The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-09
PURCELL SPEAKS OF DU-
PLICITY IN QUARAN.
TINE DEAL
CHAPTER IS UNWRITTEN
Enid Republican Paper QueS.
lions Ex-Governor.


Spec.,l to Daily Leader.
Enid, Feb. S.-The Enid Events,
(Repl has a chapter this week, tead-
ed: "Duplicity in the Quarantine
Deal" II says: There is a chapter
IN the executive career OF Mr. Tom b
Ferguson, which has never been writ
ten. And that is. the duplicity chap
ter. with an Advertising ability great
er than that possessed by the far
famed wandering medic'ne vender he
has pcscd before tac fe6t,isnts as
Honest Tom" It COZ n aan, The
prohibitionist, tho .a5d AHA. the be
lieyor in petticoat psiaies, etc. Essn
has been cheated OF his birthright, de-
cept,on had its strong play-we have
believed a lie and thought It the truth.
The best instance Of Fergusonian du-
plicity and double dealing. among the
many instances is in reference to
the passage OF the Quarantine Bill
through the last legislature. On Mon
day. before the last legislature con-
vened, Ferguson as governor, received
a telegram from Secretary Hitchcock.
in which Hitchcock asked him not to
allow the quarantlning of the Usage
reservation. Ferguson had already
prepared his message to the legisla-
tire. which message recommended
the quarantining Of the Usage reser-
vatioa Immediately apon receiving
the telegram from Hitchcock ne called
two men before him, one OF them be
ng member of the council, and in
formed them that his message was
. already prepared, providing for a
quarantine Of the Usage reservation,
but that he had just received a tele-
gram from Hitchcock, which didn't
, matter as he intended to stand by the
quarantine any way. showing them the
, telegram On Tuesday or Wednes-
! day, we forget which, Ferguson read
his message to the legislature, recon-
mending the quarantine, t,cAuse he
knew It to be popular with the peo-
pie, and he desired to publicly pose
After reading his message Ferguson
returned to his executive Office and
began calling members OF the legisla-
ture to him protesting against the
enactment OF the very quarantine
legislation he had recommended in
his message. On one occasion in par
tlcular he called in two or three mem
bers and told them that "since read
ing his message to the legislature he
had received telegram from the In
terror department and that the sec
retary did not want the Osage res
ervation quarantined One Of these
men, who knew that Ferguson had
received and shown the Hitchcock
telegram before he had submitted
, his message to the legislature, in or
der TO place Ferguson on record pub
llcly against the quarantine, suggest
ed that Ferguson write a supple
y
mentary message to that effect This
Ferguson refused to do But be
worked against the quarantine all
during the legislature Posing as
Hcnest Tcm," and trying TO prae-
iice that sort Of deception upon the
people and legislature The ineyit-
able result was that he split with the
gislstre last session. and 20 order
TO save hiir en-, at the expense Of the
honest men in The Legislature, brand
ed them as dishonest before the peo
lDle in MS speeches last summer, when
.it was he, and not the legislature.
who had practlced the base deception.
However, the legislature caught Fer
guson on the fly. passed the quaran.
tine tim and put Ferguson up against
lit His frantic efforts TO defeat quar-
antins privately had been baked,
and he was compelled TO show his
hand, which he did, vetoing the bin
stating as his reasons at the time
that he had received a telegram from
Hitchcock. after he had read his
message 20 the legislature" Truth
ful James" Honest Tom" But the
legislature passed the quarantine bin
over Ferguson's veto ana the people
were thus saved from the IN effects
o. his depllcity
Is that not an interesting chapter?
And thst, though a nefarious trans
action Of duplicity indeed, Is but a
tthe OF what has been and Is.
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