The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-05

REDEMPTION OFOKLAHOMA
By Three Men Who Held
Poor Opinion of Each Other


Speclai 10 Daliy Leader.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. 5.--The
Oklahoma City Post (Rep) goes after
the Flynn-Ferguson crowd in savage
manner. 1t says:
In an interview from Oklahoma
city, Dennis Flynn declares again that
he is out Of politics and will devote
himself to making a little money"
But he threatens to butt in" how
ever, in the near future, in the inter
est OF purity: to see that the people
do not get robbed How often does
Mr.. Flynn retire from politics?
As TO having to retire from politics
IN order to make money. Mr.. Flynn is
mistaken. He has made the principal
part of his money while in politics,
and insists In continuing in politics In
order to make more. It was because
he was once congressman-lobbyist in
washington that he came very near
making a big chunk OF money out Of
the Sac and Fox Indians a few weeks
ago. He asked them $500 each to
lobby certain matters through the de-
partments at Washington, that are
purely departmental and will be eth
er allowed or rejected without any
necessity OF lobbying. Tdere are sew
eral huadred Indians, and Walter
Battice, their treasurer, a graduate OF
Haskell Indian school at Lawrence,
Kansas. and highly educated Indian,
who looks after legislation in Wash
ington for his tribe, had a hard time
persuading them not to pay Flynn the
money
This Is in harmony with Mr.. Flynn's
past record When he was In con-
gress he passed bin allowing GER
tain Pawnee Indian to sell his allot-
ment, and afterwards fooled the In
dian out OF It. He got an allotment
for John Hill in the Kickapoo opening,
as consideration for services rem
dered the Indians" and "split" the
money with Hill, and again another
one in Hobart, at the opening of the
Kiowa and Comanche country. which
he laid out as an addition to the town.
Speaker Henderson put him of the
Indian committee for his action with
The Pawnee allotment near Ralston.
all the members OF the committee
threatening to resign II he remained.
He made the deal removing Sulphur
Springs, l. T., which greatly depreci.
ated the property, and got quite a sum
Of money. and they still owe him
$500.
Flynn lobbied for the location of
court towns In indian Territory. He
photographed Tulsa he would get 10
cation there for $4,000 and got $500
down. He found Mcclure had 1t al
ready in his bill and went around ask
ing what Mcclure got for 1t. When
he found he got nothing he was great
ly surprised When Mcclure found
out Flynn had gone into a contract
with the Tulsa people, he cut the
town out OF his bill Flynn then
went to Mcclure and ogered to split
the $4,000 with him.
In view OF these and other facts the
anxiety OF Flynn. Grimes and Fergu-
sen for the welfare OF Oklahoma is
interesting Mr. Speed once said
that Flynn 4 not dare to tel where
he got a dol. Of his money. In as
suring Ferguson. Aat the Capitol Ma
tional bank was s~iyent, Flynn claim
ed he had $4,000 and said he surely
wouldn't have It there n he did not
think the bank safe When the bank
failed, Ferguson said that Flynn was
the worst man in Oklahoma Grimes
at one time said that Ferguson war
the most dishonest politician in Okla
homa. That was when Grimes
thought Ferguson had gone over &c
Mcclure. Now these three men, with
such poor opinion of each other, want
to redeem" Oklahoma.
wouldn't that far your