The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-12
speclaI correspondence % Leader.

Special Correspondence to Leader
Isabella. Okla. June i2.--That tho
Guthrie State Capital is the paid
mouth.piece Of the railroads and 9th
er corporations has long been believ
cd. But that n would admit cores
pendence into its columns and then
willfully distort the sense or same
has not heretofore been thought possi.
Die. James Jarvis a lifelong Repub.
lican OF Woods county. a former coun.
ty commissioner. addressed a letter
to the Capital in which he deplored
the lack OF hafmoly In the party. call.
ed attention TO well-known fact that
thousands of voters are drifting away
from the party because of its ring
rule and lack OF decisive leadership.
Then, tired of the constant misrepres-
entation of certain papers of condi.
tions in Woods county relative to the
divisionls3f Woods cou ,ty. he made
a plain statement of facts. claiming
that the farmers and thoss living out
side rival towns whose business infer-
ests We're disturbed, were well salts
fed with the q vision of Woods coun-
~ This last portion was entirely cut
out and the other portions 81 changed
as to make them unrecognizahle Mr.
jarvis Is Republican and has spoken
only plain truths He dislikes 10 nd.
dress communications to the DenIo-
cratic press to state the true condi-
tons which exist in Woods county.
but when the leading Republican pa
pers are so tied to corporate mower
and the behest of the political ring
which have already ruined the party.
the facts must be gotten before ths
people in the best manner possible.
The leadership os Jake Hamon aad
IFS vacillating, trucking policy was
responsible for the defeat of the marty
iast tail aud II is strange that com
miItee meeting after meeting is held
and he is able to retain his lead
Ihe Fairview Republican scores the
Capital in scorching terms this week
as follows:
Caught in the Act.
The Republican has accused the
State Capital Of being opposed to
statehood Now we have what we con
slider absolute proof of it. A few DAYS
ago j. p. Jarvis. OF Isabella sent
communication ~ the Wichita Eagle
and a copy of the same letter. word
for word to the State Capital. This
letter appears on the front page 81 the
republican in this issue Read il and
see what he says. The Wichita Eagle
published the letter as written, but
the State Capital. the champion o. the
Santa Fe railroad and the political
vampires who wish statehood defeat
ed, printed what purported to be Mr..
Jarvis letter. but so emasculated and
as 10 render its meaning alto.
gether different from the original
making II very mild censure of the
territorial committee and leaving out
entirely that part relating TO county
division and Major county. To show
how the Capital changed the whole
meaning we give the last sentence in
the letter as published by that paper
NOW we want TO see harmony and
united action on tie part of our party
leaders Here the Capital abruptly
ended the letter, while the real letter
went on to say and we want to see
them come out Tor statehood and
promise the people that If the RepuD.
lican party is victorious in the com.
ing campaign the evils in the constinl.
ton viii be eradicared See letter on
nrst page, We know Mr. Jarvis too
Wen to believe for minute thet he
mis-states when he says he sent iden-
ucally the same letter TO both the
Eagle and Capital A paper that will
deliberately change the sentiment Of
a communication 10 suit it's purpose
as tho Capital did this letter Is un
worthy a place in the homes of the
people II it would change one why
not othersg The Capital Is in league
with the railroads, and other corpor-
ate interests. the two-Gsate element in
the Republican party. and certain
coterie Of politicians who would wreck
the territory and the party for per
sonal gain to defeat statehood aud The
facts we have given above proves it.
The people must be prevented from
expressing their wish at any cost" is
the cry of the antLstatehood gang. and
the state Canital Is their mou,h-plece.