The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-03-03
HENDERSON SOLD OUT
BODY And SOUL
House Speaker Preparing to Enter
Employ Of Corporations

There Is a growing suspicion here in
the minds Of many people that the
outgoing Speaker Henderson has sold
out 10 the trusts body and brecches'
and his actions lately would seem to
confirm these suspicious. l. is said
that he win 60 TO New York. after his
retirement from congress, and enter
the practice Of law as the attorney for
number of big corporations known
Ian over the country as trusts. Wheth-
or he does so or not, he is at present
naeranuy assisting one big trust
the tobacco trust-in Killing some leg
islation at this session that was aimed
at st. The ways and means commit
tee of the house unanimously report.
ed bill to compel the tobacco trust
to quit putting tags and prizes In their
packages Of tobacco and cigarettes
and the legislation was in the interest
of the indenendent tobacco manufact-
urers. Speaker Henderson now re-
fuses to allow the report to come up
in the house and viii not recognize
any member of the ways and means
committee for the purpose Of making
q motion TO bring that report before
the house In the meantime a man
from his home in Dubuque iowa. has
been eating with the speaker. living in
his room at the capital and almost
sleeping with him Whether there is
any connection between this fact and
the fact that ne refuses to allow any
thing TO come MP that viii hurt the to-
bacco trust. cannot say but people
can draw their own conclusions.
The presence OF William Randolph
Hearst in this city this week accom-
panied by former Governor Budd, OF
California, who launched his boom for
the Democratic nomination for the
presidency at the big Jeaerson-Jacle
son-Lincoln barbecue in Columbus o.
on the 18th Of February. has started
the Democratic talk again on presi
dental possibilities. A number Of the
leaders of the party here are begin
ming to take the Hearst boom serious
ly and are quoting what Governor
Budd said when he launched the boom
In that connection II may be interest
ing to know the Governors reasons
for, choosing Mr.. Hearst as his candi
date. and this is what he said.
And we Mr.. Bryan, in the wesl
have as our champion the man the
we believe has done most for the
cause Of the common people; the man
who in the fight when the treasurerF
deserted you, came to your succor and
stood an able lieutenant under youl
orders the man who has spent mort
money and done more In aiding tl4
cause Of the plain people in thess
United States than any other man
the man who has fought all his life
for a national eight hour law. for an
income tax, for national appropria
tions for schools the man who in
court and out of court has fought The
trusts who has risked his mighty pa
pers inthe interest OF organized labor
who has flooded the United State.
with journals that daily speak 80 mil
lions, the doctrines preached by Bryan
and the fathers; the man who furnish
e1 The evidence that forced that nree
ldent and congress- to ect on the trus
subject; the man born in our stat,
and a native son, whom we regard a'
one OF the greatest Of the times Hi
is William Randolph Hearst, congress
man OF New York. the only private cit
izen thanked by vote of a legisla
tive of sovereign state for his ei
forts IN @ common cause