The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-11

borrowed from tottering tyrannies. He
screams the loudest on thetainted dol
lar and belong~ with the coat Of arms Of
the steel, oil and beef trusts. An em-
blem OF freedom? Yes-freedom for the
eagle but other birds seek cover when
this hook-nosed spoiier swings out upon
hi- arial forays. Besides. an Oklahoman
would be likely to occasionally get mixed
in his eyrie--whether 1t was in the top
OF tan sycamore or at No. 20 Okla
homa avenue. The Boomer" idea is
not altogether bad. but 1t is too suggest
i've Of humiliating memories Of wearily
marching out Of Eden at the point of a
negro sergeant's bayonet The BAN
ner' state sounds too mucsh Ike a sum
day school convention or theprize pump
kin at a country fair Judge Burford
wants us yclept "Kickapoos because Of
our ability TO kick, but the m ile' state
would be more appropriate for nat pur-
pose ana much easier to write and speak.
And the mule IS uohler bird than the
eagle any day. except OF the Fourth OF
July. The mule is an emblem Of power.
patience perseverance and pugnacity.
And it's better to be called the mule
state at tie start than wait until the
constitutional convention is captured by
therailroads aud corporations and then
be unanimously denominated the Jack
ass state. The Twin" state will never
do. II is too suggestive OF the Siamese
Twins aud the idea of two persistent
separate territories. And then, when an
oklahoman should proudly announce
that he was "A Twin" how embarrass-
ing II would be to hear some supercil-
ious easterner ask. which twin are
you"
did desire TO escape the responsibility
OF nick-naming the new state. but as
things are an in tangle and the hectic
question must hesettled before trade can
Improve any here goes my castor into
the ring' name Oklahoma the "Wolf'
state What a Vision at once arises
Of noble plains the free life and the
swift pace No one but a president or
United States marshal could catch US
alive, and we are embalmed already in
tie immortal columns OF an Illustrated
magazine article. Also when a geutle-
man. With Dir right hand resting grace
fully ON his hip pocket remarks with
emphasis, Il am a wolf and IT'S my
right to howl" his admirlng auditors
viii understand that the gentleman is
from oklahoma and has monopoly Of
the noor space. or let II be the Hold
up" state iu memory Of those haleyon
| days when few brave Oklamomans
regulated therailroads and bank trusts
with AZ calbre cold iron, and again
symboical Of the change TO modern
times when the holding-up Is done by
the other fellows. or let us be known
as the Investigation" state, for thf
thing Is in the air, and II Is hard to tel
4 whether the greater honor lies in being
an Investigator or an investigates. But
as there is no desire to harrow republi-
can sensibilties nor raise political is
sue in a matter Of such general interest
this name may be passed over But
| the possibilities are still aluring. lr
honor Of that distinguished citlzeness
anatomical writer, and perambulatine
social purifier. VINO has come among ms
like benediction / suggest in closing
that we throw aside our cork screws
baatze ourselves into a new life in the
penucld waters OF the Cottonwood and
adopt as a new name" the "Hatcaett
state" Peace be with us an
II. C. NUFT.