The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-09-05
bob" OWENS OUTLINES
STATUS WITH STORY
Cores Ambition TO Return
to Mississippi Wearing
Senatorial TOga

homa and Indian Territory. interest
Ing and amusing. have been furnished
the public through the recent and
present political campaigns. The
new state has been labOring in active
politics for nearly a year The dele
Agate election Of last fall merged into
the constitutional convention that
blended with The Democratic primary
lrace. which In turn has given away 10
the final cuntest between the two
great parties.
If the sovereign voter could weigh
all the campaign argument which has
been hurled ~ him duiisg these II
months Il might require six figures to
compute it IN tons But enough of
amusing material has been thrown in
TO make it palatable Otherwise the
oratOry might not have risen above
plane of dreariness.
r. /. owen of Muskogee. who re-
ceived the Democratic nomination
for the United States senate from
indian Territory side Of the new state
and whom Judge Furman Of Ada. an
opponent, accused OF always wearing
a billed" shirt and silken hose. won
great popularity through his claim
that restrictions must be removed
How well the people believed in his
battle cry is shown by the compli
monlary vote be received
just About the Average.
Col owen Is a Cherokee by blood.
lie saws through the edict of the gov
eminent he is an Indian. but by the
grace of God he Is Scotch-lrish
In ma case IL may be like that OF
| The Quapaw Indian who went TO wash
ington 10 sge Senator Dawes. the
! Colonel told q McAlester audience re-
Gently This Quapaw was % Hebrew
| lndian. he was sent hy his people
/ 20 urge the allotment of heir land ia
| severalty After urging the matter
| In its many phases the Senator snld 10
| the Quapaw representative;
! Surely your people are not capa.
bic OF handling their land in sever
ally
Yes they are Senator they are
quite competent
Ger ainly they ave not up TO The
standard OF othee tribes. the averag
member Is not sufficiently advanced
returned the senator
On YES. Senator: you have been
/ misinformed; ann ON average Qua.
paw, and : am quite capable insisted
the representative In making out his
case
Your are certainly not an average
! Quapaw; that great tribe wonld NOT
send an average Quapaw here 10 treat
with he government replied the Sen.
ator from his corner. laying much
stress upol the average part OF the
dialogue
VOC ere mistaken again. Senator,
continued the Indian. The Quapaws
are just IKE the white fOlks-they
never send their best men 10 Wash
/ ington
According to col owen the sena.
tor saw the point and quickly switched
the line of his argument
Question Of Pure Speed
Morton Rutherford of Muskogee,
who also ran for United States sena-
tor from Indian Territory. never lost
an opportunity 10 assure his audience
that they OF tho Est side would vote
| for the constitution when the time
came
We voted some when we We're
electnR delegates 20 the cOnsltn-
tional convention" recited Mr Ruth.
/ erford, and when the constitution
comes uD we VIII show how well we
can DO
Comparing fhe delegate race 10
adoption of the constitution. the IN
dian Territory viii bc precisely in the
position of The timld nervous fellow
| who nevor concealed his fear OF
ghosts One night he found himself
| lettering along the outskirts of "a
graveyard debating whether 10 go
through be silent city. thereby saving
time. o. complete The circuit outside.
/ liis foar oi spirits aDBearlng on earth
| was overcome BIZ his desire 10 hurry
| and he plunged straight hroueh ba-
tween fhe graves with an air OF si-
preme confidence.
The traveller he'd gone but o short
time when "a typical old ghost arose
lrOu Tie nearest grave ard with q
gleefnl grin sued after him. As ] re-.
member it the ghos hnd "a hard time
keeping up. Once beyond the grave
yard fence the fellow stopped 10 re-
on his lungs lor p frsh start The
phantom laying his hand on the
runners shoulder said 10 HIM
Young man. the air Us close and
he uath rongh. but We were going
some
That We were. replied the young
man and as soon as ! get mY wind.
we're going some more
0oro's Desire Is IN Sight
When r. r. Gore Of Lawi0n. rnm.
mated for the United States senate
on he Oklahoma side. went out 70
ten he Dcople be wanted 20 go 10
! Washington. he adopted unique
nelhod ul doIns 80 Mh.Ie living