The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-06
EDITORIAL BY
THE GOVERNOR
Watonga Republican Contin-
ues the Controversy.
FIRES SOME HOT SHOTS
Nobody's Business Who Wrote
the Said Article.
FIRES SOME HOT SHOTS

Guthrie. o. T, Sept. 5-Under the cap
ton of who Wrote It? Who Are the
Fellows? an editorial appears in the
Watonga Republican OF this week COM
menting on the recent editorial which
stirred up the politicians The editorial
says 1T is nobody's business who writes
the articles that appear in this paper
and then takes hot shots at the "fel-
lows who, it is alleged complained be-
cause of the appointment of Fred l.. Wen
ner. The editorial in fun is as follows:
Some time ago this paper contained
an article relative 10 criticisms from
certain source on the appointment Of Win
ner Since the publication of that article
considerable comment has been INDUCED
in as to who wrote it. For eleven years
the Watonga Republican has been run
ming in Blaine county and during that
time it has said whatever it wanted to
say upon any public matter without ask
ing the advice or consent of anyone as
to what should appear in its columns
or as to who should write it. 1t is no.
body's business who writes the articles
that appear in this paper. 1t viii be OBJ
served that no retraction is ever made.
Whoever wrote that article, it goes just
the same Now then, how about it?
Three or four persons in the territory
were not satisfied with the appointment
of Wenner. They attempted to give out
the impression that Republicans were
sore over it. That was not true No or
ganization was turned down. No ap-
pointment was made which was approved
by 80 per cent of the people Of Oklahoma.
Organization did you say? Did not
consult the fellows who have made the
party? Step softly there. Who are the
fellows? Where do the fellows live?
What is the address Of the fellows? How
have the fellows been hurt? VIII the
fellows please stand up and be enum-
Grated? Il sometimes happens that
very few fellows imagine that they are
all the fellows They seem TO think that
the rest of me fellows are not fellows
at all, or if they are fellows they must
be fellows reclining upon the back seats
of obscurity Did it ever occur to the
fellows that there are other fellows?'
The fellows who have made the Repub
lican party in Oklahoma are very num-
erous''
In addition to the above editorial. ap-
pears another in the same issue of the Re
publican on the Wenner appointment. 1t
says:
"The editorial which appeared in this
religious weekly and philosophical journal
a short time ago has had various inter
pretations as well as various misrepre-
sensations. What the article meant to
cf+
or territory should have a right to make
appointments to meet the demands of
good government. If said governor Of
state or territory should not be salts
fed with one of his appointecs, or with
some one connected with the administra-
ton. he should be accorded the right to
fill a vacancy without advertising for
bids
Again, in regar dto criticism OF the
appointment OF Wenner by 4 few indi-
viduals, the article was right. An at
tempt was made TO bring the administra-
tion into disrepute with Republicans by
corculatin "a report throughout the terri
tory that the politicians were not salts
fed with IT, Now who these dissatisfied
politicians are is a mystery. The chair
man of the territorial committee wrote
letter very highly commencing the APP
pointment. The secretary of the terrific
rial committee wrote a letter commend
ing the appointment. large number of
the members of the territorial commit
tee have written letters commencing the
appointment. Most of the newspapers Of
the territor yhaye said that the appoint
meut was one Of the best that could
have been made. Prominent Republicans
al over the territory have expressed sim
liar sentiments. Now. who are the fell
lows whose emotions have been lacerated,
as claimed by Kansas City paper? The
facts aye. it was case of medicine max
ing Jnat failed. An attempt was made
10 create a little discord and there was
no response 10 il and it failed"