The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-29
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the aid Of those Republicans who
were Independent Of the pa ty leaders
the bill passed the house In The
senate it was never reported from
the q .aia..ssee ~ territories and
would never have been heard of dur
ing The session, had not senator Quay
threatened to hold up all legislation
in the last days of the session until
an agreement was made TO take mp
the bin at the next session. rms ac.
tion Of Senator Quay was said TO be
inspired by the hope of seeing an
old partner elected senator from one
n the prospective states What the
fate Of the bill viii be in the short
session Is doubtful for all tie lead
ers OF the Republican party in the
senate but Senator Quay are opposed
to rs passage. fearing that the pro
posed new states would be found IN
she Democratic column
You see, my friend. we are in ex-
celieut company. The Democra .
we're uniicd They had promised us
statehood without any strings on it
and when statehood / ofe.sd to Ok
lanoma the Democrats Of Oklahoma
VIII uniiedly accept e, strings or no
strings You cannot point TO a single
Democrat in Oklahoma who is inter
ssted in the defeat Of statehood and
the assertion ihas they are oppo-ed o
statehood is as malicious rs it is un.
true
There IS no basis in fact for a
single proportion offered by Reprbii-
cans. and eyon the proposition that
they favor the passage Of the pending
bnl. hive disproved
No Republican has ever offered
single fac show that any Democrat
is swayed by his interests. either
private or public They talk like you
do about selfish purpose. but the in
stance whgre a selfish purpose is dis
closed remains to be mentioned or re-
corded
The purpose to make Hanna and
his conferees believe that this terri
tory viii be Republican has been
tried at every election in thir ie,Y-
tory save one Hanna and his con
:s-ses can be made believe this is a
Republican territory in only one way
and that Is BY making an issue. and
winning on It of the only thing thai
makes one man a Democra- and an
other a Republican. Republican pa
pers prate about Republican princi-
plies. betwseu elections some times
IA little: but when the campaign
opens they are ashamed OF their par
~ and are too cowardly o mention
mark Hanna o. wha' he STANDS for
Msrk Hanna knows OF this arrant
cowardice. as WI as We. and can
never be deceived in5o believing 9TH
erwiso than "that the new state viii
Do found IN the Democratic column
N order 20 get a. thil and test it,
ges letter from Senator Hanna or
any Republican lsader IN the senate
who voted to postpone action on the
pending bill sta ing that this post
ponement was intended as "referen.
dun as you stated Ia your Kingfish-
or speech. That If Mcclure is elect
ID tha bill viii be passed as you
stated in your Kngasher speech He
may uame his kind of statehood and
) lie may name me size Of the majority
wanted, and we will aOt only give it
but we will withdraw Mr.. Cross and
make it unanimou- 1 dare you to
name Democrat IN this territory
who viii not agree Il this Now put
up or shut up.
Az every election since ! have been
citizen Of this territory, statehood
is dangied within sight, but out Of
reach and Republicanism is put away
b. camphored boxes. We are told the
only way to get it wilhin reach is TO
take dose OF Oklahoma Republican
hogwssh Enough appear always %
take this noxiOus stun to give the
Republicans an the pie. and then
statehood Is whisked out Of sight un-
IN The next election. then the putrld
national Repuhiicanism will be
brought out TO air again We are
again informed that Roosevelt's ant
ics to the gallery gods is statesman
ship. We are ,old that a just God
would not give US sunbesms. beauti-
ful and ahundan, showers to mix
with our fertile Olsahoma soI If
Mark Hanna did no. shuffle hoot-
.l.n cnoche oAncan