The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-01


terest IN politics until othors-and
.gmong them Roy Hoffman-had seuur.
cd Statehood, when he concluded that
a liberal expenditure of The dollars
he had spent a busy life i'm acquiring
would enable him 20 capture The nonii.
nation for the highest honor in the
gift of the people His money has
been used for attacks on Roy Hon
man and he has found ready tools fin
such mon as Callahan. whose sole of-
fort in the past has been to array
class against class
Mr. Turner's services to the Demo.
Gratis party OF Oklahoma CITY or
rather his failrre 20 render ans as
sistance, as well as his pecnliar
manipulation OF the s150O00 bond
matter in 1900 and his efforts 10 ee,
hold of the city water wOrks niant
make an interesting chapter, which
now that he las come out IN the open
through his press agents ana others.
Will be offered 10 the public and par.
tlcclarly 10 the new c0mers of Okla.
homa City between now and the date
set for The primaries. IN order that
they might iUdge how well erch
shylock VIII represent them in con
gress,
This statement Of the TumerCal-
lahan scheme to make tho nominaiion
for the United States Senator mar
ter of barter and commerce by de-
stroying at the last moment the con-
ddence Of Democrats IN Roy Hoffman.
the leading candidate for that honor,
viii De recognized by all fair men as
a sunicicnt proyocstion and reason
for thoroumhly exposing the past
career of this Oklahoma counterpart
OF the notorious Gas Addicks
The efforts of NJ l.. Turner TO pur-
chase this nomination and the support
of a certain class of newspapers over
the eritory ] already notorios. and
while IL IS rol generally believed That
this tim'ltwad" statesman IS 1end.
Ing his own money, yet The charges
Of his eXtrayaganf expenditpfe and
his nconcealed Z ris to dehHr1h the
cierorato Of thc i-Itg Wii be- one 81
the serious charge with which the
democrats VIII b9 c9Hfrcaiel IN the
campaign thar Is tn follow thc vrl-
mary. Turner aud his high salaried
hcnchmen have elected No gish his
chances af defeating HbffmH ON these
Last honr charges ana TIE os mmgant
use of money Wholcsalc promises Of
public brilimns ana nudorhmded per-
sonal attacks oR fhS private charac-
ter as wei as die public and political
Nccord 0f Mr. Honnan Tile latter
gentleman LEGION 1f friends cheer,
fully accept the gauntlet thrown down
and Millionaire Turner's pubic and
political history viii be put under
tho llme-light
Callahan can be disposed OF by the
testimony hereto alta he'd OF Chair.
man Lee Vincent of the campaign
committee, Hon John y FIa9ison Of
Sayre, Hon l.. G.. NihlacF editor and
owner of the Gahrle Naily Leader
Mr. BargisOns aifidayit follows:
Sayrc. Okla May Gth l907
Territory Of Oklahoma. Roger Mills
County ss.
John b Hirrison, being nlst duly
sworn on oath Says ana 3ohn =.
HARRISON member of the ConstitU.
ticnal convention for the State OF
oklahoma have known Roy Hon-
man for fifteen years Ills party 10y
atty end fidelity To Democratic prin-
Coles cannot be qresiioned by any
honest man. . he IS not a irHe and
loyal Democrat we have none in OKLA
.homa To my personal knDwledsc
be has ever been % the flfeirNnt
SIGHTING the battles ~ Democracy,
since The organization Of osn peEty
in Oklahoma
Inthe 1896 cam peign-l was ~ that
time County Attorney 81 Roger Mills
eounty-Coi Hoffman and Iemple
II sinn held a fonsIua ncliiical meet