The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-30
sDwARo.s GOSSIP.
Tells to What Base Uses the Christian
Religion is Put.

Washington, D. C., March so-Tber.
wa scene enacted in the room o.
The house judiciary cotamittee tho "a ,,
er day hat showed csncmsiveiv +,
what base uses is the Christian ra
lieion put and that tore the ve.l com
p'eiely from the face Of brazen bvnoc
risy masQuerading in the name of re
form.
The bin under consideration bv .bs
commit ee was the so-calle5 Henh,rr
Dolliver bin, a bin to- give the pol,cs
power of each state wherein nrob,,i
lion exists The power. under the inter
slate commerce act. to seize anv Il.
quor Of any kind IN original PACKAGE
'hat may come into the s.aie and con.
signed 70 any point therein In otber
words these states ask the congros.
70 DO for them what their own noiice
power and their sta e laws are power
iess TO de- for them They hide bebin5
tAe interstate commerce act ana in.
terfere with states rights by ASKING
ne strong arm Of the national eove,.n
ment to reach in and enforce a law
"hlch they cannot enforce. This bpt
mas been persistenuy touted NV the
Rev. Wilbur r Crafts. who calls hin,
seif the legislative superintendent Of
some scrt of reform league and NV
the Rev. DR. Dinwiddle. of the anti
saloon league They have flooded tho
country with all sorts of stun sant an,
from here under The franked envelopes
or different members of congress an
iof them Republicans except one in
heir advocacy of this bin. thereby VIA.
lating the law by the violation Of the
ranking privilege which allows moth.
ing TO go cut ia franked envelope
except a part Of the congress ional rec
era or public document.
Ihey have in this manner robhea
the governmen out of hundreds ot
thousands ~ dollars in. postage ami
nave done # with the assistance Of
republican members of congress wbo
have furnished hem with millions of
RANKED envelopes, also printed a gov
erament expense No one knew anv.
'hng OF this fraud being prac iced GA
me people and the government and
me bill was getting along swimming.
" with every likelihood thar II would
be reported favorably and pass the
house when The vigilant agent of as.
sociated brewers of the country In tbe|
pers n Of Major Duncan B Harrison
threw a bomb into their camp q. This
nearing in the shape of proof of N.
foregoing. and II simply rlpped tho
sa" dust on of the bll ami let ii down
nio IT'S little tomb. Major Harrisc,
not only produced The envelopes doz
ems OF hem, containing the noDfranI.
able matter, but he produced afidavi
from the persons receiving the envel.
npe that they found in 81 exactly what
d contained on inspection by members
lf he committee. He simply put them
n hole. soaped the sides and pulled
mp the ladder
They have been flying about the
committee since trying to get some one
TO say that they have done no wrong
but he committee has become so thor.
oughly disgusted that Mr.. Crafts was
few days ago. ordered from The
comm ttee room q thoroughly discred.
lied man. These two men are nothing
but a pair Of thoroughly equipped
graf ers and the pepole Of the country |
ought 70 kncw H. know of my own
personal knowledge that the so-caned
anti-saloon league is simply an adjunct
Of the Republican national machine
and up 20 the time Of his death rece,v. |
ed regularly from the Hon. Mark Han
IA monthly check N goodly size.
They also get regular contributions
from John d. Rockefeller aud other
wealthy Republicans throughout the
country Il is nothing but a game OF
graft on he part cf these two sn.vei
ing hypocr.tes and is done in the name
~ the Le-d and Of reform Goa save
he mark