The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-29

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o The voters OF Guthrie well re-. o
@ member the parious times Of two Q
c and three years ago when The .
c Leader was waging var on the .
c sewer and paving gratis The Q
Q citizens CT Guthrie wanted sew Q
c ers. they wanted the stt2ets Q
0 paved, but they did net want to Q
c be robbed while getting them Q
c Expose followed expose and the o
c sewer grafters were placed on the Q
I Q rum. Citizens generally were just @
c ly indignant at the high handed Q
4 Q operations OF the "old gang They o
Q went to court with their griev- Q
o ances and their only regret was Q
Q that they were not able to go to Q
0 the polls to vote against the ad- Q
Q ministraticn which harbored a o
Q nest OF grafters. The Ball ad.li-,- Q
. istraticn was honey-combed with Q
Q municipal deals. worked through o
G in star chamber sessions, by Q
Q city council which cared little fer o
c the public interests The doings .
. CT the council during the days Of 0
Q Mayor Ball we're so fragrant that o
. at the next campaign the people Q
Q registered a vow that a new deal Q
Q must be brought on. Then came Q
Q the fight Of the Barnes and 0
Q Humphrey cohorts Afraid Of o
Q Humphreys moral" stand, Ger o
Q taain elements voted against re- o
9 fsrmatics aud placed IN Office o
0 Mayor Barnes, who during Che Q
9 past two years has continued "the 0
Q old gang" policy. despite loud ap- o
Q peals from the public for relief 0
9 from municipal rapine and plum 0
G der The wishes Of the people 0
o have been trammeled at every o
G turn. Even the elements that Q
Q voted against Humphrey were o
c disgusted Even certain clergy o
Q men, who at first were loud In o
G endorsing Humphrey, and who @
Q subsequently welshed, saw that o
Q dreadful mistake had been made O
. in allowing the "old gang" to con o
G tinue IL power sJoW another o
q election is at hand with the "oII 0
9 gang on one side and the people o
o en- the other, Now what will be o
c the result? Will the smalltax- O
. payers. the tradesmen. the profes o
: sional men. the merchants, the @
2 preachers, the men who rent, the @
Q men who own their own property o
. and swear that taxes, insurance o
Q and interests are paralyzing them. o
Q the women, the school patrons, o
0 will all these people rlse up in o
Q their might next Tuesday and jar o
: the old gang to the foundation. or .
9 will they allow the "old gang" .
q combination to continue to run G
Q things 81
. The "old gang" stands for ev- o
0 erything that is vicious. Cl
Q The question is asked when o
0 did this gang obtain so much o
Q power?" o.
o A good question timely put. o
. The "olj gang began sprouting o
9 IN the first few months OF the Q
Q Farquharson administration eight o
Q years ago. A o .Farquharson, o
Q the present "old gang" candidate Q
o for mayor, was pseudo-mayor o
Q then that is. he wore the mask o
Q OF mayor. but the gang gave the Q
Q directions to the municipal patti o
o ents. While a good man person o
Q ally. Mr. FarQuharson always o
o managed to do the wrong thing Q
Q at the right time while acting as o
Q mayor There is a vast difference .
Q between a mans own business o
Q and the business OF the public o
o There is no salary to srs.st OF o
Q connected with the mayors office o
o Its mostly glory and moon o
Q shine-and a man who wants to o
o make a living can not perpetually o
Q dwell on the subject OF his Office. o
Q Hence. in those days. FarQuhar. o
Q son was an easy victim. He ap. Q
Q proved measures and winked at o
Q transactions that were positively Q
. vicious. A coterie OF fellows got o
Q together and proceeded to work" o