The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-24
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TRAINMEN DENoUNcE
ORDERS ALLEGED ENEMIES
To the public.

u o tne ruDltc.
There ase times when language
seems made, as Talleyrand would say,
to conceal thought; times when in
no known tongue can one body forth
his Indignation or express a tithe OF
his contemplate gropes in vain for
invectives that can bear upon their
Isulphurous wings an adhmbration Of
his anger. One must sometimes stand
speechless before a subject else burn
his lips with blasphemy or befoul
them with billingsgate.
About three months ago my atten-
ton was callci to a precious gang
of railroad conductors at Guthrie
Okla, who seemed to have not only
touched the pr0fomdest depths of
degradation, but to have wallowed
there like swine in an open sewer,
proud of their own dishonor, infatu-
ated with their rank disgrace. Time
and again | have been requested to
hold them up to the scorn of human
kind. and time and again have es-
sayed the subject only TO find the
product of my pen unprintable--it
would have melted the type aud burn
ed hole in a asbastos mail bag. But
Indignation cools as the days run on
philosophy asserts itself and per
chance | can now speak Of these Of
TENDERS in language sufficiently po
lite to escape the attention of the po-
lice. The facts may be summarized
as follows:
At the convening of the first legis-
lature of the state of Oklahoma, and
pursuant to a call issued by our grand
master p. II Morrisey, there assem-
bled in Guthrie, a legally elected rep
resentative of each subordinate lodge
OF the brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, in the state Of Oklahoma. to
form legislative board. The duty
of this legislative board was to try
and secure such legislation as would
be beneficial to our craft, and to the
travelling public as we'll One of the
most important of these hills. | wish
to speak of. is Senate Bill Nc. 81.
which was introduced by Senator l.. X.
Il ylor. and which our board heart
lily endorsed entitled an act. for the
better protection of employees and
the travelling public. by requiring full
train crews, This bill provided for
two brakemen and one fiagman on all
! freight trains, and one brakeman and
one hagman on all passenger trains
(fiagman to have at least one years
experience in train seryicel instead
of leaving the lives OF hundred and
lhudreds OF men, women and innocent
babes. in the hands of an incOmpe
tent negro, TO protect them. We ask
that white men 20 put on all passenger
trains as flagmen DO you call this
unjust or radical leglslation2 Would
you BE- willing to trust your life and
the lives of your wives and children
in the hands of a negro as that Of a
white man? This was the principal
] legislation we were trying TO secure
when 10. and behold, we discovered
this gang OF sniveling hirelings. max
ling every effort IN their power 10 de
feat this bill: 10 defeat il by making
false statements and any kind Of a
false Misrepresentation that their low
minds were strong enough to re-
sort TO.
DO not forget this gang-they rep
resent the sum and crown of iniamy
They are the kind with which to con
lure evil spirits. BY one shameful
act they have been damned to ever
lasting fame" Henceforth when babes
are naughty, their mothers viii af
fright them with these foul bogey
men In almighty Millions catalogue
of unclean demons. there are naughi
80 damnable. and this actually hap
lpened In the new state of Oklahoma
Ia state whose very name thrills every
fibre of American and democratic
lmanhood. Yet know that part OF
these unclean beasts who hafOul so
fair a liar are allowed TO live in OK
lahoma. 10 walk the streets of hei
4 cities, 20 elbow her proud sons ano
look her fair daughters Ia the face
How have the mighty fallenl once
! discovered Ia Texas what / considered
10 be the worlds meanest man. he
was q scab railroad conductor a beg
gars brat who had been clothed fed
land educated by an old retired rail
y read mans bounty: yet he grew 4
manhood or dOghood he puked on
the grave Of his benefactor. because
the latter elected 20 be q union mar
instead of a higoted scab. ( could moi
lat the time conceive ol anything
meaner Wearing the name Of man d
a crime blackef than base ingratilude
Of aught mors dsmnable than calum