The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-29
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convention, held in THIS city. SATURDAY.
was replete with spectacular features
aud taken as a whole, il was lie
markahle exhibition Of political
Fermentation. arbltrariness. broken
promises. treachery, cowardice am
downrigh; dishonesty
Judged frcm Democratic stand
point. the convention In It's entirety
bore out the contention that two-thirds
Of the eyerage Republican conven-
tions in Logan county are made up OF
niegers and the results emphasize tho
fact that the corporation machine,
aided and abetted by bought niggcrs,
viii resort to any expediepcy. decent
OF devillsh, to maintain control
And. moreover, tho results show
that while the real nominee of the
convention. representing as he did.
the true. unbought sentiment OF tho
Republican party OF this district. VIII
be ruthlessly sidetracked and another
men, having no legal residence in the
district will be placed on the ticket
as the regular" nominee Ostensibly
both these men represent Republicans
doctrine. which the Democracy recog-
nizes is inimical to the general wei.
fare, but in the choice or inen the
square-dealing, consistent man OF
clean record is far more to be res
pected and supported. despite his Re.
publican vagaries. than the man who
IS supine tool of degenerate ring
and who will not stop at dark things
to gain his ends. One other thing was
forcibly brought out by this hiahly
interesting convention. II demon
strated that the Republican tax payers
uf this district have grown heartily
tired Of machine rule--of having a few
selfconstituted leaders meet In sol
emn conclave. parcel out the spells,
say who shall hold the offices. who
shall be nominated and wha defeated
and then after all is over, ply the lash
and force the vanquished hosts to
swear the dose Is sweet. Saturdays
convention witnessed the entering
wedge. looking TO the final disintegra-
tion Of the Logan county Republican
machlne The machine has been pow
erful In its day, but its usefulness is
now impaired The driving in" pro
cess does not work with the ease and
facility which obtained in years aSone.
All that Is now left is the barter aud
sale of negro "'fuence' and votes.
Republican farmers all over the conn-
~ are angry. Their anger can not
be molllhed. And then to make mat
ters worse the organ OF the machine
seeks To convey tho impression that
the Kinghsher county man Is the reg
ular council nominee and stigmatlzes
the adherents Of seely as "autocrats
and pirates"
Getting down TO true statement OF
facts. neither seely nor Smith was
legally nominated by Saturdays con
vention. although seely was manifest
~ the choice Of the unboueht delega
tions. The matter Of time in calling
the convention does not effect results
since the manasers Of both factions
We're present and offered motions when
the cali to order was given The
Seely contingent erred in falling t'
have q report on credentials adopted
while the Greer machine, which called
another convention, after the first con
Yentior a liourncd was Illegal be
cause II did not conform to the cal
creating f. The machine convention
was illegal IN point OF time and rep
resentauor. But whatever the de
fects the name II d F. Smith will be
placed On the Republican ticket as
the nominee Of the Republican party
The machine was afraid of Seely i
fought him with vitirol and venom. bul
since seely has the sympathy, II no
the support. Of the Republican masses
he may do a job Of boss-husting yet
As matter OF fact the Republican
masses wanted another man for codn
Gil candidate. seely is highly regard
ed as honest ard straightforward, hu
his health IN had-the virility ans
activeness SO necessary to watch th'
districts interests were he 80 IN
legislature, are lacking N Mr. seely
In other words he IS mol as young a
he used 20 be. As compared q
seely. Smith Ia regarded as "shsr'
house joke by the Republican masses
but. hoxeyer how REGARDED smitht