The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-06
WOULD HAVE SOLID
SUPPORT OF SOUTH
LeSIie'S Weekly Points TO
Rapid Growth Of PrOhibi.
ton Sentiment

SpeCiti 10 Ddlly LedueI.
Washington, January 6.--Only lit
tie short Of startling is the announce
ment that Governor Charles ~ Has
kell of Oklahoma is being cooked and
primed for the Democratic nomina-
tion for the Prohibition Presidential
nomination. Governor Haskell's posi-
ton in the matter is not known but
the eastern press. notably Lestlles
Weekly. taking advantage of Mr.. Has
kells silence has assumed for the pur-
pose of augmenting the verify of the
statement in an effort to undermine
Mr. Bryan's Influence in the south and
in the democratic national convention.
To quote Leslie's Weekly:
"The movement which has just bgen
started TO give the democratic presi.
dental candidacy in 1908 TO Governor
Haskell OF Oklahoma on a prohibition
platform raises no a serious menace
to William Jennings Bryan in the
democrats national convention I'm
der the old conception of things pro
hibition and democracy are held TO
be antipodal, but the recent sweep 9f
the anttsaloon wave through demo
cratic communities has corrected this
notion Six commoawealths, Maine,
Kansas. North Dakota, Georgia, Ala
bama ana Oklahoma have statewide
prohibition All three OF these
southern state adopted prohibition in
1907 Through local olNim nearly
every other Southern state by town
on county exclusion has shut whiskey
out from large part OF It's domain.
Taking the country as a whole al
most half Of th people of the United
states are living in dry territory and
In proportion to population most oil
this territory Is jp he south
The rise of PRO. Dition as power
ful political fofvs menaccs BRYAN ia
two directions Governor Haskell as
champion of prohibition and the
head of a prohibition state VIII De
likely to comma ID he support of that
element in the q, mocratic national
convention. Ar1 Haskell viii have
an attraction dor many democrats
from the fact, that unlike Bryan ne
is a man who has Won sometmns' lot
the eovernorship canvass IN Okiaho-
ma in which Haskell defeated Frantz'
the strongest republican in That 10
cality. was watched with interest by
the whole country
Haskell Is southern man. anu
thus would be favored by that power
FIJI element in the south that has op-
posed Bryan all along and which mas
been urging that the south should
put up for the presidency one ol us
own sons. -,
"If on the other hand Bryan should
be nominated, the prohibitionist would
have a strong incentive to name Has
KEN or some other man who has been
cdnkpicuoualy identified with their
cause and thus make an exceedingiy
active campaign in the south IN whlcil
they have been scoring the biggest
conouests recently. In sucn case II
Is altogether possible that the Weaken'
ing OF the democratic line in the south
would be serious enough to give a rev
states I'm that region to the prohlpt
tionists or republicans.
No one for a moment beieVes that
Governor Haskkll Will countehahce
the use of his name in any moVehehl
inimicable to the hest interetss o. tue
| democratic party and William Jsnii
ipgs Bryan The editor OF Lesns
| Weekly Is doubtless not aware OF lhe
| fact that there are no two nsen In tne
country whose political cohNlctlous ,
more alike than those OF the 1Iea' es
| commoner and the Governor ol ~.
lahoma. Bryan stumped Okiahoma lol
| Haskell and the constitution. y
not likely that Haskell win desert
| Bryan's political chariot at the cruz i,
cal moment and when republican aus
sensions in Ohio New York ana otnel
nfvotal states makes the election OF .
denocratic president not only pos
sIbility but not Improbable in Noyem
Der. ,,,a,,4 ,s
That the prohibition movement is y
constantly growing in strength y
this country and will soon peeoin pssils, = I
ennation no sensible man Will deny
| unt ID IS hardly probable that eitnei
~ me great parties will ever declare
| Tor enmptuary laws, a. least not y y
this generation with ine sai'n 'N
I,rust question still unsettled
Mr. HaskelI can do great serylc,
,o ~ marty hy setting at rest ones
ana Tor All such idle gossip.