The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-14
THE RoTTENNEss or
OKLAHOMA REPuRLIcANlsM

The Democrats Of Oklahoma are
pleased to note that the Republican
party Of the territory has finally con
fessed To the sins Of omission and
commission charged against It during
the last campaign While it required
q red-hot internecine feud to smoke
out the confession, yet there is no
plea in avoidance and sincerity with
ont contrition, is manifest in every
moochiug phrase Of pleas of guilty
Last fan Democrats put the Repubn
can party on record for sanitarium
Irregularities The story Of the
asylum loot was told simply but truth.
fully. AS fit companion piece, the
tale Of the loss of $4,000 to the ter.
ritory by the failure Of the Capitol Ma
tional bank was portrayed To all al!
legations the Republican spell-binders,
from Govesnor Ferguson down to the
deputy oil inspector, cried rot there
was nothing In the Democratic
charges The sanitarium was in good
condition they declared, and the ter.
ritory had lost nothing through the
failure OF bank which the governor
knew was in a failing condition. AS a
result voters We're deceived and the
congressional election won by the Re
publican ring through a fuke. Now,
after many months. the Republican
organization acknowledges the Demo
cratic charges; grants that its own
administration of affairs has been In.
efficient If not ethically dishonest No
less persons than Hon. Cash Cade, Re
publican member OF the National com.
mittee from Oklahoma, and Hon. chas.
Fiison, chairman Of the territorial |
committee, not only admit the abso-
lutte ruth Of all the charges preferred, /
but so further and hold responsible !,
the governor Of the territory, who was
the chief spell-binder during the last
campaign, and the most persistent de
fender OF the organization. These
gentlemen practically admit the rot
tenness Of Republicanism in oklaho-
ma. On their own confessions the
Democracy will do battle next year.
Hark to this from Mr., cade.
s'The territory should not have had one
quarter Of a million dollars in the Copl-
tol National bank At the time OF It's
failure. when the gvoernor was posi-
lively informed Of It's condition. but
when one considers that the cashier Of
the Capitol National bank was som
in-law Of the attorney general OF the
territory. a member OF Governor Fergu-
sons official family. appointed by the
governor and whose duty # Is to pass
upon the qualifications OF a territory de-
pository and that the vice president OF
this Institution was relative by mar-
riage Of the secretary Of the territory
u.d his political and business adviser,
there is no wonder that deposit through
the influence and connivanoe Of all these ;
parties was retained within said bank
at the time OF its failure, and there can
be 70 doubt OF their knowledge Of the
condition OF the bank. there being no
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the goverr.or's confidential advisers who
were connected with this bank and inter-
ested Ia other banks IN the territory. and
who oAd business through this bank. sus-
tained little or no loss.
with regard TO Governor Ferguson, It
is but just to the people ana 20 the re-
publican party 10 say that an able ex-
ecuiiye and the proper administration Of
public affairs would have saved him and ,
the republican candidates the trouble
and embarrassment OF explaining sani-
tarum conditions, the Capitol National
bank failure, etc. when they went forth
Ia The territorial campaign for the poi-
pose of aiding the nominees of the repuh-
lican party in their election. In my
opinion the people Of Oklahoma demand
and honest capable executive. u man
broad and Discriminating in Judgment
What must the honest voters Of Ok. ,
lahoma think OF such a giaring declar.