The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-15


meet At McAlester Nlb;ack and Greer
locked horns. Niblack sprung a bomb
with a resolution endorsing the ratin.
csuon Of the constitution. Greer
Faliently opposed The fight was hot.
but Niblack carried the day with his
resolution.-Battlesville News.
The State Press association wants
Immediate statehood That means
something Chickasha Express.
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As told IN previous dispatches to the
Herald an effort was made to engen.
der a political sentiment in connection
with the consideration Of the state
hood question. But the association
had a year previous declared for i'm
mediate joint statehood and a MAORI.
ty seemed to believe that this declara-
tion could be reaffirmed without yio-
lating the written law of the organi-
zation. When a statehood endorse
ment was first submitted by Leslie G
Niblack, OF the Guthrie Leader. 1t was
O straightort declaration for the con
siitutions endorsement The Repub.
licans we're on record as against the
resolution. The following morning
Mr. Stryker left the city and Frank
II. Greer Of the Guthrie Capital. was
called to report the resolutions. Greer
refused to report the statehood resolu-
tion and II was brought up by u. S.
Russell. Greer fought with character
listic force and was partially support
ed az one time by Clarence b. Douglas,
Of the Muskogee Phoenix. but the lat.
ter was too welded to statehood to
allow his opposition to the resolution
then pending to become radical The
resolution presented and adopted. fol
lows; "Be II resolved that the Okla
homa Press association stands row. as
II stood a year ago. for immediate
statehood, and that it looks with dis
favor upon an yact Of any man cal
calated to prevent @ vote on the rati-
| ficaton of The present constitution at
the earliest possible moment" Mr.
Greer cleverly attempted to emascu-
late the resoludion by an amendment
which substituted "a constitution for
tho" constitution.-Sh Shawnee Herald
A bold attempt to throttle the peo-
| pie of Oklahoma and accomplish the
defeat of statehood is being matched
| by the ringleaders Of Oklahoma Re
publicans A handful of conspirators
are enroute to Washington to confer
with the President. attorney general
| and several outside political authori-
ties on the subject of Oklahoma state
hood. The party representatives. so
called by reason of their standing,
have been sent to represent the peo-
| pie in this outrageous confab. That
they will represent Oklahoma as be-
ing opposed to immediate statehood is
natural, for their position on this
matter has been publicly defended in
organization meetings. Just why the
President called these few politicians
TO his side is easily explained. They
have heretofore been the men who did
things They represent the machine
politics that carry through party is
sues and individual endorsements at
will The President, not knowing
otherwise listened TO Delegate Nc
Gfire and Dennis Flynn, the two Ok
lahomans hest known to official Wash
ington. McGlsre and Flynn we're too
narrow to give the President a list of
names representative Of the entire
state. Theywanted only henchmen in
the caucus. II the Republicans of
| Oklahoma who really want statehood
will act with decision and imme liately.
they can defeat this outrageous plot
now being Matched. IL they will bury
the White House with thousands of
kilograms declaring emphatically that
the gang OF political tricksters do not
represent the Republican party of
Oklahoma. It will force the President
to an understanding of his fearful
mistake Let the Republicans OF
Shawnee start this movement by con-
demning the stand taken by their lead.
ers Other towns will follow suit
From a purely political view such an
action will be to the credit personnel
| ~ of the people participating as we'll
as heing good politics They can as
sist in saving the party ship that is
being sunk before their eyes by a
gang of political pirates.-Shawnee
| Herald.