The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-16

Ponca Courier CRepD; Tho lnthma-
tion in the dispatches from Washington
that Hon. Charles IT, Filson VIII prob
ably be appointed to succeed Territorial
Secretary William Grimes. present in
cumbent. Is received with much sat-
isfaciion by the friends OF Mr. Filson
and the people OF oklahoma generally.
No better appointment could be made.
combining. as it would, q deserved rec
ogniiion of long ana faithful service and
the placing in his most important po-
sition man quanned TO fn It with csed-
it TO himself and the administration OF
which he would be a representative.
or wide and varied experience IN pub
lie aaairs particularly oklahoma af-
fairs. splendidiy equipped as to busi-
ness qualifications and every day COM
mon sense, which includes The principle
ar square dcm FOR an as understood by
President Roosevelt Mr. Fllsou would
render se~yice IN the office OF territorial
secretnry which sew men would be able
20 40 On 50 satisfactory manner.
III Reno American The Oklahoman
complains that Guthrie is the only
town in the territory Tint approves the
capital location clause In the statehood
bill But wonder what Oklahoma City
would do II the positions OF the Two
cities IN the matter were reversed.
El Reno American: The Americans 3
suggestion shat the state capital be tem-
porarily located ia El Reno has met with
unanmous approval-in El Reno
-
Wichita Eagle. Politics in Oklahoma
seems hard to understand at this dis
lance from the battlefield. The Guthrie
Leader is rehashing what IS generally
called the sanitarium scandal, evidently
with the intention OF hurting the re-
publican party but for the life OF MS we
are unable to comprehend iis what the
scandal consists. The Leader is show
ing by publishing the report Of legis-
lative committee that Dennis Flynn ac-
tually at one time owned stock In the
sanitarium aid also that Joe McNeal
suspected that BIN Grimes might own
a few shaies OF the stock Wen. for
the sakc of the argument. let's suppose
that Dennis Flynn did own stock. What
then2
As we understand it. Oklahoma had
no place IN which to take care OF It's
insane and no peniiv,.siars in which tc
house its convicts. and the territory
was obliged to hire somebody else e
take care OF them. The territory mad,
a contract with the state OF Kansas tC
take care Of ifs convicts. II seems
that some OF the citizens OF the terri.
tory conceived the idea Of fopming
company 10 build a sanitarlum for thi
purpose OF taking care OF the terri
tory's insane. There was certainll
nothing criminal IN that. nor would
there have been anything wrong IN th'
same company or another compan,
building a penitentiary for the purpos'
OF taking care of the territorys con.
victs.
The former governor OF the territory
Il Is understood, lost his job becaus,
he owned stock IN tho sanitarium. Any
body can see that the governor shoul,
not be Interested financially In the san
! itarium because & was his duly 10 ap
point men to see that the sanitarlu
company complied with it's contrac
with the territory. But what was th'
harm "a citizen OF the territory own.
ing STOCK IN the saniiarium?
Every pretended expose of the sani
tarium scandal does not fail to show
that Fred Barde owned $500 worth o.
the sanitarlum stock Now. who Il
Fred Bardeg He Is the oldest newspa.
per correspondent In Oklahoma and
writer OF legitimate news. He lives II
Guthrie and supports his family by th'
use OF typewriter an da lead pencil
Was there anything wrong In his in.
vesting the proceeds Of his labor in
sanitarium to take care Of the terri
torys insane people? II may be elaine,
that Mr.. Barde did not pay for his
stock. but II anybody knows OF news
paper man getting more than he earns
be can have the hoor
II the men who built this sanitariun
had made money by starving and neg.
lectlng the unfortunate people commit.
ted 10 its care. that would have bees
awful. and the law ought to make 4
criminal An Of the Investigations hay,
shown that the inmates OF tho iustl.
tuition are well cared for and there hav,
been fewer scandals tl,AilScd up to d
than mos o. lilSe Institutions IN ,h,
states. The Eagle Is not attemptnt
20 defend anybody II Is simply say.
ing that q can not see WHY pe0pl,
should be considered dishonest bccaus,
they happened 10 az ono lime owr
stock in the Norman sanltanhm
school Lard Lessaes TO Meet.