrie correspondence came to