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

lla.s 10 assert Aue Ut-i reason IN /
existence. would be an exposure of (
heir own rotten and corsupt official
dom second because they are lin
and do not want TO get out" Third
lhsy are opposed to statehood Of any
1lnd because they would have to get
out. and could not get in again.
Fourth. they would have everything
to lose and nothing 10 gain, except
as private citizens
They know that the majority Of tn
people of Oklahoma do not approve Of
nor sympathise with the Mark Han
ma machine RepubIlcSnlsms but they
say to the Democrats and Populises
Of Oklahoma. in effect Vote for
Mcclure and fool old Mark BY vot.
ing ros Mcclure you viii make him
believe that this viii make a Repub-
lican state. and when you have
wheedled statehood out of him you
can so back to your party and vote
your own ticket to your hearts con
tent
eve are not saying anything about
Hanna's ship subsidy scheme. we
know you believe It 10 be a brazea
a5tempt to steal The peoples money
and give ii to J. Pierpont Morgan and
Co: but by voting for Mcclure you
pretend to favor it, so as to pun the
wool over old Mark S ewes
I'VE know you do not approve the
Republican plan to dest oy all the le-
:. gal tender money aud substitute the
: widest Of wild cat "a set paper
money, bur in order 10 get statehood
YOU must pretend to approve il. In
order to get statehood you must pre-
tend that you indorse the six years
Of stralings Of Republican officialdom
in this ,erritory
The supporters of Uncle Bill Cross
stand squagely and honestly on their
platform. Uncle Bill would rather be
right than go to congress
The platform upon which Uncle Bill
aad his supporters stand gives excel
lent reasons for desiring statehood.
aheir platform states tha, they favor
immediate statehood IN order that
the people my substitute honesty.
economy and efficiency for ext.ava-
gance. dishonesty aad the curse of
carpet bag government and spoliation
of the public.
No one has accused Mr.. Cross with
not standing on his platform or with
misquoting Mr.. McGuire's platform.
have repeatedly met Mr.. Mcclure
professionally, Officially and socially
and MP TO the time OF his nomination
regarded him gentleman whom il
is a pleasure to know and 7 do no'
wish TO be understood TO have chang
ed my mind in the relations hereto
fore sustained
To consider Mr.. McG.ire POLITICAL!
and as candidate, anxious to b.
elected must charge him with insin
cerity. must charge him with al
attempt 10 evade his own platform
and an attempt to steal Mr. Cross
platform
Mr.. McGuires platform endorse
, what he calls the FLYNN bin" Nj
. McGuirs has nevdr mentioned an
oil the provisions OF the bill no'
pending before the senate to enabl
! Oklahoma to secure statehood n
Republican speaker or writer | hav
read after, except yourself has mel
! toned the provision for single stat'
, hood. And when you mentioned thi
you omitted another provision decla
ing Indian lands taxable when take
J in severalty You perhaps did nc
. mean to say 1t, bat you siad It so tha
. | understood it, that the provision fc
-. single statehood was not in NJ
Flynns original plan for statehoo
for Oklahoma alone and In thl
proviso Mr Flynn was compelled
abandon his surest aud only certai
way to prevent any kind Of statehoo'
That Mr.. Flynn and all The Republ
can federal officialdom Of Oklahom
was interested for personal gail
against statehood OF anyknd Is we
) known to all mankind Il was M
~ new trick. but has been practice
By all federal appointees In ever
territory admitted to statehood. Equa
ny no territory has been admitted
statehood on the plan advocated b
their federal officials. They cann'
oppose statehood openly so chose n
plan least likely to succeed. The
seems 10 be one remarkable exec