The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-30
OLD SCRAP
REVIVED
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FLYN N INQUIRE FAC.
TIoNS RAG CHEW
ING
GILSTRAP "TRUN" DOWN
Emory Foster Seeks TO
Pour Oil on Waters.
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Chandler. Okla. Jan 30.--The old
Flynn.McGuire fight in the Republican
party in Lincoln county Is waxing
warm again Harry Gilstrap, editor
OF the Chandler News, IS sore because
his attempt at leadership In the party
Is ignored and he is making life a
burden for the pee wee7 politicians
as he terms those who are opposing
him. Not long ago he wrote a long
editorial on the ingratitude of the
present county officers. all of whom
are Mcclure men. and in that article
ne handled the pee Wee politician
without gloves.
The Nee,s has been designated the
official paper Uf This county and yet it'
can not land the patronage. The two
ofIises that have patronage TO dispense
are the probate judge and the sherlfr's
both OF which are filed with pee wee
politicians according TO Gilstrap's
definition OF the term. However Gil
strap has failed TO convince the party
organization that he is the high mogul
Of the party and he has been repeat.
edly turned down by 1t by the new
leaders, Wagner. Norton and Sheriff
Martha, who seem to have no trouble
in doing what they please with the
party machine, and there is no doubt
but that they are directing the whip
hand in the present fight The Nc
CURE forces have lately obtained CON
troll Of the Chandler Pubiicist and each
week IL is loaded to the gunwales
with hot shot for Gilstrap and the Old
Flynn crowd. Whoever does the edi-
torial work on the Publicist is an
adept and is IN touch with the party
history and has the sympathy of the
party The Publicist has the active
support OF the workers in the party
and each week is filled 20 overflowing
with fat legals from the probate
judges and sheriff's office TO the cha
grin of Gilstrap who has lately turned
his thirteeninch gun loose on the op-
position IN a wild endeayor to tear the
mask OFF the real owners of the Pub
licist and determine who is response
BILE for the editorials therein con
tanned This much is certain, the
| fight is now attracting much more
than local notice; the big guns of the
party are becoming interested and
I Emory Foster, member of the terri
torial executive committee. ami who is
/ frequeGtly mentioned as n candidate
for fA d judge, in case the fight be-
tween 'f 1rd Hainer, Burwell. ct al,
become, 10 aerce for either Of them
TO land, hh. been trying to pour oil
upon the troubled waters. but all to
no avail.
Wagner and Martin have Gilstrap
at a disadvantage In this fight IN that
they charge his present enmity to Of
fetal acts of theirs which they could
not by any manner of means. avert, In
fact Wagner and Martin charge that
lGilstrap's tight on them dates from the
rendition In Wagoner's court of a
Judgment gainst Gilstrap In the sun
OF $500 and the issuance of an execu
tion aud the delivery Of the same e
| Martin as sheriff and the refusal oi
the manager Of the News to admit tho
sherif who was required to gain en-
trance to the News office by means d
an AK and a crow bar in order TO lev!
upon Gilstraps property.
Ii Is also reported that Gilstrap. b.
reason OF his attempt to carry waite
on both shoulders, and in playing L
Mcclure In order to be re-appointe'
postmaster. has lost the friendship o
Flynn and his crowd and that he 4
also looked upon with suspicion b.
1.-THE Mcclure machine. but be that a
II may ,le war is on to the death ant
one or the other factions must be eA
terminated and If the pee Wees cal
overthrow the long and loyal part
service of Gilstrap they viii certainl
have cause for rejoicing. lie is recof
nized as the best Republican edltorii
writer in the east side ana has here
tofore been in fact the Republican pa
ty ia Lincoln county. He Is game an
il may be that the rank and file of In
party viii still cling TO and supper
him I'm this his greatest fight