The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-21
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few strange issues this year. Illinois.
third state in the Union in population.
] second IN wealth and first in agricul.
ture-more miles Of railway than any
country OF Europe periodicals
than any other state save New York. is
engaged in "bl1ody shirt" campaign.
Governor Deneen is the Republican
! guherpatoral candidate and eS-Vice
President Adlai Stevenson is the Demo
cratic nominee for governor. In the
primaries which nominated the two
men. held on the same date under
new primary law Governor Deneen,
with S36000,000 in patronage behind
him and claiming Chicago as his home,
defeated Richard Yates less than 10000
votes General Stevenson defeated }
Hamilton Lewis. the most gifted at
torney OF Chicago and four or five 9TH
er brilliant and popular Democrats.
But IN the Yates -Deneen contest Il
was proven ard legislative investi.
eating committee spread upon the
records Of that great commonwealth
the damning statement that inmates OF
The state Insane hospitals gave birth to
babes, offspring OF their guards and
keepers; yea told thct aged men and
killed by hiows OF their keepers
Remember readers, these statements
are not allegations, hut matters Of
record, and the same happened when
Deneen, alleged reformcr and appointcr
OF boards alleged 70 be reform In pur
poses, was IN full control 0f ell the
machinery of government.
So mad are the people Of The great
state og Illinois, though the Republi
can majority cf the state exceeds l5e
900 votes. The leaders Of the Dcneen
/ spoilsnen are frightened and che gal.
liant premier OF Democratic statesmen,
Nj Stevenson Is WHIPPING 10 sha fiR..
ish all who seek TO oppose him
Rallied around ,ho former vice presi-
dent without regard to political con.
yictions, are as gallant and true citizens
as ever inspired freedom or encouraged
Christian government!
And the putrid towards who forced
The nomination Of Mr., Deneen are max.
Ing answer to the call for explanations
by declaring Adlai Stevenson in that
dark period from 1861 to 1865 was a
Knight of the Golden Circle"--One
who was in league with the South
though a citizeR Of Illinois.
So infamous IS the charge. which
was first told when Mr. Stevenson was
candidate for congress In the first
half OF the seventies, that the Republi-
can he defeated, himself gallant gen.
eral in the Union army. has branded
the charge as false and infamous, the
offspring of a degraded as well as
I false soul
Mr. Stevenson. fortunately for the
Democrats throughout the United
/ States, measures fun and proper for
/ the occasion--answerin the attack by
relating he was elected to congress
from The Bloomington district the time
/ the charge was made, although the
district was 1000 Republican and the
/ nominee defeated was one Of the brave
soldiers OF the war, General John Nc
/ Nulta
The Bloomington Pantagraph forty
wears exponent OF Republicanism, has
served notice that Il is true to party
but viii defend the name Of Blooming.
tons most honcred son The KankR.
kee Republican, stalwarl Cannon news.
paper sends this pot OF information to
the Deneea crowd and Is worthy OF a
place among an voters;
why not try 10 beat Stevenson
Just because he Is a Democrat.
That is sufficient reason for hay-
ing him beaten. The proposition OF
going after him because he was
reputed to be a rebel sympathizer
does not appeal TO a great many
when we see a man who served as
q captain In the rebel army now
acting as secretary OF war by APP
poiniment OF Republicans
But the Deneen managers are twins
TO the local Oklahoma brigade. II Is
not through belief OF the charges made
they are continued, but because truth
win defeat their candidate and pur
p4se hence they are fighting battles
ended By contest OF arms before the
majority cf the present voting nopula
! tion saw the light OF day
! 90 Dcneen and Mcclure politicians
, are aiille--the former answers his in
/ dictmeni By his own party ami fellow
Officials by calling an ex,yice presideui
! rNbel
Mr.. McGuirn answers his earpefbal
Iailure 30 serve Oklahoma by swearing
Governor Haskell has not paid hi,