The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-01-18
AN INSPIRING LETTER.
COL Hoffman Receives Message Fron'
ludiara.

Tho following is a portion of let
ter written to Col Roy V HOFFMAN by
.lohn y. rrnnt % Anderson lad Mr..
p-unt speat nearly the entire summer
in OIaaon,o end is th3roushly famil-
lar with Oblahoma politics
The sentiment of the letter is in-
spring jc Bryan Democrats
Andersen. in3.. Nee lS. 1904.
Col. Roy Y Hoffman, Chandler OKLA
Dear Sir suppose you have ful.
~ recovered f,.u the No,emlc laui
slide The event onlv in SIS maent-
rude. was not n surprise to mo. ! knew
many Democrats world vote for Roosc.
welt but ! did net know an kinds
of Democrats would vote Ter him AMI
not only FOR h'm but for the Cn.ire Re
publican ticke.. The gold Democrats
that defeated BRYAN IN 1896 and i9eJ
aid not cnme hack, they simply lied.
They mar Hula'ed the rar,y SO they
had both candidates there thsy We're
safe and sound bu- they never in
tended to trust tie Democrat party, in
fact there IS nothing IN common with
Plutocracy and Democracy, with the
oeneGciaiie3 ot unjust Ttepuhlran les.
islation and the Democratic party
1.-The rich viii be Altering aacri-
fee TO their Deity whose benehciaries
they are"--Bob Taylor Tho Jews
voted for Roosevelt The Irish Cath
olics in a large percent did the same.
on 'he PhinpIi.,e c7lurch. and lani
question na7y Democrats voted for
him becaue. as man. he is more
Demo cratic than Parir The votes
That parSc. got Ee-e cast hy men vho
hold pauv above men, they voted for
Cleveland, Bryan and Sarker aecause
they believe it hes for the basic prin-
ciples OF Democracy to dominate our
country. Thousands o. good Demo
Gratis who believed the campaign from
it's inceptios to its close was dmninat.
ed By era"d. corruption, bundozing and
hypocracy .'arker's nomination, 9oll
telegram and al even Uncle Gassa-
ways nomination was not ON merit but
for bcodle, and So they stayed at home
These ara some Of the causes of our
undoing The remedy is simple.
The nenoc-atic party must be true,
true to itself true 20 founder, true to
IT'S principles and last and greatest
true to the great common people from
whom It must receive power Il ever
trusted with power again. Trust mag
mates. Wall street stock johbers, mill
ioniares aad bilhonaires have no place
in it's ranks and should have TO voice
IN ITS councils.
The solid south with two or three
other states got by "hook or by crook
can not elect presidents. Our party
must be broad enouph to covor the
United States; +; must appeal to the
whole country Put od- trust IN tn.
common people and give them an un-
trammeled and mc6erced voice at TIL
primaries, ia the conventions ana on
The hustiugs and the result al tie polls
will he ve-y different.
The decks are clea-ed and the out
look for trle Democracy was never 50
bright sham Democracy and gal.
Hanizod Republicanisi1 is dead shel
no tears over rs remains and place no
wreath On it's hie7 In It's mantle Of
diserace lcs It crnmhle TO dust and b.
forgotten.
Honest true intelligent Demlcra
cy viii rll" the party in the mture and
It's march to power VIII be rapid; IT'S
principles n, st prevail II the republic
IS TO continue Already we are mon.
aced bv revolution OF ar obl!garchy OF
tho rich On tie one side and q revolu
lion uf social'o0 OF The other
"A white mans government will
Justice 10 all