The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-26

}. Gregg the newly lppoirted United
statos Attorney Tor the Eastern Dis
tfict of Oklahoma The letters are of
nasty character and il would not
do to mention ihcir contents in these
columns Among them i8 a letter
from Gouse W Eer Of Ardmnre
Formerly O11ed statea Attorney for
the Southern District q indi9p Ter
fHory, advising against Mr. Gregg 3
appolntment nr rather calling atten-
lion To the gcntlemens diHqualiiica
tons Mr. Greees legal learning is
also challenged lud el Gregg would
turn suddenly ey Aould he see
and read those letters
Chsrles Campbell the new judge
OF the Eastern District rs charged
with being "a tool OF the corporations,
and there Is information at hand 20
indicate that his appointment was
tha price Of political campaign
contribution made BY tne coal inter
ssta of Nchlester Campbell for years
was "a clerk in the office of BJaby,
die Oklahoma coal baron The court
records fan to show that he ever APP
peared in the Court of Appeals oi
indian Territory i'm tie capacity OF
counsel And this IS the kind Of
timber they mal3 HdEes out Of
SAYS McGare. Campbell also played
a more on less conspl uoW part IN
the resent campaign while acting as
chairman of the speakers bureau u
was he who brought on TAFT ana
former Attorney General sheets OF
ohio vino greatly cnliyened the cam
paign. the former by losing the Re
pablican party 1900 votes and the
latter by speeches devoted to Gov
ernor Haskelrs Ohio record. These
manueyers not only cost the Repub-
llcan party deaHy during the cam
paim but have made TAFT dele
cation to the Chicago convention an
impossiNINty.
Silas IA Reid who was a candidate
for attorney general on the Frantz
ticket IS another of the triumverate,
his defeat and alliance with Mr..
Frantz won him the jadgeship OF the
Third Circuit in ALASKA al a greater
salsry than the ofliee of attorney gem
eral Altogether the appointment was
Great day for Reid While not adj
dicted To literary habits DE viii doubt
less add TO the gaiety of the nation
some day by writing short volume
entitled fWhats the use OF being
elected anywsy'
Nos the trouble with Reid is that
he Is not Yarged I'm mining law and
the business men ana mine owners
of Alaska know H. Already they have
raised howl about it-loud enough
10 be heard in Washington. But
Barkis rs within" and promises to
Immediately begin the study of law
if appointed Judge in far off Alaska.
Reid viii rll the shoes made vacant
by James Wickersham, an excellent
gentleman in the Presidents esuma-
/ ton. but the contrary 40 the mind OF
certain members of the United States
senate. who have prevented Mr.
I Wickersham nomination for years
/ So if Reid fails To be confirmed he
lwul noe bee establishing "a precedent
nor viii the suffering people of Alas
ka DE surprised.
If the cases against tlsa various
] defendants can ne made sufficiently
strong an effort win De made to have
the President withdraw the nomina-
tons ANA substitute other names.
The committee viii not take up the
matter however. uutil aitcr the Christ
mas holidays. Aneiher Oklahoma ease
whie hdoes NOT hinge on the present
I situation on affect the political for
] tunes of tne Two Cntending forces
] rs. la ID. 70