The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-29

/ Democratic platform and fully en-
dorse the reasons assigned for de
string Statehood. Immediately. MT
Cross. an Democrats end Populist
Except a few suspicion charac.srsi
and nearly all Republicans. except
a few who either hold the hook In
somebody else's nose and the poor
fellow with the hook in his own nose)
are for single statehood and for the
same reason az is assigned In the
Democratic platform
While might take issue with sew
eral statements you made in your
Kingfshsr address it was my purpose
TO take issue with only one. and that
is this IF Mr. Cross is elected It
VIII be an expression on the part Of
the majority Of The votera in OKLA.
homa tha the bin hould be defeated.
If Mr. Mcsmre is slec,el. it viii be
an endorsement Of the bin and Il VIII
be promptly pas -ed.7
This is mcr li8.na language
lhaa aually used by Republicans.
BUT IS oaly different way OF saying
the Reprblican party 4 in the me.
ioIity IN congres and unless You can
fool this majori y ino believing tha.
ihe senators and members Of con
gress from the new state can be used
as tools by Mark Hanna. and the Re
publican machine behind him to pass
ship uhsidy bills &c postpone and
desea every effort Of ne people to
relieve themselves from the robbery
of the wealth interests OF he East. to
e-tabliqh a banking monopoly that
viii Jstroy every bank in our fair
iand. and TO destroy every vestige O.
legal eader money among The people
and substitute therefor the widest
of wild cat bank asset currency.
The Republicans admit this IS not
healshy pace for IN "a Of their belief
by always lodging he only things
that MAKE them Republicans. They
always tell us they know we recos-
nize The difference between the rob
ber and he robbed but that we muse
pretend ina we do no. by voting
The Republican ticket.
Your "harpcon' missed all Of this
ana few wide OF the max invite
you to ram" your harpoon into this,
aad if it is not blunted or broken you
are more of "an expert in political
rolemics than even give you credit
for, my dear Sidney.
read via. harpoon; Il am in no
way surprised because you make no
10 answer the arguments
presented Wen, do not blame
you, but / should have blamed you il
you had expected ne TO answer what
may have beea in your mind bu,
was not in your Kingd -her address.
Before ! sat down to dictate this
lc4.er | looked your speech over very
carefully and found no argument or
facts TO sustain the p.opo ilon 20
which take exception. could not
possibly imagine any other argument
than such as 1 have just attributed >
How would this look
in Republican pape:: The Hon.
Sidney Clark in his address at King
fl ,her rammeo this down the throats
Of the Democrats present and bid
them swallow it; My fellow Demo
Gratis, am here tonight 20 ask you y
do something which will make you
very sick, l am gong to ask you 10
hold your noses and vote the Repub
lican ticket. 1t VIII have to be done
straight III tell you why II must be
done straight You will remember
Two yeare ago many Of US voted for
Flynn upon his promise that he was
The only pebble On the beach who
could secure statehood. That If he wal
elected he only coulo prove to Mark
Hanna that there we're more idiots 10
the territory than the Unhonorable
Mark gave US credit for having,
Dennis was elected and pranced up
to Hanna with his 9xlO grin and
handed to him the figures showing
how We voted for Dennis. Mark
did not grin. He silently reached In
his desk and brought out paper
showing the legislative vote. This
vote showed thai the territory. excep;
for gerrymandeung OF the legislative
districts and the compulsory vote
squeezed out for Dennis ic Democrat
ic by a handsome majority This my
Democratic brethrcu IS why We must
take this most nauseous dose
straight. We cannot loosen the ta,-