The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-11-14

the conduct Of it's affairs to tho 'inde-
pen ients"- the mugwmps, as we call
them IN CAS- dsv and generation 1hs
miserable hasco ci the Greeley cam
paigi is tc ancient history 10 merit
more than passiae refereacc; but ths
campaign % iaoi is very much with
MS. and its lessons are 50 plain thar
even he nho runs NAY read
whatevor ot' er eon-ribuiory circun-
stances there nay have nten. The fac
IS as plain rs the nose upon q Cyrano
de Bergerac iace tnat the magnitude
OF this yen g dof,at $ due to 'he sue
render Of the marty to the mugwump
element 20 .h.s element was accord
ed the p~ivileoe OF makinc the party's
ropinatiot and every paase Of ths
Campaign ,sas shaped az IT'S dictatiUn.
Il seems 1ow almost incoucei iyable
that such s3idition should have aiccn
permitted to prevail put we all re
cell how. in the a1te-concention con
test and st he convention itself the
determining factors in shapmg the
results were men whose daggers we're
sul dripping with The blood OF the
partys candidate # four and Of eight
years ae1 Some of these were prcyi-
ously discredite3 - politicians some
were so.c9lled aages reeking in pom
derosity. some were editors Of news
papers Of tiehly questionable political
Standing whether openly independent
and mugWump or masqueradins unce-
The gnise II Democracy. More offen-
slve hectu3e of the greater frequency
Of their delive-ances and the dictator
ial tone of their utteranceJ we're these
newspapers. So frequent and so vehe-
ment were these newspaper orders.
and so great their promises Of victory
should their instructions re ), flowed
that the Democracy was stunr ed ilto
acceptance of their a,lvicC
These newspapers and the elements
they were presumed to represent wsr-.
actually and literally. permitted to
name the nominee Of the parlys can
iidato fer the presidency; and after
the convention ~ cry Ihase of the cam
paien was dictated by this sane mug
wmnp element through its independent
press. II was So Of the "goid' tele
gram. it was 50 )f the Wild aud reclt
less chaTfes concerning tnc Phih1-
pines. T. VAS so Of rambling ,haTges
AGAINST Mr. Cortelyou-lmsabstantl-
ated rs they were hy even tugges
tion OF evidence it was So OF the per
sonal actions Of the EeTocrati' caAdi-
date-frst, The iecision mat under no
circumstances would be take the
stump. 'heh a ,ust to the rcstrum in
The closing week when tho ci,ly pos
sible intorpretatior the country conlA
place upon The :hanee was realization
Of impeudng d'feat--aa interpreta-
zion which precica! politicians urder-
stood to be suicidal
Over lt an the 'raii Of the mug
wumpl
The necessity of thas rereting 90
last Tuesdays result is not pleasing
but in ve~y tueh What hanrened was
that which amy sane student q: politi-
cal conditions nigh. from the eyperi,
ence Of other years. have expected.
Tho genuine per ocrats Of The country
north and west, as ven as south went
to the polls AMI voted heir party
ticket ne nIugwunlo diotators either
cast their votes for the Republican
tieke,. follnwng their action in 1896
and 1900, or they failed I" vote at all,
The parry must taHs charge Of
!tselfi
The fato Of the party IL safe in the
hands of the genuine Democrats These
know tr.e Democracy Those under
stand thar Democracy must stlnd for
something Democratic These know
how to h6ht OFT their differences OF
opinion Inside hs patty and 10 follow
the viii Of the majority. These have
learned from litter expei;suce the re.
suit of catering to questionable Gle
ments under the influence Of oppor-
tunism. aGd Troy Will have 10 more
Of II.
From now until 1908, in victory or
defeat the mo'o Of the true Demo
Gratis OF tho nation must he
The party must take charge of
itself No maswump leaders need
apply