The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-03
A CORRESP SPONDENT
SHOWS UP MASS OF
EGOTISM
PUTS HOOKS INTO "FERG"
Shows What Administration
Did Not Accomplish


special TO DAILY Leader.
Enid, okla. Fen At is said that
when cx-Gove.nor Ferguson received his
appointment as governor Of the this ter
rltory he was engaged IN running
Washington Hand Press" that was ex-
plotted as most valuable asset Tor
nddate to the governorship to pos
sess. 1t was heralGed as convincing
proof OF a most necessary requisite in
dicative Of an humble avocadon ana OF
the willingness to perform manual la
bor
Then Aristides lifts his honest front
In pure. majestic poverty reverd."
But after the intervention Of four
f.iondly years-years crowded with the
experience Of AT executive surrounded
by all the requisite conditions ard influ-
ences 70 make man grow % develop
his better nature. TO enlarge his mental
horizon; influences that would tend to
broaden and elevate and mellow down:
and now, when he returns to tho same
Hand Press" It Is natural for the peo-
pie to expect marked Improvement in
the character Of tho matter published
in the columns Of his paper but the most
oursory glance reveals nothing that
would reflect credit upon anyone con-
nectcd with the machinery OF self gov
ernment; not even upCn constable or
justice Of the peace IN the remotest
township OF any Of the counties Of this
territory. let alone doing credit TO a
man who has been honored as the chief
executive of a great and growing ter
ritory.
Examine his last issue; six columns Of
TRADE, OF diatribe. Of personal spleen
and envious jealouss; six liquor notices.
and one column Of newsstand that from
on ex- -governor-six columns devoted to
personalities. attacks upon dineren'
brethren Of his own fraternity, veteran
newspaper men who have been making
I good in their respective fields without
/ politcai Jobs. doing business on the
| grolilld. Delegate Mcclure and his per-
sonal friends come In for a column oi
two OF insinuation and defamation--Mc-
Guire. who has made our issue ma
/ tional one. our cause the cause Of O
powerful and victorious administration
Mcclure who Is laboring necessarily
and manfully buc6lng UP against th'
| great Influences ia the United States
! senate lie has no fiale for such snarl-
ings and sniffIings and whining ant
bellyaching around. In hS own language
THE interests OF oklahoma are too i'm
portant to be sacrificed upon the aitar
Of tie Has-Beens.') Carefully examin'
his paper You can do SO by steppinl
into your country newspaper office anc
fishing down underneath the pile of ex-
changes. you VIII nnd the Watonga Re
publican. with some spleenlc arlicli
marked. Glance at It's mechanical make
up. Even II YOU are not newspaper mar
and have not an eye nor a hand 70 th'
trade. YOU win observe that there Is
nothing refreshing or attractive In this
four page eight column blanket shee
OF the governors. old style, out of date
its insldes are FUN OF ''ready made
print" and it's outside fun OF persona
cgotisn ana spleca, spitefui slarh
prompted by grcen-eyed jealousy. 10 th'
exclusion Of news for tho public. Com
pare the issue you find with That of YOU
own papcr, filled with bright interest
ing, newsy items OF interest 10 the peo
pie. and then it win ooze down: II vii
soak In: 81 viii gradually percolatc we
I'll tho idea viii strike you as 81 hn'
the thinking men OF the territory. tina
the "Hand Press exploited as an asse
was simply indicative ot tho measure o
the man: 81 was the yard-stick. IN
plumb line. measuring ms breadth. hi
depth. his caliber, proof of hls hack
numberism, % his blood OF his infcrio
mediocrlty. of the impression that yo'
get from hs shifty eNpressionless eye
his owl-liko silence and his weary dec
lamations stale platituaes ON "eduea
tional topics" Of his eEugistie posing "a
an educator, o. nroduc, Of the "lian'
Press" day Fairly coed 30 its time VA
tile hand press, the same as me 9i'
fashioned cradle WIS good in its dny, o
the horse ear. or the cs,Gn noat on IN
OK team or the talIoW candle. but dis
eardcd and supplnuted By the revolving
wheels of n rushing, busy, modern wori
, they have 40 place in the industria
economies Of today
Fergusoa docs not realize that me
now down on the ground among th
. common herd. and that the fight Of hi
life win DE 10 keep from being trampic
under foot; that be Is no longer whiT
r he can pose and draw "a salary but mus
9 win on his merits that he win have
u ger ont and hustle for "'tds" and 10
a patronage. The reading public does ne
. care a rot FOR "iiand Press" editorials
Il wants news. real live news, and u
2 10 date at that and the governorshi
= has spoiled Fergusqn's running even
e bacx numbered "liane Pross'-the iia'
q tering. the fawning, The toadying, u
y applause were construed by him as trif
o ute 70 his personal greatness, not 10 h
office; and the prestige and power
gave him. and now ne proceeds 20 crit
Ie else, complain and boss the newspap'
u fraternity juat as though no was su
governor. For example, take the isst
OF January 25th and measure Il
Ie breadth and scope and the height OF h
m lofty editorials. Jack Ross. OF the Al'