The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-10-15
JUDGE BICKELL
PUNCTURES SID CLAKE
Alya Man Reads Riot Act
to Judas on Statehood
Proposition

Is seli-eXplanatOry
Alva, Okla. Oct III. 1902
Hon Sidney Clark. Oklahoma City,
Okla.
My Dear Old Friend An unbrok5n
friendship Of more than a quarter OF
a century has existed between US. and
ia our old age ! hope we have not
come to the parting of way. We both
left the Republican party in our youth
fu manhood for reasons that have
satisfied us for a period of more years
than our friendship has existed My
days of speech making are about over.
but | notice in the Wichita Eagle Of
the 9th inst a reported speech re-
Gently delivered by you. at Kinghsher
with your old time yigor. upon which
1 heartily congratulate you No one
knows better than what you have
done for Oklahoma in the past No
one appreciates your ability more than
/, your old time friend
Have you not now made a serious
mistake in getting into the old worn
out lMark-Hanna" push cart2
Don't you know that Dennis Flynn
has worn the axles on this fool
Hanna" business? Don't you know
that Hanna can not be made believe
Oklahoma is Republican by the old
game Dennis has worn out and aban-
doned? What is the matter with you?
Are you getting in your dotage or has
some siren sung you off your legs?
Now let us see what will happen IL
Mcclure is elected. will concede
that Dennis will do all he can to get \
new job He wants to be United
States senator from Oklahoma.
am sure we agree that whatever
Mark Hanna says. goes with Republi-
can machine now constituting a
''beastly" majority in the senate.
Now Dennis will go to Hanna with
this tale Of his woes and needs. He
will say to Hanna "If | can not get
statehood for Oklahoma before the
coming session of congress expires,
my name will be Dennis in more than
one sense; for pity sake help me-"
Hanna will say 10 him: Dennis,
I like you. you little rascal | do; but
you are now a back number There
is new star IN the armament Of Ok
lahoma and he says nit He wants
the office for which he beat you. and
asks me to stand pat You and all
the officials of Oklahoma last fall
asked me to stand pat All of these
officials again ask me to stand pat
My dear Dennis, am very sorry for
your sake; but gooo by. Hope Wen
see you back some day Good by
Dennis good ~"
On the other hand n Cross is elect
ed the conversation will run some
thing like this Hello, Dennis, / see
you are with us again. / see you
fellows went down under the land
slide RoosevelJs 5 ana Henderson
nonsense. and the coal strike woult
have beaten the angels in heaven
The house win be Democratic by as;l
majority and whatever We do mus
be done this session. Anything I car
do for your"
Then Dennis will get in his work
He will say: Yes. senator. | wan
that statehood bill passed, and I wan
TO say right here, our people paid NJ
attention to trusts, strikes, Roosevelt
or Henderson. We igno ed everything
but local affairs took the stuml
myself and did my very best; but on
nominee was 10 heavy for us TO carry
II had been nominated myself
would have carried the territory b,
ten thousand majority It happene,
this way. Everything was planned I,
have my name sprung later in the con
vention. There were four or five can
didates and my friends were waltini
for the opportunity, when most unex