The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-11-07
THE IMPERATIVE
NEED OF THE HOUR


,er push auhue forward was continued
There every Highly favor
able we're Guthrie county.
Then one day
Of hu ded substantial
business who had surplus
communities where returns were easonaoy certain M
by this club and six OF the
leading WINS was Hospitality entertained
1s ,nnes men were deshed with the prospects
pay was rather bbuous during walk and
did otous-but fairly mellow l" uJnB
the bbous stumbled and fell
negro policeman happened helped the Kansas City man
visitor with all the 9Vise' OF the
gently but firmly pnoed him towards the city pase en o
Harrison The visitor protested lie azed won
dngy at pocemans authority and calculated We'll
III sed-d" The on1cer urged h prisoner on. Inc prisoner, % % -
swearing pulling The ohcer would brook no
cracked the visitor over the hea and had him
within yards Of the prisoners friends
hearing racket his relief The lamentations
u " was ,la cv he started line Of Duaioiy that has hurt
Guthrie OF course naturally hushd much possible
Every reasonable explanation City officials We'd with local
business men in trying to atone for the injury
business man took the matter gracefully Perhaps
said he but and here he redeemed Why
couldn't policeman have led me away"
The unfortunate by Guthrie Not So
there correspondent repre-
the Kansas City Journal attached TO the party II seems @ ne
that he asked some questions What @
The Journal next day in Its mention
trip to Guthrie contained no mention OF she arrest out
did contain the following ~ -, .
capital admirable site contains hopabe people
The just and 1000 IT. well being
vii win % & % , b b marketed here this season The chief drawback
to the paradng population which given
mere prominence by offices
In this county ogan territorial
and county Offices police
pie here seem members commented
this condition Capt H. randy the Missouri negro
politician colonized most o Guthrie"
but that enough The Western Newspaper urion
from 400 TO 600 readyFnts OF mseeeny Tor country
weekly papers correspondence The African news soon spread
editorial the subject caponed
Another Ahica-Wanted Another Stanley Inc Chcaeo inter ~
Of correspondent G. Adams now
of the Publishers Press to Guthrie to study
logical three days The following Sunday
printed Of matter pertaining conditions
Met Of
cruelty oyewn and exaggerated In the same issue there a
Ohio government experts recently finished
chen Oklahoma city papers kept
u Guthrie When Dennis Flynn visited Oklahoma
City him The Grand Duke from Little
Africa The Kansas City Journals article was nuts Tor Oklahoma city
time the eubect alluded to by any
Guthrie paper well the conditions They
stven for to up lark ohs and had apparently sue
policeman
chain of circumstances showing how political ring had thrust
tiaeks into
Guthrie had the haekha
70 the negro he wanted mere soon the negro politician was in
he aeelth tie In
accepting political crumbs the politician allowed his erop
tery and nerye to wax energetic
taxpayng Republican once bt simply
Republican conventions and soon
the ring and the negro joined hands on an equal basis The enaes OF
oaism swiftly spread all points of the county Ingon as
black the spades wanted university and was given ad the
work Of eoh7ing the blacks over Logan county Was carried on VII"
Iercson cTaron south cmarron
townships and the Second commissioners district pop with
Ioica did their
easily
political did ish
pleasant So. IA
ewgnr back forfrom Rhnart to Carpenter carpenter
And during all territory dnsne cry
he blacker oncialsm
lightly subject oaealsn domination Then
Leader
co
uneiing
evident hut The Leader ardeny hoped that the mu Of assault would
Il uproaf