The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-24
THE FLAuNrINo or


] n ME Aa'ANAIA mas AAl ANNAAN W NAAN'tAa
a painful operation In yesterday s
issue we took occasion to resent an
insult heaped upon at least one thou
sand voters OF this town, who bellev
ing in the zeal and honesty Of the
Rev W A. Humphrey and The cause
OF reform wnicl he represented, sup
ported him at the polls last spring
The editorial was called forth by a
statement made at revival meeting
in which a local pastor Is alleged TO
have said "The Rev Humphreys
following was motley and was made
Iut of the worst people in Guthrie We
learn That the pastor in question has
denied uttrius such a statement but
thus far we have seen no public or Of
fetal denial Not only has there been
no such denial. but the repu ed organ
Jos the city administration. which
\ FIRST bran cd Humphreys supporters
las town wreckers. ignorant and silly
fools. motley. ot cetera. has the iemer-
ay to laud the pastor thus giving taci,
acknowledgment that such statements
as imputed TO him were actually made,
. All this may be one form OF Chris
tianity and an ultra sphsriodical form
of scuttle-6sh journalism, but il does
not conform to the tenets of decency
ana fair dealing. Moreover, the peo-
pie will not stand for t. Some way,
some how. they will certainly resent
such wanton and unprovoked insults.
Pulpiteers have no more right TO re-
sort to unsayory methods to gid
cause or cinch pull than has the
average newspaper-and the newspa-
per which mislends its readers on
matters Of which they are fully con-
versant soon feels the iron hand of
public reproach
AS stated yesterday. The Leader has
no desire 10 stir up strife in the min
istry. We have merely commented
upon the declaration OF one local pas
;cr. If he has been misquoted by the
morning paper. it is his bounden euty
to place himself right before the pee
lple He certainly does not wish 10
pose as The pack horse Of a pubIica-
tion which has built itself up through
series OF ungo ly gratis, The last
city campaign has been fought out
lIt were absurd 81 reopen f.. fne
Lender win no. DO so. rhe Rev.
Humphrey and his adherents, defeated
/ By less than two hundred votes. ar
ceptei defeat gracefully ana began
noting the reforms promised by the
present admins ration II the 200
pie are satiahel with this aan,inistra-
tion well and good, but Il in becomes a
pulpiteer to haunj lost cause, tone
in which he should have been ieeniy
Interested and derile IFS supporters
as motley and the worst people in
town" long months after TIE campaign
has passed.
The Leader IS in receipt Of at least
twenty-five letters beariaf on the re-
vival incident Several Of these We
could not publish. if so dispose@ since
they are anonymous The others
bear on the ground already covered
by this paper One contribute sec
onds the idea that he evangelist site
his views on civic purity and reform.
Two other letters, received this
morning, we publish below without
comment:
Editor Leader | read with much
interest ana pleasure your editorial
in last evenings Leader touching on
municipal purity and reform and the
work Of the ministry You touched a
responsive chord In hundreds OF
breasts and every fair minded man
must agree with you in your position.
/ care little about the cause which
called forth the editorial, since ] be-
lieye the preacher who espoused The
mayors cause is as much entitled 10
( his inliyl nal opinion as any layman.
lWhai particularly commend is your
lbroad-mlnied view OF church unity.
Maybe such matters oughtnt TO be
discussed IN Inc secular press buy
your rec ing OF Natures theorum as
applied TO theological practice was
certainly 10 tae point c. R. }.
EDITOR Leader Your editorial in
Yes erdovs Narcr entitled 'Who