The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-09-16

is permitted to remain Provided
how ever. that notice of the establish
ment Of the public highways or roads
need not be GWEN allottees or others.
except IN cases where such public
highways or roads are obstructed. and
any person ~obstructing any such pub
lie highway or road. as aforesaid
shall also be liable to n civil action
TOR an damages sustained by any per-
son who has in any manner whatever
been damaged by reason Of such Oh
struction. ga Stat l.. 143)
Reader. this provision shows the
desperation to which Bird Mcclure
and his henchmen have been driven
in this campaign. Mr.. Mcclure was
a member OF congress when this last
enactment WIS passed, and If he had
been d~iligent In his duty In looking
after the interests Of the proposed
state. he would have known that THIS
act of congress passed and would have
been familiar with these other pro-
visions that have been cited. To say
the least. he Is either ignorant and
incompetent or is a f~alsifer. He has
sought 10 make the people of Okla
homa believe that there was no pro-
vision of law for roads in Indian Terri
tory. The only contention that has
| ever beer raised is that in the Sem
mole. Choctaw and Chickasaw coun-
try ? few of the natents were issued
before the act of congress OF April
2Sth. 1906. and some few of the al
lottees have raised the question that
the act OF congress could rot deprive
them of the vested rights extended
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| of law. but in all Instances where
roads have been sought to be opened.
and where application has been made
to the Indian agent. he has directed
that the roads be opened. and I'm near
~ all instances the roads have been
opened. And still in face OF the faci
that the oklahoma road laws as well
as all oher laws of Oklahoma have
been put I'm force over Indian Terri
tory. and the Oklahoma road laws
provide that each county shall pro
vide fcr It's own roads. The county,
where the right of way has to b,
bought under the Oklahoma law, has
to pay for the right or way and The
road district builds the road, aud yet
here at the close of the campaign, ~
their desperation. they seek to ap
peal to the special and selfish in er
est that is incident to the race oi
man descended from Adam.
This kind of argument is in line
with the other kinds OF argument
made by Mcclure and his kind who
have been patrolling this state seek
ing TO stab to death the best constr
tuition that has ever been written fol
the protection Of man. IL is In line
with the argument he made the Other
day at Saltwater that. although sec
ton 30 of article g OF the oonstitutio:
provided that no railroad should De
mand Dr. receive for first class trans
pOrtation for each passenger within
this state. more than two cents pc
mile. that sin has permitted raj
roads to fix second class t~rausporta
ton at three cents per mile. He wa
certainly presuming upon the credu
ity or ignorance of the sovereign
voters or his district.
What fool would pay three cent
per milc 20 ride in a second elias
carr
And yet that is the kind of an arsu
ment they are making against thil
constitution and seeking thereby q
foist their kind into political ofic.
aagin on the people Of this proposes
state.
Reader. you have time 10 enthron
the people and dethrone the partisan
and the yotary OF special interests an.
the followers of consolidated greece
Avail yourselves of this opportunlt
and vote fo~ the ratification Of tn
constitution. for the Democratic stat
ticket from ton 20 bottom, for Eagle
ton in the First district. Fulton IN IN
Second. Davenport In the Third. Cai
ter IN The Fourth and Ferris IN tn
Fifth, and say TO the public men o
this state when @ come to ms ash
ing for our suffrage, come TO MS witt
truth and not with falsined state
ments.