The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-01-31
Judge Raymond
TAKES A SHOT Al MUS.
KOGEE EDITOR
Places Clarence Douglass on
Rock as Target for Some
Scathing Remarks.
to Daily Innaer.


charges preferred against him " C. 3
Douglass surprised everyone ycs,er-
day by mailing statement in re,
spcnuing 70 resolutions by the jury
men who had bean sitting IN criminal
cases expressing their ccaadence in
his integrity and ;heir approval Of his
official acls.
The part of tho address, referring 10
Douglass .eads.
You well remember t-e oid saving:
No w.r'ch,c'er felt the halter draw.
with good opinion of the law.
Il notice some con,p:ant mas been
made by a man by the name Of Doug
lass. Wei to be- criticized by a man
with such record does not even an.
10Y lie.
"'Thls man has bcen three times
tried for murder IN the Indian terri.
toy. was summarlv discharged from
tho government service in the indian
asents oHicc by the secretary Of hel
interior for peculiar conduct eod sincei
that time has contlrnaHy criticised
nearly every public Official in the gov
ernment service
"He has been o candidate for near
" every position in the gif OF the
PEOPLE. and has generally oeeu unsuc
cessflt Defeated for worries fair
commissioner. defeated for decgate
IRON Indian territory 10 Washington
defeated fol delegate T. naticaal con-
1ention. I2efeated in his desire ,ol
have the edito-ial association Of 1a.l
dian territory and Oklahoma :ndorsrl
his plan tc have the laws Of Oklaho
ma extended ovsg ant put in force IN
the Indian territory. he has become a
chronic complainer and is now almost
without a friend or a follower in the
,pdian territory
'Some time ago this same man came
to me. and after informing me thar
his newspaper was under mortSase /
asked me tc assist ia forming a cor.
poration to take over his newspaper. {
dvance the money necessary 70 pay
on the Indebtedness, and take stock
enough in the newspaper corporation
to compensate me 10. ;he advance
ment This ! decllaed. and this is the
only proposition have over made to
become associated In the newspaper
business or with newspaper men.
shortly after this Mr. Douglass
came to iOe and Insisted that, as judge
Of The united States court for ths
western district. | name his paper as
The o1iolal paper OF this district and
compel all legal advertisements to he
inserted therein In support OF this
request he stated that Judge Town
send of the southern district, had
made a similar order and as the Ell
ttor of the Republican paper, at Mus
kogee, he demanded a like oEo. told
Mr. DOUGLASS knew Of no law which
would justify me in making such an
order and must decline. tha' / ha
never heard of such an order helns
made by Judge Townsend that in nv
opinion such a. order would lie void
ami would be very unfair to the ed
itors Of other papers. Republican and
Democratic, throughout the district;
that all must bc treated squarely and
alike, that / had no personal interest
IN any Of them. but that was friendly
to each; that ATTORNEYS had the legal
rlgh, to name the papers in which their
legal advertisements were published,
aud must decline 70 make tho order
This irritated the gentleman, and this
criticism Is the result
"lt IS simply a case Of bllcRmail,
where the goods demanded were re-
fused. followed 10y an assault
gentlemen such men must not be
taken as type OF the vigorous man
hood trying tc deyelor this grand new
strte They are bui freaks and only
represent themselves ana their pecui-
far yanitias
"If the or ler 10 the eject that no
witness whilc drunk. viii De permitted
10 testify in this conrt tha no juror
while drunk shall sit IN iudsl3ent mp.
on the Important rights Of the citizen
and tha no drunten lawyer while
drunk shall misgeprosert any ellen,
n the federal court Of tha western dis
trict is tyranny ans discouueous I
think the criticism is a ialr one
Il have appointed to official place
only tho nest men could find. Each
one IN bear mo ont in the statement
tha, the only order they aaye eye-
received from me has been 20 enforce
the law without fear or favor, be just
be square and transact more public
business aud ia a letter manner than
has ever been done before az kis sta,
lOn. Some have bccl newspaper